# List of women writers (M–Z)

    See also Lists of women writers by nationality.
This is a list of notable women writers.
Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adults')
* List of women writers (A–L)
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## M
### Ma–Mc

* Rozena Maart (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
* Sharon Maas (b. 1951, Guyana/England), nv.
* Catherine Maberly (1805–1875, Ireland/England), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Lindiwe Mabuza (1938–2021, South Africa), poet & academic
* Aifric Mac Aodha (b. 1979, Ireland), poet
* Dorothy Macardle (1889–1958, Ireland), nv., pw. & historian
* Bridget G. MacCarthy (1904–1993, Ireland), wr. & academic
* Ethna MacCarthy (1903–1959, Ireland), poet & pediatrician
* Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy (1849–1897, Ireland), poet, educator & nun
* Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England), wr.
* Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007, Italy), wr. & politician
* Doireann MacDermott (1923–2024, Ireland), wr. & philologist
* Ann-Marie MacDonald (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., pw. & actor
* Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, United States), wr.
* Charlotte Macdonald (living, New Zealand), historian
* Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, Canada) poet, ch. wr., ss. wr. & non-f. wr.
* Helen Macdonald (b. 1970, England), wr., naturalist & academic
* Lilou Macé (b. 1977, France/United States), wr.
* Mirta Macedo (1939–2012, Uruguay), social wr.
* Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
* Rebecca Macfie (living, New Zealand), non-f. wr. & col.
* Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015, England/Kenya), poet & nv.
* Ana Maria Machado (b. 1941, Brazil), ch. wr.
* Gilka Machado (1893–1980, Brazil), poet & activist
* Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001, Brazil), pw. & ch. wr.
* Dorothea Macheiner (b. 1943, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
* Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia), ch. wr.
* Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia), poet & nv.
* Catherine Julia Mackay (1864–1944, New Zealand), cookery wr.
* Jessie Mackay (1864–1938, New Zealand), poet & animal rights activist
* Margaret Mackay (1802–1887, Scotland), wr. & hymn wr.
* Shena Mackay (b. 1944, Scotland), nv.
* Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia), poet & fiction wr.
* Anna Mackenzie (b. 1963, New Zealand), fiction & YA wr.
* Serena Mackesy (b. 1960s, England), nv.
* Mary Mackey (b. 1945, United States), nv., poet & academic
* Mary Mackie (b. early 1940s, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Marisa Mackle (b. c. 1973, Ireland), nv. & ch. wr.
* Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022, United States), ch. nv.
* Mary MacLane (1881–1929, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), wr.
* Hester Maclean (1859–1932, Australia/New Zealand), nursing wr. & autobiographer
* Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), nv. & mystery wr.
* Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Eleanor MacMahon (1864–1956, Ireland/England), nv.
* Kathleen MacMahon (living, Ireland), wr. & broadcaster
* Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland), nv.
* Máire MacNeill (1904–1987, Ireland), folklorist
* Debbie Macomber (b. 1948, United States), nv.
* Katharine Sarah Macquoid (1824–1917, England), nv. & travel wr.
* Rina Macrelli (1929–2020, Italy), screenwriter & es.
* Catherine Mary MacSorley (1848–1929, Ireland), YA & religious wr.
* Marie MacSweeney (living, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
* Okky Madasari (b. 1984, Indonesia), nv., es. & ch. wr.
* Deirdre Madden (b. 1960, Ireland), nv.
* Heidrun E. Mader (b. 1977, Germany), non-fiction
* Ruth Mader (b. 1974, Austria/Austria-Hungary), screenwriter
* Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020, United States), poet
* Malika Madi (b. 1967, Belgium), nv. in French
* Maga Magazinović (1882–1968, Serbia), wr.
* Perihan Mağden (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
* Audrey Magee (living, Ireland), nv.
* Melba Padilla Maggay (b. 1950, Philippines), wr. & social anthropologist
* Kellie Magnus (b. 1970, Jamaica), ch. & parenting wr.
* Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (b. 1939, Iceland), ch. & nature wr.
* Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995, Iceland), nv.
* Sindiwe Magona (b. 1943, South Africa), fiction wr. & autobiographer in English
* Nilah Magruder (living, United States), wr.
* Akka Mahadevi (c. 1130–1160, India), poet
* Sabrina Mahfouz (living, England), poet & pw
* Han Mahlsook (한말숙, b. 1931, Korea), nv.
* Bríd Mahon (1922–2008, Ireland), nv. & folklorist
* Florence Mahoney (b. 1929, Gambia), wr. & historian
* Mahsati Ganjavi (c. 1089 – post-1159, Iran/Persia), poet
* Margaret Mahy (1936–2012, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr.
* Circe Maia (b. 1939, Uruguay), poet & es.
* Jennifer Maiden (b. 1949, Australia), poet
* Ruth Maier (1920–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), diarist & Hc. victim
* Chantal Maillard (b. 1951, Spain), poet & philosopher
* Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland), travel wr. in French
* Antonine Maillet (b. 1929, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., pw. & scholar
* Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia), arachnologist
* Marie Majerová (1882–1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
* Marianne Majerus (b. 1956, Luxembourg), garden wr.
* Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945, Italy), poet & wr.
* Maria Majocchi (1864–1917, Italy), wr. & poet
* Megha Majumdar (b. 1987/1988, India), nv.
* Tilottama Majumdar (b. 1966, India), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Svetlana Makarovič (b. 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & YA wr.
* Jean Said Makdisi (b. 1940, Palestine), non-f. wr.
* Barbara Makhalisa (b. 1949, Zimbabwe), nv. & editor
* Anju Makhija (living, India/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, pw. & col.
* Angela Makholwa (living, South Africa), fiction wr.
* Miyako Maki (牧美也子, b. 1935, Japan), manga creator
* Eudokia Makrembolitissa (c. 1021–1096, Byzantium), poet in Greek & empress
* Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993, Serbia), poet
* Rima Maktabi (b. 1977, Lebanon), col. Ad
* Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (b. 1960s, Uganda), fiction wr.
* Ana María Llona Málaga (b. 1936, Peru), poet
* Ezza Agha Malak (b. 1942, Lebanon/France), nv., poet & critic
* Natalia Malakhovskaia (b. 1948, Soviet Union/Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr.
* Battista Malatesta (c. 1384–1448, Italy), poet
* Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1746–1766, France), poet, pw. & naturalist
* Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905, England/New Zealand), domestic wr.
* Wanda Malecka (1800–1860, Poland), poet & nv.
* Rosie Malek-Yonan (b. 1965, Assyria), nv. & actor
* Oriel Malet (Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan, 1923–2014, England), nv. & biographer
* Amita Malik (1921–2009, India), critic
* Nicole Malinconi (b. 1946, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
* Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary), wr. of dialogues
* Ana Caro de Mallén (1590–1646, Spain), poet & pw.
* Nathalie Mallet (living, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
* Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930–2016, Belgium), nv. & es. in French
* Heather Mallick (b. 1959, Canada/Newfoundland), col., wr. & lecturer
* Clare Mallory (1913–1991, New Zealand), ch. wr.
* Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden), poet & nv.
* Alicia Malone (b. 1981, Australia), non-f. wr.
* Amina Mama (b. 1958, Scotland/Nigeria), social wr.
* Tatiana Mamonova (b. 1943, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & politician
* Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995, Philippines), poet in English
* Becky Manawatu (b. 1982, New Zealand), nv. & col.
* Laura Beatrice Mancini (1821–1969, Italy), poet
* Emily St. John Mandel (b. 1979, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Lisa Mandel (b. 1977, France), comics book wr.
* Zindzi Mandela (1960–2020, South Africa), poet
* Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
* Jane Mander (1887–1949, New Zealand/England), nv. & col.
* Slavka Maneva (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/North Macedonia), ch. wr. & poet
* Edda Manga (b. 1969, Sweden), historian of ideas
* Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England), schoolbook wr.
* Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865, Denmark), cookery wr.
* Rani Manicka (living, Malaysia/England), nv.
* Salmi Manja (b. 1937, Malaysia), fiction wr.
* Irshad Manji (b. 1968, Uganda/United States), religious wr.
* Delarivier Manley (c. 1670–1724, England), nv., pw. & pamphleteer
* Edna Manley (1900–1987, England/Jamaica), sculptor & diarist
* Rachel Manley (b. 1955, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & fiction wr.
* Alana Mann (fl. 2000s, Australia), wr. on food
* Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany), wr., screenwriter & actor
* María Emma Mannarelli (b. 1954, Peru), non-f. wr., historian, professor
* Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995, Finland), poet & pw.
* Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766–1852, Ireland/England), poet
* Emily Manning (Australie, 1845–1890, Australia), poet & col.
* Mary Manning (1905–1999, Ireland/United States), nv., pw. & critic
* Olivia Manning (1908–1980, England), nv.
* Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England), poet, wr. & ch. wr.
* Kiran Manral (b. 1971, India), nv. & parenting wr.
* Chris Mansell (b. 1953, Australia), poet
* Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923, New Zealand/England), fiction wr.
* Eduarda Mansilla (1834–1892, Argentina), nv., pw. & critic
* Fadhma Aït Mansour, (c. 1882–1967, Algeria), poet & singer
* Latifa Ben Mansour (b. 1950, Algeria/France), nv., linguist & psychoanalyst
* Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869, England/Ireland), ch. wr.
* Lisa Mantchev (living, United States), fantasy nv.
* Hilary Mantel (1952—2022, England), fiction wr., mem. & es.; Wolf Hall
* Réka Mán-Várhegyi (b. 1979, Russia/Hungary), fiction & ch. wr.
* Sarah Ladipo Manyika (b. 1968, Nigeria/England), fiction wr. & es.
* Gianna Manzini (1896–1974, Italy), fiction wr.
* Mokbula Manzoor (1938–2020, India/Bangladesh), nv. & wr.
* Lee Maracle (1950–2021, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & storyteller
* Carmen Marai (Carmen María Bassa Rodríguez, living, Chile), poet & nv.
* Dacia Maraini (b. 1936, Italy), nv., pw. & poet
* Faustina Maratti (c. 1679–1745, Italy), poet & painter
* Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998, Spain), poet & wr. in Catalan
* Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England), salonnière & popular science wr.
* Melina Marchetta (b. 1965, Australia), nv.
* Andrea Marcolongo (b. 1987, Italy), es. & wr.
* Emilie Maresse-Paul (1838–1900, Trinidad), feminist
* Inés Marful (b. 1961, Spain), nv. & literature wr.
* Anna Margolin (1887–1952, Russia/United States), Yiddish poet
* Silvana De Mari (b. 1953, Italy), nv.
* Juliet Marillier (b. 1948, New Zealand/Australia), nv. & YA writer
* Guadalupe Marín (1895–1983, Mexico), nv. & model
* Katarina Marinčič (b. 1968, Slovenia), fiction wr. & literary historian
* Lucrezia Marinella (1571–1653, Italy), poet & wr.
* Alexandra Marinina (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
* María Mariño (1907–1967, Spain), wr.
* Kamala Markandaya (1924–2004, India), nv.
* Beryl Markham (1902–1986, England/Kenya), aviator & wr.
* Liza Marklund (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
* Maria Markova (b. 1982, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
* Daphne Marlatt (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
* Olga Marlin (b. 1934, United States/Kenya), autobiographer
* E. Marlitt (1825–1887, Germany), nv.
* Nilgün Marmara (1958–1987, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
* Jeanne Marni (1854–1910, France), nv. & pw.
* Monika Maron (b. 1941, Germany), es. & political wr.
* Leïla Marouane (b. 1960, Algeria/France), nv.
* Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887, Serbia), poet & painter
* Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993, England/Portugal), travel wr.
* Anne de Marquets (b. c. 1533–1588, France), poet & nun
* Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890, Peru), wr., poet
* Paula Contreras Márquez (1911–2008, Spain), nv. & wr.
* Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983, Philippines), fiction wr. & editor
* Ellen Marriage (1865–1946, England), translator
* Janice Marriott (b. 1946, England/New Zealand), ch. & YA wr., poet & gardener
* Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982, New Zealand), mystery wr.
* Selina Tusitala Marsh (b. 1971, New Zealand), poet & academic
* Catherine Marshall (1914–1983, United States), nonfiction & fiction wr.
* Paule Marshall (1929–2019, United States), nv.
* Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica), radio producer & poet
* Patricia De Martelaere (1957–2009, Belgium), philosopher & es. in Flemish
* Esperanza Brito de Martí (1932–2007, Mexico), col.
* Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937, Australia), nv.
* Faith Martin (living, England), thriller wr.
* Harriet Evans Martin (died 1846, Ireland), nv.
* Harriet Letitia Martin (1801–1891, England/Ireland), nv.
* Mary Letitia Martin (1815–1850, Ireland/Belgium), nv.
* Ros Martin (b. 1960s, England), pw., poet & activist
* Violet Florence Martin (1862–1915, Ireland), co-wr. of fiction
* Agnès Martin-Lugand (b. 1979, France), nv.
* Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England), nv. & theorist
* Nela Martínez (1912–2004, Ecuador), political wr. & activist
* Sanjuana Martínez (b. 1963, Mexico), social analyst
* Susana Martinez-Conde (b. 1969, Spain), science wr.
* Raquel Martínez-Gómez (b. 1973, Spain/Uruguay), nv.
* Tânia Martins (b. 1957, Brazil), poet
* Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden), nv. & es.
* Kati Marton (b. 1949, Hungary/United States), political wr.
* Olga Martynova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Germany), poet, es. & nv.
* Margaret Maruani (1954–2022, Tunisia/France), wr.
* Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands), ch. wr.
* Barbara Masekela (b. 1941, South Africa), poet & activist in English
* Mohale Mashigo (b. 1983, South Africa), nv. & songwriter in English
* Lebogang Mashile (b. 1979, South Africa), actor, wr. & poet
* Emma Mashinini (1929–2017, South Africa), autobiographer in English & politician
* Dorota Masłowska (b. 1983, Poland), nv. & pw.
* Amelia Gere Mason (1831–1923 United States), es. & author
* Bobbie Ann Mason (b. 1940, United States), fiction wr., es. & critic
* Judi Ann Mason (1955–2009, United States), pw. & screenwriter
* María Josefa Massanés (1811–1887, Spain), poet in Catalan & Spanish
* Janine Massard (b. 1939, Switzerland), fiction & non-f. wr. in French
* Renée Massip (1907–2002, France), nv.
* Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales), wr. & academic
* Dada Masiti (c. 1810s–15 July 1919) poet
* Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia), fiction wr. & col.
* Jenny Mastoraki (b. 1949, Greece), poet & translator
* Ángeles Mastretta (b. 1949, Mexico), fiction wr. & mem.
* Kāterina Mataira (1932–2011, New Zealand), exponent of Maori
* Julijana Matanović (b. 1959, Yugoslavia/Croatia), fiction wr.
* Pilar Mateos (b. 1942, Spain), ch. wr.
* Beverly Matherne (b. 1946, United States), wr. & poet
* Petra Mathers (b. 1945, Germany/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Mary Mathew (1724–1777, Ireland), diarist
* Sarah Mathew (c. 1805–1890, England/New Zealand), diarist
* Peta Mathias (living, New Zealand), food wr.
* Nicole-Claude Mathieu (1937–2014, France), anthropologist & feminist
* Ira Mathur (living, India/Trinidad), journalist, mem.
* Manana Matiashvili (b. 1978, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & philologist
* Maria Matios (b. 1959, Ukraine), poet & nv.
* Kopano Matlwa (b. 1985, South Africa), nv. in English
* Sanami Matoh (真東砂波, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator
* Chiara Matraini (1515–1604, Italy), poet & prose wr.
* Larisa Matros (b. 1938, Soviet Union/United States), philosopher & fiction wr.
* Nina Matsumoto (b. 1984, Japan/Canada/Newfoundland), cartoonist & nv.
* Temari Matsumoto (松本テマリ, living, Japan), manga creator & illustrator
* Akemi Matsunae (松苗あけみ, b. 1956, Japan), manga creator
* Akimoto Matsuyo (秋元松代, 1911–2001, Japan), pw. & scriptwriter
* Dalene Matthee (1938–2005, South Africa), nv. in English
* Olga Elena Mattei (b. 1933, Puerto Rico/Comoros), poet
* Tina Matthews (b. 1961, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & illustrator
* Gill Matthewson (living, New Zealand), wr. on architecture
* Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia), ch. wr.
* Ellen Mattson (b. 1962, Sweden), fiction wr.
* Ana María Matute (1925–2014, Spain), nv.
* Genoveva Matute (1915–2009, Philippines), fiction wr. in Tagalog
* Caitlín Maude (1941–1982, Ireland), poet & activist
* Mary Fawler Maude (1819-1913, England), religious wr. & hymn wr.
* Neža Maurer (b. 1930, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. & YA writer
* Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England), fiction wr.
* Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978, Latvia), biographer & fiction wr. in Latvian & German
* Novella Matveyeva (1934–2016, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, screenwriter & pw.
* Vera Matveyeva (1945–1976, Soviet Union), poet & songwriter*
* Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?, United Kingdom), wr. & nv.
* Constantia Maxwell (1886–1962, Ireland), historian & academic
* Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell (living, Trinidad), pw. & poet
* Megan Maxwell (b. 1965, Spain), romance nv.
* Julia Harris May (1833–1912, United States), poet
* Muriel May (1897–1982, New Zealand), wr.
* Patricia Mayayo (born 1967, Spain), non-f. wr.
* Jane Mayhall (1918–2009, United States), poet
* Katherine Mayfield (born 1958, United States), non-f. wr.
* Antonia Maymón (1881–1959, Spain), anarchist wr. & nv.
* Olga Maynard (1913–1994, Brazil/United States), non-f. wr.
* Cath Mayo (living, New Zealand), fiction, ch. & YA wr. & musician
* DeBarra Mayo (b. 1953, United States), fitness wr.
* Eleanor Mayo (1920–1981, United States), nv.
* Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr.
* Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & pw.
* Katarina Mazetti (b. 1944, Sweden), wr.
* Alice La Mazière (1880–1962, France), non-f. wr.
* Margaret Mazzantini (b. 1961, Italy), wr. & actor
* Melania Mazzucco (b. 1966, Italy), screenwriter & nv.
* Penda Mbow (b. 1955, Senegal), historian & activist
* Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda), pw. & academic
* Imbolo Mbue (b. 1981, Cameroon), fiction wr.
* Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892, United States), poet
* Constance Jane McAdam (Constance Clyde, 1872–1951, Australia), wr. & suffragette
* Rachel McAlpine (b. 1940, New Zealand), poet, pw. & nv.
* Maxine McArthur (b. 1962, Australia), science fiction wr.
* Joan McBreen (b. 1947, Ireland), poet
* Bunny McBride (b. 1950, United States), wr. & anthropologist
* Eimear McBride (b. 1976, Ireland), nv.
* Kate McCabe (living, Ireland), nv.
* Lida Rose McCabe (1865–1938, United States), author, journalist, lecturer
* Nell McCafferty (b. 1944, Ireland), pw. & campaigner
* Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, United States), science fiction nv.
* Felicity McCall (living, Ireland), nv., pw. & non-f. wr.
* Mary McCallum (b. 1961, Zambia/New Zealand), fiction wr., es. & poet
* Mary McCarthy (1912–1989, United States), nv., critic & mem.
* Mary McCarthy (b. 1946, United States), screenwriter
* Mary McCarthy (1951–2013, Ireland), nv. and critic
* Mary Eunice McCarthy (1899–1969, United States), pw. & screenwriter
* Karen McCarthy Woolf (b. 1966, England), poet
* Sue McCauley (b. 1941, New Zealand), fiction & screenwriter & pw.
* Shirla R. McClain (1935–1997, United States), educator
* Jen McClanaghan (living, United States), poet
* Letitia McClintock (1835–1917, Ireland), nv. & story collector
* Nellie McClung (1873–1951, Canada/Newfoundland), feminist, wr. & activist
* Joanna McClure (b. 1930, United States), poet
* Lyn McConchie (b. 1946, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
* Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?, United States), ss. wr.
* Elizabeth McCracken (b. 1966, United States), nv. & editor
* Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890, Australia), diarist & painter
* Sharyn McCrumb (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
* Jenny McCudden (living, Ireland), non-f. wr., poet & col.
* Carson McCullers (1917–1967, United States), nv.
* Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia), nv.
* Carolyn McCurdie (b. 1947, England/New Zealand), YA and fiction wr. & poet
* Alice McDermott (b. 1953, United States), fiction wr.
* Mary McDermott (fl. 1832, Ireland), poet
* Mary McDonagh (b. 1849, Ireland/United States), poet
* Mercia MacDermott (1927–2023, England), wr. & historian
* Rosaleen McDonagh (living, Ireland), pw. & activist
* Jill McDonald (1927–1982, New Zealand/England), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia), poet & editor
* Melanie McFadyean (1950–2023, England), journalist, broadcaster & lecturer
* Ella May McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia), poet & ch. wr.
* Fiona McFarlane (b. 1978, Australia), nv.
* Shona McFarlane (1929–2001, New Zealand), non-f. wr.
* Katharine McGee (America), YA wr.
* Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978, United States), ch. wr. & poet
* Michelle McGrane (b. 1974, Zimbabwe), poet
* Fiona McGregor (b. 1965, Australia), wr. & artist
* Medbh McGuckian (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), poet
* Maura McHugh (living, Ireland), fiction wr., pw. & screenwriter
* Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia), wr. & documentary maker
* Lisa McInerney (b. 1981, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Ami McKay (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & pw.
* Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia), fiction wr.
* Suzy McKee Charnas (1939–2023, United States), nv. & short story wr.
* Alecia McKenzie (living, Jamaica), YA wr.
* Elizabeth McKenzie (b. 1958, United States), wr. & editor
* Patricia A. McKillip (1948–2022, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr.
* Tamara McKinley (b. 1948, Australia), nv.
* Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983, United States), col. & wr.
* Emma McLaughlin (b. 1974, United States), nv.
* Ella N. McLean, Countess Norraikow (1849–1913, Canada), non-f. wr.
* Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890, United States), nv. & ss. wr.
* Rosemary McLeod (b. 1949, New Zealand), wr. on domestic skills
* Pauline McLynn (b. 1962, Ireland), author & actor
* Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (1850–1941, Ireland), historian & nv.
* Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, Canada), poet, author, and educator
* Liz McManus (b. 1947, Ireland), nv. & politician
* Rhyll McMaster (b. 1947, Australia), poet & nv.
* Terry McMillan (b. 1951, United States), nv.
* Linda McNabb (b. 1963, England/New Zealand), ch. & YA writer
* Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Australia), pamphleteer
* Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia), diarist & nurse
* Donna McNeil (1948, Germany/United States) wr
* Esther Lord McNeill (1812–1907, United States), travel wr.
* Janet McNeill (1907–1994, Ireland/England), nv. & pw.
* Anna McPartlin (b. 1972, Ireland), nv.
* Martha McPhee (b. 1965, United States), nv.
* Cilla McQueen (b. 1949, England/New Zealand), poet
* Dionyse McTair (b. 1950, Trinidad), poet
* Dervla McTiernan (b. 1977, Ireland), crime wr.

### Me–Mi

* Richelle Mead (b. 1976, United States), nv.
* L. T. Meade (1844–1914, Ireland), girls' writer
* Teresa Meana Suárez (born 1952, Spain), feminist activist, teacher, philologist & non-f. wr.
* Roisin Meaney (b. 1959, Ireland), nv.
* A. Garland Mears (1842–1920, Ireland), nv.
* Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia), fiction wr.
* Meavenn (1911–1992, France), poet, nv. & pw. in Breton
* Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1500, Wales), poet
* Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282–1294, Germany), mystic wr. in Low German
* Marina Ripa di Meana (1941–2018, Italy), nv.
* Irene Mecchi (b. 1949, United States), screenwriter & pw.
* Saint Mechtilde of Hackeb. (1240/1241–1298, Germany), religious wr. in Latin
* Máighréad Medbh (b. 1959, Ireland), wr. & poet
* Elena Medel (b. 1985, Spain), poet
* Nia Medi (living, Wales), nv. & actor
* Susana Medina (b. 1966, England/Spain), wr. in Spanish & English
* Paula Meehan (b. 1955, Ireland), poet & pw.
* C. K. Meena (b. 1957, India), nv. & col.
* Fatima Meer (1928–2010, South Africa), sociologist in English
* Vonne van der Meer (b. 1952, Netherlands), fiction wr. & pw.
* Meera (1498–1556, India), poet & mystic
* K. R. Meera (b. 1970, India), fiction & ch. wr.
* Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Germany), poet
* Mariella Mehr (1947–2022, Switzerland), nv. in French
* Marsha Mehran (1977–2014, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Rama Mehta (1923–1978, India), nv. & sociologist
* Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands), col. & ch. wr.
* Doeschka Meijsing (1947–2012, Netherlands), nv.
* Cecília Meireles (1901–1964, Brazil), wr. & educator
* Isa Meireles (c. 1932–2008, Portugal), ch. wr.
* Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949, Mexico), wr. & autobiographer
* Tsehay Melaku (b. c. 1952, Ethiopia), nv. in Amharic
* Tamta Melashvili (b. 1979, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv.
* Gaby Melian (b. 1969/1970, Argentina), wr.
* Ekaterine Melikishvili (1854–1928, Georgia (Caucasus)), translator & ch. wr.
* Melinno (fl. 2nd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet
* Anastasia Melnichenko (b. 1984, Ukraine), social wr.
* Rosita Melo (1897–1981, Argentina), poet & composer
* Maile Meloy (b. 1972, United States), fiction wr.
* Jean Meltzer (fl. 2000s), Jewish American wr.
* Marisa Meltzer (fl. 2000s), American writer and columnist
* Pauline Melville (b. 1948, Guyana/England), wr. & actor
* Velma Caldwell Melville (1858–1924, United States), editor & wr.
* Eva Menasse (b. 1970, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & col.
* Rigoberta Menchú (b. 1959, Guatemala), political wr.
* Jane Mendelsohn (b. 1965, United States), wr.
* Charlotte Mendelson (b. 1972, England), nv. & editor
* Concha Méndez (1898–1968, Spain), poet & pw.
* Lucrecia Méndez (b. 1943, Guatemala), academic & critic
* Mariana Cox Méndez (1871–1914, Chile), fiction wr. & es.
* Armine Rhea Mendoza (living, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog
* Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942, Mexico), activist & poet
* Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614, Spain), religious poet
* Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896–1954, Mexico), wr. on motherhood
* María Luisa Mendoza (1930–2018, Mexico), nv. & politician
* Susan Mendus (b. 1951, Wales), political philosopher
* Saida Menebhi (1952–1977, Morocco), poet & activist
* Amparo Menendez-Carrion (b. 1949, Uruguay/Ecuador), political wr.
* Maaza Mengiste (b. 1974, Ethiopia/United States), nv.
* Teresa Meniru (1931–1994, Nigeria), YA & ch. wr.
* Indu Menon (b. 1980, India), fiction wr., screenwriter & sociologist
* A. L. Mentxaka (d. 2022, Ireland), modernist scholar
* Wolla Meranda, (1863–1951, Australia), nv.
* Martha Mercader (1926–2010, Argentina), fiction & ch. wr.
* Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931, Mexico),
* Tununa Mercado (b. 1939, Argentina), fiction wr. & es.
* Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany), nv. & poet
* Courtney Sina Meredith (b. 1986, New Zealand), political wr. & pw.
* Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia), pw., scriptwriter & nv.
* Louisa Meredith (1812–1895, Australia), non-f. wr., poet & nv.
* Edna Merey-Apinda (b. 1976, Gabon), wr.
* Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986, Estonia), poet & ch. wr.
* Marguerite Merington (1875–1951, England/United States), pw. & fiction & non-f. wr.
* Alda Merini (1931–2009, Italy), wr. & poet
* Ana Merino (b. 1971, Spain), poet
* Louise Meriwether (1923–2023, United States), nv. & es.
* Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015, Morocco), sociologist
* Helen Maud Merrill (1865–1943, United States), woman of letters & poet
* Jenny B. Merrill (1854–193b. 19494, United States), educator, non-f. wr.
* Catherine Merriman (living, Wales), fiction wr.
* Nuray Mert (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political scientist
* Lina Meruane (b. 1970, Chile), wr. & academic
* Sara Mesa (b. 1976, Spain), fiction wr. & poet
* Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965, New Zealand), cookery wr. & nv.
* Maria Messina (1887–1944, Italy), social wr. & nv.
* Claire Messud (b. 1966, United States), nv. & academic
* Grace Metalious (1924–1964, United States), nv.
* Antigone Metaxa-Krontera (1905–1971, Greece), ch. wr.
* Joan Metelerkamp (b. 1956, South Africa), poet in English
* Ida Mett (1901–1973, Russia/France), political wr.
* Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, England), poet
* Johanne Meyer (1838–1915, Denmark), suffragist & pacifist
* Stephenie Meyer (b. 1973, United States), nv.
* Miriam Meyerhoff (b. 1964, United States/New Zealand), sociolinguist
* Alice Meynell (1847–1922, England), critic & poet
* Esther Meynell (1878–1955, England), wr. & historian
* Isabel Meyrelles (b. 1929, Portugal/France), poet & sculptor
* Malwida von Meysenbug (1816–1903, Germany), political wr. & mem.
* Samar Samir Mezghanni (b. 1988, Tunisia), ch. wr.
* Malika Mezzane (born 1960), Moroccan poet and novelist
* Nontsizi Mgqwetho (fl. 1920s, South Africa), poet in isiXhosa
* Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021, Ireland), poet, wr. and scholar
* Gcina Mhlophe (b. 1958, South Africa), storyteller in 4 languages
* Mian Mian (棉棉, b. 1970, China), fiction wr.
* Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007, Netherlands), poet
* Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950, Denmark), fiction & ch. wr. & autobiographer
* Anne Michaels (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
* Concha Michel (1899–1990, Mexico), pw., songwriter & activist
* Natacha Michel (b. 1941, France), nv. & critic
* Margarita Michelena (1917–1998, Mexico), poet & critic
* Sólrún Michelsen (b. 1948, Faroe Islands), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
* Michitsuna's mother (藤原道綱母, 935–995, Japan), poet
* Veronica Micle (1850–1889, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), poet
* Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany), col., wr. & poet
* Helene Migerka (1867–1928, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & prose wr.
* Cécile Miguel (1921–2001, Belgium), poet, pw. & nv. in French
* Annabel Miguelena (b. 1984, Panama), fiction wr.
* Aksinia Mihaylova (b. 1963, Bulgaria), poet & translator
* Jasmina Mihajlović (b. 1960, Serbia), wr. & critic
* Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany), diarist, nv. & dancer
* Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, b. 1970, Japan), manga wr. & artist
* Mira Mihelič (1912–1985, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv.
* Ene Mihkelson (1944–2017, Estonia), poet & nv.
* Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), commentator
* Marja-Leena Mikkola (b. 1939, Finland), wr.
* Jung Mi-kyung (정미경, 1960–2017, Korea), nv.
* Karlo Mila (b. 1974, New Zealand), poet
* Farzaneh Milani (b. 1947, Iran/Persia/United States), scholar & wr.
* Jana Milčinski (1920–2007, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), science & ch. wr.
* Grace Mildmay (1552–1620, England), diarist
* Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales), poet & activist for deaf
* Josephine Miles (1911–1985, United States), poet & critic
* Leda Mileva (1920–2013, Bulgaria), wr. & diplomat
* Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia), poet
* Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008, Serbia), theater wr.
* María del Carmen Millán (1914–1882, Mexico), literature scholar
* Selena Millares (b. 1963, Spain), poet & nv.
* Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, United States), poet
* Betty Miller (1910–1965, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Caroline Pafford Miller (1903–1992, United States), nv.
* Grażyna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy), poet & translator into Italian
* Isabel Miller (1924–1996, United States), nv.
* Dora Richards Miller (1842-1914, United States/England/Denmark), author and educator
* Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961, United States), nv.
* Jeannette Miller (1944, Dominican Republic), poetry, short story, novel.
* Kara Miller (living, Jamaica/England), screenwriter
* Kirsten Miller (b. 1973, United States), nv. in English
* Leslie Adrienne Miller (b. 1956, United States), poet
* Madeline Miller (b. 1978, United States), nv.
* Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842–1882, United States), wr.
* Nellie Burget Miller (1875-1952, United States), poet, non-f. wr., dramatist
* Rebecca Miller (b. 1962, United States), nv. & wr.
* Ruth Miller (1919–1969, South Africa), poet & pw. in English
* Mărgărita Miller-Verghy (1865–1953, Romania), fiction wr.
* Kate Millett (1934–2017, United States), feminist
* Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012, United States), poet and fiction wr.
* Alice Milligan (1865–1953, Ireland), poet & wr.
* Anna Millikin (1764 – post-1849, Ireland), nv.
* Sarah Millin (1889–1968, South Africa), fiction wr. & autobiographer in English
* Lia Mills (living, Ireland), nv.
* Anchee Min (閔安琪, b. 1957, Chile/United States), nv. & memoir wr.
* Denise Mina (b. 1966, Scotland), crime wr. & pw.
* Marijane Minaberri (1926–2017), France/Basque Country, wr.
* Haruka Minami (南かずか, living, Japan), manga creator
* Kanan Minami (水波風南, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator
* Bridget Minamore (b. 1991, England), poet, journalist, critic
* Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012, Denmark/United States), ch. wr.
* Marga Minco (1920–2023, Netherlands), wr. & Hc. survivor
* Liliana Díaz Mindurry (b. 1953, Argentina), poet & fiction wr.
* Kazuya Minekura (峰倉かずや, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
* Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (b. 1976, Iceland), nv.
* Laura Mintegi (b. 1955, Spain), nv. & es. in Basque
* Mirabai (c. 1498 – c. 1547, India), poet
* Ana Miranda (b. 1951, Brazil), nv.
* Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia), nv.
* Heidi Safia Mirza (b. 1958, England), non-f. wr.
* Shazia Mirza (living, Pakistan/England), col. & comedian
* Jane Misme (1865–1935, France), col. & feminist
* Jaishree Misra (living, India/England), nv.
* Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, 1889–1957, Chile), poet; Nobel Prize in Literature
* Diana Mitchell (1932–2016, Zimbabwe), political wr.
* Dreda Say Mitchell (b. 1965, England), nv. & col.
* Elma Mitchell (1919–2000, Scotland), poet
* Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia), ch. wr.
* Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983, England), mystery nv.
* Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, United States), col. & nv.; Gone with the Wind
* Susan Mitchell (b. 1944, United States), poet, es. & translator
* Susan Langstaff Mitchell (1866–1926, Ireland), writer, satirist & poet
* Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland), nv. & poet
* Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England/United States), wr. & rights activist
* Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England), nv. & pw.; Our Village
* Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England), nv. & correspondent; The Pursuit of Love
* Antonija Mitrović (living, Serbia/New Zealand), computer scientist
* Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
* Suzue Miuchi (美内すずえ, b. 1951, Japan), manga creator
* Shion Miura (三浦しをん, b. 1976, Japan), nv.
* Kim Mi-wol (김미월, b. 1977, Korea), fiction wr.
* Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本百合子, 1899–1951, Japan), fiction wr., critic & activist
* Minae Mizumura (水村 美苗, b. 1951, Japan/United States), nv., critic & es.
* Hideko Mizuno (水野英子, b. 1939, Japan), manga creator
* Junko Mizuno (水野純子, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
* Setona Mizushiro (水城せとな, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator

