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Female Fantasy & Science Fiction Writers

In her 1983 book "How to Suppress Women's Writing" Joanna Russ outlined several methods of ignoring the works of women writers including Isolation, False Categorization and Bad Faith which creates a social system that ignores and devalues women writing.
In fantasy and science fiction writing, all of these tactics have been employed. Thus, most of the "50 Greatest Fantasy and Science Fiction Books" lists are almost exclusively men with three women writers thrown in to prove that the list makers aren't that sexist.
So here are SOME but certainly not all great science fiction and fantasy books written by (or featuring) female writers.
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Night's Master by Tanith Lee
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
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The Killing Moon
The Killing Moon
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Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton
Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton
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Heris Serrano (Books by Elizabeth Moon)
Heris Serrano (Books by Elizabeth Moon)
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The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
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The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon
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Palimpsest
Palimpsest
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Dreamsnake
Dreamsnake
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She Nailed a Stake Through His Head
She Nailed a Stake Through His Head
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Byte Beautiful: Eight Science Fiction Stories by James Tiptreejr
Byte Beautiful: Eight Science Fiction Stories by James Tiptreejr
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Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
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The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
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Alanna: The First Adventure
Alanna: The First Adventure
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Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
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The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman
Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman
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The Black Jewels Trilogy
The Black Jewels Trilogy
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The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
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Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Tall, Dark and Dead by Tate Hallaway
Tall, Dark and Dead by Tate Hallaway
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Dragon Keeper
Dragon Keeper
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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
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Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles by Jane Yolen
Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles by Jane Yolen
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Dark Faith Invocations (Nisi Shawl, Etc.)
Dark Faith Invocations (Nisi Shawl, Etc.)
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Snow White, Blood Red Edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling
Snow White, Blood Red Edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling
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The Drowning Girl
The Drowning Girl
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Ombria in Shadow by Patricia McKillip
Ombria in Shadow by Patricia McKillip
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Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Adaptation by Malinda Lo
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Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins
Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins
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The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor
The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor
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My Soul to Keep
My Soul to Keep
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Mindscape by Andrea Hairston
Mindscape by Andrea Hairston
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