Women Writers Meme
From 
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The Rules of the Game Are:
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
Unmarked are those whose work you have not read.
Joan Aiken
Eleanor Arnason*
Catherine Asaro
Ellen Asher*
Margaret Atwood
Camille Bacon-Smith*
Kage Baker
Elizabeth Bear
eluki bes shahar*
Anne Bishop
K. J. Bishop*
Leigh Brackett
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lois McMaster Bujold
Emma Bull
Octavia E. Butler
Pat Cadigan*
Rachel Caine*
Jayge Carr*
Angela Carter*
Jeanne Cavelos*
Karen Chance*
Joy Chant*
Suzy McKee Charnas
C. J. Cherryh
Susanna Clark*
Storm Constantine*
Louise Cooper
Susan Cooper
Joan Cox*
Kathyrn Cramer*
Kara Dalkey*
Ellen Datlow*
Lindsey Davies
Debra Doyle
Tanarive Due*
Rosemary Edghill
Kate Elliott
Carol Emshwiller*
Jane S. Fancher*
Sheila Finch*
Karen Joy Fowler*
Esther Friesner
Mary Gentle
Laura Anne Gilman
Rumer Godden*
Lisa Goldstein*
Kathleen Ann Goonan*
Theodora Goss*
Nicola Griffith*
Eileen Gunn*
Barbara Hambly
Elizabeth Hand
Charlaine Harris
Teresa Nielsen Hayden*
Zenna Henderson*
Georgette Heyer
Nina Kiriki Hoffman*
Nancy Holder*
Nalo Hopkinson
Tanya Huff
Kij Johnson*
Diana Wynne Jones (love, love, love her stuff)
Gwyneth Jones*
Leigh Kennedy*
Caitlin Kiernan*
Rosemary Kirstein*
Ellen Klages*
Mary Robinette Kowal*
Nancy Kress
Katherine Kurtz
Ellen Kushner
Madeline L’Engle
Mercedes Lackey
Margo Lanagan*
Deborah Layne*
Sharon Lee
Tanith Lee
Ursula LeGuin
Anna Leonard*
Kelly Link*
Jane Linskold
Elizabeth A. Lynn
Katherine MacLean*
Ardath Mayhar*
Anne McCaffrey
Shawna McCarthy*
Maureen McHugh*
Vonda N. McIntyre
Patricia A. McKillip
Robin McKinley
R. M. Meluch*
Farah Mendlesohn*
Judith Merril*
Stephenie Meyer (the question why leaps to my mind)
Barbara Michaels (also as Elizabeth Peters)
Laura Mixon*
Judith Moffett*
Mary Anne Mohanraj*
Elizabeth Moon
C. L. Moore
Cheryl Morgan*
C. E. Murphy
Pat Murphy*
Edith Nesbit (E. A. Nesbit)
Andre Norton
Naomi Novik
Rebecca Ore*
Rachel Pollack*
Cherie Priest*
Marta Randall*
Kit Reed*
Laura Resnick
Anne Rice
M. Rickert*
Justina Robson*
Michaela Roessner*
J. K. Rowling
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Joanna Russ
Mary Doria Russell
Jessica Amanda Salmonson*
Pamela Sargent
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Melissa Scott
Ekaterina Sedia*
Nisi Shawl*
Delia Sherman*
Josepha Sherman*
Sharon Shinn
Kristine Smith*
Sherwood Smith
Wen Spencer*
Nancy Springer*
Margaret St. Clair*
Caroline Stevermer*
Mary Stewart
Judith Tarr
Sheri S. Tepper
Angela Thirkell*
Amy Thomson*
James Tiptree, Jr.
Mary Turzillo*
Lisa Tuttle*
Catherynne M. Valente*
Ann VanderMeer*
S. L. Viehl
Joan D. Vinge
Evangeline Walton*
Jo Walton
Martha Wells*
Kate Wilhelm
Sheila Williams*
Connie Willis
Terri Windling
Patricia C. Wrede
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Jane Yolen
There are probably people on the list whose books I’d recognize, but whose names did not stick in my brain. I am not particularly good with names and I see a lot of books on a daily basis.
I’ll admit I don’t read many women authors. Of course, I don’t read that many authors, period, but women authors, on the whole, tend to write more serious books. I have a fairly low tolerance for serious.
mara .