### Mj–My

* Barbara Catharina Mjödh (1738–1776, Finland), poet
* Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989, Mexico), non-f. wr.
* Azadeh Moaveni (b. 1976, Iran/Persia/United States), wr.
* Janet Mock (b. 1983, United States), wr., rights activist & wr.
* Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917, Hungary), travel wr.
* Drusilla Modjeska (b. 1946, Australia), wr. & editor
* Moelona (Elizabeth Mary Jones, 1877–1953, Wales), nv., ch. wr. & translator
* Moero or Myro (3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet
* Lottie Moggach (living, England), nv.
* Moh Youn-sook (모윤숙, 1910–1999, Korea), poet
* Nadifa Mohamed (b. 1981, Saint Lucia/England), nv.
* Baisali Mohanty (b. 1994, India), wr., col. & dancer
* Elaine Mokhtefi (b. 1928, United States/France), mem. & col.
* Ana María Moix (1947–2014, Spain), poet & fiction wr.
* Tze Ming Mok (莫志明, b. 1978, China/New Zealand), fiction wr. & social commentator
* Malika Mokeddem (b. 1949, Algeria), fiction wr.
* Natalia Molebatsi (living, South Africa), poet in English
* Mary Louisa Molesworth (1839–1921, England), ch. nv.
* Rena Molho (b. 1946, Greece), historian
* Ursule Molinaro (1916–2000, France/United States), fiction wr., pw. & visual artist
* Empar Moliner (b. 1966, Spain), wr. in Catalan
* Grace Mera Molisa (1947–2002, Vanuatu), poet, politician & activist
* Atukuri Molla (1440–1530, India), poet
* Herdis Møllehave (1936–2001, Denmark), wr. & social worker
* Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, Ireland/Spain), poet, col. & artist
* Frances Molloy (1947–1991, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Marion Molteno (b. 1944, South Africa), nv. & education wr. in English
* Eva Moltesen (1871–1934, Finland/Denmark), fiction & political wr. & lexicographer
* Margareta Momma (1702–1772, Sweden), political wr.
* Lília Momplé (b. 1935, Mozambique), fiction wr.
* María Olivia Mönckeberg (b. 1944, Chile), es. & academic
* Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979, England/New Zealand), conservationist & ornithologist
* Patrocinio de Biedma y la Moneda (1858–1927, Spain), poet & nv.
* Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria), geographer & historian
* Aja Monet (b. 1987, United States), poet, wr. & activist
* Libuše Moníková (1945–1998, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Germany), wr. in German
* Mary Monck (c. 1677–1715, Ireland/England), poet & beauty
* Jenn Monroe (b. 1970, United States), poet & editor
* Beatrice Monroy (b. 1953, Italy), fiction wr. & nv.
* Dolors Monserdà (1845–1919, Spain), poet, pw. & es.
* Pilar Burgués Monserrat (b. 1958, Andorra), fiction wr.
* Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, England), poet, diarist & correspondent
* Hilda Montaire (1922–2004, Philippines), fiction wr. in Cebuana
* Stephanie de Montalk (b. 1945, New Zealand), poet & biographer
* Danila Comastri Montanari (b. 1948, Italy), nv.
* Roza Montazemi (c. 1921–2009, Iran/Persia), cookery wr.
* Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, Australia), poet, autobiographer & suffragist
* Ana Montenegro (1915–2006, Brazil), wr., poet & activist
* Sofía Montenegro (b. 1954, Nicaragua), social researcher
* Mayra Montero (b. 1952, Cuba/Puerto Rico), fiction wr. & col.
* Rosa Montero (b. 1951, Spain), fiction wr.
* Graciela Montes (b. 1947, Argentina), ch. wr. & translator
* Maria Montessori (1870–1952, Italy), education wr.
* Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England), ch. wr.
* Frances Trego Montgomery (1858 – 1925), American children's book writer
* Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet; Anne of Green Gables
* Ruth Montgomery (1912–2001, United States), nv.
* Selena Montgomery, pseudonym of Stacey Abrams (b. 1973, United States), nv.
* Amy Monticello (b. 1982, United States), es. & non-f. wr.
* Isabelle de Montolieu (1851–1932, Switzerland), nv. in French
* Federica Montseny (1905–1994, Spain), nv. & es.
* María de Montserrat (1913–1995, Uruguay), fiction wr.
* Teresa Wilms Montt (Tebal, 1893–1921, Chile), wr. & poet
* Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, Canada/Newfoundland), diarist, nv. & poet
* Anne Moody (1940–2015, United States), autobiographer
* Moon Chung-hee (문정희, b. 1947, Korea), poet
* Marente de Moor (b. 1972, Netherlands), nv. & col.
* Alison Moore (b. 1971, England), nv.
* C. L. Moore (1911–1987, United States), fantasy wr.
* Lisa Moore (b. 1964, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Lorrie Moore (b. 1957, United States), fiction wr.
* Marianne Moore (1887–1972, United States), poet
* Ruth Moore (1903–1989, United States), fiction wr. & poet
* Elizabeth Moorhead (c. 1865–1955, United States), fiction wr.
* Finola Moorhead (b. 1947, Australia), nv., pw. & poet
* Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland), scholar & medic
* Shani Mootoo (b. 1957, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., artist & video maker
* Magdalena Mora (1952–1981, Mexico), scholar & social wr.
* Terézia Mora (b. 1971, Hungary/Germany), nv. & critic in German
* Barbara Moraff (b. 1939, United States), poet
* Cherrie Moraga (b. 1952), poet, pw. & es.
* Adelaida García Morales (1945–2014, Spain), fiction wr.
* Aurora Levins Morales (b. 1954, Paraguay), es., poet & fiction wr.
* Karly Gaitán Morales (b. 1980, Nicaragua), wr. on film
* María Luz Morales (1889–1980, Spain), wr.
* Jeannie Blackburn Moran (1842–1929, United States), nv.
* Giuliana Morandini (1938–2019, Italy), social wr. & nv.
* Elsa Morante (1912–1985, Italy), nv.
* Maria Moravskaya (1890–1947, Russia/United States), poet & critic
* Ann Moray (1909–1981, Ireland/United States), nv. & singer
* Yolanda Morazzo (1928–2009, Cape Verde), poet
* Marta Morazzoni (b. 1950, Italy), nv.
* Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001, Denmark), travel & social wr. & artist
* Diana Mordasini (living, Senegal/Switzerland), col.
* Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England), wr. & traveler
* Pamela Mordecai (b. 1942, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, fiction wr. & scholar
* Hannah More (1745–1833, England), moralist, poet & pw.
* Helga Moreira (b. 1950, Paraguay), poet
* Nancy Morejón (b. 1944, Cuba), poet & es.
* Isabel Morel (1885–?, Chile), wr. & activist
* Mary L. Moreland (1859–1918, United States), minister, evangelist, suffragist, wr.
* María Victoria Moreno (1939–2005, Spain), ch. & YA wr. in Galician
* Virginia R. Moreno (1925–2021, Philippines), poet & pw.
* C. E. Morgan (b. 1976, United States), wr.
* Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales), pw. & anthropologist
* Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales), nv. & ch. wr.
* Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England), nv. & poet
* Erin Morgenstern (b. 1978, United States), artist & nv.
* Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany), nv.
* Sally Morgan (b. 1951, Australia), wr. & artist
* Liane Moriarty (b. 1966, Australia), nv.
* Sinead Moriarty (b. c. 1871, Ireland/England), nv.
* Milk Morinaga (森永みるく, living, Japan), manga creator
* Akiko Morishima (森島明子, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
* Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan), es.
* Yunna Morits (b. 1937, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & activist
* Yoko Moriwaki (森脇瑤子, 1932–1945, Japan), diarist & Hiroshima victim
* Margarita Morozova (1873–1958, Russia), mem.
* Lisa Morpurgo (1923–1998, Italy), astrologer & nv.
* Isabella di Morra (c. 1520–1545/1546), poet
* Edita Morris (1902–1988, Sweden/United States), fiction wr. & mem.
* Jan Morris (James Morris, 1926–2020, Wales/England), historian & travel wr.
* Mary McGarry Morris (b. 1943, United States), nv.;
* Meaghan Morris (b. 1950, Australia), cultural wr.
* Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
* Paula Morris (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Sharon Morris (living, Wales), poet & lecturer
* Toni Morrison (1931–2019, United States), nv., ch. wr.; 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Di Morrissey (b. 1943, Australia), nv.
* Donna Morrissey (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & screenwriter
* Sinéad Morrissey (b. 1972, Northern Ireland), poet
* Sally Morrison (b. 1946, Australia), biographer & fiction wr.
* Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940, United States), nv., ss. wr.
* Petra Morsbach (b. 1956, Germany), nv.
* Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England), nv.
* Nelle Morton (1905–1987, United States), theologian and rights leader
* Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (b. 1975, England), non-f
* Stefania Mosca (1957–2009, Venezuela), wr.
* Myriam Moscona (b. 1955, Mexico/Canada/Newfoundland), academic & poet in Ladino & Spanish
* Claudia Moscovici (b. 1969, Romania/United States), nv. & critic
* Hannah Moscovitch (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
* Marie Moser (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Miriam Mosessohn (1839–1920, Russia/Lithuania), Hebraist
* Ottessa Moshfegh (b. 1981, United States), fiction wr. & es.
* Minoo Moshiri (living, Iran/Persia), critic & es.
* Tatyana Moskvina (1958–2022, Soviet Union/Russia), col., nv. & film critic
* Mieke Mosmuller (b. 1951, Netherlands), nv. & physician
* Mary Moss (1864–1914, United States), nv. & es.
* Rose Moss (b. 1937, South Africa/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Sarah Moss (b. 1975, England), wr. & academic
* Thylias Moss (b. 1954, United States), poet, ch. nv. & pw.
* Kate Mosse (b. 1961, England), fiction wr. & broadcaster
* Ahlam Mosteghanemi (b. 1953, Algeria), nv.
* Natasha Mostert (living, South Africa/England), nv.
* Nadežka Mosusova (b. 1928, Serbia), non-f. wr.
* Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003, South Africa), poet & actor in several languages
* Yukiko Motoya (本谷有希子, b. 1979, Japan), nv. & pw.
* Capucine Motte (b. 1971, Belgium), woman of letters in French
* Chantal Mouffe (b. 1943, Belgium), political theorist in French & English
* Touhfat Mouhtare (living, Comoros), wr.
* Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland), non-f. wr.
* Julia Moulden (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. wr. & speechwr.
* Jeanine Moulin (1912–1998, Belgium), poet & scholar
* Martha Moulsworth (1577–1646, England), poet & autobiographer
* Maria Lacerda de Moura (1887–1945, Brazil), anarcho-feminist wr.
* Kenizé Mourad (b. 1939, France), nv.
* Teresa Moure (b. 1969, Spain), es., nv. & ch. wr. in Galician
* Doula Mouriki (1934–1991, Greece), art historian
* Granaz Moussavi (b. 1976, Iran/Persia/Australia), poet
* Elizabeth Moutzan-Martinegou (1801–1832, Greece), poet, pw. & economist
* Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia), diarist
* Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013, Argentina), nv.
* Isabel Moya (1961–2018, Cuba), communications professor
* Esther Moyal (1878–1948, Lebanon), Jewish wr. & feminist
* Elizabeth Moynihan (1929–2023, USA), historian and writer
* Fiona Mozley (b. 1988, England), nv. & medievalist
* Milena Mrazović (1863–1927, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. in Serbian
* Zorica Mršević (b. 1954, Serbia), wr. on gender rights
* Ingy Mubiayi (b. 1972, Egypt/Italy), wr.
* Cristina Mucci (b. 1949, Argentina), wr.
* Muddupalani (fl. mid-18th century, India), poet & nun
* Chitra Mudgal (b. 1943, India), nv.
* Lisel Mueller (1924–2020, Germany/United States), poet
* Amélia Muge (b. 1952, Mozambique/Portugal), lyricist & singer
* Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, Kenya), pw., poet & activist
* Hazel de Silva Mugot (b. 1947, Kenya), nv. & academic
* Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr.
* Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany), nv.
* Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv.
* Doris Mühringer (1920–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
* Willa Muir (1890–1970, Scotland), wr.
* Hercilia Fernández de Mujía (1860–1929, Bolivia), wr. & poet
* María Josefa Mujía (1812–1888, Bolivia), poet
* Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017, India/United States), fiction wr.
* Lena Mukhina (1924–1991, Soviet Union), teenage diarist
* Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany), nv.
* Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv.
* Kathleen Mulchrone (1895–1973, Ireland), Celtic scholar
* Elisabeth Mulder (1904–1987, Spain), poet & critic
* Lale Müldür (b. 1956, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & fiction wr.
* Wendy Mulford (b. 1941, Wales), poet & feminist
* Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland), nv., pw., ch. wr.
* Rosa Mulholland (1841–1921, Ireland), nv., poet & pw.
* Val Mulkerns (1925–2018, Ireland), fiction wr. & col.
* Harryette Mullen (b. 1953, United States), poet, fiction wr. & scholar
* Henrietta Müller (1846–1906, Chile/England), activist & theosophist
* Herta Müller (b. 1953, Romania/Germany), nv. & poet; 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Inge Müller (1925–1966, Germany), poet, ch. wr. & radio pw.
* Melissa Müller (b. 1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & biographer
* Clare Mulley (b. 1969, England), biographer of notable women
* Sheila Mulloy (1922–2013, Ireland), wr. & historian
* Margaret Mulvihill (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Khadija Mumtaz (b. 1955, India), nv., es. & physician
* Hilda Mundy (1912–1980, Bolivia), wr., poet, journalist
* Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (b. 1964, Romania), political wr. & pw.
* Zorica Jevremović Munitić (b. 1948, Serbia), pw. & literary historian
* Estefanía Muñiz (b. 1974, Spain), screenwriter, poet & critic
* Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (b. 1936, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet
* Claudine Muno (b. 1979, Luxembourg), wr.
* Isabel Gómez Muñoz (b. 1959, Chile), poet
* Isabel Muñoz-Caravaca (1838–1915, Spain), education wr.
* Rosabetty Muñoz (b. 1960, Chile), poet & academic
* Alice Munro (1931–2024, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.; 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Johanne Münter (1844–1921, Denmark), wr. & rights activist
* Rose Marie Muraro (1930–2014, Brazil), sociologist & feminist wr.
* Kiyoko Murata (村田喜代子, b. 1945, Japan), fiction wr.
* Sayaka Murata (村田沙耶香, b. 1979, Japan), nv.
* Yuka Murayama (村山由佳, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
* Iris Murdoch (1919–1999, Ireland/England), nv. & philosopher; The Sea, the Sea
* Nina Murdoch (1890–1976, Australia), biographer, travel wr. & poet
* Weronika Murek (b. 1989, Poland), pw., short story wr.
* Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922, United States), fiction wr.
* Michela Murgia (b. 1972, Italy), nv.
* Verónica Murguía (b. 1960, Mexico), nv. & ch. wr.
* Anna Murià (1904–2002, Spain), fiction & ch. wr. & es.
* Rosario Murillo (b. 1951, Nicaragua), poet
* Mayumi Muroyama (室山まゆみ, b. 1955, Japan) and Mariko Muroyama (室山真里子, b. 1957, Japan), joint manga creators
* Sallyann J. Murphey (living, England/United States), nv.
* Agnes G. Murphy (1865–1931, Ireland/England), col. & biographer
* C. E. Murphy (b. 1973, United States), wr.
* Dervla Murphy (1931–2022, Ireland), touring cyclist & travel wr.
* Elaine Murphy (living, Ireland), pw.
* Jill Murphy (1949–2021, England), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Kathleen M. Murphy (1879–1963, Ireland), poet
* Margaret Murphy (b. 1959, England), crime wr.
* Maura Murphy (1928–2005, Ireland/England), autobiographer
* Edmée Pardo Murray (b. 1965, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr.
* Ena Murray (1936–2015, South Africa), nv. & poet in Afrikaans
* Nora J Murray (1888–1955, Ireland), poet & schoolteacher
* Pauli Murray (1910–1985, United States), activist, lawyer, poet & mem.
* Sally-Ann Murray (b. 1961, South Africa), poet & nv. in English
* Shirley Murray (1931–2020, New Zealand), hymn wr.
* Joanna Murray-Smith (b. 1962, Australia), pw., screenwriter & nv.
* Sudha Murty (b. 1950, India), wr. & educator
* Eugénie Musayidire (b. 1952, Rwanda/Germany), wr.
* Inga Muscio (b. 1966, United States), wr.
* Susan Musgrave (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & ch. wr.
* Małgorzata Musierowicz (b. 1945, Poland), ch. & YA wr.
* Carol Muske-Dukes (b. 1945, United States), poet, nv. & academic
* Seema Mustafa (b. 1955, India), wr. & politician
* Sugawara no Takasue no musume (菅原孝標女, c. 1008–post-1059, Japan), diarist
* Dagmar von Mutius (1919–2008, Germany), wr.
* Charlotte Mutsaers (b. 1942, Netherlands), wr. & painter
* Margaret Mutu (living, New Zealand), wr. on Maori
* Mwana Kupona (died c. 1865, Kenya), poet
* Beverle Graves Myers (b. 1951, United States), mystery wr.
* Elizabeth Myers (1912–1947, UK), novelist, short story writer
* Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (1724–1787, Germany/Finland), poet & writer in German & Latvian
* Alva Myrdal (1902–1976, Sweden), sociologist
* List of women writers (A–L)
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### Na–Ng

* Na Hye-sok (나혜석, 1896–1948, Korea), poet, educator & painter
* Asma Nabeel (1970s–2021, Pakistan), screenwriter & poet
* Farida Nabourema (b. 1990, Togo), wr. & activist
* Borbála Nádasdy (b. 1939, Hungary/France), nv. & cookery wr.
* Sofia Nădejde (1856–1946, Romania), fiction wr. & pw.
* Constance Naden (1858–1889, England), poet & philosopher
* Azar Nafisi (b. 1948, Iran/Persia), wr. & academic; Reading Lolita in Tehran
* Ai Nagai (b. 1951, Japan), pw. & director
* Angela Nagle (b. 1984, Ireland), academic & non-f. wr.
* Maria de Naglowska (1883–1936, Russia/Switzerland), poet & occultist
* Beverley Naidoo (b. 1943, South Africa/England), ch. wr.
* Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1673–1716, Russia), pw.
* Vera Nazarian (b. 1966, Soviet Union), nv.
* Kishwar Naheed (b. 1940, India/Pakistan), poet & ch. wr.
* Alice Nahon (1896–1933, Belgium), poet in Flemish
* Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949, India), poet & activist
* Anita Nair (b. 1966, India), nv.
* Carolina Nairne (1766–1845, Scotland), songwriter
* Cheng Naishan (程乃珊, 1946–2013, China), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Layal Najib (1983–2006, Lebanon), col. & war victim
* Afsaneh Najmabadi (b. 1946, Iran/Persia), historian & gender theorist
* Marie von Najmajer (1844–1904, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
* Rieko Nakagawa (中川李枝子, b. 1935, Japan), ch. wr.
* Aya Nakahara (中原アヤ, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
* Kyoko Nakajima (中島京子, b. 1964, Japan), nv. & es.
* Hisaya Nakajo (中条比紗也, b. 1973, J., manga creator
* Hikaru Nakamura (中村光, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
* Yoshiki Nakamura (仲村佳樹, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator
* Midori Nakano (中野翠, b. 1946, Japan), col. & es.
* Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991, Japan), poet
* Kei Nakazawa (中沢けい, Japan), fiction wr. & academic
* Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Anna Nakwaska (1781–1851, Poland), mem., nv. & ch. wr.
* Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954, Poland), nv. & pw.
* Beverley Nambozo (living, Uganda), poet, fiction wr. & biographer
* Suniti Namjoshi (b. 1941, India), poet & fable wr.
* Glaydah Namukasa (living, Uganda), fiction & YA wr.
* Glaydah Namukasa (living, Uganda), nv. & midwife
* Kiriko Nananan (魚喃キリコ, b. 1972, Japan), manga creator
* Meera Nanda (b. 1954, India/United States), religious wr. & science historian
* Rebecca Nandwa (living, Kenya), ch. wr.
* Elizabeth Nannestad (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet
* Heo Nanseolheon (허초희, 1563–1589, Korea), poet
* Claire Julie de Nanteuil (1834–1897, France), child wr.
* Elma Napier (1892–1973, Scotland/Dominica), wr. & politician
* Susan Napier (b. 1954, New Zealand), nv.
* Rafaela Chacón Nardi (1926–2001, Cuba), poet & educator
* Ruth Narramore (1923–2010, United States), wr., editor & musician
* Mary Nash (b. 1947, Ireland), historian
* Mary Louise Nash (1826-1896, United States), wr.
* Thirza Nash (1885–1962, South Africa), nv. in English
* Octavia Nasr (b. 1966, Lebanon), col.
* Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018, Lebanon), nv. & ch. wr.
* Taslima Nasrin (b. 1962, India), nv., poet & es.
* Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832–1897, Azerbaijan), poet in Azerbaijani & Persian
* Badam Natawan (1924–1988, India/Pakistan), wr.
* Sheila Natusch (1926–2017, New Zealand), natural history wr. & illustrator
* Benedikte Naubert (1752–1819, Germany), nv.
* Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (1669–1727, New Kingdom of Granada), autobiographer & Catholic religious
* Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549, France), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
* Marysa Navarro (b. 1934, Spain), es.
* Ofelia Domínguez Navarro (1894–1976, Cuba), wr. & activist
* Gloria Naylor (1950–2016, United States), nv.
* Sarwat Nazir (living, Pakistan), fiction wr., screenwriter & pw.
* Bongi Ndaba (b. 1972, South Africa), TV wr. & pw. in English
* Marie NDiaye (b. 1967, France), nv. & pw.
* Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (b. 1977, Zimbabwe), nv.
* Mariama Ndoye (b. 1953, Senegal/Tunisia), fiction wr.
* Emma Neale (b. 1969, New Zealand), nv. & poet
* Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922, England), nv.
* Barbara Neely (1941–2020, United States), nv.
* Ada Negri (1870–1945, Italy), poet & nv.
* María Negroni (b. 1951, Argentina), poet & wr.
* Samira Negrouche (b. 1988, Algeria), poet, wr. & physician
* Lino Nelisi (b. 1952, Niue/New Zealand), wr. in Pacific languages
* Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935, United States), poet, col. & activist
* Esther Nelson (1810–1843, Isle of Man), poet
* Marina Nemat (b. 1965, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), mem.
* Božena Němcová (1820–1862, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Hungary), Czech Revival wr.
* Cristina Nemerovschi (b. 1980, Romania), nv.
* Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942, Ukraine/France), nv.
* Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960, Wales), nv.
* Salomėja Nėris (1904–1945, Lithuania/Soviet Union), poet
* Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980, Brazil), poet & prose wr.
* E. Nesbit (1858–1924, England), ch. fiction wr.
* Bára Nesvadbová (b. 1975, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & col.
* Guadalupe Nettel (b. 1973, Mexico), fiction wr. & es.
* Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760, Germany), pw. & actor
* Jill Neville (1932–1997, Australia), nv., pw. & poet
* Kate Newmann (b. 1965, Ireland), poet
* Aimee Nezhukumatathil (b. 1974, United States), poet & es.
* Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi (living, Cameroon), wr. & academic
* Clara Ng (b. 1973, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr.
* Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015, South Africa), nv. & es. in English

