Winged women

A list of winged women in SF:

• Sophia Fevvers in Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
• The female characters of Angel Island by Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin
• The race of winged women in Wingwomen of Hera by Sandi Hall

• The Dark Crystal's puppet characters include a species in whom only the females have wings
• Numerous characters in superhero comics
• Fairies ...

children's & YA

• Hawksong (and sequels) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
• Gwinna by Barbara Helen Berger
• Mail Order Wings by Beatrice Gormley
• Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl
• The Fledgling by Jane Langton
• The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
• Growing Wings by Laurel Winter

Further reading

• The girl that made herself grow wings?, "Name that Book", LibraryThing (2010)

See also

• fairy tales
• superheroes
• flight (ability)
• fairies
• shapeshifters
• aliens
• angels
• mutant and genetically modified characters