Utilisateur:Jacques Ballieu/Brouillon femmes

This is a list of notable female writers.

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• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American poet, novelist and short story writer.
• Rachel Abbott, pen name of Sheila Rodgers (born c. 1953), best-selling English thriller author
• Louise Abeita (born 1926), Native American Isleta Pueblo writer. I am a Pueblo Indian Girl
• Abiola Abrams (born 1976), American TV host, art filmmaker and author. Dare
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American novelist, poet, essayist and playwright. Blood and Guts in High School
• Juliette Adam (1836–1936), French author and magazine editor.
• Abigail Adams (1744–1818), former First Lady of the United States, letter writer and diarist.
• Fleur Adcock (born 1935), New Zealand born English poet and editor.
• Kim Addonizio (born 1954), American poet, novelist.
• Yda Addis (1857–1902), American writer and translator.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigerian novelist and short story writer. Purple Hibiscus
• Renata Adler (born 1938), American author, journalist and film critic.
• Aelia Eudocia (c. 401–460), Byzantine religious writer in Greek.
• Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC), Greek philosopher.
• Charlotte Agell (born 1959), American novelist and children's writer.
• Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), American poet, writer, and editor.
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion.
• Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), Uruguayan poet.
• Freda Ahenakew (born 1932), Canadian author and academic.
• Ilse Aichinger (born 1921), Austrian writer.
• Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942), Ghanaian author and playwright.
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004), English novelist. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
• Lucy Aikin (1781–1864), English historical writer.
• Akazome Emon (956–1041), Japanese poet and historian.
• Grace Akello (born 1950), Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist.
• Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), Austrian Jewish poet writing in German.
• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Russian/Soviet poet.
• Anna Akhmatova (1899–1966), Russian/Soviet poet. Requiem
• Anna Åkerhjelm (1647–1693), Swedish writer and traveller.
• Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator.
• Jordie Albiston (born 1961), Australian poet and academic.
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), American novelist. Little Women
• Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), American children's writer.
• Claribel Alegría (born 1924), Nicaraguan-born author and poet.
• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic.
• Svetlana Alexievich
• Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 1938), Icelandic novelist.
• Zaynab Alkali (born 1950), Nigerian novelist, poet, short story writer.
• Al-Khansā (7th century), Arab poet.
• Isabel Allende (born 1942), Chilean/American novelist. Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune
• Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908–1996), West Indian writer. The Orchid House
• Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926-2011)
• Margery Allingham (1904–1966), English crime writer. Mystery Mile, Sweet Danger
• Dorothy Allison (born 1949), American writer and speaker. Trash: Short Stories, Cavedweller
• Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140–pre-1184), French poet writing in Occitan.
• Mor Altshuler, Israeli scholar and writer
• Julia Álvarez (born 1950), Dominican-American poet, novelist and essayist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
• Ifi Amadiume (born 1947), Nigerian poet, anthropologist and essayist.
• Valerie Anand (born 1937), British author of historical fiction.
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter.
• Laurie Halse Anderson (born 1961), American author, writes for children and young adults. Speak, Twisted
• Jessica Anderson (1916–2010), Australian novelist and short story writer. The Impersonators
• Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italian playwright, poet and actress.
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet and writer.
• Eliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931), American novelist and Civil War writer.
• Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American autobiographer and poet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• Jane Anger (late 16th century), English writer.
• Christine Angot (born 1959), French novelist and playwright.
• Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots and English.
• Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC), Greek poet.
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004), American author, poet and activist. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
• Núria Añó (born 1973), Catalan writer and novelist.
• Helena Araújo Ortiz (born 1934), Colombian feminist author and literary critic.
• Maria Arbatova (born 1957), Russian novelist, playwright and poet.
• Elvia Ardalani, Mexican writer, poet, and storyteller.
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German Jewish political theorist. The Human Condition
• Hiro Arikawa (born 1972), Japanese light novelist.
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American writer, Language poet and professor.
• Karen Armstrong (born 1944), British author of numerous works on comparative religion. A History of God
• Kelley Armstrong (born 1968), Canadian writer, author of the Women of the Otherworld series.
• Louise Armstrong (1937–2008), American author and feminist.
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), German writer and novelist.
• Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), Australian-born British novelist. Mr. Skeffington
• Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944), English children's writer.
• Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Canadian Métis writer.
• Harriette Arnow (1908–1986), American novelist.
• Daisy Ashford (1881–1972), English writer. The Young Visiters
• Anastasia Ashman (born 1964), American author and cultural producer. Tales from the Expat Harem
• Anne Askew (1520/21–1546), English poet and Protestant martyr.
• Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994), English novelist.
• Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960), English novelist and diarist.
• Margot Asquith (1864–1945), English author.
• Mary Astell (1666–1731), English feminist writer.
• Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian novelist and short story writer; also some poetry.
• Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948), American writer.
• Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942), American author, journalist and teacher.
• Kate Atkinson (born 1951), English novelists. Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Human Croquet
• M.E. Atkinson (1899-1974, Mary Evelyn Atkinson), English children's novelist
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984), American novelist.
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian novelist, poet and critic. The Handmaid's Tale
• Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546–1596), French poet.
• Penelope Aubin (c. 1679–c. 1731), English novelist and translator.
• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991), English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.
• Jean M. Auel (born 1936), American novelist. Earth's Children series.
• Rose Ausländer (1901–1988), Bucovina-born poet writing in German and English.
• Jane Austen (1775–1817), English novelist. Pride and Prejudice
• Mary Austin (1868–1934), American writer. The Land of Little Rain
• Sarah Austin (1793–1867), English translator from German.
• Auvaiyar, name shared by several poets in Tamil literature.
• Frau Ava (c. 1060–1127), first female writer in German.
• Victoria Aveyard
• Margaret Avison (1918–2007), Canadian poet, editor and speaker.
• Marilou Awiakta (born 1936), Native American Cherokee author.
• Pam Ayres (born 1947), English poet, songwriter and radio/TV presenter.
• Azalais de Porcairagues (late 12th century), French poet writing in Occitan.

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• Mariama Bâ (1929-1981), Senegalese novelist. So Long a Letter.
• Natalie Babbitt (born 1932), US author and illustrator of children's books. Tuck Everlasting
• Ingrid Bachér (born 1930), German playwright and screenwriter.
• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), Austrian poet, playwright and novelist.
• Albena Bakratcheva (born 1961), Bulgarian author, best known for her work on American Transcendentalism.
• Delia Bacon (1811–1859), American writer of plays and short stories, best known today for her work on the Shakespeare authorship question.
• Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), British author and playwright. National Velvet
• Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991), Bulgarian poet; one of the mothers of Bulgarian literature.
• Baik Sou Linne (1982, Korean author)
• Joanna Baillie (1762–1851), Scottish poet and dramatist.
• Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010), English novelist.
• Deb Baker (born 1953), American mystery writer.
• Dorothy Baker (1907–1968), American novelist. Young Man with a Horn
• Faith Baldwin (1893–1978), was a very successful U.S. author of romance and fiction.
• Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995), American author, social activist and college professor.
• Mary Ellen Bamford (1857–1946), American author.
• Ban Zhao (45–116 CE), first female Chinese historian. Lessons for Women
• Helen Elliott Bandini, American writer, primarily of Californian history.
• Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), American poet.
• Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965), German novelist.
• Leslie Esdaile Banks (born 1959), American author. The Vampire Huntress Legend Series
• Maya Banks
• Helen Bannerman (1862–1946), Scottish children's writer. Little Black Sambo
• Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet.
• Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004), Soviet writer. A Week Like Any Other
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), English poet, essayist and children's author. Eighteen Hundred and Eleven
• Leigh Bardugo
• Arvède Barine (1840–1908), French writer and historian.
• Nicola Barker (born 1966), English novelist and short story writer.
• Pat Barker (born 1943), English novelist. Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, Ghost Road
• Anna Barkova (1901–1976), Soviet poet, journalist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, and writer of fiction.
• Mary Barnard (1909–2001), American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator.
• Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), American writer. Ladies Almanack, Nightwood
• Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886–1967), Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. Years of Grace
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), British American novelist.
• Lynne Barrett American writer and editor, best known for her short stories.
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884), diarist and artist.
• Allie Bates (born 1957), American writer.
• Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), American songwriter.
• Carol S. Batey (born 1955), American writer.
• Baudovinia (fl. c. 600), French religious writer in Latin and nun.
• Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959), American poet, journalist and educator.
• Vicki Baum (1888–1960), Austrian novelist.
• Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954), German writer and feminist.
• Ada Ellen Bayly (Edna Lyall, 1857–1903), English novelist.
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French author and philosopher. She Came to Stay, The Mandarins
• Margaret Bechard (born 1953), American children's writer.
• Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), French novelist. The Passionate Heart
• Patricia Beer (1919–1999), English poet and critic.
• Mrs. Beeton (1836–1865), English domestic author. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
• Aphra Behn (1640–1689), English playwright, poet and novelist. The Rover
• Gioconda Belli (born 1948), Nicaraguan revolutionary and writer.
• Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), Swedish author.
• Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827), English novelist and biographer.
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), African-American writer.
• Louise Bennett (1919–2006), Jamaican poet and folklorist.
• Sally Benson (1897–1972), American screenwriter and short-story writer.
• Nina Berberova (1901–1993), Soviet/Russian writer. The Tattered Cloak
• Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969), German novelist.
• Juliana Berners (14th and 15th centuries), English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting. The Book of Saint Albans
• Bertice Berry (born 1960), American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator.
• Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), Chinese American poet associated with Language poetry, the New York School, phenomenology, and visual art.
• Betty Berzon (1928–2006), American author.
• Annie Besant (1847–1933), English author, theosophist and activist. The Ancient Wisdom, Thought Forms
• Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–30), English pamphleteer and entertainer
• L. S. Bevington (1845–1895), English poet, anarchist and essayist
• Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945), English writer.
• Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian writer in French.
• Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697), English Quaker pamphleteer and preacher
• Gisèle Bienne (born 1946), French novelist.
• Linda Bierds (born 1945), American poet and professor.
• Anna Bijns (1493–1575), Flemish humanist writing in Dutch and French.
• Carol Birch (born 1951), English novelist.
• Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (c. 1800–1868), German playwright and actress.
• Isabella Bird (1831–1904) 19th-century English traveler and writer.
• Anne Bishop, American fantasy novelist. The Black Jewels series
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet and writer.
• Clementina Black (1853–1922), English novelist and political writer
• Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s–1660s), English Quaker writer and preacher
• Malorie Blackman (born 1962), Barbadian-born English author of literature and television drama for children and young adults. Noughts & Crosses series
• Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873), novelist and poet in English resident in Italy
• Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), English poet.
• Neltje Blanchan (1865–1918), American nature writer. Bird Neighbors, Nature's Garden
• Clair Blank (1915-1965), American author of the Beverly Gray Mystery Series.
• Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1705), English Quaker autobiographer
• Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783), American poet and correspondent.
• Countess of Blessington (1789–1849), Irish novelist.
• Karen Blixen (1885–1962), Danish writer. Out of Africa
• Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), American author. Weetzie Bat series.
• Valerie Bloom (born 1956), Jamaican poet and novelist.
• Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894), American writer, women's rights and temperance advocate.
• Judy Blume (born 1938), American novelist. Forever, Tiger Eyes
• Enid Blyton (1897–1968), English children's writer. Famous Five series
• Margarita Bobba (fl. 1560), Italian writer and poet.
• Imma von Bodmershof (1895–1982), Austrian poet.
• Louise Bogan (1897–1970), American poet; fourth US Poet Laureate.
• Margarete Böhme (1867–1939), German novelist. Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
• Eavan Boland (born 1944), Irish poet.
• Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916), American writer.
• María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980), Chilean author.
• Erma Bombeck (1927–1996), American Humorist.
• Tanella Boni, Ivorian poet and novelist.
• Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930), American author.
• Marita Bonner (1899–1971), American writer, essayist and playwright, commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
• Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) (1876–1938), Native American writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist.
• Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916), English writer.
• Frances Boothby (fl. c. 1669–70), British playwright.
• Alice Borchardt (1939–2007), American writer of historical fiction, fantasy, and horror. The Silver Wolf, The Dragon Queen
• Marianne Boruch, American poet and professor.
• Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891), American poet, writer, teacher and socialite.
• Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963), British novelist and short story writer. The Mortal Storm, Danger Signal
• Jane Bowdler (1743–1784), English poet and essayist.
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer. The Death of the Heart, The Heat of the Day
• Jane Bowles (1917–1973), American writer and playwright. Two Serious Ladies
• Mary Bowes (1749–1800), English playwright and botanist.
• Karin Boye (1900–1941), Swedish poet and novelist.
• Kay Boyle (1902–1992), American writer, educator and political activist.
• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978), American science fiction author. The Starmen, People of the Talisman
• Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915), English novelist. Lady Audley's Secret
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), American fantasy and science fiction writer. The Door Through Space, The Firebrand
• Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672), American poet and writer.
• Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Canadian poet.
• Hannah Brand (1754–1821), English actress and playwright.
• Dionne Brand (born 1953), Canadian poet, novelist and essayist.
• Giannina Braschi (born 1953), Puerto Rican writer. Empire of Dreams, Yo-Yo Boing!, United States of Banana
• Ann Brashares (born 1967), author of The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series.
• Lily Braun (1865–1916), German feminist writer.
• Libba Bray (born 1964), American author of young adult novels. The Sweet Far Thing, Going Bovine
• Angela Brazil (1868–1947), British writer.
• Jean "Binta" Breeze (born 1956), Jamaican dub poet and storyteller.
• Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), Swedish writer and feminist activist.
• Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730), Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess.
• Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710–c. 1757), American poet and writer; first American-born woman to publish under her own name.
• Patricia Briggs
• Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (1859–1945), "New Woman" writer and feminist.
• Vera Brittain (1893–1970), English writer, feminist and pacifist. Testament of Youth
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), Croatian children's writer, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Croatian Tales of Long Ago, The Marvelous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice
• Erna Brodber (born 1940), Jamaican novelist and sociologist.
• Anne Brontë (1820–1849), English novelist and poet. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey
• Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), English novelist and poet. Jane Eyre, Villette, Shirley
• Emily Brontë (1818–1848), English novelist and poet. Wuthering Heights
• Frances Brooke (1723–1789), English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator.
• Anita Brookner (1928–2016), English novelist and art historian. Hotel du Lac
• Geraldine Brooks (born 1955), Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March.
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), American writer. Annie Allen, We Real Cool
• Nicole Brossard (born 1943), French Canadian formalist poet and novelist.
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), English novelist.
• Olga Broumas (born 1949), Greek poet, living in the United States.
• Pat Brown (criminal profiler) (born 1955), True crime author, criminal profiler.
• Rebecca Brown (born 1956), American author.
• Frances Browne (1816–1887), Irish poet and novelist.
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), English poet. Aurora Leigh
• Andrée Brunin (1937–1993), French poet.
• Mary Brunton (1778–1818), Scottish novelist.
• Colette Bryce (born 1970), poet from Northern Ireland.
• Bryher (aka Annie Winifred Ellerman) (1894–1983), English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor.
• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832), English novelist, translator, and children's writer.
• Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. The Good Earth
• Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947), American poet.
• Buffalo Bird Woman (1839–1932), Native American Hidatsa writer.
• Anna Bülow (died 1519), Swedish writer, translator and abbess.
• Anna Bunina (1774–1829), Russian poet.
• Erika Burkart (1922–2010), Swiss poet and writer in German.
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), English playwright and children's writer. The Secret Garden
• Frances Burney (1752–1840), English novelist, diarist and playwright. Evelina
• Frances Burney (1776–1828), English author of closet drama and governess.
• Sarah Burney (1772–1844), English novelist.
• Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944), American author, poet and journalist.
• Christine Busta (1915–1987), Austrian poet.
• Sharon Butala (born 1940), Canadian novelist.
• Octavia Butler (1947–2006), American science fiction writer. Patternist series, Lilith's Brood
• Susan Bulkeley Butler, American motivational author.
• Mary Butts (1890–1937), English modernist writer.
• A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English novelist and poet. Possession: A Romance, Angels & Insects

