Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison Allison at the Miami Book Fair International 2011 Born (1949-04-11) April 11, 1949 (age 65) Greenville, South Carolina Occupation writer, poet, novelist Nationality American Subject class struggle, child and sexual abuse, women, lesbianism, feminism, and family Literary movement Feminism Spouse Alix Layman Children Wolf Website www.dorothyallison.net Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Her writing includes themes of class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. She has won a number of awards for her writing, including several Lambda Literary Awards.