Some of my favorite female scifi/fantasy heroines.
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
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
Michael Cadnum
Rachel Caine
S.O. Callahan
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
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
David Eddings
Rosemary Edgehill
KD Edwards
Kate Elliot
PN Elrod
Carol Emshwiller
Jennifer Estep
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
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
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
Conn Iggulden
Benedict Jacka
DB Jackson
J. Richard Jacobs
Jae
Elliott James
Kij Johnson
JV Jones
Tamara Siler Jones
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
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
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
Terry Newman
Garth Nix
Sharyn November
Naomi Novik
Jody Lynn Nye
Claire O'Dell
Daniel O'Malley
Pat O'Shea
Andrew Offutt
Nnedi Okorafor
Daniel José Older
Melissa F. Olson
EE Ottoman
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
Queer Fantasy Stories
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
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
Allie Therin
Thieves' World
Rob Thurman
JRR Tolkein
SD Tower
James R. Tuck
Megan Whalen Turner
Harry Turtledove
Catherynne M. Valente
Genevieve Valentine
Vampire Hunter D
Brian K. Vaughan
Carrie Vaughn
Katherine Vaz
Charles Vess
Lynn Viehl
Paula Volsky
Sarah Wallace
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
Chelsa Quinn Yarbro
Jane Yolen
ES Yu
Roger Zelazny
Sarah Zettel
Stephan Zielinski
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