Given that I read mostly male writers, good female characters are not something easy to pull off. Love, tenderness and intimacy are something, but femininity might just be one of the most difficult things to put in words. But it's not the only important thing for a female character to be represented accurately as a woman. This category is rewarding the best female characters I have read in 2011. The strongerst and most original women characters that swiped their males counterparts away from the pages with the most ruthless efficiency. Please note that every novel in competition is eligible for this category. The nominees are...
Octavia VanderPlaats in Anthony Neil Smith's Choke On Your Lies
Mrs. Wilson in Allan Guthrie's Bye Bye Baby
Kate Gompert in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
Gloria Patch in Francis Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful & Damned
Have you read any of these titles? If so,who do you think should win?