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Incorrect. Werthead Send a noteboard - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM
All reasonably well-known female writers to any serious fan of the genre:

Margaret Atwood
Kage Baker
Alex Bell
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Poppy Z. Brite
Lois McMaster Bujold
Octavia Butler
Pat Cadigan
Jaqueline Carey
Kristin Cashore
Trudie Canavan
CJ Cherryh
Storm Constantine
Leigh Eddings
Kate Elliott
Jaine Fenn
Maggie Furey
Diana Gabaldon
Mary Gentle
Barbara Hambly
Elizabeth Hand
Robin Hobb
Diana Wynne Jones
JV Jones
Nancy Kress
Ursula K. LeGuin
Doris Lessing
Katherine Kerr
Mercedes Lackey
Gail Z. Martin
Julian May
Anne McCaffrey
Elizabeth Moon
Andre Norton
KJ Parker
JK Rowling
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Mary Shelley
Sheri S. Tepper
Lisa Tuttle
Michelle West
Liz Williams
Connie Willis
Janny Wurts
Jane Yolen
This message last edited by Werthead on 16/09/2009 at 12:03:22 AM
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This board is severely lacking in discussion of female authors Larry - 12/09/2009 08:11:46 AM 1420 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 807 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 508 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 517 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 913 Views
I think what you mean is this board is lacking in discussion of lesser-known authors... Legolas - 12/09/2009 10:49:56 AM 896 Views
While part of that is true, part of it really deals with a thought when I glanced through the posts Larry - 12/09/2009 10:55:07 AM 940 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 982 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 1067 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 1060 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 891 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1106 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 945 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 869 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 896 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 844 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 1022 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 941 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 417 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 984 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 1030 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 962 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 858 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 479 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 919 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 992 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 824 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1229 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 911 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1139 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 441 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 914 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 911 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 940 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 399 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 424 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 871 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 849 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 881 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1113 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1144 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1169 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1243 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1186 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 454 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 822 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 827 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 406 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 901 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1135 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 1027 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 876 Views
I read mostly scfi these days and there just are not that many new female scfi writers random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:28:31 PM 787 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 409 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 882 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 370 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 568 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 391 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 871 Views
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