books

Fantasy

Some of my favorite female scifi/fantasy heroines.

A

Rachel Aaron

Ben Aaronovitch

Lynn Abbey

Mario Acevedo

Douglas Adams

John Joseph Adams

Charlie Adhara

Shelley Adina

Ann Aguirre

Saladin Ahmed

Isabel Allende

Astrid Amara

Lou Anders

Douglas A. Anderson

Kevin J. Anderson

Ilona Andrews

Josephine Angelini

Anthologies

Piers Anthony

Kelley Armstrong

Catherine Asaro

Robert Asprin

B

Camille Bacon-Smith

Travis Baldree

Pip Ballantine

LA Banks

Christopher Barzak

Peter S. Beagle

Elizabeth Bear

Lyn Benedict

Steve Berman

Dassy Bernhard

Susan Bischoff

Anne Bishop

Holly Black

Jenna Black

Juneau Black

Heather Blackwood

Deborah Blake

Kendare Blake

Alice Borchardt

Rhys Bowen

Libba Bray

ML Brennan

Marie Brennan

Patricia Briggs

Kristen Britain

Meljean Brook

Steven Brust

Emma Bull

Jim Butcher

Kai Butler

C

Michael Cadnum

Rachel Caine

Kristen Callihan

Dana Cameron

AR Capetta

Orson Scott Card

Jacqueline Carey

Mike Carey

GL Carriger

Gail Carriger

Kristin Cashore

Joanna Chambers

Karen Chance

Kristi Charish

KJ Charles

C.J. Cherryh

Cassandra Clare

Susanna Clarke

Charlie Cochet

Eoin Colfer

Suzanne Collins

Harry Connolly

Glen Cook

R. Cooper

Paul Cornell

Kady Cross

Juliette Cross

Elaine Cunningham

Leah R. Cutter

Julie E. Czerneda

D

Gina Damico

Ellen Datlow

MaryJanice Davidson

Gail Dayton

Charles de Lint

Mark del Franco

Bradley Denton

Dahlia Donovan

Carole Nelson Douglas

Sara Douglass

Gardner Dozois

Dave Duncan

E

David Eddings

Rosemary Edgehill

KD Edwards

Kate Elliot

PN Elrod

Carol Emshwiller

Jennifer Estep

F

Raymond E. Feist

Phil & Kaja Foglio

Jeffery Ford

Rhys Ford

Alan Dean Foster

Kelly Fox

Diana Pharaoh Francis

Esther M. Friesner

Gregory Frost

Jeaniene Frost

John R Fultz

G

Diana Gabaldon

Neil Gaiman

Yasmine Galenorn

James Alan Gardner

AC Gaughen

Kelly Gay

Abigail Gibbs

Laura Anne Gilman

Christopher Golden

William Goldman

Terry Goodkind

Alexia Gordon

Theodora Goss

Heather Graham

Andrew M. Greeley

Simon R. Green

Martin H. Greenberg

Alison Grey

Paula Guran

Justin Gustainis

H

Alexis Hall

Laurell K. Hamilton

MLN Hanover

Deborah Harkness

S.E. Harmon

Kaje Harper

Charlaine Harris

Kim Harrison

Donald Harstead

David G. Hartwell

Michele Hauf

Jordan L. Hawk

John Twelve Hawks

Elizabeth Haydon

Drew Hayes

Lian Hearn

Kevin Hearne

John Helfers

Lisa Henry

Henry Herz

James A. Hetley

Talia Hibbert

Tracy Hickman

Leanna Renee Hieber

Jim C. Hines

Robin Hobb

Steve Hockensmith

Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Nancy Holder

David Holland

India Holton

Sarah Honey

Daniel Hoyt

Sarah A. Hoyt

Tanya Huff

Barry Hughart

Alex Hughes

Kerrie Hughes

Stephen Hunt

CC Hunter

Faith Hunter

Charlie Huston

I

Conn Iggulden

J

Benedict Jacka

DB Jackson

J. Richard Jacobs

Jae

Elliott James

Kij Johnson

JV Jones

Tamara Siler Jones

K

Richard Kadrey

Lissa Kasey

Guy Gavriel Kay

Anne Kelleher

Toni L.P. Kelner

Katherine Kerr

Alex Kidwell

Caitlín R. Kiernan

Nancy Kilpatrick

