List of women writers of dark fiction

Women have had a notable presence in dark fiction from the genre's earliest inception. Mary Shelley helped usher in the Gothic era when she authored Frankenstein, one of the most famous dark fiction novels of the last two centuries. From Wuthering Heights to The Haunting of Hill House, women have proven their ability to create enough suspense and terror to fill more than a few nightmares. Here is a growing list of notable women in dark fiction:
1700s-1800s
* Gertrude Atherton
* Jane Austen
* Charlotte Brontë
* Emily Brontë
* Elizabeth Gaskell
* Vernon Lee
* Ann Radcliffe
* Clara Reeve
* Mary Shelley
1900s-present
 
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