[Prudence]

James Tiptree, Jr./Raccoona Sheldon/Alice Sheldon.

If you don't like the style of most sci-fi writers, I beg that you give her works a try. She wrote mostly short stories, I believe. I still remember the night I read "The Screwfly Solution" - alone, in my little apartment in Bellingham, sitting on the floor in my kitchen nook.