Author

Dorothy Allison

5 books, mostly literary fiction, for Audible Studios, 2012–2021

Dorothy Allison (1949–2024) was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, poet, and memoirist whose work drew on working-class Southern life, poverty, sexuality, feminism, and abuse. Her acclaimed books include the National Book Award finalist Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller, the story collection Trash, the essay collection Skin, and the memoir Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. Her writing earned multiple Lambda Literary Awards and established her as a major LGBTQ+ literary voice.