Pages

▼

Monday, March 5, 2012

Monday Discussion: Women's History Month Edition

So, it is the first Monday in March, which means it is time for Women's History Month.

I thought today we could talk about some of our favorite female authors.  I decided to focus on current female authors who I really enjoy.  I have linked to my reviews of their works for you to see why.  These links are to any time I have mentioned them.
But, I have already written quite a bit about these women here on RA for All.  Now it is your turn.  What female writers now or in the past are among your favorites?  Now is your chance to talk them up and get us to read them.

For past Monday Discussions, click here.
at

5 comments:

  1. BettyMarch 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    Jacqueline Winspear for the Maisie Dobbs series. I wonder where or how she got her understanding of war, especially World War I. I can't believe it was just research. She must have actually met somebody who knew first hand.

    She also wonderfully sneaks in practices that we think are present day, like meditation and pilates.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMarch 5, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    MIKE BPL REF

    I enjoy Edith Wharton's novels
    very much. Deep and insightful
    writing that deserves to be
    viewed as classic American Lit
    and Alison Weir, a modern day
    historian who has written many
    excellent books on the Middle
    Ages.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousMarch 5, 2012 at 3:05 PM

    Anne Rice
    Mary Shelley
    Poppy Z. Brite
    Emily Dickinson
    Virginia Woolf
    Agatha Christie
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    Joyce Carol Oates

    In that order.

    ReplyDelete
  4. KimberlyMarch 5, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    I read (and suggest) many books by women authors - Romance, Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction and Mystery have so many wonderful female authors and so many wonderful female protagonists, but Mystery was my first love and I must say "Brava!" to Sara Paretsky and the other women authors who formed Sisters in Crime in 1986 to promote networking, advice and support to mystery authors. Today, members are “authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers and librarians bound by their affection for the mystery genre and their support of women who write mysteries” and a walk through the mystery section of a public library shows how successful the group has been! Think – Paretsky, Picard, Krich, Henry, Maron, D’Amato, Dunlap, Hart, MacLeod, McCrumb, and how many, many more who have written and encouraged others to write such wonderful reads.

    ReplyDelete
  5. ChristiMarch 5, 2012 at 3:52 PM

    Most of my favorite female authors are classic authors:

    Jane Austen
    Charlotte Bronte
    LM Montgomery
    Agatha Christie
    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    There are a lot of other books that I love, but I wouldn't necessarily call the authors of those books my favorite authors, although I certainly love what they have written. Otherwise I could add these ladies to the list:

    Suzanne Collins
    Lauren Oliver
    Maria von Trapp
    Catherine Marshall
    Madeleine L'Engle
    Laurie Halse Anderson
    Daphne du Maurier
    Helen Fielding
    Meg Cabot
    Jennifer Weiner
    Lucy Christopher
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
    Marjane Satrapi
    Sophie Kinsella

    And more -- I'm actually really surprised by how many of the books I love are written by women, probably more than two thirds!

    ReplyDelete