Lista kan mga babaeng parasurat

Ini an mga **lista kan mga bistadong babaeng parasurat na igwang pahina sa Wikipedia**.

: *Hilngon man an indibidwal na lista kan ma babaeng parasurat kada nasyonalidad* 

## A

*Karen Aabye (1904–1982), Danish novelist, travel writer and essayist
*Jane Aamund (1936–2019), Danish journalist and novelist
*Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), US poet and fiction writer
*Rachel Abbott, pen name of Sheila Rodgers (born c. 1953), English thriller author
*Louise Abeita (1926–2014), Native US Isleta Pueblo writer; *I am a Pueblo Indian Girl*
*Sara Aboobacker (born 1936), Indian Kannada writer
*Marguerite Abouet (born 1971), Ivorian graphic novelist
*Leila Aboulela (born 1964), Sudanese writer; *[[The Translator]]*
*Abiola Abrams (born 1976), US TV host, art filmmaker and author; *Dare*
*Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-Finnish writer, journalist and politician
*Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909–1972), Austrian writer
*Kathy Acker (1947–1997), US novelist, poet, essayist and playwright; *[[Blood and Guts in High School]]*
*Eliza Acton (1799–1859), English cookbook writer and poet; *[[Modern Cookery for Private Families]]*
*Juliette Adam (1836–1936), French author and magazine editor
*Abigail Adams (1744–1818), former First Lady of the United States, letter writer and diarist
*Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805–1848), English poet and lyricist; *[[Nearer, My God, to Thee]]*
*Gil Adamson (born 1961), Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet
*Fleur Adcock (born 1935), New Zealand-born English poet and editor
*Sade Adeniran (living), Nigerian novelist
*Caroline Adderson (born 1963), Canadian fiction writer
*Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 1988), Nigerian novelist
*Yda Addis (1857–1902), US writer and translator
*Kim Addonizio (born 1954), US poet, novelist
*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigerian fiction writer; *[[Purple Hibiscus]]*
*Renata Adler (born 1938), US author, journalist and film critic
*Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), Swedish feminist, editor and writer; *[[Home Review]]*
*Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC), Greek philosopher
*Patience Agbabi (born 1965), British poet
*Charlotte Agell (born 1959), Swedish-US novelist and children's writer
*Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), US poet, writer, and editor
*Gerty Agoston (living), Hungarian-US playwright and novelist
*Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion
*Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), Uruguayan poet
*Freda Ahenakew (1932–2011), Canadian author and academic
*Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800), Swedish feminist writer, poet and editor
*Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), Austrian writer
*Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942), Ghanaian author and playwright
*Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), Danish poet, novelist and screenwriter; *[[Strings (2004 film)|Strings]]*
*Joan Aiken (1924–2004), English novelist; *[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]*
*Lucy Aikin (1781–1864), English historical writer
*Tobiloba Ajayi (living), Nigerian writer, lawyer and social campaigner
*Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), Polish-born Israeli writer and translator
*Grace Akello (born 1950), Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist
*Anna Åkerhjelm (1647–1693), Swedish writer and traveller
*Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), Austrian Jewish poet writing in German
*Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), Swedish poet, writer, and artist
*Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Russian-Soviet poet
*Anna Akhmatova (1899–1966), Russian-Soviet poet; *Requiem*
*Mirra Alfassa, also known as The Mother (1878–1973), French mystic and writer
*Layla al-Akhyaliyya (7th century), Arab poet
*Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-Swedish novelist, social worker and lecturer; *[[Svinalängorna (novel)|Svinalängorna]]*
*Outi Alanne (born 1967), Finnish sadomasochist writer
*Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator
*Alice Albinia (born 1976), English journalist and non-fiction author; *[[Empires of the Indus]]*
*Jordie Albiston (born 1961), Australian poet and academic
*Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spanish poet
*Mary Alcock (c. 1742–1798), English poet, essayist, and philanthropist
*Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), US novelist; *[[Little Women]]*
*Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), US children's writer
*Julia Carter Aldrich (1834–1924), US author
*Claribel Alegría (1924–2018), Nicaraguan-born author and poet
*Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), US poet, essayist and playwright
*Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), Swedish writer, translator and publisher
*Svetlana Alexievich (born 1948), Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction writer; 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
*Edna Alford (born 1947), Canadian short story writer and literary editor
*Monica Ali (born 1967), Bangladeshi-English novelist and essayist
*Laila al-Juhani (born 1969), Saudi Arabian fiction writer
*Zaynab Alkali (born 1950), Nigerian novelist, poet, short story writer
*Al-Khansā (7th century), Arab poet
*Hannah Allen (born 1638), English writer
*Isabel Allende (born 1942), Chilean-US novelist; *[[Eva Luna]]*, *[[Daughter of Fortune]]*
*Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908–1996), West Indian writer; *[[The Orchid House (novel)|The Orchid House]]*
*Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011), Soviet writer and lecturer
*Margery Allingham (1904–1966), English crime writer; *[[Mystery Mile]]*, *[[Sweet Danger]]*
*Dorothy Allison (born 1949), US writer and speaker; **', ''[[Cavedweller]]''
*[[Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn]] (born 1847), US letter-writer, author and poet
*[[Wallada bint al-Mustakfi]] (1001–1080), Andalusian poet writing in Arabic
*[[Marianne Alopaeus]] (1918–2014), Finnish existentialist, novelist and essayist
*[[Mor Altshuler]] (born 1957), Israeli scholar and writer
*[[Julia Álvarez]] (born 1950), Dominican-US poet, novelist and essayist; ''[[How the García Girls Lost Their Accents]]''
* [[María Álvarez de Guillén]] (pen name Amari Zalvera, 1889–1980), Salvadoran novelist 
*[[Moniza Alvi]] (born 1954), Pakistani-British poet and writer
*[[Barbro Alving]] (1909–1987), Swedish feminist, journalist and writer
*[[Fanny Alving]] (1874–1955), Swedish novelist
*[[Karin Alvtegen]] (born 1965), Swedish crime novelist; ''[[Shame (Alvtegen novel)|Shame]]''
*[[Ifi Amadiume]] (born 1947), Nigerian poet, anthropologist and essayist
*[[Catherine d'Amboise]] (1475–1550), French writer and poet
*[[Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet)|Elizabeth Frances Amherst]] (c. 1716–1779), English poet and naturalist
*[[Valerie Anand]] (born 1937), British author of historical fiction
*[[Annemette Kure Andersen]] (born 1962), Danish poet and literary editor
*[[Marguerite Andersen]] (born 1924), German-Canadian writer, editor and academic
*[[Ethel Anderson]] (1883–1958), Australian poet, novelist and painter
*[[Jessica Anderson]] (1916–2010), Australian fiction writer; ''[[The Impersonators]]''
*[[Laurie Halse Anderson]] (born 1961), US writer for children and young adults; ''[[Speak (Anderson novel)|Speak]]''
*[[Rachel Anderson]] (born 1943), English journalist and children's and young adult fiction author
*[[Verily Anderson]] (1915–2010), English children's fiction author, biographer and screenwriter
*[[Gail Anderson-Dargatz]] (born 1963), Canadian novelist, ''[[The Cure for Death by Lightning]]''
*[[Pamela Andersson]] (born 1965), Swedish journalist
*[[Isabella Andreini]] (1562–1604), Italian playwright, poet and actress
*[[Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen]] (1919–2004), [[Portugal|Portuguese]] poet and writer
*[[Eliza Frances Andrews]] (1840–1931), US novelist and [[US Civil War|Civil War]] writer
*[[Marie Louise Andrews]] (1849–1891), US short story writer, journalist and co-founder of Western Association of Writers from Indiana
*[[Harriet Anena]] (living), Ugandan poet and journalist
*[[Maya Angelou]] (1928–2014), US autobiographer and poet; ''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]''
*[[Jane Anger]] (late 16th century), English writer
*[[Christine Angot]] (born 1959), French novelist and playwright
*[[María Nsué Angüe]] (born 1945), Equatorial Guinean writer
*[[Marion Angus]] (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in [[Scots language|Braid Scots]] and English
*[[Yu Anjin]] (born 1941), Korean poet and essayist
*[[Nini Roll Anker]] (1873–1942), Norwegian novelist and playwright; ''[[Den som henger i en tråd]]''
*[[Charlotte Anley]] (1796–1893), English novelist, social and religious writer and musician
*[[Núria Añó]] (born 1973), Catalan writer and novelist
*[[Manana Antadze]] (born 1945), Georgian writer and translator
*[[Gloria E. Anzaldúa]] (1942–2004), US author, poet and activist; ''[[Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza]]''
*[[Monica Arac de Nyeko]] (born 1979), Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry and essays
*[[Tullia d'Aragona]] (c. 1510–1556), Italian poet, author and philosopher
*[[Maria Arbatova]] (born 1957), Russian novelist, playwright and poet
*[[Elvia Ardalani]] (born 1963), Mexican writer, poet and storyteller
*[[Jane Arden (director)|Jane Arden]] (1927–1982), Welsh film director, playwright and novelist; ''[[The Party (1958 play)|The Party]]''
*[[Hannah Arendt]] (1906–1975), German Jewish political theorist ''[[The Human Condition (book)|The Human Condition]]''
*[[Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey]] (1819–1901), US author, editor and publisher
*[[Héloïse d'Argenteuil]] (c. 1101–1164), French scholar and abbess writing in Latin
*[[Hiro Arikawa]] (born 1972), Japanese light novelist
*[[Rae Armantrout]] (born 1947), US writer, [[language poet]] and academic; 2010 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Karen Armstrong]] (born 1944), English writer on comparative religion; ''[[A History of God]]''
*[[Kelley Armstrong]] (born 1968), Canadian writer; ''[[Women of the Otherworld]]'' series
*[[Louise Armstrong]] (1937–2008), US author and feminist
*[[Bettina von Arnim]] (1785–1859), German writer and novelist
*[[Elizabeth von Arnim]] (1866–1941), Australian-born British novelist; ''[[Mr. Skeffington]]''
*[[Elizabeth Arnold (children's writer)|Elizabeth Arnold]] (born 1944), English children's writer
*[[Joanne Arnott]] (born 1960), Canadian [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] writer
*[[Harriette Simpson Arnow|Harriette Arnow]] (1908–1986), US novelist
*[[Franciszka Arnsztajnowa]] (1865–1942), Polish poet, playwright and translator
*[[Tuuve Aro]] (born 1973), Finnish fiction writer, film critic and producer
*[[Stina Aronson]] (1892–1956), Swedish novelist
*[[Marina Arrate]] (born 1957), Chilean poet and clinic psychologist
*[[Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga]] (born 1944), Paraguayan poet and novelist
*[[Pat Arrowsmith]], English novelist and politician
*[[Suzanne Arruda]], US mystery novelist
*[[Inga Arvad]] (1913–1973), Danish-US journalist
*[[Daisy Ashford]] (1881–1972), English writer; ''[[The Young Visiters]]''
*[[Anastasia Ashman]] (born 1964), US author and cultural producer; ''[[Tales from the Expat Harem]]''
*[[Francis Leslie Ashton]] (1904–1994), English novelist
*[[Anne Askew]] (1520/1521–1546), English poet and Protestant martyr
*[[Marie Aspioti]] (1909–2000), Greek writer and poet
*[[Cynthia Asquith]] (1887–1960), English novelist and diarist
*[[Margot Asquith]] (1864–1945), English author
*[[Mary Astell]] (1666–1731), English feminist writer and rhetorician
*[[Thea Astley]] (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer; also some poetry
*[[Cassandra Atherton]] (living), Australian prose-poet and academic
*[[Gertrude Atherton]] (1857–1948), US writer
*[[Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson]] (1863–1942), US author, journalist and teacher
*[[Kate Atkinson]] (born 1951), English novelist; ''[[Behind the Scenes at the Museum]]'', ''[[Human Croquet]]''
*[[M. E. Atkinson]] (1899–1974, Mary Evelyn Atkinson), English children's novelist
*[[Amelia Atwater-Rhodes]] (born 1984), US novelist
*[[Margaret Atwood]] (born 1939), Canadian novelist, poet and critic; ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]''
*[[Sefi Atta]] (born 1964), Nigerian author and playwright
*[[Madeleine de l’Aubespine]] (1546–1596), French poet
*[[Penelope Aubin]] (c. 1679–c. 1731), English novelist and translator
*[[Dorothy Auchterlonie]] (1915–1991), English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet
*[[Aude (writer)|Aude]] (1947–2012), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Ashley Audrain]] (born 1982), Canadian novelist
*[[Jean M. Auel]] (born 1936), US novelist; ''[[Earth's Children]]'' series
*[[Madame d'Aulnoy]] (c. 1650s–1705), French writer of fairy tales
*[[Rose Ausländer]] (1901–1988), [[Bucovina]]-born poet writing in German and English
*[[Jane Austen]] (1775–1817), English novelist; ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''
*[[Mary Hunter Austin|Mary Austin]] (1868–1934), US writer ''[[The Land of Little Rain]]''
*[[Sarah Austin (translator)|Sarah Austin]] (1793–1867), English translator from German
*[[Violeta Autumn]] (1930–2012), Peruvian-born US architect and cookery author
*[[Auvaiyar]], name shared by several poets in [[Tamil literature]]
*[[Ava (poet)|Frau Ava]] (c. 1060–1127), first female writer in German
*[[Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda]] (1814–1873), Cuban novelist, playwright and poet; ''[[Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda#Novels|Sab]]''
*[[Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery]] (1844–1911), US author, editor, educator
*[[Victoria Aveyard]] (born 1990), US YA fantasy writer; ''[[Red Queen (novel)|Red Queen]]''
*[[Magdalena Avietėnaitė]] (1892–1984), Lithuanian journalist
*[[Teresa of Ávila]] (1515–1582), Spanish nun, monastic reformer, and mystic
*[[Margaret Avison]] (1918–2007), Canadian poet, editor and speaker
*[[Mona Awad]] (born 1978), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Marilou Awiakta]] (born 1936), Native US [[Cherokee]] author
*[[Celine Axelos]] (1902–1992), Egyptian poet, public speaker
*[[Majgull Axelsson]] (born 1947), Swedish journalist and novelist; ''[[April Witch]]''
*[[Elysa Ayala]] (1879–1956), Ecuadorian writer and painter
*[[Margaret Ayer]] (died 1981), US writer and illustrator
*[[Pam Ayres]] (born 1947), English poet, songwriter and radio and TV presenter
*[[Che Husna Azhari]] (born 1955), Malaysian writer