### Ni–Nz

* Brenda Niall (b. 1930, Australia), biographer & critic
* Cláir Ní Aonghusa (b. 1953, Ireland), nv. & poet
* Colette Nic Aodha (b. 1967, Ireland), poet & wr.
* Giulia Niccolai (1934–2021, Italy), poet & nv.
* Síle Ní Chéileachair (1924–1985, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Dairena Ní Chinnéide (b. 1969, Ireland), poet
* Caitríona Ní Chléirchín (living, Ireland), wr. & academic
* Jill Nicholls (living, England), filmmaker & journalist
* Christine Nicholls (b. 1943, Kenya/England), lexicographer
* Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930, New Zealand), poet & educator
* Grace Nichols (b. 1950, Guyana/England), poet
* Josephine R. Nichols (1838–1897, United States), non-f. wr.
* Amy Nicholson (living, United States), non-f. wr. and film critic
* Joyce Nicholson (1919–2001, Australia), wr.
* Mavis Nicholson (1930–2022, Wales), wr. & broadcaster
* Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill (c. 1743 – c. 1800, Ireland), poet
* Nuala Ní Chonchúir (b. 1970, Ireland), wr. & poet
* Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & academic
* Annemarie Ní Churreáin (living, Ireland), poet
* Paige Nick (living, South Africa), nv. & col. in English
* Nuala Níc Con Iomaire (died 2010, Ireland), pw., poet & artist
* Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (b. 1952, Ireland), poet
* Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh (c. 1702 – c. 1795, Ireland), poet
* Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Ciara Ní É (living, Ireland), poet & wr.
* Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, United States), poet
* Aīda Niedra (1899–1972, Latvia), nv. & poet
* Marlene van Niekerk (b. 1954, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
* Henriette Nielsen (1815–1900, Denmark), pw. & nv.
* Charlotte Niese (1854–1935, Germany), wr. & poet
* Sandra Rodríguez Nieto (living, Mexico), wr. on crime
* Audrey Niffenegger (b. 1963, United States), nv. & artist
* Zehra Nigah (b. 1937, India/Pakistan), poet & scriptwriter
* Nigâr Hanım (1856–1918, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
* Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (b. 1984, Ireland), poet
* Áine Ní Ghlinn (living, Ireland), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
* Máiréad Ní Ghráda (1896–1971, Ireland), poet & pw.
* Doireann Ní Ghríofa (b. 1981, Ireland), poet
* Sorcha Ní Ghuairim (1911–1976, Ireland), wr. & singer
* Lady Nijō (後深草院二条, 1258–post-1307, Japan), poet & mem.
* Maria Nikolaeva (b. 1971, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. on yoga
* Milena Nikolova (b. 1984, Bulgaria), poet & wr.
* Deborah Niland (b. 1950, Australia), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Elly Niland (b. 1954, Guyana/England), poet, pw. & educator
* Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774 – c. 1848, Ireland), poet
* Bríd Ní Mhóráin (b. 1951, Ireland), poet
* Jenny Nimmo (b. 1944, Wales), ch. wr. & nv.
* Anaïs Nin (1903–1977, France), eroticist, critic & diarist
* Anupama Niranjana (1934–1991, India), fiction & non-f. wr. & physician
* Ailís Ní Ríain (b. 1974, Ireland), pw. & composer
* Esther Nirina (1932–2004, Malaysia), poet
* Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin (1928–2013, Ireland), pw. & wr.
* Kanako Nishi (西加奈子, b. 1977, Japan), fiction & ch. wr. & illustrator
* Keiko Nishi (西炯子, b. 1966, Japan), manga creator
* Yoshiko Nishitani (西谷祥子, b. 1943, Japan), manga creator
* Ana María Martínez de Nisser (1812–1872, Comoros), wr. & soldier
* Rosa Nissán (born 1939, Mexico), wr.
* Niu Yingzhen (8th century, China), poet
* Sister Nivedita (1867–1911, England), wr.
* Ketty Nivyabandi (b. 1978, Burundi), poet & activist
* Marie Nizet (1859–1922, Belgium), poet in French
* Lela B. Njatin (b. 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr. & artist
* Rebeka Njau (b. 1932, Kenya), pw. & nv.
* Nkiru Njoku (b. c. 1980, Nigeria), screenwriter
* Michelle Nkamankeng (b. c. 2008, South Africa), nv. in English
* Anna de Noailles (1876–1933, Romania/France), wr. in French
* Ellen Kyle Noel (1815–1873, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Noh Cheonmyeong (노천명, 1912–1957, Korea), poet
* Florence Noiville (b. 1961, France), fiction & ch. wr.
* Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976, Australia), nv. & travel wr.
* Ingrid Noll (b. 1935, Germany), nv.
* Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker, 1920–1993, Australia), poet, activist & educator
* Saskia Noort (b. 1967, Netherlands), crime wr.
* Kerstin Norborg (b. 1961, Sweden), wr. & poet
* Cecily Norden (1918–2011, South Africa), wr. in English on horse riding
* Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763, Sweden), poet & salonnière
* Clara Nordström (1886–1962, Sweden/Germany), nv. in German
* Lise Nørgaard (1917–2023, Denmark), es. & fiction wr.
* Regine Normann (1867–1939, Norway), fiction wr.
* Dagmar Normet (1921–2008, Estonia), wr. & pw.
* Kathleen Norris (1880–1966, United States), nv.
* Marlene Norst (1930–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Australia), linguist & educator
* Marisela Norte (living, United States), poet & wr.
* Gail North-Saunders (b. 1944, Bahamas), historian & archivist
* Andre Norton (1912–2005, United States), fiction wr.
* Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England), wr., reformer & feminist
* Mary E. Norton (1833-1916, United States), nv.
* Morilla M. Norton (1865-1916, United States), non-f. wr. & poet
* Eva Norvind (1944–2006, Norway/Mexico), screenwriter
* Julian of Norwich (1342–1416, England), mystic
* Nossis (fl. c. 300 BC, Ancient Greece), epigrammist & poet
* Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr.
* Amélie Nothomb (b. 1966, Belgium), nv. in French
* Alice Notley (b. 1945, United States), poet
* Joanne Nova (living, Australia), science wr. & speaker
* Helga M. Novak (1935–2013, Germany), poet & wr.
* Anna Novakov (b. 1959, Serbia), art historian & critic
* Mary Novik (b. 1945, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Lili Novy (1885–1958, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), poet in Slovenian
* Perpétue Nshimirimana (b. 1961, Burundi), wr.
* Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya (fl. 1990s, Lesotho), autobiographer
* Liz Nugent (b. 1967, Ireland), nv.
* Princess Nukata (額田王, fl. 7th century, Japan), poet
* Elizabeth Nunez (1944–2024, Trinidad/United States), nv. & academic
* Patricia Alvarado Nuñez (Pm/United States), screenwriter
* Minni Nurme (1917–1994, Estonia), nv. & poet
* Sevinj Nurugizi (b. 1964, Azerbaijan), ch. wr.
* Martina Nwakoby (b. 1937, Nigeria), ch. wr. & nv.
* Flora Nwapa (1931–1993, Nigeria), nv.
* Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (b. 1976, Nigeria), nv. & es.
* Julia Nyberg (1784–1854, Sweden), poet & songwriter
* Monica Arac de Nyeko (b. 1979, Uganda), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Saigū no Nyōgo (霧賀ユキ, 929–985, Japan), poet
* Colette Nys-Mazure (b. 1939, Belgium), poet & pw. in French
* Carita Nyström (1940–2019, Finland), wr. & poet in Swedish
* Sekai Nzenza (living, Zimbabwe), wr. & critic
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## O

* Ann Oakley (b. 1944, England), academic & nv.
* Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938, United States), fiction wr., poet & pw.
* María Olimpia de Obaldía (1891–1985, Panama), poet
* Kathy O'Beirne (1956–2019, Ireland), mem.
* Achy Obejas (b. 1956, Cg), wr. & poet
* Charlotta Öberg (also Lotta Öberg; 1818–1856, Sweden), poet
* Clara Obligado (b. 1950, Argentina), fiction wr.
* Trifonia Melibea Obono (b. 1982, Equatorial Guinea), nv. & political scientist
* Téa Obreht (b. 1985, Serbia/United States), fiction wr.
* Kathleen O'Brennan (1876–1948, Ireland), pw. & activist
* Lily O'Brennan (1878–1948, Ireland), writer, pw. & activist
* Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868, Serbia), Serbia's first woman wr.
* Charlotte Grace O'Brien (1845–1909, Ireland), writer, philanthropist & plant collector
* Edna O'Brien (1930–2024, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Frances O'Brien (1840–1883, Ireland), poet & nv.
* Kate O'Brien (1897–1974, Ireland), nv. & pw.
* Mary-Louise O'Callaghan (living, Australia), non-f. wr.
* Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
* Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979, Argentina), critic & autobiographer
* Raquel Ochoa (b. 1980, Portugal), nv., biographer & travel wr.
* Helen O'Clery (1910–2006, Ireland), ch. wr.
* Elizabeth O'Conner' (Anne Willard, 1913–2000, Australia), nv.
* Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964, United States), fiction wr.
* Gemma O'Connor (b. 1940, Ireland), mystery wr.
* Niamh O'Connor (fl. since 2000, Ireland), nv. & col.
* Tyne O'Connell (b. 1960, England), nv.
* Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014, Kenya), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
* Mary Barry O'Delaney (1862–1947, Ireland), story-teller & poet
* Cristina Odone (b. 1960, Kenya/England), nv. & col.
* Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897, United States), wr.
* Martha B. O'Donnell (1836–1925, United States), newspaper and magazine editor and publisher
* Mary O'Donnell (b. 1954, Ireland), nv., poet & educator
* Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001, Australia), food wr. & chef
* Mary O'Donoghue (b. 1975, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
* Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue (1843–1940, Ireland), poet & wr.
* Irina Odoyevtseva (1895/1901–1990, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, nv. & mem.
* Taiwo Odubiyi (b. 1965, Nigeria), nv. & ch. wr.
* Okwiri Oduor (b. 1988/1989, Kenya), wr.
* Marie Conway Oemler (1879–1932, United States), nv.
* Julia O'Faolain (1932–2020, Ireland/United States), fiction wr.
* Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008, Ireland), nv., critic & mem.
* Maggie O'Farrell (b. 1972, Northern Ireland/England), nv. & mem.
* Ursula O'Farrell (b. 1934, Ireland), psychologist
* Jenny Offill (b. 1968, United States), nv. & editor
* Catherine O'Flynn (b. 1970, England), fiction wr.
* Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & art historian
* Barbara Ogier (1648–1720, Flanders), pw.
* Anna Ogino (荻野アンナ, b. 1956, Japan), nv. & academic
* Nina Ognianova (living, Bulgaria), activist
* Vida Ognjenović (b. 1941, Serbia), pw. & wr.
* Margaret Ogola (1958–2011, Kenya), nv.
* Grace Ogot (1930–2015, Kenya), fiction wr.
* Molara Ogundipe (1940–2019, Nigeria), poet, critic & non-f. wr.
* P. A. Ogundipe (1927–2020, Nigeria), fiction wr. & mem.
* Birgül Oğuz (b. 1981, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & academic
* Ellen Oh, (living, United States), author
* Oh Jung-hee (오정희, b. 1947, Korea), fiction wr.
* Oh Soo-yeon (오수연, b. 1964, Korea), fiction wr. & es.
* Sheila O'Hagan (d. 2017, Ireland), poet
* Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子, b. 1959, Japan), science fiction wr.
* Pixie O'Harris (Rhona Olive Harris, 1903–1991, Wales), wr. & artist
* Nanase Ohkawa (大川七瀬, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
* Jane Ohlmeyer (living, Northern Ireland/Ireland), historian & academic
* Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh (1967–2014, Ireland), historian & biographer
* Shinobu Ohtaka (大高忍, b. 1983, Japan), manga creator
* Liisi Ojamaa (1972–2019, Estonia), poet & critic
* Mirta Ojito (b. 1964, Cuba), wr. & col.
* Yeo Ok (여옥, between 15th & 1st century BC, Korea), poet
* Mari Okada (岡田麿里, b. 1976, Japan), screenwriter & manga creator
* Reiko Okano (岡野 玲子, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
* Meral Okay (1959–2012, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), screenwriter
* Kyoko Okazaki (岡崎京子, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
* Adelaide O'Keeffe (1776–1865, Ireland), poet & nv.
* Chioma Okereke (living, Nigeria), poet & fiction wr.
* Susan Moller Okin (1946–2004, New Zealand), political wr.
* Julie Okoh (b. 1947, Nigeria), pw. & educator
* Irenosen Okojie (living, Nigeria/England), fiction wr.
* Nnedi Okorafor (b. 1974, Nigeria/United States), fiction wr.
* Juliane Okot Bitek (b. 1966, Kenya/Uganda), poet
* Ifeoma Okoye (b. c. 1937, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
* Chinelo Okparanta (b. 1981, Nigeria/United States), fiction wr.
* Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977, Finland), nv. & pw.
* Princess Ōku (大来皇女, 661–702, Japan), poet
* Mary Karooro Okurut (b. 1954, Uganda), fiction wr.
* Sevin Okyay (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), critic & col.
* Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), art historian, nv. & poet
* Susana Olaondo (b. 1953, Uruguay), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Sharon Olds (b. 1942, United States), poet
* Annette K. Olesen (b. 1965, Denmark), screenwriter
* Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland), nv.
* Ukamaka Olisakwe (b. 1982, Nigeria), fiction & screenwriter
* Gloria Olive (1923–2006, United States/New Zealand), mathematician
* Mary Oliver (1935–2019, United States), poet
* Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), ch. wr. & artist
* Marly de Oliveira (c. 1938–2007, Brazil), poet
* Orlandina de Oliveira (b. 1943, Brazil/Mexico), social critic
* Véronique Olmi (b. 1962, France), pw. & nv.
* Ayodele Olofintuade (living, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
* Blanche Christine Olschak (1913–1989, Austria/Austria-Hungary), encyclopedist
* Tillie Olsen (1913–2007, United States), feminist fiction wr.
* Hagar Olsson (1893–1978, Finland), critic & pw. in Swedish
* Linda Olsson (b. 1948, Sweden/New Zealand), nv. in Swedish & English
* Lisa Olstein (b. 1972, United States), poet
* Gilda Olvidado (b. 1957, Philippines), screenwriter & nv.
* Nessa O'Mahony (living, Ireland), poet and wr.
* Mary O'Malley (b. 1954, Ireland), poet
* Bree O'Mara (1968–2010, South Africa), nv. in English
* Kristín Ómarsdóttir (b. 1962, Iceland), nv., poet & pw.
* Kathleen O'Meara (1839–1888, Ireland), nv. & biographer
* Ghazal Omid (b. c. 1971, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), autobiographer
* Rita Omokha (living, United States), nonfiction
* Yewande Omotoso (b. 1980, Barbados/South Africa), nv.
* Emine Semiye Önasya (1864–1944, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political & education wr.
* Riku Onda (恩田陸, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
* Heather O'Neill (b. 1973, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., poet & screenwriter
* Louise O'Neill (b. 1985, Ireland), YA nv.
* Geraldine O'Neill (b. 1955, Scotland/Ireland), nv.
* Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967, Ireland), poet & pw.
* Moira O'Neill (Agnes Shakespeare Higginson, 1864–1955, Ireland/Can), poet
* Gabriela Onetto (b. 1963, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
* Makena Onjerika (b. 1980s, Kenya), wr.
* Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美, b. 1960, Japan), nv.
* Hiromu Ono (小野弥夢, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
* Natsume Ono (オノナツメ, b. 1977, Japan), manga creator
* Nuzo Onoh (b. 1962, Nigeria/England), horror wr.
* Chibundu Onuzo (b. 1991, Nigeria), nv.
* Osonye Tess Onwueme (b. 1955, Nigeria), pw., scholar & poet
* Ifeoma Onyefulu (b. 1959, Nigeria), ch. wr. & nv.
* Amelia Opie (1769–1853, England), nv. & biographer
* Mary Oppen (1908–1990 United States), poet, wr. & artist
* Meaghan Oppenheimer (b. 1986, US), screen wr.
* Claudia Orange (b. 1938, New Zealand), historian
* Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, Hungary/England), nv. & illustrator; The Scarlet Pimpernel
* Patrice Ordas (1951–2019, France), nv. & comic wr.
* Caitriona O'Reilly (b. 1973, Ireland), poet & critic
* Emily O'Reilly (living, Ireland), col. & ombudsman
* Margie Orford (b. 1964, England/South Africa), fiction, non-f. & ch. wr.
* Doris Orgel (b. 1929, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), ch. & non-f. wr. in English
* Bukola Oriola (b. 1976, Nigeria/United States), col. & autobiographer
* Iza Orjonikidze (1938–2010, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & politician
* Raisa Orlova (1918–1989, Soviet Union), mem.
* Kate Orman (b. 1968, Australia), science fiction wr.
* Margarita Ormotsadze (b. 1981, Ukraine), col., poet & wr.
* Dorila Castell de Orozco (1845–1930, Uruguay), poet & educator
* Olga Orozco (1920–1999, Argentina), poet & col.
* Adela Orpen (1855–1927, United States/Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Elvira Orphée (1930–2018, Argentina), fiction wr.
* Sue Orr (b. 1962, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Hanne Ørstavik (b. 1969, Norway), nv.
* Virginia Elena Ortea (1866–1906, Dominica), col. & nv.
* Anna Maria Ortese (1914–1998, Italy), fiction & travel wr. & poet
* Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (b. 1940, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & biographer
* Emilia Ortiz (1917–2012, Mexico), poet & cartoonist
* Helena Araújo Ortiz (1934–2015, Colombia), feminist wr. & critic
* Julia Anna Orum (1843–1904, United States), textbook wr.
* Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910, Poland), nv. & political wr.
* Joanne van Os (b. 1955, Australia), fiction & ch. wr. & mem.
* Beatrice Osborn (Margaret Fane, 1887–1962, Australia), nv. & poet
* Pat O'Shea (1931–2007, Ireland), ch. wr.
* Masumi Oshima (大島真寿美, b. 1962, Japan), nv.
* Yumiko Ōshima (大島弓子, b. 1947, Japan), manga creator
* Ayisha Osori (living, Nigeria), political wr.
* Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa (1886–1960, Chile), pw. & nv.
* Martha Ostenso (1900–1963, Norway/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & screenwriter
* Nan Inger Östman (1923–2015, Sweden), ch. wr.
* Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet, wr. & pw.
* Leanne O'Sullivan (living, Ireland), poet
* Maggie O'Sullivan (1908–1990, England), poet
* Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966, Ireland), historian & academic
* Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966, Ireland), educator & historian
* Suzanne O'Sullivan (living, Ireland), neurologist
* Alice Oswald (b. 1966, England), poet
* Yōko Ōta (大田 洋子, 1906–1963, Japan), nuclear war nv.
* Ōtagaki Rengetsu (太田垣蓮月, 1791–1875, Japan), poet & calligrapher
* Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 700–750, Japan), poet
* Julie Otsuka (b. 1962, United States), nv.
* Katrin Ottarsdóttir (b. 1957, Faroe Islands), poet & film director
* Elise Otté (1818–1903, Denmark/England), grammarian
* Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895, Germany), nv., poet & librettist
* Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (1909–1989, Ireland), historian & academic
* Malika Oufkir (b. 1953, Morocco), prison autobiographer
* Ouida (1839–1908, England), fiction wr.
* Touria Oulehri (b. 196271, Greece), theater critic
* Out el Kouloub (1899-1968), Egyptian novelist
* Clementina Díaz y de Ovando (1916–2012, Mexico), arts wr. & academic
* Helen Ovbiagele (b. 1944, Nigeria), nv.
* Angelika Overath (b. 1957, Germany), fiction and non-f. wr.
* Caroline Overington (b. 1970, Australia), wr.
* Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (1936–2011, Ghana/Gold Coast), ch. wr. & politician
* Jan Owen (b. 1940, Australia), poet
* Sue Owen (b. 1942, United States), poet
* Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke (1785–1845, Ireland), poet & pw.
* Martha Tracy Owler (1852–1916, United States), journalist & wr.
* Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (b. 1968, Kenya), fiction wr.
* Hiroko Oyamada (大伴坂上郎女, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
* Helen Oyeyemi (b. 1984, England/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
* Aysel Özakın (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/England), fiction & ch. wr.
* Mari Ozawa (小沢真理, living, Japan), manga creator
* Emine Sevgi Özdamar (b. 1956, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv. & pw. in German
* Ruth Ozeki (b. 1956, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & academic
* Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928, United States), critic & nv.
* Tezer Özlü (1943–1986, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
* Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995, Poland), nv. & poet
* Mona Ozouf (b. 1931, France), historian & philosopher
* List of women writers (A–L)
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### Pa–Pj

* Henriette Paalzow (1788–1847, Germany), nv.
* Julia Tuñón Pablos (b. 1948, Mexico), historian and social wr.
* Joy Packer (1905–1977, South Africa), nv. and autobiographer in English
* Ruth Padel (b. 1946, England), poet, critic and naturalist
* Manjula Padmanabhan (b. 1953, India), pw. and ch. wr.
* Elvira Pagã (1920–2003, Brazil), wr. and actor
* Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821, Scotland), poet
* Susana Pagano (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr.
* Gertrude Page (1872–1922, England/Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
* Karen A. Page (b. 1962, United States), food wr.
* Elaine Pagels (b. 1943, United States), religious historian and wr.
* Camille Paglia (b. 1947, United States), es.
* Pagu, 1910–1962, Brazil), wr., poet and pw.
* Alina Paim (1919–2011, Brazil), fiction and ch. wr.
* Charlotte Painter (b. 1926, United States), nv. and wr.
* Pavlina Pajk (1854–1901, Italy/Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, nv. and es. in Slovenian
* Imbi Paju (b. 1959, Estonia/Finland), wr. and filmmaker
* Pak Hwasong (박화성, 1904–1988, Korea), fiction wr. and es.
* Pak Kyongni (박경리, 1926–2008, Korea), nv.
* Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825–1880, Argentina), non-f. wr., storyteller, heroine
* Angela Palacious (b. 1953, Bahamas), Christian wr. and minister
* Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300–1355, Serbia), wr.
* Milkana G. Palavurova (b. 1974, Bulgaria), wr. on yoga and health
* Marina Palei (b. 1955, Soviet Union/Netherlands), fiction wr.
* Grace Paley (1922–2007, United States), fiction wr., poet and activist
* Angeliki Palli (1798–1875, Italy), fiction wr., pw. and poet
* Angélica Palma (1878–1935, Peru), wr. and biographer
* Annie Yellowe Palma (1962–2022, Northern Ireland/England), poet, author and social worker
* Connie Palmen (b. 1955, Netherlands), nv.
* Àngels Cardona Palmer (b. 1951, Spain), poet and activist
* Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923, United States), wr., poet, lecturer and activist
* Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia), educator and historian
* Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia), poet, es. and critic
* Kirsti Paltto (b. 1947, Finland), pw., fiction and ch. wr. in N. Sámi
* Laksmi Pamuntjak (b. 1971, Indonesia), poet, nv. and food wr.
* Lynn Pan (潘翎, b. 1945, China/England), non-f. wr.
* Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893, Russia), fiction wr. and mem.
* Melissa Panarello (b. 1985, Italy), nv.
* Mimí Panayotti (1938–2023, Honduras), wr. & journalist
* Katherine Pancol (b. 1954, France), nv.
* Mrinal Pande (b. 1946, India), broadcaster and fiction wr.
* Deanne Pandey (b. 1968, India), fitness wr.
* Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928, England), activist and autobiographer
* Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England), suffragist and poet
* Vera Panova (1905–1973, Soviet Union), nv. and pw.
* Meghna Pant (living, India), fiction wr.
* Yolanda Pantin (b. 1954, Venezuela), poet and ch. wr.
* Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (b. 1944, Philippines), wr. and critic
* Katina Papa (1903–1959, Greece), poet and nv.
* Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania), nv.
* Makereti Papakura (1873–1930, New Zealand), guidebook wr.
* Maria Papayanni (b. 1964, Greece), ch. and YA wr.
* Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction and ch. wr., pw. and poet
* Intan Paramaditha (living, Indonesia), wr. and academic
* Loreto Paras-Sulit (1908–2008, Philippines), fiction wr. in English
* Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England), poet and nv.
* Gladys Parentelli (b. 1935, Uruguay), theologian
* Sara Paretsky (b. 1947, United States), nv.
* Aşıq Pəri (Ashiq Peri, c. 1811 – c. 1847, Azerbaijan), lyric poet
* Susan Parisi (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland/Australia), horror fiction wr.
* Paula Parisot (b. 1978, Brazil), wr. and illustrator
* Eeva Park (b. 1950, Estonia), poet and fiction wr.
* Ruth Park (1917–2010, New Zealand/Australia), nv. and ch. wr.
* Park Wan-suh (박완서, 1931–2011, Korea), fiction wr.
* Barbara Parker (1947–2009, United States), nv.
* Catherine Langloh Parker (c. 1855–1940, Australia), fiction wr. and folklorist
* Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, United States), poet, critic and fiction wr.
* Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913, United States), wr. and nv.
* Pat Parker (1944–1989, United States), poet and activist
* Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019, England), nv.
* Molly Parkin (b. 1932, Wales), nv. and painter
* Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, Canada), poet
* Siobhán Parkinson (b. 1954, Ireland), ch. wr.
* Adele Parks (b. 1969, England), fiction wr.
* Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1964, United States), pw. and screenwriter
* Peggy Parnass (b. 1927, Germany/Sweden), fiction and non-f. wr. and actor
* Fanny Parnell (1848–1882, Ireland), poet and nationalist
* Sophia Parnok (1885–1933, Russia/Soviet Union), poet
* Katherine Parr (1512–1548, England), Queen Consort
* Valeria Parrella (b. 1974, Italy), fiction wr. and pw.
* Anne Parrish (1888–1957, United States), ch. nv.
* Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia), fantasy wr.
* Lorae Parry (b. 1955, Australia/New Zealand), pw. and actor
* Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales), fiction wr.
* Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales), wr. and singer
* Mona Parsa (b. 1982, United States), wr.
* Shahrnush Parsipur (b. 1946, Iran/Persia), fiction and ch. wr.
* Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England), nv.
* Julie Parsons (b. 1951, New Zealand), crime wr.
* Alicia Partnoy (b. 1955, Argentina), poet, translator and activist
* Sarah Willis Parton (1811–1872, United States), nv., col. and ch. wr.
* Mrs F. C. Patrick (fl. 18th century, Ireland), nv.
* S. A. Partridge (b. 1982, South Africa), YA writer in English
* Vesna Parun (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Croatia), poet
* Magdalena Parys (b. 1971, Poland/Germany), wr.
* Jacqueline Pascarl (b. 1963, Australia), mem. and rights advocate
* Atena Pashko (1931–2012, Ukraine), chemical engineer, poet, social activist
* Nicoletta Pasquale (fl. 1540, Italy), poet
* Josefina Passadori (1900–1987, Argentina), wr. and educator
* Linda Pastan (1932–2023, United States), poet
* Ann Patchett (b. 1963, United States), nv.
* Dhiruben Patel (1926–2023, India), nv. and pw.
* Shailja Patel (living, Kenya), poet and pw.
* Elena Patron (1933–2021), Philippines), nv., poet and scriptwriter
* Jenny Pattrick (b. 1936, New Zealand), nv.
* Polly Pattullo (living, England), author, journalist, editor and publisher
* Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (1933–2019, New Zealand), wr.
* Helena Patursson (1864–1916, Faroe Islands), wr., pw. and feminist
* Phyllis Paul (1903–1973, England), writer of supernatural fiction.
* Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885–1971, France), nv. & translator
* Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886–1955, France), nov. non-f. wr., plays & translator
* Hertha Pauli (1906–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), ch. and non-f. wr. in German and English
* Irene Levine Paull (1908–1981, United States), wr. and labor activist
* Laline Paull (living, England), nv.
* Dora Pavel (b. 1946, Romania), fiction wr. and poet
* Laura Pavel (b. 1968, Romania), es. and critic
* Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893, Russia), poet and nv.
* Vera Pavlova (b. 1963, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
* Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia), poet
* Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945, Poland), poet and pw.
* Halina Pawlowská (b. 1955), pw. and fiction wr.
* Patricia Payne (living, Australia), screenwriter
* Marcela Paz (1902–1985, Chile), ch. wr.
* Olena Pchilka (1849–1930, Russia/Ukraine), poet and pw.
* Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973, New Zealand), nv. and broadcaster
* Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England), ch. wr.
* Sharrona Pearl (b. 1977, Canada/United States), historian
* Edith Pearlman (1936–2023, United States), fiction and non-f. wr.
* Mabel Cosgrove Wodehouse Pearse (b. 1872, death unknown), nv. and criminal
* Allison Pearson (b. 1960, Wales), col. and nv.
* Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923, United States), poet
* Amparo Cabanes Pecourt (b. 1938, Spain), historian
* Laura Pedersen (b. 1965, United States), wr., humorist and pw.
* Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, Australia), wr. and musician
* Erica Pedretti (1930–2022, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Switzerland), wr. in German
* Inês Pedrosa (b. 1962, Portugal), fiction wr. and pw.
* Margaret Bloodgood Peeke (1838–1908, United States), traveler, lecturer, wr.
* Janet Peery (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
* Amelia Blossom Pegram (1935–2022, South Africa), wr. and performer in English
* Annette Pehnt (b. 1967, Germany), academic wr. and critic
* Madeleine Pelletier (1874–1939, France), activist and physician
* Margarita Peña (1937–2018, Mexico), non-f. wr. and educator
* Margaret Pender (1848–1920, Ireland), poet and fiction wr.
* Eila Pennanen (1916–1994, Finland), nv., es. and pw.
* Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales), poet
* Louise Penny (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Ethel Penrose (1857–1938, Ireland), ch. wr.
* Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England), child diarist
* Mariana Percovich (b. 1963, Uruguay), pw. and educator
* Jennifer Percy (living, United States), wr.
* Jeanne Perego (b. 1958, Italy), ch. writer and biographer
* Ana Teresa Pereira (b. 1958, Portugal), nv.
* Charmaine Pereira (living, Nigeria), non-f. wr.
* Carina Perelli (b. 1957, Uruguay), political wr.
* Ana Mercedes Perez (1910–1994, Venezuela), poet, wr. and translator
* Eva Díaz Pérez (b. 1971, Spain), nv.
* Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839–1875, Cuba), poet
* Narcisa Pérez Reoyo (1849–1876, Spain), writer
* Emily Perkins (b. 1970, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905, United States), ch. wr., social reformer, minister
* Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?, United States), educator, wr.
* Nicole Perlman (b. 1981, United States), screenwriter
* Olga Perovskaya (1902–1961, Soviet Union), ch. wr.
* Perpetua (died AD 203, Ancient Rome), prison diarist in Latin
* Amelia Perrier (1841–1875, Ireland), nv. and travel wr.
* Kayla Perrin (b. c. 1970, Jamaica/Canada), nv. and ch. wr.
* Alice Perry (1885–1969, Ireland), poet and engineer
* Carlotta Perry (1839/1848–1914, United States), wr. and poet
* Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia), poet and editor
* Ingrid Persaud (living, Trinidad/England), fiction wr.
* Lakshmi Persaud (1937–2024), Trinidad/UK), nv.
* Margarita Perveņecka (b. 1976, Latvia), pw. and prose wr.
* Marisha Pessl (b. 1977, United States), YA nv.
* Meher Pestonji (b. 1946, India), nv., col. and social worker
* Julia Peterkin (1880–1961, United States), fiction wr.
* Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, United States), non-f. wr. and poet
* Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013, United States), nv.
* Ellis Peters (1913–1995, Wales/England), mystery wr. and translator
* Marie Petersen (1816–1859, Germany), story wr.
* Magdalena Petit (1903–1968, Chile), nv. and es.
* Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė (1861–1943, Lithuania), fiction wr. and diarist
* Marta Petreu (b. 1955, Romania), philosopher, critic and poet
* Sandra Petrignani (b. 1952, Italy), fiction wr.
* Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, Hungary), wr. and poet
* Marine Petrossian (b. 1960, Armenia), poet, es. and col.
* Maria Petrovykh (1908–1979, Russia/Soviet Union), poet
* Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (b. 1938, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. and pw.
* Ann Petry (1908–1997, United States), fiction wr. and col.
* Aline Pettersson (b. 1938, Mexico), nv. and poet
* Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008, New Zealand), fiction wr. and poet
* Sophie Petzal (b. 1990, England), screenwriter
* Georges de Peyrebrune (1841–1917, France), nv.
* Giulietta Pezzi (1810–1878, Italy), poet, nv. and pw.
* Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858, Austria/Austria-Hungary), travel wr.
* Hoa Pham (living, Australia), fiction and ch. wr.
* Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, United States), professor, non-f. wr. and poet
* Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia), nv. and travel wr.
* M. Nourbese Philip (b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, wr. and pw.
* Monique Philippart (b. 1955, Luxembourg), ch. wr. in German
* Katherine Philips (1631–1664, England), poet
* Angela Phillips (living, England), journalist and academic
* April Phillips (b. 1965, England/New Zealand), pw. and actor
* Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales), bard and mem.
* Esther Phillips (b. 1950, Barbados), poet
* Jayne Anne Phillips (b. 1952, United States), fiction wr.
* J. J. Phillips (b. 1944, United States), poet, nv. and activist
* Phintys (or Phyntis, 4th or 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), philosopher
* Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia), ch. wr.
* Virginia Phiri (b. 1954, Zimbabwe), fiction and non-f. wr.
* Savitribai Phule (1831–1897, India), poet and educator
* Ife Piankhi (living, Uganda/England), poet, singer and educator
* Hester Sigerson Piatt (1870–1939, Ireland), poet and col.
* Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (b. 1560, Italy), poet
* Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
* Hella Pick (1929–2024, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), non-f. wr. in English
* Jodi Picoult (b. 1966, United States), nv.
* Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001, Australia), fiction wr. and poet
* Mariyka Pidhiryanka (1881–1963, Russia/Ukraine), poet and ch. wr.
* Antoinette Pienaar (b. 1961, South Africa), writer in Afrikaans on folk medicine
* Meredith Ann Pierce (b. 1958, United States), fantasy wr.
* Nicola Pierce (living, Ireland), nv.
* Tamora Pierce (b. 1954, United States), ch. nv.
* Marge Piercy (b. 1936, United States), poet, nv. and activist
* Leonie Pihama (b. 1962, New Zealand), Māori academic
* Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019, England), romance wr.
* Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750, Ireland), poet
* Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, England), nv., ch. wr. and poet
* Careen Pilo (fl. 2010s, Cameroon), wr. and diplomat
* Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1752–1799, Italy), poet
* Florencia del Pinar (15th century, Spain), poet
* Tillie S. Pine (1896–1999, Poland/United States), ch. wr.
* Andrea Davis Pinkney (b. 1965, United States), children's wr.
* Winsome Pinnock (b. 1961, England), pw.
* Nélida Piñon (1937–2022, Brazil), nv.
* Clara Pinto-Correia (b. 1960, Portugal), nv. and educator
* Gita Piramal (b. 1954, India), business wr.
* Zoya Pirzad (b. 1952, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004, Cuba/Mexico), historian
* Juana Rosa Pita (b. 1939, Cuba/United States), poet
* Bridget Pitt (living, Zimbabwe/South Africa), poet and fiction and non-f. wr. in English
* Marie E. J. Pitt (1869–1948, Australia), poet
* Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, England), poet
* Minnie A. Weeks Pittock (1862–1915), novelist
* Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009, Italy), wr.
* Mary Pix (1666–1709, England), nv. and pw.
* Christine de Pizan (1364–1430, Italy), poet and rhetorician in French
* Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972, Argentina), poet
* Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430, Italy), poet and advisor
* Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, Australia), poet
* Helgi Pjeturss (1872–1949, Iceland), geologist and philosopher

