December 2011
2 posts
Clarifications of my year in no man's land
A couple of readers took offense at my last article. People often do, but for once I’m willing to concede that it might be my own fault. In the interest of clarification, here is one of the comments:
Camille: So the only way men will read women authors is if they dare themselves to do it, as a *challenge*? Like, how many weights can I lift or how long can I hold my breath? Or is this...
Reflections on a year spent reading books by women
It was a little more than a year ago now that I was walking through Central Park in NYC with another young adult author (the gifted Justine Larbalestier), and she asked me if I liked any books by women. I was surprised by the question, but I shouldn’t have been. I’d just listed my favourite authors as Matthew Reilly, Chuck Palahniuk, Lee Child, Ben Elton and Robert Silverberg. There was a healthy...