C.J. Cherryh has a number of older female characters, some good, some pretty evil. Ariane Emory I (Cyteen), Signy Mallory (Downbelow Station and Merchanter's Luck), and Pyanfar Chanur (non-human, but still definitely middle aged) all come to mind.
I guess Elizabeth Lynn's Chronicles of Tornor is pretty obscure these days. The third book, The Northern Girl, included Arré Med, who was in early middle age, and her friend and fellow Council member Marti Hok, who was quite elderly.
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Wed, Mar. 21st, 2012 02:17 am (UTC)C.J. Cherryh has a number of older female characters, some good, some pretty evil. Ariane Emory I (Cyteen), Signy Mallory (Downbelow Station and Merchanter's Luck), and Pyanfar Chanur (non-human, but still definitely middle aged) all come to mind.
I guess Elizabeth Lynn's Chronicles of Tornor is pretty obscure these days. The third book, The Northern Girl, included Arré Med, who was in early middle age, and her friend and fellow Council member Marti Hok, who was quite elderly.