### Pk–Py

* Tamri Pkhakadze (b. 1957, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & ch. wr.
* Josefina Pla (1903–1999, Spain/Paraguay), poet, pw. & painter
* Ana Plácido (1831–1895, Portugal), nv. & autobiographer
* Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, United States), poet, fiction wr. & es.
* Ann Plato (c. 1820–?, United States), es.
* Karen Platt (fl. 2004–present, England), garden wr.
* Polly Platt (1927–2008, United States), wr. on France
* Agneta Pleijel (b. 1940, Sweden), nv., poet & pw.
* Louise von Plessen (1725–1799, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Denmark), mem. & royal lady in waiting
* Anne Plichota (b. 1968, France), ch. wr.
* Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872, Germany), poet
* Vivienne Plumb (b. 1955, Australia/New Zealand), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
* Amélie Plume (b. 1943, Switzerland), nv. in French
* Anne Plumptre (1760–1818, England), fiction & political wr.
* Sophie Podolski (1953–1974, Belgium), poet in French
* Karla Poewe (b. 1941, Germany), anthropologist and historian
* Maria Pognon (1844–1925, France), col. and activist
* Aliénor de Poitiers (1444/1446–1509, France), wr. on etiquette
* Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830–1838, England), pw.
* Gillian Polack (b. 1961, Australia), fiction wr. & editor
* Marguerite Poland (b. 1950, South Africa), linguist & ch. wr. in English
* Susan Polgar (b. 1969, Hungary/United States), chess wr. & grandmaster
* Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006, Soviet Union/Russia), political wr.
* Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953, Australia), wr. & activist
* Rachel Pollack (1945–2023, United States), non-f & nv. wr.
* Madeleine A. Polland (1918–2005, Ireland), ch. wr.
* Velma Pollard (1937–2025, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr.
* Amalia Polleri (1909–1996, Uruguay), poet & critic
* Sarah Polley (b. 1979, Canada/Newfoundland), screenwriter & activist
* Katha Pollitt (b. 1948, United States), feminist poet, es. & critic
* Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & col.
* Maria Polydouri (1902–1930, Greece), poet
* Elena Poniatowska (b. 1932, France/Mexico), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Hana Ponická (1922–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Pv), political wr.
* Hannah Azieb Pool (b. 1974, England/Eritrea), wr. & col.
* Ida Margaret Graves Poore (1859–1941, Ireland/England), autobiographer & poet
* Gudibande Poornima (living, India), poet & nv.
* Olúmìdé Pópóọlá (living, Nigeria/Germany), poet & nv.
* Elizabeth Polwheele (1651 – c. 1691, England), pw.
* Elena Poniatowska (b. 1932, Poland/Mexico), fiction wr. & col.
* Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, United States), poet & es.
* Elsa Pooley (b. 1947, South Africa), botanical wr. in English
* Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856–?, United States), pageant wr., activist
* Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin (1862–1940, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), non-f. wr. & activist
* Maria Popova (b. 1984, Bulgaria/United States), critic
* Adelheid Popp (1869–1939, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. & autobiographer
* Azalais de Porcairagues (late 12th century, France), poet in Occitan
* Alicia Porro (1908–1983, Uruguay), poet & musician
* Alice Hobbins Porter (1854–1926, England/United States), journalist & wr.
* Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, England), poet & nv.
* Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933, United States), wr.
* Dorothy Featherstone Porter (1954–2008, Australia), poet
* Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920, United States), ch. wr.; Pollyanna
* Jane Porter (1776–1850, England), nv. & pw.
* Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980, United States), col. & nv.
* Marie Porter (b. 1939), wr. & welfare advocate
* Rebecca N. Porter (1883-1963, United States), nv., ss., ess., non-f. wr.
* Renada-Laura Portet (1927–2021, France), wr. & linguist
* Margarita López Portillo (1914–2006, Mexico), nv.
* Ethel Portnoy (1927–2004, United States/Netherlands), nv. in English
* Suzanne Portnoy (b. 1961, England), wr. & pw.
* Teresa Porzecanski (b. 1945, Uruguay), fiction wr. & anthropologist
* Dina Posada (b. 1946, Somalia/Guatemala), poet
* Carmen Posadas (b. 1963, Uruguay/Spain), ch. wr.
* Francesca Bortolotto Possati (living, Italy), wr.
* Birgitte Possing (b. 1952, Denmark), historian & biographer
* Emily Post (1873–1960, United States), nv.
* Sue-Ann Post (b. 1964, Australia), comedian & wr.
* Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967, Poland), poet & correspondent
* Beatrix Potter (1866–1943, England), ch. wr. & illustrator; The Tale of Peter Rabbit
* Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, United States), non-f. wr.
* Alice Poulleau (1885–1960, France), geographer, historian & poet
* Kira Poutanen (b. 1974, Finland/France), nv. & actor
* Helvi Poutasuo (1914–2017, Finland), academic & wr. in Sámi
* Dawn Powell (1896–1965, United States), fiction wr. & pw.
* Patricia Powell (b. 1966, Jamaica), nv.
* Sidney Powell (b. 1955, United States), attorney, non-f. wr.
* Eileen Power (1889–1940, England), economic historian & medievalist
* Máire Wyse Power (1887–1916, Ireland), Celtic scholar
* Marguerite Agnes Power (1815–1867, Ireland/England), nv. & commentator
* Rhoda Power (1890–1957, England), educational & ch. wr.
* Eve Pownall (1901–1982, Australia), ch. wr. & historian
* Anne B. Poyntz (b. between 1701–1750, England/Ireland), poet
* Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020, Spanish), poet
* Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938, Italy), poet
* Manjiri Prabhu (b. 1964, India), pw. & TV producer
* Núria Pradas (b. 1954, Spain), philologist & wr.
* Manasi Pradhan (b. 1962, India), poet, writer & activist
* Adélia Prado (b. 1935, Brazil), wr. & poet
* Rosa Praed (Mrs Campbell Praed, 1851–1935, Australia), nv.
* Katharina Prato (1818–1897, Austria/Austria-Hungary), cookery wr.
* Sofiya Pregel (1894–1972, Russia/France), poet
* Stefanie Preissner (b. 1988, Ireland), poet & pw.
* Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), pw. & fiction wr.
* Paula von Preradović (1887–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary), story wr. & poet
* Mary Newmarch Prescott (1849–1888, United States), wr. & poet
* Karen Press (b. 1956, South Africa), poet in English
* Jewel Prestage (1931–2014, United States), political scientist
* Angharad Price (living, Wales), nv. & academic
* Evadne Price (1888–1985, Australia), wr.
* Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969, Australia), fiction wr. & pw.
* Rebecca Priestley (living, New Zealand), science historian & academic
* Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr. & critic
* Diane di Prima (1934–2020, United States), poet
* Althea Prince (b. 1945, Antigua/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., editor & professor
* Mary Prince (c. 1788 – post-1833, Bermuda), autobiographer
* Pauline Prior-Pitt (living, Scotland), poet
* Amrita Pritam (1919–2005, India), poet, nv. & es.
* Nalini Priyadarshni (living, India), poet & wr.
* Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/315 – c. 353/366, Ancient Rome), poet in Latin
* May Probyn (1856–1909, England), poet
* Lenka Procházková (b. 1951, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & radio pw.
* Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864, England), poet
* Elaine Proctor (b. 1960, South Africa), screenwriter & nv. in English
* Mary Virginia Proctor (1854–1927, United States), non-f. wr.
* Lilli Promet (1922–2007, Estonia), nv. & es.
* Francine Prose (b. 1947, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & critic
* Anne Provoost (b. 1964, Belgium), YA fiction wr. in French
* Annie Proulx (b. 1935, United States), fiction wr. & col.
* Florence Prusmack (1920–2013, United States), nv.
* Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976, England), fiction wr.
* Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Poland), pw.
* Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926, Lithuania), fiction wr.
* Lucía Puenzo (b. 1976, Argentina), nv. & film director
* María Luisa Puga (1944–2004, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr.
* Esther Pugh (1834–1908, United States), editor
* Sheenagh Pugh (b. 1950, Wales), poet & nv.
* Alenka Puhar (b. 1945, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), social historian
* Marina Šur Puhlovski (living, Croatia), nv. & es.
* Carmen Montoriol Puig (1893–1966, Spain), poet, wr. & pw.
* Odette du Puigaudeau (1894–1991, France), traveler & wr.
* Adriana Puiggrós (b. 1941, Argentina), non-f. wr. & educator
* Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006, New Zealand), wr. & weaver
* Rufina Pukhova (1932–2021, Soviet Union/Russia), mem.
* Paulina Pukytė (b. 1966, Lithuania), poet, critic & artist
* Antonia Tanini Pulci (1452/1454–1501, Italy), pw.
* Elizabeth Pulford (b. 1943, Canada/Newfoundland/New Zealand), ch., YA, fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
* Riikka Pulkkinen (b. 1980, Finland), nv.
* Benka Pulko (b. 1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), travel wr.
* Theresa Pulszky (1819–1866, Austria), historical and travel wr.
* Alice Pung (b. 1981, Australia), nv., mem. & lawyer
* Deirdre Purcell (b. 1945, Ireland), nv. & biographer
* Elizabeth Purbeck (fl. 1789–1802, England), novelist together with her sister Jane
* Katherine Purdon (1852–1920, Ireland), nv. & pw.
* Neel Kamal Puri (b. 1956, India), fiction wr. & educator
* Jennie Phelps Purvis (1831–1924, United States), wr., suffragist, reformer
* Luise F. Pusch (b. 1944, Germany), academic linguist
* Fanny Puyesky (1939–2010, Uruguay), social wr.
* Barbara Pym (1913–1980, England), nv.
* Helen Pyne-Timothy (1937–2015, Jamaica), critic & academic
* Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608, Flanders/Germany), correspondent in Flemish
* Svitlana Pyrkalo (b. 1976, Ukraine/England), nv. & es.
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## Q

* Najwa Qassem (1967–2020, Lebanon), col. & broadcaster
* Li Qingzhao (李清照, 1084 – c. 1155 or 1081 – c. 1141, China), poet
* Qiu Jin (秋瑾, 1875–1907, China), revolutionary & feminist wr.
* Marjorie Quarton (b. 1930, Ireland), ch. wr. & nv.
* Ada Quayle (1920–2002, Jamaica), nv.
* Daisy May Queen (b. 1965, Argentina)
* Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911–1982, Brazil)
* Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003, Brazil)
* Catharina Questiers (1631–1669, Netherlands), poet & pw.
* Alison Quigan (fl. 1980s, New Zealand), pw. & actor
* Betty Quin (died 1993, Australia), scriptwriter
* Anna Quindlen (b. 1953, United States), nv. & col.
* Rebeca Quintáns (b. 1964, Spain), research wr.
* Elena Quiroga (1921–1995, Spain), nv.
* Christine Qunta (b. 1952, South Africa), poet & social wr. in English
* Anne Margrethe Qvitzow (1652–1700, Denmark), poet, translator & mem.
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## R
### Ra–Ri

* Ra Heeduk (나희덕, b. 1966, Korea), poet
* Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696, France), correspondent
* Rachilde (1860–1953, France), nv. & pw.
* Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823, England), nv.; The Mysteries of Udolpho
* Radegund (c. 520–586, France), princess/poet in Latin
* Thérèse Radic (b. 1935, Australia), pw. & musicologist
* Valentina Dimitrova Radinska (b. 1951, Bulgaria), poet
* Giedra Radvilavičiūtė (b. 1960, Lithuania), fiction wr.
* Undinė Radzevičiūtė (b. 1967, Lithuania), fiction wr.
* Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977, Wales), ch. wr.
* Janet Milne Rae (1844–1933, Scotland), fiction wr.
* Sophie Raffalovich (1860–1960, Ireland), nv.
* Nigar Rafibeyli (1913–1981, Azerbaijan), poet
* Orlaith Rafter (living, Ireland), pw. & nv.
* Mary Raftery (1957–2012, Ireland), wr. & filmmaker
* Marimo Ragawa (羅川真里茂, living, Japan), manga creator
* Jennifer Rahim (1963–2023, Trinidad), educator & wr.
* Bushra Rahman (1944–2022), Pakistan), nv. & politician
* Rizia Rahman (1939–2019, India/Bangladesh), fiction wr.
* Allen Raine (1836–1908, Wales), nv.
* Maggie Rainey-Smith (b. 1950, New Zealand), fiction wr., es. & poet
* Rita Rait-Kovaleva (1898–1989, Russia/Soviet Union), wr. & translator
* Samina Raja (1961–2012, Pakistan), poet, wr. & broadcaster
* Rajalakshmi (1930–1965, India), fiction wr. & poet
* Rajashree (living, India), nv.
* Maraea Rakuraku (living, New Zealand), pw.
* Hilda Ram (1858–1901, Belgium), poet & librettist in Flemish
* Anuradha Ramanan (1947–2010, India), fiction wr. & activist
* Hanna Rambe (b. 1940, Indonesia), fiction wr. & biographer
* María Abella de Ramírez (1863–1926, Uruguay), feminist wr.
* Fabrizia Ramondino (1936–2008, Italy), fiction wr., poet & mem.
* Adele Ramos (living, Belize), poet & wr.
* Consuelo González Ramos (1977 – unknown death year, Spain), nursing wr.
* Karolina Ramqvist (b. 1976, Sweden), fiction wr.
* Ayn Rand (1905–1982, Russia/United States), nv. & philosopher
* Charlotte Randall (living, New Zealand), nv.
* Marta Randall (b. 1948, Mexico/United States), science fiction wr.
* Beverley Randell (b. 1931, New Zealand), ch. wr.
* Jo Randerson (b. 1973, New Zealand), pw. & fiction wr.
* Ravinder Randhawa (b. 1952, India/England), fiction wr.
* Mary Randolph (1762–1828, United States), domestic wr.
* Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, Australia), poet & pw.
* Claudia Rankine (b. 1963, United States), poet & pw.
* Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008, India), fiction wr. & poet
* Malathi Rao (b. 1930, India), nv.
* Rao Xueman (饒雪漫, b. 1972, China), fiction wr.,
* Ágnes Rapai (b. 1952, Hungary), poet & wr.
* Eva Ras (b. 1941, Serbia), poet & fiction wr.
* Huda al-Rasheed (b. c. 1950, Saudi Arabia), nv.
* Fawziya Rashid (b. 1954, Bahrain), fiction wr.
* Lea Ráskay (early 16th century, Hungary), scholar & nun
* Ellen Raskin (1928–1984, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Maria Rasputin (1898–1987, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
* Patricia Ratto (b. 1962, Argentina), wr.
* Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & fiction wr.
* Santha Rama Rau (1923–2009, India/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Elsa Rautee (1897–1987, Finland), poet
* Arlene Raven (1944–2006, United States), art historian, critic, and curator
* Lidia Ravera (b. 1951, Italy), nv., es. & screenwriter
* Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005, Israel), poet & activist
* Olga Ravn (b. 1986, Denmark), poet & nv.
* Angela Rawlings (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, editor & artist
* Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953, United States), nv.
* Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
* Claire Rayner (1931–2010, England), journalist, broadcaster, nv.
* Sarah Rayner (living, England), wr. & copywr.
* Helen Raynor (b. 1972, Wales), scriptwriter
* Angela Readman (b. 1973, England), poet
* Pauline Réage (1907–1998, France), nv.
* Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005, Switzerland), wr. on prostitution in French
* Elizabeth Reapy (living, Ir), fiction wr.
* Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953, Serbia), es., biographer & translator
* Elisa von der Recke (1754–1833, Germany), Courland wr. & poet in German
* Jayapraga Reddy (1947–1996, South Africa), pw. & short story wr.
* Jaclyn Reding (b. 1966, United States), nv.
* Marie Redonnet (b. 1948, France), poet, nv. & pw.
* Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937, Canada), poet & short story wr.
* Helen Leah Reed (1861/62 - 1926, Canada/US), children's wr.
* Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, Australia), poet & wr.
* Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841, Sweden), diarist
* Annie Lee Rees (1864–1949, Australia/New Zealand), wr.
* Rosemary Frances Rees (c. 1875–1963, New Zealand/England), pw., nv. & actor
* Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916, Wales), poet & teacher
* Clara Reeve (1729–1807, England), nv.
* Amber Reeves (1887–1981, New Zealand), wr. & scholar
* Nell Regan (b. 1969, Ireland), poet & non-f. wr.
* Elisabeth Reichart (b. 1953, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & pw.
* Ruth Reichl (b. 1948, United States), food wr. & mem.
* Eva Gabriele Reichmann (1897–1998, Germany), historian & sociologist
* Christina Reid (1942–2015, Ireland), pw.
* Gayla Reid (b. 1945, Australia/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Kiley Reid (b. 1987, United States), nv.
* Sue Reidy (living, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Brigitte Reimann (1933–1973, Germany), nv.
* Mercedes Rein (1930–2006, Uruguay), critic & pw.
* Lenka Reinerová (1916–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. in German
* Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920, United States), wr.
* Annemarie Reinhard (1921–1976, Germany), nv. & ch. wr.
* Christa Reinig (1926–2008, Germany), poet, wr. & pw.
* Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825–1917, Brazil), nv. & activist
* Małgorzata Rejmer (b. 1985, Poland), fiction wr.
* Kati Rekai (1921–2010, Hungary/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. travel wr.
* Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014, Finland), poet
* Gail Renard (born c. 1951), Canadian/British children's and TV series writer
* Christine Renard (1929–1979, France), science fiction wr.
* Veronique Renard (b. 1965, Netherlands), wr. & artist
* Rosa de Eguílaz y Renart (b. 1864, death date unknown, Spain), pw.
* Mary Renault (1905–1983, England), YA wr.
* Ruth Rendell (1930–2015, England), nv.
* Renée (1929–2023, New Zealand), pw.
* Juliette Rennes (b. 1976, France), non-f. wr.
* Céline Renooz (1840–1928, Belgium/France), science wr. in French
* Nuchhungi Renthlei (1914–2002, India), poet & educator
* Lola Taborga de Requena (1890 – c. 1950, Bolivia), poet
* Laura Restrepo (b. 1950, Comoros), nv. & col.
* Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová (1785–1845), cookery wr.
* Gabriele Reuter (1859–1941, Germany), fiction, es. & ch. wr.
* Gabrielle Réval (1869–1938, France), nv. &, es.
* Sandrine Revel (born 1969, France), comics wr. & illustrator
* Fanny zu Reventlow (1871–1918, Germany), political wr. & feminist
* Jytte Rex (b. 1942, Denmark), wr., artist & film director
* Ofelia Rey Castelao (born 1956, Spain) historian, wr., & professor
* Adela Calva Reyes (1967–2018, Mexico), wr. & pw. in Otomi
* Cristina Reyes (b. 1981, Ecuador), poet & politician
* Soledad Reyes (b. 1946, Philippines), scholar & critic
* Lorna Reynolds (1911–2003, Ireland), wr. & academic
* Yasmina Reza (b. 1959, France), pw., actor & nv.
* Regina Rheda (b. 1957, Brazil/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Fouzia Rhissassi (b. 1947, Morocco), social scientist
* Najima Rhozali (b. 1960, Morocco), wr. on legends
* Grace Rhys (1865–1929, Ireland), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Jean Rhys (1890–1979, Dominica/England), nv.; Wide Sargasso Sea
* Fahmida Riaz (1946–2018, Pakistan/India), poet & activist
* Mrs. Riazuddin (1928–2023, Pakistan), feminist & travel wr.
* Ana Ribeiro (b. 1955, Uruguay), nv. & historian
* Esmeralda Ribeiro (b. 1958, Brazil), poet & fiction wr.
* Pamela Ribon (b. 1975, United States), screenwriter
* Catherine of Ricci (1522–1590, Italy), religious wr. & saint
* Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1713–1792, France), nv. and actor
* Anne Rice (1941–2021, United States), nv.
* Adrienne Rich (1929–2012, United States), feminist poet & es.
* B. Ruby Rich (living, United States), film critic and academic
* Jo-Anne Richards (living, South Africa), col. & wr. in English
* Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957, England), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Elizabeth Richardson (1576/1577–1651, England), religious wr.
* Ethel Richardson (1870–1946, Australia), nv.
* Hester Dorsey Richardson (1862–1933, United States), wr.
* Paddy Richardson (living, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Jutta Richter (b. 1955, Germany), ch. & YA wr.
* Sylvie Richterová (b. 1945, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Italy), fiction wr. & es.
* E. J. Richmond (1825–1918, US), nv. & ch. wr.
* Leigh Richmond (1911-1995), American writer
* Jessie Louisa Rickard (1876–1963, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Elsie Alvarado de Ricord (1928–2005, Panama), linguist & academic
* Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906, Iran/Persia/England), fiction wr.
* Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, Australia), poet & col.
* Maria Riddell (1772–1808, West Indies/Scotland), poet, travel wr. & naturalist
* Lola Ridge (1873–1941, Australia/United States), poet & editor
* Laura Riding (1901–1991, United States), poet, critic & fiction wr.
* Brigitte Riebe (b. 1935, Germany), nv.
* Ane Riel (b. 1971, Denmark), ch. wr.
* Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996, Egypt), fiction wr.
* Anna Rankin Riggs (1835–1908, United States), non-f. ed.
* Catherine Rihoit (b. 1950, France), nv. & biographer
* Rikei (理慶, 1530–1611, Japan), poet & calligrapher
* Denise Riley (b. 1948, England), poet & philosopher
* Lucinda Riley (1966–2021, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Joan Riley (b. 1958, Jamaica/England), nv.
* Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958, United States), nv., pw. & poet
* Susanne Ringell (born 1955, Finland), wr. & actor
* Signe Rink (1936–2009, Denmark), wr. & ethnologist
* Luise Rinser (1911–2002, Germany), nv., autobiographer & ch. wr.
* Paloma del Río (b. 1960, Spain), sports wr.
* Dorothy Ripley (1767–1831, England/United States), religious wr.
* Mary A. Ripley (1831–1893, United States), wr.
* Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (1866–1949, Uruguay), ch. wr. & educator
* Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919, England), nv.
* Alice Rivaz (1901–1998, Switzerland), fiction wr. & es. in French
* María Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971, Peru), social activist
* Giovanna Rivero (b. 1972, Bolivia), fiction wr.
* Viviana Rivero (b. 1966, Argentina), wr. & nv.
* Christine de Rivoyre (1921–1919, France), nv.

