Flora Thompson
English novelist and poet best known for her semi-autobiographical trilogy about the English countryside, Lark Rise to Candleford.
women science writers
Rebecca Skloot
American science writer who specializes in science and medicine
Dava Sobel
American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics
Vicki Hearne
American author, philosopher, poet, animal trainer, and scholar of literary criticism and linguistics.
Annie Dillard
American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement