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Originally Posted by jes1
I don't even know the gender of many authors I read, since they use initials or a gender neutral first name. Pseudonyms make it even harder. I believe I have a few more female authors on my TBR list than male, but that may not be true. At this time, I am reading more paranormal, urban fantasy, and romance, which would explain that bias. In the past my obsessions have been horror, science fiction and fantasy, so male authors dominated at that time.
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One of the first authors that I first read for enjoyment was Andre Norton. And even though I know her real name, Alice Mary Norton, I still think of her as Andre Norton. But would it have mattered if I had known that when I started to read her books? Not at all.
Like you I've read different genres at different times in my life. It never mattered one bit if the author was male or female.