Women don't get a lot of credit in any field that they may excel in, so why should the world of literature be any different? While, they get recognized by their peers, how many of you can name more than a handful of famous female horror authors off the top of your head? It's unfortunate that most can't, to say the least, but that's something that we plan to remedy here … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Female Writers of Horror
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Lois Duncan–Making Waves and Winning Awards
If you haven't been following the Dead Author Dedication for the month of July, you might not be aware of Lois Duncan or what she contributed to the literary community. If that's the case, then here's the short of it: she was a warrior of literature who pioneered the Young Adult horror genre, something that has been continued on by well-known authors such as Neil Gaiman and … [Read more...] about Lois Duncan–Making Waves and Winning Awards
Interview with Female Horror Author Kat Howard
How would you feel if you suddenly started receiving letters from someone you didn't know? Personal letters, from someone who seemed to know more about you than you ever wanted to admit to yourself? The End of the Sentence (2014) delivers--it's not only difficult to put down, (or stop listening to, if you opt to experience it as an audiobook) but it is also easily digestible … [Read more...] about Interview with Female Horror Author Kat Howard
The Trials and Tribulations in the Life of Lois Duncan
We’re starting off July with a bang—and honoring one of Horror’s great women writers! Although she was best known for her work in young-adult novels, she is considered a pioneering figure in the development of the genre, specializing in the sub-genres of horror, thriller, and suspense. Lois Duncan, an author that throughout her life dealt with innumerable travesties and tragic … [Read more...] about The Trials and Tribulations in the Life of Lois Duncan
The Morbid Feminist Voice Behind the First Sci-Fi and Dystopian Apocalyptic Horror Novels
Why on earth would a delicate woman of your stature write about such awful, disturbing, and blasphemous things? As the daughter of the brilliant feminist Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin as the reformist writer and philosopher William Godwin, Shelley is famously noted for her 1831 introduction to a reprint of Frankenstein. Her explanation that, “it is not singular that, as the … [Read more...] about The Morbid Feminist Voice Behind the First Sci-Fi and Dystopian Apocalyptic Horror Novels