92 Authors You Should Be Reading
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S.L. Schmitz
Charlotte Books Examiner
Women in Horror Month has been celebrated in February for the past 5 years. Part of the mission statement of the organization is to ensure that "Women in Horror Month is all about expanding opportunities for contemporary female genre filmmakers and artists by raising awareness about the changing roles for women in the film industry."
But Women in Horror Month (WiHM) is bigger than just movies, directors, and screenplays. The cause celebrates all women who have ties to the horror industry, including authors.
In early February 2014 on Facebook, several male and female horror authors were posting open calls on their Facebook walls for people to come and leave the names of all of the women authors who have made a difference in the world of Horror writing. In reading several of these lengthy posts, it became obvious that many names were being repeated over and over again. There are so many women, both old and new in the genre, who are admired and revere.
In compiling this list, I focused on two criteria: I wanted to celebrate women who weren't too famous, while still making sure to keep the door open for authors who have been around for over 100 years as well as authors who may have only been around for a few months. The purpose of this list is to broaden horizons and encourage readers to explore new reading material within the Horror genre.
In order to minimize complications, I focused on Amazon's Author Profile Pages as my primary source for information. The Amazon Author Profile Pages are excellent because they provide updated comprehensive information on the author as a 'whole' person. There are biographies, photographs, links to their current websites, blogs, and twitter feeds, as well as an up-to-the-minute listing of all published works. Whenever an Amazon Author Profile Page was not available, I went to Goodreads. Occasionally, if an author was especially new, associated with a specific publication, or private, I used professional websites.
To see extensive information on each author, just click on the link.
I have also provided the name of a famous or noteworthy novel associated with each author to help readers narrow down which authors they might want to explore further.
I encourage people to use this list as a starting point. When I was young and impressionable, I remember reading a Top Ten List of the Most Important Female Music Artist's Albums of all time, and feeling grateful for the knowledge so that I could finally go into a record store and order copies of every single album on that list. I felt empowered, as if I had been given a gift to finally understand who the 'cool' women were in music. In my early 20's, without this list, I may never have been exposed to such amazing Sirens as Patti Smith and Stevie Nicks. I created this list for the same reason - here they are. The coolest women authors publishing today.
S.L. Schmitz
Charlotte Books Examiner
Women in Horror Month has been celebrated in February for the past 5 years. Part of the mission statement of the organization is to ensure that "Women in Horror Month is all about expanding opportunities for contemporary female genre filmmakers and artists by raising awareness about the changing roles for women in the film industry."
But Women in Horror Month (WiHM) is bigger than just movies, directors, and screenplays. The cause celebrates all women who have ties to the horror industry, including authors.
In early February 2014 on Facebook, several male and female horror authors were posting open calls on their Facebook walls for people to come and leave the names of all of the women authors who have made a difference in the world of Horror writing. In reading several of these lengthy posts, it became obvious that many names were being repeated over and over again. There are so many women, both old and new in the genre, who are admired and revere.
In compiling this list, I focused on two criteria: I wanted to celebrate women who weren't too famous, while still making sure to keep the door open for authors who have been around for over 100 years as well as authors who may have only been around for a few months. The purpose of this list is to broaden horizons and encourage readers to explore new reading material within the Horror genre.
In order to minimize complications, I focused on Amazon's Author Profile Pages as my primary source for information. The Amazon Author Profile Pages are excellent because they provide updated comprehensive information on the author as a 'whole' person. There are biographies, photographs, links to their current websites, blogs, and twitter feeds, as well as an up-to-the-minute listing of all published works. Whenever an Amazon Author Profile Page was not available, I went to Goodreads. Occasionally, if an author was especially new, associated with a specific publication, or private, I used professional websites.
To see extensive information on each author, just click on the link.
I have also provided the name of a famous or noteworthy novel associated with each author to help readers narrow down which authors they might want to explore further.
I encourage people to use this list as a starting point. When I was young and impressionable, I remember reading a Top Ten List of the Most Important Female Music Artist's Albums of all time, and feeling grateful for the knowledge so that I could finally go into a record store and order copies of every single album on that list. I felt empowered, as if I had been given a gift to finally understand who the 'cool' women were in music. In my early 20's, without this list, I may never have been exposed to such amazing Sirens as Patti Smith and Stevie Nicks. I created this list for the same reason - here they are. The coolest women authors publishing today.
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