Alexis Greene was born in 1950 in New York City. As of 2018, she is an author, theater critic, and editor, who writes most often about women in American theater. Her published books include The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway, co-authored with Julie Taymor and published in 1997; Women Who Write Plays: Interviews with American Dramatists, published in 2001; The Story of 42nd Street: The Theaters, Shows, Characters, and Scandals of the World’s Most Notorious Street, co-authored with Mary C. Henderson and published in 2008; and three books in the Playwrights in an Hour series. She edited the books Women Writing Plays: Three Decades of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, published in 2006, and co-edited Front Lines: Political Plays by American Women with Shirley Lauro, published in 2009. Greene has also written articles and reviews for periodicals such as American Theatre, Theatre Journal, and Variety.