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• Meg Cabot (born 1967), American author. The Princess Diaries
• Caroline Caddy (born 1944), Australian poet.
• Florence Caddy (1837–1923), English writer.
• Cai Wenji (born 177), Chinese poet and composer.
• Mona Caird (c. 1854–1932), Scottish novelist and essayist.
• Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), Anglo-American novelist.
• Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), American writer.
• Maria Callcott (1785–1842), English author of children's books and travel writings.
• Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), American novelist.
• Marion May Campbell (born 1948), Australian novelist and academic.
• Dorothy Canfield (1879–1958), American author. Understood Betsy
• May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), British poet.
• Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist.
• Lan Cao (born 1961), Vietnamese American writer. Monkey Bridge; The Lotus and the Storm
• Jacqueline Carey (born 1964), American fantasy novelist. Kushiel's Legacy
• Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), English novelist and children's writer.
• Leonora Carrington (born 1917), British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter and novelist.
• Catherine Carswell (1879–1946), Scottish writer.
• Angela Carter (1940–1992), English novelist and journalist. Nights at the Circus, The Bloody Chamber
• Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, writer and Bluestocking.
• Caroline Carver
• Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), American writer.
• Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet, sister of Phoebe Cary.
• Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639), English playwright. The Tragedy of Mariam
• Phoebe Cary (1824–1871), American poet, sister of Alice Cary.
• Kathryn Casey, American true crime author, novelist and journalist.
• Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Criena Rohan), Australian novelist
• Kristin Cashore, American fantasy author. Graceling.
• P. C. Cast (1960), American author. House of Night
• Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974), Mexican poet and author.
• Ana Castillo (born 1953), Mexican-American novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist.
• Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975), German-born children's writer and journalist writing in German and English.
• Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), Galician writer and poet.
• Willa Cather (1873–1947), Pulitzer Prize winning American author. My Ántonia, O Pioneers!
• Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), Italian religious writer and saint.
• Catherine of Genoa (St. Catherine, 1447–1510), Genoese writer and mystic.
• Catherine of Ricci (1522–1590), Italian religious writer and saint.
• Jane Cavendish (1620/21–1669), English poet and playwright.
• Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), English poet, philosopher, essayist, playwright, and writer of fiction. The Blazing World
• Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723), English playwright and poet.
• Laura Cereta (1469–1499), Italian humanist.
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982), American novelist and artist. Dictee
• Françoise Chandernagor (born 1945), French novelist and playwright.
• Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834), American poet and writer; first woman writer in America to make the abolition of slavery her principal theme.
• Diana Chang (born 1934), Chinese American novelist and poet.
• Hester Chapone (1727–1801), English writer and Bluestocking.
• Charlotte Charke (1713–1760), English actress, playwright, novelist, and autobiographer.
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), Dutch novelist writing in French.
• Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938), popular Russian novelist.
• Noëlle Châtelet (born 1944), French essayist, novelist and story writer.
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), Indian poet famous for her emotionally charged Hindi songs.
• Daína Chaviano (born 1960), Cuban writer. The Island of Eternal Love
• Mavis Cheek (born c. 1948), English novelist.
• Ying Chen (born 1961), Chinese Canadian author.
• Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856), German poet, playwright and librettist.
• Kelly Cherry (born 1940), American, novelist, poet, story writer, essayist, memoirist, book reviewer, translator
• C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), American sci-fi and fantasy author. Downbelow Station, Cyteen
• Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), American poet, novelist and journalist. Over the River and through the Woods
• Alice Childress (1916–1994), African-American playwright and novelist.
• Mei Chin (born 1977), American writer and food critic.
• Paulina Chiziane (born 1955), Mozambiquean novelist and short story writer.
• Joanna Chmielewska (born 1932) Polish writer.
• Pema Chödrön (born 1936), American Buddhist author.
• Choi Jeong-rye (born 1955), Korean poet
• Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925), English novelist.
• Kate Chopin (1851–1904), American novelist and short story writer. The Awakening
• Helene Christaller (1872–1953), German children's novelist.
• Kate Christensen (1962), American novelist. In The Drink, Jeremy Thrane, The Great Man
• Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British crime writer. The Mousetrap, The Seven Dials Mystery
• Chrystos (born 1946), Menominee rights activist and poet.
• Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710), English poet, essayist and writer. The Ladies' Defence
• Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996), Soviet/Russian writer. Sofia Petrovna
• Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian Urdu writer.
• Chun Woon-young (1971), Korean author
• Caryl Churchill (born 1938), English playwright. A Mouthful of Birds
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), American novelist and short story writer. The House on Mango Street, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
• Hélène Cixous (born 1937), Algerian-born French poet, playwright and philosopher.
• Amy Clampitt (1920–1994), American poet and author.
• Cassandra Clare
• Margaret Clark (American writer) (1964), American historian, writer, and educator.
• Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927), American suspense novelist. A Stranger is Watching, A Cry in the Night
• Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980), English mystical poet, author and teacher.
• Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator.
• Margareta Clausdotter (died 1486), Swedish writer and abbess.
• Beverly Cleary (born 1916), American author. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
• Kate McPhelim Cleary (1863–1905), American novelist and story writer.
• Joceline Clemencia (1952–2011), Afro-Curaçaoan writer and linguist
• Carmen Clemente Travieso (1900-1983), Venezuelan journalist and women's biographer
• Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BC), Greek poet.
• Michelle Cliff (born 1946), Jamaican-American author. No Telephone to Heaven
• Lucille Clifton (1936–2010), American poet, writer and educator.
• Caroline Clive (1801–1872), English poet and novelist.
• Catherine Clive (Kitty, 1711–1785), English actress and dramatist.
• Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), American novelist. What You Won't Do for Love
• Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet.
• Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904), Irish writer and suffragist.
• Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940), Canadian-American author.
• Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586), French poet.
• Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946) American journalist, author of short stories and books.
• Norma Cole (born 1945), American poet, visual artist, and translator.
• Wanda Coleman (born 1946), American poet.
• Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921), English novelist and editor.
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), English novelist and poet.
• Sara Coleridge (1802–1852), English writer and translator.
• Colette (1873–1954), French novelist. Gigi
• Merle Collins (born 1950), Grenadian poet and short-story writer
• Suzanne Collins (born 1962), American novelist. The Hunger Games.
• Vittoria Colonna (1490–1547), Italian poet and marchioness.
• Mary Colum (1884–1957), Irish literary critic and author.
• Anne Compton (born 1947), Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist.
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist. Pastors and Masters
• Maryse Condé (born 1937), Guadeloupean novelist.
• Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934), poet and professor of English literature.
• Consort Ban (Ban Jieyu, Lady Pan, c. 48—c. 6 BC), Chinese scholar and poet.
• Eliza Cook (1818–1889), English poet.
• Marvel Cooke (1903–2000), American journalist and writer.
• Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930), Crow Creek Lakota Sioux editor, essayist, poet, novelist, and academic. Wíčazo Ša Review
• Ina Coolbrith (born Josephine Anna Smith) (1841–1928), first poet laureate of California, first public librarian in California.
• Deborah Coonts, American romance, mystery and humor novelist and lawyer.
• J. California Cooper, African-American playwright, novelist and short story writer.
• Wendy Cope (born 1945), English poet.
• Esther Copley (1786–1851), English religious and children's writer.
• Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931) woman Poet Laureate of Belgium.
• Marie Corelli (1855–1924), English novelist.
• Corinna (Κόριννα, 6th century BC), Greek poet.
• Cornificia (c. 85–c. 40 BC), Roman poet and writer of epigrams.
• Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858), English writer on education, philosophy and science.
• Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659), English letter writer.
• Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), American crime writer. Body of Evidence, Cruel and Unusual
• Anita Cornwell (born 1923), American author.
• Jayne Cortez (born 1936), American poet and performance artist.
• Sophie Ristaud Cottin (1770–1807), French novelist.
• Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), German novelist.
• Arlette Cousture (born 1948), Canadian writer.
• Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian poet and novelist.
• Hannah Cowley (1743–1809), English playwright and poet.
• Dinah Mulock Craik (1826–1887), English novelist. John Halifax, Gentleman
• Helen Craik (1751–1825), Scottish novelist.
• Margaret Craven (1901–1980), American novelist. I Heard the Owl Call My Name
• Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), Canadian poet.
• Susan P. Crawford (born 1963), American professor of Law.
• Hélisenne de Crenne (1510–1552), French novelist, epistolary writer and translator.
• Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848), English poet
• Bithia Mary Croker (1849–1920), Irish-born Anglo-Indian writer
• M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963), Australian writer.
• Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895), English writer and poet
• Elsa Cross (born 1946), Mexican poet and essayist.
• Catherine Crowe (1800–1876), English dramatist, novelist, and author of children's books.
• Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975), Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots and English.
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican poet and playwright.
• Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866), American novelist. The Lamplighter
• Lady Margaret Cunningham (died c. 1622), Scottish memoirist and correspondent
• Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981), Australian author. Come In Spinner
• Julie E. Czerneda (born 1955), Canadian sci-fi and fantasy author.
• Mary Crow Dog (born 1953), Native American writer and activist. Lakota Woman

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• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), American poet, novelist and memoirist.
• Anne Dacier (1645–1720), French scholar and classical translator
• Jordan Dane (born 1953), American thriller writer.
• Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959), Zimbabwean author and filmmaker. Nervous Conditions
• Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), Haitian-American novelist. Breath, Eyes, Memory
• Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550), French writer and poet.
• Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556), Italian writer, philosopher and courtesan.
• Tina Darragh (born 1950), American Language poet.
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Australian fantasy novelist and short story writer. Bitterbynde trilogy
• Amma Darko (born 1956), Ghanaian novelist.
• Marie Darrieussecq (born 1969), French-Basque novelist.
• Helen Darville (Helen Dale, Helen Demidenko) (born 1972), Australian journalist and novelist.
• Kamala Das (born 1932), poet and short story writer.
• Madame d'Aulnoy (c. 1650s–1705), French writer of fairy tales.
• Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), American novelist, biographer and memoirist. The Valley of Decision, My Brother's Keeper
• Selina Davenport (1779–1859), English novelist writing about and for women
• Henriette Davidis (1801–1876), German cookbook writer.
• Joy Davidman (born Helen Joy Davidman) (1915–1960), writer and poet, wife of C. S. Lewis.
• Angela Davis (born 1944), American philosopher and political activist.
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis (born 1916), American mystery novelist.
• Kyra Davis, American novelist
• Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910), American journalist and novelist. Life in the Iron Mills
• Mary Davys (1674–1732), Irish novelist and playwright.
• Laura Day (born 1959), American writer of self-help books.
• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965) Polish writer.
• Shobhaa De (born 1947), Indian journalist and novelist. Starry Nights
• Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spanish poet.
• Claude de Bectoz (fl. mid-16th century), French writer and philosopher.
• Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1425), Spanish religious writer.
• Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543–1603), French scholar and courtier.
• Hélisenne de Crenne (real name Marguerite Briet, c. 1510–post 1552), French novelist, letter writer and translator.
• Ana de Jesús (1545–1621), Spanish writer, poet and nun.
• Mazo de la Roche (1885–1961), Canadian novelist in English. Jalna series
• Christine de Pizan (1363–c. 1430), Venetian poet writing in French.
• Florencia del Pinar (15th century), Spanish poet.
• Pamela Dean (born 1953), American novelist. Tam Lin
• Kathryn Deans, Australian children's writer.
• Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005), French feminist essayist and science fiction novelist. ecofeminism
• Ellen Lee DeGeneres
• E. M. Delafield (1890–1943), English novelist and memoirist.
• Lucy Delaney (c. 1830–c. 1890), American memoirist.
• Mary Delany (1700–1788), English letter-writer and Bluestocking.
• Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945), French poet, novelist and journalist.
• Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971), American ethnographer, Sioux oral historian and novelist.
• Enid Derham (1882–1941), Australian poet.
• Regina Derieva (born 1949), Russian poet and writer.
• Anita Desai (born 1937), Indian novelist. In Custody
• Kiran Desai (born 1971), Indian novelist. The Inheritance of Loss
• Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859), French poet.
• Anne Desclos (writing as Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage( (1907–1998), French journalist and novelist.
• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet.
• Virginie Despentes (born 1969), French novelist.
• Babette Deutsch (1895–1982), American poet, critic, translator, and novelist.
• Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), Bengali novelist and poet.
• Mahasweta Devi (born 1926), Bengali-Indian journalist and novelist.
• Caroline Dexter (1819–1884), English-Australian feminist journalist.
• Dhuoda (c. 803–c. 843), Frankish moralist writing in Latin. Liber Manualis
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), American children's author.
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet.
• Joan Didion(born 1934), American journalist, essayist and novelist.
• Annie Dillard (born 1945), American nonfiction writer, poet, essayist and novelist. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
• Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003), Bulgarian poet and former Vice President of Bulgaria.
• Isak Dinesen (1885–1962), Danish novelist. Out of Africa
• Diane di Prima (born 1934), American poet.
• Kelly DiPucchio (born 1967), children's author
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956). Indian-American poet, novelist and short story writer. Mistress of Spices
• Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905), Scottish feminist travel writer, war correspondent and novelist.
• Assia Djebar (born 1936), Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
• Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), Russian/Soviet writer. "Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman"
• Rosemary Dobson (born 1920), Australian poet.
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), American children's writer. Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
• Berlie Doherty (born 1943), English novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and children's writer.
• Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German poet.
• Emma Donoghue (born 1969), Irish-Canadian novelist. Hood
• Doris Dörrie (born 1955), German novelist and film director.
• Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), Russian writer. The Emigrant
• Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), English children's writer and poet.
• O. Douglas, pen name of Anna Buchan (1877–1948), Scottish novelist.
• Maro Douka (born 1947), Greek novelist.
• Sara Douglass (Sara Warneke) (born 1957), Australian fantasy novelist. The Axis Trilogy
• Rita Dove (born 1952), American poet. Thomas and Beulah
• Unity Dow (born 1959), Botswana human rights activist and novelist.
• Margaret Drabble (born 1939), English novelist and biographer. The Millstone
• Judith Drake (late 17th century), English feminist essayist.
• Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986), German playwright and novelist.
• Celia Dropkin (1887–1956), Berorussian-American Yiddish-language poet.
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German poet.
• Ree Drummond
• Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scottish poet and playwright; first female and first Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
• Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), English novelist. Rebecca
• Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), First Nations Canadian poet.
• Sarah Dunant (born 1950), English genre novelist. The Birth of Venus
• Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist and political activist.
• Lois Duncan (born 1934), American young adult thriller writer. I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Elaine Dundy (1931–2008), American journalist, novelist and biographer.
• Dương Thu Hương (born 1947), Vietnamese dissident and novelist. Paradise of the Blind
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), American poet and essayist, known as a feminist critic and scholar.
• Mary Durack (1913–1994), Australian historical novelist and children's writer.
• Claire de Duras (1777–1828), French novelist. Ourika
• Marguerite Duras (Marguerite Donnadieu) (1914–1996), French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. L'Amant, Hiroshima mon amour
• Karen Duve (born 1961), German novelist and story writer.
• Guerguina Dvoretzka, Bulgarian poet and journalist.

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• Edith Maude Eaton, a.k.a. Sui Sin Far (1865–1914), Chinese-English-Canadian novelist.
• Winnifred Eaton, a.k.a. Watanna Onoto (1875–1954), Chinese-English-Canadian-American novelist and short story writer.
• Margareta Ebner, (1291–1351), German diarist and mystic.
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), Austrian novelist.
• Leigh Eddings (1939–2007), American fantasy novelist.
• Emily Eden (1797–1869), English novelist and poet.
• Zee Edgell (born 1940), Belizean novelist. Beka Lamb
• Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), English-born Irish novelist. Castle Rackrent
• Egeria (Aetheria) (fl. AD 381–4), Gallic pilgrim and correspondent writing in Latin.
• Barbara Ehrenreich (born 1941), American feminist, socialist and political activist.
• Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), Swedish writer.
• Roza Eldarova (born 1923), Soviet writer and politician writing in Russian.
• Elephantis (fl. late 1st century BC), Greek erotic poet.
• George Eliot (born Marian Evans, 1819–1880), English novelist and poet. The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Middlemarch
• Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (in German: Liselotte von der Pfalz, 1652–1722), German correspondent.
• Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877), American writer, historian and poet.
• Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756), English feminist scholar and translator.
• Diamela Eltit (born 1949), Chilean novelist.
• Lynn Emanuel (born 1949), American poet.
• Buchi Emecheta (born 1944), Nigerian novelist. The Bride Price
• Claudia Emerson (born 1957), American poet; won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
• Carol Emshwiller (born 1921), American novelist and short story writer.
• Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1716), Norway's first recognized female author.
• Isobel English (1920–1994), English novelist. Every Eye
• Enchi Fumiko (Fumi Ueda, 1905–1986), Japanese playwright, novelist and short story writer.
• Marian Engel (1933–1985), Canadian novelist.
• Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE), Sumerian royal priestess and poet.
• Nora Ephron (1941–2012), American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist.
• Louise Erdrich (born 1954), American novelist, poet and children's writer.
• Erinna (Ἤριννα, fl. c. 600 BC), Greek poet.
• Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (1868–1951), Georgian novelist.
• Annie Ernaux (born 1940), French novelist and autobiographer.
• Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), Portuguese poet.
• Nataly von Eschstruth (1860–1939), German novelist.
• Laura Esquivel (born 1950), Mexican novelist. Like Water for Chocolate
• Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet.
• Eleanor Estes (1906–1988), American children's writer. The Moffats, Ginger Pye
• Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Persian poet of Iran.
• Janet Evanovich (born 1943), American novelist. Stephanie Plum series
• Augusta Jane Evans (1835–1909), American novelist.
• Mari Evans (born 1923), American poet, playwright and children's writer.
• Matilda Jane Evans (Maud Jean Franc, 1827–1886), Australian novelist.
• Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885), English children's writer.

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• Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australian poet.
• Diane Fanning, American true crime author and novelist.
• Ursula Fanthorpe (born 1929), English poet.
• Nancy Farmer (born 1941), American young adult and children's novelist. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
• Penelope Farmer (born 1939), English children's novelist. Charlotte Sometimes
• Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Iranian poet and film director.
• Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801) American poet.
• Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American poet, essayist and novelist. Plum Bun
• Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian playwright, poet and novelist.
• Edna Ferber (1885–1968), American novelist and playwright. Show Boat
• Charlene "Charlie" Fern (born 1968), American speechwriter to Laura Bush.
• Fanny Fern (1811–1872), American columnist, humorist, novelist, and children's writer. Ruth Hall
• Roberta Fernández, American novelist, scholar, critic and arts advocate.
• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), Paraguayan poet and novelist.
• Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854), Scottish novelist.
• Rachel Field (1894–1942), American novelist, poet, and children's writer. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
• Helen Fielding (born 1958), English novelist. Bridget Jones's Diary
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768), English novelist.
• Jennie Fields (1953–), American novelist.
• Celia Fiennes (1662–1741), English travel writer.
• Sia Figiel (born 1967), Samoan poet and novelist.
• Adelaide Filleul (1761–1836), French novelist.
• Anne Finch (Countess of Winchilsea, 1661–1720), English poet.
• Annie Finch (born 1956), American poet, translator and critic.
• Anne Fine
• M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992), American food writer.
• Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer.
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974), American author and illustrator of children's books. Harriet the Spy
• Becca Fitzpatrick
• Fannie Flagg (born 1944), American screenwriter and novelist. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
• Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974), German playwright.
• Marjorie (Marjory) Fleming (1803–1811), Scottish child diarist and poet.
• Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829–1890), French novelist.
• Lynn Flewelling (born 1958), American novelist. Nightrunner
• Winifred Foley (1914–2009), English autobiographer.
• Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), American novelist.
• Jolán Földes (1902–1963), Hungarian novelist.
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967), American novelist and children's writer. Johnny Tremain
• Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French novelist and poet.
• Olga Forsh (1873–1961), Russian/Soviet writer. Palace and Prison
• Margaret Forster (born 1938), English novelist and biographer.
• Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840), American novelist. The Coquette
• Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), American novelist and short story writer.
• Janet Frame (1924–2004), New Zealand novelist and autobiographer.
• Marie de France (fl. 12th century), poet in Anglo-Norman French.
• Annie Francé-Harrar (1886–1971), Austrian writer and scientist.
• Suzanne Francis (born 1959), English fantasy author.
• Julia Franck (born 1970), German novelist.
• Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan.
• Louise von François (1817–1893), German novelist.
• Anne Frank (Anna, 1929–1945), German-born Dutch diarist. The Diary of a Young Girl
• Miles Franklin (1879–1954), Australian feminist writer. My Brilliant Career
• Antonia Fraser (born 1932), English genre novelist and biographer. Mary, Queen of Scots, Quiet as a Nun
• Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), American novelist and short story writer.
• Raquel Freire (born 1973), Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist.
• Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857), English diarist.
• Anna Freud (1895–1982), Austrian and British psychoanalytic writer.
• Gayleen Froese (born 1972), Canadian mystery novelist and songwriter.
• Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692), Swedish writer.
• Claire Fuller (living), English novelist.
• Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), American feminist journalist.
• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946), Australian feminist poet, short story writer, journalist and novelist.
• Alice Fulton (born 1952), American author, poet.
• Cornelia Funke (born 1958), German children's writer. The Thief Lord, Inkheart trilogy
• Bilkisu Funtuwa, Nigerian novelist.

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• Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851–1938), Georgian feminist novelist.
• Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884), American writer, poet, reformer, feminist and abolitionist.
• Jeannine Hall Gailey (born 1973), American poet and critic.
• Mary Gaitskill (born 1954), American essayist, novelist and short story writer.
• Kate Gale (born 1965), American poet, librettist and independent publisher.
• Zona Gale (1874–1938), American novelist and playwright.
• Mavis Gallant (born 1922), Canadian-French short story-writer.
• Tess Gallagher (born 1943), American poet, essayist, novelist, and playwright.
• Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian poet.
• Alisa Ganieva (pseudonym Gulla Khirachev) (born 1985), Russian writer and essayist.
• Jane Gardam (born 1928), British author of children's and adult fiction.
• Helen Garner (born 1942), Australian novelist and journalist. The Children's Bach
• Constance Garnett (1861–1946), English translator from Russian.
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), English novelist and biographer. Cranford
• Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), American novelist.
• Nathalie Gassel (born 1964), Belgian feminist writer.
• Pauline Gedge (born 1945), Canadian genre novelist.
• Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (Madame de Genlis; 1746–1830), French novelist, playwright and children's writer
• Elizabeth George (born 1949), American mystery novelist. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
• Margaret George (born 1943), American historical novelist.
• Amy Gerstler (born 1956), American poet.
• Gertrud von Helfta (1256–c. 1302), saint and mystic writing in Latin.
• Amélie Gex (1835–1883), French poet and writer in French and Franco-Provençal.
• Kaye Gibbons (born 1960), American novelist. Ellen Foster
• Stella Gibbons (1902–1989), English novelist, journalist and short story writer. Cold Comfort Farm
• Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist, short story writer, and poet.
• ElizaBeth Gilligan, American fantasy novelist.
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), American sociologist, author, poet and lecturer for social reform. Herland
• Mary Gilmore (1865–1962), Australian socialist poet and journalist.
• Beryl Gilroy (1924–2001), Guyanese novelist.
• Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), African American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator.
• Diane Glancy (born 1941), American poet, novelist and playwright.
• Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945), American novelist.
• Susan Glaspell (1876–1948), American novelist and playwright.
• Madeline Gleason (1903–1979), American poet and dramatist.
• Louise Glück (born 1943), American poet; 42nd US Poet Laureate.
• Marita Golden (born 1950), African-American novelist and non-fiction writer.
• Emma Goldman (1869–1940), Lithuanian-American anarchist writer.
• Claire Goll (1890–1977), German-born poet and novelist writing in German and French.
• Jewelle Gomez (born 1948), American poet, critic and playwright.
• Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), Cuban novelist, playwright and poet. Sab
• Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaican poet,
• Allegra Goodman (born 1967), American novelist.
• Nadine Gordimer (born 1923), South African writer, political activist and Nobel Prize in literature laureate.
• Catherine Gore (1799–1861), British novelist and dramatist.
• Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), American performance poet and an avant-garde artist.
• Hiromi Goto (born 1966), Canadian novelist.
• Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793), French journalist during the Revolution.
• Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952), English-Australian historical novelist and screenwriter.
• Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), Polish feminist academic writer and essayist.
• Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758), French novelist and playwright.
• Sue Grafton (born 1940), American mystery novelist. Kinsey Millhone series ("A" Is for Alibi etc.)
• Jorie Graham (born 1950), American poet.
• Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), American mystery novelist. Marked "Personal"
• Miriam Green, South African academic now living in England
• Debora Greger (born 1949), American poet and visual artist.
• Bette Greene (born 1934), American author of children and young adult's books.
• Linda Gregg (born 1942), American poet.
• Simonetta Greggio (born 1961), Italian-born novelist writing in French.
• Lady Gregory (1852–1932), Irish folklore revivalist and playwright.
• Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694), Austrian poet.
• Elizabeth Griffith (c. 1727–1793), Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist, and actress.
• Martha Grimes (born 1931), American mystery novelist. Richard Jury series
• Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), American anti-slavery activist and poet.
• Angelina Weld Grimke (1880–1958), American journalist and poet.
• Eliza Griswold (born 1973), American journalist and poet.
• Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749), French literary patron and novelist.
• Guðrún Helgadóttir (born 1935), Icelandic children's writer.
• Judith Guest (born 1936), American novelist and screenwriter. Ordinary People
• Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545), French poet.
• Guji, Princess of Joseon (died 1489), Korean writer, poet and dancer.
• Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806), German poet.
• Eileen Gunn (born 1945), American short story writer and editor.
• Elizabeth Gunn, American mystery novelist.
• Susannah Gunning (c. 1740–1800), English novelist
• Elena Guro (1877–1913), Russian Futurist writer. The Little Camels of the Sky
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012), Trinidad-born American writer of fiction for adults and young people.
• Emma Jane Guyton (1825–1887), English novelist and editor.
• Beth Gylys (born 1964), American poet and professor.

