List of women writers

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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
Sara Aboobacker (born 1936), Indian Kannada writer
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.
Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976), French poet, translator, literary reviewer and novelist.
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.
Ina Coolbrith (born 1841) Poet, writer, and Librarian

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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 Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), Russian poet.
Lesley Lokko, Ghanaian-Scottish novelist and academic.
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
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.
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,^[1] 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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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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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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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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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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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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Hisaye Yamamoto (1921–2011), Japanese American short story writer.
Empress 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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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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