This comprehensive reference works provides biographical, bibliographical and critical information on 300 authors whose works reflect trends in feminist thought. Featured are novelists, poets, dramatists, journalists, short story and non-fiction writers. It concentrates specifically on writings with feminist themes and features authors of various nationalities and cultures, including, Dorothy Allison, Germaine Greer and Camille Paglia. The work is arranged alphabetically by author surname and nationality, genre and subject indexes help readers find the information they need quickly and easily.