Brainstorming
EliseOff the top of my head, not meant to be exhaustive in any way, but it's a good start:
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Kameron Hurley
NK Jemisin
Sharon Lee
Anne McCaffrey
Gwyneth Jones
Jacqueline Harpman
Andre Norton
Karen Traviss
Catherine Asaro
CL Moore
AC Crispin
Sharon Shinn
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Wendy Wagner
Caroline Yoachim
Alex Dally MacFarlane
Angela Slatter
Kij Johnson
A.C. Wise
Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
Elizabeth Hand
Kage Baker
Gail Carriger
Margaret Atwood
Lois Bujold
Suzanne Collins
Ursula K. Le Guin
Jacqueline Carey
Rachel Caine
Elizabeth Hand
Patricia Anthony
Connie Willis
Carrie Cuinn
Rachael Acks
Monica Byrne
Molly Tanzer
Sophie Wereley
Elizabeth Moon
Nalo Hopkinson
Joanna Russ
Robin Hobb
Caitlin Kiernan
Louise Marley
Tricia Sullivan
Audrey Niffenegger
Cherie Priest
Mary Robinette Kowal
Tanya Huff
P.D. James
Karen Joy Fowler
Gail Martin
Robin McKinley
Vylar Kaftan
Joan Slonczewski
Lynne Ellison
Robin Blackburn
Naomi Novak
E. A. Scarborough
Nnedi Okorafor
Madeline L'Engle
Jennifer Roberson
Catherynne Valente
CJ Cherryh
Daphne DuMaurier
Jaymee Goh
Jo Walton
Deborah Christian
Octavia Butler
Mary Shelley
Trudi Canavan
Theodora Goss
Joan Vinge
Ann Leckie
Connie Willis
Cynthia Ward
Kaja Foglio
Aliette de Bodard
Kristine Smith
Damien Angelica Walters
Diane Duane
Karen Miller
CE Murphy
Ekaterina Sedia
Madeline Ashby
Diana Gabaldon
Claire Hummel
Elizabeth Bourne
Linnea Sinclair
Sunny Moraine
Eileen Gunn
Melanie Rawn
Lauren Beukes
Amal El-Mohtar
James Tiptree, Jr.
Yoon Ha Lee
Genevieve Valentine
Erzebet Yellowboy
Jean Johnson
Lisa Hannett
Eleanor Arnason
Kate Elliot
Karin Tidbeck
Elizabeth Bear
Silvia Spruck Wrigley
Genevieve Valentine
Helena Bell
Sandra McDonald
Brooke Wonders
Sarah Monette
Juliet Marillier
Ellen Kushner
MJ Locke
Rachel Swirsky
Ann Aguirre
Sofia Samatar
Cecelia Dart Thornton
Mercedes Lackey
Linda Nagata
Maria Dahvana Headley
Meljean Brook
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
JK Rowling
Pamela Sargent
Leigh Brackett
Margo Lanagan
Megan Arkenberg
Maggie Clark
Margaret Weis
Nicola Griffith
Nancy Kress
Cat Rambo
Lisa Nohealani Morton
Susan Palwick
Kristen Britain
Beth Wodzinski
Pat Murphy
Pat Cadigan
An Owomoyela
Annie Bellet
Michelle Sagara
Tananarive Due
Christie Yant
Natalia Theodoridou
Vandana Singh
Katherine Kurtz
Karin Lowachee
Brooke Bolander
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
Charlie Jane Anders
Diana Wynne Jones
Nisi Shawl
Nancy Fulda
E. Lily Yu
Annalee Newitz
Carol Berg
Carrie Vaughn
Cassandra Clare
Naomi Kritzer
Christine Schirr
Janny Wurts
Anaea Lay
Tina Connolly
Julie Czerneda
Maureen McHugh
AM Dellamonica
Anne Bishop
Carol Emshwiller
Kelly Link
MK Wren
Alice Hoffman
Mary Stewart
Lisa Mantchev
Sherri Tepper
AS Byatt
...but how could I not have mentioned _____!!!? Comment, comment, comment. 🙂
Suzy McKee Charnas! (She won the Tiptree and was given a retroactive Tiptree for her amazing Holdfast books.)
Retroactive Tiptree sounds like a band...
Vonda McIntyre
Kathe Koja
Judith Merrill
🙂
I loved Vonda's Trek books so much growing up!
Mur Lafferty
Sherwood Smith
Mary Wolstonecraft Shelley
Sarah Pinsker
V.E. Schwab
Jane Yolen
Nova Ren Suma
Libba Bray
Fran, you are a cheater, Mary Shelley is already on there. 😀
Whee! Lists! I love lists! (Yes, there's something wrong with me.)
Gemma Files
Caitlin Sweet
Karen Heuler
Livia Llewellyn
Holly Phillips
Helen Marshall
Zen Cho
Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Alethea Kontiss
Katherine Duckett
Emily Jiang
Nancy Hightower
Bo Bolander
Julia Rios
Halli Villegas
Sandra Kasturi
Sephera Giron
Tanith Lee
Sonya Dorman
Catherin MacLeod
Ursula Vernon
Kat Howard
Shira Lipkin
Yukimi Ogawa
Leah Bobet
Mari Ness
Sonya Taaffe
Liz Argall
Merrie Haskell
Patricia Wrede
Berit Ellingsen
Eugie Foster
Lettie Prell
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Ada Hoffmann
Jennifer Pelland
Marie Brennan
Brit Mandelo
Thoraiya Dyer
Camren Maria Machado
Ursula Pflug
Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
Heather McDougal
Betsy Phillips
Elizabeth Engstrom
Chesya Burke
Barbara Krasnoff
Kathryn Weaver
Nicole Kornher-Stace
Veronica Schanoes
Seanan McGuire
C.S.E. Cooney
Pamela K. Taylor
Brenda Stokes Barron
Terra LeMay
Susannah Mandel
Monica Valentinelli
Jennifer Brozek
Holly Hight
Naomi Labicki
JoSelle Vanderhooft
Claire Humphrey
Helen Oyeyemi
Kaaron Warren
Maggie Stiefvater
Sara Rees Brennan
Aimee Bender
Amber Benson
Shirley Jackson
God, I need to stop or we'll be here all day....
Also, I, uh, might have raided Apex's back issue listing to help fill that out (a number of names were tickling the back of my mind that I couldn't think of off hand).
And some minor amendments to spelling: Amal El-Mohtar, Natalia Theodoridou, NK Jemisin, Leigh Brackett, and Judith Merril
Oh, sorry, that should be "Catherine MacLeod" :/
And "Sarah Rees Brennan." *sigh*
Names are constantly my challenge when we're proofing Shimmer, too! Eeep! 😀
I should just copy/paste everyone's name, for everything. It would make life so much easier :p