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Joan Mellen (1941-2025) Writer, professor. Joan Mellen was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Pennington, New Jersey.

Full Name

Joan (Spivack) Mellen

Locations

BronxNew York

Author's Timeline


1941

Birth

Bronx County: Joan Mellen was born Joan Spivack in the Bronx, New York, on September 7, 1941.

1962

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Mellen graduated from Hunter College in Manhattan, New York, in 1962.

0000

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Mellen received her master’s and doctoral degrees in English from the City University of New York.

1973

Literary Work

Filmguide to ‘The Battle of Algiers’
Indiana University Press
0253393159 / 978-0253393159
Nonfiction.

1973

Literary Work

Marilyn Monroe
Galahad Books
0883651653 / 978-0883651650
Biography.

1974

Literary Work

Women and Their Sexuality in the New Film
Horizon Press
0818007044 / 978-0818007040
Nonfiction.

1976

Litrary Work

The Waves at Genji’s Door: Japan Through Its Cinema
Pantheon Books
0394497996 / 978-0394497990
Nonfiction.

1977

Literary Work

Big Bad Wolves, Masculinity in The American Film
Pantheon
0394498003 / 978-0394498003
Nonfiction.

1982

Literary Work

Privilege: The Enigma of Sasha Bruce
Dial Press
0385274475 / 978-0385274470
Biography.

1988

Literary Work

Bob Knight: His Own Man
Donald I. Fine, Inc.
1556111002 / 978-1556111006
Biography.

1996

Literary Work

Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett
Harpercollins
006018339X / 978-0060183394
Biography.

2005

Literary Work

A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK’s Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History
Potomac Books
1574889737 / 978-1574889734
Nonfiction.

2024

Literary Work

Sherlock Being Catfished
Trine Day
1634244826 / 978-1634244824
Memoir.

2025

Death

Joan Mellen died at her home in Pennington, New Jersey, on June 30, 2025.

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