Rita Mae Brown
This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. (December 2014) Rita Mae Brown Born (1944-11-28) November 28, 1944 (age 70) Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist Nationality American Website www.ritamaebrown.com Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American writer and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Published in 1973, it dealt with lesbian themes in an explicit manner unusual for the time. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter.