# List of Spanish women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Spain or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Mercedes Abad (born 1961), journalist, short story writer
* Maria Dolores Acevedo (1932-1998), romance and western writer
* Brianda de Acuña (1576-1630), nun and autobiographer
* Rosario de Acuña (1850–1923), playwright, essayist, short story writer and poet
* Pilar Adón (born 1971), novelist, short story writer, poet, and translator
* Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Roma feminist writer and human rights activist
* Anna Aguilar-Amat (born 1962), Catalan-language poet, translator
* Francisca Aguirre (1930–2019), poet
* Carmen Agulló Díaz (born 1957), non-fiction writer
* Aisha (died 1010), acclaimed Arabic-language poet
* Uxue Alberdi (born 1984), Basque writer and bertsolari
* Caterina Albert (1869–1966), short story writer, novelist and poet
* Daniela Albizu (1936-2015), Basque teacher, writer, and councillor
* Núria Albó (born 1930), novelist, politician
* Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), poet
* Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011), novelist
* Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Galician-language poet, translator, biologist
* Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952), gynaecologist, feminist, non-fiction writer
* Marilar Aleixandre (born 1947), writer, translator and biologist
* Jesusa Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1895–1943), novelist
* Florina Alías (1921–1999), Asturian-language author
* Maria Dolors Alibés (1941–2009), children's author
* Clara Corral Aller (1847-1908), Galician poet
* Concha Alós (1926–2011), novelist
* Amparo Alvajar (1916–1998), Galician translator, journalist, and playwright
* Nuria Amat (born 1950), writer and librarian
* Begoña Ameztoy (born 1951), writer and painter
* Miren Amuriza (born 1990), Basque writer and bertsolari
* Blanca Andreu (born 1959), poet
* Sor Ángela María de la Concepción (1649-1690), mystical writer
* Lola Anglada (c.1893–1984), writer and illustrator
* Maria Àngels Anglada (1930–1999), Catalan-language poet, novelist
* Gertrudis Anglesola (1641-1727), Valencian Cistercian abbess, mystic, autobiographer, spiritual poet
* Núria Añó (born 1973), Catalan-language novelist, short story writer, biographer, essayist
* Enriqueta Antolín (1941–2013), journalist and novelist
* Clementina Arderiu (1889–1976), Catalan-language poet
* Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), feminist writer, poet, essayist
* Xela Arias (1962–2003), Galician-language poet, translator
* Elena Arnedo (1941–2015), gynaecologist, writer and activist
* Rosa Maria Arquimbau (1910–1991), Catalan-language novelist, journalist, feminist
* Julia de Asensi (1859–1921), journalist, novelist, children's writer
* Matilde Asensi (born 1962), historical novelist, journalist
* Judith Astelarra (born 1943), Argentine-born sociologist specializing in gender studies

## B

* Lola Badia (born 1951), philologist, medievalist
* Inés Ballester (born 1958), journalist, cookbook writer and television presenter
* Maria Barbal (born 1949), novelist, children's writer
* Bárbara de Santo Domingo (1842-1872), Catholic mystic writer
* Elia Barceló (born 1957), academic and writing based in Austria
* Carmen Baroja (1883–1950), writer and ethnologist
* Nuria Barrios (born 1962), poet, fiction and non-fiction writer
* Lola Beccaria (born 1963), novelist
* Elísabet Benavent (born 1984), romance novelist
* Esther Bendahan (born 1964), Moroccan-born Spanish-language novelist, essayist, living in Spain
* Pilar Benejam Arguimbau (born 1937), geographer, writer and academic
* Maria Beneyto (1925–2011), poet
* Mercedes Bengoechea (born 1952), feminist sociolinguist, professor
* Elisa Beni (born 1965), journalist, novelist
* Sara Berenguer Laosa (1919–2010), poet and activist
* Consuelo Berges (1889–1988), translator, journalist, and biographer
* Mònica Bernabé (born 1972), journalist and writer
* Beatriz Bernal (between 1501 and 1504–ca. 1563) writer, and one of the first women in Spain that could be considered professional writers
* Aurora Bertrana (1892–1974), Catalan-language short story writer, novelist
* Patrocinio de Biedma y la Moneda (1858–1927), poet and novelist
* Carmen Blanco (born 1954), feminist writer, activist and academic
* Montserrat Boix (born 1960), journalist
* Pilar Bonet (born 1952), journalist and non-fiction writer
* Rosario Ustáriz Borra (1927–2009), Aragonese language writer and poet
* Maria Lluïsa Borràs i Gonzàlez (1931–2010), writer and exhibition curator
* Nuria C. Botey (born 1977), science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer
* Dolors Bramon (born 1943), philologist, historian, academic and writer
* Mariam Budia (born 1970), author and playwright
* Carmen de Burgos (1867–1932), novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, translator
* Juby Bustamante (1938–2014), journalist
* Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962), novelist, journalist, translator

