# List of women electronic literature writers

This is a list of notable women writers of electronic literature.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
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* Y
* Z

## A

* Annie Abrahams (born 1954), Dutch performance artist and writer, pioneering collective writing experiments
* Mabel Addis (1912–2004), American writer, teacher and game designer
* Laurie Anderson (1947), American artist, musician, electronic performance pioneer
* Anna Anthropy (fl 2010), American video game designer and interactive fiction author
* Kate Armstrong (fl 2000s), Canadian multimedia artist, experimental writer and curator

## B

* Pat Badani (fl. 2000s), Canadian-American digital artist and writer
* Adriana de Barros (born 1976), Portuguese-Canadian illustrator, creator of interactive narratives and poems
* Zoe Beloff (born 1958), American web serial creator
* Caroline Bergvall (born 1962), French-Norwegian poet experimenting with sound art performances
* Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (fl 2000s –2020s), American digital storyteller and poet
* Carroll Parrott Blue (1943–2019), African American filmmaker, creator of hypermedia works combining film and text
* Natalie Bookchin (fl 2000s), American new media artist
* Laura Borràs i Castanyer (born 1970), Catalan electronic literature editor and critic (as well as a politician)
* Amaranth Borsuk (born 1981), American poet experimenting with digital poetry
* Mez Breeze (fl 1990s), Australian artist practicing digital poetry and electronic literature
* Amy Briggs (born 1962), American video game developer involved in interactive fiction
* Jennifer Brozek (born 1970), American author and game design writer
* Nancy Buchanan (born 1946), American artist involved in digital performance art and fictional narrative
* Oni Buchanan (born 1975), American new media poet

## C

* J.R. Carpenter (born 1972), Canadian-British artist and writer active in digital literature
* Lynda Clark (born 1981), British author, creator of interactive fiction
* Kathryn Cramer (born 1962), science fiction writer, critic and hypertext editor

## D

* Caterina Davinio (born 1957), Italian poet, novelist and new media artist
* Sharon Daniel (fl 1990s – 2010s), American new media educator and writer
* Christy Dena (fl 2010), Australian writer, game designer and scholar
* Debra Di Blasi (born 1957), American hyperfiction educator and writer
* Claire Dinsmore (born 1961), American jeweller, designer and new media artist
* J. Yellowlees Douglas (born 1962), American writer, hypertext fiction scholar
* Kate Durbin (fl. 2009), American fiction and poetry writer

## E

* Adrienne Eisen (born 1966, a.k.a. Penelope Trunk), American writer, blogger and entrepreneur
* Lori Emerson (fl 2000s), new media preservationist and scholar
* Astrid Ensslin (fl 2000s), German digital humanities scholar active in digital fiction and video games
* Heid E. Erdrich (born 1963), Native American video poet
* Tina Escaja (born 1965), Spanish-American writer and digital artist

## F

* Natalia Fedorova (born 1981), Russian media artist, scholar, writer
* Caitlin Fisher, Canadian media artist and scholar
* Mary Flanagan (fl 2000s), American game designer
* Vera Frenkel (born 1938), Canadian multimedia artist

## G

* Belén Gache (born 1960), Spanish-Argentine novelist and experimental writer
* Dora García (born 1965), Spanish interactive and web performer
* Samantha Gorman (fl 2010), American game developer employing touchscreen narratives, such as The Under Presents
* Dene Grigar (fl 2000), American multimedia artist, former president of the Electronic Literature Organization
* Diane Gromala (born 1960), Canadian computer science and virtual reality designer
* Carolyn Guertin, Canadian educator, author, and critic

## H

* Amira Hanafi (born 1979), American/Egyptian artist and poet active in electronic literature
* Auriea Harvey (born 1971), artist, digital storyteller, and video game producer
* N. Katherine Hayles (born 1943), American literary critic and academic active in electronic literature
* Porpentine Charity Heartscape (born 1987), video game designer involving hypertext and interactive fiction
* Amy Hennig (born 1964), American video game developer and script writer
* Janet Holmes (fl 2000s), American poet and professor
* Kathy Rae Huffman (fl 1970s – 1990s), American writer and expert for video and media art

