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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 1440 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 837 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 519 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 528 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 936 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 923 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 966 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 1003 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 1092 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 1079 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 910 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1132 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 974 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 888 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 922 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 873 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 1047 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 967 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 427 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 1010 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 1056 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 984 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 882 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 491 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 943 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 1011 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 848 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1255 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 939 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1161 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 454 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 932 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 935 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 967 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 407 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 432 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 898 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 875 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 902 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1139 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1170 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1190 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1271 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1217 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 464 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 837 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 848 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 418 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 923 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1152 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 1052 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 898 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 810 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 419 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 904 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 378 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 579 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 402 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 895 Views
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