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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 1441 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 841 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 520 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 939 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 925 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 969 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 1006 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 1094 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 1082 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 915 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1134 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 976 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 890 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 923 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 876 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 1050 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 970 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 1011 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 1059 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 987 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 885 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 945 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 1015 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 851 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1258 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 942 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1164 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 934 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 937 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 969 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 433 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 900 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 881 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 905 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1141 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1173 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1194 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1276 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1221 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 840 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 851 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 925 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1155 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 1055 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 901 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 812 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 420 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 910 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 898 Views
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