I think I’d put Virginia Woolf on my list.
The stand outs in my book(heh):
- Agatha Christie
- Mary Roach
- Ursula K LeGuin
- Madeline L’Engle
- Mary Ruefle
- Kathy Reichs
Since Le Guin is covered I would like to spptlight Margaret Killjoy as well.
Margaret Atwood should not be overlooked
In the realm of high fantasy, Margaret Weiss doesn’t get enough love IMO.
Her work with Tracy Hickman, both Dragonlance and Death Gate Cycle (especially the Death Gate Cycle) are some of my favorite books.
I like Diane Duane’s books!
Hard to beat Naomi Novik in my book.
Diane Duane.
She’s written Star Trek stories, the Young Wizard series, another series about a world of elemental magic, her writing is engaging and accessible and intelligent and tight, and she’s honestly a really kind and nice caring person.
For sci-fi, I can’t recommend Linda Nagata enough. The Nanotech Succession and Inverted Frontier are a couple of my all time favorite series.
Some favorite (mostly contemporary) authors:
Margaret Atwood A. S. Byatt Louise Erdrich Barbara Kingsolver Ann Patchett Ali Smith Jeanette Winterson Angela Carter
Some great authors:
George Eliot Virginia Woolf Charlotte Brontë Edith Wharton Jane Austen Toni Morrison Simone de Beauvoir Gertrude Stein Iris Murdoch Flannery O’Connor Alice Walker
Ursula LeGuin and Robin Hobb are 2 of my all time faves.
