Dorothy Allison
American writer, poet, novelist, critic
- Born
- 11 April 1949, Greenville
- Died
- 6 November 2024, aged 75
Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
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