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Rita Mae Brown (born 28 November 1944) is an American writer and feminist. She is best known for her first novel ''Rubyfruit Jungle''. Published in 1973, it dealt with lesbian themes in an explicit manner unusual for the time. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter. ==Early life== Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried, teenage mother and her mother's married boyfriend. Brown's birth mother left the newborn Brown at an orphanage. Brown's mother's cousin, Julia "Juts" Brown, and her husband Ralph retrieved her from the orphanage, and raised her as their own in York, Pennsylvania, and later in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Starting in late 1962, Brown attended the University of Florida at Gainesville on a scholarship. In the spring of 1964, the administrators of the racially segregated university expelled her for participating in the civil rights movement.〔 She subsequently enrolled at Broward Community College with the hope of transferring eventually to a more tolerant four-year institution. Between 1964 and 1969, she lived in New York City, sometimes homeless, while attending New York University where she received a degree in Classics and English. Later, she received another degree in cinematography from the New York School of Visual Arts. Brown received a Ph.D. in literature from Union Institute & University in 1976 and holds a doctorate in political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.〔Related by Brown in her autobiography ''Rita Will'' and ''Starting from Scratch''.〕 Starting in 1973, Brown lived in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. In 1977, she bought a farm in Charlottesville, Virginia where she still lives. While living in Los Angeles in 1982, Brown wrote a screenplay parodying the slasher genre titled ''Sleepless Nights''; retitled ''The Slumber Party Massacre'', the producers decided to play it seriously, and it was given a limited release theatrically. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rita Mae Brown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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