Whether you're looking to read the classics, sci-fi or nonfiction, there are many female authors to pick from.

Here are the inspiring stories behind seven famous female authors who've used male pseudonyms. J.K. Rowling became the UK's best-selling author thanks to the Harry Potter series. And as many fans ...

Five of the six books to make "the cut" are written by female authors – a stark departure from last year's list that saw men with the name Paul (Paul Murray, Paul Harding and Paul Lynch ...

Women writers have always been at the heart of shaping literature, even when the world wasn’t exactly rolling out the red carpet for them. From the early writings of Phillis Wheatley and Emily ...

Nowadays forgotten and accused of graphomania, Wilkońska was one of the most famous Polish women writers of the 19th century. You shall write, madam, he stated firmly. You know the miserable state of ...