Dora Wilcox
DORA WILCOX was a poet and playwright. Born in New Zealand, her work was being published in periodicals by the time she was 12. She moved to Australia at 18 and three years later relocated to...
Doris Lessing
DORIS LESSING was a novelist, poet, and playwright. Lessing is renowned for her contributions to literature, having received the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to...
Dorothea Du Bois
DOROTHEA DU BOIS was the eldest daughter of Richard Annesley, sixth Earl of Anglesey, and was educated at Dublin boarding schools. In 1740 her father repudiated his marriage, declared his...
Dorothy Baker
DOROTHY BAKER (née Dodds) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in French, she traveled to France, where she met poet Howard Baker. They...
Dorothy Hewett
DOROTHY HEWETT was a feminist poet, novelist, and playwright. She began as a journalist writing under a pseudonym for a Communist paper “The Worker’s Star,” and later wrote for another, the...
Dorothy Heyward
DOROTHY HEYWARD was born in Ohio and attended Harvard University for playwriting. Her first play, The Dud, won the Harvard Prize in 1924 and appeared on Broadway that year retitled to Nancy Ann....
Dorothy L. Sayers
DOROTHY L. SAYERS was a poet, translator, advertising copywriter, and playwright. However, Sayers remains best known for her crime fiction novels that are set between the world wars. Proficient in...
Dorothy Macardle
DOROTHY MACARDLE was an Irish writer, novelist, and playwright. She attended Alexandra College, and returned to teach English there after graduating. Her political involvement led to her arrest by...