Maria Turtschaninoff is a Finnish fantasy author. One of her ten favorite feminist heroes in fiction, as shared at the Guardian:Alanna in The Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce
This is a series I wish I had discovered as a child. I truly would have loved to read about Alanna, the high-born noble girl who wants to become a knight. She hides her gender and takes her twin brother’s place in the