## C

* Fernán Caballero (1796–1877), novelist
* Amparo Cabanes Pecourt (born 1938), academic and politician
* Maria Teresa Cabré (born 1947), linguist
* Carmen Camacho (writer) (born 1976), columnist; writer of flash fiction and aphorisms
* María Cambrils (1878–1939), socialist feminist writer
* Teresa Cameselle (born 1968), writer of romantic novels and historical narratives
* Roser Caminals-Heath (fl. 1990s), Catalan novelist and translator
* María Teresa Campos (1941–2023), journalist, memoirist, humorous writer
* Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956), Spanish-born writer, diarist, later moved to Cuba and the United States
* Matilde Camus (1919–2012), poet, non-fiction writer
* Eva Canel (1857–1932), Spanish-born writer who settled in Cuba
* Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918–1991), Catalan novelist, playwright and essayist
* Àngels Cardona Palmer (born 1951), Catalan writer, educator and activist
* María del Carme Ribé i Ferré (1920–1991), librarian, writer and activist
* Ana Caro (1590–1646), Golden Age poet and playwright
* Maite Carranza (born 1958), educator and children's writer, mainly in Catalan
* Maria Carratalà i Van den Wouver (1899–1984), music critic, translator, playwright
* Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614), religious poet, writer
* Sofía Casanova (1861–1958), poet, novelist and journalist
* Borita Casas (1911–1999), journalist, playwright and children's writer
* Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), painter, literary critic and poet
* Josefina Castellví (born 1935), oceanographer, non-fiction writer
* María Andrea Casamayor (1700–1780), early female science writer, two works on mathematics
* Borita Casas (1911–1999), children's writer
* Fina Casalderrey (born 1951), Galician children's writer
* Cecilia Castaño (born 1953), professor of political science and applied economics
* Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), Galician-language poet, translator
* Sofía Castañón (born 1983), poet, journalist, politician
* Luisa Castro (born 1966), novelist, poet, journalist, writing in Galician and Spanish
* Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), romanticist poet, writings in Galician and Spanish
* Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra (1620–1670), Golden Age writer
* Mercedes Cebrián (poet, short story writer and translator
* Natividad Cepeda, poet, writer, and columnist
* Annabel Cervantes (born 1969), Catalan-language writer
* Mercedes Comaposada (1901–1994), educator, lawyer and writer
* Ernestina de Champourcín (1905–1999), poet
* Rosa Chacel (1898–1994), well-known novelist
* Dulce Chacón (1954–2003), poet, novelist, playwright
* Ernestina de Champourcín (1905–1999), poet
* Edith Checa Oviedo (1957–2017), writer, poet, journalist, radio host
* Matilde Cherner (1833-1880), novelist, dramatist, literary critic, and journalist
* Isabel Cheix (1839–1899), writer of historical, religious and romantic novels as well as poetry and stage plays
* Rosa María Cid López (born 1956), academic specializing in gender and women's studies
* Victoria Cirlot (born 1955), non-fiction literary writer
* Mercè Company (born 1947), writer in Spanish, Catalan and French languages
* Flavia Company (born 1963), Argentine-born Spanish novelist, poet, children's writer, writes in Catalan and Spanish
* Nieves Concostrina (born 1961), writer and journalist
* Carmen Conde Abellán (1907–1996), poet, narrative writer
* Paula Contreras Márquez (1911–2008), novelist, short story writer
* Carolina Coronado (1820–1911), popular poet, novelist, playwright
* Aixa de la Cruz (born 1988), Basque writer of novels and short stories

## D

* Filomena Dato (1856–1926), feminist, writer
* Mercedes Deambrosis (born 1955), Spaniard who writes in French
* Nieves Delgado (born 1968), science fiction writer and teacher
* Paloma del Río (born 1960), journalist
* Paloma Díaz-Mas (born 1954), novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
* Eva Díaz Pérez (born 1971), journalist, essayist and academic
* Maria Doménech (1877–1952), Catalan-language writer
* María Domínguez (1882–1936), journalist, poet and politician
* María Magdalena Domínguez (1922–2021), poet
* Amalia Domingo Soler (1835–1909), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, autobiographer
* Maite Dono (born 1969), singer-songwriter, poet, and actress
* María Dueñas (born 1964), best-selling novelist, academic writer

## E

* María de Echarri (1878–1955), Catholic apologist and feminist advocate
* María Egual (1655–1735), poet and playwright
* María Luisa Elío (1926–2009), writer and actress exiled in Mexico
* Rosa de Eguílaz y Renart (born 1864, date of death unknown), playwright and journalist
* Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán (1569–c. 1644), playwright
* Tina Escaja (born 1965), Spanish-American poet, writer and academic
* Teresa Espasa (fl. 1990s), Valencian poet, essayist and academic
* Patricia Esteban Erlés, short story writer, Zaragoza
* Lucía Etxebarría (born 1966), novelist, poet, essayist
* Luisa Etxenike (born 1957), novelist, short story writer and poet

## F

* Lidia Falcón (born 1935), politician and writer
* Elvira Farreras i Valentí (1913–2005), poet and essayist
* Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), journalist, short story writer and novelist
* Margarita Ferreras (1900–1964), writer and poet
* Concepció Ferrer (born 1938), philologist, politician and writer
* Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984), Basque poet writing in Spanish
* Trini de Figueroa (1918-1972), romance novelist
* Pastora Filigrana (born 1981), Roma lawyer, non-fiction writer
* Alaíde Foppa (1914 – c. 1980), Spanish born poet, published in Guatemala and Mexico
* Francesca Forrellad (1927–2013), Catalan writer
* Lluïsa Forrellad (1927–2018), novelist and playwright in Spanish and Catalan
* Susana Fortes (born 1959), novelist, columnist
* Elena Fortún (1886–1952), children's writer, author of Celia, lo que dice
* Gloria Fortún (born 1977), poet
* Isabel Franc (born 1955), novelist, short story writer and essayist
* Espido Freire (born 1974), successful novelist, works translated into several languages
* Anna Freixas (born 1946), academic and writer on the subjects of aging, feminism, and psychology
* Laura Freixas (born 1958), novelist, short story writer, columnist
* Milagros Frías (born 1955), writer, journalist and literary reviewer
* Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998), poet, novelist, children's writer, playwright
* Felícia Fuster (1921–2012), Catalan-language poet, translator

## G

* Patrícia Gabancho (1952–2017), Argentine-born Spanish journalist who wrote in Catalan
* Belén Gache (born 1960), Argentine-born novelist, electronic poet, living in Madrid
* Ana Galán (born 1964), children's writer, humorous writer, writing in Spanish and English
* Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015), cartoonist and poet
* Adela Galiana (1825–?), Spanish writer, playwright, poet and columnist
* Beatriz Galindo (c.1465–1534), Latinist and educator
* María Rosa Gálvez de Cabrera (1768–1806), poet and playwright
* Joaquina García Balmaseda (1837–1911), journalist, poet and translator
* Cecilia García de Guilarte (1915–1989), essayist, playwright, novelist and journalist
* Berta García Faet (born 1988), poet and translator
* María Esther García López (born 1948), poet and writer; president, Asturias Writers Association
* Adelaida García Morales (1945–2014), novelist, actress
* Yolanda García Serrano (born 1958), scriptwriter and playwright
* Olvido García Valdés (born 1950), poet, biographer, translator
* Fanny Garrido (1846–1917), Galician writer and translator
* Blanca de Gassó y Ortiz (1846-1877), writer and poet
* Alicia Giménez Bartlett (born 1951), detective novelist
* Teresa Giménez Barbat (born 1955), anthropologist, writer and politician
* Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919), writer, editor, feminist, traveler
* Lupe Gómez (born 1972), Galician-language poet, literary critic, columnist
* Mar Gómez Glez (born 1977), playwright and novelist
* Paloma Gómez Borrero (1934–2017), journalist and writer
* Eloísa Gómez-Lucena, contemporary novelist, non-fiction writer, historian
* Consuelo González Ramos (1877–?), journalist and feminist
* Enriqueta González Rubín (1832–1877), novelist and writer in Asturian
* Belén Gopegui (born 1963), novelist, journalist
* Dolores Gortázar Serantes (1872–1936), novelist, journalist and activist
* María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal (1873–1955), literary critic, poet, feminist
* Almudena Grandes (1960–2021), erotic novelist, short story writer
* María José Guerra Palmero (born 1962), philosopher, non-fiction writer, and feminist theorist
* Olga Guirao (born 1956), novelist
* Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921-1984), Spanish scholar, translator, romance novelist, Christian feminist
* Goya Gutiérrez (born 1954), poet

