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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