On my shelves, the only woman besides Carey and Smith who'd fall into the epic camp is Melanie Rawn. IIRC those were successful books, for a number of reasons, she stopped working in that genre in the late 90s and is now into urban fantasy.
I think your observation is pretty accurate. Depressing, but accurate.
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Date: 2011-04-17 09:34 pm (UTC)I think your observation is pretty accurate. Depressing, but accurate.