Fay Weldon is an English author, essayist, and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.

Her works include Mischief, Habits of the House, Long Live the King, Kehua!, Chalcot Crescent, The Stepmother's Diary, The Spa Decameron, What Makes Women Happy, She May Not Leave, Mantrapped, The Bulgari Connection, Rhode Island Blues, Godless in Eden, My Mother Said, Big Women, Worst Fears, Splitting, Life Force, Growing Rich, Affliction, Trouble, Darcy's Utopia, The Cloning of Joanna May, Leader of the Band, The Heart of the Country, The Rules of Life, The Shrapnel Academy, Letters to Alice: The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, The President’s Child, Weekend, Li, The New Countess Little Sisters, Remember Me, Female Friends, Down Among the Women,and The Fat Woman's Joke.