Ursula LeGuinn is a Hugo and nebula award winning sc-fi author. Anne Rice made a shit ton of money writing the "vampire diaries" stuff. Enid Blyton wrote some great stuff for children in the 40's-50's, very conservative and family oriented. I can't say I've ever read many books by woman authors...eh. Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Mary Shelley...Louisa May Alcott...Lucy Maud Montgomery; Willa Cather...