Cranky Ladies of History TOC Announced

After smashing their goals for their Pozible campaign, the team at Fablecroft have announced a provisional ToC for the Cranky Ladies of History anthology. An amazing line up includes two SuperNOVArians – Kirstyn McDermott and Foz Meadows.

From the website:

Our Pozible campaign backers had an advance preview of the table of contents for Cranky Ladies of History a few days ago, but now we are delighted to share it with the world! It seems like so long ago this idea came to life, and we still have a ways before the book itself is released, but right now we are SO excited to present to you the line up for the anthology (presented in approximately era-order):

Author	Provisional Title	Cranky Lady	A little detail…
Joyce Chng	“Charmed Life”	Leizu	Chinese empress who discovered silk
Amanda Pillar	“Neter Nefer”	Hatshepsut	Egyptian ruler
Barbara Robson	“Theodora”	Theodora, wife of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian the first	Wife of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian the first
Lisa Hannett	“Hallgerðr Höskuldsdóttir / For So Great a Misdeed”		Icelandic woman
Garth Nix	“The Company of Women”	Lady Godiva	Anglo-Saxon noblewoman
Juliet Marillier	“Hallowed Ground”	Hildegard of Bingen	German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath
LM Myles	“Little Battles”	Eleanor of Aquitaine	French queen & mother of dynasty
Foz Meadows	“Bright Moon”	Khutulun	Central Asian warrior
Laura Lam	“The lioness and her prey”	Jeanne de Clisson	French pirate
Liz Barr	“Queenside”	Mary Tudor (Mary I of England)	Queen of England
Deborah Biancotti	“Look How Cold My Hands Are”	Countess Bathory	countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. She has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history
Dirk Flinthart	“The gift of freedom”	Grace O’Malley	Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan sometimes known as “The Sea Queen of Connacht”
Faith Mudge	“Glorious”	Elizabeth I	Queen of England
Havva Murat	“The Pasha, the girl and the dagger: The story of Nora of Kelmendi”	Nora of Kelmendi	Albanian warrior
Kirstyn McDermott	“Mary Mary”	Mary Wollstonecroft	English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights.
Thoraiya Dyer	“Vintana”	Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar, also known as Ranavalona the Cruel	Queen of Madagascar
Stephanie Lai	“The dragon, the terror, the sea”	Cheng Shih	Chinese pirate
Jane Yolen	SACAGAWEA	SACAGAWEA	Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States
Kaaron Warren	“Another week in the future”	Miss CH Spence	Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragist.
Sylvia Kelso	“Due care and attention”	Lilian Cooper	British-born Australian doctor
Sandra McDonald	“Cora Crane and The Trouble with Me”	Cora Crane	American businesswoman, nightclub and bordello owner, writer and journalist.
Nisi Shawl	“A Beautiful Stream”	Colette	French novelist and performer
Liz Argall	“Oodgeroo is Not Yet Your Name”	Oodgeroo Noonuccal	Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator.

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