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• Ha Seong-ran (1967), Korean author.
• Maria Hack (1777–1844), English children's writer.
• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, translator and critic.
• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino American poet, playwright and novelist.
• Ida, Countess of Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880), German novelist.
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), American novelist and playwright.
• Gisèle Halimi (born 1927), French-Tunisian feminist essayist.
• Anna Maria (Mrs S. C.) Hall (1800–1881), Irish novelist.
• Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943), English novelist.
• Anne, Lady Halkett (1623–1699), English memoirist and religious essayist.
• Marion Rose Halpenny English Equestrian Writer and author of the pioneering book British Racing and Racecourses.
• Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954) Canadian short fiction writer and poet.
• Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002), American children's novelist. M. C. Higgins, the Great
• Beatrice Hammer (born 1963), French novelist and children's writer.
• Han Mahlsook (born 1931), Korean novelist
• Judith Hand (born 1940), American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
• Nathalie Handal, Haitian-born American poet and playwright of Palestinian descent.
• Sophie Hannah (born 1971), English poet and novelist. Little Face
• Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), American playwright. A Raisin in the Sun
• Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (born 1946), Faroese novelist and short story writer.
• Thea von Harbou (1888–1954), German novelist and screenwriter.
• Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet.
• Frances Harper (1825–1911), American poet and novelist. Iola Leroy
• Yun-I Hyeong (1976) Korean author
• Alice Harriman (1861–1925), American poet, and publisher. A Man of Two Countries, Wilt Thou Not Sing.
• Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright; associated with the Language poets.
• Petra Hartmann (born 1970), German journalist, novelist and children's writer.
• Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet and librettist.
• Mihri Hatun (died 1506), female Ottoman poet.
• Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), Austrian novelist and children's author.
• Paula Hawkins
• Eliza Haywood (1693–1756), English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and translator.
• Shirley Hazzard (born 1931), American novelist, non-fiction and short-story writer.
• Bessie Head (1937–1986), Botswanan novelist, journalist and short story writer.
• Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian poet and novelist. Kamouraska
• Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), American poet, historian, philosopher and author.
• Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), American poet and writer.
• Hee Geum (born 1979), Korean author
• Ursula Hegi (born 1946), German American novelist.
• Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), American poet, essayist, translator and publisher.
• Heo Su-gyeong (born 1964), Korean poet
• Héloïse d’Argenteuil (c. 1101–1164), French scholar and abbess writing in Latin.
• Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), American playwright.
• Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English-born Welsh poet writing in English.
• Beth Henley (born 1952), American playwright and screenwriter.
• Emmy Hennings (1885–1948), German poet and performer.
• Marguerite Henry (April 13, 1902–November 26, 1997), American writer of children's books; especially stories about horses.
• Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious writer and poet.
• Heo Nanseolheon (1563–1589), Korean female poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty.
• Mary Sidney Herbert (1561–1621), English poet, translator, and patron.
• Judith Hermann (born 1970), German story writer.
• M. Miriam Herrera, American author and poet.
• Karen Hesse (born 1952), American children's novelist. Out of the Dust
• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist and playwright.
• Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993), English historical novelist (countless pseudonyms). Murder Most Royal
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), American crime novelist and short story writer. Strangers on a Train
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), German mystic, playwright and poet writing in Latin. Scivias
• Lorna Hill (1902–1991), English children's novelist.
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist.
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948), American children's novelist. The Outsiders
• Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), Vietnamese poet born at the end of the Lê Dynasty.
• Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986), American novelist.
• Karla Höcker (1901–1992), German novelist and biographer.
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American novelist and short story writer.
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), English children's writer and poet.
• Merle Hodge (born 1944), Trinidadian novelist and critic.
• Linda Hogan (born 1947), American poet, novelist and short story writer.
• Constance Holme (1880–1955), English novelist and playwright.
• Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), English novelist and journalist.
• Bell Hooks (born 1952), American feminist academic.
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet, member of the Transcendental Club.
• Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930), American novelist, journalist and playwright.
• Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican-Canadian novelist and short story writer.
• Marya Hornbacher (born 1974), American author and freelance journalist.
• Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), Australian novelist and short story writer.
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, American author of Farewell to Manzanar.
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
• Fanny Howe (born 1940), American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
• Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist and critic; closely associated with the Language poets.
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian American poet.
• Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884), English writer and feminist.
• Mary Howitt (1799–1888), English poet and children's writer. The Spider and the Fly
• Hrotsvith von Gandersheim (c. 935–c. 1002), German dramatist and poet writing in Latin.
• Huang E (aka Huang Xiumei) (1498–1569), Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty.
• Huarui Furen (fl. mid-10th century), Chinese poet.
• Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German historian, novelist and poet.
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960), English poet and painter.
• Marsha Hunt (born 1946), American actress and novelist.
• Kristin Hunter (1931–2008), African-American novelist.
• Constance Hunting (1925–2006), American poet and publisher.
• Fannie Hurst (1885–1968), American novelist.
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), American novelist.
• Nancy Huston (born 1953), Canadian novelist and essayist writing in French and English.
• Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681), English biographer.
• Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), English-Kenyan memoirist and journalist.
• Hwang Jung-eun (1867), author and podcaster
• Hypatia (c. AD 350/70–415), Greek philosopher and mathematician.
• Yun-I Hyeong (1976) Korean author

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• Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010), Austrian-born British novelist.
• Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002), Bangladeshi writer (details missing).
• Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821), English novelist, actress, and dramatist. Lovers' Vows, A Simple Story
• Rachel Ingalls (born 1940), American novelist. Mrs. Caliban
• Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), English poet.
• Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (born 1942), Icelandic poet.
• Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947), Argentine novelist.
• Lady Ise (c. 875–c. 938), Japanese poet.
• Ise no Taiu or Taifu (early 11th century), Japanese poet.
• Elizabeth Isichei (born 1939), Nigerian author, historian and academic.
• Helen Ivory (born 1969), English poet.
• Molly Ivins (born 1944), American columnist.
• Princess Iwa (4th or 5th century), Japanese poet.
• Izumi Shikibu (born c. 976), Japanese poet.

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• Noni Jabavu (1931–2008), South African memoirist and journalist.
• Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885), American novelist. Ramona
• Shelley Jackson (born 1963), Filipino American novelist, short story writer and essayist. Patchwork Girl
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), American novelist and short story writer. "The Lottery"
• Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897), American memoir writer. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• Annie Jacobsen
• Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), American poet, short story writer, and critic; 21st US Poet Laureate.
• Frances Jacson (1754–1842), English novelist.
• Ada Jafarey (born 1924), Pakistani Urdu poetess
• Rona Jaffe (1932–2005), American novelist. The Best of Everything
• Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004), Icelandic playwright and short story writer.
• Alice James (1848–1892), American diarist.
• P. D. James (born 1920), English mystery novelist. Cover Her Face
• Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860), Irish-born English writer on art and literature.
• Jang Eun-jin (born 1976) Korean author
• Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005), American novelist.
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), Hungarian author of children's books.
• Tama Janowitz (born 1957), American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Slaves of New York
• Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), American poet.
• Jefimija (1349–1405), Serbian poet.
• Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), Austrian playwright, novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
• Gish Jen (born 1956), American writer.
• Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), English poet.
• Jeon Gyeong-rin (born 1962), Korean novelist
• Jung Ihyun (born 1972), Korean author
• Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), American novelist and short story writer.
• Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880), English novelist.
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born 1927), German-English-Indian-American novelist and screenwriter. Heat and Dust, A Room with a View, Howards End
• Jindeok of Silla (fl. 647–654), Korean poet and queen.
• Empress Jitō (645–702), Japanese poet and empress.
• Rita Joe (born 1932), Canadian poet.
• Oddvør Johansen (born 1941), Faroese novelist.
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877–1966), American poet.
• Helene Johnson (1906–1995), American poet.
• Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian poet.
• Susannah Willard Johnson (1729–1810), American memoirist.
• Mary Johnston (1870–1936), American novelist.
• Diana Wynne Jones (born 1934), British novelist, primarily of fantasy.
• Gayl Jones, (born 1949), American novelist.
• Sandy Jones (born 1943), American parenting writer.
• Erica Jong (born 1942), American novelist. Fear of Flying
• Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965), South African poet.
• Kishi Joō (929–985), Japanese poet.
• June Jordan (1936–2002), American poet, essayist, journalist, novelist, librettist and autobiography writer.
• Irena Jordanova (born 1980), Macedonian author.
• Jenny Joseph (born 1932), English poet.
• Heidi Julavits (born 1968), American journalist and novelist.
• Julian of Norwich (1342–1416), English mystic.
• Miranda July (born 1974), American writer and performance artist.
• Jung Mi-kyung (born 1960), Korean novelist

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• Kodagina Gowramma (1912–1939), Indian writer
• Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972), Iranian poet, producer, critic, blogger and human rights advocate.
• Julie Kane (born 1952), American poet, scholar and editor; Louisiana Poet Laureate 2011–2013.
• Kang Sok-Kyong (born, 1961), Korean author
• Kang Young-sook (born, 1966), Korean author
• Anna Louisa Karsch (1722–1791), German poet and letter writer.
• Lady Kasa (early 8th century), Japanese poet.
• Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974), German novelist and poet.
• Kassia (810–pre-865), Byzantine poet and composer writing in Greek.
• Gina Kaus (1893–1985), Austrian novelist and screenwriter.
• Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877), Irish novelist.
• Jackie Kay (born 1961), Scottish poet and novelist. Trumpet
• Kim Byeol-ah (born 1969), Korean author
• Annie Keary (1825–1879), English novelist and poet.
• Antigone Kefala (born 1935), Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage.
• Helen Keller (1880–1968), American lecturer, essayist, and autobiography writer. Light in my Darkness
• Gene Kemp (born 1926), English children's writer.
• Margery Kempe (c. 1373–1438), English autobiographer and mystic.
• Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967), English novelist. The Constant Nymph
• Judith Kerr (born 1923), German-born English children's writer in English.
• Jessie Kesson (1916-1994), Scottish writer.
• Irmgard Keun (1905–1982), German novelist.
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937), Lebanese-French writer; former Miss Beirut.
• Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (1824–1889), Russian novelist. The Boarding School Girl
• Sue Monk Kidd (born 1948), American writer. The Secret Life of Bees
• Emelihter Kihleng, first Micronesian poet to publish a collection in English.
• Anne Killigrew (1660–1685), English poet.
• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836), English children's writer.
• Ronyoung Kim (1926–1987), Korean American writer.
• Kim Jae-Young (born 1966)
• Kim Mi-wol (born 1977)
• Kim Seon-wu (born 1970), Korean poet
• Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949), Antiguan American novelist. Annie John
• Grace King (1852–1932), American short story writer and historian.
• Tabitha King (born 1949), American novelist.
• Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), American novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist.
• Sarah Kirsch (born 1935), German poet and translator.
• Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974), Faroese children's writer, poet and short story writer.
• Anne Knight (1792–1860), English children's writer.
• Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), Chinese American novelist and academic.
• Karin Kiwus (born 1942), German poet.
• Carolyn Kizer (born 1925), American poet.
• Annette Kolb (1870–1967), German writer.
• Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), Russian/Soviet writer and important political figure. A Great Love
• Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943), German poet.
• Anna Komnene (1083–1183), Byzantine chronicler and emperor's daughter writing in Greek. Alexiad
• Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), Swedish noble, known as a dilettante artist (painter), amateur actor, and poet.
• Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), Polish novelist, poet, translator and essayist.
• Lina Kostenko (born 1930), Ukrainian poet.
• Elizabeth Kostova (born 1964), American novelist. The Historian
• Helene Kottannerin (fl. 1430s), Hungarian memoirist writing in German.
• Sofia Kovalevskaya (1859–1891), Russian writer and major mathematician. Nihilist Girl
• Hanna Krall (born 1937) Polish writer, novelist, journalist.
• Julia Kristeva (born 1941), Bulgarian-French critic, philosopher and novelist.
• Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956), children's writer.
• Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born 1949), Icelandic novelist.
• Gerður Kristný (born 1970), Icelandic poet and novelist.
• Agota Kristof (born 1935), Hungarian novelist writing in French.
• Dragana Kršenković Brković, Montenegrin writer, nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award six times.
• Maxine Kumin (born 1925), American poet and children's novelist.
• Joanne Kyger (born 1934), American poet; tied to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat generation.
• Jean Kwok, Chinese American novelist.

