List of hard science fiction by women
See the article on hard science fiction for an overview of the subject.
The List
By author, alphabetised:
- Eleanor Arnason, Ring of Swords
- Catherine Asaro, generally
- Elizabeth Bear, Hammered, Scardown, Worldwired; others
- Lois McMaster Bujold, the Vorkosigan series
- Octavia Butler
- Pat Cadigan (cyberpunk)
- C. J. Cherryh, Cyteen, Downbelow Station, Rimrunners, Chanur series (Chanur's Legacy, Chanur's Homecoming, etc.), Merchanter's Luck, Heavy Time, Tripoint, Serpent's Reach, Forty Thousand in Gehenna
- Jo Clayton, (more space opera than hard sf)
- A. C. Crispin, Starbridge series
- Julie Czerneda
- Diane Duane, Star Trek novels
- Tess Gerritsen, Gravity
- Kathleen Ann Goonan (nano-series; others)
- Phyllis Gotlieb, Flesh and Gold
- Nicola Griffith, Ammonite
- Tanya Huff, Confederation novels
- Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (1991), Beggars and Choosers, others
- Karin Lowachee, Warchild
- Vonda McIntyre
- Roberta Macavoy, The Third Eagle
- Susan R.R. Matthews, An Exchange of Hostages and sequels
- Maureen McHugh
- Elizabeth Moon, Trading in Danger an others
- Chris Moriarty, Spin State and Spin Control
- Linda Nagata, Time Past, The Bohr-Maker
- Andre Norton
- Severna Park, The Annunciate
- Melissa Scott, Five-Twelvths of Heaven, Trouble and Her Friends, Dreamships, Dreaming Metal, etc.
- Joan M. Slonczewski, The Children Star, Brain Plague, A Doorway into Ocean, and others
- Amy Thomson
- James Tiptree, Jr., numerous
- Karen Traviss
- Joan Vinge
- Kate Wilhelm
- Liz Williams
- Connie Willis
- Heidi Wyss, Gormglaith (2006)
- Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Steel Helix
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