I'm reading "Trash" by Dorothy Allison. She is one of my favorite women writers. Some of my favorites are Melanie Rae Thon, Barbra Kingsolver, Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Toni Morrison. Can anyone recommend some lesser known women writers?
2007-03-15 14:39:20 · 15 answers · asked by Vasilly 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I don't know about lesser known, but I adore Dorothy Parker.
ETA-Pearl S Buck is another one.
2007-03-15 14:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by bubbleblunder 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here a few that I enjoy although they may not really be lesser known.
Morgan Llywelyn; Persia Woolley; Catherine Cookson; Mary Stewart; Marion Zimmer Bradley; Phillipa Gregory; Jacqueline Winspear; Maeve Binchey; Patricia Cornwell; Diana Gabaldon; Suzannah Dunn; Margaret Atwood.
There is a book "Where the Crow Flies" by a really good writer but I can't think of her name.
Oops. The name of the book is actually "Crow Lake".
2007-03-15 22:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by packingal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lorraine Hansberry. She wrote A Raisin in the Sun. And Octavia Butler wrote Kindred. Two outstanding authors and books. And I love that you read Elizabeth Gilbert. The Last American Man is one of my favorites. Go get 'em, Eustace!
2007-03-15 23:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by nardo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really like Lois Duncan... some lesser known women writers i kinda like..
Deborah Froese
and the author of
Baby Blue &
Out of the Fire
2007-03-15 23:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other person, if you haven't read Dorthy Parker...you must. As for lesser know, I recommend:
Jane Mendelsohn (I was Amelia Earhart, Innocence)
For mysteries: Laurie R. King; Laura Lippman
For non-fiction: Sarah Vowell
2007-03-15 22:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by Joe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haven Kimmel (her memoirs are particularly good), Alice Sebold, Anne Tyler, Miriam Toews ("A Complicated Kindness" is wonderful), Alice Munro.
2007-03-16 07:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by Ruth E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Rice
2007-03-15 21:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by jose g 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She is not lesser known, but I have acquired a fondness for the writings of Sue Monk Kidd. Most excellent!
2007-03-15 21:59:06 · answer #8 · answered by Slimsmom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Daphne du Maurier....my favorite is "Jamaica Inn".
I also love Ayn Rand's books...."Atlas Shrugged "and "The Fountainhead".
For light reading ,Agatha Christie's whodunits are good ....as are the Gothic romances of Victoria Holt.
2007-03-15 23:55:02 · answer #9 · answered by Sarmila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daphne Du Maurier - not a lesser known but a master writer - especially "Rebecca" - a must read.
2007-03-15 22:27:55 · answer #10 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