It’s that time of year again where I tell you what spooky authors to read to go along with our 31 days of Halloween. This year, I’m bringing you a list of all female writers. Note that many of the most famous female horror writers have already been included in previous year’s versions of “authors to read during the Halloween season.” Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.
- Laura Purcell
Check out: The Silent Companions (2017), The Corset (2018)
2.Joyce Carol Oates
Check out: Zombie (1995), The Accursed (2013)
- Elizabeth Hand
Check out: Waking the Moon (1994), Wylding Hall (2015)
- Mira Grant
Check out: Feed (2010), Into the Drowning Deep (2017)
- Caitlín R. Kiernan
Check out: The Red Tree (2009), The Drowning Girl (2012)
- Ann Radcliffe
Check out: The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), The Italian (1797)
- Lisa Jackson
Check out: If Only She Knew (2000), Left to Die (2008)
- Dorothy Macardle
Check out: The Uninvited (1942), The Unforeseen (1946)
- Kim Liggett
Check out: Blood and Salt (2015), The Last Harvest (2017)
- V.C. Andrews
Check out: Flowers in the Attic (1979), My Sweet Audrina (1982)
- Gretchen McNeil
Check out: Possess (2011), Ten (2012)
- Sarah Waters
Check out: Affinity (1999), The Little Stranger (2009)
- Danielle Vega
Check out: Survive the Night (2015), Haunted (2019)
- Ania Ahlborn
Check out: Seed (2011), Within These Walls (2015)
- Amy Lukavics
Check out: Daughters Unto Devils (2015), The Woman in the Walls (2016)
- Rin Chupeco
Check out: The Girl from the Well (2014), The Bone Witch (2017)
- Octavia E. Butler
Check out: Bloodchild (1984), Fledgling (2005)
- Kathe Koja
Check out: The Cipher (1991), Skin (1993)
- Helen Oyeyemi
Check out: The Icarus Girl (2005), White is for Witching (2009)
- Tananarive Due
Check out: My Soul to Keep (1997), The Good House (2003)