Women science fiction authors
Although the novel Frankenstein, written in 1818 by Mary Shelley, has been called the first science fiction novel, there is a persistent but false belief that women did not enter the field of science fiction writing until the 1960s and 1970s.Other notable women in the science fiction field include:
- Patricia Anthony
- Catherine Asaro
- Kage Baker
- Leigh Brackett
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Octavia Butler
- Suzy McKee Charnas
- C.J. Cherryh
- Brenda Clough
- Suzette Haden Elgin
- Esther Friesner
- Mary Gentle
- Lisa Goldstein
- Kathleen Ann Goonan
- Nicola Griffith
- Barbara Hambly
- Zenna Henderson
- Janet Kagan
- Nancy Kress
- Mercedes Lackey
- Sue Lange
- Tanith Lee
- Ursula K. LeGuin
- Doris Lessing
- Julian May
- Anne McCaffrey
- Maureen McHugh
- Vonda McIntyre
- Katherine Maclean
- Judith Merril
- Elizabeth Moon
- C. L. Moore
- Pat Murphy
- Linda Nagata
- Andre Norton
- Rebecca Ore
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Joanna Russ
- Pamela Sargent
- Mary Shelley
- Susan Shwartz
- Joan Slonczewski
- Margaret St. Clair
- Sheri Tepper
- James Tiptree, Jr
- Joan D. Vinge
- Cherry Wilder
- Kate Wilhelm
- Connie Willis
- Sarah Zettel