# List of Filipino women writers

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

## A

* Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968), Cebuano dramatist
* Mila D. Aguilar (born 1949), poet, essayist, educator
* Erlinda K. Alburo (active since 1970s), poet, Cebuano scholar
* Estrella Alfon (1917–1983), short story writer, playwright, journalist
* Cora Almerino (active since 1990s), poet
* Mia Alvar (active since 1999), short story writer
* Ivy Alvarez (active since 2000), poet, editor, reviewer
* Encarnacion Alzona (1895–2001), historian, educator, suffragist
* Liwayway Arceo (1920–1999), novelist, journalist, radio scriptwriter

## B

* Felisa Batacan (active since the 1990s), journalist, novelist, short story writer
* Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023), novelist
* Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), playwright, short story writer, novelist
* Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer

## C

* Linda Ty Casper (born 1931), novelist, short story writer
* Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (active since 1980s), Spanish-language writer, educator
* Martha Cecilia (1953–2014), romance novelist
* Arlene J. Chai (born 1955), Filipino-Chinese-Australian novelist
* Josefina Constantino (1920–2024), essayist, critic, poet, nun
* Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1930–2020), publisher, short story writer, non-fiction writer
* Sheila Coronel (active since 2003), journalist, educator
* Conchitina Cruz (active since 1998), poet, educator
* Elaine Castillo(born 1984),novelist,essayist

## D

* Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta (1932–2010), poet, editor, playwright, educator

## E

* Lina Espina-Moore (1919–2000), Cebuano short story writer, novelist
* Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014), folklorist, educator
* Marjorie Evasco (born 1953), poet, feminist

## F

* Lina Flor (1914–1976), radio scriptwriter, columnist, biographer
* Leona Florentino (1849–1884), poet writing in Spanish and Ilocano

## G

* Candy Gourlay (born 1962), journalist, children's writer
* Evelyn May Guinid (born 1971), romance novelist
* Adelina Gurrea (1896-1971), journalist, poet, romance novelist, children's writer
* Evangelina Guerrero (1904-1949), journalist, poet, short story writer

## H

* Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist
* Rosa Henson (1927–1997), autobiographer
* Margie Holmes (active since 1973), non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist
* Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born 1944), non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor

## I

* Luisa Aguilar Igloria (born 1961), Filipino-American poet

## J

* Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978), autobiographer, poet, novelist, short story writer
* Armie Jarin-Bennett (active since 1980s), journalist, television presenter, executive CNN director
* Rina Jimenez-David (born 1955), journalist, columnist

## K

* Karen Kunawicz (active since 1990s), poet, journalist, columnist, broadcaster

## L

* Daisy López (active since 2000s), poet, short story writer, journalist, columnist
* Marra Lanot (active since 1970s), poet, short story writer, educator

## M

* Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (born 1991), lawyer, author and opinion columnist

## M

* Melba Padilla Maggay (born 1950), social anthropologist, journalist, non-fiction writer
* Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995), poet
* Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983), short story writer
* Genoveva Matute (1915–2009), short story writer
* Armine Rhea Mendoza (active since the 1990s), romance novelist
* Hilda Montaire (1922–2004), short story writer, novelist
* Virginia R. Moreno (1923–2021), poet, playwright, film director

## O

* Maria Odulio de Guzman (active since 1960s), lexicographer
* Gilda Olvidado (born 1957), novelist, scriptwriter

## P

* Loreto Paras-Sulit (1908–2008), short story writer
* Elena Patron (1933–2021), Tagalog columnist, comics writer, novelist
* Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925–2011), short story writer, novelist, essayist

## R

* Soledad Reyes (born 1946), novelist, essayist
* Sophia Romero (active since 1998), novelist
* Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946), novelist, non-fiction writer

## S

* Michelle Cruz Skinner (born 1965), short story writer, educator
* Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego (active since 1992), romance novelist
* Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016), politician, non-fiction writer
* Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007), essayist, columnist, diplomat
* Lakambini Sitoy (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, journalist, educator

## T

* Eileen Tabios (born 1960), poet, novelist, publisher
* Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (active since 1980s), scriptwriter for television, film
* Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994), linguist, poet
* Edith Tiempo (1919–2011), poet, novelist, short story writer
* Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born 1951), poet, novelist, essayist

## U

* Azucena Grajo Uranza (1929–2012), novelist, short story writer, playwright

## Z

* Jessica Zafra (born 1965), essayist, columnist