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Posted 2012-12-29 1:21 PM (#4447 - in reply to #4444)
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Scott Laz - 2012-12-29 12:18 PM I agree this is an excellent idea. Some argue that lots of fans tend to overlook women writers, and my own list of "writers read" is pretty male-dominated (though it would look a lot more balanced if short stories were included). A legacy of the domination by male writers of the field during the early years. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Hope Mirrlees, C. L. Moore and Leigh Brackett were already in the queue for upcoming "forays into fantasy."

Yeah, our site is heavily weighted towards male authors as a result of the awards and lists that form our core.  (I wonder if we covered short stories too if that would have made any difference?)  So here are some numbers to illustrate the disparity:

  • Total authors in our database: 1,239
  • Male authors: 907
  • Female authors: 332

It's our goal to bring ballance to the force.  Er, uh, add more women authors to get the ratio a little better.  I hope we can get another 100 women added over this next year.  That would be a nice start.  It all depends on how much time we can put into it along with other site features and of course many many more books by the women we already have.

I'm looking forward to more forays for sure and those sound like great authors to me.  For anyone who has not read Scott's Forays into Fantasy blog series I suggest you go check those out.  Well worth your time!


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