I have no idea what this question is asking but I like Donna Tartt
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I'm voting for Julian May (yes, she was female). Her best series of books were the Saga of Pliocene Exile and the Galactic Milieu trilogy (in 4 parts).
A lot of greats have been mentioned already, so I’ll add Han Kang to the mix.
Ellen Booraem (YA, she's great at writing books from a totally different angle), Oyinkan Braithwaite (she's only written two books so far but they're great), Katharine Kerr.
Tanith Lee, Mary Gentle, Melanie Rawn deserve mentions. (MZB I haven't been able to read since learning...) Anais Nin was mostly intentionally writing trash but is fun
metacommantary: "
Who is the best X of all time?"
All answers are about am*rican or british X.
This thread also made me realise that I do not read that many woman-writ books.
answer:
I enjoyed books by : Ursula K. Le Guin, JK Rowling, Patricia Ann McKillip, and Kathy Reichs.
Post the same question in a comm that uses another language that you speak and see what answers you get there.
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