28 Impactful Female Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors

Andre Norton (first novel published in 1934)

Leigh Brackett (first short story published in 1940)

Madeleine L'Engle (first book published in 1945)

Anne McCaffrey (first stories published in the 1950s)

Ursula K. Le Guin (first published in 1962)

Jane Yolen (first novel published in 1963)

Margaret Atwood (first book of poems published in 1964)

James Tiptree Jr.  (first story published in 1968)

Joanna Russ (first novel published in 1968)

Vonda N. McIntyre (first short story published in 1970)

Connie Willis (first short story published in 1970)

 Tanith Lee (first novel published in 1971)

 Pamela Sargent (first book published in 1974)

Octavia Butler (first novel published in 1976)

 Jessica Amanda Salmonson (first collection published in 1978)

 Pat Murphy (first story published in 1979)

 Lisa Goldstein (first novel published in 1982)

Robin Hobb (first novel published in 1983)

Tamora Pierce (first novel published in 1983)

Nalo Hopkinson (first novel published in 1998)

Kameron Hurley (first short story published in 1998)

Jo Walton (first novel published in 2003)

Nnedi Okorafor (first novel published in 2005)

Charlie Jane Anders (first novel published in 2005)

N.K. Jemisin (first short fiction published in 2005)

Silvia Moreno Garcia (first short fiction published in 2006)

Ann Leckie (first short story published in 2006)

Rebecca Roanhorse (first short story published in 2017)