### Ro–Rz

* Marion Roach (fl. 1980s, United States), non-f. wr.
* Alba Roballo (1908–1996, Uruguay), poet & politician
* Nesca Robb (1905–1976, Northern Ireland), biographer & poet
* Sarah Fraser Robbins (1911–2002, United States), wr. & natural historian
* Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872, France), nv. & pw.
* Carolina de Robertis (b. 1975, England/United States), nv.
* Eigra Lewis Roberts (b. 1939, Wales), pw. & nv. in Welsh
* Emma Roberts (1794–1840, England), travel wr. & poet
* Kate Roberts (1891–1985, Wales), fiction wr. in Welsh
* Michèle Roberts (b. 1949, England), nv. & poet
* Margaret Roberts (1937–2017, South Africa), wr. & herbalist in English
* Nina Roberts (living, France), wr.
* Nora Roberts (pen name J. D. Robb, b. 1950, United States), nv.
* Catherine Robertson (b. 1966, New Zealand), nv. & broadcaster
* E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961, England), nv.
* Lisa Robertson (b. 1961, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
* Anne Isabella Robertson (c. 1830–1910, Ireland), nv. & suffragist
* Amber E. Robinson (1867-1961, United States), educator, postmaster, poet, reporter, social reformer
* Eden Robinson (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Hilary Robinson (b. 1972, Isle of Man), ch. wr.
* Leora Bettison Robinson (1840–1914, United States), wr. & educator
* Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943, United States), nv.
* Mary Robinson (1757–1800, England), poet, nv. & actor
* Kim Robinson-Walcott (b. 1956, Jamaica), poet & editor
* Aïcha Mohamed Robleh (b. 1965, Djibouti), wr.
* Mireya Robles (b. 1934, Cuba/United States), wr. & nv.
* Lucia St. Clair Robson (living, United States), nv.
* Lelia P. Roby (1848–1910, United States), wr.
* Charlotte Roche (b. 1978, England/Germany), nv.
* Mazo de la Roche (1885–1961, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845, Ireland), nv.
* Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807, Germany), nv.
* Anne de La Roche-Guilhem (1644–1707/1710, France), fiction wr.
* Christiane Rochefort (1917–1998, France), nv.
* Catherine Des Roches (1542–1587, France), poet
* Madeleine Des Roches (c. 1520–1587, France), poet
* Esther Rochon (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction nv.
* Ana María Rodas (b. 1937, Guatemala), col. & poet
* Edith Rode (1879–1956, Denmark), nv. & col.
* Carolyn Rodgers (1940–2010, United States), poet
* Carmen Rodríguez (b. 1948, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., poet & activist
* Debbie Rodriguez (living, United States), wr.
* Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961, Spain), wr., translator, professor
* Jesusa Rodríguez (b. 1955, Mexico), stage wr.
* Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, Australia), poet
* Silvia Rodríguez Villamil (1939–2003, Uruguay), historian, feminist, wr., activist
* Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944, Poland), political wr. & landowner
* Jill Roe (1940–2017, Australia), historian, academic & wr.
* Ruth Margarete Roellig (1878–1969, Germany), non-f. & travel wr.
* Astrid Roemer (b. 1947, Suriname/Netherlands), nv., pw. & poet
* Helena Roerich (1879–1955, Russia/Soviet Union), theosophist & mystic
* Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774–1840, Italy), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
* Else Roesdahl (b. 1942, Denmark), archaeologist & historian
* Monique Roffey (b. 1965, Trinidad), nv. & mem.
* Rosamaría Roffiel (b. 1945, Mexico), poet & nv.
* Christina Rogberg (1832–1907, Sweden), court mem.
* Noëlle Roger (1874–1953, Switzerland), nv. & biographer in French
* Emma Winner Rogers (1855–1922, United States) – wr., speaker, suffragist
* Kathrin Röggla (b. 1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., es. & poet
* Begum Rokeya (1880–1932, India), wr. & activist
* Winétt de Rokha (1892–1951, Chile), poet
* Betty Roland (1903–1996, Australia), stage & ch. wr. & nv.
* Dominique Rolin (1913–2012, Belgium), nv. in French
* Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941, United States), wr., nv. & poet
* Eugenia Romanelli (b. 1972, Italy), nv. & biographer
* Lalla Romano (1906–2001, Italy), nv. & poet
* Sophia Romero (living, Philippines/United States), nv.
* Emma Romeu (living, Cuba/Mexico), nature & ch. wr.
* Robin Romm (living, United States), wr.
* Hanna Rönnberg (1862–1946, Finland/Denmark), painter & fiction wr. in Swedish
* Nathalie Ronvaux (b. 1977, Luxembourg), poet & pw. in French
* Daphne Rooke (1914–2009, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
* Sally Rooney (b. 1991, Ireland), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Margaret Roper (1505–1544, England), translator
* Ginny Rorby (b. 1944, United States), YA nv.
* Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860–1939, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), nv. & poet
* Emanuela Da Ros (living, Italy), ch. wr.
* Helvy Tiana Rosa (b. 1970, Indonesia), pw. & fiction wr.
* Amira de la Rosa, (1895–1974, Colombia), col., fiction wr., poet & pw.
* Ninotchka Rosca (b. 1946, Philippines), wr. & activist
* Heather Rose (b. 1964, Australia), nv.
* Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923, United States), non-f.
* Henrietta Rose-Innes (b. 1971, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
* Petrona Rosende (1797–1893, Argentina), poet & col.
* Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & Hc. survivor
* Barbara Rosiek (1959–2020, Poland), wr., poet & psychologist
* Joan Rosier-Jones (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction & non-f. wr. & pw.
* Alice Grant Rosman (1887–1961, Australia), nv.
* Anna Rosmus (b. 1960, Germany), historian
* Tatiana de Rosnay (b. 1961, France/England), fiction wr. & biographer
* Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923, United States), non-f. wr., journalist, social reformer
* Anna Ross (1773–?, England), opera pw. & actor
* Leone Ross (b. 1969, England), fiction wr. & academic
* Orna Ross (b. 1960, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
* Nancy Wilson Ross (1901–1986, United States), nv.
* Somerville & Ross (Edith Somerville, 1858–1949, & Violet Florence Martin, 1862–1915, Ireland), fiction wr.s; The Irish R. M.
* Mary Jane O'Donovan Rossa (1845–1916, Ireland), poet & activist
* Maria Rosseels (1916–2005, Belgium), nv. in Flemish
* Christina Rossetti (1830–1894, England), poet
* Cristina Peri Rossi (living, Uruguay/Spain), fiction wr. & poet
* Veronica Rossi (b. 1973, United States), YA nv.
* Judith Rossner (1935–2005, United States), nv.
* Evdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858, Russia), poet
* Stella Rotenberg (1916–2013, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
* Friederike Roth (b. 1948, Germany), pw.
* Veronica Roth (b. 1988, United States), nv.
* Augustine De Rothmaler (1859–1942, Belgium), pedagogue, translator, non-f. wr.
* Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (1875–1975, South Africa), nv. & non-f. wr. in Afrikaans
* Hannah Rothschild (b. 1962, England), wr., philanthropist & filmmaker
* Angélique de Rouillé (1756–1840, Belgium), correspondent in French
* Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert (fl. 18th century), science fiction wr.
* Anne Rouse (b. 1954 United States/England), poet
* Alma Routsong (Isabel Miller, 1924–1996, United States), nv.
* Léonie Rouzade (1839–1916, France), nv. and feminist
* Jennifer Rowe (b. 1948, Australia), nv.
* Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955, Wales), scholar & evangelist
* Mary Rowlandson (1635–1711, United States), mem.
* Rosemarie Rowley (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & feminist
* J. K. Rowling (b. 1965, England/Scotland), nv.; Harry Potter
* Susanna Rowson (1762–1824, England/United States), nv., poet & pw.
* Hannie Rouweler (b. 1951, Netherlands), poet
* Margaret Rowlett (1897–1963), children's book writer
* Tania Roxborogh (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction & parenting wr.
* Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sweden/England), wr., poet & critic
* Anuradha Roy (b. 1967, India), nv.
* Anusree Roy (b. 1982, India/Canada/Newfoundland), pw. & librettist
* Arundhati Roy (b. 1961, India), nv.; The God of Small Things
* Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & col.
* Kamini Roy (1864–1933, India), poet & feminist
* Lucinda Roy (b. 1955, United States/England), nv.
* Nilanjana Roy (b. c. 1971, India), fiction & food wr.
* Kristína Royová (1860–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv., poet & religious wr. in Slovak
* Heleen van Royen (b. 1965, Netherlands), nv.
* S. J. Rozan (b. 1950, United States), crime wr.
* Pascale Roze (b. 1954, Vietnam/France), pw. & nv.
* Ru Zhijuan (茹志鵑, 1925–1998, China), fiction wr.
* Isabel de los Ángeles Ruano (b. 1945, Guatemala), poet & writer
* Bernice Rubens (1928–2004, Wales), nv.
* Baņuta Rubess (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
* Dina Rubina (b. 1953, Soviet Union/Russia), wr.
* Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990, Germany/Netherlands), wr. & col.
* Berta Ruck (1878–1978, Wales), nv. & mem.
* Jacqueline Rudet (b. 1962, England), pw.
* Margot Ruddock (1907–1951, Ireland), poet
* Anne Rudloe (1947–2012, United States), marine biologist & Buddhist
* Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016, Netherlands), wr.
* Alice Rühle-Gerstel (1894–1943, Germany/Mexico), wr. and psychologist
* Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008, Poland/Netherlands), poet & screenwriter
* Julia Nava de Ruisánchez (1883–1964, Mexico), es. & col.
* Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980, United States), feminist poet
* Siti Rukiah (1927–1996, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), poet & nv.
* Lupe Rumazo (b. 1933, Ecuador), fiction wr. & es.
* Katherine Rundell (b. 1987, England), ch. wr. & pw.
* Fredrika Runeberg (1807–1879, Finland), nv. in Swedish
* Eva Runefelt (b. 1953, Sweden), nv. & poet
* Kristina Rungano (b. 1963, Zimbabwe), poet & fiction wr.
* Rona Rupert (1934–1995, South Africa), ch. & YA, wr. in Afrikaans
* Prima Rusdi (b. 1967, Indonesia), screenwriter & arts writer
* Oka Rusmini (b. 1967, Indonesia), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
* Joanna Russ (1937–2011, United States), fiction wr. & es.
* Diana E. H. Russell (1938–2020, South Africa/United States), feminist wr. & activist
* Dora Isella Russell (1925–1990, Argentina/Uruguay) poet & journalist
* Frances Theresa Peet Russell (1873–1936, United States), English literature
* Karen Russell (b. 1981, United States), fiction wr.
* Doina Ruști (b. 1957, Romania), nv. & screenwriter
* Rose Rwakasisi (b. 1945, Uganda), editor, fiction wr. & educator
* Gig Ryan (b. 1956, Australia), poet
* Kay Ryan (b. 1945, United States), poet & educator
* Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934, United States), nv.
* Nan Ryan (1936–2017, United States), nv.
* Meda Ryan (living, Ireland), historian
* Roma Ryan (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), poet & lyricist
* Maria Rybakova (b. 1973, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
* Carina Rydberg (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
* Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg (1905–1959, Finland), wr. & politician
* Elisabeth Rynell (b. 1954, Sweden), poet & nv.
* Elizabeth Ryves (1750–1797, Iran/Persia/England), poet
* Elena Rzhevskaya (1919–2017, Soviet Union/Russia), mem. & non-f. wr.
* List of women writers (A–L)
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* Astrid Saalbach (b. 1955, Belgium), pw. & nv.
* Carola Saavedra (b. 1973, Brazil), nv.
* Etelvina Villanueva y Saavedra (1897–1969, Bolivia), poet & educator
* Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra (1620–1670, Spain), nv.
* Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (b. 1974, Lithuania), nv. & art historian
* María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe (1883–1961, Uruguay), poet
* Isabel Sabogal (b. 1958, Peru), nv. & poet
* Irina Saburova (1907–1979, Latvia/Germany), fiction wr. in Russian
* Padma Sachdev (1940–2021, India), poet & nv.
* Lessie Sachs (1897–1942, Germany/United States), poet
* Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Germany), poet & pw.; 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England), wr., poet & gardener
* Mary Sadler (b. 1941, South Africa), nv.
* Anna T. Sadlier (1854–1932, Canada), wr. & translator
* Mary Anne Sadlier (1920–2003, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan (1870–1941, Romania), critic & poet
* Shadi Sadr (b. 1974, Iran/Persia), es. & lawyer
* Nina Mikhailovna Sadur (b. 1950, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr. & pw.
* Elif Safak (b. 1971, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
* Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936–2008, Iran/Persia), poet & academic
* Françoise Sagan (1935–2004, France), pw., nv. & screenwriter
* Mamta Sagar (b. 1966, India), Kannada poet & pw.
* Lorna Sage (1943–2001, England), academic, critic & author
* Ana María Martínez Sagi (1907–2000, Spain/France), poet & feminist
* Megumu Sagisawa (鷺沢萠, 1968–2004, Japan), nv. & pw.
* Nayantara Sahgal (b. 1927, India), nv. & correspondent
* Sarojini Sahoo (b. 1956, India), feminist & fiction wr.
* Nandini Sahu (b. 1973, India), poet & folklorist in English
* Rieko Saibara (西原理恵子, b. 1964, Japan), manga creator
* Saigū no Nyōgo (斎宮女御, 929–985, Japan), poet
* Amina Said (b. 1953, Tunisia/France), poet, fiction wr. & es.
* Titie Said (1935–2011, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), nv.
* Fumi Saimon (柴門ふみ, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
* Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830, France), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
* Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1870–1941, Belgium), nv. in French
* Vefa de Saint-Pierre (1872–1967, France), nv., poet & explorer
* Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982, Venezuela), nv. & non-f. wr.
* Pirkko Saisio (b. 1949, Finland), wr. & actor
* Mayu Sakai (酒井まゆ, b. 1982, Japan), manga creator
* Widad Sakakini (1913–1991, Syria), fiction wr. & es.
* Io Sakisaka (咲坂伊緒, living, Japan), manga creator
* Anna Sakse (1905–1981, Latvia/Soviet Union), fiction wr.
* Momoko Sakura (さくらももこ, 1965–2018, Japan), manga creator
* Shino Sakuragi (桜木紫乃, b. 1965, Japan), fiction wr.
* Kanoko Sakurakoji (桜小路かのこ, living, Japan), manga creator
* Erica Sakurazawa (桜沢エリカ, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
* Arja Salafranca (b. 1971, Spain/South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
* Nina Salaman (1877–1925, England), poet
* Minna Salami (b. 1978, Finland/Nigeria), non-f. wr., col.
* Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908–1958, Uruguay), poet
* Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931, Belgium/Italy), social wr.
* Excilia Saldaña (1946–1999, Cuba), poet & ch. wr.
* Marta Salgado,(b. 1947, Chile), non-f. wr.
* Nino Salia (1898–1992, Georgia (Caucasus)/France), historian
* Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921, Denmark), philanthropist & feminist
* Zdena Salivarová (b. 1933, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, Ireland), poet, pw. & salonnière
* Lotte Salling (b. 1964, Denmark), ch. wr.
* Eva Sallis (Eva Hornung, b. 1964, Australia), nv.
* Sally Salminen (1906–1976, Finland/Denmark), nv. in Swedish
* Jessica Amanda Salmonson (b. 1950, United States), fiction wr. & es.
* Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra (b. 1946, Bolivia), feminist
* Lydie Salvayre (b. 1948, France), wr.
* Preeta Samarasan (living, Malaysia/United States), fiction wr.
* Cecilia Samartin (b. 1961, Cuba/United States), wr. & psychologist
* Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972, Poland), fiction wr.
* Fiona Sampson (b. 1968, England), poet & editor
* Fiona Samuel (b. 1961, Scotland/New Zealand), pw.
* Rhian Samuel (b. 1944, Wales), wr. on music
* María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio (1695–1756, Mexico), religious wr. & abbess
* María Josefa Acevedo Sánchez (1803–1861, Colombia), wr.
* María Teresa Sánchez (1918–1994, Nicaragua), poet & fiction wr.
* Matilde Sánchez (b. 1958, Argentina), wr. & col.
* Socorro Sánchez (1830–1899, DR), journalist
* Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934, United States), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
* Milcha Sanchez-Scott (b. 1953, United States), pw.
* George Sand (1804–1876, France), nv. & pw.
* Virginia Sandars (1828–1922, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Margit Sandemo (1924 – 2018, Norway), fiction wr.
* Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987, Australia), nv.
* Carmen Barajas Sandoval (1925–2014, Mexico), biographer
* Mari Sandoz (1896–1966, United States), fiction wr. & biographer
* Elspeth Sandys (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
* Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791, Poland), poet & moralist
* Parinoush Saniee (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Indira Sant (1914–2000, India), poet
* Miêtta Santiago (1903–1995, Brazil), poet, lawyer & feminist
* Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016, Philippines), social science wr.
* Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007, Philippines), es. in English
* Abidemi Sanusi (living, Nigeria/England), nv.
* Rahel Sanzara (1894–1936, Germany), nv. and dancer
* Sapphire, pen name of Ramona Lofton (b. 1950, United States), nv. & poet
* Sappho (c. 630–570 BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
* Graciela Sapriza (b. 1945, Uruguay), historian & educator
* Thouria Saqqat (1935–1952, Morocco), ch. wr.
* Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Yugoslavia), fiction wr.
* Cristina Saralegui (b. 1948, Cuba/United States),
* Dipti Saravanamuttu (b. 1960, Sri Lanka/Australia), poet & col.
* Tibors de Sarenom (c. 1130 – post-1198, France), poet in Occitan
* Georges Sari (1925–2012, Greece), nv. & ch. wr.
* Beatriz Sarlo (b. 1942, Argentina), critic & non-f. wr.
* Noo Saro-Wiwa (b. 1976, England/Nigeria), travel wr.
* Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russia/France), nv. & es.
* Albertine Sarrazin (1937–1967, France), nv.
* Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russia/France), mem. & biographer
* Homa Sarshar (living, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & feminist
* Ratna Sarumpaet (b. 1948, Indonesia), pw. & activist
* May Sarton (1912–1995, Belgium/United States), poet, nv. & mem.
* Sehba Sarwar (living, Pakistan/United States), es., poet & fiction wr.
* Tomoko Sasaki (佐々木知子, b. 1965, Japan), nv. & lawyer
* Marjane Satrapi (b. 1969, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Šatrijos Ragana (1877–1930, Lithuania), fiction wr.
* Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862–1894, India), nv.
* Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022, Norway), critic, nv. & hymnist
* Stephanie Saulter (living, Jamaica), science fiction wr.
* Henriette Sauret (1890–1976, France) poet, non-f. wr.
* Geneviève Savalette (1735–1795, France), playwr.
* Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944, Soviet Union), child diarist
* Sharon Savoy (living, United States), wr.
* Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, United States), nv. & ch. wr.
* Aline Sax (b. 1984, Belgium), ch. & YA wr. in Flemish
* Robin Sax (b. c. 1971, United States), crime wr. & col.
* Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England), mystery wr. & es.
* Isabelle Sbrissa (b. 1971, Switzerland), poet & pw. in French
* Alcira Soust Scaffo (1924–1997, Uruguay), poet & educator
* Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968, New Zealand), nv.
* Patricia Scanlan (b. 1956, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
* Bente Scavenius (b. 1944, Denmark), art writer & critic
* Igiaba Scego (b. 1974, Italy), wr,, journalist & activist
* Oda Schaefer (1900–1988, Germany), poet & col.
* Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (1940–2011, United States), nv. & poet
* Margo Scharten-Antink (1868–1957, Netherlands), poet
* Riana Scheepers (b. 1957, South Africa), ch. & fiction wr. & poet in Afrikaans
* Caroline Schelling (1763–1809, Germany), es. & correspondent
* Els de Schepper (b. 1965, Belgium), wr. & actor in Flemish
* Sophie von Scherer (1817–1876, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
* Stacy Schiff (b. 1961, United States), non-f. wr. & col.
* Johanna Schipper (born 1967, Taiwan/France), fiction wr.
* Mineke Schipper (b. 1938, Netherlands), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Dorothea von Schlegel (1764–1839, Germany), nv.
* Sylvia Schlettwein (b. 1975, Namibia), wr., teacher & critic
* Eva Schloss (b. 1929, Austria/Austria-Hungary), mem. & Hc. survivor
* Anka Schmid (b. 1961, Switzerland/Germany), screenwriter in German
* Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995, Netherlands), songwriter & ch. wr.
* Elke Schmitter (b. 1961, Germany), nv. & poet
* Pat Schneider (1934–2020, United States), wr., poet & editor
* Diane Schoemperlen (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Elisabeth of Schönau (c. 1129–1164, Germany), visionary in Latin
* Patricia Schonstein (b. 1952, Zimbabwe/South Africa), nv., poet & ch. wr. in English
* Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842, United States), poet & fiction wr.
* Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858, Germany), ch. wr.
* Claudia Schoppmann (b. 1958, Germany), historian & social wr.
* Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996, Finland), poet, pw. & ch. wr. in Swedish
* Martina Schradi (b. 1972, Germany), writer and cartoonist
* Adele Schreiber-Krieger (1872–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. & politician
* Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, South Africa), nv. & political wr. in English
* Angelika Schrobsdorff (1927–2016, Germany), pw., nv. & actor
* Rikke Schubart (b. 1966, Denmark), wr. & film scholar
* Helga Schubert (b. 1940, Denmark), ch. wr. and academic
* Ossip Schubin (1854–1934, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
* Julianne Schultz (b. 1956, Australia), non-f. wr. & academic
* Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678, Germany/Netherlands), poet, scholar & painter
* Barbara Schurz (b. 1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & pw.
* Jenefer Shute (living, South Africa/United States), nv.
* Christine Schutt (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
* Carolina Schutti (b. 1976, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Brigitte Schwaiger (1949–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
* Amy Schwartz (1954–2023, United States), ch. wr.
* Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894, Sweden), nv.
* Sibylla Schwarz (1621–1638, Germany), poet
* Simone Schwarz-Bart (b. 1938, France), pw. & nv.
* Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942, Switzerland), travel wr. in German
* Samanta Schweblin (b. 1978, Argentina), fiction wr.
* Monique Schwitter (b. 1972, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
* Sandra Scofield (b. 1943 United States), nv., es. & critic
* Ann Scott (b. 1965, France), nv.
* Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England), nv. & religious wr.
* Cathy Scott (b. 1950s, United States), true crime wr. & biographer
* Jane Scott (c. 1779–1839, England), pw.
* Margaret Scott (1934–2005, Australia), poet, critic & academic
* Mary-anne Scott (living, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & musician
* Mary Scott (1888–1979, New Zealand), nv.
* Mary McKay Scott (1851-1932, Canada), nv., non-f. wr.
* Robyn Scott (b. 1981, England/New Zealand), mem.
* Rosie Scott (1948–2017, New Zealand/Australia), nv.
* Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701, France), nv.
* Jocelynne Scutt (b. 1947, Australia), non-f. wr. & lawyer
* Mary Seacole (1805–1881, England/Jamaica), autobiographer & nurse
* Jessie L. Seal (1864-1946, United States), non-f. wr.
* Nicole Sealey (b. 1979, US), poet
* Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916, United States), es. & fiction wr.
* Leïla Sebbar (b. 1941, Algeria/France), nv. & autobiographer
* Alice Sebold (b. 1963, United States), nv.
* Olga Sedakova (b. 1949, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
* Amy Sedaris (b. 1961, United States), screenwriter & actor
* Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867, United States), nv.
* Ekaterina Sedia (b. 1970, Soviet Union/United States), nv. & poet
* Lisa See (b. 1955, China/United States), nv.
* Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1866–1913, Canada/United States), wr, illustrator & art teacher
* Sara Sefchovich (b. 1949, Mexico), nv. & academic
* Edith Segal (1902–1997, United States), poet & songwriter
* Lore Segal (b. 1928), fiction & ch. wr.
* Marta Segarra (b. 1963, Spain), es.
* Nakisanze Segawa (living, Uganda), poet & nv.
* Anna Seghers (1900–1983, Germany), nv.
* Alinah Kelo Segobye (fl 2000s, Botswana), activist & archaeologist
* Mabel Segun (b. 1930, Nigeria), poet, pw., fiction & ch. wr.
* Countess of Ségur (1799–1874, Ru/France), nv.
* Anne de Seguier (fl. 1583, France), poet & salonnière
* Dubravka Sekulić (b. 1980, Serbia), wr. & architect
* Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Serbia), nv.
* Taiye Selasi (b. 1979, Nigeria/Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
* Pınar Selek (b. 1971, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), sociologist
* Esther Seligson (1941–2010, Mexico), fiction wr., es. & poet
* Yoshiko Sembon (せんぼんよしこ, b. 1928, China/Japan), screenwriter
* Odete Semedo (b. 1959, Guinea-Bissau), wr. & educator
* Mala Sen (1947–2011, India), biographer
* Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938–2019, India), poet, fiction wr. & academic
* Eulalie de Senancour (1791–1876, France), fiction wr.
* Fama Diagne Sène (b. 1969, Senegal), nv. & poet
* Mallika Sengupta (1960–2011, India), poet
* Poile Sengupta (b. 1948, India), pw. & ch. wr.
* Somini Sengupta (fl 2000s, b. India), journalism, non-fiction wr.
* Olive Senior (b. 1941, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr.
* Danzy Senna (b. 1970, United States), nv.
* Raquel Señoret (1922–1990, Chile), poet
* Iryna Senyk (1926–2009, Ukraine), poet
* Seo Hajin (서하진, b. 1960, Korea), fiction wr.
* Ha Seong-nan (하성란, b. 1967, Korea), wr.
* Kim Seon-wu (김선우, b. 1970, Korea), poet
* Ruta Sepetys (b. 1967, Lithuania/United States), fiction wr.
* Perla Serfaty (b. 1944, Morocco/France/Canada), non-f. wr.
* Dolores Gortázar Serantes (1872–1936, Sp.), nv. & non-f. wr.
* Matilde Serao (1856–1927, Greece/Italy), nv. in Italian
* Kate Seredy (1899–1975, Hungary/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Clara Sereni (1946–2018, Italy), autobiographer & fiction wr.
* Gitta Sereny (1921–2012, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), biographer & non-f. wr. in German & English
* Cella Serghi (1907–1992, Romania), nv. & ch. wr.
* Anna Lidia Vega Serova (b. 1968, Russia/Cuba), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
* Namwali Serpell (b. 1980, Zambia), fiction wr.
* Elisa Serrana (1930–2012, Chile), nv. & feminist
* Emilia Serrano y García (1834-1923, Spain), travel wr.
* Marcela Serrano (b. 1951, Chile), nv.
* Nina Serrano (b. 1934, United States), poet, wr. & storyteller
* Yolanda García Serrano (b. 1958, Spain), screenwriter
* Coline Serreau (b. 1947, France), screenwriter & pw.
* Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Soviet Union), political wr.
* Kadija Sesay (living, England), fiction wr., poet & editor
* Ruth Huntington Sessions (1859–1946), mem.
* Henriett Seth F. (b. 1980, Hungary), poet, wr. & musician
* Anya Seton (1904–1990, United States), nv.
* Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982, United States), nv. & es.
* Julia Seton (1862-1950, United States), wr. on religion
* Diane Setterfield (b. 1964, England), nv.
* Mary Lee Settle (1918–2005, United States), nv. & mem.
* Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696, France), correspondent
* Anna Seward (1747–1809, England), poet
* Anna Sewell (1820–1887, England), nv.; Black Beauty
* Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, England/United States), poet, nv. & academic
* Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England), wr. on religion & education
* Anne Sexton (1928–1974, United States), poet
* Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (living, United States), nv.
* Miranda Seymour (b. 1948, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, Wales), biographer & education wr.

### Sf–Sk

* Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484, Italy), correspondent & poet
* Mary Ann Shaffer (1934–2008, United States), wr., editor & librarian
* Louisa Shafia (b. 1968/1970, United States), food wr. & chef
* Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982, Russia/Soviet Union), fiction wr. & activist
* Sara Shagufta (1954–1984, Pakistan), poet
* Bina Shah (b. 1972, Pakistan), fiction wr. & col.
* Madhuri R. Shah (fl. 20th century, India), education wr. & poet
* Noorul Huda Shah (b. 1951, Pakistan), pw. & politician
* Ryhaan Shah (living, Guyana), nv.
* Husne Ara Shahed (living, Bangladesh), wr. & educator
* Salma Shaheen (b. 1954, Pakistan), poet & fiction wr.
* Shahnaz Fatmi (b. 1949, India), poet
* Qaisra Shahraz (living, Pakistan/England), nv. & scriptwriter
* Mahasti Shahrokhi (living, Iran/Persia), nv. & poet
* Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013, United States), rebbetzin, wr. & teacher
* Siba Shakib (living, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & activist
* Parveen Shakir (1952–1995, Pakistan), poet & civil servant
* Sepideh Shamlou (b. 1968, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Kamila Shamsie (b. 1973, Pakistan/England), fiction wr.
* Muneeza Shamsie (b. 1944, Pakistan), es.
* Shan Sa (山颯, b. 1972, China/France), nv. in Chinese & French
* Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979, Ireland), poet
* Elizabeth Shane (1877–1951, Ireland), poet, pw. & violinist
* Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, United States), pw. & nv.
* Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1824–1855, United States), poet
* Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉兒, c. 664–710, China), poet, wr. & imperial consort
* Shantichitra (b. 1978, India), nv. & academic
* Jo Shapcott (b. 1953, England), poet, editor & lecturer
* Olga Shapir (1850–1916, Russia), fiction wr. & feminist
* Chava Shapiro (1876–1943, Russia/Soviet Union), wr. in Ukrainian
* Laura Shapiro (b. 1946, United States), journalist & author
* Margarita Sharapova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
* Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1802, United States), wr., col. & nv.
* Niamh Sharkey (living, Ireland), ch. writer & illustrator
* Jane Sharp (c. 1641–71, England), wr. on midwifery
* Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck (1850–1937, United States), wr.
* Elizabeth Shaw (1920–1992, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
* Tina Shaw (b. 1961, New Zealand), nv. & travel wr.
* Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952, Russia), fiction wr, pw. & poet
* Nessa Ní Shéaghdha (1916–1993, Iran/Persia), academic
* Miranda Shearer (b. 1982, England), non-f. wr. & columnist
* Eileen Sheehan (b. 1963, Ireland), poet
* Helena Sheehan (b. 1944, Ireland), philosopher & historian
* Alice Sheldon (1915–1987, United States), fiction wr.
* Daphne Sheldrick (1934–2018, Kenya), wr. on animal husbandry
* Shanta Shelke (1922–2002, India), poet & nv.
* Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England), nv.; Frankenstein
* Bonnie Shemie (b. 1949, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Shen Rong (谌容, b. 1936, China), nv. & mem.
* Shen Shanbao (沈善宝, 1808–1862, China), poet & biographer
* Preeti Shenoy (b. 1971, India), nv. & social wr.
* Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, Scotland), nv. & poet
* Verene Shepherd (b. 1951, Jamaica), academic
* Natalia Sheremeteva (1714–1771, Russia), mem.
* Betsy Sheridan (1758–1837, Ireland), diarist
* Frances Sheridan (1724–1766, Ireland), nv. & pw.
* Shahla Sherkat (b. 1956, Iran/Persia), feminist wr.
* Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914, United States), poet & col.
* Marika Sherwood (1937–2025, England), historian
* Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851, England), ch. wr.
* Narmala Shewcharan (living, Guyana/England), nv. & poet
* Gamar Sheyda (1881–1933, Azerbaijan), poet
* Tomoka Shibasaki (柴崎友香, b. 1973, Japan), fiction wr.
* Carol Shields (1935–2003 United States/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.; The Stone Diaries
* Yoshiko Shigekane (重兼芳子, 1927–1963, Japan), fiction wr.
* Karuho Shiina (椎名軽穂, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
* Izumi Shikibu (和泉式部, b. c. 976, Japan), poet
* Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, c. 973–1014 or 1025, Japan), nv. & poet; The Tale of Genji
* Princess Shikishi (式子内親王, died 1201, Japan), poet
* Michiru Shimada (島田満, 1959–2017, Japan), anime screenwriter
* Rio Shimamoto (島本理生, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
* Aki Shimazaki (アキシマザキ, b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & academic
* Reiko Shimizu (清水玲子, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
* Takako Shimura (志村貴子, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
* Kang Shin-jae (강신재, 1924–2001, Korea), nv., es. & pw.
* Shin Kyeong-nim (신경림, b. 1936, Korea), wr.
* Shin Kyung-sook (신경숙, b. 1963, Korea), fiction wr.
* Jan Shinebourne (b. 1947, Guyana/England), nv.
* Mayu Shinjo (新條まゆ, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
* Sharon Shinn (b. 1957, United States), nv.
* Setsuko Shinoda (篠田 節子, b. 1955, Japan), fiction wr.
* Chie Shinohara (篠原千絵, living, Japan), manga creator
* Irma Shiolashvili (b. 1974, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & col.
* Kazuko Shiraishi (白石かずこ, b. 1931, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
* Zandokht Shirazi (1909–1953, Iran/Persia), poet & activist
* Warsan Shire (b. 1988, England), wr., poet & editor
* Tanya Shirley (b. 1976, Jamaica), poet
* Shirome (白女, 10th century, Japan), poet
* Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & col.
* Susy Shock (b. 1968, Argentina), wr., singer & actor
* Ann Allen Shockley (b. 1927, United States), journalist & author
* Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, United States), poet & playwright
* Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, 965–1010, Japan), wr. & poet; The Pillow Book
* Lola Shoneyin (b. 1974, Nigeria), nv. & poet
* Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1918, Ireland), poet & sculptor
* Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, England), poet
* Elaine Showalter (b. 1941, United States), critic, feminist wr.
* Shu Ting (舒婷, b. 1952, China), poet
* Ana María Shua (b. 1951, Argentina), fiction & ch. wr., poet & pw.
* Shunzei's daughter (藤原俊成女, c. 1171 – c. 1252, Japan), poet
* Jenefer Shute (living, South Africa), nv.
* Marie-Louise Sibazuri (b. 1960, Burundi), wr.
* Gabriella Sica (b. 1950, Italy), poet
* Anja Sicking (b. 1965, Netherlands), fiction wr.
* Myra Sidharta (歐陽春梅, b. 1927, China/Indonesia), psychologist
* Bapsi Sidhwa (b. 1938, Pakistan/United States), nv.
* Mary Sidney (1561–1621, England), pw. & poet
* Gonnie Siegel (1928–2005, United States), wr.
* Raija Siekkinen (1953–2004, Finland), wr.
* Catherine of Siena (1347–1380, Italy), nun, philosopher & theologian
* Stella Sierra (1917–1997, Panama), poet and prose wr.
* Fatou Niang Siga (1932–2022, Senegal), social wr.
* Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (died 1271, Iceland), poet & politician
* Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940–2010, Iceland), fiction wr.
* Jakobína Sigurðardóttir (1918–1994, Iceland), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
* Lilja Sigurdardottir (b. 1972, Iceland), crime wr. & pw.
* Ragna Sigurðardóttir (b. 1962, Iceland), wr. & artist
* Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (b. 1950, Iceland), poet & nv.
* Turið Sigurðardóttir (b. 1946, Faroe Islands), literary historian
* Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (b. 1963), crime & ch. wr.
* Birte Siim (b. 1945, Denmark), political writer
* Joyce Sikakane (b. 1943, South Africa), col. & autobiographer in English
* Joan Silber (b. 1945, United States), fiction wr.
* Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861, Sweden), mem. & salonnière
* Melanie Silgardo (b. 1956, India), poet
* Leslie Marmon Silko (b. 1948, United States), Laguna Pueblo descent fiction wr. & poet
* Jindeok of Silla (진덕여왕, fl. 647–654, Korea), poet & queen
* Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911–1922, Brazil), nv., pw., es. & ch. wr.
* Makeda Silvera (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (b. 1972, Brazil), art wr.
* Sim Yunkyung (심윤경, b. 1972, Korea), nv.
* Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850, UK), diarist
* Hazel Simmons-McDonald (b. 1947, Saint Lucia), poet & academic
* Ana María Simo (living, Cuba/United States), pw. & nv. in English
* Maria Simointytär (fl. late 17th century, Finland), poet
* Kate Simon (1912–1990, Poland/United States), autobiographer & non-f. wr.
* Germaine Simon (1921–2012, Luxembourg), nv. in German
* Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978, Lithuania), nv.
* Katherine Call Simonds (1865–?, United States), musician, singer, author, composer, social reformer
* Ifigenija Zagoričnik Simonović (b. 1953, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. wr.
* Paullina Simons (b. 1963, Soviet Union/United States), nv.
* Dorothy Simpson (b. 1933, Wales), nv.
* Helen Simpson (1897–1940, Australia), nv., pw. & historian
* Ruth Simpson (1926–2008, United States), wr.
* Laura Sims (living, United States), nv. & poet
* Salla Simukka (b. 1981, Finland), nv. & critic
* Hourya Benis Sinaceur (b. 1940, Morocco), philosopher
* Jo Sinclair (pen name of Ruth Seid, 1913–1995, United States), wr.
* May Sinclair (1862–1946, England), fiction wr. & poet
* Helena Sinervo (b. 1961, Finland), poet & nv.
* Ansuyah Ratipul Singh (1917–1978, South Africa), wr. in English & physician
* Nalini Singh (b. 1977, New Zealand), nv.
* Rajkumari Singh (1923–1979, Guyana), poet, pw. & activist
* Sunny Singh (b. 1969, India), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Sarah Singleton (b. 1966, England), nv. & ch. wr.
* Kabita Sinha (1931–1999, India), poet & nv.
* Mridula Sinha (1942–2020, India), nv. & public figure
* Shumona Sinha (b. 1973, India/France), nv.
* Johanna Sinisalo (b. 1958, Finland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
* Lyubov Sirota (b. 1956, Ukraine), poet, wr. & pw.
* Elinor Sisulu (b. 1958, Zimbabwe/South Africa), biographer & activist
* Lakambini Sitoy (b. 1969, Philippines), nv. & teacher
* Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England), poet
* Genet Sium (b. 1960s, Eritrea), novelist
* Sivasankari (b. 1942, India), nv.
* Rhoda Cosgrave Sivell (1874–1962, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & rancher
* Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020, Sweden), mystery nv.
* Staka Skenderova (1830–1891, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. in Serbian
* Michelle Cruz Skinner (b. 1965, Philippines), wr. & educator
* Ann Masterman Skinn (1747–1789, England), nv.
* Rebecca Skloot (b. 1972, United States), science wr.
* Sofija Skoric (living, Serbia/Canada/Newfoundland), activist & wr.
* Simona Škrabec (b. 1968, Yugoslavia/Spain), critic & es.
* Amalie Skram (1846–1905, Norway), nv. & feminist
* Rūta Skujiņa (1907–1964, Latvia), poet
* Vendela Skytte (1608–1627, Sweden), wr.

