Susan Griffin is a highly influential and acclaimed writer and poet whose works include The Book of the Courtesans, Woman and Nature (a classic work that inspired eco-feminism), What Her Body Thought, A Chorus of Stones, and The Eros of Everyday Life. She has been the recipient of, among other honors, NEA and Macarthur grants and an Emmy award (for her play, Voices) and lectures widely in the U.S. and abroad.