Classic Women Authors as Children

 

Wed, Jun 22 at 8:44 AM

Share Tweet Forward Pin Classic Women Authors as Children Here’s a gallery of portraits of some of our favorite classic women authors as children, proving that they started out life just like the rest of us mere mortals! Willa Cather is shown above as a young girl, and if you link through, there's also a portrait of her as a pre-adolescent, displaying the masculine   side she seemed to enjoy in her youth. In addition to Willa, you'll find portraits of Beatrix Potter, Daphne du Maurier, Lorraine Hansberry, Margaret Mitchell, cute-as-a-button Gertrude Stein, a saucer-eyed Virginia Woolf as a toddler, and more. Read more Fast Facts About Octavia E. Butler, Sci-Fi Trailblazer Today, we celebrate the birth date of Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), who blazed a trail science fiction. As a Black woman writer, she broke the mold at a time when the genre was white male-dominated. One of her best-known books, Kindred, is more speculative than science fiction, and is one of my favorites. Here are some fascinating facts about this accomplished author who died too soon. Read More   The Group by Mary McCarthy Yesterday (June 21) was the 100th birthday of Mary McCarthy, (1912–1989) so it's fitting to present her best-known work, The Group. The 1963 novel hit the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for nearly two years. Considered scandalous for its time, it touched on issues of contraception, abortion, mental illness, male chauvinism, and lesbian relationships, as experienced by young women in the 1930s. The film version premiered in 1966, featuring a stellar cast (including a breakthrough role for Candice Bergen). Read more   The Literary Traditions of Self-Publishing As a way to avoid rejection, or after having given up on finding a publisher or agent, writers increasingly turn to self-publishing. Print-on-demand or e-book services allow writers to create books on an as-needed basis, avoiding the pitfalls of overprinting. Whether the product ends up in the hands of the author’s relative or sells like wildfire, it’s good to have options. Turns out, some well-known writers of the past took the same route before being conventionally published. Read more