Return of Reccs

[kilroy]

I was looking at last summer's Female Author List.

Adding in Zvi's, we've still got
Ilona Andrews
Kelly Armstrong
Elizabeth Bear
K.J. Bishop
Kristan Britain
Kate Elliott
Nicola Griffith
Elizabeth Hand
Tara K. Harper
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Nalo Hopkinson
N.K. Jemisin
Dianna Wynne Jones
Mercedes Lackey
Margo Lanagan
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Susan Matthews
C.E. Murphy
Pat Murphy
Melanie Rawn
Wen Spencer
Carrie Vaughn
Paula Volksy
Kim Wilkin
Patricia Wrede

So... definitely still some work to do there. I'd also like to open the floor up to general diversity-related recommendations: I don't read nearly enough books by people of color, just to name an obvious one. Recommendations can either be books from diverse authors or that deal with subjects of diversity. How you define "diverse" is up to you-- the reason why you pick a book might be educational in and of itself.

I'm still looking for fantasy and scifi for the most part, but as long as the world has some element of alternity to it I'll probably still read it. Any suggestions not already covered in this list or the other?