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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 1358 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 743 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 473 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 488 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 853 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 833 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 865 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 920 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 997 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 993 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 829 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1032 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 887 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 803 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 834 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 786 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 956 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 864 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 366 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 900 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 962 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 901 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 800 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 452 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 859 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 921 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 769 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1166 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 852 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1081 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 409 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 830 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 851 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 883 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 368 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 394 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 796 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 779 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 815 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1057 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1077 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1111 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1178 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1126 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 425 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 759 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 772 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 376 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 836 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1067 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 958 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 799 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 727 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 380 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 827 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 341 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 536 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 364 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 810 Views
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