What is Dorothy Allison?
[[File:Allison, Dorothy.jpg|thumb|Dorothy Allison]] '''Dorothy Allison''' (April 11, 1949 &ndash; November 6, 2024) was an American writer. She won awards for her writing. ==Early life== Allison was born to a poor single teenage girl in [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. She was [[Sexual abuse|sexually abused]] by her stepfather for many years. ==Career== Allison's first book was published in 1983. In 1989 Allison won her first [[Lambda Literary Award]] for ''Trash: Short Stories''. Allison took almost ten years to write her first novel. It was published March 1992. The novel was made into a movie. ==Personal life== Allison was a [[lesbian]].<ref>Ed. Burke, Jennifer Clare (2009). Visible: A Femmethology Vol. 2. Homofactus Press. p. 44. {{ISBN|0978597354}}.</ref> She lived in [[Monte Rio, California]] with her partner and partner's son. Allison died at the age of 75 from [[cancer]] at her home in [[Guerneville, Califronia]] on November 6, 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Brittany |title=Dorothy Allison, author and force of nature, has died |url=https://lithub.com/dorothy-allison-author-and-force-of-nature-has-died/ |access-date=November 8, 2024 |publisher=Literary Hub |date=November 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy Allison |url=https://mailchi.mp/sinisterwisdom/dorothyallison?e=907ddb10c6 |website=Sinister Wisdom via MailChimp |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ring |first1=Trudy |title=Lesbian feminist author Dorothy Allison has died |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/dorothy-allison-lesbian-author-obituary |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=9 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Allison, Dorothy}} [[Category:American crime victims]] [[Category:American feminists]] [[Category:American LGBT people]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:Lesbian feminists]] [[Category:LGBT novelists]] [[Category:Writers from South Carolina]] [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]