Top Ten Tuesday - 10 Most Powerful Women Authors

Forbes published a list of the ten most powerful women authors based on their "ability to influence us through their words and ideas. Collectively, these women hold readers captivated with stories of fantastical worlds, suspense and drama, insights into the complexities of minority experiences and cultures, and fresh takes on societal issues and expectations…"   It does not hurt that these women have sold a lot of books as well - over one billion copies!   I have listed the authors here with a link to their titles the library owns - in case you want to read their work.

• J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter series
• Danielle Steel - romance and drama
• Toni Morrison - Nobel and Pulitzer-Prize winning author
• Stephenie Meyer - Twilight series
• Mary Higgins Clark -  suspense novels
• Maya Angelou - America’s most visible black female autobiographer/poet
• Alice Walker -  Pulitzer Prize winning novelists and poet who explores themes of race and gender
• Jhumpa Lahiri - Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction
• Joyce Carol Oates - themes of gender, violence, race, and the human condition
• Isabel Allende - widely read Spanish-language novelist

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