== B ==

*[[Mariama Bâ]] (1929–1981), Senegalese novelist; ''[[So Long a Letter]]''
*[[Alaviyya Babayeva]] (1921–2014), prose-writer, translator and publicist
*[[Natalie Babbitt]] (born 1932), US author and illustrator of children's books; ''[[Tuck Everlasting]]''
*[[Ingrid Bachér]] (born 1930), German playwright and screenwriter
*[[Ingeborg Bachmann]] (1926–1973), Austrian poet, playwright and novelist
*[[Delia Bacon]] (1811–1859), US playwright and fiction writer; work on [[Shakespeare authorship question]]
*[[Anita Rau Badami]] (born 1961), Indian-Canadian novelist; ''The Hero's Walk''
*[[Gabeba Baderoon]] (born 1969), South African poet
*[[Yaba Badoe]] (born 1955), Ghanaian-British novelist and filmmaker
*[[Enid Bagnold]] (1889–1981), British author and playwright; ''[[National Velvet]]''
*[[Elisaveta Bagryana]] (1893–1991), [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] poet
*[[Joanna Baillie]] (1762–1851), Scottish poet and dramatist
*[[Alice Bailey]] (1880–1949), English mystic
*[[Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey]] (1863–1948), US ornithologist
*[[Beryl Bainbridge]] (1932–2010), English novelist; ''[[The Bottle Factory Outing]]''
*[[Doreen Baingana]] (living), Ugandan short-story writer and editor
*[[Elizabeth-Irene Baitie]] (born 1970), Ghanaian writer of young adult fiction
*[[Deb Baker]] (born 1953), US mystery writer
*[[Dorothy Baker]] (1907–1968), US novelist; ''[[Young Man with a Horn (novel)|Young Man with a Horn]]''
*[[Albena Bakratcheva]] (born 1961), Bulgarian author, best known for work on [[US Transcendentalism]]
*[[Asma El Bakry]] (1947–2015), Egyptian film director and author
*[[Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir]] (born 1949), Icelandic novelist
*[[Faith Baldwin]] (1893–1978), US author of romance and fiction
*[[Rabia Balkhi]] (10th century), Persian poet
*[[Toni Cade Bambara]] (1939–1995), US author, social activist and college professor
*[[Mary Ellen Bamford]] (1857–1946), US author
*[[Consort Ban]] (Ban Jieyu, Lady Pan, c. 48–c. 6 BC), Chinese scholar and poet
*[[Linda Vero Ban]] (born 1976), Hungarian writer on Jewish identity and spirituality
*[[Ellen Banda-Aaku]] (born 1965), Zambian writer of fiction and children's books
*[[Helen Elliott Bandini]] (1854–1912), US writer; primarily on Californian history
*[[Mary Jo Bang]] (born 1946), US poet
*[[Zsuzsa Bánk]] (born 1965), German novelist
*[[Leslie Esdaile Banks]] (born 1959), US author; ''[[The Vampire Huntress Legend Series]]''
*[[Maya Banks]] (living), US author of erotic romance
*[[Anne Bannerman]] (1765–1829), Scottish poet
*[[Helen Bannerman]] (1862–1946), Scottish children's writer; ''[[Little Black Sambo]]''
*[[Agnieszka Baranowska]] (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet
*[[Natalya Baranskaya]] (1908–2004), Soviet writer; ''A Week Like Any Other''
*[[Anna Laetitia Barbauld]] (1743–1825), English poet, essayist and children's author; ''[[Eighteen Hundred and Eleven]]''
*[[Muriel Barbery]] (born 1969), French novelist and academic; ''[[The Elegance of the Hedgehog]]''
*[[Maria Tore Barbina]] (1940–2007), Italian poet and translator, Latin educator
*[[Florence L. Barclay]] (1862–1921), English fiction writer; ''[[The Rosary (novel)|The Rosary]]''
*[[Leigh Bardugo]] (born 1974), US young adult and fantasy author
*[[Joan Barfoot]] (born 1946), Canadian novelist
*[[Arvède Barine]] (1840–1908), French writer and historian
*[[Susan Barker]] (born 1978), novelist
*[[Nicola Barker]] (born 1966), English fiction writer
*[[Pat Barker]] (born 1943), English novelist; 1995 [[Booker Prize]]; ''[[Regeneration (novel)|Regeneration]]'' trilogy
*[[Anna Barkova]] (1901–1976), Soviet poet, playwright and fiction and non-fiction writer
*[[Jane Barlow]] (1856–1917), Irish novelist and poet
*[[Mary Barnard]] (1909–2001), US poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator
*[[Annie Maria Barnes]] (born 1857), US journalist, editor, author
*[[Djuna Barnes]] (1892–1982), US writer; ''[[Ladies Almanack]]'', ''[[Nightwood]]''
*[[Margaret Ayer Barnes]] (1886–1967), [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning US author; ''[[Years of Grace]]''
*[[Evangeline Barongo]] (living), Ugandan author of children's literature
*[[Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr]] (1831–1919), British novelist
*[[Emma Barrandeguy]] (1914–2006), Argentine poet, storyteller and playwright
*[[Andrea Barrett]] (born 1954), US fiction writer
*[[Lynne Barrett]] (living), US writer and editor, known for short stories
*[[Nuria Barrios]] (born 1962), Spanish poet and writer of non-fiction
*[[Angela Barry]] (living), Bermudian writer and educator
*[[Violet Barungi]] (born 1943), Ugandan writer and editor
*[[Mildred Barya]] (living), Ugandan poet
*[[Marie Bashkirtseff]] (1858–1884), Russian diarist and artist
*[[Laura Bassi]] (1711–1778), Italian physicist and academic
*[[Jackee Budesta Batanda]] (living), Ugandan journalist, writer and entrepreneur
*[[Allie Bates]] (born 1957), US writer
*[[Katharine Lee Bates]] (1859–1929), US songwriter
*[[Carol S. Batey]] (born 1955), US writer
*[[Janet Bathgate]] (c. 1806–1898), Scottish autobiographical working-class writer
*[[Effie T. Battle]] (c. 1882–post–1940), African-US poet and educator
*[[Dawn-Michelle Baude]] (born 1959), US poet, journalist and educator
*[[Baudovinia]] (fl. c. 600), French religious writer in Latin
*[[Vicki Baum]] (1888–1960), Austrian novelist
*[[Gertrud Bäumer]] (1873–1954), German writer and feminist
*[[Ada Ellen Bayly]] (Edna Lyall, 1857–1903), English novelist
*[[Emilia Pardo Bazán]] (1851–1921), Spanish essayist and novelist
*[[Aletta Beaujon]] (1933–2001), Curaçaoan-Aruban poet
*[[Betty Bentley Beaumont]] (1828–1892), English author and merchant
*[[Simone de Beauvoir]] (1908–1986), French author and philosopher; ''[[She Came to Stay]]''
*[[Dany Bébel-Gisler]] (1935–2003), Guadeloupean novelist
*[[Margaret Bechard]] (born 1953), US children's writer
*[[Alison Bechdel]] (born 1960), US cartoonist and graphic memoirist; ''[[Fun Home]]''
*[[Béatrix Beck]] (1914–2008), French novelist; ''[[The Passionate Heart]]''
*[[Thea Beckman]] (1923–2004), Dutch novelist; Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek
*[[Claude de Bectoz]] (1490–1547), French writer and philosopher
*[[Simi Bedford]] (living), Nigerian novelist based in Britain; ''[[Yoruba Girl Dancing]]''
*[[Patricia Beer]] (1919–1999), English poet and critic
*[[Mrs. Beeton]] (1836–1865), English domestic author; ''[[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management]]''
*[[Anne Beffort]] (1880–1966), Luxembourg educator, writer and biographer
*[[Aphra Behn]] (1640–1689), English playwright, poet and novelist; ''[[The Rover (play)|The Rover]]''
*[[Mariam Behnam]] (1921–2014), Iranian-Emirati novelist and autobiographer
*[[Concepción Silva Belinzon]] (1903–1987), Uruguayan writer
*[[Susan Groag Bell]] (1926–2015), Czech-US women's studies pioneer and autobiographer
*[[Gioconda Belli]] (born 1948), Nicaraguan revolutionary and writer
*[[Karen Bender|Karen E. Bender]] (living), US novelist
*[[Victoria Benedictsson]] (1850–1888), Swedish author
*[[Elizabeth Benger]] (1775–1827), English novelist and biographer
*[[Veronica Bennett]] (born 1953), children's novelist
*[[Gwendolyn B. Bennett]] (1902–1981), African-US writer
*[[Louise Bennett]] (1919–2006), Jamaican poet and folklorist
*[[Nettie Lee Benson]] (1905–1993), American archivist and historian
*[[Sally Benson]] (1897–1972), US screenwriter and short story writer
*[[Caroline French Benton]] (died 1923), US cookery writer
*[[Nina Berberova]] (1901–1993), Soviet-Russian writer; ''The Tattered Cloak''
*[[Josefa Berens-Totenohl]] (1891–1969), German novelist
*[[Aimée Daniell Beringer]] (1856–1936), American playwright and novelist
*[[Gabrielle Bernard]] (1893–1963), Belgian poet writing in [[Walloon language|Walloon]] French
*[[Juliana Berners]] (14th and 15th centuries), English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting; ''[[The Book of Saint Albans]]''
*[[Jovette Bernier]] (1900–1981), Canadian journalist, novelist, and poet
*[[Bertice Berry]] (born 1960), US sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator
*[[Julie Berry (author)|Julie Berry]] (born 1980), US author of children's and young adult fiction
*[[Mei-mei Berssenbrugge]] (born 1947), Chinese-US poet and playwright
*[[Betty Berzon]] (1928–2006), US author
*[[Annie Besant]] (1847–1933), English [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|theosophist]] and activist; ''[[The Ancient Wisdom]]'', ''[[Thought Forms]]''
*[[Mary Matilda Betham]] (1776–1852), English diarist, poet and woman of letters
*[[Matilda Betham-Edwards]] (1836–1919), English novelist, poet and travel writer
*[[Kata Bethlen]] (1700–1759), Hungarian memoirist
*[[Doris Betts]] (1932–2012), US novelist, short story writer and essayist; ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories]]''
*[[Elizabeth Beverley]] (fl. 1815–30), English pamphleteer and entertainer
*[[L. S. Bevington]] (1845–1895), English poet, anarchist and essayist
*[[Anuradha Bhattacharyya]] (born 1975), Indian writer in English
*[[Elizabeth Bibesco]] (1897–1945), English writer
*[[Marthe Bibesco]] (1886–1973), Romanian writer in French
*[[Hester Biddle]] (c. 1629–1697), English Quaker pamphleteer and preacher
*[[Gisèle Bienne]] (born 1946), French novelist
*[[Linda Bierds]] (born 1945), US poet and professor
*[[Anna Bijns]] (1493–1575), Flemish humanist writing in Dutch and French
*[[Elisheva Bikhovski]] (1888–1949)
*[[Maeve Binchy]] (1939–2012), Irish novelist, playwright and columnist; ''[[Circle of Friends (novel)|Circle of Friends]]''
*[[Hildegard of Bingen]] (1098–1179), [[German mystic]], playwright and poet writing in Latin; ''[[Scivias]]''
*[[Carol Birch]] (born 1951), English novelist
*[[Elizabeth Burchill]] (1904–2003), Australian nurse, philanthropist and author
*[[Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer]] (c. 1800–1868), German playwright and actress
*[[Isabella Bird]] (1831–1904), English traveller and writer
*[[Sandra Birdsell]] (born 1942), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Anne Bishop]], US fantasy novelist; ''[[The Black Jewels]]'' series
*[[Elizabeth Bishop]] (1911–1979), [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning US poet and writer
*[[Jacqueline Bishop]] (living), Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer
*[[Clementina Black]] (1853–1922), English novelist and political writer
*[[Emily Lucas Blackall]] (1832–1892), US writer, philanthropist
*[[Sarah Blackborow]] (fl. 1650s–1660s), English Quaker writer and preacher
*[[Malorie Blackman]] (born 1962), Barbadian-born English author of fiction and drama for children and young adults; ''[[Noughts & Crosses (novel series)|Noughts & Crosses]]'' series
*[[Isa Blagden]] (1816/1817–1873), novelist and poet in English resident in Italy
