Johanna Kaplan

Johanna Kaplan is an American author. She is known for her 1976 collection of short stories Other Peoples Lives which was a finalist for the 1976 National Book Award and her novel O My America which was a finalist for the 1981 National Book Award for first novel. The two works also won National Jewish Book Awards for fiction in their respective years of publication. O My America was also a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award celebrating an author's work for having significance to the American Jewish experience and culture.