Women SF authors
Borrowing from lpetrazickis
Bold means I've read something by that person, comments may elaborate.
Andre Norton (as a child, yes, but I don't remember what)
C. L. Moore
Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna Russ
Margaret St. Clair
Katherine MacLean
Carol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer Bradley (Mists of Avalon for one)
Zenna Henderson
Madeline L’Engle (Everything, though I bounced off her adult non-sf fare)
Angela Carter (love her Red Riding Hood)
Ursula LeGuin (I don't like it as much as I should perhaps, but I've read several)
Anne McCaffrey (obsessed with her as a teen)
Diana Wynne Jones (love the Chrestomancy series, the rest is hit or miss for me)
Kit Reed
James Tiptree, Jr.
Rachel Pollack
Jane Yolen (Briar Rose is my favourite. Also a fan of the poetry)
Marta Randall
Eleanor Arnason
Ellen Asher
Patricia A. McKillip (hit or miss, almost what I want most of the time, but never quite)
Suzy McKee Charnas
Lisa Tuttle (bounce)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman (everything. obsessively. even the dreck.)
Tanith Lee (too... I don't know, goth-y? sadomasochistic? for my literary tastes)
Pamela Sargeant
Jayge Carr
Vonda McIntyre
Octavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Sheila Finch
Mary Gentle (like the alternate history 1601)
Jessia Amanda Salmonson
C. J. Cherryh (Leo is addicted to the Foreigner series)
Joan D. Vinge
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (know her more as an editor than author)
Ellen Kushner (totally my cup of tea, especially liked Swordspoint)
Ellen Datlow (tends to be interested in horror themes, but I enjoy the short stories I've read)
Nancy Kress (only shorts--part of what I call the Windling crowd, most of whom I quite like)
Pat Murphy
Lisa Goldstein (only shorts and poetry from Datlow and Windling anthologies)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo
Connie Willis (we own Doomsday Book and Say Nothing of the Dog, but have not read either)
Barbara Hambly
Nancy Holder
Sheri S. Tepper (like her, concerned about what I perceive as her homophobia)
Melissa Scott
Margaret Atwood (her sci-fi are all amongst my favourites by her)
Lois McMaster Bujold (loved the political intrigue in the ones I read)
Jeanne Cavelos
Karen Joy Fowler
Leigh Kennedy
Judith Moffett
Rebecca Ore
Emma Bull (Leo forgot to highlight her for Territory, which we both really enjoyed)
Pat Cadigan
Kathyrn Cramer
Laura Mixon
Eileen Gunn
Elizabeth Hand
Kij Johnson (something about japanese foxes back when I was a teen. It appears to have been called The Fox Woman, but wasn't published until 2000--something off there)
Delia Sherman (love her work--Windling's crowd again)
Elizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner
Terri Windling (I think she's primarily an editor, which makes her harder to follow, but I'll read anything she's written or edited, which says something)
Sharon Lee
Sherwood Smith
Katherine Kurz
Margo Lanagan
Laura Resnick
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Sheila Williams
Farah Mendlesohn
Gwyneth Jones (I like her better as Ann Halam)
Ardath Mayhar
Esther Friesner (yes, though I liked Temping Fate way more than her others)
Debra Doyle
Nicola Griffith
Amy Thomson
Martha Wells (bounced--have not given up yet though)
Catherine Asaro
Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Shawna McCarthy
Caitlin Kiernan
Maureen McHugh
Cheryl Morgan
Nisi Shawl
Mary Doria Russell
Kage Baker (Almost everything. Her death earlier this year was very sad for me.)
Kelly Link
Nancy Springer
J. K. Rowling
Nalo Hopkinson (Salt Roads and Brown Girl in the Ring)
Ellen Klages (not sure why this counts as sci fi, but I enjoyed what seemed like fairly accurate historical fiction about the making of the bomb)
Tanarive Due
M. Rickert
Theodora Goss
Mary Anne Mohanraj
S. L. Viehl
Jo Walton
Kristine Smith
Deborah Layne
Cherie Priest
Wen Spencer
K. J. Bishop
Catherynne M. Valente (I hear good things)
Elizabeth Bear (I hear good things)
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi Novik
Mary Robinette Kowal
Ann VanderMeer
Robin McKinley (Everything. Obsessively. In Hardcover.)
Suzanne Collins (Gregor and Hunger Games trilogy both)
Added: Justine Larbellessier (partner to Westerfeld of Uglies fame, which is how I heard of her. How to Ditch your Fairy and Liar are both great, but her trilogy went adult too quickly for me)
Added: Meredith Ann Pierce (odd beasts of novels. I quite like them even though they're a bit trashy)
Added: Tamora Pierce (terrible, but very popular and prolific)
Added: Sharon Shinn (She does several different sorts of sf very well--classic quest fantasy, ya fantasy, allegorical issue driven scifi among them)
Added: Patricia C. Wrede (Snow White and Rose Red remains a favourite. Edited by Windling.)
Added: Shannon Hale (y.a. fantasy novels Goose Girl and Book of a Thousand Days were both excellent good.)
Added: Frances Hardinge (Obsessed. Only has 3 novels out. 2 were brilliant and involved. The third was good, but not the same sort of beast)
Added: Pamela Dean (Obsessed. Own everything. Even before it came back into print. Tam Lin is the favourite)
Added: Mercedes Lackey (I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I've read them)
Added: Melanie Rawn (The Dragon Prince trilogy was a mainstay of my early teens)
Added: Kristen Cashore (Graceling and Fire were both brilliant recent reads)
*my qualifications for adding are more than one book or series in print
Bold means I've read something by that person, comments may elaborate.
