# List of early-modern British women novelists

This is an alphabetical list of female novelists who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before approximately 1800.

## Novelists
### A

* Penelope Aubin (c. 1658–1731)
* Jane Austen (1775–1817)

### B

* Jane Barker (1652–1732)
* Mrs Barnby (fl. 1799–1804)
* Mrs. E. G. Bayfield
* Catharine Bayley (fl. 1810–1812)
* Amelia Beauclerc (fl. 1810s)
* Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
* Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827)
* Helena Berkenhout (fl. 1805)
* Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750 – 1808)
* Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – after 1816)
* Elizabeth Bonhôte (née Mapes; 1744–1818)
* Jeanne T. Bottens (fl. 1808)
* Sophia Bouverie (fl. 1808)
* Elizabeth Boyd (c. 1710 – 1745)
* Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s)
* Eliza Bromley (née Nugent; fl. 1784–1803)
* Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740–1793)
* Frances Brooke (1723–1789)
* Indiana Brooks (fl. 1789)
* Mary Brunton (1778–1818)
* Anne Bryton (fl. 1780)
* Mrs Bullock (fl. 1795–1801)
* Anne Burke (fl. 1780–1805)
* Caroline Burney (pseud; fl. 1809–1810)
* Frances Burney (1752–1840)
* Sarah Burney (1772–1844)
* Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell; 1775–1861)
* Harriet Butler (fl. 1806–1807)
* Sarah Butler (c. 1689 – c. 1716)
* Medora Gordon Byron (1790–1858)

### C

* Lady Mary C. (fl. 1797)
* Mary Ann Canning (fl. 1778)
* Mrs H. Cartwright (fl. 1776–1787)
* Mrs Carver (fl. 1797–1800)
* Mary Ann Cavendish-Bradshaw (c. 1758–1849)
* Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673)
* Mary Champion de Crespigny (née Clarke; c. 1749 – 1812)
* Charlotte Charke (née Cibber; 1713–1760)
* Mary Charlton (fl. 1794–1824)
* Harriet Chilcot (later Meziere; 1754–1784)
* Emily Frederick Clark (fl. 1798–1833)
* Elizabeth Cobbold (née Knipe; 1767–1824)
* Jane Collier (1714–1755)
* Mary Collyer (née Mitchell; c. 1716 – 1763)
* Mrs Colpoys (fl. 1801)
* Maria Susanna Cooper (1737–1807)
* Cordelia Cordova (fl. 1809)
* Helen Craik (c. 1751 – 1825)
* Mrs Croffts (fl. 1798–1801)
* Margaret Cullen (1767—1837)
* Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775 – 1842)

### D

* Charlotte Dacre (née King, later Byrne; pseud. Rosa Matilda; 1782?–1825)
* Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway; 1748–1828)
* Selina Davenport (1779–1859)
* Mary Davys (1674–1732)
* Anne Dawe (fl. 1770)
* Thomasine Dennis (fl. 1806)
* Ann Doherty (c. 1786–c. 1832)
* Sarah Draper (fl. 1796)
* Camilla Dufour (fl. 1803)

### E

* Anne Eden (fl. 1790)
* Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849)
* Jane Elson (fl. 1800–1802)

### F

* Eliza Fenwick (née Jaco; 1767–1840)
* Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854)
* Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
* Matilda Fitz John (fl. 1796)
* E. M. Foster (fl. 1795–1810)
* Sophia Frances (fl. 1806–1809)
* Anne Fuller (died 1790)

### G

* Phebe Gibbes (died 1805)
* Mary Goldsmith (fl. 1804)
* Ann Gomersall (1750—1835)
* Elizabeth Sarah Gooch (1757–1807)
* Sarah Green (fl. 1790–1825)
* Elizabeth Griffith (1727–1793)
* Susannah Gunning (née Minifie; 1740–1800)

