Do you prefer male or female book authors?
Generally speaking, do you prefer male or female book authors?
| Neutral | 15 | |
| Female | 3 | |
| Male | 2 |
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SkullsNRoses
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olderdude-xx
Far more of them are written under a pseudonym (false name) than ghost written, and a solid portion of pseudonyms indicate the opposite gender of the actual author.
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SkullsNRoses
I have no source for this sadly but I heard about a Russian guy who, using female pseudonyms, managed to hold 6 of the top 10 best selling romance novels at one point.
I work in a library and struggle to believe that so many TV presenters, actors and politicians just happen to also be talented novelists. Although, to be fair, I do find it entirely plausible that “Seventy Two Virgins, a Comedy of Errors” was penned by Boris Johnson.
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olderdude-xx
A lot of Science Fiction/Fantasy and Westerns are published under pseudonym's. I was totally amazed when I was younger to find out that many of may favorite authors did not exist under that name.
An example: Andre is a male name (originally French). Andrea is the female version.
Andre Norton published over 300 books and magazine articles (and if you are a librarian look in the Science Fiction section as some of these are still being published).
Real name is Alice Mary Norton, and is female. That was not publicized in the 1960's or early 1970's (who would have thought of a female early science fiction/fantasy author). We all thought Andre as a man. Now all the websites have her picture.
There were other examples of which I cannot remember. I do recall looking researching my favorite authors in several genre's; and finding that at least half of them were pseudonym names and Andre was just one of a solid minority of authors who had changed the gender of the name.
Have you read: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?
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SkullsNRoses
I haven’t but from looking it up it sounds awful and fascinating, I’ll see if I can reserve myself a copy.
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olderdude-xx
You'll not regret reading it... If anything you will wonder why you did not read it earlier; and the fact that you have to reserve it over a decade after it came out should be an indication.
I think it may be the best book of the last several decades.
Something like 50 different organizations from social sciences to the hard sciences and organizations that just rate good books chose it as the "book of the year" the year it came out. That's a truly amazing accomplishment. I've read that it spent 5 years on the NY Times best seller list. Wow... nothing else comes close to that.
Enjoy reading...
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CountessDouche
I would love to say neither, but honestly, it depends on the time period during which the book was written. With a few exceptions, I generally gravitate towards male written fiction in classical literature - its merely because women were not allowed to adventure or travel or own land, not because there were not talented writers. Males were also much more likely to be published. Of course there are exceptions, but I really find a lot of classic female lit to be a bit dull.
In modern fiction, I tend to skew female. I'm not exactly sure why. It may just be a coincidence because I do enjoy many, many male writers as well, but i really like a great story but one with deep emotional content and creativity and a flowery sort of descriptive language that paints a beautiful picture. Not to say that men aren't capable of writing that way, but i may gravitate towards authors that understand my life experience a bit more and write from a female perspective. Maybe??
I gotta say, some of my favorite modern fictions ate ones that I deeply connect with in a personal way.
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Somenormie
I am neutral, I will read books from any authors so as long as the book makes me feel interested.
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