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• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), American fantasy novelist.
• Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693), French novelist. La Princesse de Clèves
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Swedish novelist and children's novelist, and 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature-winner.
• Sinikka Laine (born 1945), Finnish writer of young adult literature.
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), Bengali American short story writer and novelist; won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies; also wrote The Namesake
• Laila Lalami (born 1968), Moroccan American journalist, essayist and novelist. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
• Lalleshwari (aka Lalla, Lal Ded or Lal Arifa) (1320–1392), Mystic and poet; creator of the mystic poetry called vatsun, the earliest compositions in the Kashmiri language.
• Lady Caroline Lamb (1785–1828), English novelist.
• Mary Lamb (1764–1847), co-author with her brother Charles Lamb.
• Alice Elinor Lambert (1886–1981), American romance novelist.
• Anne Lamott (born 1954), political activist, progressive and author of several novels and works of non-fiction.
• Leena Lander (born 1955), Finnish novelist.
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) (1802–1838), English poet and novelist.
• Margaret Landon (1903–1993), American novelist. Anna and the King of Siam
• Jane Lane (1905–1978), British historical novelist and biographer.
• Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951), German novelist.
• Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950), German poet and novelist.
• Eve Langley (1908–1974), Australian novelist.
• Aemilia Lanyer (1569–1645), English poet.
• Alda Lara (1930–1962), Angolan poet.
• Lucy Larcom (1824–1893), millgirl, frequent contributor to the Lowell Offering, published four books of poetry in her lifetime.
• Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855), American poet; first poet of Indiana.
• Claudia Lars (1899–1974), Salvadoran poet.
• Nella Larsen (1891–1964), American novelist and short story writer.
• Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), German novelist.
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright.
• Yulia Latynina (born 1966), Russian writer. The Insider
• Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canadian poet and novelist.
• Margaret Laurence (1926–1987), Canadian novelist and short story writer. The Stone Angel
• Dorianne Laux, (born 1952) American poet.
• Christine Lavant (1915–1973), Austrian poet and novelist.
• Mary Lavin (1912–1996), Irish novelist and short story writer.
• Emily Lawless (1845–1913), Irish novelist and poet.
• Layla al-Akhyaliyya (7th century), Arab poet.
• Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), best known for her poem The New Colossus (inscribed on the Statue of Liberty).
• Jane Leade (1624–1704), English mystic.
• Louisa Leaman (born 1976), English writer on education.
• Mary Leapor (1722–1746), English poet.
• Violette Leduc (1907–1972), French novelist and autobiographer.
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929), American science fiction and children's novelist, poet and essayist. Earthsea, Ekumen
• Harper Lee (1926–2016), American novelist. To Kill a Mockingbird
• Harriet Lee (1757–1851), English novelist and playwright.
• Muna Lee (1895–1965), American poet and translator.
• Sophia Lee (1750–1824), English playwright and novelist.
• Tanith Lee (born 1947), British novelist, poet, and screenwriter.
• Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971), German novelist, poet and essayist.
• Lee Hye-gyeong (1960) Korean poet
• Joy Leftow American poet.
• Tuija Lehtinen (born 1954), Finnish children's writer and novelist.
• Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish crime writer.
• Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968), English playwright.
• Katerina Lemmel (1466–1533), German letter-writer and nun.
• Madeleine L'Engle (born 1918), American novelist and children's novelist. A Wrinkle in Time
• Sue Lenier (born 1957), English poet and playwright.
• Ellen Lenneck (1851–1880), German novelist and story writer.
• Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), Swedish writer, poet, feminist, translator and salonist.
• Charlotte Lennox (1720–1804), English novelist, poet, and dramatist.
• Donna Leon (born 1942), American-Italian mystery novelist.
• Ellen Lenneck (Helene Weichardt, 1851–1880), German author of novels and novellas.
• Charlotte Lennox (1730–1804), American-born English writer and poet.
• Doris Leslie (1891–1982), British historical novelist and biographer
• Doris Lessing (1919–2013), English-Zimbabwean novelist and Nobel Prize winner. Canopus in Argos
• Meridel Le Sueur (1900–1996), American journalist and novelist.
• Octavia Walton Le Vert (1811–1877), American writer.
• Denise Levertov (1923–1997), English American poet and essayist.
• Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), U.S. Puerto Rican essayist, poet and fiction writer.
• Andrea Levy (born 1956), English novelist.
• Fanny Lewald (1811–1889), German novelist and feminist.
• Alethea Lewis (1749–1827), English novelist.
• Janet Lewis (1899–1998), American novelist.
• Anne Ley (c. 1599-1641), English writer, teacher, and polemicist.
• Li Qingzhao (1084–1151), Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty.
• Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German poet, playwright and essayist.
• Erika Liebman (1738–1803), Swedish poet and academic.
• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet.
• Werewere Liking (born 1950), Côte d'Ivoire-based writer and playwright.
• Rosa Liksom (born 1958), Finnish short story writer, novelist and children's writer.
• Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992), Belgian playwright, essayist and novelist writing in French.
• Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architect and writer.
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), Swedish children's novelist. Pippi Longstocking
• Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988), American mystery novelist.
• Kelly Link (born 1969), American short story writer and editor.
• Laura Lippman (born 1959), American crime fiction writer.
• Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), Brazilian novelist. The Passion According to G.H.
• Penelope Lively (1933), British novelist and children's writer. Moon Tiger
• Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996), Canadian poet.
• Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scottish poet and dramatist.
• Mirra Lokhvitskaia (1869–1905), Russian poet.
• Joan Long, (born 1925), Australian screenwriter and producer.
• Ruth Frances Long, (born 1971), Irish fantasy writer.
• Anita Loos (1888–1981), American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book)
• Josefina Lopez (born 1969), Chicana playwright,screenwriter and novelist. Real Women Have Curves
• Audre Lorde (1934–1992), American poet.
• Emilie Loring (1864–1951), American romance novelist.
• Isabel Losada, British writer, actress, singer, dancer, and television producer.
• Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet.
• Lois Lowry (born 1937), American children's novelist. Number the Stars, The Giver
• Mina Loy (1882–1966), English poet and artist.
• Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), Cuban poet and novelist.
• Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987), American editor, playwright and journalist.
• Jane Lumley (1537–1578), English translator.
• Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 1947), Finland-Swedish author.
• Luo Luo, Chinese novelist.
• Alison Lurie (born 1926), American novelist and academic. Foreign Affairs

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• Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), English writer. The Towers of Trebizond
• Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American writer. The Egg and I, The Plague and I, Anybody Can Do Anything, Onions in the Stew, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
• Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), Canadian novelist and poet.
• Serena Mackesy (born 1960s), English novelist and journalist.
• Mary Mackey (born 1945), American novelist, poet and academic.
• Patricia MacLachlan (born 1938), American children's novelist. Sarah, Plain and Tall
• Mary MacLane (1881–1929), controversial Canadian-American writer.
• Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005), Canadian/American novelist and mystery writer.
• Akka Mahadevi (12th century), Indian poet writing in Old Kannada.
• Mahsati Ganjavi (c. 1089–post-1159), Persian poet.
• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), Australian poet.
• Eudokia Makrembolitissa (c.1021–1096), Byzantine poet and empress writing in Greek.
• Rosie Malek-Yonan Assyrian novelist, actor and filmmaker.
• Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992), Hungarian author of esoteric dialogues.
• Françoise Mallet-Joris (born 1930), Belgian-French novelist and essayist.
• Nathalie Mallet, Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer.
• Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820), English schoolbook writer. Mangnall's Questions
• Delarivier Manley (c. 1670–1724), English novelist, playwright, and political pamphleteer.
• Erika Mann (1905–1969), German writer, screenwriter and actress.
• Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995), Finnish poet, playwright and translator.
• Olivia Manning (1908–1980), English novelist. Fortunes of War
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), British poet and author best known for her series of children's books.
• Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet and publisher.
• Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), New Zealand-English short story writer.
• Lisa Mantchev, American author of fantasy novels.
• Hilary Mantel (born 1952), English writer of fiction, and essayist.
• Lee Maracle (born 1950), Canadian poet, novelist and storyteller.
• Dacia Maraini (born 1936), Italian novelist, playwright, poet and journalist.
• Anna Margolin (1887–1952), Russian-American Yiddish-language poet.
• Daphne Marlatt (born 1942), Canadian poet.
• E. Marlitt (Eugenie John, 1825–1877), German novelist.
• Monika Maron (born 1941), German essayist and political writer.
• Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588), French poet.
• Ellen Marriage (1865–1946), English translator of Balzac's novels.
• Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982), New Zealand mystery writer. Roderick Alleyn
• Paule Marshall (born 1929), American novelist.
• Una Marson (1905–1965), Jamaican feminist, activist, radio producer and poet.
• Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), English novelist and social theorist.
• Judi Ann Mason (1955–2009) American playwright, screenwriter, journalist, producer. "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit"
• Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1940), American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. In Country
• Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), English novelist and short story writer. Rebecca
• Ana María Matute(1925–2014) Spanish novelist.
• DeBarra Mayo (born 1953), American bodybuilder and fitness writer.
• Eleanor Mayo (1920–1981), American novelist.
• Bunny McBride (born 1950), American writer, journalist, and anthropologist.
• Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), American science fiction novelist. Dragonriders of Pern
• Mary McCarthy (author) (1912–1989), American novelist, critic and memoir writer.
• Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948), American novelist and short story writer.
• Carson McCullers (1917–1967), American novelist. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Colleen McCullough
• Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978), American author of children’s books and poetry.
• Patricia A. McKillip (born 1948), American sci-fi and fantasy writer.
• Emma McLaughlin (born 1974), American novelist.
• Terry McMillan (born 1951), American novelist. Waiting to Exhale
• Debbie Macomber
• Richelle Mead (born 1976), American novelist. Vampire Academy
• Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1500), Welsh poet.
• Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207–c. 1282/94), German mystic writing in Low German.
• Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1240/41–1298), German religious writer in Latin.
• Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942), Romanian-born German poet.
• Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), Brazilian writer and educator.
• Pauline Melville (born 1948) is a Guyanese-born British writer and actress
• Eva Menasse (born 1970), Austrian novelist and journalist.
• Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), German novelist and poet.
• Alda Merini (1931–2009), Italian writer and poet.
• Fatema Mernissi (born 1940), Moroccan feminist academic.
• Grace Metalious (1924–1964), American novelist. Peyton Place
• Stephenie Meyer (born 1973), American novelist. The Host, Twilight Saga
• Esther Meynell (1878–1955), British author, The Little Chronicle of Magdalena Bach, Sussex (County Books)
• Alice Meynell (1847–1922), English feminist essayist, critic and poet.
• Malwida von Meysenbug (1816–1903), German political writer and memoirist.
• Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), English poet. The Farmer's Bride
• Máire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922), Irish language scholar, poet, writer and academic.
• Michitsuna no Haha (c. 935–995), Japanese diarist.
• Agnes Miegel (1879–1964), German journalist, writer and poet.
• Jo Mihaly (1902–1989), German diarist, novelist and dancer.
• Mitsukazu Mihara (born 1970), Japanese manga writer and artist, illustrator.
• Grace Mildmay (1552–1620), English diarist.
• Josephine Miles (1911–1985), American poet and literary critic.
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American poet.
• Caroline Pafford Miller (1903–1992), American novelist.
• Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), Polish poet, writer, translator.
• Kirsten Miller (born 1973), American novelist. Kiki Strike series
• Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956), American poet.
• Rebecca Miller (born 1962), American novelist, writer. Jacob's Folly
• Anchee Min (born 1957), Chinese American novelist and memoir writer. Red Azalea
• Mirabai (aka Meera, Meera Bai) (c. 1498–c. 1547), Hindu mystical poet.
• Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) (1889–1957), Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist; first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983), English mystery novelist.
• Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949), American journalist and novelist. Gone with the Wind
• Susan Mitchell (born 1944), American poet, essayist and translator.
• Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), Scottish novelist and poet.
• Jessica Mitford (1917-1996), English-American author, journalist and civil rights activist. The American Way of Death.
• Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855), English novelist and dramatist. Our Village
• Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), English novelist, biographer and letterwriter. The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate
• Minae Mizumura (born 1951), U.S. educated Japanese novelist, critic, essayist.
• Janet Mock (born 1983), American writer, transgender rights activist, author, and the former staff editor of People magazine's website.
• Moero or Myro (3rd century BC), Greek poet.
• Mary Louisa (Mrs) Molesworth (1839–1921), English children's novelist.
• Grace Mera Molisa (1947–2002), ni-Vanuatu politician, poet and campaigner for women's equality.
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English poet, essayist, diarist, and letter-writer.
• Florence Montgomery (1843–1923), English children's writer.
• Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. Anne of Green Gables
• Ruth Montgomery (1912–2001), American journalist, novelist and psychic.
• Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), Canadian diarist, novelist, children's novelist and poet.
• Anne Moody (born 1940), American autobiographer. Coming of Age in Mississippi
• C. L. Moore (1911–1987), American fantasy writer, Jirel of Joiry.
• Lorrie Moore (born 1957), American short story writer.
• Marianne Moore (1887–1972), American poet.
• Ruth Moore (1903–1989), American novelist, poet and short story writer.
• Barbara Moraff (born 1939), American poet of the Beat generation.
• Cherrie Moraga (born 1952) Chicana poet, playwright and essayist.
• Ann Moray (1909–1981), Irish-American novelist and singer.
• Hannah More (1745–1833), English moralist, poet, and playwright.
• Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781–1859), Irish novelist. The Wild Irish Girl
• Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990), German novelist.
• Jan Morris (born James Morris, 1926), Welsh historian and travel writer.
• Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943), American novelist; finalist, National Book Award and Pen/Faulkner Award. Vanished
• Toni Morrison (born 1931), American novelist, children's novelist and 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature winner. Beloved
• Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), Welsh-English novelist.
• Marie Moser (born 1948), Canadian novelist and short-story writer.
• Thylias Moss (born 1954), American poet, children's novelist and playwright.
• Julia Moulden (born 1956), Canadian non-fiction writer and speechwriter.
• Lisel Mueller (born 1924), German-born American poet.
• Willa Muir (1890-1970), Scottish writer.
• Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940), Indian American novelist and short story writer. Jasmine
• Lale Müldür (born 1956), Turkish poet and writer.
• Harryette Mullen (born 1953), American poet, short story writer, and literary scholar.
• Herta Müller (born 1953), Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist. Nobel Prize winner
• Inge Müller (1925–1966), German poet.
• Alice Munro (born 1931), Canadian short-story writer. Dance of the Happy Shades
• Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973–1014 or 1025), Japanese novelist and poet. The Tale of Genji
• Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), Irish-English novelist and philosopher. The Sea, the Sea
• Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922), American novelist and short story writer.
• Rosario Murillo (born 1951), Nicaraguan poet.
• C. E. Murphy (born 1973), American author.
• Margaret Murphy (born 1959), British crime novelist. The Dispossessed, Now You See Me
• Inga Muscio (born 1966), American writer. Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
• Susan Musgrave (born 1951), Canadian poet and children's writer.
• Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945), Polish writer, author of many stories and novels for children and teenagers.
• Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945), American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor; California Poet Laureate.
• Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951), American mystery novelist and short story writer.