Andre Norton (as a child, yes, but I don't remember what)
C. L. Moore
Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna Russ
Margaret St. Clair
Katherine MacLean
Carol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer Bradley (Mists of Avalon for one)
Zenna Henderson
Madeline L’Engle (Everything, though I bounced off her adult non-sf fare)
Angela Carter (love her Red Riding Hood)
Ursula LeGuin (I don't like it as much as I should perhaps, but I've read several)
Anne McCaffrey (obsessed with her as a teen)
Diana Wynne Jones (love the Chrestomancy series, the rest is hit or miss for me)
Kit Reed
James Tiptree, Jr.
Rachel Pollack
Jane Yolen (Briar Rose is my favourite. Also a fan of the poetry)
Marta Randall
Eleanor Arnason
Ellen Asher
Patricia A. McKillip (hit or miss, almost what I want most of the time, but never quite)
Suzy McKee Charnas
Lisa Tuttle (bounce)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman (everything. obsessively. even the dreck.)
Tanith Lee (too... I don't know, goth-y? sadomasochistic? for my literary tastes)
Pamela Sargeant
Jayge Carr
Vonda McIntyre
Octavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Sheila Finch
Mary Gentle (like the alternate history 1601)
Jessia Amanda Salmonson
C. J. Cherryh (Leo is addicted to the Foreigner series)
Joan D. Vinge
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (know her more as an editor than author)
Ellen Kushner (totally my cup of tea, especially liked Swordspoint)
Ellen Datlow (tends to be interested in horror themes, but I enjoy the short stories I've read)
Nancy Kress (only shorts--part of what I call the Windling crowd, most of whom I quite like)
Pat Murphy
Lisa Goldstein (only shorts and poetry from Datlow and Windling anthologies)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo
Connie Willis (we own Doomsday Book and Say Nothing of the Dog, but have not read either)
Barbara Hambly
Nancy Holder
Sheri S. Tepper (like her, concerned about what I perceive as her homophobia)
Melissa Scott
Margaret Atwood (her sci-fi are all amongst my favourites by her)
Lois McMaster Bujold (loved the political intrigue in the ones I read)
Jeanne Cavelos
Karen Joy Fowler
Leigh Kennedy
Judith Moffett
Rebecca Ore
Emma Bull (Leo forgot to highlight her for Territory, which we both really enjoyed)
Pat Cadigan
Kathyrn Cramer
Laura Mixon
Eileen Gunn
Elizabeth Hand
Kij Johnson (something about japanese foxes back when I was a teen. It appears to have been called The Fox Woman, but wasn't published until 2000--something off there)
Delia Sherman (love her work--Windling's crowd again)
Elizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner
Terri Windling (I think she's primarily an editor, which makes her harder to follow, but I'll read anything she's written or edited, which says something)
Sharon Lee
Sherwood Smith
Katherine Kurz
Margo Lanagan
Laura Resnick
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Sheila Williams
Farah Mendlesohn
Gwyneth Jones (I like her better as Ann Halam)
Ardath Mayhar
Esther Friesner (yes, though I liked Temping Fate way more than her others)
Debra Doyle
Nicola Griffith
Amy Thomson
Martha Wells (bounced--have not given up yet though)
Catherine Asaro
Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Shawna McCarthy
Caitlin Kiernan
Maureen McHugh
Cheryl Morgan
Nisi Shawl
Mary Doria Russell
Kage Baker (Almost everything. Her death earlier this year was very sad for me.)
Kelly Link
Nancy Springer
J. K. Rowling
Nalo Hopkinson (Salt Roads and Brown Girl in the Ring)
Ellen Klages (not sure why this counts as sci fi, but I enjoyed what seemed like fairly accurate historical fiction about the making of the bomb)
Tanarive Due
M. Rickert
Theodora Goss
Mary Anne Mohanraj
S. L. Viehl
Jo Walton
Kristine Smith
Deborah Layne
Cherie Priest
Wen Spencer
K. J. Bishop
Catherynne M. Valente (I hear good things)
Elizabeth Bear (I hear good things)
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi Novik
Mary Robinette Kowal
Ann VanderMeer
Robin McKinley (Everything. Obsessively. In Hardcover.)
Suzanne Collins (Gregor and Hunger Games trilogy both)
Added: Justine Larbellessier (partner to Westerfeld of Uglies fame, which is how I heard of her. How to Ditch your Fairy and Liar are both great, but her trilogy went adult too quickly for me)
Added: Meredith Ann Pierce (odd beasts of novels. I quite like them even though they're a bit trashy)
Added: Tamora Pierce (terrible, but very popular and prolific)
Added: Sharon Shinn (She does several different sorts of sf very well--classic quest fantasy, ya fantasy, allegorical issue driven scifi among them)
Added: Patricia C. Wrede (Snow White and Rose Red remains a favourite. Edited by Windling.)
Added: Shannon Hale (y.a. fantasy novels Goose Girl and Book of a Thousand Days were both excellent good.)
Added: Frances Hardinge (Obsessed. Only has 3 novels out. 2 were brilliant and involved. The third was good, but not the same sort of beast)
Added: Pamela Dean (Obsessed. Own everything. Even before it came back into print. Tam Lin is the favourite)
Added: Mercedes Lackey (I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I've read them)
Added: Melanie Rawn (The Dragon Prince trilogy was a mainstay of my early teens)
Added: Kristen Cashore (Graceling and Fire were both brilliant recent reads)
*my qualifications for adding are more than one book or series in print