I want to write a great book — I want to make a difference — I want to have adventures and take enormous risks and be everything they say we are and … - Dorothy Allison

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I want to write a great book — I want to make a difference — I want to have adventures and take enormous risks and be everything they say we are and not give a damn what anyone says.

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About Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American lesbian writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina. She was legally blind in her right eye. Her mother soon married and when Dorothy was 5, her step-father started sexually abusing her. This continued until she managed to tell a relative. Dorothy's mother quickly found out and stopped the abuse but managed to keep the family together.

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