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Your Favorite Women Writers

We asked. You answered. Here are some of Oprah.com readers' favorite contemporary women writers!
By Melissa Hellstern
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life is short but wide wake of the wind author J. california cooper

J. California Cooper

"I love all of her books, but some that really stand out are Homemade Love, Some Love, Some Pain and In Search of Satisfaction. When I need wholesome reading with some substance and wisdom about self-love and acceptance, I turn to J. California Cooper." — Chavon, Bermuda

"Her style is deceptively simple and direct, and the vale of tears in which her characters reside is never so deep that a rich chuckle at a foolish person's foolishness cannot be heard." — Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

Published on February 26, 2010
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