Gendered ways of writing

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I read Dorothy L Sayers, Agatha Christie, Marjorie Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Patricia Cornwell - OK they are all writing in genre fiction but they were/are popular with both sexes of readers.

Ursula Le Guin, Anne McCaffery and others in Sci-Fi/Fantasy can be women successful in their genre.

There are women writing for women, genres and publishers that aim at a women's market. But there are also men writing for men such as Tom Clancy.

While I think it WAS true that it was difficult for women to write for men, or for men to write for women, I'm not sure it is still true in the 21st Century.

I quite agree with your list, Ogg..
I also went through a phase reading some old Mills & Boon romances (all of which were under a female name), I was ill it it was all my Aunt had in the house.

PS. I really do wish these female writers, journos, etc., would pack in the shrieking and complaining about things like the Gender Cover-up. Most of it is publicity, so in God's name, get over it and get on writing someone we can ALL read and enjoy.