The Female Eunuch author is Germaine GREER, a five-letter word. GREER is an Australian-born writer, academic, and public intellectual who has been a major figure in the feminist movement since the late 1960s. Her most famous work, The Female Eunuch, was published in 1970 and has become one of the most influential books of the feminist movement. GREER has written and spoken extensively on a wide range of topics, including gender, sexuality, literature, and politics.