## J

* Shelley Jackson (born 1963), American experimental writer and artist
* Helen Varley Jamieson (born 1966), New Zealand digital media artist, cyperperformance creator
* Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo (fl 2000s),Guatemala digital artist, educator
* Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), new media artist and engineer

## K

* Yael Kanarek (born 1967), Israeli-American internet artist and writer
* Jayne Fenton Keane (fl 2000s), Australian multimedia poet
* Lisbeth Klastrup (born 1970), Danish digital and social media scholar
* Alison Knowles (born 1933), American installation artist using visual, aural and tactile elements

## L

* Tina La Porta (born 1967), American digital artist and writer
* Deena Larsen (born 1964), American new media and hypertext author
* Brenda Laurel (born 1950), Video game developer
* Olia Lialina (born 1971), Russian internet artist and experimental film critic
* Christine Love (born 1989), Canadian novelist, interactive fiction writer and video game developer
* Marjorie Luesebrink (1943–2023), pen name M.D. Coverley, American author of hypertext fiction

## M

* Judy Malloy (born 1942), poet employing hypernarrative and information art
* Cathy Marshall (fl 1990s), collaborative hypertext researcher and developer
* Kathleen McConnell, pen name Kathy Mac (fl 2000s), Canadian poet
* María Mencía (fl 1999), Spanish-born media artist active in electronic literature
* Janet Murray (born 1946), electronic literature critic and designer

## N

* Ruth Nestvold (born 1958), American writer

## O

* Jaishree Odin (fl 1990s), American electronic literature scholar

## P

* Allison Parrish (fl 2000s), American poet, games designer and creator of poetry bots
* Celia Pearce (born 1961), American game designer
* Judith Pintar (fl 1980s), sociologist, harp player and author of interactive fiction
* Jessica Pressman (fl 2010), American academic and author involved in electronic literature, digital poetry and media
* Kate Pullinger (born 1961), Canadian novelist and academic, author of digital fiction

## Q

* Alissa Quart (born 1972), American writer, poet and multimedia author
* Zoë Quinn (born 1987), American video game developer, interactive fiction writer

## R

* Jean Rabe (fl 1970s), Canadian journalist, novelist and game writer
* Melinda Rackham (fl 1980s), Australian writer, digital artist and curator
* Rita Raley (fl 2000s), American researcher, editor, and critic
* Margaret Rhee (fl 2011), American new media artist with an interest in digital participatory action
* Francesca da Rimini (fl. 1990s), new media artist and cyberfeminist
* Raquel Salas Rivera (born 1985), Puerto Rican non-binary artist
* Marie-Laure Ryan (fl 2000s), electronic literature scholar

## S

* Alexandra Saemmer, French author of digital poetry, and critic
* Christy Sheffield Sanford, American web-specific writer and creator
* Emily Short (fl 2000s), American interactive fiction writer
* Lisa Smedman (fl 1997), Canadian writer of science fiction and gaming adventure novels
* Sarah Smith (born 1947), American author and hypertext novelist
* Cheryl Sourkes (born 1945), Canadia new media artist
* Stephanie Strickland (born 1942), American poet, author of digital poems
* Kim Stringfellow (born 1963), American photography and multimedia artist
* Lisa Swanstrom (fl 2010), American researcher in literature, media theory and the digital humanities

## T

* Christine Tamblyn (1951–1998), American media artist, critic, and educator
* Sue Thomas (born 1951), British new media author
* Helen Thorington (1928–2023), American radio artist and composer
* Penelope Trunk (born 1966), American writer, hypertext novelist and entrepreneur

## U

* Ana María Uribe (1944–2004), Argentine poet working with visual poetry
* Camille Utterback (born 1970), American interactive installation artist

## W

* Rae White (fl 2010 – 2020s), Australian non-binary new media poet
* Christine Wilks (born 1960), British digital writer and artist
* Roberta Williams (born 1953), American video game designer and writer
* Josephine Wilson (fl. 2010s), Australian writer
* Adrianne Wortzel (born 1941), American artist using robotics in her works
* Nanette Wylde (fl. 1990s), American artist and writer active in net art and electronic literature

## Y

* Jin-me Yoon (born 1960), Canadian visual artist

## Z

* Jody Zellen (born 1961), American digital artist and art critic
* Marina Zurkow (born 1962), American visual and electronic artist