American Masters Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women’ Leave a Comment on American Masters Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women’ Posted in Biography, Documentary, History, Music, Year – 2008 Louisa May Alcott, author of “Little Women,” leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s. Trailer: