I was going through “fantasy books” on amazon and was surprised to see that most of them are written by women, and the ratio is not even close. I was kind of expecting the opposite.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

    • KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee
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      I’ve heard that the authors using 2 initials + family name are usually women. As women used to struggle to get published if their name was obviously female.

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        It’s evolved over time, females used to ghost write with male names for scifi. They all have their “biases”. But that’s also public perception as well, if that’s what sells shrug.