Angela Carter
(born 1940, Eastbourne, Sussex, England; died 1992, London, England)

Feminist novelist and short story writer whose literary profile was raised by the adaptation of her work in the 1984 horror movie, The Company of Wolves. Carter's novels included The Magic Toyshop, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman and Wise Children. The stories in The Bloody Chamber saw her returning a grotesque humour and dark eroticism to traditional fairy tales.