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I read the short stories collection "Bears discover fire" by Terry Bisson. In the stories "Two Janets", "Two Guys From the Future" and a couple of other stories I've encountered an intriguing writer's trick which I've never met before: being a male author he wrote some stories as a first person female character (as if a female character tell us the story herself).

I have some mixed feelings about the experience. Probably it is because I knew that the author is a male and I expected the male person who would told me the story, probably the author did not care too much for the reader to "feel" the female character but rather he was focused on the plot.

Well, did anybody read something written by a male author where the story is told by the first female person? Actually there are tons of vice versa examples where a female author tells the story from the first male person. For an example, Agatha Christi. But it is what would any publisher expect or probably even ask from the author. As it was mentioned in the thread about Ryan Reynolds "Girls will go to a guy movie if it’s good, but guys will not go to a movie if it appears to cater to girls". So, why would a male author write a story in the way as if it was written by a women?

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

Well, did anybody read something written by a male author where the story is told by the first female person?

"The Collector" by John Robert Fowles

Вторая часть романа представляет собой «дневник» Миранды, во время заточения её в подвале дома, купленного Клеггом, вкупе с воспоминаниями девушки.

Коллекционер (роман) — Википедия

Ну и про Красную Шапочку не забываем. Все-таки, девочка же сама там говорила: "Бабушка,а почему у тебя такие большие зубы?")))

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

I have some mixed feelings about the experience. Probably it is because I knew that the author is a male and I expected the male person who would told me the story, probably the author did not care too much for the reader to "feel" the female character but rather he was focused on the plot.

Well, did anybody read something written by a male author where the story is told by the first female person? So, why would a male author write a story in the way as if it was written by a women?

The Fault In Our Stars Author John Green has done this and he did it as a teenaged girl. They are currently making a movie out of The Fault in Our Stars as well. Here is a link to an answer he gave about writing from girl's point of view so to speak..

The Fault in our Stars author John Green on sick-lit, zombies and writing through the eyes of a teenage girl | Sugarscape |