The Rules of the Game Are:
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
Unmarked are those whose work you have not read.
Joan Aiken
Eleanor Arnason*
Catherine Asaro
Ellen Asher*
Margaret Atwood
Camille Bacon-Smith*
Kage Baker
Elizabeth Bear
eluki bes shahar*
Anne Bishop
K. J. Bishop*
Leigh Brackett
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lois McMaster Bujold
Emma Bull
Octavia E. Butler
Pat Cadigan*
Rachel Caine*
Jayge Carr*
Angela Carter*
Jeanne Cavelos*
Karen Chance*
Joy Chant*
Suzy McKee Charnas
C. J. Cherryh
Susanna Clark*
Storm Constantine*
Louise Cooper
Susan Cooper
Joan Cox*
Kathyrn Cramer*
Kara Dalkey*
Ellen Datlow*
Lindsey Davies
Debra Doyle
Tanarive Due*
Rosemary Edghill
Kate Elliott
Carol Emshwiller*
Jane S. Fancher*
Sheila Finch*
Karen Joy Fowler*
Esther Friesner
Mary Gentle
Laura Anne Gilman
Rumer Godden*
Lisa Goldstein*
Kathleen Ann Goonan*
Theodora Goss*
Nicola Griffith*
Eileen Gunn*
Barbara Hambly
Elizabeth Hand
Charlaine Harris
Teresa Nielsen Hayden*
Zenna Henderson*
Georgette Heyer
Nina Kiriki Hoffman*
Nancy Holder*
Nalo Hopkinson
Tanya Huff
Kij Johnson*
Diana Wynne Jones (love, love, love her stuff)
Gwyneth Jones*
Leigh Kennedy*
Caitlin Kiernan*
Rosemary Kirstein*
Ellen Klages*
Mary Robinette Kowal*
Nancy Kress
Katherine Kurtz
Ellen Kushner
Madeline L’Engle
Mercedes Lackey
Margo Lanagan*
Deborah Layne*
Sharon Lee
Tanith Lee
Ursula LeGuin
Anna Leonard*
Kelly Link*
Jane Linskold
Elizabeth A. Lynn
Katherine MacLean*
Ardath Mayhar*
Anne McCaffrey
Shawna McCarthy*
Maureen McHugh*
Vonda N. McIntyre
Patricia A. McKillip
Robin McKinley
R. M. Meluch*
Farah Mendlesohn*
Judith Merril*
Stephenie Meyer (the question why leaps to my mind)
Barbara Michaels (also as Elizabeth Peters)
Laura Mixon*
Judith Moffett*
Mary Anne Mohanraj*
Elizabeth Moon
C. L. Moore
Cheryl Morgan*
C. E. Murphy
Pat Murphy*
Edith Nesbit (E. A. Nesbit)
Andre Norton
Naomi Novik
Rebecca Ore*
Rachel Pollack*
Cherie Priest*
Marta Randall*
Kit Reed*
Laura Resnick
Anne Rice
M. Rickert*
Justina Robson*
Michaela Roessner*
J. K. Rowling
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Joanna Russ
Mary Doria Russell
Jessica Amanda Salmonson*
Pamela Sargent
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Melissa Scott
Ekaterina Sedia*
Nisi Shawl*
Delia Sherman*
Josepha Sherman*
Sharon Shinn
Kristine Smith*
Sherwood Smith
Wen Spencer*
Nancy Springer*
Margaret St. Clair*
Caroline Stevermer*
Mary Stewart
Judith Tarr
Sheri S. Tepper
Angela Thirkell*
Amy Thomson*
James Tiptree, Jr.
Mary Turzillo*
Lisa Tuttle*
Catherynne M. Valente*
Ann VanderMeer*
S. L. Viehl
Joan D. Vinge
Evangeline Walton*
Jo Walton
Martha Wells*
Kate Wilhelm
Sheila Williams*
Connie Willis
Terri Windling
Patricia C. Wrede
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Jane Yolen
There are probably people on the list whose books I’d recognize, but whose names did not stick in my brain. I am not particularly good with names and I see a lot of books on a daily basis.
I’ll admit I don’t read many women authors. Of course, I don’t read that many authors, period, but women authors, on the whole, tend to write more serious books. I have a fairly low tolerance for serious.