From James Nicoll: which of these female sf/f authors who debuted in the 1970ties do you know? Italicize the authors you’ve heard of before reading this list of authors, bold the ones you’ve read at least one work by, underline the ones of whose work you own at least one example of.
- Lynn Abbey
- Eleanor Arnason
- Octavia Butler
- Moyra Caldecott
- Jaygee Carr
- Joy Chant
- Suzy McKee Charnas
- C. J. Cherryh
- Jo Clayton
- Candas Jane Dorsey
- Diane Duane
- Phyllis Eisenstein
- Cynthia Felice
- Sheila Finch
- Sally Gearhart
- Mary Gentle
- Dian Girard
- Eileen Gunn
- Monica Hughes
- Diana Wynne Jones
- Gwyneth Jones
- Leigh Kennedy
- Lee Killough
- Nancy Kress
- Katherine Kurtz
- Tanith Lee
- Megan Lindholm (AKA Robin Hobb)
- Elizabeth A. Lynn
- Phillipa Maddern
- Ardath Mayhar
- Vonda McIntyre
- Patricia A. McKillip
- Janet Morris
- Pat Murphy
- Sam Nicholson (AKA Shirley Nikolaisen)
- Rachel Pollack
- Marta Randall
- Anne Rice
- Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- Pamela Sargent
- Sydney J. Van Scyoc
- Susan Shwartz
- Nancy Springer
- Lisa Tuttle
- Joan Vinge
- Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Cherry Wilder
- Connie Willis
Lots of names I recognise but either never read or only read a few stories off in various anthologies.