Are any guidebooks written by women?!

Nikki Smith has written several guides to Utah climbing areas, but she was Nathan Smith back then.

Lindsay Stephens - Adventure Routes of Herb and Jan Conn

Boston Rocks (second edition) - Susan Ruff coauthor.

Stefani Dawn is the co-founder/co-author of the Climb On Maps series.
https://www.climbonmaps.com/

Marlene Ford has co-written 3 editions of the Frenchman Coulee guide and a guide to the Tieton, with Jim Yoder.  First author credit for all. 

I didn't even know that so many women wrote guidebooks. It seems to me, regardless of gender, any person can write guidebooks if of course, this person is professional

Tahoe Rock Climbing, 1987

Christine Jenkewitz-Meytras

Lorraine & Orrin Bonney's Wyoming guidebooks go back decades. They wrote 19 books for everything from the Bighorns to the Tetons. The had a summer home in Kelly, WY, inside GTNP.

Lorraine Bonney - 1983 on Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico, 17,802 feet. 60-years-old.

Bonney had climbed the Popocatepetl volcano 40 years prior as an exchange student. She had a rich life. When Orrin died in the late 1970s, Lorraine rode a bicycle across East Africa, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and did trail work at Lake Baikal in Russian Siberia. She drove a snow machine that shuttled scientists back and forth across Antarctica. The Bonneys were original founders of the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter (they wrote guidebooks for Texas, too). She died in 2016, at 93, in Canada.

5 Star Bouldering in Southern California, 2006, by Joan Bertini, Paisley Close and Charles Newell.

Joan was also co-author of San Diego Adventures, which covers Hiking, Mt. Biking and Rock Climbing.

Steph Abegg is worth mentioning here. I consider her web site to be on par with the finest of guidbooks.

https://www.stephabegg.com/tripreports

Shaun Johnson wrote:

Steph Abegg is worth mentioning here. I consider her web site to be on par with the finest of guidbooks.

https://www.stephabegg.com/tripreports

Only person I have ever emailed to thank for awesome stuff. (its easy & on her website when reading)

Shaun Johnson wrote:

Steph Abegg is worth mentioning here. I consider her web site to be on par with the finest of guidbooks.

https://www.stephabegg.com/tripreports

Steph (and MP Thomas), sometimes lacks the institutional knowledge to know when she is off the mark and giving out incorrect information. A local guidebook writer is usually better suited to the task than a generalist. But, you're right, Steph has a nice website and is a good starting point for many climbs.

An example of just two errors: she says this about the Grand Teton's main rap to the Upper Saddle, "If you use this rappel, you want to make sure that you have 2 ropes, since it is a 40m hanging rappel." That is misleading. You can use one 60m dynamic rope but you need to know to rap slightly south. And, if you did need to use the "40m" variation, you could probably share ropes with another climber during peak season. Locals would know this.

Also, the location of Irene's Arete is incorrect on her reference map:

If you were Fred Beckey, this is way too much information. To each his own. She does correctly say that you can easily solo the Upper Exum (assuming you can climb the Lower) which goes against the prevailing wisdom and advice of MP readers. Again, to each his own. Of course, even MP is full of misleading advice and route information so buyer beware. And our most well used guide book for the Tetons is not exactly the epitome of accuracy or clarity.

Ruth Mendenhall co authored a mini guide to Strawberry Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California in the mid 1930's

Kevin Mokracek wrote:

Ruth Mendenhall co authored a mini guide to Strawberry Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California in the mid 1930's

Do you happen to have a copy? I tried some routes on Strawberry Peak about ten years ago. Definitely "adventure climbing".  Information was a little hard to come by. I would love to see a copy of some topos if they actually exist.

GTS wrote:

Do you happen to have a copy? I tried some routes on Strawberry Peak about ten years ago. Definitely "adventure climbing".  Information was a little hard to come by. I would love to see a copy of some topos if they actually exist.

I have a copy floating around somewhere, I’ll try and find it and post a picture.   Just be forewarned the grades if I remember are just class 4 or class 5 and don’t give much in the way of difficulty.   All the routes there are pretty loose and dirty but you probably already know that.   It’s still a fun day of adventure.