“It’s very important to me that people get to see themselves in stories,” Seanan McGuire says. “When someone tells me they’ve never seen themselves, I have a new goal.”

Every March, Women’s History Month spotlights how women have impacted history as well as the modern world. To join in Women’s History Month, Monster Complex wants to share several of the women authors we’ve talked about here on the site. Each of these authors write the kind of fiction we love—including horror, urban fantasy, sci-fi, and other related genres.

Below, click on one of the names to find out more about these ladies—plus links to find out more about them online.

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”

—Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), prime minister of the United Kingdom

Monster Complex Women Authors

(Click on each name to find a bio plus several links to find out more about each author)

A / Linda D. Addison / Ania Ahlborn / Ilona Andrews / Hiromu Arakawa / Kelley Armstrong / B / L.A. Banks / Lauren Beukes / Holly Black / Moni Boyce / Patricia Briggs / Nadia Bulkin / Lindsay Buroker / Octavia E. Butler / C / Jessica Cage / Mylo Carbia / V Castro / Zen Cho / Roshani Chokshi / Nancy A. Collins / N.E. Conneely / Zoraida Córdova / D / Daphne du Maurier / Tananarive Due / E / Alicia Ellis / Mariana Enríquez / Jennifer Estep / Janet Evanovich / F / Jessica Faleiro / Dana Fredsti / G / D.M. Guay / H / Laurell K. Hamilton / Charlaine Harris / Kim Harrison / Nalo Hopkinson / Faith Hunter / I / Justina Ireland / J / Shirley Jackson / N.K. Jemisin / Delizhia D. Jenkins / N.D. Jones / K / Alma Katsu / Alisha “Priti” Kirpalani / Nicole Givens Kurtz / L / Fonda Lee / Kate Leth / Marjorie Liu / M / Sarah J. Maas / Kiran Manral / Seanan McGuire / L.L. McKinney / Karen Marie Moning / Silvia Moreno-Garcia / C.E. Murphy / N / O / Joyce Carol Oates / Mónica Ojeda / Nnedi Okorafor / Helen Oyeyemi / P / Kalayna Price / Q / R / Anne Rice / Rebecca Roanhorse / Rainbow Rowell / Eden Royce / S / Mary Shelley / Gail Simone / Nalini Singh / Samanta Schweblin / Louise Simonson / T / U / V / Carrie Vaughn / Iman Vellani / W / Deborah Wilde / Kenesha Williams / X / Y / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro / Z /

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Recent Monster Complex Interviews with Women Authors

• Alicia Ellis’ complete Flesh and Metal: This bionic woman fiction series for the modern age pushes SO MANY buttons

• Interview: Meg Ripley on NECROLOGY

• Faith Hunter Q&A: Rift in the Soul “Adding magic didn’t make anything easier for anyone.”

• Donyae Coles on MIDNIGHT ROOMS: “So many ideas come to you when you’re writing a book.”

• Interview: Evette Davis about THE OTHERS

• D.M. Guay: Horror Author Q&A—“My goal is to hope like hell it will make readers laugh.”

• Interview: M.R Fournet on DARKNESS AND DEMON SONG

• Deborah Wilde on ‘Big Demon Energy’—An Enemies-to-Lovers Urban Fantasy

• Q&A: Lois Melbourne on Moral Code: “It’s critical for our future that we all play our part.”

• J.D. Blackrose Q&A on ‘Wish Magic’—“Combining pieces of what I know personally makes my writing more relatable.”

• Q&A: Nicole M. Wolverton on her YA horror novel ‘A Misfortune of Lake Monsters’

• Alison Levy Q&A: ‘Magic by Any Other Name’ and family abuse: “A lot of my family relationships were not healthy.”

• Jaq Evans Q&A: ‘What Grows in the Dark’—“I try to write stories with moments that freak me out.”