Rita Mae Brown is a U.S. writer and playwright. She is best known for Rubyfruit Jungle, an adventure story about growing up as a lesbian in America.
 

Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown grew up in Florida and now lives outside Charlottesville, Virginia. She has a degree in Classics and English from New York University and a doctorate in Political Science from the Institute For Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Brown has published several books of poems, eleven novels, six mysteries with her cat, Sneaky Pie, and a writer's manual. She has been twice nominated for an Emmy, for her scripts Love Liberty and The Long Hot Summer. 

Rita Mae Brown's Official Web Site

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