## H

* Úrsula Heinze (born 1941), poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer and children's writer
* Francisca Herrera Garrido (1869–1950), Galician-language novelist, poet
* María Gertrudis Hore (1742–1801), poet
* Begoña Huertas (1965–2022), writer, philologist and journalist

## I

* Carmen de Icaza (1899–1979), novelist
* María Antonia Iglesias (1945–2014), journalist, non-fiction writer
* Lola Iturbe (1902–1990), trade unionist and journalist
* Mari Carmen Izquierdo (1950–2019), pioneering sports journalist

## J

* Maria de la Pau Janer (born 1966), Catalan-language novelist
* Clara Janés (born 1940), acclaimed poet, novelist, essayist, translator
* Palmira Jaquetti i Isant (1895–1963), folklorist, poet, and writer
* Luzmaría Jiménez Faro (1937-2015), writer, essayist, anthologist, poet, and editor
* Isabel de Josa (c.1508–1575), Catalan writer
* Inés Joyes y Blake (1731–1808), translator and feminist essayist
* Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979), Galician-language poet
* Conxita Julià (1920–2019), Catalan-language poet
* Cristina Jurado (born 1972), science fiction and fantasy writer and editor

## K

* Carmen Karr (1865–1943), feminist and journalist
* Alicia Kopf (born 1982), novelist and academic

## L

* Ángela Labordeta (born 1967), novelist, journalist
* María Elvira Lacaci(1916–1997), Galician poet
* Carmen Laforet (1921–2004), existentialist novelist, short story writer
* Regina de Lamo (1870–1947), pianist, writer, journalist and activist
* Margarita Landi (1918–2004), journalist and television presenter
* Paula Lapido (born 1945), short story writer
* María Teresa León (1903–1988), novelist, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, columnist
* Rogelia León (1828–1870), poet, playwright, essayist, and narrative writer
* Rosa Leveroni (1910–1985), Catalan-language poet
* Gemma Lienas (born 1951), writer, feminist activist, politician
* Lucía Lijtmaer (born 1977), journalist, writer
* Elvira Lindo (born 1962), journalist, novelist, playwright
* Eulàlia Lledó (born 1952), philologist and non-fiction writer
* Ángeles López de Ayala (1858–1926), playwright, journalist and activist
* Leonor López de Córdoba (1362–1430), Spain's earliest autobiographer
* Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao (born 1964), academic, curator and art writer
* Mariló López Garrido (born 1963)
* Rosaura Lopez (1932–2005), maid who wrote about John Lennon
* Enriqueta Lozano (1829/30 - 1895), writer
* Irene Lozano (born 1971), writer, journalist and politician
* Josephine Lys (fl 2007), romance novelist

