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Unlike most main characters at Lady Agnue's School for Princesses & Other Female Protagonists, I was opinionated, bold, and headstrong.

As I often point out, I'm a mid-list author who writes books that appeal to a specific audience (those who enjoy female protagonists and an action - heavy mix of swords & sorcery and steampunk).

And books featuring strong female protagonists have played a major part in this ongoing evolution.

I've recently reviewed books by female authors with female protagonists.

Generally speaking, female authors are much more inclined to write male protagonists than male writers are to write female protagonists.

Finding good speculative fiction books with female protagonists takes a fair bit of effort.

Three major YA series in the last decade have come from female authors and feature young female protagonists (Suzanne Collins, Stephanie Meyer, and Veronica Roth).

Your books sell well not because people want to read stories with female protagonists, but because they're damned fine fantasies which avoid all the usual dull cliches.

One of the ideas he put forth was that the majority of book - buyers are female, and that successful authors often feature strong female protagonists.

I've come across numerous studies on the web that say that women are willing to put themselves into the shoes of male or female protagonists, whereas men in general prefer male protagonists.

Margret is interested in a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction, especially historical fiction, medical suspense, legal thrillers, and stories featuring strong female protagonists.

If I wrote from an omniscient viewpoint I might feel differently, might be more comfortable writing male instead of female protagonists, but given my approach it doesn't present more of a challenge one way or the other.

While we're used to seeing a burly, bare - chested pirate on the cover of a swashbuckling romance, or a powerful, wealthy businessman, there's been a trend toward featuring strong, sexy female protagonists!

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Half The World Global Literati Award The annual US$ 50,000 cash prize will be awarded to a short story, novel or screenplay written in English, judged to have portrayed one or more well - rounded female protagonists as the central character.

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Notably, the entire list of the top 10 most popular fiction books on Kindle star female protagonists, and nine of the 10 books were written by female authors.

Your female protagonists are always formidable.

I began feeling very involved with the two female protagonists from different times, and caught myself moved to tears for Imogen.

The book dips into the heads of its female protagonists — Iris, Esme, and Esme's sister Kitty — but all three remain stock characters without true interiority.

Short story writer, Chinese novelist and the youngest, first female President of the Chinese Writers Association (elected at age 49 in 2006), Tie Ning has long written about ordinary female protagonists who are often from rural backgrounds.

With a starring cast full of female protagonists, Angry Birds Stella looks to be a colourful and charismatic addition to the franchise.

Other trends that will be followed in the coming year will include a more scientific sci - fi, more emphasis on biographies and history for younger readers, more cartoon - based novels like the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, strong female protagonists and survival / adventure stories, and a greater appreciation for diversity in both the characters and the story lines of these titles.

There are more all - ages titles and more books featuring female protagonists.

Binge - worthy fare, especially for those drawn to strong female protagonists.

In the same way, I do not begrudge the cover artists who employ artistic license with their female protagonists.

The difference is that women want to see their female protagonists showing feminine strength, not masculine strength.

For the past fifty years or so, traditional publishing has dictated that female protagonists in popular fiction must be under thirty - five.

Later in the week, Kate explains why we need more thematically pertinent female protagonists.

Jackie Collins is known for her steamy romance novels, thrilling exposés, suspenseful action and strong female protagonists.

It may be no coincidence that the female protagonists of Brit Bennett's remarkable debut are 17 at the start of the...

Sena Jeter Naslund explains why she chose Marie Antoinette as the focus of her latest novel, Abundance, and how it compares to her previous novels which often feature strong female protagonists.

Schappell, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair with an impressive literary pedigree, paints a multifaceted portrait of modern womanhood with the conflicted, interconnected female protagonists of her eight compelling stories.

Both have strong female protagonists whose desire for self - realization leads them to defy the cultural expectations that bind them; both are concerned with discrimination and alienation; both take issue with absolutism.

Expect to see new fiction titles that will feature strong, female protagonists as role models for both girls and boys.

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Comedies with female protagonists were all the rage this season.

Discover more games developed by Gust, games published by Koei Tecmo, and games with female protagonists.

The story still unfolds as narrations from three female protagonists, with time jumps.

Discover more twin - stick shooters, games published by Digerati Distribution, and games with female protagonists.

We went on to discuss the psychology of space, the subtle implications of power in relation to the state of undress of its female protagonists, and why he chose to turn down outside distribution and stick with a 35 mm release.

There's little to distinguish Black Rock from a typical direct - to - video thriller beyond its female protagonists and the prestige of the over-qualified, underserved cast, though Aselton has only herself to blame for the film's sub-mediocrity.

The story centers on two female protagonists separated by time but united by...

It should come as no surprise that, after decades of films focused on female protagonists whose survival might have an unsavory relationship to her sexuality or whose demise involves sickly imaginative levels of torture, women want to wrest control of genre narratives.

In a film career spanning over three decades, he has brought to the screen some of the most complex and interesting female protagonists in the history of cinema.

Even today, this revelation is still considered to be one of the greatest video game surprises of all time, eschewing the damsel - in - distress trope most commonly associated with women in the industry and paving the way for strong and heroic female protagonists taking the spotlight.

While both films are marked by ambivalent female protagonists who dare us to be o ended by their social transgressions, they are also marked just as plainly by their nostalgic reimagining of cinema history.

You might say that Toni Erdmann plays a similar hand, exchanging the twentysomething male / female protagonists of that film for a father and his estranged, high rolling daughter, Ines, played by Sandra Hüller.

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