Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was an American magazine writer, fashion editor, and novelist.

[4] Her later books included Princess Daisy (1980), Mistral's Daughter (1982) Till We Meet Again (1988), Dazzle (1990), and Spring Collection (1996).

[9] The "youngest, smartest, and shortest girl" in her year,[10] she graduated from the Birch Wathen School at age 16.

Krantz told The Boston Globe in 1982 that she attended Wellesley with three goals: to date, to read every novel in the library, and to graduate.

Although the professor enjoyed her writing, he refused to give her an A because she had poor spelling, and he thought the B would teach her a lesson.

She enjoyed attending elegant parties, borrowing couture gowns, and meeting prominent people such as Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles and Hubert de Givenchy.

[10] The following year, Krantz returned to New York City, where began a career in magazine journalism.

She worked in the fiction department at Good Housekeeping before being promoted to fashion editor and having the opportunity to write several articles for the magazine.

[11] In 1953 Krantz attended a Fourth of July party hosted by her high school friend, Barbara Walters.

[14] It concerns the fabulously wealthy and glamorous Daisy, daughter of a Russian prince, who has to confront and overcome many harsh realities.

[15] Krantz continued her run of success with Mistral's Daughter (1982) (a multi-generational saga) and I'll Take Manhattan (1986), (about writer and socialite Maxi Amberville, a thinly disguised portrait of the author).