When March began on the heels of wrapping up a month-long Instagram challenge I put together and run at Book Riot, #RiotGrams, I felt like I had enough in me to keep the book love going. Thus, I decided to showcase 31 badass lady-identifying authors, one per day for the duration of the month.

For those who don’t Instagram or who are looking for more book recommendations, may I present those 31? Check ’em out before. Bonus: a couple of other awesome Instagrammers joined in for the month, so if you click over on the hashtag #31daysofbadassladywriters, you can find even more.