Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen March 3 1922 May 1 2006 was an American screenwriter television producer and novelist She was one of few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession She was born as Jacqueline Presson the only child of Willie Mae a buyer and Albert Jack Presson a department store merchant She wrote the screenplay for Lord of the Flies 1990 under the pseudonym Sara Schiff