JK Rowling
Mary Pope Osborne
Beverly Cleary (who is from the 1900s)
Mary Shelley
Agatha Christie
Jane Austen (from the 1800s)
Louisa May Alcott
Danielle Steel
Nora Roberts
Of the 11 bestselling fiction authors of all time, 6 are female (including #2 and #3). And of all of them, only JK Rowling's name could be confused for a male's (bc she used initials). And most famous female authors are from the past (bc TV is now more popular so all the writers go there now) with the exception of Rowling and a few others.