## M

* Ángeles Maestro (born 1952), Spanish politician
* Chantal Maillard (born 1951), poet, essayist, non-fiction works on philosophy
* Helena Maleno (born 1970), journalist, writer and activist
* Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998), Catalan-language poet, translator
* Carolina Marcial Dorado (1889–1941), educator and writer based in USA
* Inés Marful (born 1965), scholar
* María Mariño (1907–1967), Galician writer
* Inka Martí (born 1964), journalist, editor, writer and photographer
* Dolores Martí de Cid (1916-1993), expert on Latin American theater and literature; non-fiction writer
* Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000), novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, children's writer
* Inés Martín Rodrigo (born 1983), writer and cultural journalist, winner of Premio Nadal
* Ana María Martínez Sagi (1907–2000), poet, journalist, feminist and trade unionist
* Laia Martínez i López (born 1984), poet and translator
* Susana Martinez-Conde (born 1969), Spanish-American researcher, non-fiction writer
* Raquel Martínez-Gómez (born 1973), novelist
* Toti Martínez de Lezea (born 1949), novelist, translator, writing in Spanish and Basque
* Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós (1841–1907), poet and novelist
* María Josefa Massanés (1811–1887), poet
* Pilar Mateos (born 1942), children's writer
* Ana María Matute (1925–2014), highly acclaimed novelist, short story writer
* Megan Maxwell (born 1965), romantic chick lit novelist
* Patricia Mayayo (born 1967), non-fiction writer
* Antonia Maymón (1881–1959), novelist and non-fiction writer
* Margarita de Mayo Izarra (1889–1969), journalist and teacher
* Marina Mayoral (born 1942), novelist, essayist
* Miren Agur Meabe (born 1962), Basque writer and translator
* Elena Medel (born 1985), poet, literary critic
* Susana Medina (born 1966), poetry and prose in Spanish and English
* Concha Méndez (1898–1986), poet, playwright, member of Generation of '27
* Rosa Méndez Fonte (born 1957), Galician poet, writer, and researcher
* Ana Merino (born 1971), poet, novelist, educator, living in the United States
* Sara Mesa (born 1976), poet and novelist
* Ana María Moix (1947–2014), poet, novelist, short story writer, translator
* Selena Millares (born 1963), poet, essayist and academic
* Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet (1942–2019), journalist and academic
* Laura Mintegi (born 1965), novelist, politician and academic
* Pilar Molina Llorente (born 1943), children's writer
* Empar Moliner (born 1966), writer and journalist
* Dolors Monserdà (1845–1919), poet, novelist and playwright
* Rosa Montero (born 1951), journalist, acclaimed novelist
* Carmen Montoriol Puig (1893–1966), Catalan poet, playwright, translator
* Federica Montseny (1905–1994), novelist, essayist, politician
* María Luz Morales (1889–1980), pioneering cultural journalist and writer
* María Victoria Moreno (1939–2005), children's writer, poet and essayist, writing in both Spanish and Galician
* Teresa Moure (born 1969), Galician-language essayist, novelist, children's writer
* Elisabeth Mulder (1904–1987), poet, novelist, short story writer
* Estefanía Muñiz (born 1974), poet and scriptwriter
* Isabel Muñoz-Caravaca (1838–1915), journalist writer and labour activist
* Anna Murià (1904–2002), short story writer, novelist, children's writer, essayist

## N

* Elvira Navarro (born 1978), novelist and short story writer
* Julia Navarro (born 1953), best-selling novelist, journalist, novels widely translated but not into English
* Cecilia del Nacimiento (1570–1646), nun, mystic, writer, and poet
* Margarita Nelken (1894–1968), feminist and writer
* Marysa Navarro (born 1934), academic and essayist
* Carmen Nonell (1920–?), novelist
* Olga Novo (born 1975), Galician-language poet, essayist

## O

* Carlota O'Neill (1905–2000), novelist, non-fiction writer and journalist
* Mercedes Odina (born 1959), journalist, non-fiction writer
* Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (1946–2022), Catalan-language novelist, short story writer, translator
* Lourdes Oñederra (born 1957), Basque-language novelist, short story writer, academic works on linguistics
* Rocío Orsi (1976-2014), essayist, translator
* Lourdes Ortiz (born 1943), novelist, poet, essayist, translator
* Marisol Ortiz de Zárate (born 1960), children's writer
* Constanza Ossorio (1595–1637), poet and writer
* Isabel Oyarzábal Smith (1878–1974), feminist writer, journalist, diplomat

