Marjorie Kellogg

Marjorie Kellogg (July 17, 1922 – December 19, 2005) was an American author.

Biography Marjorie Kellogg was born in Santa Barbara, California, July 17, 1922.

Kellogg attended and dropped out of the University of California, Berkeley before going to San Francisco to pursue a career in writing. She worked at the San Francisco Chronicle as a copy editor.

She later received a job with Salute Magazine, where she was sent to write about the aftermath of World War II in France and Spain. When she returned to the United States, Kellogg earned a master's degree in social work at Smith College.

She relocated to New York City, where she worked in various agencies as a social worker, which she credited as her inspiration for the characters in her books, plays and films.

In 1968, Kellogg published Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, her first novel and most famous work, and two years later, she wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation. The movie was directed by Otto Preminger and starred Liza Minnelli.