A lot of people are buying gifts at the moment! If you're someone who buys books as presents, and trying to decide what to buy, you might like to use the petition in solidarity with JKR as a filter to find good authors. :) So here's a handy link:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/in-solidarity-with-jk-rowling
I'm reading Amanda Craig's In a Dark Wood right now and loving it. I bought it specifically because of this petition and the blowback she got for it.
A reverse boycott, awesome XD
I don't know if Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is on that letter but she'd be a great choice too
As a bonus she’s a great fucking writer, one of the best at work right now.
I've been wanting to read her for a while. Just ordered Yellow Sun.