Elaine Showalter chooses the best novelists writing in the US today Books The Guardian

I don't agree with some of the victimology in this article, but I do think it gives a great overview of the best female novelists in the U.S. right now.

I've been trying to get to some the these writers for a long time, but outside forces keep me from reading them; Largely my own writing and the reading I need to do for that.

But, you can't go wrong with the ones listed here.