Inspirational Quotes by Marjorie Kellogg (American Author)

Marjorie Kellogg (1922–2005) was an American journalist, novel, and playwright. She credited her training and service as a social worker to motivate the characters in her books, plays, and screenplays.

Born in Santa Barbara, California, Kellogg studied at the University of California-Berkeley but later dropped out. In San Francisco, she worked at the San Francisco Chronicle as a copy editor. She wrote about the aftermath of World War II in France and Spain for the Salute Magazine. Returning to the United States, Kellogg earned a bachelor’s degree in 1952 and a master’s degree a year later, both in social work, at Smith College. She moved to New York City, where she worked as a social worker.

Kellogg’s first novel and most famous work is Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1968,) a story of three disabled people keeping a house together. She penned the screenplay for its film adaptation (1970,) directed by Otto Preminger, with Liza Minnelli as the title character. Kellogg later wrote a screenplay adaptation (1979) of Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar (1963.) Kellogg’s second novel was Like the Lion’s Tooth (1972,) about three emotionally agitated children.

Kellogg wrote the plays The Oldest Trick in the World (1964; directed by Carl Williams,) The Smile of the Cardboard Man (1978; directed by Herbert Berghof,) and After You’ve Gone (1982; directed by Jason Buzas.) The latter two starred Sylvia Short, who became Kellogg’s lover and companion; the two moved to Santa Barbara in 1990.

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