I cannot roll my eyes hard enough. Also, some of the views stated above are not just sexist they are staggeringly heteronormative.
To try and at least remotely contribute to this conversation:
PD James has written some of the greatest mysteries of the modern era. Gillian Flynn, love or hate her, has turned the thriller genre on its head with her unreliable narrators and monstrous characters. Ann Leckie is the first person (male or female) to win Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in the same year.
I wonder how many people miss out on excellent stories due to something as backwards as avoiding an author's name.
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