Nicole Kimberling

Laurie R. King

Stephen King

T. Kingfisher

Caitlin Kitteredge

Ellen Klages

Mindy Klasky

John Klima

TJ Klune

Francis Knight

Kathe Koja

Mary Robinette Kowal

Nancy Kress

Susan Krinard

Katharine Kurtz

Ellen Kushner

Yanni Kuznia

L

Mercedes Lackey

Robin LaFevers

Mur Lafferty

Celia Lake

Amy Lane

Joe R. Lansdale

Josh Lanyon

Stephen R. Lawhead

Ursula K. Le Guin

Mackenzi Lee

Rachel Lee

Tanith Lee

Kimberly Lemming

AL Lester

John Levitt

Jeannie Lin

Megan Lindholm

Jane Lindskold

Marissa K. Lingen

Kelly Link

Holly Lisle

Denise Little

Marjorie Liu

Morgan Llywelyn

Sergei Lukyanenko

Scott Lynch

M

Jonathan Maberry

Katie MacAlister

Gregory Maguire

Rebecca Maines

George Mann

Melissa Marr

Freya Marske

Ann Marston

George R.R. Martin

Wilkie Martin

A. Lee Martinez

Angel Martinez

Lish McBride

Brian McClellan

Seanan McGuire

Juliet E. McKenna

Dennis L. McKiernan

Patricia A. McKillip

Robin McKinley

Bec McMasters

Jon F Merz

China Mieville

Mike Mignola

Christopher Moore

Janet Morris

Tee Morris

CE Murphy

N

Terry Newman

Garth Nix

Sharyn November

Naomi Novik

Jody Lynn Nye

O

Claire O'Dell

Daniel O'Malley

Pat O'Shea

Andrew Offutt

Nnedi Okorafor

Daniel José Older

Melissa F. Olson

EE Ottoman

P

Dru Pagliassotti

Kristen Painter

Sarah Painter

Cindy Spenser Pape

Richard Parks

Fiona Patton

Diana L. Paxson

Nicole Peeler

Victor Pelevin

Jesse Petersen

Ana J. Phoenix

CS Poe

CL Polk

Misha Popp

Terry Pratchett

TA Pratt

Jordan Castillo Price

Cherie Priest

Philip Pullman

Q

Queer Fantasy Stories

R

Jennifer Rardin

Melanie Rawn

Mickey Zucker Reichert

Kristopher Reisz

Laura Resnick

Mike Resnick

Kat Richardson

Ransom Riggs

Jennifer Roberson

Michaela Roessner

Moira Rogers

Margaret Ronald

AM Rose

Jessica Rosenberg

JK Rowling

SJ Rozan

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Karen Russell

Sean Russell

S

Michelle Sagara

Lilith Saintcrow

Brandon Sanderson

David J. Schwartz

Darrell Schweitzer

Ekaterina Sedia

Nisi Shawl

Robert Shea

Lisa Shearin

Delia Sherman

Josepha Sherman

Lydia Sherrer

Sharon Shinn

Robert Silverberg

David R. Slayton

Sherwood Smith

Lemony Snicket

Thomas Sniegoski

Midori Snyder

Dana Stabenow

Ella Stainton

Morgan Stang

Jeanne C. Stein

Caroline Stevermer

Maggie Stiefvater

SM Stirling

J. Michael Straczynski

Jonathan Strahan

Jonathan Stroud

Matthew Sturges

T

Allie Therin

Thieves' World

Rob Thurman

JRR Tolkein

SD Tower

James R. Tuck

Megan Whalen Turner

Harry Turtledove

U

V

Catherynne M. Valente

Genevieve Valentine

Vampire Hunter D

Brian K. Vaughan

Carrie Vaughn

Katherine Vaz

Charles Vess

Lynn Viehl

Paula Volsky

W

Jo Walton

Aidan Wayne

Margaret Weis

Phaedra Weldon

Jaye Wells

Martha Wells

Michelle West

Eileen Wilks

Liz Williams

Bill Willingham

F. Paul Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson

Terri Windling

Maryrose Wood

Patricia C. Wrede

Janny Wurts

X

Y

Chelsa Quinn Yarbro

Jane Yolen

ES Yu

Z

Roger Zelazny

Sarah Zettel

Stephan Zielinski