*[[Marie-Claire Blais]] (born 1939), Canadian novelist, poet, and playwright
*[[Susanna Blamire]] (1747–1794), English poet
*[[Neltje Blanchan]] (1865–1918), US nature writer; ''[[Bird Neighbors]]'', ''[[Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors|Nature's Garden]]''
*[[Beverly Gray#Clair Blank|Clair Blank]] (1915–1965), US author of the [[Beverly Gray]] mystery series
*[[Barbara Blaugdone]] (c. 1609–1705), English Quaker autobiographer
*[[Helena Blavatsky]] (1831–1891), Russian theosophist, occultist and mystic
*[[Ann Eliza Bleecker]] (1752–1783), US poet and [[correspondent]]
*[[Karen Blixen]] (1885–1962), Danish writer; ''[[Out of Africa]]''
*[[Francesca Lia Block]] (born 1962), US author; ''[[Weetzie Bat]]'' series
*[[Amy Bloom]] (born 1953), US novelist, non-fiction writer and psychotherapist
*[[Valerie Bloom]] (born 1956), Jamaican poet and novelist
*[[Amelia Bloomer]] (1818–1894), US writer, women's rights and temperance advocate
*[[Andrée Blouin]] (1921–1986), activist and writer from the Central African Republic
*[[Judy Blume]] (born 1938), US novelist; ''[[Forever (novel)|Forever]]'', ''[[Tiger Eyes]]''
*[[Enid Blyton]] (1897–1968), English children's writer; ''[[The Famous Five (novel series)|Famous Five]]'' series
*[[Margarita Bobba]] (fl. 1560), Italian writer and poet
*[[Imma von Bodmershof]] (1895–1982), Austrian poet
*[[Janka Boga]] (1886–1963), Hungarian writer and teacher
*[[Louise Bogan]] (1897–1970), US poet; fourth [[US Poet Laureate]]
*[[Graciela Bográn]] (1896-2000), Honduran intellectual and essayist
*[[Margarete Böhme]] (1867–1939), German novelist; ''[[Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (book)|Tagebuch einer Verlorenen]]''
*[[Eavan Boland]] (born 1944), Irish poet
*[[Catherine of Bologna]] (1413–1463), Italian religious writer and saint
*[[Isabel Bolton]] (1883–1975), US novelist
*[[Sarah Knowles Bolton]] (1841–1916), US writer
*[[María Luisa Bombal]] (1910–1980), Chilean author
*[[Erma Bombeck]] (1927–1996), US humorist
*[[Son Bo-mi]] (born 1980), Korean novelist
*[[Annie B. Bond]] (born 1953), US author, editor
*[[Chrystelle Trump Bond]] (living), US dancer, choreographer and dance historian
*[[Cynthia Bond]] (born 1961), US novelist
*[[Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham]] (1840–1907), US traveler, journalist
*[[Tanella Boni]] (born 1954), [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian]] poet and novelist
*[[Elizabeth Anne Bonner]] (born 1924), US writer of fiction and poetry
*[[Geraldine Bonner]] (1870–1930), US author
*[[Marita Bonner]] (1899–1971), US writer, essayist and [[playwright]]; [[Harlem Renaissance]]
*[[Malika Booker]] (born 1970), British poet, writer and artist
*[[Mary Everest Boole]] (1832–1916), English writer
*[[Frances Boothby]] (fl. c. 1669–1670), English playwright
*[[Alice Borchardt]] (1939–2007), US writer of historical fiction, fantasy, and horror; ''[[The Silver Wolf]]''
*[[Miriam Borgenicht]] (1915−1992), US writer of mystery novels
*[[Marianne Boruch]] (born 1950), US poet and professor
*[[Anne Lynch Botta]] (1815–1891), US poet, writer, teacher and socialite
*[[Phyllis Bottome]] (1884–1963), British fiction writer; ''[[The Mortal Storm]]'', ''[[Danger Signal]]''
*[[Jane Bowdler]] (1743–1784), English poet and essayist
*[[Elizabeth Bowen]] (1899–1973), [[Anglo-Irish]] fiction writer; ''[[The Death of the Heart]]'', ''[[The Heat of the Day]]''
*[[Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne|Mary Bowes]] (1749–1800), English playwright and botanist
*[[Jane Bowles]] (1917–1973), US writer and playwright; ''[[Two Serious Ladies]]''
*[[Karin Boye]] (1900–1941), Swedish poet and novelist
*[[Kay Boyle]] (1902–1992), US writer, educator and political activist
*[[Leigh Brackett]] (1915–1978), US science fiction author; ''[[The Starmen]]'', ''[[People of the Talisman]]''
*[[Paula Brackston]] (living), English historical fiction novelist; ''The Witch's Daughter''
*[[Mary Elizabeth Braddon]] (1837–1915), English novelist; ''[[Lady Audley's Secret]]''
*[[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] (1930–1999), US fantasy and science fiction writer; ''[[The Door Through Space]]'', ''[[The Firebrand]]''
*[[Anne Bradstreet]] (1612–1672), US poet and writer
*[[Anne Bragance]] (born 1945), French writer
*[[Oyinkan Braithwaite]] (born 1988), Nigerian-UK novelist
*[[Shannon Bramer]] (born 1973), Canadian poet
*[[Dionne Brand]] (born 1953), Canadian poet, novelist and essayist
*[[Hannah Brand]] (1754–1821), English actress and playwright
*[[Giannina Braschi]] (born 1953), Puerto Rican writer; ''Empire of Dreams''
*[[Ann Brashares]] (born 1967), author of ''[[The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants]]'' series
*[[Lily Braun]] (1865–1916), German feminist writer
*[[Anna Eliza Bray]] (1790–1883), English novelist
*[[Libba Bray]] (born 1964), US young-adult novelist; ''[[The Sweet Far Thing]]''
*[[Angela Brazil]] (1868–1947), British writer
*[[Jean "Binta" Breeze]] (born 1956), Jamaican dub poet and storyteller
*[[Fredrika Bremer]] (1801–1865), Swedish writer and feminist activist
*[[Sophia Elisabet Brenner]] (1659–1730), Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess
*[[Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond]] (living), US-Ghanaian writer of novels, short stories and poetry
*[[Martha Wadsworth Brewster]] (1710–c. 1757), US poet and writer; first US-born woman to publish under own name
*[[Melitta Breznik]] (born 1961), Austrian-born writer of short stories
*[[London Bridgez]] (born 1982), US poet, writer
*[[Patricia Briggs]] (born 1965), US fantasy writer
*[[Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright]] (1859–1945), "[[New Woman]]" writer and feminist
*[[Eliza Brightwen]] (1830–1906), Scottish writer and naturalist
*[[Vera Brittain]] (1893–1970), English writer, feminist and pacifist; ''[[Testament of Youth]]''
*[[Dragana Kršenković Brković]] (living), Montenegrin writer
*[[Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić]] (1874–1938), Croatian children's writer; ''[[Croatian Tales of Long Ago]]'', ''[[The Marvelous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice]]''
*[[Chris Broadribb]] (living), Australian fiction writer
*[[Erna Brodber]] (born 1940), Jamaican novelist and sociologist
*[[Anne Brontë]] (1820–1849), English novelist and poet; ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]''
*[[Charlotte Brontë]] (1816–1855), English novelist and poet; ''[[Jane Eyre]]''
*[[Emily Brontë]] (1818–1848), English novelist and poet; ''[[Wuthering Heights]]''
*[[Emma Brooke]] (1844–1926), "[[New Woman]]" novelist
*[[Frances Brooke]] (1723–1789), English novelist, essayist and playwright
*[[Anita Brookner]] (1928–2016), English novelist and art historian; 1984 [[Booker Prize]] for ''[[Hotel du Lac]]''
*[[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]] (born 1955), [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author of ''[[March (novel)|March]]''
*[[Gwendolyn Brooks]] (1917–2000), US poet and author; ''[[Annie Allen]]''
*[[Nicole Brossard]] (born 1943), [[French Canadian]] [[Formalism (literature)|formalist]] poet and novelist
*[[Alice Williams Brotherton]] (1848–1930), US poet, magazine writer
*[[Rhoda Broughton]] (1840–1920), English novelist
*[[Olga Broumas]] (born 1949), Greek poet living in US
*[[Cindy Lynn Brown]] (born 1973), poet
*[[Lily Brown]] (born 1981), poet, author
*[[Helen Gurley Brown]] (1922–2012), US author, publisher and businesswoman
*[[Margaret Wise Brown]] (1910–1952), US children's author; ''[[Goodnight Moon]]''
*[[Pat Brown (criminal profiler)|Pat Brown]] (born 1955), true-crime author, criminal profiler
*[[Rebecca Brown (author)|Rebecca Brown]] (born 1956), US author
*[[Rita Mae Brown]] (born 1944), US novelist, poet and screenwriter; ''[[Rubyfruit Jungle]]''
*[[Frances Browne]] (1816–1887), Irish poet and novelist
*[[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]] (1806–1861), English poet; ''[[Aurora Leigh]]''
*[[Andrée Brunin]] (1937–1993), French poet
*[[Giuliana Bruno]], author of ''The Guardian'' best book of 2003
*[[Marianne Bruns]] (1897–1994), German novelist and poet
*[[Mary Brunton]] (1778–1818), [[List of Scottish novelists|Scottish novelist]]
*[[Tanja Bruske]] (born 1978), German writer and journalist
*[[Colette Bryce]] (born 1970), poet from [[Northern Ireland]]
*[[Bryher (novelist)|Bryher]] (also Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983), English novelist, poet, memoirist and editor
*[[Pearl S. Buck]] (1892–1973), US fiction writer, biographer and humanitarian; 1938 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] ''[[The Good Earth]]''
*[[Maria Elizabeth Budden]] (c. 1780–1832), English novelist, translator and children's writer
*[[Andrea Hollander Budy]] (born 1947), US poet
*[[Aminta Buenaño]] (born 1958), Ecuadorian writer and politician
*[[Kanstantsia Builo]] (1893–1986), Belarusian poet and playwright
*[[NoViolet Bulawayo]] (born 1981), Zimbabwean fiction writer; ''[[We Need New Names]]''
*[[Anna Bülow]] (died 1519), Swedish writer, translator and abbess
*[[Anna Bunina]] (1774–1829), Russian poet
*[[Erika Burkart]] (1922–2010), Swiss poet and writer
*[[Bonnie Burnard]] (1945–2017), Canadian novelist; ''[[A Good House]]''
*[[Frances Hodgson Burnett]] (1849–1924), English playwright and children's writer; ''[[The Secret Garden]]''
*[[Frances Burney (1776–1828)|Frances Burney]] (1776–1828), English author of closet drama
*[[Frances Burney]] (1752–1840), English novelist, diarist and playwright; ''[[Evelina]]''
*[[Sarah Burney]] (1772–1844), English novelist
*[[Clara Louise Burnham]] (1854–1827), US novelist
*[[Anna Burns]] (born 1962), Northern Irish novelist
*[[Deborah Burrows]] (born 1959), Australian novelist
*[[Mary Towne Burt]] (1842–1898), US temperance reformer, publisher and benefactor
*[[Margaret Busby]] (born 1944), Ghanaian publisher, journalist and dramatist; ''[[Daughters of Africa]]''
*[[Olivia Ward Bush]] (1869–1944), US author, poet and journalist
*[[Abena Busia]] (born 1953), Ghanaian poet and academic
*[[Akosua Busia]] (born 1966), Ghanaian actress, novelist and screenwriter
*[[Christine Busta]] (1915–1987), Austrian poet
*[[Sharon Butala]] (born 1940), Canadian novelist
*[[Amy Butcher]] (living), US essayist and writer
*[[Octavia Butler]] (1947–2006), US science fiction writer; ''[[Patternist series]]'', ''[[Lilith's Brood]]''
*[[Susan Bulkeley Butler]], US motivational author
*[[Miriam Butterworth]] (1918–2019) US pacifist, teacher and politician
*[[Mary Butts]] (1890–1937), English [[modernism|modernist]] writer
*[[A. S. Byatt]] (born 1936), English novelist and poet; 1990 [[Booker Prize]]; **'
*Kim Byeol-ah (born 1969), Korean author
*Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (born 1972), US novelist, short story writer, and anthologist

