Do you have a preference between male and female authors?

[Shirayuki Hime]

I don't really prefer a certain gender of author, but each time I grabe a book that interest me, it's often a female author. So I only know a amount of male author such as Serge Brussolo which I really enjoy his work. In either way, I'm fine with both.

[hedwigwhite]

No preference. I'm more interested in the actual content of the books, so it doesn't matter if it's by a male or female author. Though I find that I read more books by male authors than female authors. Maybe it's because I tend to read more Sci-Fi/Fantasy books?

[finebunchofnothing]

The gender of the author doesn't make a difference for me, just as for most of the readers, I believe. When I'm looking for a book to read, I certainly want grab something (or, in contrast, decide not to take something) just because the author is a man or a woman. If the book is great, I'll love it, no matter who wrote it.

[Renu G]

I think most of the books I've read were by female authors. I think women authors are relatively few. Is this true?

[Amyra27]

I don't have a problem with the gender of the author.

[IamShing]

It does not matter to me as long as the book he/she writes is an informative piece. No sexicism here.

[Juliana_Isabella]

I don't have a preference as long as the characters are well-written. That being said, I've come across more poorly-written female characters by male authors than male characters by female authors.

[IamShing]

True. A good story could come from anyone it doesn't matter if the author is girl or boy.

[papa2000]

I think most about the books I've perused were by female writers. I think ladies creators are moderately few. Is this valid?

[Lindsey Klaus]

I don't have a preference. I've read fantastic books by both genders (and nonbinary folks, too). Although, I will say that it's harder to find a male author who writes female characters believably - but I have seen plenty of male authors do this without problem. The industry is starting to change enough that I think most authors acknowledged this was a problem and are taking steps to correct it.

This conversation reminds me of when I was taking a mentor program in my senior year of high school. The year was 2008, and I was beyond ecstatic to have a real conversation with an accomplished author. My teacher set me up to talk to Erin Hart (who is a fantastic author, by the way). We had a long conversation about the difficulties of being a female writer (at least back then), as they were far fewer than male writers. What never left me was when she told me that, while female readers tend to buy books regardless of the author's gender, male readers are a lot less likely to buy a book from a female writer. I don't know if that still applies eleven years later, but as an aspiring author, that really stood out to me. It makes perfect sense why, for the longest time, female authors were pressured to use their initials rather than full names, so that potential buyers wouldn't know a woman wrote it.

I'm glad times are changing. I don't think this is nearly as much of an issue anymore, but I still come across the occasional man who avoids female authors - not often, maybe once every few years. I've never come across a woman who flat-out refused to read books written by men (though I'm sure they're out there). Weird world.

[shadow_reviewer]

I don't have a preference - only that the story is interesting and well-told.

[flaming_quills]

I have no preference for male or female authors though I have noticed that 65% of my favourite authors are male so I don't know what that says.

[Amanda Deck]

I've always loved knowing if the author is male or female because I like noticing the differences in perspective on so many things. The first time this ever came to my attention was as a child reading my mother's romance novels. It confused me that every woman always gasped, tripped, stumbled, and was pretty much incapable of walking and talking at the same time; she always needed a man - a strong, domineering, harsh man - to help her manage. It struck me as pathetic. These were written by women.

Then in later years, in later published books, I saw that when women wrote sex scenes, the man pretty much dedicated his whole being to making everything perfect in every way for the woman. Not just physically, but emotionally too. He was basically a slave to that one woman in all ways because he was turned on by every single thing about her at every second of the day.
Male authors often wrote (write) quick sex scenes where the guy would grab some willing stranger off the street that only wanted to give him sexual pleasure and leave. No names, no anything, barely worth a mention. Kind of like he grabbed a quick bite to eat, had sex with some girl who couldn't keep her hands off him, then attended to the important matter of his business meeting.

Black women authors write differently than white too, I noticed.

Political, societal, personal. I really enjoy the differences in men and women. And it's very interesting to see one sex trying to portray the other authentically. Some authors will tell of getting as much feedback as possible from the one they're trying to write about to make sure it's realistic.

The differences are fascinating and I'm often annoyed that some modern cultures (in America for one, where I live) are trying to blend all differences of sex and race into one bland, homogeneous bowl of mush.

[hazelk]

My favorite writers are mainly female.

[iann88]

Well, it just depends. I prefer female authors when it comes to love, romance, teen fiction, or young adult genres, while males when it comes to thrilling, sci fi, action, or mystery. But it really just depends. Some female authors like Jk Rowling is good at sci fi, while some male authors like John Green is good at writing love, and young adult stories.