So since I have a database listing all my authors and books (or at least the physical ones.-I also own 2 different e readers that I'm not counting books on), I downloaded it to excel and deleted all non-female authors using the following (slightly flawed) criteria;
Obvious male names - remove (so females writing as males are gone - males writing as females are kept - unless of course I happen to remember these details)
any unclear names - google search - only keep if it states they are female somewhere... who is JJ Fortune by the way?
Keep any dual authors where one is female.
In doing this I realised my database is a little out of date. I'm sure I've updated it, but somehow some data is gone. I wonder how out of date it really is. More pressure to stick it all on Goodreads with a barcode scanner. Except I'd have to pull them all down again.
Also note that not ALL of my fiction is Science/fantasy....just 99%+ and I've included it all.
So based on the above limitations; I have 876 novels (see I know I was into the 900's last time I updated a pile) of which 457 are written or co-written by women That's just over 52%
Whats the proportion of females to males on the planet?
I considered uploading all the books as well as authors.....too big... authors only...all 117:
Josephine Angelini
Amanda Ashby
Kage Baker
Margaret Ball
Lorna Baxter
Hilari Bell
Holly Black
Laura Black
Alexandra Bracken
Kristin Britain
Karen Brooks
Mary Brown
Lois McMaster Bujold
Frances Hod. Burnett
Trudi Canavan
Diane Carey
Gail Carriger
Carmen Carter
Kristin Cashore
Kylie Chan
Cassandra Clare
Jan Clarke
Jo Clayton
Suzanne Collins
Dawn Cook
Susan Cooper
A.C. Crispin
Mary Janice Davidson
Gail Dayton
Monica Dickens
J.M. Dillard
Nancy & Fran Dorer
Diane Duane
Rosemary Edghill
Jennifer Estep
Lynn Flewelling
Kate Forsyth
Sally Gardner
Claudia Grey
Laurell K. Hamilton
Charlaine Harris
Zenna Henderson
Georgette Heyer
Andrea K Host
Tanya Huff
Eva Ibbotson
N.K. Jemisin
Kij et al Johnson
Diana Wynne Jones
Julie Kagawa
Sylvia Kelso
Celine Kiernan
Caro King
Angela Knight et al
Mercedes Lackey
Louise Lawrence
Ursula Le Guin
Sharon & Steve Lee & Miller
Madeleine L'engle
Joan Lennon
Shariann Lewitt
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Johanna Lindsay
Holly Lisle
Elizabeth A. Lynn
Melissa Marr
Ann Maxwell
Katie Maxwell
Anne McCaffrey
Vonda McIntire
Patricia A. McKillip
Robin McKinley
Stephanie Meyer
K.E. Mills
V.E. Mitchell
Elizabeth Moon
Lyda Morehouse
Rebecca Neason
Lisanne Norman
Andre Norton
Naomi Novik
Jody Lynn Nye
Robin D. Owens
Tamora Pierce
Elizabeth Pope
Alis A. Rasmussen
Tansey RaynerRobert
Mickey Zucker Reichert
Jennifer Roberson
Veronica Roth
Jane Routley
J.K. Rowling
Lynsay Sands
Pamela Sargent
Elizabeth Scarborough
Lisa Shearin
Josepha Sherman
Kathleen Sky
Joan Slonczewski
Maria Snyder
Midori Snyder
Zilpha Snyder
Wen Spencer
Anne SpencerParry
Meagan Spooner
Caroline Stevermer
Tricia Sullivan
Sheri S. Tepper
Kate Thompson
Carrie Vaughn
Catherine Webb
Cherry Wilder
Liz Williams
Susan Wright
Janny Wurts
Sarah Zettel
Marion ZimmerBradley