## C

*Meg Cabot (born 1967), US author; *[[The Princess Diaries]]*
*Caroline Caddy (born 1944), Australian poet
*Florence Caddy (1837–1923), English writer
*Elizabeth Cadell (1903–1989), British writer raised in India
*Mona Caird (c. 1854–1932), Scottish novelist and essayist
*Graciela Rincón Calcaño (1904–1987), Venezuelan writer and poet
*Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), Anglo-US novelist
*Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), US writer
*Maria Callcott (1785–1842), English author of children's books and travel writings
*June Callwood (1924–2007), Canadian journalist, author and social activist
*Paola Calvetti (born 1948), Italian novelist, journalist
*Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), US novelist
*Bonnie Jo Campbell (born 1962), US novelist and short-story writer
*Hazel Campbell (1940–2018), Jamaican writer of short stories and children's books
*Marion May Campbell (born 1948), Australian novelist and academic
*Lorea Canales (living), Mexican writer, journalist, translator
*Dorothy Canfield (1879–1958), US author; *[[Understood Betsy]]*
*May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), English poet
*Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
*Ludmilla Lacueva Canut (born 1971), Andorran fiction and non-fiction writer
*Lan Cao (born 1961), Vietnamese-US writer; *[[Monkey Bridge]]*
*Jacqueline Carey (born 1964), US fantasy novelist; *[[Kushiel's Legacy]]*
*Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), English novelist and children's writer
*Leonora Carrington (born 1917), British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter and novelist
*Rachel Carson (1907–1964), US marine biologist, conservationist and author; *[[Silent Spring]]*
*Catherine Carswell (1879–1946), Scottish writer
*Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1425), Spanish religious writer
*Angela Carter (1940–1992), English novelist and journalist; *[[Nights at the Circus]]*
*Anne Laurel Carter (born 1953), Canadian novelist
*Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, writer and Bluestocking
*Caroline Carver (born 1959), English-Australian novelist
*Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), US writer
*Alice Cary (1820–1871), US poet, sister of Phoebe Cary
*Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639), English playwright; *[[The Tragedy of Mariam]]*
*Phoebe Cary (1824–1871), US poet, sister of Alice Cary
*Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), Sierra Leonean short story writer and educator
*Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950), Sierra Leonean poet
*Kathryn Casey (living), US true crime author, novelist and journalist
*Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Criena Rohan), Australian novelist
*Kristin Cashore (born 1976), US fantasy author; *[[Graceling]]*
*P. C. Cast (born 1960), US author; *[[House of Night]]*
*Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974), Mexican poet and author
*Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140–pre–1184), French poet writing in Occitan
*Ana Castillo (born 1953), Mexican-US fiction writer, poet and essayist
*Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975), German-born children's writer and journalist in German and English
*Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), Galician writer and poet
*Willa Cather (1873–1947), Pulitzer Prize-winning US author; *[[My Ántonia]]*, *[[O Pioneers!]]*
*Eleanor Catton (born 1985), Canadian-New Zealand novelist; 2013 Man Booker Prize; *[[The Luminaries]]*
*Jane Cavendish (1620/1621–1669), English poet and playwright
*Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), English poet, playwright and fiction writer; *[[The Blazing World]]*
*Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723), English playwright and poet
*Laura Cereta (1469–1499), Italian humanist
*Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982), US novelist and artist; *[[Dictee]]*
*Maria A. Chalon (1797–1877), British miniature portrait painter
*Françoise Chandernagor (born 1945), French novelist and playwright
*Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834), US poet and writer; first US woman writer to concentrate on abolition of slavery
*Diana Chang (born 1934), Chinese US novelist and poet
*Jung Chang (born 1952), Chinese-English author; *[[Wild Swans]]*
*Hester Chapone (1727–1801), English writer and Bluestocking
*Charlotte Charke (1713–1760), English playwright, novelist and autobiographer
*Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (in German: Liselotte von der Pfalz, 1652–1722), German correspondent
*Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), Dutch novelist writing in French
*Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938), popular Russian novelist
*Noëlle Châtelet (born 1944), French essayist, novelist and story writer
*Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876), English author and traveler
*Beth Chatto (1923–2018), English garden writer
*Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), Indian poet known for Hindi songs
*Daína Chaviano (born 1960), Cuban writer; *[[The Island of Eternal Love]]*
*Mavis Cheek (born c. 1948), English novelist
*Nora Chegodayeva (1905–1971), Soviet interpreter and translator
*Ying Chen (born 1961), Chinese Canadian author
*Kelly Cherry (born 1940), US, novelist, poet and essayist
*C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), US sci-fi and fantasy author; *[[Downbelow Station]]*
*Tracy Chevalier (born 1962), US-English novelist; *[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]]*
*Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856), German poet, playwright and librettist
*Sagawa Chika (1911–1936), Japanese avant-garde poet
*Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), US poet, novelist and journalist; *[[Over the River and Through the Woods]]*
*Alice Childress (1916–1994), African-US playwright and novelist
*Mei Chin (born 1977), US writer and food critic
*Paulina Chiziane (born 1955), Mozambiquean fiction writer
*Joanna Chmielewska (born 1932), Polish writer
*Sonia Chocrón (born 1961), Venezuelan poet, novelist and playwright
*Pema Chödrön (born 1936), US Buddhist author
*Susan Choi (born 1969), US novelist and editor
*Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925), English novelist
*Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century), Irish poet
*Denise Chong (born 1953), Canadian memoirist, editor and non-fiction author
*Kate Chopin (1851–1904), US fiction writer; *[[The Awakening (Chopin novel)|The Awakening]]*
*Helene Christaller (1872–1953), German children's novelist
*Kate Christensen (born 1962), US novelist; *In The Drink*, *Jeremy Thrane*, *[[The Great Man]]*
*Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British crime writer; *[[The Mousetrap]]*, *[[And Then There Were None]]*
*Chrystos (born 1946), Menominee rights activist and poet
*Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710), English poet, essayist and writer; *[[The Ladies' Defence]]*
*Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian Urdu writer
*Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996), Soviet-Russian writer; *[[Sofia Petrovna]]*
*Caryl Churchill (born 1938), English playwright; *[[A Mouthful of Birds]]*
*Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), US fiction writer; *[[The House on Mango Street]]*, *[[Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories]]*
*Gabrielle Civil (living), US performance artist, poet, and educator
*Hélène Cixous (born 1937), Algerian-born French poet, playwright and philosopher
*Paula Clamp (born 1967), British novelist, playwright
*Amy Clampitt (1920–1994), US poet and author
*Cassandra Clare (born 1973), US young-adult fiction writer
*Sue Cassidy Clark, US music journalist and photographer
*Joan Clark (born 1934), Canadian novelist
*Margaret Clark (born 1964), US historian, writer, and educator
*Maxine Beneba Clarke (living), Australian writer
*Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927), US suspense novelist; *[[A Stranger is Watching]]*
*Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980), English mystical poet, author and teacher
*Anna Clarke (1919–2004), English mystery writer
*Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Welsh poet, playwright and broadcaster
*Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908), English historical novelist and children's writer
*Mary H. Gray Clarke (1835–1992), US author, correspondent and poet
*Susanna Clarke (born 1959), English novelist; *[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]*
*Margareta Clausdotter (died 1486), Swedish writer and abbess
*Beverly Cleary (born 1916), US author; *[[The Mouse and the Motorcycle]]*
*Kate McPhelim Cleary (1863–1905), US novelist and story writer
*Joceline Clemencia (1952–2011), Afro-Curaçaoan writer and linguist
*Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BC), Greek poet
*Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543–1603), French scholar and courtier
*Michelle Cliff (born 1946), Jamaican-US author; *[[No Telephone to Heaven]]*
*Lucille Clifton (1936–2010), US poet, writer and educator
*Gloria Griffen Cline (1929–1973), US historian
*Caroline Clive (1801–1872), English poet and novelist
*Catherine Clive (Kitty, 1711–1785), English actress and dramatist
*Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (1847–1920), US actress, poet
*Lynn Coady (born 1970), Canadian novelist, short story writer and journalist
*Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), US novelist; *[[What You Won't Do for Love (novel)|What You Won't Do for Love]]*
*Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), US poet
*Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904), Irish writer and suffragist
*Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940), Canadian-US author
*Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586), French poet
*Virginia Coigney (1917–1997), civic leader, journalist and author
*Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), US poet and writer
*Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946), US journalist and fiction writer
*H. Maria George Colby (1844–1910), US journalist, temperance worker and suffragist
*Emma Shaw Colcleugh (1846–1940), US journalist, lecturer and traveler
*Lois Dwight Cole (1903–1979), US editor and children's author
*Norma Cole (born 1945), US poet, visual artist, and translator
*Wanda Coleman (born 1946), US poet
*Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921), English novelist and editor
*Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), English novelist and poet
*Sara Coleridge (1802–1852), English writer and translator
*Colette (1873–1954), French novelist; *[[Gigi (novella)|Gigi]]*
*Camilla Collett (1813–1895), Norwegian novelist, literary critic and essayist
*Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919), US poet, writer
*Jennie Collins (1828–1887), US activist and author
*Mabel Collins (1851–1927), English theosophist
*Merle Collins (born 1950), Grenadian poet and short story writer
*Suzanne Collins (born 1962), US novelist; *[[The Hunger Games]]*
*Vittoria Colonna (1490–1547), Italian poet and marchioness
*Mary Colum (1884–1957), Irish literary critic and author
*Anne Compton (born 1947), Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist
*Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist; *[[Pastors and Masters]]*
*Maryse Condé (born 1937), Guadeloupean novelist
*Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934), poet and professor
*Jane Elizabeth Dexter Conklin (born 1831), US poet, journalist and religious writer
*Eliza Archard Conner (1838–1912), US journalist, lecturer and feminist
*Elizabeth Marney Conner (born 1856), US drama reader, educator and author
*Ana Conta-Kernbach (1865–1921), Romanian educationist, journalist and literary writer
*Selma Cook (born 1961), editor
*Eliza Cook (1818–1889), English poet
*Marvel Cooke (1903–2000), US journalist and writer
*Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930), Crow Creek Lakota Sioux poet, novelist and academic; *[[Wicazo Sa Review|Wíčazo Ša Review]]*
*Ina Coolbrith (born Josephine Anna Smith, 1841–1928), first poet laureate of California
*Deborah Coonts (living), US romance, mystery and humor novelist, and lawyer
*Carolyn Cooper (born 1950), Jamaican author and literary scholar
*J. California Cooper (1931–2014), African-US playwright and fiction writer
*Wendy Cope (born 1945), English poet
*Esther Copley (1786–1851), English religious and children's writer
*Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931), Poet Laureate of Belgium
*Marie Corelli (1855–1924), English novelist
*Corinna (Κόριννα, 6th century BC), Greek poet
*Cornificia (c. 85–c. 40 BC), Roman poet and writer of epigrams
*Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858), English writer on education, philosophy and science
*Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659), English letter writer
*Anita Cornwell (born 1923), US author
*Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), US crime writer; *[[Body of Evidence (novel)|Body of Evidence]]*
*Cecilia K Corrigan (born 1987), US poet, writer
*Sarah Cortez (living), Latina poet, editor and essayist
*Jayne Cortez (born 1936), US poet and performance artist
*Lola Costa (1903–2004), English painter, writer and poet
*Sophie Ristaud Cottin (1770–1807), French novelist
*Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971), New Zealand writer, poet and spiritualist
*Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), German novelist
*Arlette Cousture (born 1948), Canadian writer
*Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian poet and novelist
*Hannah Cowley (1743–1809), English playwright and poet
*Mary Lynde Craig (living), US writer, teacher and activist
*Dinah Mulock Craik (1826–1887), English novelist; *[[John Halifax, Gentleman]]*
*Helen Craik (1751–1825), Scottish novelist
*Margaret Craven (1901–1980), US novelist; *[[I Heard the Owl Call My Name]]*
*Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), Canadian poet
*Susan P. Crawford (born 1963), US professor of law
*Hélisenne de Crenne (1510–1552), French novelist, epistolary writer and translator
*Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848), English poet
*Bithia Mary Croker (1849–1920), Irish-born Anglo-Indian writer
*M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963), Australian writer
*Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895), English writer and poet
*Elsa Cross (born 1946), Mexican poet and essayist
*Karen Crouse (living), American journalist and author
*Catherine Crowe (1800–1876), English dramatist, novelist and author of children's books
*Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975), Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots and English
*Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican poet and playwright
*Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978), Trinidad-born poet, playwright and cultural activist
*Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866), US novelist; *[[The Lamplighter]]*
*Lady Margaret Cunningham (died c. 1622), Scottish memoirist and correspondent
*Pat Cumper (born 1954), British playwright
*Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981), Australian author; *[[Come In Spinner]]*
*Rachel Cusk (born 1967), Canadian-born novelist
*Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842), English novelist
*Ptolemais of Cyrene (3rd century BC or later), Greek writer on music
*Julie E. Czerneda (born 1955), Canadian sci-fi and fantasy author

