A Gender of Characters v. Authors discussion

[mlleelizabeth at aol.com]

The following was part of my most recent "About Young Adult Books" 
yabooks.guide at about.com (Kimberly Pauley - About Guide to Young Adult Books) 
newsletter and I thought it might be of interest to some of you:


Gender of Characters v. Authors
GRYPHON12: I have a developing question about authors' POVs that I've
been thinking about for a while. It seems to me that many authors,
particularly in fantasy, write about a member of the opposite gender as
the main character.
http://forums.about.com/ab-yabooks/messages?lgnF=y&msg=715.1