## P

* Pilar Pallarés (born 1957), Galician poet
* Primi Nécega (1930 – 2024), Galician writer.
* Teresa Pàmies (1919–2012), non-fiction Catalan writer
* Emilia Pardo Bazán, novelist, journalist, essayist, critic, associated with the naturalistic movement
* Ana Pardo de Vera (born 1974), journalist and newspaper editor
* Victòria Peña i Nicolau,(1827–1898), Mallorcan poet
* Pilar Pedraza (born 1951), novelist and essayist
* Paloma Pedrero (born 1957), actress and playwright
* Ánxeles Penas (born 1943), poet
* María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908–1949), journalist, essayist
* Mónica Pérez de las Heras (born 1965), journalist, writer and academic
* Isabel Pérez Montalbán (born 1964), poet
* Narcisa Pérez Reoyo (1849–1876), writer
* Gloria Pérez-Salmerón (born 1958), national librarian and writer
* Núria Perpinyà (born 1961), Catalan-language novelist, essayist
* Marta Pessarrodona (born 1941), poet, literary critic, essayist, biographer
* Julia Piera (born 1970), poet
* Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós (1841–1907), poet, novelist, folklorist
* Aurora Picornell, political activist and martyr
* Berta Piñán (born 1963), writer, poet, politician
* Florencia del Pinar (15th century), early female poet
* Valentina Pinelo (17th century), religious writer
* Irene Polo (1909–1942), journalist and translator
* Núria Pompeia (1931–2016), cartoonist, journalist and writer in both Spanish and Catalan
* Marta Portal (1930–2016), novelist, short story writer and essayist
* Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020), poet
* Nativel Preciado (born 1948), journalist and non-fiction writer
* Isabel Prieto de Landázuri (1833–1876), poet and dramatist

## Q

* Ana Rosa Quintana (born 1956), journalist and television presenter
* Rebeca Quintáns (born 1964), journalist and research writer
* Elena Quiroga (1921–1995), novelist

## R

* Llucia Ramis (born 1977), journalist and novelist
* Dolores Redondo (born 1969), novelist
* Rosa Regàs (born 1933), novelist, columnist
* María del Carmen Reina Jiménez (born 1942), essayist, writer, activist, and politician
* Charlotte Remfry (1869–1957), writer and translator
* Eugenia Rico (born 1972), novelist, poet, journalist
* Lolo Rico (1935–2019), children's writer and television producer
* Carme Riera (born 1948), Catalan-language novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic, also writes in Spanish
* Pilar del Río (born 1950), journalist, writer and translator
* Blanca de los Ríos (1862–1956), novelist, essayist and painter
* Marta Rivera de la Cruz (born 1970), novelist
* Margarita Rivière (1944–2015), journalist and non-fiction writer
* Marta Robles (born 1963), writer of fiction and non-fiction, television scriptwriter and presenter
* Maria Mercè Roca (born 1958), Catalan short story writer, novelist, politician
* Cristina Rodríguez (born 1972), French-language journalist, novelist
* Fátima Rodríguez (born 1961), writer, translator, professor
* Mercè Rodoreda (October 10, 1908 – April 13, 1983), Catalan novelist
* Cristina Rodríguez (born 1972), journalist, historian and novelist who writes in French
* Fanny Rubio (born 1949), novelist and literary critic