## D

*Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), Polish writer
*Anne Dacier (1645–1720), French scholar and classical translator
*Nino Dadeshkeliani (1890–1931), Georgian writer, politician
*Yrsa Daley-Ward (born 1989), British poet
*Ann Dally (1929–2007), English author and psychiatrist
*Jordan Dane (born 1953), US thriller writer
*Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959), Zimbabwean author and filmmaker; *[[Nervous Conditions]]*
*Cora Linn Daniels (born 1852), US author
*Mabel Dove Danquah (1910–1984), Ghanaian short story writer and journalist
*Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 1967), Ghanaian-US writer, editor, journalist and public speaker
*Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), Haitian-US novelist; *[[Breath, Eyes, Memory]]*
*Xie Daoyun (pre-340 AD – post-399), Chinese poet
*Amma Darko (born 1956), Ghanaian novelist
*Tina Darragh (born 1950), US language poet
*Marie Darrieussecq (born 1969), French-Basque novelist
*Cecilia Dart-Thornton (living), Australian fantasy fiction writer; *[[Bitterbynde]]* trilogy
*Helen Darville (Helen Dale, Helen Demidenko; born 1972), Australian journalist and novelist
*Kamala Das (1932–2009), poet and short story writer
*Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), US novelist, biographer and memoirist; *[[The Valley of Decision (novel)|The Valley of Decision]]*
*Selina Davenport (1779–1859), English novelist who wrote about and for women
*Henriette Davidis (1801–1876), German cookbook writer
*Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), French traveller, writer, and Buddhist
*Joy Davidman (born Helen Joy Davidman, 1915–1960), writer and poet
*Nadia Davids (born 1977), South African writer and playwright
*Angela Davis (born 1944), US philosopher and political activist
*Dorothy Salisbury Davis (born 1916), US mystery novelist
*Kyra Davis (born 1972), US novelist
*Lydia Davis (born 1947), US "flash fiction" writer and essayist
*Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910), US journalist and novelist; *[[Life in the Iron Mills]]*
*Mary Davys (1674–1732), Irish novelist and playwright
*Elizabeth Dawbarn (died 1839), English writer on religion and child care
*Pieretta Dawn (born 1994), author
*Laura Day (born 1959), US writer of self-help books
*Shobhaa De (born 1947), Indian journalist and novelist; *[[Starry Nights]]*
*Pamela Dean (born 1953), US novelist; *[[Tam Lin (novel)|Tam Lin]]*
*Kathryn Deans (living), Australian children's fantasy author
*Charlotte Burgis DeForest (1879–1973), US writer
*Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), US writer, comedian and television host
*E. M. Delafield (1890–1943), English novelist and memoirist
*Lucy Delaney (c. 1830–c. 1890), US memoirist
*Mary Delany (1700–1788), English letter-writer and Bluestocking
*Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945), French poet, novelist and journalist
*Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), Italian novelist and poet; 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature
*Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976), French poet, translator and novelist
*Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971), US ethnographer, Sioux oral historian and novelist
*Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982), Jamaican novelist and story writer
*Enid Derham (1882–1941), Australian poet
*Regina Derieva (1949–2013), Russian poet and writer
*Anita Desai (born 1937), Indian novelist; *[[In Custody (novel)|In Custody]]*
*Kiran Desai (born 1971), Indian novelist; 2006 Booker Prize; *[[The Inheritance of Loss]]*
*Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859), French poet
*Anne Desclos (writing as Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage, 1907–1998), French journalist and novelist
*Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet
*Virginie Despentes (born 1969), French novelist
*Babette Deutsch (1895–1982), US poet, critic, translator, and novelist
*Mary Deverell (1731–1805), English religious writer and poet
*Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), Bengali novelist and poet
*Mahasweta Devi (born 1926), Bengali-Indian journalist and novelist
*Caroline Dexter (1819–1884), English-Australian feminist journalist
*Dhuoda (c. 803–c. 843), Frankish moralist writing in Latin; *Liber Manualis*
*Anita Diamant (born 1951), US novelist and non-fiction writer; *[[The Red Tent (Anita Diamant novel)|The Red Tent]]*
*Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), writer and piano teacher
*Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), US children's author
*Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), US poet
*Susan E. Dickinson (1842–1915), Civil War correspondent
*Joan Didion (born 1934), US journalist, essayist and novelist
*Alice Mangold Diehl (1844–1912), English novelist and musician
*Florence Carpenter Dieudonné (1850–1927), pioneer of US speculative fiction
*Annie Le Porte Diggs (1853–1916), Canadian poet, author and newspaperwoman
*Annie Dillard (born 1945), US nonfiction writer, poet, essayist and novelist; *[[Pilgrim at Tinker Creek]]*
*Constance Dima (born 1948), Greek writer, poet and translator
*Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003), Bulgarian poet and Vice President of Bulgaria
*Isak Dinesen (1885–1962), Danish novelist; *[[Out of Africa]]*
*Kelly DiPucchio (born 1967), children's author
*Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), Indian-US poet and fiction writer; *[[Mistress of Spices]]*
*Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905), Scottish feminist travel writer, war correspondent and novelist
*Assia Djebar (1936–2015), Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker
*Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), Russian-Soviet writer; *Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman*
*Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), Australian poet
*Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), US author
*Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), US children's writer; *[[Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates]]*
*Harriet Doerr (1910–2002), US novelist; *Stones for Ibarra*
*Mary Crow Dog (born 1953), Native US writer and activist; *[[Lakota Woman]]*
*Berlie Doherty (born 1943), English novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and children's writer
*Dorcas Dole (fl. later 17th century), English Quaker pamphleteer for adults and children
*Emma Dolujanoff (1922–2013), Mexican writer
*Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German poet
*Emma Donoghue (born 1969), Irish-Canadian novelist; *[[Hood (novel)|Hood]]*
*Robyn Doolittle (born 1984), Canadian journalist; *[[Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story]]*
*Mathilda d'Orozco (also Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm; 1796–1863), Swedish (originally Spanish-Italian) salonist, poet and writer
*Doris Dörrie (born 1955), German novelist and film director
*Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), Russian writer;*The Emigrant*
*Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), English children's writer and poet
*Ellen Douglas (1921–2012), US novelist, short story and non-fiction writer
*O. Douglas, pen name of Anna Buchan (1877–1948), Scottish novelist
*Sara Douglass (Sara Warneke, 1957–2011), Australian fantasy novelist; the *[[Wayfarer Redemption|Axis]]* trilogy
*Maro Douka (born 1947), Greek novelist
*Rita Dove (born 1952), US poet; 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; *[[Thomas and Beulah]]*
*Unity Dow (born 1959), Botswanan human rights activist and novelist
*Mary Frances Dowdall (1876–1939), English novelist and non-fiction writer
*Margaret Drabble (born 1939), English novelist and biographer; *[[The Millstone (novel)|The Millstone]]*
*Judith Drake (late 17th century), English feminist essayist
*Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823–1894), English religious writer and biographer
*Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986), German playwright and novelist
*Celia Dropkin (1887–1956), Berorussian-US Yiddish-language poet
*Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German poet
*Ree Drummond (born 1969)
*Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912), English poet and novelist
*Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scottish poet and playwright; first female and first Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
*Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), First Nations Canadian poet
*Sarah Dunant (born 1950), English genre novelist; *[[The Birth of Venus (novel)|The Birth of Venus]]*
*Lois Duncan (1934–2016), US young adult thriller writer; *[[I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel)|I Know What You Did Last Summer]]*
*Elaine Dundy (1931–2008), US journalist, novelist and biographer
*Camille Dungy (born 1972), US poet and professor
*Clare B. Dunkle (born 1964), US children's fantasy author and librarian
*Katherine Dunn (1945–2016), US novelist, journalist, and poet; *[[Geek Love]]*
*Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), US poet, essayist and feminist scholar
*Mary Durack (1913–1994), Australian historical novelist and children's writer
*Claire de Duras (1777–1828), French novelist; *[[Ourika]]*
*Marguerite Duras (Marguerite Donnadieu, 1914–1996), French novelist, playwright and screenwriter; *[[The Lover (Duras novel)|L'Amant]]*
*Marie Dušková (1903–1968), Czech poet
*Karen Duve (born 1961), German novelist and story writer
*Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), US poet; 36th US Poet Laureate
*Guerguina Dvoretzka (living), Bulgarian poet and journalist

