Elana Dykewomon (1949-2022) was a Jewish lesbian-feminist activist, award-winning author, editor, and teacher. Her first novel, Riverfinger Women (published in 1974), was chosen for The Publishing Triangle' s list of 100 best lesbian and gay novels. Best known for her Lambda award-winning historical novel, Beyond the Pale, Dykewomon also received the 2009 Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist' s prize. The editor of Sinister Wisdom from 1987-1994, she lived in Oakland, CA until her death in 2022.