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• Constance Naden (1858–1889), English poet and philosopher.
• Sarojini Naidu (aka The Nightingale of India) (1879–1949), child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet.
• Carolina Nairne (1766–1845), Scottish songwriter.
• Nakatsukasa (912–991), Japanese poet.
• Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, Persian novelist.
• Taslima Nasrin (born 1962), Bengali doctor, novelist and poet and essayist. Lajja
• Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), French poet, playwright and short story writer. Heptameron
• Benedikte Naubert (1752–1819), German historical novelist.
• Gloria Naylor (born 1950), American novelist. The Women of Brewster Place
• Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942), Ukrainian-born novelist writing in French.
• Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980), Brazilian poet, novelist, journalist and politician.
• E. Nesbit (1858–1924), English children's novelist and short story writer. Five Children and It
• Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760), German playwright and actress.
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), Asian American poet and essayist.
• Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015), South African novelist and essayist.
• Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet.
• Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), American poet; only woman associated with the Objectivist poets.
• Charlotte Niese (1854–1935), German writer and poet.
• Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963), American novelist and artist.
• Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), English nurse, statistician and feminist.
• Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), French eroticist, critic and diarist. Henry and June
• Rebeka Njau (born 1932), Kenyan playwright and novelist.
• Anna de Noailles (1876–1933), French-born Romanian writer in French.
• Ingrid Noll (born 1935), German novelist.
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker) (1920–1993), Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator.
• Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon hostess.
• Clara Nordström (1886–1962), Swedish-born novelist writing in German.
• Kathleen Norris (1880–1966), American novelist.
• Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English author, social reformer and feminist.
• Nossis (fl. c. 300 BC), Greek epigrammist and poet.
• Amélie Nothomb (born 1967), Belgian novelist.
• Alice Notley (born 1945), American poet.
• Helga M. Novak (born 1935), German poet and political writer.
• Mary Novik (born 1945), Canadian novelist.
• Princess Nukata (c. 630–690), Japanese poet of the Asuka period.
• Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), Nigerian novelist. Efuru
• Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet and songwriter.

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• Ann Oakley (born 1944), English feminist academic and novelist.
• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), American novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and critic. We Were the Mulvaneys
• Charlotta Öberg (aka Lotta Öberg) (1818–1856), Swedish poet.
• Edna O'Brien (born 1930), Irish novelist and short story writer.
• Kate O'Brien (1897–1974), Irish novelist and playwright.
• Silvina Ocampo (1903–1994), Argentine poet and short story writer.
• Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964), American novelist and short story writer.
• Julia O'Faolain (born 1932), Irish novelist.
• Grace Ogot (born 1930), Kenyan novelist and short story writer.
• Oh Soo-yeon (born 1964)Korean author and essayist
• Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), Nigerian American novelist and short story writer.
• Sofi Oksanen (born 1977), Finnish novelist and playwright.
• Princess Ōku (661–702), Japanese poet.
• Sharon Olds (born 1942), American poet.
• Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Scottish novelist. Phoebe, Junior
• Mary Oliver (born 1935), American poet.
• Tillie Olsen (1913–2007), American feminist novelist and short story writer.
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1898–1957), Irish poet and dramatist.
• Fuyumi Ono (born 1960), Japanese novelist.
• Ono no Komachi (825–900), Japanese poet.
• Amelia Opie (1769–1853), English novelist.
• Mary Oppen (1908–1990), American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer.
• Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), Hungarian-born English novelist, translator, and illustrator. The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Mathilda d'Orozco (aka Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm) (1796–1863), Swedish (originally Spanish-Italian) noble and salonist, composer, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordist.
• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), Polish writer.
• Maggie O'Sullivan (1908–1990), British poet, performer and visual artist associated with the British Poetry Revival.
• Alice Oswald (born 1966), English poet.
• Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (c. 700–750), Japanese poet.
• Ouida (1839–1908), English novelist and short story writer. Under Two Flags
• Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875), Japanese poet and calligrapher.
• Angelika Overath (born 1957), German author and journalist.
• Emine Sevgi Özdamar (born 1956), Turkish-born German novelist and playwright.
• Cynthia Ozick (born 1928), American critic and novelist.

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• Ruth Padel (born 1946), British poet, and non-fiction author known for her poetry criticism and nature writing.
• Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821), Scottish poet.
• Karen A. Page (born 1962), American food writer.
• Camille Paglia (born 1947), American feminist essayist. Sexual Personae
• Charlotte Painter (born 1926), American novelist and writer.
• Marina Palei (born 1955), Russian writer. Rendezvous
• Grace Paley (1922–2007), American short-story writer, poet and activist.
• Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), Australian poet, essayist and literary critic.
• Kirsti Paltto (born 1947), Sámi playwright, short-story and children's literature writer.
• Pamphile of Epidaurus (1st century AD), Greek historian.
• Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), English feminist activist, speaker and autobiography writer.
• Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960), English suffragist, poet; wrote Writ on Cold Slate, poems about her prison experience.
• Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist and short-story writer. Seryozha
• Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), Spanish essayist and novelist.
• Sara Paretsky (born 1947), American mystery novelist.
• Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), American poet, critic and short-story writer.
• Adele Parks (born 1969), English fiction writer.
• Suzan-Lori Parks (born 1964), American playwright and screenwriter.
• Sophia Parnok (1885–1933), Russian Silver Age poet.
• Catherine Parr (born 1512), Queen of England from 1543 to 1547, spouse of King Henry VIII.
• Anne Parrish (1888–1957), American children's novelist.
• Sarah Willis Parton (Fanny Fern) (1811–1872), American novelist, columnist and children's short story writer.
• Vesna Parun (1922–2010), Croatian poet.
• Ann Patchett (born 1963)
• Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893), Russian writer. A Double Life
• Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), Polish poet.
• Laura Pedersen (born 1965), American author, humorist and playwright. The Brightness of Heaven
• Erica Pedretti (born 1930), Czechoslovakian-born Swiss writer in German.
• Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), Portuguese journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer and playwright.
• Kira Peikoff (born 1987), American thriller writer.
• Kathleen Peirce (born 1956), American poet.
• Emily Pepys (1833–1877), English child diarist (1844–5).
• Elizabeth Peters (born 1927), American mystery novelist. Amelia Peabody
• Ellis Peters (1913–1995), Welsh-English mystery novelist, short-story writer and translator. Brother Cadfael
• Julia Peterkin (1880–1961), American short-story writer and novelist.
• Marine Petrossian (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
• Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938), Russian writer and dramatist. Immortal Love
• Ann Petry (1908–1997), American journalist, short-story writer and novelist.
• Katherine Philips (1631–1664), English poet.
• Phintys (or Phyntis, 4th or 3rd century BC), Greek philosopher.
• Karoline Pichler (also Caroline, 1769–1843), Austrian novelist. Agathocles
• Pickles (a pen name), American children's book author.
• Jodi Picoult (born 1966), American novelist.
• Meredith Ann Pierce (born 1958), American fantasy writer.
• Tamora Pierce (born 1954), American children's novelist. Alanna of Trebond
• Marge Piercy (born 1936), American poet, novelist, and social activist.
• Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), English poet; first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955.
• Mary Pix (1666–1709), English novelist and playwright.
• Christine de Pizan (1364–1430), Venetian feminist poet and rhetorician in French. The Book of the City of Ladies
• Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), Argentine poet.
• Josefina Pla (1903–1999), Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist.
• Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist.
• Ann Plato (born c. 1820), American essayist.
• Karen Platt (fl. 2004–present), English gardening writer.
• Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), English translator and fiction, travel, and political writer.
• Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–), English-born geology, religion and history writer.
• Aliénor de Poitiers (fl. late 15th century), French writer on court etiquette.
• Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830–1838), Anglo-Jewish playwright.
• Katha Pollitt (born 1949), American feminist poet, essayist and critic.
• Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969), Russian Jewish poet, translator, and journalist.
• Elizabeth Polwheele (1651–c. 1691), British playwright.
• Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), Polish-Mexican journalist, novelist and short-story writer.
• Marie Ponsot (born 1921), American poet and essayist.
• Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832), English poet and novelist.
• Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920), American children's writer. Pollyanna
• Jane Porter (1776–1850), English historical novelist and playwright.
• Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), American journalist, essayist, story writer and novelist.
• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), English children's writer and illustrator. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Emily Post (1873–1960), American journalist and novelist. Etiquette
• Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), Polish poet.
• Dawn Powell (1896–1965), American novelist, playwright and short-story writer.
• Marguerite Agnes Power (1815–1867), British novelist, periodical writer, and editor.
• Rhoda Power (1890–1957), English educational and children's writer.
• Praxilla (5th century BC), Greek poet.
• Paula von Preradović (1887–1951), Austrian story writer and poet.
• Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969), Australian novelist, playwright and short-story writer.
• Mary Prince (c. 1788-after 1833), Bermuda-born writer of the first account of the life an enslaved black woman to be published in the UK - The History of Mary Prince (1831).
• Pauline Prior-Pitt, British poet.
• Amrita Pritam (1919–2005), considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist.
• Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/15–c. 353/66), Roman poet in Latin.
• Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864), English poet.
• E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. The Shipping News
• Ptolemais of Cyrene, (3rd century BC or later), Greek writer on music.
• Barbara Pym (1913–1980), English novelist. Quartet in Autumn

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• Qiu Jin (1875–1907), Chinese revolutionary, feminist and writer.
• Anna Quindlen (born 1953), American journalist, columnist, novelist. Black and Blue