## E

*Huang E (also Huang Xiumei; 1498–1569), Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty
*Beverley East (born 1953), Jamaican writer
*Edith Maude Eaton (also Sui Sin Far; 1865–1914), Chinese-English-Canadian novelist
*Winnifred Eaton (also Watanna Onoto; 1875–1954), Chinese-English-Canadian-US fiction writer
*Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005), French feminist essayist and science fiction novelist; *[[ecofeminism]]*
*Margareta Ebner (1291–1351), German diarist and mystic
*Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), Austrian novelist
*Charlotte O'Conor Eccles (1860–1911), Irish novelist and translator
*Nydia Ecury (1926–2012), Aruban-Curaçaoan poet and translator
*Leigh Eddings (1939–2007), US fantasy novelist
*Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), Swedish fiction writer, children's writer and illustrator
*Aida Edemariam (living), Ethiopian-Canadian journalist and memoirist
*Emily Eden (1797–1869), English novelist and poet
*Zee Edgell (born 1940), Belizean novelist; *[[Beka Lamb]]*
*Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), English-born Irish novelist; *[[Castle Rackrent]]*
*Esi Edugyan (born 1978), Canadian novelist and writer; *[[Half-Blood Blues]]*
*Summer Edward (born 1986), Trinidadian writer, children's editor and literary activist
*Amelia Edwards (1831–1892), English fiction writer and poet
*Yvvette Edwards (living), British novelist
*Françoise Ega (1920–1976), Martinican novelist
*Jennifer Egan (born 1962); US fiction writer; 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; *[[A Visit from the Goon Squad]]*
*Egeria (Aetheria) (fl. AD 381–384), Gallic pilgrim and correspondent writing in Latin
*Alicia Eguren (1924–1977), Argentine poet, essayist and journalist
*Barbara Ehrenreich (born 1941), US feminist, socialist and political activist
*Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), Swedish writer
*Paula Einöder (born 1974), Uruguayan poet, writer
*Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish novelist, detective story writer
*Margareta Ekström (born 1930), Swedish poet, novelist and children's writer
*Elaine Eksvärd (born 1981), Swedish non-fiction writer
*Nana Ekvtimishvili (born 1978), Georgian writer and film director
*Roza Eldarova (born 1923), Soviet writer and politician writing in Russian
*Elephantis (fl. late 1st century BC), Greek erotic poet
*Safia Elhillo (born 1990), Sudanese-US poet
*George Eliot (born Marian Evans, 1819–1880), English novelist and poet; *[[Middlemarch]]*
*Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877), US writer, historian and poet
*Bina Sarkar Ellias (born 1949), Indian poet, writer, editor
*Anne Elliot (1856–1941), English novelist
*Nawal el-Saadawi (born 1931), Egyptian feminist and fiction writer
*Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756), English feminist scholar and translator
*Diamela Eltit (born 1949), Chilean novelist
*Lynn Emanuel (born 1949), US poet
*Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), Nigerian novelist; *[[The Bride Price]]*
*Claudia Emerson (1957–2014), US poet and academic; 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
*Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907), US author, ethnologist
*Akazome Emon (956–1041), Japanese poet and historian
*Carol Emshwiller (born 1921), US fiction writer
*Marian Engel (1933–1985), Canadian novelist
*Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634–1716), Norwegian poet and hymn writer
*Isobel English (1920–1994), English novelist; *[[Every Eye]]*
*Françoise Enguehard (born 1957), French-Canadian journalist and novelist
*Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE), Sumerian royal priestess and poet
*Anne Enright (born 1962), Irish fiction writer and essayist; 2007 Booker Prize; *[[The Gathering (Enright novel)|The Gathering]]*
*Nora Ephron (1941–2012), US film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist
*Pamphile of Epidaurus (1st century AD), Greek historian
*Muzi Epifani (1935–1984), Italian novelist, poet, playwright, columnist
*Leyla Erbil (1931–2013), Turkish writer
*Louise Erdrich (born 1954), US novelist, poet and children's writer
*Helena Eriksson (born 1962), Swedish expressionist poet
*Erinna (Ἤριννα, fl. c. 600 BC), Greek poet
*Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (1868–1951), Georgian novelist
*Annie Ernaux (born 1940), French novelist and autobiographer
*Maria Ernestam (born 1959), Swedish journalist and novelist
*Jenny Erpenbeck (born 1967), German novelist
*Nataly von Eschstruth (1860–1939), German novelist
*Edith Escombe (1866–1950), English fiction writer and essayist
*Erminda Rentoul Esler (c.1852–1924), Irish fiction writer
*Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), Portuguese poet
*Teresa Espasa (living), Spanish Valencian poet, essayist and professor
*Kristin Espinasse (born 1968), author
*Laura Esquivel (born 1950), Mexican novelist; *[[Like Water for Chocolate (novel)|Like Water for Chocolate]]*
*Eleanor Estes (1906–1988), US children's writer; *[[The Moffats]], [[Ginger Pye]]*
*Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), US poet
*Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Persian poet of Iran
*Aelia Eudocia (c. 401–460), Byzantine religious writer in Greek
*Jang Eun-jin (born 1976), Korean author
*Lolita Euson (1914–1994), St. Eustatian and Arubian poet
*Janet Evanovich (born 1943), US novelist; *[[Stephanie Plum]]* series
*Anne Evans (1820–1870), English poet and composer
*Augusta Jane Evans (1835–1909), US novelist
*Diana Omo Evans (born c. 1971), British novelist, journalist and critic
*Mari Evans (born 1923), US poet, playwright and children's writer
*Matilda Jane Evans (Maud Jean Franc, 1827–1886), Australian novelist
*Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell (born 1836), US fiction writer
*Bernardine Evaristo (living), English writer
*Maria Louise Eve (born 1848), US poet
*Emma Pike Ewing (1838–1917), US educator, author
*Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885), English children's writer
*Leonora Eyles (1889–1960), English feminist writer and novelist

## F

*Mary Fabilli (1914–2011), US poet and illustrator
*Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australian poet
*Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegalese novelist
*Amber Fallon, horror writer
*Katie Fallon (born 1976), essayist and non-fiction writer
*Diane Fanning (living), US true crime author and novelist
*Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680), English memoirist
*Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834), English poet
*Ursula Fanthorpe (1929–2009), English poet
*Nancy Farmer (born 1941), US young adult and children's novelist; *[[The Ear, the Eye and the Arm]]*
*Penelope Farmer (born 1939), English children's novelist; *[[Charlotte Sometimes (novel)|Charlotte Sometimes]]*
*Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Iranian poet and film director
*Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801), US poet
*Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961), English novelist and children's writer
*Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), US poet, essayist and novelist; *[[Plum Bun]]*
*Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693), French novelist; *[[La Princesse de Clèves]]*
*Astrid Stampe Feddersen (1852–1930), Danish women's rights activist and feminist writer
*Etta Federn (1883–1951), Austrian anarcho-feminist writer and translator from many languages
*Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014), US transgender activist and writer; *[[Stone Butch Blues]]*
*Elaine Feinstein (born 1930), English poet, novelist and translator of Russian poetry
*Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian playwright, poet and novelist
*Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (Madame de Genlis; 1746–1830), French novelist, playwright and children's writer
*Zuo Fen (c. 255–300), Chinese poet
*Edna Ferber (1885–1968), US novelist and playwright; *[[Show Boat (novel)|Show Boat]]*
*Charlene "Charlie" Fern (born 1968), US speechwriter to Laura Bush
*Fanny Fern (1811–1872), US columnist, humorist, novelist, and children's writer; *[[Ruth Hall (novel)|Ruth Hall]]*
*Roberta Fernández (living), US novelist, scholar, critic and arts advocate
*Chitra Fernando (1935–1998), Sri Lankan children's writer and lecturer on linguistics
*Elena Ferrante (born 1943), Italian novelist; *[[Neapolitan Novels]] series*
*Rosario Ferré (1938–2016), US novelist, poet and biographer
*Julia Ferrer (1925–1995), Peruvian poet and writer
*Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854), Scottish novelist
*Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918), English novelist
*Tina Fey (born 1970), US screenwriter, actress and autobiographer; *[[Bossypants]]*
*Rachel Field (1894–1942), US novelist, poet and children's writer; *[[Hitty, Her First Hundred Years]]*
*Helen Fielding (born 1958), English novelist; *[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]*
*Sarah Fielding (1710–1768), English novelist
*Jennie Fields (born 1953), US novelist
*Celia Fiennes (1662–1741), English travel writer
*Sia Figiel (born 1967), Samoan poet and novelist
*Adelaide Filleul (1761–1836), French novelist
*Anne Finch (Countess of Winchilsea, 1661–1720), English poet
*Annie Finch (born 1956), US poet, translator and critic
*Anne Fine (born 1947), English writer
*Margery Fish (1892–1969), English gardening writer
*Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), US actress, novelist and screenwriter; *[[Postcards from the Edge]]*
*M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992), US food writer
*Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), English novelist, poet and biographer; 1979 Booker Prize; *[[Offshore (novel)|Offshore]]*
*Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974), US author and illustrator of children's books; *[[Harriet the Spy]]*
*Becca Fitzpatrick (born 1979), US novelist
*Fannie Flagg (born 1944), US screenwriter and novelist; *[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe]]*
*Jane Flanders (1940–2001), US poet
*Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974), German playwright
*Marjorie (Marjory) Fleming (1803–1811), Scottish child diarist and poet
*Penelope Fletcher (born 1988), young-adult, romance and fantasy writer
*Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829–1890), French novelist
*Lynn Flewelling (born 1958), US novelist; *[[The Nightrunner Series|Nightrunner]]*
*Angela Flournoy (living), US novelist
*Carol Houlihan Flynn (born 1945), US academic, literary critic and fiction writer
*Gillian Flynn (born 1971), US novelist, screenwriter and comic book writer; *[[Gone Girl (novel)|Gone Girl]]*
*Marnie Fogg (living), fashion writer
*Jolán Földes (1902–1963), Hungarian novelist
*Winifred Foley (1914–2009), English autobiographer
*Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913–2004), Catalan writer and journalist
*Moderata Fonte (1555–1592), Venetian feminist writer and poet; *The Worth of Women*
*Donna Foote (born 1950), journalist and non-fiction writer
*Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), US novelist
*Curdella Forbes (living), Jamaican science fiction writer
*Esther Forbes (1891–1967), US novelist and children's writer; *[[Johnny Tremain]]*
*Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French novelist and poet
*Aminatta Forna, OBE (born 1964), Scottish writer of Sierra Leone descent
*Olga Forsh (1873–1961), Russian-Soviet writer; *Palace and Prison*
*Margaret Forster (born 1938), English novelist and biographer
*Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971), German novelist, poet and essayist
*Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840), US novelist; *[[The Coquette]]*
*Dorothy Fowler (living), New Zealand novelist
*Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), US fiction writer
*Mamita Fox (born 1943), Curaçao-born autobiographer from Dutch Caribbean
*Janet Frame (1924–2004), New Zealand novelist and autobiographer
*Marie de France (fl. 12th century), poet in Anglo-Norman French
*Annie Francé-Harrar (1886–1971), Austrian writer and scientist
*Suzanne Francis (born 1959), English fantasy author
*Julia Franck (born 1970), German novelist
*Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan
*Louise von François (1817–1893), German novelist
*Anne Frank (Anna, 1929–1945), German-born Dutch diarist; *[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]*
*Miles Franklin (1879–1954), Australian feminist writer; *[[My Brilliant Career]]*
*Abby Franquemont (born 1972), US writer
*Rebecca Fransway (born 1953), US author and poet
*Antonia Fraser (born 1932), English genre novelist and biographer; *[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1969 book)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]*
*Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), US fiction writer
*Raquel Freire (born 1973), Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist
*Laura Freixas (born 1958), Spanish fiction writer and newspaper columnist
*Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857), English diarist
*Lucy Virginia French (1825–1881), US author
*Marilyn French (1929–2009), US feminist author, academic and lecturer; *[[The Women's Room]]*
*Anna Freud (1895–1982), Austro-British psychoanalytic writer
*Betty Friedan (1921–2006), US writer, activist and feminist; *[[The Feminine Mystique]]*
*Violeta Friedman (1930–2000), author and Holocaust survivor
*Gayleen Froese (born 1972), Canadian mystery novelist and songwriter
*Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692), Swedish writer
*Linda Frum (born 1963), Canadian Senator, author and journalist
*Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955), English Quaker writer on society
*Janice Moore Fuller (born 1951), US poet and playwright
*Claire Fuller (living), English novelist
*Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), US feminist journalist
*Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946), Australian feminist poet, short story writer, journalist and novelist
*Alice Fulton (born 1952), US author, poet
*Enchi Fumiko (Fumi Ueda, 1905–1986), Japanese playwright, fiction writer
*Cornelia Funke (born 1958), German children's writer; *[[The Thief Lord]]*, ''Inkheart'' trilogy
*Bilkisu Funtuwa (living), Nigerian novelist
*Huarui Furen (fl. mid–10th century), Chinese poet

