List of women in Science Fiction

These women are involved in Science Fiction (and Fantasy) as authors, editors, fans, etc. Please feel free to add! There are further lists of women in SF on the Feminist SF Wiki

Authors

• Charlie Anders
• Eleanor Arnason
• Pauline Ashwell
• Margaret Atwood
• Gael Baudino
• Elizabeth Bear
• Louky Bersianik
• K. Tempest Bradford
• Lois McMaster Bujold
• Emma Bull
• Octavia Butler
• Pat Cadigan
• Suzy McKee Charnas
• Candas Jane Dorsey
• Nicola Griffith
• Eileen Gunn
• Andrea Hairston
• Amanda Hocking
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Rosemary Kirstein
• Nancy Kress
• Madeleine L'Engle
• Ursula K. Le Guin
• Anne McCaffrey
• Vonda McIntyre
• Maureen McHugh
• Judith Merril
• Sarah Monette
• Linda Nagata
• Andre Norton
• Anne Rice
• Joanna Russ
• Melissa Scott
• Alice Sheldon - as James Tiptree, Jr. and Raccoona Sheldon
• Mary Shelley
• Connie Willis
• Wen Spencer

Editors

• Teresa Nielsen Hayden - Tor editor
• Judy-Lynn del Rey
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Ellen Datlow
• Ginjer Buchanan
• Shawna McCarthy

Fans (feel free to add yourself)

• Janice Bogstad - editor of Janus
• Rachel Chalmers - fan, critic, blogger
• Jeanne Gomoll - editor of Janus
• Sumana Harihareswara - fan, blogger, co-editor of Thoughtcrime Experiments
• Liz Henry - fan, blogger, activist
• Elise Matthesen - artist, writer, SFF fan
• Laura Quilter - writer, activist, Wikipedia admin, archivist, creator of Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia pages
• Susan Wood
• Spiff - Resident nigger

Other/uncategorised

• Laurie Toby Edison - photographer, artist, activist
• Annalee Newitz - io9 blogger
• Erica Friedman - anime fan, creator of Yuricon, chief editor of ALC Publishing
• Debbie Notkin - SFF fan, activist
• Rica Takashima - mangaka
• Women Talk Sci Fi - podcast by Eugenia and Gerri

See also List of female science fiction writers on Wikipedia.