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• Ra Hee-Duk, poet
• Rokeya Lita, Bangladeshi novelist. Homosexuality; The Unseen Object
• Rabia Balkhi (10th century), Persian poet.
• Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English gothic novelist. The Mysteries of Udolpho
• Radegund (c. 520–586), Frankish princess and poet writing in Latin.
• Rajashree, Indian chick lit novelist. Trust Me
• Ayn Rand (1905–1982), Russian American novelist and philosopher. The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged
• Mary Randolph (1762–1828), American housekeeping book and cookbook author. The Virginia House-Wife.
• Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), Australian poet and playwright.
• Ellen Raskin (1928–1984), American children's writer and illustrator. The Westing Game
• Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright.
• Rao Xueman (born 1972), Chinese novelist, short story writer, essayist and blogger.
• Elsa Rautee (1897–1987), Finnish poet.
• Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005), Israeli poet, translator, and peace activist.
• Angela Rawlings (born 1978), Canadian poet, editor, and interdisciplinary artist.
• Angela Readman (born 1973), English poet.
• Pauline Réage (1907–1998), French erotic novelist. Story of O
• Elisa von der Recke (Elisabeth Recke), (1754–1833), German writer and poet from Courland.
• Jaclyn Reding (born 1966), American historical romance novelist.
• Ruth Reichl (born 1948), American food and memoir writer.
• Mirkka Rekola (born 1931), Finnish poet.
• Mary Renault (1905–1983), English historical novelist. Fire From Heaven, The Last of the Wine
• Ruth Rendell (born 1930), English mystery novelist. A Fatal Inversion
• Gabriele Reuter (1859–1941), German novelist, essayist and children's writer.
• Fanny zu Reventlow (Franziska, 1871–1918), political writer and feminist.
• Regina Rheda (Sãõ Paulo, Brazil, 1957) short-story writer, novelist. Animal rights advocate. "Humana Festa, a novel"
• Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Dominican novelist. Wide Sargasso Sea
• Mrs. Riazuddin (born 1928), Pakistami feminist activist and travelogue writeress
• Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1714–1792), French novelist.
• Anne Rice (born 1941), American novelist. Vampire Chronicles
• Adrienne Rich (born 1929), American feminist poet.
• Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), English novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.
• Elizabeth Richardson (1576/7–1651), English religious writer.
• Henry Handel Richardson (real name Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, 1870–1946), Australian novelist. The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
• Jutta Richter (born 1955), German author of children's and youth literature.
• Lola Ridge (1873–1941), anarchist poet and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications.
• Laura Riding (1901–1991), American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer.
• Brigitte Riebe (also Laura Stern, born 1935), German novelist.
• Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996), Egyptian short story writer.
• Denise Riley (born 1948), English poet and philosopher.
• Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), American novelist, playwright, and poet. The Butler Did It
• Luise Rinser (1911–2002), German novelist, autobiographer and children's writer.
• Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), English novelist.
• Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (born 1955), Puerto Rican poet, feminist writer and lawyer
• Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872), French novelist and playwright.
• Cookie Roberts, (1943-1919) journaliste et animatrice de télévision
• Michèle Roberts (born 1949), British noveleist and poet.
• Nora Roberts (pen name J. D. Robb, born 1959), American romance and fantasy novelist. In Death series
• E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961), English novelist.
• Lisa Robertson (born 1961), Canadian poet.
• Marilynne Robinson (born 1943), American novelist. Gilead
• Mary Robinson (1757–1800), English poet, novelist, and actress.
• Lucia St. Clair Robson birthdate missing. American novelist.
• Charlotte Roche (born 1978), English-born novelist in German. Feuchtgebiete
• Esther Rochon (born 1948), Canadian science fiction novelist.
• Ginny Rorby, American young adult novelist.
• Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet. Goblin Market and Other Poems
• Veronica Rossi
• Judith Rossner (1935–2005), American novelist. Looking for Mr. Goodbar
• Anne Rouen (born 1950), Global Ebook Award-Winning, Historical Fiction novelist.
• Anne Rouse (born 1954), American-British poet.
• Mary Rowlandson (1635–1711), American memoirist.
• J.K. Rowling (born 1965), English novelist. Harry Potter series.
• Susanna Rowson (1762–1824), British-American novelist, poet and playwright. Charlotte Temple, Lucy Temple
• Susanna Roxman, English writer, poet and critic born in Sweden. Imagining Seals
• Arundhati Roy (born 1961), Indian novelist. The God of Small Things
• Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983), Canadian novelist and journalist. The Tin Flute
• Lucinda Roy (born 1955), novelist.
• S. J. Rozan (born 1950), American crime fiction writer. Winter and Night
• Pascale Roze (born 1954), French playwright and novelist.
• Bernice Rubens (1928–2004), Welsh novelist.
• Dina Rubina (born 1953), Russian writer. The Blackthorn
• Anne Rudloe (1947-2012) American Marine Biologist, Zen Buddhist
• Anneli Rufus, American journalist.
• Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American feminist poet.
• Joanna Russ (born 1937), American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
• Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australian poet.
• Kay Ryan (born 1945), American poet and educator; 16th US Poet Laureate.
• Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934), American novelist specializing in western frontier and European-American Indian relationships.
• Nan Ryan, American writer of romance novels.

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• Nawal el-Saadawi (born 1931), Egyptian feminist writer, novelist, and short-story writer.
• Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), German poet and playwright.
• Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer, poet and gardener.
• Elif Safak (born 1971), Turkish writer.
• Françoise Sagan (1935–2004), French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.
• Mamta Sagar (born 1966), Kannada poet and playwright living in Bangalore.
• Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956), Indian feminist writer, novelist and short-story writer. Sensible Sensuality, The Dark Abode
• Nandini Sahu (born 1973), Indian English poet, folklorist and academic.
• Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 1953), English novelist and memoirist. Keepers of the House.
• Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830), novelist, playwright and children's writer: see Genlis.
• Pirkko Saisio (born 1949), Finnish author, actress and director.
• Excilia Saldaña (1946-1999) Afro-Cuban poetess and children's literature writer
• Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959), Irish poet, dramatist, actor and salon hostess.
• Lydie Salvayre (born 1948), French writer.
• Jessica Amanda Salmonson (born 1950), American novelist, essayist, editor, and short-story writer.
• Samina Raja (born 1961), Pakistani poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster.
• Fiona Sampson (born 1968), British poet and editor.
• Sonia Sanchez (born 1934), American poet, playwright, and children's writer.
• Milcha Sanchez-Scott (born 1953), American playwright.
• George Sand (1804–1876), French novelist and playwright. Indiana
• Mari Sandoz (1896–1966), American novelist, biographer, and short story writer.
• Sappho (c. 630–570 BC), Greek poet.
• Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and journalist.
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999), Russian-French novelist and essayist.
• May Sarton (1912–1995), Belgian American poet, novelist, and memoirist.
• Marjane Satrapi (born 1969), Iranian graphic novelist.
• Robin Sax (born c. 1971), American true-crime author, commentator, and former prosecutor.
• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), English mystery novelist, translator, essayist, and short-story writer. Whose Body?
• Oda Schaefer (1900–1988), German poet and journalist.
• Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German essayist, critic and correspondent.
• Stacy Schiff
• Dorothea von Schlegel (1764–1839), German novelist and translator.
• Eva Schloss
• Elke Schmitter (born 1961), German novelist.
• Pat Schneider (born 1934), American writer, poet and editor.
• Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), American Indian writer of poetry and fiction.
• Elizabeth of Schönau (1129–1165), German visionary writing in Latin.
• Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858), German children's writer.
• Olive Schreiner (1855–1920), South African novelist, allegorist, and political writer.
• Ossip Schubin (real name Aloisia Kirschner, 1854–1934), Austrian novelist.
• Simone Schwarz-Bart, novelist.
• Ann Scott (born 1965), French novelist.
• Cathy Scott, American true crime author, biographer, and journalist. The Killing of Tupac Shakur
• Jane Scott (c. 1779–1839), English theatre manager, performer, and playwright.
• Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701), French novelist.
• Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916), American essayist, novelist, and short-story writer.
• Alice Sebold (born 1963), American novelist. The Lovely Bones
• Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), American novelist.
• Lisa See (born 1955), Chinese-American novelist. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
• Anna Seghers (1900–1983), German novelist. The Seventh Cross
• Comtesse de Ségur (1799–1874), Russian-French novelist.
• Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaican poet, novelist, short story writer.
• Danzy Senna (born 1970), American novelist.
• Ruta Sepetys (born 1967), Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction
• Nina Serrano (born 1934), American poet, writer, storyteller, and independent media producer.
• Diane Setterfield (born 1964), English novelist. The Thirteenth Tale
• Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696), French letter-writer.
• Anna Seward (1747–1809), English poet.
• Anna Sewell (1820–1887), English novelist. Black Beauty
• Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet.
• Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484), Italian writer (also wrote in Latin).
• Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Soviet (Russian) writer and political activist. Mess-Mend
• Ntozake Shange (born 1948), American playwright and novelist.
• Shangguan Wan'er (c. 664–710), Chinese poet and prose writer.
• Jo Shapcott (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer.
• Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952), Russian writer and dramatist. Deborah
• Alice Sheldon (1915–1987), American novelist and short-story writer.
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English novelist. Frankenstein
• Nan Shepherd (1893–1981), Scottish novelist and poet.
• Frances Sheridan (1724–1766), Irish novelist and playwright.
• Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851), English children's writer.
• Carol Shields (1935–2003), American-Canadian novelist. The Stone Diaries
• Murasaki Shikibu (973–1025), Japanese novelist and poet. The Tale of Genji
• Sim Yunkyung (born 1972), Korean novelist
• Nan Shepherd (1893-1981), Scottish writer.
• Shin Kyeong-nim (born 1936)
• Shikishi Naishinnō (died 1201), Japanese poet.
• Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator.
• Sharon Shinn (born 1957), American novelist.
• Shirome (10th century), Japanese poet.
• Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), Soviet poet and journalist.
• Sei Shōnagon (965–1010), Japanese writer. The Pillow Book
• Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938), Pakistani novelist.
• Mary Sidney (1561–1621), English translator, playwright, and poet.
• Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), American novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
• Nea Anna Simone (born 1960), African American novelist and poet.
• Ruth Simpson (1926–2008), American lesbian author, founder of first lesbian community center.
• Jo Sinclair (1913–1995), pen name of Ruth Seid, Jewish-American writer.
• May Sinclair (1862–1946), English novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
• Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958), Finnish science-fiction and fantasy writer.
• Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), English poet.
• Maj Sjöwall (born 1935), Swedish mystery novelist.
• Vendela Skytte (1608–1627), Swedish writer.
• Karin Slaughter (born 1971), American crime writer
• Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), children's writer and broadcaster, Carbonel series
• Anna Smaill, New Zealand poet and novelist, The Chimes
• Jane Smiley (born 1949), American novelist.
• Ali Smith (born 1962), Scottish novelist.
• Amanda Smith (1837–1915), American evangelist and autobiographer.
• Betty Smith (1896–1972), American novelist. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806), English poet and novelist.
• Dodie Smith (1896–1990), English novelist and playwright. I Capture the Castle
• Doris Buchanan Smith (1934–2002), American children's novelist. A Taste of Blackberries
• Patti Smith (born 1946), American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist.
• Stevie Smith (1902–1971), English poet and novelist.
• Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), African American poet and educator.
• Zadie Smith (born 1975), English novelist.
• Laura J. Snyder, Philosopher and historian
• Seo Hajin (born 1960), Korean author
• So Young-en (born 1943), Korea author
• Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Finland-Swedish poet.
• Zulu Sofola (1935-1995), Nigerian playwright and dramatist.
• Somerville and Ross (Edith Somerville, 1858–1949, and Violet Florence Martin, 1862–1915, writing as Martin Ross), Irish novelists. The Irish R. M.
• Son Bo-mi (born 1980), Korean novelist
• Cathy Song (born 1955), American poet.
• Susan Sontag (1933–2004), American essayist and novelist.
• Fuyumi Soryo (born 1959), Japanese manga writer.
• Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegalese novelist.
• Muriel Spark (1918–2006), Scottish novelist. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
• Terry Spear, American urban fantasy romance and medieval romance novelist.
• Anne Spencer (1882–1975), American poet.
• Leonora Speyer (1872–1956), American poet and violinist.
• Erica Spindler (1957), American writer specializing in romantic thrillers and mystery.
• Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American mystery novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss children's writer. Heidi
• Marilyn Stablein (born 1946), American poet, essayist and fiction writer.
• Ilse von Stach (1879–1941), German playwright, novelist and poet.
• Madame de Staël (1766–1817), Swiss-French novelist.
• Jean Stafford (1915–1979), American novelist and short-story writer.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), American feminist journalist and essayist.
• Freya Stark (1893–1993), British travel writer.
• Lilian Staveley (1878–1928), Christian writer and mystic whose works were published anonymously.
• Christina Stead (1902–1983), Australian novelist and short-story writer.
• Danielle Steel (born 1947), American romance novelist.
• Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929), English novelist.
• Charlotte von Stein, (1742–1827), German dramatist and friend of Goethe.
• Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American novelist, playwright, poet, librettist, and short-story writer.
• Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954), American author of several vegan cookbooks and books on veganism.
• Maria W. Stewart (1803–1897), American feminist lecturer and journalist.
• Mary Stewart (born 1916), English mystery/romance novelist.
• Susan Stewart (born 1952), American poet, university professor and literary critic.
• Ruth Stone (born 1915), American poet.
• Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), Argentinian poet.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1836), American novelist. Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Barbra Joan Streisand (1942), American screenwriter and songwriter.
• Hesba Stretton (1832–1911), English children's writer.
• Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English history writer and poet.
• Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011), German poet and children's writer.
• Elizabeth Strout
• Jan Struther (1901–1953), Scottish hymn writer and novelist. Mrs. Miniver
• Lady Louisa Stuart (1757–1851), English writer of memoirs and letters.
• Sugawara no Takasue no musume (born 1008), Japanese diarist.
• Sulpicia; two poets share the name, both of Ancient Rome:
  • Sulpicia I (fl. 1st century BC)
  • Sulpicia II (fl. 1st century AD)
• Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974), American novelist.
• Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, children's author and dramatist.
• Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Austrian novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
• Anni Swan (1875–1958), Finnish author of children's books, journalist and translator.
• May Swenson (1913–1989), American poet and playwright.
• Magda Szabó (1917–2007), Hungarian novelist, poet, playwright. The Door
• Mária Szepes (1908–2007), Hungarian author of esoteric and science-fiction novels.
• Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), Polish poet.