### H

* Ann Mary Hamilton (fl. 1806–1813)
* Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758 – 1816)
* Mary Hamilton (née Leslie; 1736–1821)
* Mary Ann Hanway (fl. 1776–1814)
* Martha Harley (later Hugill; fl. 1786–1797)
* Jane Harvey (1771–1848)
* Ann Julia Hatton (née Kemble; 1764–1838)
* Laetitia Matilda Hawkins (1759–1835)
* Mary Hays (1759–1843)
* Eliza Haywood (1693–1756)
* Mary Hearne (? fl. 1718)
* Elizabeth Helme (née Horrobin; 1743–1814)
* Elizabeth Hervey (née Marsh; 1748 – c. 1820)
* Mary Hill (fl. 1809–1813)
* Augusta Ann Hirst (fl. 1807)
* Barbara Hofland (née Wreaks; 1770–1844)
* Fanny Holcroft (1780–1844))
* Margaret Holford (1757–1834)
* Margaret Holford (1778–1852)
* Esther Holsten (fl. 1801–1803)
* Sarah Ann Hook (fl. 1803–1804)
* Ann Howell (fl. 1787–1797)
* Anne Rice Hughes (fl. 1786–1795)
* Maria Hunter (fl. 1772–1778)
* Rachel Hunter (c. 1754 – 1813)
* Margaret Hurry (fl. 1795–1809)

### I

* Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821)
* Mrs Issacs (fl. 1801–1820)

### J

* Frances Jacson (1754–1842)
* Mrs. Johnson (fl. 1786–1792)
* Harriet Jones (fl. 1799–1818)

### K

* Susanna Keir (née Harvey; 1747–1802)
* Isabella Kelly (née Fordyce; 1759–1857)
* Ann Kendall (fl. 1798–1800)
* Anne Ker (née Phillips; 1766–1821)
* Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836)
* Mary Ann Kilner (née Maze; 1753–1831)
* Sophia King (c. 1781 – c. 1805)
* Cornelia Knight (1757–1837)

### L

* Eliza Lake (fl. 1800–1806)
* Sarah Lansdell (fl. 1796–1798)
* Mary Latter (1725–1777)
* Harriet Lee (1757–1851)
* Sophia Lee (1750–1824)
* Elizabeth Le Fanu (1758–1837)
* Charlotte Lennox (née Ramsay; 1720–1804)
* Elizabeth Anne Le Noir (c. 1755–1841)
* Mrs Leslie (fl. 1801–1806)
* Alethea Lewis (1749–1827)
* Martha-Elizabeth Leycester (fl. 1788)

### M

* Charlotte MacCarthy (fl. 1745–1768)
* Anna Maria Mackenzie (fl. 1782–1811)
* Miriam Malden (fl. 1804–1813)
* Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670 – 1724)
* Jean Marishall (or Jane Marshall; fl. 1765–1788)
* Elizabeth Marsh (1735–1785)
* Mrs Martin (fl. 1798–1830)
* Mrs. Mathews (fl. 1793)
* Eliza Kirkham Mathews (née Kirkham Strong; 1772–1802)
* Charlotte Matthew (fl. 1793–1807)
* Anna Meades (born c. 1734)
* Elizabeth Meeke (1761–1826)
* Anna Millikin (1764– after 1849)
* Frances Mary Mills (fl. 1805)
* Margaret Minifie (1734–1803)
* Marianne Moore (fl. 1802–1803)
* Hannah More (1745–1833)
* Henrietta Mosse (née Rouvière; died 1835)
* Agnes Musgrave (fl. 1795–1808)

### N

* Mary Anne Neri (fl. 1804–1808)
* Elizabeth Norman (fl. 1789)

### O

* Susannah Oakes (fl. 1805)
* Amelia Opie (1769–1853)
* Anne Ormsby (fl. 1804–1805)
* Sydney Owenson (c. 1781? – 1859)