## S

* Oliva Sabuco (1562–c.1622), medical and psychological works
* Faustina Sáez de Melgar (1834–1895), novelist, poet and essayist
* Concepción Saiz Otero (1851-1934), teacher, pedagogue, feminist, and writer
* Juana Salabert (born 1962), writer, journalist, literary critic and translator
* Ada Salas (born 1965), poet and educator
* María Salas Larrazábal (1922–2008), writer, journalist
* Mercedes Salisachs (1916–2014), novelist, short story writer
* Marcela de San Félix (1605–1687), poet, religious writer
* Isabel San Sebastián (born 1959), journalist, writer and broadcaster
* Clara Sánchez (born 1955), novelist
* Cristina Sánchez-Andrade (born 1968), novelist and translator
* Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas i Martínez del Romero (1921-2009), historian, novelist and poet
* Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich (born 1954), Catalan-language poet, short story writer
* Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895–1970), poet and feminist
* Encarna Sant-Celoni i Verger (born 1959), narrative writer, poet and translator
* Elena Santiago (1941–2021), novelist and short story writer
* Care Santos (born 1970), journalist and novelist writing in Spanish and Catalan
* Paloma Sánchez-Garnica (born 1962), novelist
* Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895–1970), poet, feminist writer
* Encarna Sant-Celoni i Verger (born 1959), Valencian poet, narrative writer
* Elena Santiago (1941–2021), novelist, short story, and children's writer
* Ana Santos Aramburo (born 1957), national librarian and writer
* Care Santos (born 1970), novelist, children's writer, writes in Catalan and Spanish
* Belén de Sárraga (1874–1951), journalist
* Marta Sanz (born 1967), novelist and poet
* Elvira Sastre (born 1992), poet and translator
* Marta Segarra (born 1963), essayist
* Berta Serra Manzanares (born 1958), poet and novelist
* Emilia Serrano y García (1834-1923), writer, journalist, feminist, traveler
* Luisa Sigea de Velasco (1522–1560), poet, wrote mainly in Latin
* Isabel-Clara Simó (1943–2020), Catalan-language journalist and writer
* María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835-1893), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer
* Teresa Solana (born 1962), crime novelist
* Carme Solé Vendrell (born 1944), illustrator and children's writer
* Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento, (1739-1784), aristocrat, poet, translator, painter
* Sílvia Soler i Guasch (born 1961), Catalan-language writer and journalist
* Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913–2004), Catalan writer and journalist
* Dolores Soler-Espiauba (born 1935), novelist
* Anna Soler-Pont (born 1968), writer
* Cristina Spínola (born 1976), journalist, athlete, YouTuber

## T

* Sofía Tartilán (1829–1888), novelist, essayist, journalist, editor
* Corín Tellado (1927–2009), novelist
* Ana Tena (born 1966), Aragonese short story writer
* Teresa de Cartagena (15th century), early feminist, autobiographer
* Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582), mystical writer
* Mònica Terribas i Sala (born 1968), Catalan journalist, educator, broadcasting executive
* Josefina de la Torre (1907–2002), poet, novelist, opera singer, actress
* Carme Torras (born 1956), computer scientist, technical writer and novelist
* Maruja Torres (born 1943), journalist
* Sara Torres (born 1991), poet and novelist
* Xohana Torres (1929–2017), poet, playwright and novelist
* Laura Tremosa (born 1937), engineer, feminist, non-fiction writer
* Esther Tusquets (1936–2012), publisher, novelist, essayist

## U

* Rosana Ubanell (born 1958), journalist, detective story novelist
* Pilar Urbano (born 1940), journalist and non-fiction writer
* Arantxa Urretabizkaia (born 1947), Basque-language novelist, screenwriter, poet
* Mari Jose Urruzola (1940–2006), Spanish Basque educator, feminist, writer
* Carmina Useros (1928–2017), writer, ceramist, painter, and cultural manager

## V

* Amelia Valcarcel (born 1950), philosopher, feminist, non-fiction writer
* Pilar de Valderrama (1889–1879), poet and playwright
* Muriel Villanueva i Perarnau (born 1976), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet
* Curri Valenzuela (born 1945), journalist and non-fiction writer
* Julieta Valero (born 1971), poet
* Maria Vallejo-Nágera (born 1964), novelist
* Ángela Vallvey (born 1964), children's writer, novelist
* Brigitte Vasallo (born 1973), writer and social activist
* Ana María Vázquez Hoys (born 1945), non-fiction writer, historic novelist, historian
* María Teresa de Vega, novelist and poet
* Maria Verger (1892–1983), archivist, librarian and poet in Catalan and Spanish
* Isabel Vericat (born 1970), author and translator
* Antònia Vicens (born 1941), short story writer, novelist, children's writer, writes in Catalan
* Marika Vila (born 1949), Spanish comics artist and writer; graphic novelist
* Beatriz Villacañas (born 1964), poet, essayist, critic

## Y

* Eva Yárnoz (born 1975), poet and visual artist

## W

* Sultana Wahnón (born 1960), essayist, literary critic and academic

## X

* Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), poet, playwright, essayist and children's writer
* Xosefa Xovellanos (1745–1807), Asturian poet

## Z

* María Zambrano (1904–1991), essayist, philosopher, belonged to the Generation of '36
* María de Zayas (1590–1661), pioneer of literary feminism
* Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez (1862-1936), writer and essayist
* Pilar de Zubiaurre (1884–1970), essayist, letter writer