Thursday Thirteen #15 ~ Female Authors

Thirteen of my FAVORITE FEMALE AUTHORS ** NOTE: There is positively no way I could ever name all of my favorite female authors, these are the ones that came to mind at this moment. 1.... Laurell K. Hamilton I was first drawn in by her Anita Blake series via the book Circus of the Damned, and was forever trapped. Vampires, Werewolves, & Necromancy Oh Yeah! I am currently reading the latest edition of the Meredith Gentry series about the land of fairies, and am equally hooked. With Ann Rice gone from this genre, Hamilton definitely fills the void. 2.... Jan Karon I was drawn in like many others into the wonderful Mitford books. While about a priest there is so much more within this series it is an awesome set of reads. I cannot wait to read her newest book, Home to Holly Springs. 3.... Lilian Jackson Braun Her The Cat Who... series not only includes two frisky felines, but a great main character Qwilleran, that brings an appeal to male readers as well. I cannot even remember which was the first I read, but I spent a year reading everyone I could find. 4.... Jennifer Chiaverini She writes the popular Elm Creek Quilt series, that not only got me interested in quilting but is full of amazing characters. I am also proud to say she comes from my home state of Wisconsin. 5.... Sophie Kinsella brings humorous chick lit to brand new heights with her Shopaholic series and other books. I have read all of her books released to date and could not say one was better than the other. 6.... Anne Rice The classic author of old. It was her Mayfair Witches and Vampires that drew me in and are where my heart really remains. The Witching Hour was the first book of hers I read, and I couldn't read them fast enough. Anne suffered tragedy, and has returned now to her Catholic faith, and a new form of writing. I have read Christ The Lord, and while it is good, it lacked much of the feeling Anne once put into her writing in my humble opinion. I liked the story, but felt she left so much open. 7.... V.C. Andrews I was trapped by The Flowers in the Attic series, and a serious fan until the ghostwriter took over. My favorite book will always be My Sweet Audrina. Was I the only one to feel bothered that the family had the ghost writer continue to write under the name after the few works in process were finished? 8.... Mary Higgins Clark I cannot even remember which was the first of her many wonderful suspense books I read but I know that the last one I read Two Little Girls in Blue was equal to everything else in the great quality of writing you can expect. 9.... Tamar Myers Play It Again Spam, from the Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries series was the first book that caught me by Myers. And I was hooked tongue and cheek because of the wit that the stories had and the great titles. In addition to the above series she also has The Den of Antiquity series as well. 10.... Rebecca Wells Ya Ya Extraordinaire, Siddalee Walker is the character that kept me reading, even though the Ya-Yas are definitely characters. 11.... Mary Janice Davidson I discovered this year via her Undead series, which I am still in the process of reading, but I love her style and mix of fantasy. 12.... Diane Setterfield, her debut book The Thirteenth Tale won the Quill Award for New Authors, and let me tell you it was well deserved. If you have not yet read this book, I highly suggest you do. 13.... Okay, can you blame a wannabe writer for this...Myself. I wrote often as a child, and went through college continuing to write and take classes on writing. I have actually published a number of nonfiction articles via Oxygen Media and am now working on maybe selling a novel in the next few years. You can see my writing attempts and struggles at The Writer's Lounge.

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