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T

• Gladys Taber (1899–1980), American novelist, nature writer.
• Véronique Tadjo (born 1955), Côte d'Ivoire poet, novelist, artist.
• Princess Tajima (died 708), Japanese poet.
• Lisa Takeba (born 1983), Japanese screenwriter.
• Amy Tan (born 1952), American novelist. The Joy Luck Club
• Meca Tanaka, Japanese manga writer.
• Shelley Tanaka, Canadian nonfiction children's writer.
• Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968), Soviet Russian poet, playwright, translator, and author of children's books.
• Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957), Indian screenwriter and photographer.
• Cheryl Kaye Tardif (born 1963), Canadian suspense novelist. Whale Song
• Lisa Ysaye Tarleau (1885–1952), American short story author.
• Judith Tarr, (born 1955), American author. The Hound and the Falcon
• Donna Tartt (born 1963), American novelist.
• Ann Taylor (1782–1866), English poet and critic.
• Elizabeth Taylor, English novelist. At Mrs. Lippincote's
• Jane Taylor (1783–1824), English poet and novelist. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
• Susie Taylor (1848–1912), American teacher and memoir writer.
• Teresia Teaiwa, I-Kiribati and American poet and academic.
• Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), American lyrical poet.
• Nadezhda Teffi (1872–1952), Russian/Soviet writer. Close Friends
• Telesilla (fl. 510 BC), Greek poet.
• Olena Teliha (1906–1942), Ukrainian poet.
• Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1748), French novelist.
• Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582), Spanish nun, monastic reformer, and mystic.
• Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954), African-American activist and journalist.
• Josephine Tey (1896–1952), Scottish mystery novelist.
• Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), American writer of poetry and stories.
• Elizabeth Thomas (1770/71–1855), English Gothic novelist and religious poet.
• Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–68), Welsh writer and novelist.
• Hester Thrale (Mrs Piozzi, 1741–1821), English diarist and author. Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson
• Tibors de Sarenom (c. 1130–post-1198), French poet writing in Occitan.
• Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), Dutch poet and scientist.
• Miriam Tlali (born 1933), South African novelist.
• Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer.
• Lynn Toler (born 1958), an American lawyer and the arbitrator on the court series Divorce Court.
• Lisa Tolliver, American academic-practitioner and media personality.
• Tatyana Tolstaya (born 1951), Russian TV presenter, novelist, and essayist.
• Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936), Turkish and Muslim novelist.
• Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482), Italian poet.
• Angela Topping (born 1954), British poet, literary critic and author.
• Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir (1845–1918), Icelandic novelist and short story writer.
• P. L. Travers (1889–1996), Australian-British writer of the Mary Poppins books.
• Natasha Trethewey (born 1966), American poet; Mississippi Poet Laureate, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
• Adriana Trigiani
• Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810), English children's writer and critic.
• Flora Tristan (1803–1844), French socialist writer, feminist and activist.
• Frances Trollope (1779–1863), English novelist and travel writer. Domestic Manners of the Americans
• Joanna Trollope (born 1943), English novelist.
• Catherine Trotter (1679–1749), Scottish-English novelist, playwright, philosopher, and letter-writer.
• Trotula (11th–12th century), Spanish writer on women's medicine writing in Latin.
• Meta Truscott (1917–2014) Australian diarist and Ashgrove historian.
• Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), American feminist. "Ain't I a Woman?"
• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), Russian poet.
• Evgenia Tur (1815–1892), Russian novelist and literary critic. Antonina
• Megan Whalen Turner (born 1965), American fantasy writer.
• Agata Tuszynska (born 1957), Polish writer, poet and journalist.
• Violet Tweedale (1862–1936), Scottish writer and poet.
• Chase Twichell (born 1950), American poet, professor, and publisher.
• Anne Tyler (born 1941), American novelist.

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U

• Brenda Ueland (1891–1985), American-Norwegian writer, journalist, teacher. If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit
• Jenny Uglow (born 1940s), British biographer.
• Uhwudong (died 1480), Korean writer, poet and dancer.
• Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), Ukrainian poet.
• Adaora Lily Ulasi (born 1932), Nigerian novelist and journalist.
• Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, (1621–1698), author of the Danish masterpiece Jammers Minde
• Anya Ulinich (born 1973), Russian writer. Petropolis
• Regina Ullmann (1884–1961), Swiss poet writing in German.
• Lyudmila Ulitskaya (born 1943), Russian writer. Medea and Her Children
• Sigrid Undset (1882–1949), Norwegian novelist and 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature-winner. Kristin Lavransdatter
• Joan Ure (1918–1978), Scottish poet and playwright.
• Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canadian novelist and poet. The Stone Carvers
• Kaari Utrio (born 1942), Finnish novelist. Isabella
• Uvavnuk (fl. early 20th century), Inuit poet.

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V

• Celestine Vaite (born 1966), Tahitian novelist.
• Katri Vala (1901–1944), Finnish poet.
• Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (born 1969), American novelist, journalist and screenwriter.
• Aline Valek, (born 1986), Brazilian writer, novelist, editor and illustrator
• Jean Valentine (born 1934), American poet; New York State Poet Laureate.
• Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938), Argentinian novelist and short story writer.
• Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833), German essayist and correspondent.
• Mariya Vilinska (1833–1907), Russian/Ukrainian novelist, and translator.
• Jennifer Vanasco (born 1971), American columnist and journalist.
• Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), American poet; 36th US Poet Laureate.
• Lin Van Hek (1944), Australian novelist.
• Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), Hindi poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist from India.
• Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010), American poet associated with the Beat generation.
• Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), Zimbabwean novelist.
• Tatiana Vedenska (born 1976), Russian novelist.
• Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), Russian novelist and dramatist. Keys to Happiness
• Lidia Veselitskaya (1857–1936), Russian novelist. Mimi's Marriage
• Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697–1780), French correspondent.
• Clara Viebig (1862–1952), German novelist and playwright.
• Monica Vikström-Jokela (born 1960), Finnish-Swedish television script writer and author.
• Maruxa Vilalta (born 1932), Mexican playwright.
• Marie-Catherine de Villedieu (1640–1683), French playwright, novelist, and short story writer.
• Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902–1969), French novelist, poet, and journalist.
• Renée Vivien (1877–1909), French poet.
• Élisabeth Vonarburg (born 1947), French science fiction novelist.
• Marko Vovchok (1833–1907), Russian/Ukrainian writer. Ukrainian Folk Tales
• Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943), American poet and essayist.
• Julia Voznesenskaya (born 1940), Soviet/Russian writer. The Women's Decameron
• Susanna de Vries (born 1936), Australian biographical author.
• Jurgen Vsych (born 1966), American director and screenwriter.

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W

• Charity Waciuma (born 1936), Kenyan novelist.
• Elizabeth Wagele (born 1939), American author and cartoonist.
• Diane Wakoski (born 1937), American poet.
• Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), American poet, translator and publisher.
• Anne Waldman (born 1945), American poet.
• Alice Walker (born 1944), American novelist, short story writer, and poet. The Color Purple.
• Margaret Walker (1915–1998), American poet and novelist.
• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080), Andalusian poet writing in Arabic.
• María Elena Walsh (1930–2011)
• Ania Walwicz (born 1951), Australian poet.
• Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphrey Ward, 1851–1920), English novelist.
• Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979), American children's writer.
• Susan Warner (1819–1885), American children's writer and songwriter.
• Myriam Warner-Vieyra (born 1939), Guadeloupean poet and novelist.
• Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006), American playwright.
• Sarah Waters (born 1966), Welsh-born novelist.
• Margaret Way, Australian author of romance novels
• Catherine Webb (born 1986), British novelist.
• Mary Webb (1881–1927), English novelist. Precious Bane
• Simone Weil (1909–1943), French mystic and philosopher.
• Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), American poet.
• Dorothy Wellesley (1889–1956), English poet.
• Ida B. Wells (1862–1931), African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist.
• Martha Wells (born 1964), American novelist.
• Eudora Welty (1909–2001), American novelist, short story writer, and photographer.
• Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986), American poet and educator.
• Dorothy West (1907–1998), American novelist and short story writer.
• Jane West (1758–1852), English novelist, poet, playwright, and tract-writer.
• Rebecca West (1892–1983), British novelist, essayist, and travel writer. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
• Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet.
• Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist and short story writer. The Age of Innocence
• Leslie What (born 1955), American novelist and short story writer.
• Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), American poet.
• Evelyn Whitaker (1857–1903), British novelist.
• Antonia White (1899–1980), English novelist and short story writer.
• Dorothy White (c. 1630–1686), English religious writer.
• Ellen White (1827–1915), American evangelist and prophetess.
• Isabella Whitney (born c. 1540), English poet.
• Phyllis A. Whitney (born 1903), American mystery novelist.
• Anna Wickham (1884–1947), British poet.
• Zoë Wicomb (born 1948), South African novelist and short story writer.
• Margaret Widdemer
• Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator.
• Elisabeth of Wied (pen name Carmen Sylva, 1843–1916), poet, playwright and queen consort of Romania.
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919), American poet.
• Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980), American poet.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American children's writer. Little House on the Prairie
• Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827), English novelist and poet.
• Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), American poet and novelist.
• Connie Willis (born 1945), American science fiction writer.
• Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), American poet, literary critic and professor.
• Kate Wilhelm (born 1928), American novelist and short story writer.
• Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945), English children's writer.
• Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), American novelist.
• Sarah Winnemucca (1841–1891), American lecturer and autobiographer.
• Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), English novelist.
• Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717), English poet and playwright.
• Monique Wittig (born 1935), French writer and feminist.
• Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poet.
• Gabriele Wohmann (born 1932), German novelist and story writer.
• Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German novelist, critic and essayist.
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), English novelist and feminist. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Jade Snow Wong (1922–2006), American ceramic artist and autobiographer.
• Nellie Wong (born 1934), Chinese-American feminist poet. Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park, The Death of Long Steam Lady
• Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood (1814–1887), English novelist. East Lynne
• Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English novelist and essayist. Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse
• Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894), American novelist and short story writer.
• Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), English poet and diarist.
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English letter-writer.
• C. D. Wright (born 1949), American poet.
• Judith Wright (born 1915), Australian poet.
• Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916), American novelist and short story writer.
• Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1652), English poet.
• Wu Zetian (624–705), Chinese poet, essayist and empress regnant.
• Audrey Wurdemann (1911–1960), American poet; won 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
• Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), American poet and novelist.
• Sylvia Wynter (born 1928), Jamaican novelist, dramtatist, critic and essayist.

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X

• Xiao Hong (1911–1942), Chinese novelist and short story writer.
• Xie Daoyun (pre-340–post-399), Chinese poet.
• Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), writer and piano teacher.
• Empress Xu (1362–1407), Chinese bibliographer and empress consort.
• Xu Hui (627–650), Chinese poet.
• Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (born 1947), Uzbek poet; People's Poet of Uzbekistan.
• Xue Tao (768–831), Chinese poet.

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Y

• Hisaye Yamamoto (1921–2011), Japanese American short story writer.
• Impératrice Yamato (fl. later 7th century), Japanese poet.
• Wakako Yamauchi (born 1924), Japanese American writer.
• Ann Yearsley (1753–1806), English poet, novelist, and playwright.
• Yeo Ok Korean poet from the Gojoseon kingdom.
• Anzia Yezierska (1883–1970), Polish American novelist and short story writer.
• Yi Geun-hwa (born 1976), Korean poet.
• Charlotte M. Yonge (1823–1901), English novelist.
• Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964), Japanese novelist.
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian novelist and essayist writing in French.
• Akiko Yosano (1878–1942), Japanese poet.
• Yu Anjin (1941), Korean poet and essayist.
• Yu Xuanji (844–869 or 871), Chinese poet.

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Z

• Helen Zahavi (born 1966), British writer. Dirty Weekend
• Gabriela Zapolska(1860–1921), Polish novelist, playwright, naturalist writer.
• Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982), American poet; won 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
• María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–?), Spanish novelist.
• Eva Zeller (born 1923), German poet and novelist.
• Empress Zhangsun, (601–636), Chinese moralist. Examples for Women
• Vera Zhelikhovsky (1835–1896), Russian writer. The General's Will
• Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180), Chinese poet.
• Maria Zhukova (1804–1855), Russian writer. Evenings on the Karpovka
• Zhuo Wenjun (Wen Jun, 2nd century BC), Chinese poet.
• Lydia Zimmermann (born 1966), Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter.
• Alice Zimmern (1855–1939), English writer and translator.
• Hedda Zinner (also Elisabeth Frank, 1905–1994), German political writer.
• Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907), Russian writer. The Tragic Menagerie
• Zitkala-Sa (1876–1938), American writer.
• Kathinka Zitz-Halein (1801–1877), German writer.
• Narcyza Żmichowska (1818–1876), Polish novelist and poet.
• Zuo Fen (c. 255–300), Chinese poet.
• Unica Zürn (1916–1970), German poet and painter.
• Fay Zwicky (born 1933), Australian poet and academic.

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See also

• Feminist literary criticism
• Feminist science fiction
• Feminist theory
• Gender in science fiction
• List of biographical dictionaries of female writers
• List of early-modern women playwrights (UK)
• List of early-modern women poets (UK)
• List of female detective/mystery writers
• List of female poets
• List of feminist literature
• List of female rhetoricians
• Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
• Women in science fiction
• Women Writers Project
• Women's writing in English
• Sophie (digital lib)

External links

• A Celebration of Women Writers
• SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork Bookshelf
• Victorian Women Writers Project
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color
• The Women Writers Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online
• SOPHIE: A digital library of works by German-speaking women
• REBRA: A list of women writers from Brazil. Biographies in Portuguese, English, and in Spanish.
• Teena Lyons Website