Just to add some examples (either from a quick glance at my own shelves):
Garth Nix's Sabriel.
Juliet Marillier
Mindy Klasky's Glasswright series
Kristen Britain
Megan Lindholm
Abercrombie's Best Served Cold has been mentioned
Meredith Ann Pierce
S.D. Tower, The Assassin's of Tamurin
Robin McKinley (The Hero and the Crown, and others)
The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner
Tanith Lee
God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell
Joan D. Vinge
Philip Pullman (Golden Compass)
Elizabeth Scarborough (Bronwyn's Bane, and others - great books btw)
This is just from me looking over my shoulder. I haven't even gotten into the vast bulk of my books, which are in boxes. And then, of course, so many I don't have.
I'd throw in Marion Zimmer Bradley, Octavia Butler, Ursula K. LeGuin, Angela Carter, etc., but that would probably get written on as "feminist" fantasy (though I'm not sure why that matters).
Garth Nix's Sabriel.
Juliet Marillier
Mindy Klasky's Glasswright series
Kristen Britain
Megan Lindholm
Abercrombie's Best Served Cold has been mentioned
Meredith Ann Pierce
S.D. Tower, The Assassin's of Tamurin
Robin McKinley (The Hero and the Crown, and others)
The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner
Tanith Lee
God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell
Joan D. Vinge
Philip Pullman (Golden Compass)
Elizabeth Scarborough (Bronwyn's Bane, and others - great books btw)
This is just from me looking over my shoulder. I haven't even gotten into the vast bulk of my books, which are in boxes. And then, of course, so many I don't have.
I'd throw in Marion Zimmer Bradley, Octavia Butler, Ursula K. LeGuin, Angela Carter, etc., but that would probably get written on as "feminist" fantasy (though I'm not sure why that matters).