Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American feminist, dramatist, journalist, filmmaker, actor, and activist who is best known as the author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of V-Day, a global movement that campaigns to prevent violence against girls and women. Her other plays include Conviction, Necessary[Page 479]Targets, Lemonade, and The Depot. She also has authored and edited several books about issues facing the lives of girls and women, such as The Good Body (2004), A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer (2007), and I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (2010). Ensler has a written for the magazines Glamour and Marie Claire, as well as contributing ...