### P

* Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762–1834 or after)
* Alicia Tindal Palmer (1763–1822)
* Mary Elizabeth Parker (fl. 1795–1802)
* Catherine Parry (died 1788)
* Eliza Parsons (née Phelp; 1739–1811)
* Mrs F. C. Patrick (fl. 1797–1799)
* Lucy Peacock (fl. 1785–1816)
* Sarah Pearson (1767–1833)
* Frances Peck (fl. 1804–1805)
* M. Peddle (fl. 1785)
* Janetta Philipps (fl. 1802–1811)
* Mary Pickar (fl. 1804–1805)
* Mary Pilkington (née Hopkins; 1761–1839)
* Mary Pix (1666–1709)
* Arabella Plantin (born c. 1700)
* Anne Plumptre (1760–1818)
* Elizabeth Plunkett (née Gunning; 1769–1823)
* Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832)
* Jane Porter (1776–1850)
* Elizabeth Purbeck (fl. 1789–1797)
* Jane Purbeck (fl. 1789–1802)
* Jael Pye (née Mendez; c. 1737 – 1782)

### R

* Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 1764–1823)
* Mary Ann Radcliffe (1746–1818)
* Eliza Ratcliffe (fl. 1808)
* Clara Reeve (1729–1807)
* Henrietta Rhodes (fl. 1811–1814)
* Mrs. Rice (fl. 1803–1807): author of The Deserted Wife (1803) and Monteith (1806)
* Catherine Eliza Richardson (née Scott; 1777–1853)
* Margaret Wade Roberts (fl. 1806–1809)
* Eliza Frances Robertson (1771–1805)
* Mary Robinson (1757–1800)
* Maria Elizabeth Robinson (1775–1818)
* Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845)
* Mrs Ross (fl. 1811–1817)
* Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674–1737)
* Susanna Rowson (née Haswell; 1762–1824)
* Elizabeth Ryves (1750–1797)

### S

* Charlotte Sanders/Saunders (fl. 1787)
* Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858)
* Honoria Scott (fl. 1810–1822)
* Sarah Scott (1723–1795)
* Catharine Selden (fl. 1797)
* Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
* Frances Sheridan (1724–1766)
* Sarah Sheriffe (fl. 1800–1803)
* Mary Martha Sherwood (née Butt; 1775–1851)
* Mrs Showes (fl. 1797–1806)
* Caroline Sinclair (fl. 1809)
* Ann Masterman Skinn (1747–1789)
* Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847)
* Catharina Smith (fl. 1809–1815)
* Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)
* Julia Smith (fl. 1804–1805)
* Maria Lavinia Smith (fl. 1801)
* Elizabeth Somerville (née Helme; 1774–1840)
* Elizabeth Isabella Spence (1768–1832)
* Sarah Emma Spencer (fl. 1788)
* Helen St Victor (fl. 1808)
* Louisa Sidney Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827)
* Miss Street (fl. 1790–1793)
* Elizabeth Strutt (1782–1867)
* Augusta Amelia Stuart (fl. 1808–1812)

### T

* Eliza Taylor (fl. 1779—1806)
* Jane Taylor (1783–1824)
* Maria Tharmott (fl. 1805)
* Ann Thomas (fl. 1784—1795)
* Elizabeth Thomas (née Wolferstan; 1770/71–1855)
* Anna (Harriet?) Thompson (fl. 1787–1807)
* Jane Timbury (died c. 1792, fl. 1770–1791)
* Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins (1763–1828)
* Anne Trelawney (fl. 1805)
* Sarah Trimmer (née Kirby; 1741–1810)
* Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749)
* Mary Tuck (fl. 1804)

### V

* Harriet Ventum (fl. 1798–1814)

### W

* Catherine George Ward (c. 1787)
* Jane Warton (1723–1809)
* Anna Weamys (fl. 1651)
* Helena Wells (later Whitford; 1761?–1824)
* Jane West (née Iliffe; 1758–1852)
* Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson (1779–1831)
* Helen Maria Williams (c. 1761 – 1827)
* Ann Wingrove (fl. 1795–1801)
* Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
* Sophia Woodfall (1780–1852)
* A. Woodfin (1736–1784)
* Augusta Maria Woodthorpe (fl. 1809)
* Elizabeth Wright (fl. 1801)
* Mary Wroth (née Sidney; 1587–1651/3)

### Y

* Ann Yearsley (1752–1806)
* Mrs R.P.M. Yorke (fl. 1800–1805)
* Henrietta Maria Young (fl. 1809)
* Mary Julia Young (fl. 1788–1810)