Claire Donald

He worked at Time Magazine.

He was a writer and he was also kind of a self-declared outsider, but he is very different than her.

They're very similar in so many ways, writers, outsiders, but he is very like loud and like will tell you his opinion right away.

And she's more like,

a cat like watching from the sidelines.

She was introduced to him to edit her novel.

And John was the younger brother of Dominic Dune, who was a writer, investigative journalist, and a Hollywood producer who was like already in the Hollywood scene making movies.

So Joan was actually dating another man at this time.

And I believe it was her boyfriend who introduced her and John Gregory Dune.

He's like, fuck.

if i could go back in time would it be doing that literally so they're introduced he starts editing her novel and the vibes are just strong between these two chemistry i think it was instant chemistry i think that these two were absolutely twin flames ah hot they they just like got each other john later recalled at a celebratory lunch with her after he finished reading her first uh the first galleys for her first novel quote while her significant other was out of town it happened

Oh, she was like, let's get right to it.

It's like this bull's gone.

When the cat's away.

The mice will play.

And that they did.

They ended up getting married in 1964 when she was 28 years old.

Was he older than her?

He was older than her, but I don't think that much older.

Actually, I don't know if he was older than her or not.