## G

*Diana Gabaldon (born 1952), US fiction writer; *[[Outlander series]]*
*Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851–1938), Georgian feminist novelist
*Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884), US writer, poet and abolitionist
*Jeannine Hall Gailey (born 1973), US poet and critic
*Mary Gaitskill (born 1954), US essayist, fiction writer
*Kate Gale (born 1965), US poet, librettist and independent publisher
*Zona Gale (1874–1938), US novelist and playwright
*Azucena Galettini, Argentinean translator and writer
*Tess Gallagher (born 1943), US poet, novelist and playwright
*Mavis Gallant (1922–2014), Canadian-French fiction writer, playwright and essayist
*Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian poet
*Alisa Ganieva (pseudonym Gulla Khirachev, born 1985), Russian writer and essayist
*Petina Gappah (born 1971), Zimbabwean lawyer and writer
*Nicole Garay (1873–1928), Panamanian poet
*Cristina García (born 1958), Cuban-US journalist and novelist; *[[Dreaming in Cuban]]*
*R. S. A. Garcia, Trinidadian science fiction writer
*Jane Gardam (born 1928), English author of children's and adult fiction
*Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849), Irish novelist and journalist
*Malwina Garfeinowa-Garska (1870–1932), Polish novelist and essayist
*Helen Garner (born 1942), Australian novelist and journalist; *[[The Children's Bach]]*
*Constance Garnett (1861–1946), English translator from Russian
*Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968), English archaeologist
*Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (1813–1883), English poet and novelist
*Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), English novelist and biographer; *[[Cranford (novel)|Cranford]]*
*Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), US novelist
*Nathalie Gassel (born 1964), Belgian feminist writer
*Alessia Gazzola (born 1982), Italian novelist
*Pauline Gedge (born 1945), Canadian genre novelist
*Naira Gelashvili (born 1947), Georgian novelist, activist
*Edith Mary Gell (1860–1944), English writer and Christian activist.
*Charley Genever (living), poet
*Empress Genmei (660–721), Japanese monarch and poet
*Catherine of Genoa (St. Catherine, 1447–1510), Genoese writer and mystic
*Nina George (born 1973), German writer
*Elizabeth George (born 1949), US mystery novelist; *[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]*
*Margaret George (born 1943), US historical novelist
*Amy Gerstler (born 1956), US poet
*Hee Geum (born 1979), Korean author
*Yi Geun-hwa (born 1976), Korean poet
*Amélie Gex (1835–1883), French poet and writer in French and Franco-Provençal
*Randa Ghazy (born 1987), Italian Egyptian writer
*Maureen Gibbon (living), US fiction writer
*Kaye Gibbons (born 1960), US novelist; *[[Ellen Foster]]*
*Stella Gibbons (1902–1989), English novelist, journalist and short story writer; *[[Cold Comfort Farm]]*
*Angelica Gibbs (1908–1955), US fiction writer and magazine journalist
*Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969), US essayist, fiction writer and biographer; *[[Eat, Pray, Love]]*
*Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), US fiction writer and poet
*ElizaBeth Gilligan (1962–2017), US fantasy novelist
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), US sociologist, poet and lecturer on social reform; *[[Herland (novel)|Herland]]*
*Mary Gilmore (1865–1962), Australian socialist poet and journalist
*Beryl Gilroy (1924–2001), Guyanese novelist
*Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), African-US poet, writer and activist
*Stanka Gjurić (born 1956), Croatian poet and essayist
*Diane Glancy (born 1941), US poet, novelist and playwright
*Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945), US novelist
*Susan Glaspell (1876–1948), US novelist and playwright
*Julia Glass (born 1956), US novelist; *[[Three Junes]]*
*Madeline Gleason (1903–1979), US poet and dramatist
*Louise Glück (born 1943), US poet; 42nd US Poet Laureate
*Gail Godwin (born 1937), US fiction and non-fiction writer and librettist; *[[Glass People]]*
*Christiane Gohl (born 1958), children's author
*Nora Gold (born 1952), Canadian novelists
*Natalie Goldberg (born 1948), US non-fiction writer and speaker; *Writing Down the Bones*
*Goldie Goldbloom (born 1964), Australian fiction writer
*Marita Golden (born 1950), African-US novelist and non-fiction writer
*Amy Goldin (1926–1978), US art critic
*Emma Goldman (1869–1940), Lithuanian-US anarchist writer
*Júlia Goldman (born 1974), Hungarian genre novelist and mathematician
*Claire Goll (1890–1977), German-born poet and novelist writing in German and French
*Jewelle Gomez (born 1948), US poet, critic and playwright
*Petronila Angélica Gómez (1883–1971), Dominican Republic feminist writer and founder editor-in-chief of *Fémina*
*Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaican poet
*Allegra Goodman (born 1967), US fiction writer; *[[Kaaterskill Falls (novel)|Kaaterskill Falls]]*
*Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014), South African novelist, playwright and activist; 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
*Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), US novelist and literary critic
*Jaimy Gordon (born 1944), US novelist; *[[Lord of Misrule (novel)|Lord of Misrule]]*
*Mary Gordon (born 1949), US fiction and non-fiction writer
*Catherine Gore (1799–1861), English novelist and dramatist
*Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979), Hungarian librarian and media historian
*Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), US performance poet and avant-garde artist
*Hiromi Goto (born 1966), Canadian novelist
*Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793), French activist, feminist and playwright; *[[Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen]]*
*Katherine Govier (born 1948), Canadian fiction writer and essayist
*Barbara Gowdy (born 1950), Canadian fiction writer; *[[The Romantic (2003 novel)|The Romantic]]*
*Kodagina Gowramma (1912–1939), Indian writer
*Annie Ryder Gracey (1836–1908), US writer
*Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952), English-Australian historical novelist and screenwriter
*Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), Polish feminist academic writer and essayist
*Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758), French novelist and playwright
*Sue Grafton (born 1940), US mystery novelist; *[[Kinsey Millhone]]* series (*[["A" Is for Alibi]]*, etc.)
*Jorie Graham (born 1950), US poet and academic; 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
*Lauren Graham (born 1967), US actress and novelist
*Virginia Graham (1910–1993), English poet and humorist
*Almudena Grandes (born 1960), Spanish novelist
*Linda Grant (born 1951), English novelist and journalist; *[[When I Lived in Modern Times]]*
*Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929), US fiction writer; 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
*Mary Tenney Gray (1833–1904), US editorial writer
*Gertrud von Helfta (1256–c. 1302), saint and mystic writing in Latin
*Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), US mystery novelist; *[[Marked "Personal"]]*
*Miriam Green (living), South African academic now living in England
*Bette Greene (born 1934), US author of children and young adult's books
*Jessie Greengrass (born 1982), English fiction writer
*Bonnie Greer (born 1948), US-British playwright, novelist and critic
*Debora Greger (born 1949), US poet and visual artist
*Linda Gregg (born 1942), US poet
*Simonetta Greggio (born 1961), Italian-born novelist writing in French
*Doris Gregory, Canadian author
*Lady Gregory (1852–1932), Irish folklore reviver and playwright
*Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694), Austrian poet
*Kate Grenville (born 1950), Australian novelist and academic; *[[The Secret River]]*
*Elizabeth Griffith (c. 1727–1793), Irish dramatist, fiction writer and essayist
*Tatiana P. Grigorieva (1929–2014), Russian essayist, Japanologist and translator
*Martha Grimes (born 1931), US mystery novelist; *[[Richard Jury]]* series
*Angelina Weld Grimke (1880–1958), US journalist and poet
*Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), US anti-slavery activist and poet
*Eliza Griswold (born 1973), US journalist and poet
*Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842–1909), US writer, poet
*Lauren Groff (born 1978), US fiction writer; *[[Fates and Furies (novel)|Fates and Furies]]*
*Paula Grogger (1892–1984), Austrian writer
*Sara Gruen (born 1969), Canadian-US novelist; *[[Water for Elephants]]*
*Kim Gruenenfelder (living), US romantic comedy novelist
*Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912), English novelist, poet and non-fiction writer
*Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749), French literary patron and novelist
*Judith Guest (born 1936), US novelist and screenwriter; *[[Ordinary People (novel)|Ordinary People]]*
*Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545), French poet
*Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), US science fiction and children's novelist, poet and essayist; *[[Earthsea]]*
*Guji, Princess of Joseon (died 1489), Korean writer, poet and dancer
*Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806), German poet
*Eileen Gunn (born 1945), US short story writer and editor
*Elizabeth Gunn (living), US mystery novelist
*Susannah Gunning (c. 1740–1800), English novelist
*Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 1938), Icelandic novelist
*Elena Guro (1877–1913), Russian Futurist writer; *The Little Camels of the Sky*
*Goya Gutiérrez (born 1954), Spanish poet and writer
*Anna Gutto (born 1977), Norwegian director, artistic director and actress
*Rosa Guy (1922–2012), Trinidad-born US writer of fiction for adults and young people
*Emma Jane Guyton (1825–1887), English novelist and editor
*Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), a Ghanaian-US novelist
*Jeon Gyeong-rin (born 1962), Korean novelist
*Beth Gylys (born 1964), US poet and professor

## H

*H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), US poet, novelist and memoirist
*Meredith Haaf (born 1983), writer
*Maria Hack (1777–1844), English children's writer
*Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), US poet, translator and critic
*Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino US poet, playwright and novelist
*Michitsuna no Haha (c. 935–995), Japanese diarist
*Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), US novelist and playwright
*Seo Hajin (born 1960), Korean author
*Gisèle Halimi (born 1927), French-Tunisian feminist essayist
*Lady Anne Halkett (1623–1699), English memoirist and religious essayist
*Anna Maria (Mrs S. C.) Hall (1800–1881), Irish novelist
*Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943), English novelist and poet; *[[The Well of Loneliness]]*
*Sarah Hall (born 1974), English novelist and poet
*Jean Halley (born 1967), US writer and sociologist
*Marion Rose Halpenny (living), English equestrian writer; *[[British Racing and Racecourses]]*
*Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), Canadian short fiction writer and poet
*Jane Hamilton (born 1957), US novelist; *[[A Map of the World]]*
*Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002), US children's novelist; *[[M. C. Higgins, the Great]]*
*Beatrice Hammer (born 1963), French novelist and children's writer
*Judith Hand (born 1940), US novelist, essayist, and screenwriter
*Nathalie Handal (born 1969), Haitian-born US poet and playwright of Palestinian descent
*Helene Hanff (1916–1997), US screenwriter and author; *[[84, Charing Cross Road]]*
*Kristin Hannah (born 1960), US novelist; *[[The Nightingale (2015 novel)|The Nightingale]]*
*Sophie Hannah (born 1971), English poet and novelist; *[[Little Face]]*
*Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), US playwright; *[[A Raisin in the Sun]]*
*Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (born 1946), Faroese fiction writer
*Volha Hapeyeva (born 1982), poet, translator and linguist
*Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (born 1942), Icelandic poet
*Nino Haratischwili (born 1983), Georgian novelist, playwright
*Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843–1925), US author
*Thea von Harbou (1888–1954), German novelist and screenwriter
*Maud Cuney Hare (1874–1936), US pianist, musicologist, writer
*Joy Harjo (born 1951), US poet
*Frances Harper (1825–1911), US poet and novelist; *[[Iola Leroy]]*
*Alice Harriman (1861–1925), US poet, and publisher; *A Man of Two Countries*
*Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917), US author and literary critic
*Joanne Harris (born 1964), English novelist; *[[Chocolat (novel)|Chocolat]]*
*Juanita Harrison (1891–?), African-US writer known her autobiography, *My Great, Wide, Beautiful World*
*Carla Harryman (born 1952), US poet, essayist, and playwright; associated with the language poets
*Petra Hartmann (born 1970), German journalist, novelist and children's writer
*Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936), Canadian novelist and poet
*Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet and librettist
*Margaret Hasse (born 1950), US poet and writer
*Mary R. P. Hatch (1848–1935), US poet, novelist, short story writer
*Mihri Hatun (died 1506), female Ottoman poet
*Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), Austrian novelist and children's author
*Paula Hawkins (born 1972), Zimbabwean-English author; *[[The Girl on the Train (novel)|The Girl on the Train]]*
*Elizabeth Hay (born 1951), Canadian fiction writer; *[[Late Nights on Air]]*
*Eliza Haywood (1693–1756), English novelist, playwright and poet
*Helen Haywood (1907–1995), English children's writer
*Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016), US novelist and fiction writer; *[[The Great Fire (Hazzard novel)|The Great Fire]]*
*Bessie Head (1937–1986), Botswanan novelist, journalist and short story writer
*Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian poet and novelist; *[[Kamouraska (novel)|Kamouraska]]*
*Chantal Hébert (born 1954), Canadian journalist and political commentator
*Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), US poet, historian and philosopher
*Ra Heeduk (born 1966), Korean poet
*Ursula Hegi (born 1946), German US novelist
*Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), US poet, essayist and translator
*Lin Van Hek (born 1944), Australian novelist
*Guðrún Helgadóttir (born 1935), Icelandic children's writer
*Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), US playwright
*Lucinda Barbour Helm (1839–1897), US author, editor
*Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English-born Welsh poet writing in English
*Beth Henley (born 1952), US playwright and screenwriter
*Emmy Hennings (1885–1948), German poet and performer
*Marguerite Henry (1902–1997), US children's literature writer
*Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious writer and poet
*Sally Hepworth (born 1980), Australian writer
*Mary Sidney Herbert (1561–1621), English poet, translator and patron
*María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (1899–1974), Mexican novelist, playwright and translator
*Judith Hermann (born 1970), German story writer
*Georgina Herrera (born 1936), Cuban poet
*M. Miriam Herrera (living), US author and poet
*Stella K. Hershan (1915–2014), Austrian-US novelist and biographer
*Karen Hesse (born 1952), US children's novelist; *[[Out of the Dust]]*
*Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright
*Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993), English historical novelist (countless pseudonyms); *[[Murder Most Royal]]*
*Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), US crime fiction writer; *[[Strangers on a Train (novel)|Strangers on a Train]]*
*Lorna Hill (1902–1991), English children's novelist
*Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist
*S. E. Hinton (born 1948), US children's novelist; *[[The Outsiders (novel)|The Outsiders]]*
*Afua Hirsch (born 1981), British writer and broadcaster
*Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986), US novelist
*Karla Höcker (1901–1992), German novelist and biographer
*Merle Hodge (born 1944), Trinidadian novelist and critic
*Louise Manning Hodgkins (1846–1935), US educator, author, editor
*Alice Hoffman (born 1952), US novelist and young-adult and children's writer; *[[Practical Magic (novel)|Practical Magic]]*
*Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), US fiction writer
*Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), English children's writer and poet
*Linda Hogan (born 1947), US poet, fiction writer
*Heidi Holland (1947–2012), South African journalist and author
*Gwen Hollington (1919–2014), English translator
*Charlie N. Holmberg (born 1988), US author of fantasy
*Constance Holme (1880–1955), English novelist and playwright
*Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), English novelist and journalist
*Xiao Hong (1911–1942), Chinese fiction writer
*Bell Hooks (born 1952), US feminist academic
*Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), US poet, member of the Transcendental Club
*Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930), US novelist, journalist and playwright
*Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican-Canadian fiction writer
*Marya Hornbacher (born 1974), US author and freelance journalist
*Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), Australian fiction writer
*Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born 1934), US author; *[[Farewell to Manzanar]]*
*Fanny Howe (born 1940), US poet and fiction writer
*Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), US abolitionist, social activist, and poet; *[[The Battle Hymn of the Republic]]*
*Susan Howe (born 1937), US poet, scholar, essayist and critic; closely associated with the language poets
*Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian US poet
*Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884), English writer and feminist
*Mary Howitt (1799–1888), English poet and children's writer; "The Spider and the Fly"
*Ana María Vázquez Hoys (born 1945), Spanish ancient history professor
*Elizabeth Hoyt (penname Julia Harper, living), writer of historical romance
*Hrotsvith von Gandersheim (c. 935–c. 1002), German dramatist and poet writing in Latin
*Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German historian, novelist and poet
*Arianna Huffington (born 1950), Greek-US author and columnist; *[[The Huffington Post]]*
*Lynn Huggins-Cooper (born 1964)
*Babette Hughes (1906–1982), US playwright
*Frieda Hughes (born 1960), English poet and painter
*Xu Hui (627–650), Chinese poet
*Shirley Fenton Huie (1924–2016), Australian non-fiction writer
*Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architect and writer
*Keri Hulme (born 1947), New Zealand fiction writer and poet; 1985 Booker Prize; *[[The Bone People]]*
*Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born 1940), Mauritian fiction writer
*Vilma Rose Hunt (1926–2012)
*Marsha Hunt (born 1946), US actress, singer and novelist
*Kristin Hunter (1931–2008), African-US novelist
*Constance Hunting (1925–2006), US poet and publisher
*Florence Huntley (1861–1912), US journalist, editor and humorist
*Dương Thu Hương (born 1947), Vietnamese dissident and novelist; *[[Paradise of the Blind]]*
*Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), Vietnamese poet
*Fannie Hurst (1885–1968), US novelist
*Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), US fiction writer, folklorist and anthropologist; *[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]*
*Nancy Huston (born 1953), Canadian novelist and essayist writing in French and English
*Genevieve L. Hutchinson (1883–1974), New England poet
*Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681), English biographer
*Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), English-Kenyan memoirist and journalist
*Lee Hye-gyeong (1960), Korean poet
*Yun-I Hyeong (born 1976), Korean author
*Hypatia (c. AD 350/370–415), Greek philosopher and mathematician

