Because it's easier to meme than provide real content
Bold the women by whom you own books
Italicize those by whom you’ve read something of (short stories count)
*Star those you don’t recognize
The grammar of this meme bugs me, but no matter. You can tell I'm an 80s fantasy reader, though I seem not to have read many of my contemporaries.
Andre Norton
C. L. Moore
Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna Russ
Margaret St. Clair*
Katherine MacLean*
Carol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Zenna Henderson
Madeline L’Engle
Angela Carter
Ursula LeGuin
Anne McCaffrey
--you know, I think I never have? Go me.
Diana Wynne Jones
Kit Reed*
James Tiptree, Jr.
--though I had to google to see if I had
Rachel Pollack*
Jane Yolen
Marta Randall*
Eleanor Arnason*
Ellen Asher*
Patricia A. McKillip
Suzy McKee Charnas
Lisa Tuttle*
Nina Kiriki Hoffman*
Tanith Lee
Pamela Sargent*
Jayge Carr*
Vonda McIntyre
Octavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Pamela Sargent*
Mary Gentle
--even if it was just browsing in a store
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
C. J. Cherryh
Joan D. Vinge
--recurrent problem. I may well have read some of hers but the 80s was a long time ago and all those names have a certain similarity
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
-- does her blog count?
Ellen Kushner
Ellen Datlow
-- but how does one read an editor?
Nancy Kress*
Pat Murphy*
Lisa Goldstein*
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo*
Connie Willis
Barbara Hambly
Nancy Holder*
Sheri S. Tepper
Melissa Scott
Margaret Atwood
--but it wasn't fantasy
Lois McMaster Bujold
Jeanne Cavelos*
Karen Joy Fowler*
Leigh Kennedy*
Judith Moffett*
Rebecca Ore*
Emma Bull
Pat Cadigan*
Kathyrn Cramer*
Laura Mixon*
Eileen Gunn*
Elizabeth Hand*
Kij Johnson
Delia Sherman
Elizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner*
Terri Windling
Sharon Lee*
Sherwood Smith
--does her lj count?
Katherine Kurtz
Margo Lanagan*
Laura Resnick*
Kristine Kathryn Rusch*
Sheila Williams*
Farah Mendlesohn*
Gwyneth Jones*
Ardath Mayhar
Esther Friesner*
Debra Doyle*
Nicola Griffith*
Amy Thomson*
Martha Wells
Catherine Asaro*
Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan*
Shawna McCarthy*
Caitlin Kiernan*
Maureen McHugh*
Cheryl Morgan*
Nisi Shawl
Mary Doria Russell*
Kage Baker
Kelly Link*
Nancy Springer
J. K. Rowling
Nalo Hopkinson
Ellen Klages*
Tanarive Due
M. Rickert*
Theodora Goss
Mary Anne Mohanraj
--does her spoilerific list of gay SFF count?
S. L. Viehl*
Jo Walton
Kristine Smith*
Deborah Layne*
Cherie Priest
Wen Spencer*
K. J. Bishop*
Catherynne M. Valente
Elizabeth Bear
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi Novik
Mary Robinette Kowal*
Ann VanderMeer*
Italicize those by whom you’ve read something of (short stories count)
*Star those you don’t recognize
The grammar of this meme bugs me, but no matter. You can tell I'm an 80s fantasy reader, though I seem not to have read many of my contemporaries.
Andre Norton
C. L. Moore
Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna Russ
Margaret St. Clair*
Katherine MacLean*
Carol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Zenna Henderson
Madeline L’Engle
Angela Carter
Ursula LeGuin
Anne McCaffrey
--you know, I think I never have? Go me.
Diana Wynne Jones
Kit Reed*
James Tiptree, Jr.
--though I had to google to see if I had
Rachel Pollack*
Jane Yolen
Marta Randall*
Eleanor Arnason*
Ellen Asher*
Patricia A. McKillip
Suzy McKee Charnas
Lisa Tuttle*
Nina Kiriki Hoffman*
Tanith Lee
Pamela Sargent*
Jayge Carr*
Vonda McIntyre
Octavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Pamela Sargent*
Mary Gentle
--even if it was just browsing in a store
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
C. J. Cherryh
Joan D. Vinge
--recurrent problem. I may well have read some of hers but the 80s was a long time ago and all those names have a certain similarity
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
-- does her blog count?
Ellen Kushner
Ellen Datlow
-- but how does one read an editor?
Nancy Kress*
Pat Murphy*
Lisa Goldstein*
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo*
Connie Willis
Barbara Hambly
Nancy Holder*
Sheri S. Tepper
Melissa Scott
Margaret Atwood
--but it wasn't fantasy
Lois McMaster Bujold
Jeanne Cavelos*
Karen Joy Fowler*
Leigh Kennedy*
Judith Moffett*
Rebecca Ore*
Emma Bull
Pat Cadigan*
Kathyrn Cramer*
Laura Mixon*
Eileen Gunn*
Elizabeth Hand*
Kij Johnson
Delia Sherman
Elizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner*
Terri Windling
Sharon Lee*
Sherwood Smith
--does her lj count?
Katherine Kurtz
Margo Lanagan*
Laura Resnick*
Kristine Kathryn Rusch*
Sheila Williams*
Farah Mendlesohn*
Gwyneth Jones*
Ardath Mayhar
Esther Friesner*
Debra Doyle*
Nicola Griffith*
Amy Thomson*
Martha Wells
Catherine Asaro*
Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan*
Shawna McCarthy*
Caitlin Kiernan*
Maureen McHugh*
Cheryl Morgan*
Nisi Shawl
Mary Doria Russell*
Kage Baker
Kelly Link*
Nancy Springer
J. K. Rowling
Nalo Hopkinson
Ellen Klages*
Tanarive Due
M. Rickert*
Theodora Goss
Mary Anne Mohanraj
--does her spoilerific list of gay SFF count?
S. L. Viehl*
Jo Walton
Kristine Smith*
Deborah Layne*
Cherie Priest
Wen Spencer*
K. J. Bishop*
Catherynne M. Valente
Elizabeth Bear
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi Novik
Mary Robinette Kowal*
Ann VanderMeer*