### Sl–Sz

* Cecylia Słapakowa, (ca.1900–ca.1942, Lithuania/Poland), journalist and translator
* Sharon Slater (living, Ireland), local historian
* Karin Slaughter (b. 1971, United States), crime wr.
* Olga Slavnikova (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & critic
* Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982, England), ch. wr.
* Esphyr Slobodkina (1908–2002, Russia/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Żanna Słoniowska (b. 1978, Ukraine/Poland), nv.
* Gillian Slovo (b. 1952, South Africa/England), nv., pw. & mem.
* Anna Smaill (b. 1979, New Zealand), poet & nv.
* Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
* Dorothea Smartt (b. 1963, England), poet
* Jane Smiley (b. 1948, United States), nv.
* Alexandra Smirnova (1809–1882, Russia/France), mem.
* Ali Smith (b. 1962, Scotland), nv.
* Amanda Smith (1837–1915, United States), evangelist & autobiographer
* Betty Smith (1896–1972, United States), nv.
* Charlene Leonora Smith (living, South Africa), biographer & social wr. in English
* Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806, England), poet & nv.
* Dodie Smith (1896–1990, England), nv. & pw.; I Capture the Castle
* Doris Buchanan Smith (1934–2002, United States), ch. nv.
* Doris E. Smith (1919–pre–1994, Ireland), nv.
* Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933, England), ch. wr. & nv.
* Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925, United States), poet, romancist
* Lillian Smith (1897–1966, United States), nv. & critic
* Lura Eugenie Brown Smith (1864–?, United States), journalist, newspaper ed. & wr.
* Maggie Smith (b. 1977, United States), poet, editor & wr.
* Martha Pearson Smith (1836–?, United States), poet
* Mary Bell Smith (1818–1894, United States), educator, social reformer, & wr.
* Patti Smith (b. 1946, United States), poet, artist & songwriter
* Pauline Smith (1882–1959, South Africa), fiction wr. & pw. in English
* Stevie Smith (1902–1971, England), poet & nv.
* Tracy K. Smith (b. 1972, United States), poet & educator
* Zadie Smith (b. 1975, England), fiction wr. & es.
* Elizabeth Smither (b. 1941, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
* Annie M. P. Smithson (1873–1948, Ireland), fiction & nursing wr.
* Saundra Smokes (1954–2012, United States), col. & pw.
* Breda Smolnikar (b. 1941, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & ch. wr.
* Cherry Smyth (b. 1960, Iran/Persia/England), academic, critic & poet
* Ciara Elizabeth Smyth (living, Ireland), pw.
* Anja Snellman (b. 1954, Finland), nv. & poet
* Laura J. Snyder (b. 1964, United States), historian & biographer
* Yan-kit So (1933–2001, China/England), cookery wr.
* So Young-en (서영은, b. 1943, Korea), fiction wr.
* Angelina Soares (1910–1985, Brazil), feminist wr.
* Alawiya Sobh (b. 1955, Lebanon), col. & fiction wr.
* Sofia Soboleva (1840–1884, Russia), fiction & ch. wr.
* Gaele Sobott (b. 1956, Australia), fiction, ch. & non-f. wr.
* Krishna Sobti (1925–2019, India), fiction wr. & es.
* Susana Soca (1906–1959, Uruguay), poet
* Edith Södergran (1892–1923, Finland), poet in Swedish
* Zulu Sofola (1935–1995, Nigeria), pw. & pw.
* Ružica Sokić (1934–2013, Serbia), wr. & actor
* Sara Solá de Castellanos (1890–after 1928, Argentina), poet, nv., pw., lyricist
* Adeola Solanke (living, England/Nigeria), pw. & screenwriter
* Amalia Domingo Soler (1835–1909, Spain), nv. & spiritist
* Carmen Soler (1924–1985, Paraguay/Argentina), politician & poet
* Frances-Anne Solomon (b. 1966, England/Canada/Newfoundland), broadcasting pw.
* Laura Solomon (1974–2019, New Zealand/England), nv., pw. & poet
* Elizabeth Solopova (b. 1965, England), philologist & academic
* Polyxena Solovyova (1867–1924, Russia), poet & illustrator
* Armonía Somers (1914–1994, Uruguay), fiction wr. & educator
* Edith Somerville (1858–1949, Ireland), nv. & co-author
* Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (b. 1948, Germany), ch. wr.
* Son Bo-mi (선보미, b. 1980, Korea), fiction wr.
* Cathy Song (b. 1955, United States), poet
* Susan Sontag (1933–2004, United States), es. & nv.
* Oh Soo-yeon (오수연, b. 1964, Korea), wr. & es.
* Pilar Sordo (b. 1965, Chile), psychologist & wr.
* Tracy Sorensen (living, Australia), nv. & academic
* Fuyumi Soryo (b. 1959, Japan), manga wr.
* Dido Sotiriou (1909–2004, Greece), nv. & pw.
* Carmelina Soto (1916–1994, Comoros), poet
* María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1647 or 1661, Spain), nv.
* Katariina Souri (b. 1968, Finland), nv., col. & artist
* Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002, Mozambique), poet
* Auta de Souza (1876—1901, Brazil), poet
* Eunice de Souza (1940–2017, India), poet, critic & nv.
* Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004, Senegal), poet & ch. wr.
* Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr.
* Edibe Sözen (b. 1961, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), sociologist
* Isabelle Spaak (b. 1960, Belgium/France), fiction & non-f. wr. in French
* Svetlana Spajić (b. 1971, Serbia), activist & translator
* Muriel Spark (1918–2006, Scotland/England), nv.
* Elisavet Spathari (living, Greece), archaeologist & wr.
* Maria Luisa Spaziani (1923–2014, Italy), poet
* Terry Spear (living, United States), romance nv.
* Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910, Australia), nv. & reformer
* Eleanor Spence (1928–2008, Australia), ch. wr.
* Vanessa Spence (b. 1961, Jamaica), nv.
* Anne Spencer (1882–1975, United States), poet
* Elizabeth Spencer (1921–2018, United States), fiction wr.
* Dale Spender (1943–2023, Australia), feminist wr. & scholar
* Jean Maud Spender (J. M. Spender, 1901–1970), crime wr.
* Vanessa Spence (b. 1961, Jamaica), nv.
* Leonora Speyer (1872–1956, United States), poet & violinist
* Hilde Spiel (1911–1990, Austria/Austria-Hungary), es. & critic
* Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942, Russia/Uganda), psychoanalyst
* Lina Spies (b. 1939, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
* Erica Spindler (1957, United States), nv.
* Magdalena Spínola (1896–1991, Guatemala), poet & educator
* Dana Spiotta (b. 1966, United States), nv.
* Julia Spiridonova (Yulka, b. 1972, Bulgaria), nv. & screenwriter
* Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1891–1974, Serbia), poet & fiction wr.
* Lize Spit (b. 1980, Belgium), nv. in Flemish
* Andrea Spofford (b. 1986, United States), poet & es.
* Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921, United States), fiction wr. & poet
* Eintou Pearl Springer (b. 1944, Trinidad), poet & pw.
* Tricia Springstubb (b. 1950, United States), ch. wr.
* Susan Spungen (living, United States), food wr., editor, & food stylist
* Katja Špur (1908–1991, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), ch. wr. & poet
* Johanna Spyri (1827–1901, Switzerland), ch. wr. in German; Heidi
* Biljana Srbljanović (b. 1970, Serbia), pw.
* Atima Srivastava (b. 1961, India), fiction wr. & film director
* Cornelia Laws St. John (?–1902, United States), poet, biographer
* Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919, United States), Wordsworthian, book collector, & wr.
* Lauren St John (b. 1966, Zimbabwe), ch. nv.
* Marilyn Stablein (b. 1946, United States), poet, es. & fiction wr.
* Ilse von Stach (1879–1941, Germany), pw., nv. & poet
* Eva Stachniak (b. 1952, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Germaine de Staël (1766–1817, Switzerland/France), nv.
* Jean Stafford (1915–1978, United States), fiction wr.
* Pernilla Stalfelt (b. 1962, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Albena Stambolova (b. 1957, Bulgaria), psychologist & nv.
* Gaspara Stampa (1532–1554, Italy), poet
* Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902, United States), col. & es.
* Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka (1914–2014, Latvia), ch. wr.
* Freya Stark (1893–1993, England), travel wr.
* Nicolette Stasko (b. 1950, Australia), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
* Marie Šťastná (b. 1981, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet
* Lucienne Stassaert (b. 1936, Belgium), poet in Flemish
* Lilian Staveley (1878–1928, England), wr. & mystic
* Christina Stead (1902–1983, Australia), fiction wr.
* Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914, United States), non-f. wr.
* Margret Steckel (b. 1934, Germany/Luxembourg), nv. in German
* Irène Stecyk (b. 1937, Belgium), fiction wr. & poet
* Danielle Steel (b. 1947, United States), nv.
* Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, England), nv.
* Esther Baker Steele (1835–1911, United States), textbook wr. & editor
* Anja Štefan (b. 1969, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), ch. wr.
* Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021, Serbia), wr.
* Erla Stefánsdóttir (1935–2015, Iceland), story wr.
* Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930, Luxembourg), fiction wr. & col. in German & French
* Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012, Argentina), fiction wr. & translator
* Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827, Germany), pw.
* Evaleen Stein (1863–1923, United States), poet, children's wr., limner
* Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, United States), fiction wr., pw. & poet
* Gisela Steineckert (b. 1931, Germany), radio pw. and screenwriter
* Clara Steinitz (1852–1931), wr.
* Kristín Steinsdóttir (b. 1946, Iceland), ch. wr. & pw.
* Ginka Steinwachs (b. 1942, Germany), pw. and educator
* Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini (1634–1704, Italy), poet & pw.
* Carla Stellweg (living, Dutch East Indies/Mexico), art historian
* Eira Stenberg (b. 1943, Finland), pw. & poet
* Joanne Stepaniak (b. 1954, United States), vegan cookery wr.
* Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856–1925, United States), nv., poet & wr.
* Māmari Stephens (living, New Zealand), social wr. & preacher
* Jadene Felina Stevens (1947–2013, United States), poet
* Augusta Stevenson (1869–1976, United States), ch. wr. & teacher
* Margo Taft Stever (living, United States), poet
* Anna Louise Stevnhøj (b. 1963, Denmark), health wr.
* Adela Blanche Stewart (1846–1910, England/New Zealand), autobiographer
* Amanda Stewart (b. 1959, Australia), poet & performer
* Jacqueline Stewart (b. 1970, United States), non-f. wr.
* Jane Agnes Stewart (1860–1944, United States), wr., editor
* Maria W. Stewart (1803–1897, United States), lecturer & col.
* Mary Stewart (1916–2014, England), nv.
* Susan Stewart (b. 1952, United States), poet, professor & critic
* Maggie Stiefvater (b. 1981, United States), YA fiction wr.
* Isabel Stilwell (b. 1960, Portugal), fiction & ch. wr.
* Ilka Stitz (b. 1960, Germany), nv.
* Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902, United States), poet, biographer
* Wilma Stockenström (b. 1933, South Africa), poet & prose wr. in Afrikaans
* Cynthia Stockley (1873–1936, South Africa), nv. in English
* Louise Stockton (1838-1914, United States), nv., ss. wr.
* Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006, Netherlands), ch. wr. & artist
* Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878, Serbia), poet
* Ana Stojanoska (b. 1977, Yugoslavia/North Macedonia), wr. on theater & critic
* Missouri H. Stokes (1838–1910, United States), non-f. wr.
* Maša Stokić (b. 1966, Serbia), pw. & critic
* Maria Engelbrecht Stokkenbech (1759–post-1806, Denmark), wr.
* Catharine Stolberg (1751–1832, Denmark/Germany), countess & wr.
* Ruth Stone (1915–2011, United States), poet
* Marie Stopes (1880–1958, England), wr., paleo-botanist & birth-control advocate
* Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938, Argentina), poet & pw.
* Agnes L. Storrie (1865–1936, Australia), poet & wr.
* Gertrude Story (1929–2014, Canada), poet & short story
* Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1836, United States), nv.; Uncle Tom's Cabin
* Mari Strachan (b. 1945, Wales), nv.
* Susan Straight (b. 1960, United States), fiction wr., es. & academic
* Ingela Strandberg (b. 1944, Sweden), poet, ch. wr. & novelist
* Jennifer Strauss (b. 1933, Australia), poet & academic
* Hesba Stretton (1832–1911, England), ch. wr.
* Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England), history wr. & poet
* Sara Stridsberg (b. 1972, Sweden), nv.
* Olga Stringfellow (b. 1923, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011, Germany), poet & ch. wr.
* Rashida Strober (living, United States), pw.
* Gertrude Strohm (1843–1927), American wr.
* Eva Ström (b. 1947, Sweden), poet, nv. & critic
* Margareta Strömstedt (1931−2023, Sweden), wr., journalist & translator
* Eithne Strong (1923–1999, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
* Elizabeth Strout (b. 1956, United States), fiction wr.
* Flora E. Strout (1867–1962, United States), non-f. wr., lyricist
* Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c. 1408–1471, Italy), correspondent
* Antje Rávic Strubel (b. 1974, Germany), fiction & textbook wr.
* Karin Struck (1947–2006, Germany), fiction & social wr.
* Anna Strunsky (1877–1964, Russia/United States), nv. & mem.
* Amelie von Strussenfelt (1803–1847, Sweden), nv. & poet
* Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873, Sweden), nv.
* Jan Struther (1901–1953, Scotland/England), hymnist & nv.
* Andrea Stuart (b. 1968, Barbados/England), historian & biographer
* Lady Louisa Stuart (1757–1851, England), mem. & correspondent
* Sheila Stuart (1892–1974, Scotland), ch. wr.
* Toni Stuart (b. 1983, South Africa), poet in English
* Heloneida Studart (1932–2007, Brazil), nv., es. & pw.
* Lelde Stumbre (b. 1952, Latvia), pw. & politician
* Sarah Stup (b. 1983, United States), wr.
* Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (b. 1977, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet & fiction wr.
* Jacqueline Sturm (1927–2009, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Su Hui (蘇蕙, 4th century AD, China), poet
* Su Qing (苏青, 1914–1982, China), es.
* Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小, c. 470–c. 501, China), poet & courtesan
* Su Xuelin (蘇雪林, 1897–1999, China), scholar
* SuAndi (b. 1951, England), performance poet, wr. & arts curator
* Karla Suárez (b. 1969, Cuba), wr.
* Margareta Suber (1892–1984, Sweden), nv., poet & ch. wr.
* Arundhathi Subramaniam (living, India), poet, biographer & critic
* Vidya Subramaniam (b. 1957, India), fiction wr.
* Lucreția Suciu-Rudow (1859–1900, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), poet
* Olivia Sudjic (b. 1988, Serbia/England), nv.
* Keiko Suenobu (すえのぶけいこ, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator
* Yuki Suetsugu (末次由紀, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
* Meridel Le Sueur (1900–1996, United States), nv. & col.
* Tea Sugareva (b. 1989, Bulgaria), poet & drama director
* Sugathakumari (1934–2020, India), poet & activist
* Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto (杉本鉞子, 1874–1950, Japan), autobiographer & nv.
* Heo Su-gyeong (허수경, 1964–2018, Korea), poet
* Azalia Suhaimi (b. 1985, Malaysia), poet & wr.
* Laurence Suhner (b. 1968, Switzerland), nv. in French & graphic artist
* Laura Jane Suisted (1840–1903, England/New Zealand), fiction wr., col. & poet
* Iliriana Sulkuqi (b. 1951, Albania/United States), poet & col.
* Sara Copia Sullam (1592–1641, Italy), poet & religious wr.
* Deirdre Sullivan (living, Ireland), ch. writer
* Elizabeth Higgins Sullivan (1872–1953. United States, wr., novelist, dramatist
* Jennifer Sullivan (b. 1945, Wales), ch. nv. & critic
* Florence Sulman (1876–1965, England/Australia), non-f. educator
* Sulpicia (fl. 1st century BC, Ancient Rome), poet in Latin
* Sulpicia (fl. 1st century AD, Ancient Rome), satirist in Latin
* Maud Sulter (1960–2008, Scotland), poet, artist & photographer
* Anne Summers (b. 1945, Australia), wr. & col.
* Barbara Summers (1944–2014, United States), wr., educator & model
* Essie Summers (1912–1998, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
* Merna Summers (b. 1933, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Barbara Sumner (living, New Zealand), mem. & screenwriter
* Kamala Surayya (1934–2009, India), poet & fiction wr.
* Julia Suryakusuma (b. 1954, India/Indonesia), social wr. & col.
* Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974, United States), nv.
* Astrid Susanto (1936–2006, Indonesia), social wr.
* Polina Suslova (1839–1918, Russia), autobiographer
* Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Ghana/Gold Coast), pw., ch. wr. & pw.
* Esi Sutherland-Addy (living, Ghana/Gold Coast), academician & activist
* Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & Nobel Prize winner
* Han Suyin (周光瑚, 1916–2012, Chile), nv., mem. & es.; A Many-Splendoured Thing
* Henriette de Coligny de La Suze (1618–1673, France), poet
* Eva Švankmajerová (1940–2005, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & artist
* Annakarin Svedberg (b. 1934, Sweden), fiction wr.
* Maria Sveland (b. 1974, Sweden), social analyst
* Hanne Marie Svendsen (b. 1933, Denmark), wr. & broadcaster
* Karolina Světlá (1830–1899, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. in Czech
* Alexandra Sviridova (b. 1951, Russia/United States), screenwriter & political wr.
* Anni Swan (1875–1958, Finland), ch. book wr.
* Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck (1744–1813, Sweden/Finland), pw. & poet in Swedish
* Elinor Sweetman (c. 1861–1922, Ireland), poet
* May Swenson (1913–1988, United States), poet & pw.
* Susie Forrest Swift (1862–1916, United States), editor & wr.
* Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984, Poland), poet
* Lucy Robbins Messer Switzer (1844–1922, United States), temperance activist
* Syang (Simone Dreyer Peres, b. 1968, Brazil), erotic wr.
* Karen Syberg (b. 1945, Denmark), wr. & gender researcher
* Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781–1859, Ireland), nv.
* Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, Australia), poet & wr.
* Khady Sylla (1963–2013, Senegal), nv. & screenwriter
* Vanda Symon (b. 1969, New Zealand), nv.
* Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
* Anna Szatkowska (1928–2015, Poland/Switzerland), resistance fighter & autobiographer
* Noémi Szécsi (b. 1976, Hungary), nv.
* Júlia Székely (1906–1986, Hungary), nv. & biographer
* Madelon Szekely-Lulofs (1899–1958, Indonesia/Netherlands), fiction wr.
* Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Hungary), esoteric & science fiction nv.
* Małgorzata Szumowska (b. 1973, Poland), screenwriter
* Edina Szvoren (b. 1974, Hungary), nv., poet & musician
* Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012, Poland), poet
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### Ta–Th

* Marga T (b. 1943, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr.
* Gladys Taber (1899–1980, United States), nv. & nature wr.
* Eileen Tabios (b. 1960, Philippines/United States), poet & fiction wr.
* Haruko Tachiiri (たちいりハルコ, b. 1949, Japan), ch. manga creator
* Maria Tacu (1949–2010, Romania), poet & prose wr.
* Chimako Tada (多田智満子, 1930–2003, Japan), poet
* Kaoru Tada (多田かおる, 1960–1999, Japan), manga creator
* Tadano Makuzu (只野真葛, 1763–1825, Japan), socio-political wr.
* Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955, Ivory Coast), poet, nv. & artist
* Pia Tafdrup (b. 1952, Denmark), poet, nv. & pw.
* Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (living, Philippines), screenwriter
* Valerie Tagwira (living, Zimbabwe), nv.
* Táhirih (1814 or 1817–1852, Iran/Persia), poet & theologian
* Daina Taimiņa (b. 1954, Latvia), mathematician
* Ise no Taiu (伊勢大輔, early 11th century, Japan), poet
* Princess Tajima (但馬皇女, died 708, Japan), poet
* Judit Dukai Takách (1795–1836, Hungary), poet
* Nobuko Takagi (高樹のぶ子, b. 1946, Japan), fiction wr.
* Rumiko Takahashi (高橋留美子, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
* Takako Takahashi (高橋たか子, 1932–2013, Japan), fiction wr.
* Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
* Kaoru Takamura (髙村薫, b. 1953, Japan), fiction wr.
* Hinako Takanaga (高永ひなこ, living, Japan), manga creator
* Mitsuba Takanashi (高梨みつば, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
* Takasue's daughter (菅原孝標女, c. 1008 – post-1059, Japan), travel wr.
* Haneko Takayama (高山羽根子, b. 1975, Japan), fiction wr.
* Kazumi Takayama (高山一実, b. 1994, Japan), fiction & self-help wr.
* Lisa Takeba (竹葉リサ, b. 1983, Japan), screenwriter
* Keiko Takemiya (竹宮惠子, b. 1950, Japan), manga creator
* Hiroko Takenishi (竹西寛子, b. 1929, Japan), fiction wr. & critic
* Kei Takeoka (竹岡圭, b. 1969, Japan), motoring wr.
* Jill Talbot (b. 1970, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
* Niloufar Talebi (living, England/United States), mem. & librettist
* Maila Talvio (1871–1951, Finland), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Tamairangi (fl. 1820s, New Zealand), Maori poet
* Susanna Tamaro (b. 1957, Italy), nv.
* Clotilde Tambroni (1758–1817, Italy), linguist & poet
* Altaír Tejeda de Tamez (1922–2015, Mexico), fiction wr., poet & pw.
* Leilani Tamu (living, New Zealand), poet & politician
* Yumi Tamura (田村由美, living, Japan), manga creator & nv.
* Wassyla Tamzali (b. 1941, Algeria), wr., feminist & politician
* Amy Tan (b. 1952, United States), nv.
* Yellow Tanabe (田辺イエロウ, b. 1990s, Japan), manga creator
* Meca Tanaka (田中メカ, b. 1976), manga wr.
* Mitsu Tanaka (田中美津, b. 1945), feminist wr.
* Shelley Tanaka (living, Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. ch. wr.
* Suna Tanaltay (1933–2021, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & wr.
* Shweta Taneja (living, India), fiction wr.
* Arina Tanemura (種村有菜, b. 1978, Japan), manga creator
* Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England), historian
* Lian Tanner (b. 1951, Australia), ch. wr.
* Goli Taraghi (b. 1939, Iran/Persia), fiction wr.
* Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
* Sooni Taraporevala (b. 1957, India), screenwriter
* Violet Targuse (1884–1937, New Zealand), pw.
* Lisa Ysaye Tarleau (1885–1952, United States), fiction wr.
* Fanny Tarnow (1779–1862, Germany), journal & fiction wr.
* Judith Tarr (b. 1955, United States), wr.
* Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994, Philippines), linguist & poet
* Sofía Tartilán (1829–1888, Spain), fiction wr., es, journalist, ed.
* Donna Tartt (b. 1963, United States), nv.
* Ana Tasić (b. 1978, Serbia), theater critic
* Afzal Tauseef (1936–2014, Pakistan), social wr. & col.
* Franziska Tausig (c. 1895–1989, Austria/Austria-Hungary/China), mem.
* Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893, Iran/Persia/Germany), nv.
* Malvina Tavares (1866–1939, Brazil), poet & anarchist
* Zora Tavčar (b. 1928, Yugoslavia/Italy), fiction wr., es. & poet in Slovenian
* Yōko Tawada (多和田葉子, b. 1960, Japan/Germany), poet & fiction wr.
* Raymonda Tawil (b. 1940, Palestine/Malta), mem.
* Alice Taylor (b. 1938, Ireland), mem. & ch. wr.
* Ann Taylor (1782–1866, England), poet & critic
* Anna Taylor (b. 1982, New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Cory Taylor (1955–2016, Australia), ch. wr. & mem.
* Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975, England), fiction wr.
* Glenda R. Taylor (b. 1955, United States), scholar & poet
* Grace Taylor (b. c. 1984, New Zealand), poet & academic
* Grace Oladunni Taylor (b. 1937, Nigeria), biochemist
* Jane Taylor (1783–1824, England), poet & nv.
* Jane Taylor (b. 1956, South Africa), political wr, nv. & librettist in English
* Kay Glasson Taylor (Daniel Hamline, 1893–1998, Australia), ch. wr.
* Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911, United States), poet, lyricist, textbook wr.
* Susie Taylor (1848–1912, United States), teacher & memoir wr.
* Teresia Teaiwa (1968–2017, Kiribati/United States), poet & academic
* Roma Tearne (b. 1954, Sri Lanka/England), nv. & artist
* Sara Teasdale (1884–1933, United States), poet
* Mrs. Bartle Teeling (1851–1906, United Kingdom), wr.
* Teffi (1872–1952, Ru/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
* Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
* Nivaria Tejera (1929–2016, Cuba/France), nv.
* Sevim Tekeli (1924–2019, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), science historian
* Latife Tekin (b. 1957, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
* Sylviane Telchid (1941–2023, Guadeloupe), wr. & translator
* Telesilla (fl. 510 BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
* Olena Teliha (1906–1942, Ru/Soviet Union), poet in Ukrainian
* Janne Teller (b. 1964, Denmark/United States), nv. & es. in English
* Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–1922, Brazil), fiction wr.
* Ece Temelkuran (b. 1973, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr. & poet
* Ana Tena (b. 1966, Spain), wr. in Aragonese
* Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749, France), nv. & salonnière
* Emma Tennant (1937–2017, England), nv.
* Kylie Tennant (1912–1988, Australia), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
* Margaret Tennant (living, New Zealand), historian
* Lourdes Teodoro (b. 1946, Brazil), poet & academic
* Lisa St Aubin de Terán (b. 1953, England), nv. & mem.
* Fanny Tercy (1782-1851, France), nv.
* Laura Terracina (1519 – c. 1577, Italy), poet
* Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954, United States), activist & col.
* Jasmina Tešanović (b. 1954, Serbia), es., fiction wr. & translator
* Josephine Tey (1896–1952, Scotland), mystery nv.
* Hilary Tham (1946–2005, Malaysia/United States), poet
* Najiya Thamir (1926–1988, Syria/Tunisia), fiction wr., es. & radio pw.
* Romila Thapar (b. 1931, India), historian
* Susie Tharu (b. 1943, India), writer & activist
* Celia Thaxter (1835–1894, United States), poet & story wr.
* Julia H. Thayer (1847-1944, United States), poet, hymnist, & educator
* Françoise Thébaud (born 1952, France), non-f. wr.
* Naseem Thebo (1948–2012, Pakistan), fiction wr. & educator
* Marcia Theophilo (b. 1941, Brazil), poet
* Rama Thiaw (b. 1978, Senegal), screenwriter
* Renata Thiele (living, Poland/Germany), fiction writer
* Marianne Thieme (b. 1972, Netherlands), wr. & politician
* Madeleine Thien (b. 1974, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Angela Thirkell (Leslie Parker, 1890–1961), nv.
* Adrienne Thomas (1897–1980, Germany/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
* Audrey Thomas (b. 1935, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
* Caitlin Thomas (1913–1994, Wales), mem.
* Chantal Thomas (b. 1945, France), wr. and historian
* Édith Thomas (1909–1970, France), nv. and historian
* Elean Thomas (1947–2004, Jamaica), poet, nv. & activist
* Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855, England), nv. & religious poet
* Gilles Thomas (1929–1985, France), science fiction wr.
* Gladys Thomas (1934–2022, South Africa), poet & pw.
* Isabel Thomas (living, England), ch. non-f. wr.
* Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968, Wales), wr. & nv.
* Margaret Thomas (1843–1929, Australia), travel wr., poet & artist
* Ngaire Thomas (1943–2012, New Zealand), autobiographer
* Rosemary Thomas (1901–1961, United States), poet.
* Stephanie Thomas (living, United States), author, public speaker, voice actor, professor
* Clara M. Thompson (1830s–unknown, United States), nv.
* Mrs. E. H. Thompson (fl. 1870s–1900s, United States), wr.
* E. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944, United States), poet, pw, shot story wr.
* Jeanne I. Thompson (living, Bahamas), pw. & lawyer
* Judith Thompson (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
* Kirsten Moana Thompson (b. 1964, New Zealand), film scholar
* María Luisa Artecona de Thompson (1919–2003, Paraguay), poet & pw.
* Mette Thomsen (b. 1970, Denmark), nv.
* Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir (b. 1970, Iceland), ch. wr.
* Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903, Denmark/Norway), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
* Samantha Thornhill (living, Trinidad), poet & critic
* Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir (b. 1989, Iceland), poet
* Margaret Farrand Thorp (1891–1970, United States), wr. & academic
* Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850–1938, United States), poet & wr.
* Kirsten Thorup (b. 1942, Denmark), poet & fiction wr.
* Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir (1845–1918, Iceland), fiction wr.
* Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010, Sweden), nv.
* Ólína Þorvarðardóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), poet & social scientist
* Hester Thrale (Mrs Piozzi, 1741–1821, Wales/England), diarist & wr.
* María Lilja Þrastardóttir (b. 1986, Iceland), col. & activist
* Holly Throsby (b. 1978, Australia), nv.
* Ketty Thull (1905–1987, Luxembourg), cookery writer in German
* Katherine Cecil Thurston (1874–1911, Ireland), nv.
* Martha L. Poland Thurston (1849–1898, United States), social leader, philanthropist, & wr.
* Johanna Thydell (b. 1980, Sweden), nv.

