By Joram Piatigorsky|2020-08-02T15:08:03-04:00March 23rd, 2020|Categories: Blog, Perpectives, Writing is how we explore our place in the world|Tags: A.S. Byatt, Agatha Christie, Ali Smith, Alice Munro, Alice Sebold, Alice Walker, Alison Lurie, Ally Sheedy, Ami McKay, Amy Tan, Angela Carter, Ann Patchett, Ann Petry, Anna Funder, Anne Tyler, Anne-Marie MacDonald, Annie Proulx, Arundhati Roy, Barbara Kingsolver, Beatrix Potter, Carolyn Mazloomi, Celeste Ng, Charlotte Bronte, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Claire Messud, Connie Willis, Cynthia Bond, Daphne du Maurier, Deborah Tannen, Diane Gabaldon, Dina Nayeri, Donna Tartt, Doris Lessing, Dorothy West, Edith Wharton, Edna O’Brien, Edwidge Danticat, Eleanor Catton, Elena Ferrante, Elizabeth Gilbert, Elizabeth Poliner, Elizabeth Strout, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Donoghue, Emma Straub, Faith Popcorn, Fannie Barrier Williams, Flannery O’Connor, Frances E.W. Harper, George Elliot, Georgette Heyer, Gloria Naylor, Grace McGartland, Gwendolyn Brooks, Harper Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, Helen Oyeyemi, Hilary Mantal, Iris Murdoch, Isabel Allende, J K Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson, Jane Austen, Jane Smiley, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Egan, Jesmyn Ward, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joan Didion, Jodi Picoult, Joyce Carol Oates, Judith Kerr, Judy Blume, Julia Donaldson, Julia Glass, Karen Russell, Kate Atkinson, Keri Hulme, Kiran Desai, Lauren Groff, Louis Erdrich, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Madeleine L’Engle, Margaret Atwood, Maria Semple, Marilynne Robinson, Marita O. Bonner, Mary Helen Washington, Mary Monroe, Mary Shelley, Maya Angelou, Meg Wolitzer, Mildred D. Taylor, Miranda July, Miriam Toews, Nadine Gordimer, Nella Larsen, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ntozake Shange, Octavia Butler, Onjali Q Rauf, Paule Marshall, PD James, Penelope Fitzgerald, Penelope Lively, Rachel Kushner, Robin Oliveria, Roxane Gay, Ruth Ozeki, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Sue Monk Kidd, Sylvia Plath, Tayari Jones, Terry McMillan, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, Yaa Gyasi, Zadie Smith, Zora Neale Hurston|
As International Women’s Day approached, I asked friends to tell me the names of female authors on their bookshelves or who they liked to read.
Little did I realize the universe I would open up by asking the question. I am so inspired by the number of responses, which include some favorites and some new friends, that I’ve decided to share the list.
If we left your favorite female author off the list, be sure to leave a comment so we can add her [...]
