who wrote franny
(Redirected from Franny and zooey). Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J. D. Salinger which comprises his short story Franny and novella Zooey /ËzoÊ.iË/ . The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957 respectively. Franny and Zooey, both in their twenties, are the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings.