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Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 – December 30, 2005) was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan . Early life and education
Mazes and Monsters, also known as Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters, is a 1982 American made-for-television film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name. [1] The film stars Tom Hanks in his first lead acting role. [2]
The novel was one of the first to be bought for film adaptation before the manuscript had been edited so the film company would be involved in the marketing of the book. It was also one of the first novels to use the author as a marketing tool—complete with full-color jacket photography of author Rona Jaffe by photographer Philippe Halsman.
Mazes and Monsters is a 1981 novel by Rona Jaffe. The novel is a cautionary tale regarding the then-new hobby of fantasy role-playing games. The book was adapted into a made-for-television movie by the same name in 1982 starring Tom Hanks.
The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award was an award given annually to beginning women writers. Established in 1995 by American author Rona Jaffe , the Foundation offers grants to writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
The Best of Everything, a novel by Rona Jaffe; The Best of Everything, a 1959 romantic drama film, based on the novel; The Best of Everything, an American daytime soap opera, based on the film "The Best of Everything", a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the album Southern Accents
Rona Hurley (1897–1985), New Zealand tobacco grower and buyer; Rona Jaffe, (1931–2005), American novelist Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, awarded annually since 1995 to beginning women writers; Rona Kenan (born 1979), Israeli singer/songwriter; Rona E. Kramer (born 1954), American politician from Maryland
The Best of Everything is a 1959 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco from a screenplay by Edith Sommer and Mann Rubin, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Rona Jaffe. [2] It stars Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans, Louis Jourdan, and Joan Crawford. The film follows the ...