LOVE AND SAFFRON
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Charlotte | Armstrong | Joan's favorite local writer. |
| Charles | Aznavour | French Singer. |
| Jean | Bartel | Mother's friend. Formerly Miss America. |
| Joan | Bergstrom | Mrs. Fortier's admirer. A fan of "Letter from the Island". |
| James | Bond | Chef. |
| Pearl | Buck | Author. |
| Mary | Burchell | Novelist. |
| Aunt | Commie | Francis's aunt. |
| Irene | Corskie | Francis's sister. |
| Elizabeth | David | Writer. |
| Mrs. | David | Joan's neighbor. |
| Miles | Davis | Jazz Trumpeter. |
| Joan | Didion | A journalist from the Saturday evening post. |
| Mrs. | Dryer | Enterprising woman. |
| Edna | Ferber | Author. |
| Imogen Grace | Fortier | Author of "Letter from the Island" column. AKA: Immy. |
| Professor | Fox | An Anthropologist. |
| James | Garner | Actor. |
| Helen | Gurley-Brown | Of Sex and the Single Girl fame. |
| Scoop | Jackson | Warren's legislative partner. |
| Jane | Jacobs | Author. |
| Lyndon | Johnson | Current US Vice President. |
| John | Kennedy | Current US President. |
| Mr. | Luke | Victor's friend. |
| Wing | Luke | One of the council members |
| Helen | Macinnes | Writer. |
| Warren | Magnuson | Senator. |
| Theolonious | Monk | Jazz Musician. |
| Henrietta | Neatrour | A literary agent from New York. |
| Angelo | Pelligrini | English Lit. Professor. |
| Mr. | Pelligrini | Chef. |
| George | Peppard | Actor. |
| Diego | Rivera | Mexican painter. |
| Immy Frida | Rodriguez | Mateo and Joan's daughter. |
| Mateo | Rodriguez | The neighbor's carpenter. AKA: Mr. R. |
| Mrs. | S. Santos | The woman who sells a paste called mole. |
| Mrs. | Saderberg | The travel agency woman. |
| Ann | Soeleiman | Holds cooking classes at the Los Angeles International Institute. |
| Freya | Stark | Wrote about Persia. |
| Victor | Steinbreuk | An architect. |
| Gladys | Taber | Author of the "Butternut Wisdom" column in family circle. |
| Aggie | Underwood | City Editor of Los Angeles Herald Examiner. |
| John | Updike | Author of Rabbit, Run. |
| Matao | Uwate | A local celebrity. |
| Jeanne | Voltz | The editor of food pages. |
| Nero | Wolfe | Author. |
| Alice | Secretary of the newly-formed Friends of the Market. | |
| Ardis | Imogen's cousin. | |
| Buck | Francis's brother. | |
| Dan | Francis's brother. | |
| Father | Joan's father. | |
| Francis | Imogen's husband. | |
| Frida | Francis's ex-fiancé. | |
| Hal | Francis's brother. | |
| Hazel | Imogen's friend. | |
| Inge | Mother's second cousin. | |
| Kit | Imogen's niece. | |
| Michael | Kit's fiance. | |
| Mother | Joan's mother. | |
| Pauline | Imogen's cousin. | |
| Seneca | Ancient roman. | |
| Simenon | Author. | |
| Susan | One of the girls from Bailey Memorial Home and Hospital. |