### Ti–Tz

* Tian Yuan (田原, b. 1985, China), nv. & songwriter
* María Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987, Argentina), nv. & poet
* Jindra Tichá (b. 1937, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/New Zealand), fiction wr. & academic
* Anna-Clara Tidholm (b. 1946, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Tie Ning (鐵凝, b. 1957, China), fiction wr.
* Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841, Germany), Shakespeare translator
* Edith Tiempo (1919–2011, Philippines), poet & wr. in English
* Mary Tighe (1772–1810, Iran/Persia/England), poet
* Eeva Tikka (b. 1939, Finland), wr.
* Märta Tikkanen (b. 1935, Finland), wr. in Swedish
* Mary Wilder Tileston (1843–1934, United States), wr., editor, compiler
* Stella Tillyard (b. 1957, England/United States), history wr. & academic
* Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915, United States), educator, activist, journalist, poet, lyricist
* Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786, Netherlands), poet & scientist
* Timrava (1867–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & pw. in Slovak
* Lillian Tindyebwa (living, Uganda), wr.
* Annette Tison (b. 1942, France), wr. and architect
* Kata Tisza (b. 1980, Russia/Hungary), nv. in Hungarian
* Liudmila Titova (fl. 1940s, Ukraine), poet
* Manjit Tiwana (b. 1947, India), poet
* Maya Tiwari (b. 1952, Guyana/United States), social & religious writer
* Totilawati Tjitrawasita (1945–1982, Indonesia), fiction wr.
* Nino Tkeshelashvili (1874–1956, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), ch. wr. & suffragist
* Miriam Tlali (1933–2017), South Africa), nv. in English
* Fatima Tlisova (b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), political wr.
* Keiko Tobe (戸部けいこ, 1957–2010, Japan), manga creator
* Lily Tobias (1887–1984, Wales), nv., pw. & activist
* Yana Toboso (枢やな, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
* Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904, United States), wr.
* Ruth D. Todd (1878–?, United States), fiction wr.
* Miriam Toews (b. 1964, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
* Ekaterine Togonidze (b. 1981, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & activist
* Laura Tohe (b. 1952, United States), wr.
* Marianne du Toit (b. 1970, South Africa), prose wr. in English
* Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962, Poland), wr. & poet; 2018 Nobel prizewinner
* Viktoriya Tokareva (b. 1937, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction & screenwriter
* Hari Tokeino (時計野は, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator
* Arzu Toker (b. 1952, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), political wr. in German
* M. B. M. Toland (1925-1895, United States), poet
* Aida Toledo (b. 1952, Guatemala), poet & fiction wr.
* Natalia Toledo (b. 1968, Mexico), poet in Spanish & Zapotec
* Natalia Tolstaya (1943–2010, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
* Sophia Tolstaya (1844–1919, Russia), diarist
* Tatyana Tolstaya (b. 1951, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. & TV presenter
* Velta Toma (1912–1999, Latvia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet
* Consuelo Tomás (b. 1957, Panama), pw., poet & nv.
* Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003, Australia), songwriter, nv. & poet
* Taeko Tomioka (1935–2023, Japan), nv. & poet
* Constance Tomkinson (1915–1995, England, we. & actress
* Angharad Tomos (b. 1958, Wales), wr. & activist
* Canan Topçu (b. 1965, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), academic
* Angela Topping (b. 1954, England), poet, critic & wr.
* Elena Topuridze (1922–2004, Soviet Union/Georgia (Caucasus)), philosopher & non-f. wr.
* Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
* Cécile Tormay (1876–1937, Hungary), wr. & activist
* Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482, Italy), poet
* Rita Tornborg (b. 1926, South Africa/Sweden), fiction wr.
* Ana Rosa Tornero (1907–1984, Bolivia), wr. & reformer
* Malú Huacuja del Toro (b. 1961, Mexico), nv., pw. & screenwriter
* Anabel Torres (b. 1948, Comoros), poet
* Elena Torres (1893–1970, Mexico), political wr. & educator
* Raymunda Torres y Quiroga (?–?, Argentina), wr. & activist
* Wal Torres (b. 1950, Brazil), sexologist
* Gabriela Torres Olivares (b. 1982, Mexico), fiction
* Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (b. 1951, Philippines), poet, fiction wr. & es.
* Maria Antonietta Torriani (1840–1920, Italy), fiction & etiquette wr.
* Alcira Cardona Torrico (1926-2003, Bolivia), writer and poet
* Susana Richa de Torrijos (b. 1924, Panama), es. & educator
* Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427–1482, Italy), poet, pw. & politician
* Nicole Tourneur (1950–2011, France), nv.
* Jessica Townsend (b. 1985, Australia), ch. wr.
* Ema Tōyama (遠山えま, b. 1981, Japan), manga creator
* Marta Traba (1923–1983, Argentina), art critic & nv.
* Bahaa Trabelsi (b. 1966, Morocco), nv. in French
* Mona Innis Tracy (1892–1959, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
* Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899, England/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & naturalist
* Barbara Trapido (b. 1941, South Africa/England), nv.
* Maria von Trapp (1905–1987, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), wr.
* Clara Augusta Jones Trask (1839–1905, United States), wr.
* P. L. Travers (1889–1996, Australia/England), ch. wr.
* Carmen Clemente Travieso (1900–1983, Venezuela), biographer & col.
* Maria Treben (1907–1991, Austria/Austria-Hungary), herbalist
* Catherine Tregenna (living, Wales), pw. & scriptwriter
* Melesina Trench (1768–1827, Ireland), wr, poet & diarist
* Ulla Trenter (1936–2019, Sweden), wr.
* Natasha Trethewey (b. 1966, United States), poet
* Jill Trevelyan (b. 1963, New Zealand), art scholar
* Rachel Trezise (b. 1978, Wales), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Soti Triantafyllou (b. 1957, Greece), nv. & col.
* Adriana Trigiani (living, Italy/United States), wr. & filmmaker
* Barbara Margaret Trimble (Margaret Blake, B. M. Gill, 1921–1995, Wales), thriller wr.
* Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810, England), ch. wr. & critic
* S. K. Trimurti (1912–2008, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), writer & teacher
* Grace Hyde Trine (1874–1972, United States), pw.
* Nadine Trintignant (b. 1934, France), screenwriter & nv.
* Elsa Triolet (1896–1970, Russia/France), correspondent & nv. in Russian and French
* Geeta Tripathee (b. 1972, Nepal), poet, literary critic & wr.
* Flora Tristan (1803–1844, France), wr., feminist & activist
* Licia Troisi (b. 1980, Italy), fiction wr.
* Frances Trollope (1779–1863, England), nv. & travel wr.
* Joanna Trollope (b. 1943, England), nv.
* Catherine Trotter (1679–1749, Scotland/England), nv., pw. & philosopher
* Trotula (11th–12th century, Spain), wr. on medicine in Latin
* Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011, Sweden), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Jean Trounstine (b. 1946, United States), activist, wr. & academic
* Una Troy (1910–1993, Ireland), nv. & pw.
* Jagoda Truhelka (1864–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. & educator
* Meta Truscott (1917–2014, Australia), diarist & historian
* Sojourner Truth (1797–1883, United States), feminist
* Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021, Ireland), scholar & poet in Irish
* Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890, Denmark), mem. & painter
* To-wen Tseng (曾多聞, living, China/United States), wr., col. & ch. wr.
* Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (b. 1988, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
* Mariam Tsiklauri (b. 1960, Soviet Union/Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & ch. wr.
* Masami Tsuda (津田雅美, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
* Mikiyo Tsuda (つだみきよ, living, Japan), manga creator
* Kikuko Tsumura (津村記久子, b. 1978, Japan), fiction wr.
* Yūko Tsuno (津野 裕子, b. 1966, Japan), comics wr.
* Yūko Tsushima (津島佑子, 1947–2016, Japan), fiction wr., es. & critic
* Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941, Soviet Union), poet
* Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1988, United States), wr. & historian
* Lily Tuck (b. 1938, United States), fiction wr.
* Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837–1902, United States), poet
* Kateřina Tučková (b. 1980, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
* Elizabeth Tudor (Lady Hasanova, b. 1978, Azerbaijan), nv.
* Nadia Tueni (1935–1983, Lebanon), poet in French
* Magdalena Tulli (b. 1955, Poland), nv.
* Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli (1849–1932, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), wr., educator & feminist
* Ayfer Tunç (b. 1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & researcher
* Leelo Tungal (b. 1947, Estonia), poet, librettist & ch. wr.
* Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Iran/Persia/England), poet & ch. wr.
* Fadwa Tuqan (1917–2003, Palestine), poet
* Evgenia Tur (1815–1892, Ru), nv. & critic
* Nika Turbina (1974–2002, Ukraine), poet
* Roxane Turcotte (born 1952, Canada), ch. wr.
* Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909, Peru), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Ethel Turner (1872–1958, Australia), ch. wr.
* Jann Turner (b. 1964, South Africa), nv. & screenwriter in English
* Lilian Turner (1867–1956, Australia), ch. nv.
* Megan Whalen Turner (b. 1965, United States), fantasy wr.
* Telcine Turner-Rolle (1944–2012, Bahamas), pw., poet & educator
* Josipina Turnograjska (1833–1854, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr. in Slovenian
* Helene Tursten (b. 1954, Sweden), fiction wr.
* Agata Tuszynska (b. 1957, Poland), wr., poet & col.
* Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916, United States), wr. & poet
* Flora May Woodard Tuttle (1868–1931, United States), wr. & col.
* Diana Tutton (1915–1991, England), nv.
* Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925–2011, Philippines), fiction wr. & es.
* Violet Tweedale (1862–1936, Scotland), wr. & poet
* Chase Twichell (b. 1950, United States), poet & professor
* Lizzie Twigg (c. 1882–1933, Ireland), poet
* Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839–1920, United States), poet
* Hilda Twongyeirwe (living, Uganda), wr. & editor
* Anne Tyler (b. 1941, United States), fiction wr. & critic
* Katharine Tynan (1859–1931, Ireland), nv. & poet
* Aale Tynni (1913–1997, Soviet Union/Finland), poet
* Vasia Tzanakari (b. 1980, Greece), fiction writer

## U

* Rosana Ubanell (b. 1958, Spain), nv.
* Bahriye Üçok (1919–1990, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), academic & activist
* Ada Udechukwu (b. 1960, Nigeria), poet & artist
* Miwa Ueda (上田美和, living, Japan), manga creator
* Toshiko Ueda (上田トシコ, 1917–2008, Japan), manga creator
* Kimiko Uehara (上原きみ子, b. 1946, Japan), manga creator
* Brenda Ueland (1891–1985 United States/Norway), wr. & teacher
* Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969, Ecuador), editor & suffragist
* Jenny Uglow (b. 1940s, England), biographer
* Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023, Yugoslavia/Netherlands), fiction wr. in Croat
* Hebe Uhart (1936–2018, Argentina), fiction wr.
* Uhwudong (어우동, c. 1440–1480, Korea), wr. & poet
* Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913, Ukraine), poet
* Adaora Lily Ulasi (b. 1932, Nigeria), nv. & col.
* Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698, Denmark), prison autobiographer
* Anya Ulinich (b. 1973, Russia/United States), fiction wr.
* Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943, Russia), fiction wr.
* Linn Ullmann (b. 1966, Norway), nv. & critic
* Regina Ullmann (1884–1961, Switzerland), poet in German
* Rosina Umelo (b. 1930, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
* Chica Umino (羽海野チカ, living, Japan), manga creator
* Luz María Umpierre (b. 1947, Puerto Rico), poet, critic & activist
* Lily Unden (1908–1989, Luxembourg), poet, painter & concentration camp survivor
* Marie Under (1883–1980, Estonia), poet
* Terry Underwood (b. 1944, Australia), wr.
* Sigrid Undset (1882–1949, Norway), nv.; 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Chika Unigwe (b. 1974, Nigeria), fiction wr.
* Jane Unrue (living, United States), wr. & educator
* Makerita Urale (fl. 1990s, New Zealand), pw. & film director
* Azucena Grajo Uranza (1929–2012, Philippines), fiction wr. & pw.
* Ellen Urbani (b. 1968, United States), wr.
* Joan Ure (1918–1978, Scotland), poet & pw.
* Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900–1988, Colombia), suffragist
* Jane Urquhart (b. 1949, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
* Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948, Australia), nv. & col.
* Julia Urquidi (1926–2010, Bolivia), mem.
* Lourdes Urrea (b. 1954, Mexico), poet, fiction & YA wr.
* Arantxa Urretabizkaia (b. 1947, Spain), nv., screenwriter & poet in Basque
* Matilde Urrutia (1912–1985, Chile), mem.
* Mari Jose Urruzola (1940–2006, Spain), non-f. wr.
* Yuki Urushibara (漆原友紀, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
* Shereen Usdin (b. 1962, South Africa), non-f. wr. in English
* Carmina Useros (1928–2017, Spain), wr. & artist
* O. V. Usha (b. 1948, India), poet & fiction wr.
* Ayu Utami (b. 1968, Indonesia), fiction wr.
* Kaari Utrio (b. 1942, Finland), nv.
* Sarah Elizabeth Utterson (1781–1851), gothic short story wr.
* Arja Uusitalo (b. 1951, Finland), poet & col.
* Bea Uusma (b. 1966, Sweden), ch. & non-f. wr.
* Uvavnuk (fl. early 20th century, Canada/Newfoundland), Inuit poet
* Pauline Uwakweh (living, Nigeria), ch. & feminist wr.
* Mellie Uyldert (1908–2009, Netherlands), astrologer & wr.
* Buket Uzuner (b. 1955, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction & travel wr.
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## V

* Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947, Romania), poet, nv. & mem.
* Urvashi Vaid (1958–2022, India/United States), socio-political wr.
* Vaidehi (b. 1945, India), fiction wr., es. & pw.
* Aparna Vaidik (living, India), historian & educator
* Kaajal Oza Vaidya (b. 1966, India), fiction & screenwriter
* Gertrude Vaile (1878–1954, US), non-f. wr.
* Celestine Vaite (b. 1966, Tt), nv.
* Matrena Vakhrusheva (1918–2000, Soviet Union/Russia), Mansi poet & storyteller
* Katri Vala (1901–1944, Finland), poet
* Lobat Vala (b. 1930, Ireland), poet & activist
* Aline Valangin (1889–1986, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
* Indrė Valantinaitė (b. 1984, Lithuania), poet
* Gisela Valcárcel (b. 1963, Peru), autobiographer
* Olvido García Valdés (b. 1950, Spain), poet & es.
* Zoé Valdés (b. 1959, Cuba), nv. & poet
* Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (b. 1968, United States), nv. & screenwriter
* Mercedes Valdivieso (1924–1993, Chile), nv.
* Patrizia Valduga (b. 1953, Italy), poet
* Aline Valek (b. 1986, Brazil), wr., nv. & illustrator
* Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & ch. wr.
* Elcina Valencia (b. 1963, Colombia), poet & teacher
* Luize Valente (b. 1966, Brazil), nv. & filmmaker
* Elvira Farreras i Valentí (1913–2005, Spain), wr.
* Jean Valentine (1934–2020, United States), poet
* Jenny Valentine (b. 1970, Wales), ch. wr.
* Luisa Valenzuela (b. 1938, Argentina), fiction wr.
* Valérie Valère (1961–1981, France), autobiographer
* Leda Valladares (1919–2012, Argentina), poet & folklorist
* Estrella del Valle (b. 1971, Mexico), poet
* Virginia Vallejo (b. 1949, Comoros/United States), wr. & refugee
* Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016, Sweden), religious wr. & es.
* Elise Valmorbida (b. 1961, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
* P. Valsala (b. 1938, India), fiction wr. & activist
* Maria Valtorta (1897–1961, Italy), poet & religious wr.
* Jennifer Vanasco (b. 1971, United States), col.
* Josephine Van De Grift (1894-1927, United States), wr., col. & pw.
* Jane Vandenburgh (b. 1948, United States), nv., mem. & non-f. wr.
* Vonne van der Meer (b. 1952, Netherlands), fiction wr. & pw.
* Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842–1893, United States), poet & hymn wr.
* Blanca Varela (1926–2009, Peru), poet
* Fred Vargas (b. 1957, France), historian & nv.
* Virginia Vargas (b. 1945, Peru), sociologist
* Galina Varlamova (1951–2019, Russia), Evenk philologist
* Mahadevi Varma (1907–1987, India), poet & educator
* Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833, Germany), es. & correspondent
* Marja-Liisa Vartio (1924–1966, Finland), poet & fiction wr.
* M. Vasalis (1909–1998, Netherlands), poet & psychiatrist
* Vibeke Vasbo (b. 1944, Denmark), wr. & activist
* Ana Vásquez-Bronfman (1931–2009, Chile/France), nv. & sociologist
* Elizabeth Vassilieff (1917–2007, Australia), wr. & critic
* Marie Vassiltchikov (1917–1978, Russia/Germany), diarist
* Ruth Vassos (1890s–1965), editor & non-f. wr.
* Ganga Bharani Vasudevan (living, India), fiction wr.
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1928–2020, India), arts wr.
* Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985, Wales), fiction wr.
* Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), screenwriter & nv.
* Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – post-1570, Portugal), humanist & poet
* Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003, India/United States), poet & educator
* Mâliâraq Vebæk (1917–2012, Gd), ethnographer & nv.
* Tatiana Vedenska (b. 1976, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
* Cornelia van der Veer (1609–1674, Netherlands), poet
* Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006, Ecuador), poet & wr.
* Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010, United States), poet
* Luz Méndez de la Vega (1919–2012, Guatemala), wr., poet and actor
* Saša Vegri (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. wr.
* Amélia Veiga (b. 1932, Portugal/Angola), poet
* Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857, Ecuador), poet
* Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–2007, Ecuador), wr. & politician
* Helen Velando (b. 1961), ch. & YA wr.
* Jacoba van Velde (1903–1985, Netherlands), nv. & pw.
* Teresa Román Vélez (1925–2021, Comoros), wr. & chef
* Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014, Serbia), nv. & chronicler
* Socorro Venegas (b. 1972, Mexico), fiction wr.
* Aurora Venturini (1922–2015, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Yvonne Vera (1964–2005, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
* Grazia Verasani (b. 1964, Italy), nv., pw. & songwriter
* Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928, Russia/Soviet Union), nv. & pw.
* Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999, Ecuador), wr., poet & activist
* Sonia Romo Verdesoto (living, Ecuador), poet
* Patricia Verdugo (1947–2008, Chile), wr. & activist
* Caroline Vermalle (b. 1973, France), nv.
* Seda Vermisheva (1932–2020, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, economist & activist
* María Sáez de Vernet (1800–1858), chronicler of Argentine Falkland settlers
* Barbara Vernon (1916–1978, Australia), pw. & scriptwriter
* Angela Veronese (1778–1847, Italy), poet
* Moira Verschoyle (1903–1985, Iran/Persia/England), nv. & pw.
* Octavia Walton Le Vert (1811–1877, United States), wr.
* Sonja Veselinović (b. 1981, Serbia), wr.
* Lidia Veselitskaya (1857–1936, Russia/Soviet Union), nv. & mem.
* Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002, Romania/Switzerland), nv. & circus performer
* Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974, Netherlands/Belgium), nv. in Dutch
* Noelle Vial (1959–2003, Ireland), poet
* Luz de Viana (1900–1995, Chile), wr. & painter
* Josefina Vicens (1911–1988, Mexico), nv. & screenwriter
* Ana Vicente (1943–2015, Portugal), social wr.
* Pilar de Vicente-Gella (1942–2016, Spain), wr.
* Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697–1780, France), correspondent
* Patrizia Vicinelli (1943–1991, Italy), poet & col.
* Chiqui Vicioso (b. 1948, Dominican Republic), poet, wr.
* Soledad Fariña Vicuña (b. 1943, Chile), poet
* Mary Therese Vidal (1815–1873, Australia), nv.
* Maja Vidmar (b. 1961, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
* Clara Viebig (1862–1952, Germany), nv. & pw.
* Alice Vieira (b. 1943, Portugal), ch. wr.
* Marie Vieux-Chauvet (1916–1973, Haiti), nv., poet & pw.
* Delphine de Vigan (b. 1966, France), nv.
* Frida Vigdorova (1915–1965, Soviet Union/Russia), col. & nv.
* Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998, Australia), poet & prose wr.
* Elo Viiding (b. 1974, Estonia), poet
* Vijayalakshmi (b. 1960, India), poet
* Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (b. 1937, Latvia), non-f. wr. & politician
* Božena Viková-Kunětická (1862–1934, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & politician
* Monica Vikström-Jokela (b. 1960, Finland), scriptwriter & wr. in Swedish
* Marika Vila (born 1949, Spain), graphic nv.
* Maruxa Vilalta (1932–2014, Spain/Mexico), pw.
* Esther Vilar (b. 1935, Argentina), non-f. wr. & pw. in German
* Idea Vilariño (1920–2009, Uruguay), poet, es. & critic
* Iryna Vilde (1907–1982, Australia/Ukraine), fiction wr.
* Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), wr., poet & pw.
* Lettie Viljoen (b. 1948, South Africa), wr. in Afrikaans
* Muriel Villanueva i Perarnau (b. 1976, Spain), nv. ch. wr. & poet
* Andrea Villarreal (1881–1963, Mexico),
* Clara Villarosa (b. 1930, United States), wr.
* Marie-Catherine de Villedieu (1640–1683, France), pw. & fiction wr.
* Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685–1755, France), fiction wr.
* Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (b. 1966, South Africa), poet
* Hermine Villinger (1849–1917, Germany), nv. & short-story wr.
* Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902–1969, France), nv., poet & col.
* Elsa G. Vilmundardóttir (1932–2008, Iceland), geologist
* Carmen Villoro (b. 1958, Mexico), psychologist, poet & ch. wr.
* Nada Vilotijević (b. 1953, Serbia), wr. & professor
* Isabella Vincentini (b. 1954, Italy), poet, es. & critic
* Simona Vinci (b. 1970, Italy), nv. & ch. wr.
* Paulina Vinderman (b. 1944, Argentina), poet & translator
* Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992), ch. wr.
* Pinki Virani (b. 1959, India), wr. & activist
* Elene Virsaladze (1911–1977, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), folklorist
* Anna Visscher (1583–1651, Netherlands), poet & artist
* Jenny Visser-Hooft (1888–1939, Netherlands), travel wr.
* Ida Vitale (b. 1923, Uruguay), art wr.
* Eugenia Viteri (1928–2023, Ecuador), nv. & anthologist
* Drífa Viðar (1920–1971, Iceland), wr. & artist
* Susan Visvanathan (b. 1957, India), social anthropologist & fiction wr.
* Annie Vivanti (1866–1942, England/Italy), poet & nv. in English & Italian
* Renée Vivien (1877–1909, England/France), poet
* María Argelia Vizcaíno (b. 1955, Cuba), col. & screenwriter
* Helen Vlachos (1911–1995, Gk), autobiographer & col.
* Simone van der Vlugt (b. 1966, Netherlands), adult & YA fiction wr.
* Angela Vode (1892–1985, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), feminist, concentration camp survivor & autobiographer
* Michelle Vogel (b. 1972, Australia), film historian, wr. & editor
* Clara Voghan (b. 1957, Argentina), romance wr.
* Ellen Bryant Voigt (b. 1943, United States), poet & es.
* Helene Voigt-Diederichs (1875–1961, Germany), fiction & travel wr.
* Marija Vojskovič (1915–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr.
* Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862, Russia), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
* Hava Volovich (1916–2000, Soviet Union/Russia), mem., actor & Gulag survivor
* Élisabeth Vonarburg (b. 1947, France), science fiction wr.
* Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810, Russia), mem.
* Ornela Vorpsi (b. 1968, Albania/France), wr. & photographer
* Ida Vos (1921–2006, Netherlands), mem. & Hc. survivor
* Erika Vouk (b. 1941, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
* Vira Vovk (1926–2022, Ukraine/Brazil), poet, nv. & pw.
* Marko Vovchok (1833–1907, Russia), nv. & translator
* Julia Voznesenskaya (1940–2015, Soviet Union/Russia), wr.
* Ethel Voynich (1864–1960, Iran/Persia/England), nv. & musician
* Susanna de Vries (b. 1936, Australia), biographer
* Jurgen Vsych (b. 1966, United States), director & screenwriter
* Beb Vuyk (1905–1991, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands), non-f. wr.
* Divna M. Vuksanović (b. 1965, Serbia), non-f. wr. & philosopher
* Kerttu Vuolab (b. 1951), wr. in Sámi & illustrator
* Anna Vyrubova (1884–1964, Russia/Finland), princess & mem.
* Marita van der Vyver (b. 1958, South Africa/France), es. & fiction wr. in Afrikaans
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## W
### Wa–Wh

* Mira W (b. 1951, Indonesia), fiction wr.
* Kit de Waal (b. 1960, England/Ireland), nv.
* Elly de Waard (b. 1940, Netherlands), poet & critic
* Charity Waciuma (b. 1936, Kenya), nv. & YA wr.
* Natto Wada (和田夏十, 1920–1983, Japan), scriptwriter & col.
* Helen Waddell (1889–1965, Ireland/England), poet & academic
* Elizabeth Wagele (1939–2017, United States), wr. & cartoonist
* Nora Wagener (b. 1989, Luxembourg), fiction & ch. wr. & pw. in German
* Elin Wägner (1882–1949, Sweden), fiction & non-f. wr. & biographer
* Madge Morris Wagner (1862–1924, United States), poet, nv., jrnl.
* Alena Wagnerová (b. 1936, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. in Czech & German
* Magdalena Wagnerová (b. 1960, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), ch. & screenplay wr.
* Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002, India), poet
* Bronisława Wajs (1908–1987, Poland), poet & singer
* Joanna Wajs (b. 1979, Poland), poet & prose wr.
* Paula Wajsman (1939–1995, Argentina), poet & psychologist
* Chisako Wakatake (若竹千佐子, b. 1954, Japan), fiction wr.
* Vikki Wakefield (b. 1970, Australia), YA wr.
* Diane Wakoski (b. 1937, United States), poet
* Kate Walbert (b. 1961, United States), fiction wr.
* Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (b. 1964, Trinidad), wr. & academic
* Anne Waldman (b. 1945, United States), poet
* Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843–1909, United States), wr., editor
* Rosmarie Waldrop (b. 1935, United States), poet & translator
* Brígida Walker (1863–1942, Chile), education wr.
* Alice Walker (b. 1944, United States), fiction wr. & poet
* Kath Walker (1920–1993, Australia), poet, fiction wr. & artist
* Lucy Walker (1907–1987, Australia), nv.
* Margaret Walker (1915–1998, United States), poet & nv.
* Mildred Walker (1905–1998, United States), nv.
* Rebecca Walker (b. 1968, United States), wr., feminist & activist
* Rosa Kershaw Walker (1840s–1909, United States), non-f. wr., editor, journalist
* Annie Russell Wall (1835–1920, United States), non-f. wr.
* Dorothy Wall (1894–1942, Australia), ch. wr. & illustrator
* Maureen Wall (1918–1972, Ireland), historian
* Doreen Wallace (1897–1989, England), nv.
* Louise Wallace (b. 1983, New Zealand), poet
* Michele Wallace (b. 1952, United States), feminist wr. & critic
* Phoebe Waller-Bridge (b. 1985, England), screenwriter
* Effie Waller Smith (1879–1960, United States), poet
* Jeannette Walls (b. 1960, United States), wr. & col.
* Anne Walmsley (b. 1931, England), scholar, critic & wr.
* Carla Walschap (b. 1932, Belgium), wr. in Flemish
* Catherine Walsh (b. 1964, Ireland), poet
* Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020, England), nv. & ch. wr.
* María Elena Walsh (1930–2011, Argentina), poet, nv. & pw.
* Dolores Walshe (b. 1949, Ireland), fiction wr. & pw.
* Elizabeth Hely Walshe (1835–1869, Ireland), ch. wr. & historian
* Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947, United States), poet
* Silja Walter (1919–2011, Switzerland), poet & religious wr. in German
* Lettice D'Oyly Walters (1880–1940), poet and editor
* Vanessa Walters (b. 1978, England), nv. & pw.
* Amy Catherine Walton (1849–1939, England), ch. wr.
* Jo Walton (b. 1964, Wales), fantasy & science fiction wr.
* Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983, Argentina), non-f. wr. in English
* Ania Walwicz (1951–2020, Australia), poet
* Zuhur Wanasi (b. 1936, Algeria), fiction wr. & politician
* Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉兒, c. 664–710, China), poet & prose wr.
* Lulu Wang (王露露, b. 1960, China/Netherlands), nv. in Dutch
* Ayeta Anne Wangusa (b. 1971, Uganda), wr. & activist
* Zukiswa Wanner (b. 1976, South Africa/Kenya), col. & nv.
* Lise Warburg (b. 1932, Denmark), tapestry wr. & weaver
* Harriet Ward (1808–1873, England), non-f. & fiction wr. in English
* Jesmyn Ward (b. 1977, United States), nv. & academic
* Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward, 1851–1920, England), nv.
* Sarah Ward (living, England), nv. & critic
* Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824, United States), poet
* Marie Warder (1927–2014, South Africa/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & medical wr.
* Mary Ware (writer) (1828–1915, United States), poet, wr.
* Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, Wales), poet & hymnist
* Marilyn Waring (b. 1952, New Zealand), economist & politician
* Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1978, United States), ch. wr.
* Marion E. Warner (1839–1918, United States), poet, ss. wr.
* Sally Warner (living, United States), children & young adult fiction wr.
* Susan Warner (1819–1885, United States), ch. wr. & songwriter
* Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978, England), poet & nv.
* Maureen Warner-Lewis (b. 1943, Trinidad/Nigeria), wr. on linguistics
* Myriam Warner-Vieyra (1939–2017, Guadeloupe/Senegal), poet & nv.
* Blanche Warre-Cornish (1848–1922, England), nv., biographer & conversationalist
* Crystal Warren (living, South Africa), poet in English
* Dianne Warren (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & pw.
* Patricia Nell Warren (pen name Patricia Kilina, 1936–2019, United States), nv., poet & journalist
* Chloé Wary (b. 1995, France), comics. wr.
* Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006, United States), pw.
* Masako Watanabe (わたなべまさこ, b. 1929, Japan), manga creator
* Taeko Watanabe (渡辺多恵子, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
* Yuu Watase (渡瀬悠宇, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
* Risa Wataya (綿矢りさ, b. 1984, Japan), nv.
* Sarah Waters (b. 1966, Wales), nv.
* Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966, Wales), ch. wr.
* Jean Watson (1933–2014, New Zealand), nv. & humanitarian
* Joy Watson (1938–2021, New Zealand), ch. wr.
* Mary Watson (b. 1975, South Africa/Ireland), fiction wr.
* Fiona Watt (living, England), ch. wr.
* Monique Watteau (b. 1929, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
* Margaret Way (1935–2022, Australia), nv.
* Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (1918–2018, Soviet Union/United States), fiction & YA wr.
* Maria Webb (1804–1873, Ireland), religious wr. & Quaker historian
* Catherine Webb (b. 1986, England), nv.
* Mary Webb (1881–1927, England), nv.; Precious Bane
* Delia Weber (1900–1982, Dominica), wr. & rights advocate
* Elizabeth Weber (b. 1923, no information after 1960s, South Africa), nv. & ch. wr. in Afrikaans
* Marianne Weber (1870–1954, Germany), sociologist & activist
* Augusta Webster (1837–1894, England), poet, pw. & es.
* Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980, Scotland/South Africa), novelist & poet
* Yvonne Weekes (b. 1958, England/Montserrat), pw. & poet
* Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg (1944–2000, Netherlands), Anc. historian
* Wei Hui (周衛慧, b. 1973), nv.
* Anna Weidenholzer (b. 1984, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & col.
* Simone Weil (1909–1943, France), mystic & philosopher
* Hannah Weiner (1928–1997, United States), poet
* Liz Weir (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), ch. wr.
* Anna Elisabet Weirauch (1887–1970, Germany), nv. & lesbian wr.
* Ruth Weiss (1928–2020, Germany/United States), poet, pw. & performer
* Jane Meade Welch (1854–1931, United States), col. & lecturer
* Fay Weldon (1931–2023, England), wr., es. & pw.
* Dorothy Wellesley (1889–1956, England), poet
* Charlotte Fowler Wells (1814–1901, United States), phrenologist
* Ida B. Wells (1862–1931, United States), wr. & sociologist
* Martha Wells (b. 1964, United States), nv.
* Louise Welsh (b. 1965, England/Scotland), fiction wr.
* Eudora Welty (1909–2001, United States), fiction wr. & photographer
* Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986, United States), poet & educator
* Miriam Were (b. 1940, Kenya), public health wr. & academic
* Timberlake Wertenbaker (b. 1946, United States/England), pw. & screenwriter
* Sara Wesslin (b. 1991, Finland), wr. in Sámi
* Dorothy West (1907–1998, United States), fiction wr.
* Jane West (1758–1852, England), nv., poet & pw.
* Jessamyn West (1902–1984, United States), fiction wr.
* Joyce West (1908–1985, New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr.
* Rebecca West (1892–1983, England), nv. & travel wr.
* Anna Westberg (1946–2005, Sweden), nv. & non-f. wr.
* Helena Westermarck (1857–1938, Finland), nv., biographer & painter
* Elizabeth Jane Weston (1581/1582–1612, England/Bohemia), poet (in Latin)
* Amy Westervelt (b. 1978, United States), col. & wr.
* Elizabeth Wetmore (b. 1967/68, United States), fiction wr.
* Josefina Wettergrund (1830–1903, Sweden), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
* Lydia Wevers (1950–2021, New Zealand), wr. on literature
* Anne Wharton (1659–1685, England), poet
* Edith Wharton (1862–1937, United States), fiction wr.
* Leslie What (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr.
* Anne Wheathill (fl. 1584, England), poet & prayer wr.
* Nadia Wheatley (b. 1949, Australia), ch. nv. & wr.
* Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784, United States), poet
* Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852–1897, United States), poet, wr.
* Dorothy Whipple (1893–1966, England), nv.
* Evelyn Whitaker (1857–1903, England), nv.
* Agnes Romilly White (1872–1945, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), nv.
* Annabelle White (living, New Zealand), cookery wr.
* Antonia White (1899–1980, England), fiction wr.
* Dorothy White (c. 1630–1686, England), religious wr.
* Ellen G. White (1827–1915 United States), evangelist
* Emily White, (1839–1936, England/New Zealand), gardening wr.
* Ida L. White (fl. late 19th century, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), poet & feminist
* Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922, United States), wr., poet, editor
* Nettie L. White (c. 1850–1921, United States), stenographer, suffragist
* Stella Whitelaw (b. 1941) (UK), novelist, journalist
* Joan Whitrowe (c. 1631–1707, England), religious wr., polemicist
* Lilian Whiting (1847–1942, United States), col. & wr.
* Margaret Whitlam (1919–2012, Australia), social wr. & autobiographer
* Myne Whitman (b. 1977, Nigeria), nv.
* Isabella Whitney (b. c. 1540–post-1624, England), poet
* Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008, United States), nv.
* Sarah J. C. Whittlesey (1824–1896), American nv, poet, hymn wr.
* Weam Namou (b. 1970), Iraqi-American

### Wi–Wy

* Anne Wiazemsky (1947–2017, Germany/France), nv. and actor
* Nancy Wicker (living, United States), art historian
* Anna Wickham (1884–1947, England), poet
* Zoë Wicomb (b. 1948, South Africa/Scotland), fiction wr.
* Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978, United States), poet & nv.
* Ulrika Widström (1764–1841, Sweden), poet & translator
* Elisabeth of Wied (Carmen Sylva, 1843–1916, Romania), poet, pw. & Queen Consort
* Bertha Wiernik (1884-1951), Jewish American writer
* Blanca Wiethüchter (1947–2004, Bolivia), wr. & historian
* Elsa Wiezell (1926–2014, Paraguay), poet & painter
* Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923, United States), educator & ch. wr.
* Marianne Wiggins (b. 1947, United States), nv.
* Susan Wiggs (b. 1958, United States), nv.
* Emma Howard Wight (1863–1935, United States), wr., novelist, playwr.
* Rosemary Wighton (1925–1994, Australia), wr. & editor
* Dora Wilcox (1873–1953, Australia), poet & pw.
* Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1918, United States), poet
* Margaret Wild (b. 1948, South Africa/Australia), ch. wr.
* Sarah Wild (living, South Africa), science wr. in English
* Jane Wilde (1821–1896, Ireland), poet
* Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980, United States), poet
* Cherry Wilder (1930–2002, New Zealand), science fiction wr.
* Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957, United States), ch. wr.; Little House on the Prairie
* Lynn Wilder (b. 1952, United States), wr.
* Ottilie Wildermuth (1817–1877, Germany), fiction & ch. wr.
* Faith Wilding (b. 1943, Paraguay/United States), wr. in English & artist
* Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018, United States), fiction wr.
* Kim Wilkins (b. 1966, Australia), fiction wr.
* Verna Wilkins (b. 1940s, Grenada/England), ch. wr.
* Christine Wilks (born 1960), British digital writer and artist
* Marian Wilkinson (b. 1954, Australia), wr. & col.
* Alice Willard (1860–1936, United States), nonf. wr.
* Louise Collier Willcox (1865–1929, United States), wr., editor
* Sandrine Willems (b. 1968, Belgium/France), wr. in French
* Anna Williams (1706–1783, Wales/England), poet & companion to Samuel Johnson
* Cathy Williams (b. 1957, Trinidad/England), romance wr.
* Donna Williams (1963–2017, Australia), wr., musician & sculptor
* Eley Williams (living, England), wr.
* Faldela Williams (1952–2014, South Africa), cookery wr. in English
* Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827, England), nv. & poet
* Jane Williams (Ysgafell, 1806–1885, Wales), poet & es.
* Liz Williams (b. 1965, England), science fiction wr.
* Margaret Hicks Williams (1899–1972, United States), feature wr.
* Margery Williams (1881–1944, England/United States), ch. wr.
* Maria Jane Williams (c. 1795–1873, Wales), folklorist & musician
* Ruth C. Williams (1897–1962, Australia), ch. wr.
* Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1998, United States), poet & nv.
* Mabel Williamson (fl. mid-20th century, United States), missionary
* Connie Willis (b. 1945, United States), science fiction wr.
* Elizabeth Willis (b. 1961, United States), poet, critic & professor
* Dorrit Willumsen (b. 1940, Denmark), fiction wr.
* Katherine Wilmot (c. 1773–1824, Iran/Persia/England), diarist & travel wr.
* Amrit Wilson (b. 1941, India/England), wr., journalist & activist
* Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946, United States/Canada) non-f. wr., poet & ed.
* Cynthia Wilson (b. 1934, Barbados), fiction wr. & educator
* Ella B. Ensor Wilson (1838–1913, United States), social reformer & non-f. writer
* Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), poet
* Harriett C. Wilson (1916–2002, England), sociologist
* Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900, United States), nv.
* Hazel Hutchins Wilson (1898–1992, United States), ch. wr.
* Helen Wilson (1869–1957, New Zealand), autobiographer & community leader
* Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908, United States), poet
* Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945, England), ch. wr.
* Margaret Wilson (living, Australia), TV wr.
* Margaret Wilson (1882–1973, United States), nv.
* Krysty Wilson-Cairns (b. 1987, Scotland), screenwriter
* Évelyne Wilwerth (b. 1947, Belgium), poet & fiction wr. in French
* Tara June Winch (b. 1983, Australia), fiction wr.
* Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992, England/Ireland), poet
* Laurie Winkless (living, Iran/Persia/England), science wr.
* Dallas Winmar (living, Australia), pw.
* Sarah Winnemucca (1841–1891, United States), lecturer & autobiographer
* Eliza Winstanley (Ariele, 1818–1882, Australia), wr. & actor
* Kathleen Winter (b. 1960, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., col. & screenwriter
* Jeanette Winterson (b. 1959, England), nv.
* Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904, United States), poet, wr.
* Joëlle Wintrebert (b. 1949, France), science fiction and ch. wr.
* Maria Wirtemberska (1768–1864, Poland/France), wr. & philanthropist
* Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717, England), poet & pw.
* Eleanor Witcombe (1923–2018, Australia), screenwriter
* Carolinda Witt (b. 1955, Kenya), wr. on yoga
* Monique Wittig (1935–2003, France), wr. & feminist
* Amy Witting (Joan Austral Fraser, 1918–2001, Australia), nv. & poet
* Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830, Netherlands), poet
* Gabriele Wohmann (1932–2015, Germany), fiction wr.
* Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002, Poland/United States), ch. & YA wr.
* Sabina Wolanski (1927–2011, Australia), autobiographer & Hc. survivor
* Gunilla Wolde (1939–2015, Sweden), ch. wr. & caricaturist
* Cendrine Wolf (b. 1969, France), ch. wr.
* Christa Wolf (1929–2011, Germany), nv., critic & es.
* Ema Wolf (b. 1948, Argentina), wr. & col.
* Emma Wolf (1865–1932, United States), nv.
* Leslie Wolfe (b. 1967, United States), nv.
* Martha Wolfenstein (1869–1906, United States), nv.
* Betje Wolff (1738–1804, Netherlands), nv.
* Maryse Wolinski (1943–2021, Algeria/France), nv. & screenwriter
* Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797, England), nv. & feminist
* Claire Wolniewicz (b. 1966, France), wr. & col.
* Caroline von Wolzogen (1763–1847, Germany), nv. & biographer
* Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936, England), garden wr.
* Buffalo Bird Woman (1839–1932, United States), wr.
* Alison Wong (b. 1960, New Zealand), poet & nv.
* Elizabeth Wong (黃錢其濂, b. 1937, China/New Zealand), fiction wr.
* Jade Snow Wong (1922–2006, United States), autobiographer & ceramicist
* Nellie Wong (b. 1934, Chile/United States), feminist poet
* C. Antoinette Wood (1867-1942, United States), wr. & pw.
* Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood (1814–1887, England), nv.
* Gaby Wood (b. 1971, England), col. & critic
* Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006, Jamaica), poet
* Julia A. Wood (1840–1927, United States), non-f. wr., composer
* Molara Wood (b. 1967, Nigeria), wr. & critic
* Susan Wood (1836–1880, Australia/New Zealand), poet & es.
* Susan Wood (b. 1946, United States), poet
* Wendy Wood (1892–1981, England/Scotland), political wr. & artist
* Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (1930–2012, Tonga/Australia), historian
* Denyse Woods (b. 1958, Ireland), fiction wr.
* Jacqueline Woodson (b. 1963, United States), ch. & YA wr.
* Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840–1924, United States), non-f. wr.
* Virginia Woolf (1882–1941, England), fiction wr. & es.; Mrs. Dalloway
* Angela Woollacott (b. 1955, Australia), historian
* Abba Goold Woolson (1838–1921, United States), wr.
* Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894, United States), fiction wr.
* Linda Woolverton (b. 1952, United States), nv., screenwriter, & pw.
* Chun Woon-young (천운영, b. 1971, Korea), wr.
* Sue Wootton (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
* Anne Eyre Worboys (1920–2007, New Zealand/England), nv.
* Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855, England), poet & diarist
* Pauline Worm (1825–1883, Denmark), wr., poet & feminist
* Elizabeth Strong Worthington (1851–1916, United States), wr.
* Isabella Letitia Woulfe (1817–1870, Ireland), nv.
* Liliane Wouters (1930–2016, Belgium), poet, pw. & es. in French
* Maria Carratalà i Van den Wouver (1899–1984, Spain), pw. in Catalan & musician
* Maev-Ann Wren (living, Ireland), economist & health wr.
* Alexis Wright (b. 1950, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
* C. D. Wright (1949–2016, United States), poet
* Judith Wright (1915–2000, Australia), poet & environmentalist
* June Wright (1919–2012, Australia), crime & non-f. wr.
* Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916, United States), fiction wr.
* Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010, Australia), ch. wr.
* Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1652, England), poet
* Wu Chuntao (b. 1963), wr. & journalist
* Wu Zao (吳藻, 1799–1862, China), poet
* Hella Wuolijoki (1886–1964, Estonia/Finland), prose wr. & politician
* Audrey Wurdemann (1911–1960, United States), poet
* Mathilde Wurm (1874–1935, Germany/England), politician & activist
* Marguerite Wyke (1908–1995, United States/Trinidad), teacher, poet, artist & politician
* Elinor Wylie (1885–1928, United States), poet & nv.
* Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1885–1959, Australia), nv.
* Frances Wynne (1863–1893, Ireland), poet
* Grace Wynne-Jones (living, Ireland), wr. & radio pw.
* Sylvia Wynter (b. 1928, Jamaica), nv., pw. & critic
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## X

* Makhosazana Xaba (b. 1957, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
* Xi Xi (西西, 1937–2022, China), nv. & poet
* Xia Jia (王瑶, b. 1984, China), science fiction & fantasy wr.
* Xiao Hong (蕭紅, 1911–1942, China), wr.
* Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, pre-340 – post-399, China), poet & scholar
* Xinran (薛欣然, b. 1958, Chile/England), wr. & col.
* Bing Xin (謝婉瑩, 1900–1999, China), wr.
* Empress Xu (徐皇后, 1362–1407, China), bibliographer & empress consort
* Xu Hui (徐惠, 627–650, China), poet
* Xu Kun (徐坤, b. 1965), fiction wr.
* Lady Xu Mu (許穆夫人, fl. 7th century BC, China), poet
* Xu Zihua (徐自华, 1873–1935, China), poet
* Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947–2018, Uz), poet
* Xue Susu (薛素素, c. 1564 – c. 1650, China), poet
* Xue Tao (薛濤, 768–831, China), poet
* Rao Xueman (饒雪漫, b. 1972, China), fiction wr. & es.
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## Y

* Rama Yade (b. 1976, Senegal), non-f. wr. & politician
* Elham Yaghoubian (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
* Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954, Ukraine), poet
* Margarita Yakovleva (b. 1981, Ukraine), poet
* Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (b. 1959, Nigeria), nv.
* Nanpei Yamada (山田南平, b. 1972, Japan), manga creator
* Ryoko Yamagishi (山岸凉子, b. 1947, Japan), manga creator
* Yamakawa Kikue (山川菊栄, 1890–1980, Japan), es. & activist
* Hisaye Yamamoto (1921–2011, United States), fiction wr.
* Mika Yamamoto (山本美香, 1967–2012, Japan), col.
* Karen Tei Yamashita (b. 1951, United States), nv., pw. & academic
* Kazumi Yamashita (山下和美, b. 1959, manga creator
* Yamato Hime no Ōkimi (倭姫王, fl. later 7th century, Japan), poet
* Yūki Yamato (山戸結希, b. 1989, Japan), screenwriter
* Wakako Yamauchi (1924–2018, United States), wr.
* Mari Yamazaki (ヤマザキマリ, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
* Hanya Yanagihara (b. 1974, United States), nv. & travel wr.
* María Flora Yáñez (1898–1982, Chile), fiction wr.
* Yang Gui-ja (양귀자, b. 1955, Korea), nv.
* Tiphanie Yanique (b. 1978, United States), fiction wr., poet & es.
* Lyubov Yanovska (1861–1933, Russia/Ukraine), fiction wr. & pw.
* Yevheniya Yaroshynska (1868–1904, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. in Ukrainian
* Laura Yasán (1960–2021, Argentina), poet
* Chista Yasrebi (b. 1968, Iran/Persia), wr., critic
* Rie Yasumi (やすみりえ, b. 1972, Japan), poet
* Paula Yates (1959–2000, England), non-f. wr.
* Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
* Yana Yazova (1912–1974, Bulgaria), poet & nv.
* Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964, Ecuador), wr., poet & pw.
* Year 24 Group (24年組, early 1970s), manga creators
* Ann Yearsley (1753–1806, England), poet, nv. & pw.
* Sonja Yelich (b. 1965, Croatia/New Zealand), poet
* Barbara Yelin (b. 1977, Germany), cartoonist, nv.
* Yeo Ok (여옥, 1st millennium BC, Korea), poet
* Tatyana Yesenina (1918–1992, Russia), nv. & mem.
* Anna Yevreinova (1844–1919, Russia), feminist & correspondent
* Anzia Yezierska (1883–1970, Poland/United States), fiction wr.
* Yi Bingheogak (빙허각이씨, fl. c. 1809, Korea), encyclopedist
* Yi Geun-hwa (이근화, b. 1976, Korea), poet & educator
* Yi Kyoung-ja (이경자, b. 1948, Korea), fiction wr.
* Gullu Yologlu (b. 1963, Azerbaijan), non-f. wr. & ethnologist
* Mari Yonehara (米原万里, 1950–2006, Japan), fiction & non-f. wr. & es.
* Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901, England), nv.
* Yoo An-jin (유안진, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & educator
* Yosano Akiko (与謝野晶子, 1878–1942, Japan), poet
* Akimi Yoshida (吉田秋生, b. 1956, Japan), manga creator
* Tomoko Yoshida (吉田知子, b. 1934, Manchuria/Japan), wr.
* Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
* Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋信子, 1896–1973, Japan), nv.
* Wataru Yoshizumi (吉住渉, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
* Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (1941–2022, Bulgaria), es. & poet
* Ella Young (1867–1956, Ireland), poet & mythologist
* Kerry Young (b. 1955, Jamaica/England), nv.
* Marguerite Young (1908–1995, United States), nv., poet & academic
* Yoo An-jin (유안진, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & professor
* Rose Maud Young (1866–1947, Ireland), scholar
* Kang Young-sook (강영숙, b. 1966, Korea), wr.
* Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987, Belgium/United States), nv. & es. in French
* Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997, Pakistan/England), mem. & politician
* Yovanna (b. 1940, Greece), poet, nv. & songwriter
* Yu Xuanji (魚玄機, 844–869 or 871, China), poet
* Yun I-hyeong (윤이형, b. 1976, Korea), fiction wr.
* Yuasa Yoshiko (湯浅芳子, 1896–1990, Japan), linguist & translator
* Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里, living, Japan), manga creator
* Shigeko Yuki (由起しげ子, 1900–1969, Japan), ch. wr.
* Sumomo Yumeka (夢花李, living, Japan), manga creator
* Yun-I Hyeong (윤이형, b. 1976, Korea), wr.
* Mallika Yunis (living, India), nv.
* Sim Yunkyung (심윤경, b. 1972, Korea), nv.
* Asako Yuzuki (柚木麻子, b. 1981, Japan), fiction wr.
* List of women writers (A–L)
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## Z

* Pilar Zabala Aguirre (b. 1951, Spain), non-f. wr.
* Oksana Zabuzhko (b. 1960, Ukraine), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
* Rachel Zadok (b. 1972, South Africa), nv. in English
* Zafer Hanım (fl. 1877, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
* Jessica Zafra (b. 1965, Philippines), es. & col.
* Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. in Croat
* Helen Zahavi (b. 1966, England), wr.
* Rosemarie Said Zahlan (1937–2006, Palestine/United States), wr. on Arab affairs
* Anna Zahorska (1882–1942, Poland), poet, nv., pw. and Hc. victim
* Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961, Poland), nv. & non-f. wr.
* Shama Zaidi (b. 1938, India), art critic & screenwriter
* Zahida Zaidi (1930–2011, India), poet, pw. & educator
* Zaitoon Bano (1938–2021, India/Pakistan), fiction wr.
* Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008 Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
* Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889, Poland), fiction wr. & es.
* Māra Zālīte (b. 1952, Latvia), poet
* Dina Zaman (1969, Malaysia), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
* Esperanza Zambrano (1901–1992, Mexico), poet
* María Zambrano (1904–1991, Spain), es. & philosopher
* Daisy Zamora (b. 1950, Nicaragua), poet
* Fatma Zohra Zamoum (b. 1967, Algeria), wr., filmmaker & educator
* Adela Zamudio (1854–1928, Bolivia), poet, feminist & educator
* Giovanna Zangrandi (1910–1988, Italy), nv.
* Giselda Zani (1909–1975, Italy), poet, fiction wr. & critic
* Maya Zankoul (b. 1986, Saudi Arabia/Lebanon), nv. & cartoonist
* Léontine Zanta (1872–1942, France), nv. & philosopher
* Celia Correas de Zapata (1935–2022), poet & non-f. wr.
* Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921, Poland), nv., pw. & naturalist
* Ayşe Nur Zarakolu (1946–2002, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr.
* Carol Zardetto (living, Guatemala), nv. & critic
* Sumaira Zareen (1944–1977, Pakistan), fiction wr.
* Shaïda Zarumey (b. 1938, Nigeria), sociologist & poet
* Zyranna Zateli (b. 1951, Greece), fiction & non-f. wr.
* Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982 United States), poet
* Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (1711–1740, Germany), poet
* Iris Zavala (1936–2020, Paraguay), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
* María de Zayas (1590–1661, Spain), feminist wr.
* Amina Zaydan (b. 1966, Egypt), fiction wr.
* Zaynab Fawwaz (c. 1860–1914, Lebanon/Egypt), nv., pw. & poet
* Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (b. 1979, Poland), poet & social scientist
* Jo Zebedee (b. 1971, Northern Ireland), science fiction wr.
* Zdenka Žebre (1920–2011, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & ch. wr.
* Fiona Zedde (b. 1976, Jamaica/United States), nv.
* Juli Zeh (b. 1974, Germany), nv.
* Alki Zei (1925–2020, Greece), nv. & ch. wr.
* Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler (1657 – c. 1706, Germany), poet
* Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny (b. 1973, Mexico), fiction wr.
* Hana Zelinová (1914–2004, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), fiction wr. & pw.
* Eva Zeller (1923–2022, Germany), poet & nv.
* Žemaitė (1845–1921, Lithuania), fiction wr., es. & pw.
* Luisa Zeni (1896–1940, Italy), political wr.
* Zeng Baosun (曾寶蓀, 1893–1978, China), historian & feminist
* Irena Žerjal (1940–2018, Italy/Slovenia), poet and fiction wr.
* Wu Zetian (武則天, 624–705, China), poet, es. & Empress Regnant
* Zuzka Zguriška (1900–1984, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & pw. in Slovak
* Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883, Russia), poet & nv.
* Zhai Yongming (翟永明, b. 1955, China), poet
* Zhang Haidi (张海迪, b. 1955, China), wr.
* Zhang Jie (張潔, 1937–2022, China), fiction wr.
* Zhang Kangkang (张抗抗, b. 1950, China), political wr.
* Lijia Zhang (张丽佳, b. 1964, China), wr. & nv.
* Zhang Ling (张翎, b. 1957, China), fiction wr.
* Zhao Luorui (趙蘿蕤, 1912–1998, China), poet & translator
* Zhang Xinxin (張辛欣, b. 1953, China), wr.
* Zhang Yaotiao (張窈窕, 9th century, China), poet
* Zhang Yueran (张悦然, b. 1982, China), fiction wr.
* Empress Zhangsun (長孫皇后, 601–636, China), moralist
* Zhao Luanluan (趙鸞鸞, fl. later 14th century, China), poet
* Vera Zhelikhovsky (1835–1896, Russia), wr.
* Zheng Min (郑敏, 1920–2022, China), scholar & poet
* Zheng Yunduan (c. 1327–1336, China), poet
* Polina Zherebtsova (b. 1985, Russia), poet & diarist
* Yilin Zhong (鍾宜霖, living, China/England), nv., poet & screenplay wr.
* Maria Zhukova (1804–1855, Russia), wr.
* Zhu Shuzhen (朱淑真, c. 1135–1180, China), poet
* Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君, fl. 2nd century BC, China), poet
* Valentina Zhuravleva (1933–2004 Russia), science fiction nv.
* Iryna Zhylenko (1941–2013, Soviet Union/Ukraine), poet & es.
* May Ziadeh (1886–1941, Lebanon/Palestine), poet & es.
* Annejet van der Zijl (b. 1962, Netherlands), nv. & biographer
* Lydia Zimmermann (b. 1966, Spain), screenwriter & filmmaker
* Alice Zimmern (1855–1939, England), wr. & translator
* Helen Zimmern (1846–1934, Germany/England), critic
* Hedda Zinner (also Elisabeth Frank, 1905–1994, Germany), political wr.
* Marketa Zinnerová (b. 1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv., ch. & screenwriter
* Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907, Russia), wr.
* Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (1938–1979, Uganda), poet & pw.
* Zitkala-Sa (1876–1938, United States), wr. & editor
* Kathinka Zitz-Halein (1801–1877, Germany), poet and fiction wr.
* Nina Živančević (b. 1957, Serbia), pw., poet & nv.
* Bina Štampe Žmavc (b. 1951, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
* Narcyza Żmichowska (1818–1876, Poland), nv. & poet
* Inga Žolude (b. 1984, Latvia), fiction wr., pw. & translator
* Anna Zonová (b. 1962, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
* Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901–1984, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet, fiction wr. & autobiographer
* Birgit Zotz (b. 1979, Austria/Austria-Hungary), non-f. wr. & es.
* Vera Zouroff (1880–1967, China), poet, nv. & wr.
* Katarina Zrinska (c. 1625–1673, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet in Croat
* Pilar de Zubiaurre (1884–1970, Spain), es. & letter wr.
* Svetlana Žuchová (b. 1976, Yu/Slovenia), fiction wr.
* Berta Zuckerkandl (1864–1945, Austria/Austria-Hungary), critic & non-f. wr.
* Zuo Fen (左芬, c. AD 255–300, China), poet
* Katka Zupančič (1889–1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), ch. poet, fiction wr. & pw.
* Unica Zürn (1916–1970, Germany), poet & painter
* Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648, Dalmatia/Ragusa), poet in Italian & Croat
* Rose Zwi (1928–2018, South Africa/Australia), fiction wr.
* Fay Zwicky (1933–2017, Australia), poet & academic
* Rajzel Żychlińsky (1910–2001, Poland/United States), poet in Yiddish
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