Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction based in New York, whose work appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker. She was a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table and was known for her caustic wisecracks and her eye for the foibles of urban life. Her Hollywood screenwriting earned two Academy Award nominations before her left-wing politics put her on the Hollywood blacklist. Her short stories in Complete Stories and her essays in The Portable Dorothy Parker keep that sharp wit on the page.