notreallyhere@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 hours agoWho are the best female authors of all time?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-23 hours agoSome people are about to lose their marbles but just going by the numbers: J. K. Rowling. She authored the 4th best selling single book of all time and the best selling book series of all time, by quite the margin.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 hours agoI’d say that would be considered “most successful” “Best” is very subjective
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 hours agoSure, but when you asking about a specific profession, that seems the most obvious way to interpret that question. Unless OP just wants to find a nice female author to hang out with (in that case we should probably exclude all the dead ones).
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoCould also just be to start a discussion or find new authors to check out
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoFinancial success is a poor measure for the worth of artists of any stripe. If anything, it has an inverse relationship.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoPretty sure a lot of artists that are just scratching by would disagree, but fair enough.
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoCounterpoint: If success is what we base this on, then E. L. James (50 shades of grey) is a very good author.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoSure, if you’re talking about insurance salespeople or stockbrokers. But in the creative field, things are a little deeper.
Some people are about to lose their marbles but just going by the numbers: J. K. Rowling.
She authored the 4th best selling single book of all time and the best selling book series of all time, by quite the margin.
I’d say that would be considered “most successful”
“Best” is very subjective
Sure, but when you asking about a specific profession, that seems the most obvious way to interpret that question.
Unless OP just wants to find a nice female author to hang out with (in that case we should probably exclude all the dead ones).
Could also just be to start a discussion or find new authors to check out
Financial success is a poor measure for the worth of artists of any stripe. If anything, it has an inverse relationship.
Pretty sure a lot of artists that are just scratching by would disagree, but fair enough.
Counterpoint: If success is what we base this on, then E. L. James (50 shades of grey) is a very good author.
Sure, if you’re talking about insurance salespeople or stockbrokers. But in the creative field, things are a little deeper.