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Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison is an American writer from South Carolina. Throughout her writing career, she has received numerous accolades, such as the American Library Association Prize for Lesbian and Gay Writing, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, and the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction. She was the first in her family to complete high school and subsequently attended Florida Presbyterian College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology. She later pursued graduate studies at Florida State University, The Sagaris Institute, and the New School for Social Research.

Dorothy Allison became a published novelist in 1983 with the novel The Women Who Hate Me. Below is a list of Dorothy Allison's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

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Bastard Out of Carolina (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cavedweller (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

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The Women Who Hate Me (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trash (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

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Skin (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conversations with Dorothy Allison (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

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Women on Women (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Leatherfolk (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
High Risk (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Writing Women's Lives (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Downhome (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Swords of the Rainbow (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Short Stories 2003 (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rhetorical Women: Roles and Representations (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Writer's Notebook (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Favorite Lesbian Stories from Best American Erotica (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gay City: Volume 5 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean:Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
OutWrite (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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