Top Ten Female Writers

“Books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values…” ~ Simone de Beauvoir

It seems that most days I have at least 5 different books on the go, everything from fiction to bio to self-help to poetry and beyond… though I rarely consider the gender of an author, these particular female voices stand out. Check them out for some wicked women’s wisdom..

Simone De Beauvoir
Patti Smith
Irène Némirovsky
Miriam Toews
Sylvia Plath
Charlotte Brontë
Marianne Williamson
Maya Angelou
Nelly Arcan
Anna Kavan