Originated by
james_davis_nicoll, via
coffeeandink and
gwyneira.
Italicize the authors you've heard of before reading this list of authors, bold the ones you've read at least one work by, underline the ones of whose work you own at least one example of.
Lynn Abbey
Eleanor Arnason
Octavia ButlerMoyra Caldecott
Jayge Carr [corrected spelling]
Joy Chant
Suzy McKee Charnas
C. J. Cherryh
Jo Clayton
Candas Jane Dorsey
Diane Duane
Phyllis Eisenstein
Cynthia FeliceSheila Finch
Sally Gearhart
Mary GentleDian Girard
Eileen Gunn
Monica Hughes
Diana Wynne Jones
Gwyneth JonesLeigh Kennedy
Lee Killough
Nancy Kress
Katherine Kurtz
Tanith Lee
Megan Lindholm (AKA Robin Hobb)
Elizabeth A. LynnPhillipa Maddern
Ardath Mayhar
Vonda McIntyre
Patricia A. McKillipJanet Morris
Pat MurphySam Nicholson (AKA Shirley Nikolaisen)
Rachel PollackMarta Randall
Anne Rice
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Pamela SargentSydney J. Van Scyoc
Susan Shwartz
Nancy Springer
Lisa Tuttle
Joan Vinge
Élisabeth Vonarburg
Cherry Wilder
Connie WillisWell. We have learned that when I see SF by a woman, I read it. I did mention that thing about collecting Women's Press books, right?
(I also learned that DW is persnickety about nesting your tags in the right order.)