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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 1262 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 671 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 420 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 455 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 791 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 775 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 795 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 847 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 936 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 917 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 764 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 918 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 804 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 711 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 766 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 721 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 815 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 782 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 338 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 835 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 891 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 842 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 743 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 422 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 793 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 852 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 698 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1096 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 781 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1019 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 370 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 762 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 787 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 821 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 338 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 362 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 724 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 712 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 748 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 961 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1001 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1018 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1112 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1062 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 399 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 688 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 708 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 346 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 772 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 936 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 895 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 734 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 664 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 349 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 766 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 316 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 442 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 339 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 732 Views
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