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Caitlin R. Kiernan, Sarah Waters among 'Shirley Jackson Award' Nominees

Sarah Langan, as a new advisor for the Shirley Jackson Awards, is stoked about her recent Bram Stoker Award and mentions in Ellen Datlow’s Anthology, The Best Horror of the Year, 2009 (her short stories Fenstad’s End, The Burn Victim, The Dark Materials Project, and The Agathas) and says,

"Remember how 'SNL' used to be dominated by men, and then the ladies came along? It feels like that. A total sea change."

04/19/10

Notable female genre writers of 2009

Women's eNews correspondent Sarah Seltzer pointed out in an article online that women authors have had a great year. She points out several genre accomplishments that we should be applauding in the literary world. Namely, Sarah Waters' novel The Little Stranger, which "uses a ghost story taking place in a mansion to explore deeper themes such as class and life after a war," and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, which "continued to provoke debate and move copies thanks to new film adaptations." Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood "navigates a post-apocalyptic future with two female survivors."

American Indian writer Louise Erdrich's is noted for The Plague of Doves, the story of an unsolved murder and its consequences for residents of an Ojibwe reservation and a nearby town in North Dakota. Another mention is Suzanne Collins, who "garnered considerable attention and sales" for "Catching Fire", the second installment of The Hunger Games, her popular dystopian sci-fi series.

12/16/09

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