## I

*Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010), Austrian-born British novelist
*Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002), Bangladeshi writer
*Ida, Countess of Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880), German novelist
*Jung Ihyun (born 1972), Korean author
*Lempi Ikävalko (1901–1994), Finnish poet and journalist
*Bassey Ikpi (born 1976), Nigerian spoken-word poet, writer and mental health advocate
*Branislava Ilić (born 1970), Serbian playwright, screenwriter and prose writer
*Maria Ilnicka (c.1825–1897), Polish poet, novelist and translator
*Im Yunjidang (1721–1793), Korean scholar, philosopher and non-fiction writer
*Jahanara Imam (1929–1994), Bangladeshi non-fiction writer, diarisT and political activist
*Vera Inber (1890–1972), Russian poet, essayist and translator
*Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821), English novelist, actress and dramatist; *[[Lovers' Vows]]*
*M. K. Indira (1917–1994), Kannada novelist
*Rachel Ingalls (born 1940), US novelist; *[[Mrs. Caliban]]*
*Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), English poet
*Bozenna Intrator (born 1964), Polish-US novelist, poet and playwright writing in German, Polish and English
*Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947), Argentine novelist
*Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (c. 700–750), Japanese poet
*Inez Haynes Irwin (1873–1970), Brazilian-born US fiction writer, non-fiction writer and journalist
*Ulla Isaksson (1916–2000), Swedish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
*Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz (1943–2012), Cuban-US theologist and non-fiction writer
*Svetlana Ischenko (born 1969), Ukrainian poet, translator and actress
*Lady Ise (c. 875–c. 938), Japanese poet
*Aleksandra Ishimova (1805–1881), Russian children's writer and translator
*Elizabeth Isichei (born 1939), Nigerian author, historian and academic
*Nina Iskrenko (1951–1995), Russian poet
*Rashidah Ismaili (born 1941), Benin-born US poet, fiction writer and playwright
*Gerta Ital (1904–1988), German non-fiction writer
*Frances Itani (born 1942), Canadian novelist, poet and essayist
*Nora Iuga (born 1931), Romanian poet, writer and translator
*Lidiya Ivanova (1936–2007), Russian journalist and television presenter
*Praskovya Ivanovskaya (1852–1935), Russian revolutionary and memoirist
*Eowyn Ivey (living), US novelist; *The Snow Child*
*Molly Ivins (born 1944), US columnist
*Helen Ivory (born 1969), English poet
*Princess Iwa (4th or 5th century), Japanese poet

## J

*Noni Jabavu (1931–2008), South African memoirist and journalist
*Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885), US novelist; *[[Ramona]]*
*Shelley Jackson (born 1963), Filipino US fiction writer and essayist; *[[Patchwork Girl (hypertext)|Patchwork Girl]]*
*Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), US fiction writer; *[[The Lottery]]*
*Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897), US memoir writer; *[[Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl]]*
*Annie Jacobsen (born 1967), US investigative journalist and non-fiction author; *[[Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base]]*
*Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), US poet, short story writer and critic; 21st US Poet Laureate
*Agnes E. Jacomb (1866–1949), English novelist
*Frances Jacson (1754–1842), English novelist
*Kim Jae-Young (born 1966), South Korean writer and academic
*Ada Jafarey (born 1924), Pakistani Urdu poet
*Rona Jaffe (1932–2005), US novelist; *[[The Best of Everything (novel)|The Best of Everything]]*
*Dorta Jagić (born 1974), Croatian poet and writer
*Meenakshi Jain (living), Indian historian
*Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004), Icelandic playwright and short story writer
*Alice James (1848–1892), US diarist
*P. D. James (born 1920), English mystery novelist; *[[Cover Her Face (novel)|Cover Her Face]]*
*Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860), Irish-born English writer on art and literature
*Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005), US novelist
*Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), Hungarian author of children's books
*Tama Janowitz (born 1957), US novelist, short story writer and screenwriter; *[[Slaves of New York]]*
*Anja Jantschik (born 1969), German writer and journalist
*Florence Page Jaques (1890–1972), US writer of nature and travel books
*Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), US poet
*Bella Jarrett (1926–2007), romance author and actress
*Jefimija (1349–1405), Serbian poet
*Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), Chilean author, sociologist and academic
*Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932), English garden writer
*Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), Austrian playwright and novelist; 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature; *[[The Piano Teacher (Jelinek novel)|The Piano Teacher]]*
*Joyce Angela Jellison (born 1969), US author
*Gish Jen (born 1956), US writer
*Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), English poet
*Choi Jeong-rye (born 1955), Korean poet
*Ana de Jesús (1545–1621), Spanish writer, poet and nun
*Lisa Jewell (born 1968), English author of popular fiction.
*Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), US fiction writer
*Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880), English novelist
*Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born 1927), German-US novelist and screenwriter; *[[Heat and Dust]]
*[[Paulette Jiles]] (born 1943), US-Canadian poet and novelist
*[[Qiu Jin]] (1875–1907), Chinese revolutionary, feminist and writer
*[[Hao Jingfang]] (born 1984), Chinese novelist
*[[Chen Jingrong]] (1917–1989), Chinese poet
*[[Empress Jitō]] (645–702), Japanese poet and empress
*[[Rita Joe]] (born 1932), Canadian poet
*[[Oddvør Johansen]] (born 1941), Faroese novelist
*[[Catherine Johnson (novelist)|Catherine Johnson]] (born 1962), English author and screenwriter
*[[Catherine Johnson (playwright)|Catherine Johnson]] (born 1957), English playwright
*[[Diane Johnson]] (born 1934), US novelist and essayist; *Le Divorce*
*[[Georgia Douglas Johnson]] (1877–1966), US poet
*[[Helene Johnson]] (1906–1995), US poet
*[[Josephine Johnson]] (1910–1990), US novelist, poet, and essayist; 1935 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Kate Johnson (writer)|Kate Johnson]] (born c. 1980), English novelist
*[[Pauline Johnson]] (1861–1913), Canadian poet
*[[Susannah Willard Johnson]] (1729–1810), US memoirist
*[[Velda Johnston]] (1912–1997), US writer of Gothic romance novels
*[[Mary Johnston]] (1870–1936), US novelist
*[[Diana Wynne Jones]] (born 1934), English novelist, primarily of fantasy
*[[Gayl Jones]] (born 1949), US novelist
*[[Sandy Jones]] (born 1943), US parenting writer
*[[Tayari Jones]] (born 1970), US novelist
*[[Erica Jong]] (born 1942), US novelist; *Fear of Flying*
*[[Ingrid Jonker]] (1933–1965), South African poet
*[[Kishi Joō]] (929–985), Japanese poet
*[[June Jordan]] (1936–2002), US poet, novelist and autobiographer
*[[Irena Jordanova]] (born 1980), Macedonian author
*[[Jenny Joseph]] (born 1932), English poet
*[[Irma Joubert]] (born 1947), South African author
*[[Heidi Julavits]] (born 1968), US journalist and novelist
*[[Lucie Julia]] (born 1927), Guadeloupean poet and novelist
*[[Miranda July]] (born 1974), US writer and performance artist
*[[Hwang Jung-eun]] (born 1976), South Korean author and podcaster
*[[Dorothy Misener Jurney]] (1909–2002), US journalist writing on women's issues


==K==

*[[Jane Kaberuka]] (born 1956), Ugandan writer of fiction and autobiography
*[[Margit Kaffka]] (1880–1918), Hungarian novelist and poet
*[[Elaine Kahn]] (living), poet and author
*[[Nyana Kakoma]] (living), Ugandan writer, editor, blogger and publisher
*[[Ana Kalandadze]] (1924–2008), influential Georgian poet 
*[[Sheema Kalbasi]] (born 1972), Iranian poet, critic and human rights advocate
*[[Zaruhi Kalemkaryan]] (1871–1971), prose
*[[Keturah Kamugasa]] (died 2017), Ugandan writer and journalist
*[[Meena Kandasamy]] (born 1984), Indian poet, fiction writer and translator
*[[Julie Kane]] (born 1952), US poet, scholar and editor; Louisiana Poet Laureate 2011–13
*[[Sarah Kane]] (1971–1999), English playwright
*[[Lila Rose Kaplan]] (born 1980), playwright
*[[Anna Louisa Karsch]] (1722–1791), German poet and letter writer
*[[Lady Kasa]] (early 8th century), Japanese poet
*[[Marie Luise Kaschnitz]] (1901–1974), German novelist and poet
*[[Nina Kasniunas]] (born 1972), US political scientist, author and professor
*[[Kassia]] (810 – pre-865), Byzantine poet and composer writing in Greek
*[[Hoda Katebi]], Iranian-American fashion blogger and activist
*[[Gina Kaus]] (1893–1985), Austrian novelist and screenwriter
*[[Julia Kavanagh]] (1824–1877), Irish novelist
*[[Jackie Kay]] (born 1961), Scottish poet and novelist; *Trumpet*
*[[M. M. Kaye]] (1908–2004), British novelist, editor and illustrator; *The Far Pavilions*
*[[Susanna Kaysen]] (born 1948), US author and memoirist; *Girl, Interrupted*
*[[Susanna Kearsley]] (born 1966), Canadian novelist
*[[Annie Keary]] (1825–1879), English novelist and poet
*[[Henrietta Keddie]] (1827–1914), Scottish novelist and children's writer
*[[Janice Kulyk Keefer]] (born 1952), Canadian novelist and poet
*[[Antigone Kefala]] (born 1935), Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage
*[[Helen Keller]] (1880–1968), US lecturer, essayist and autobiographer; *Light in my Darkness*
*[[Linda Kelly (author)|Linda Kelly]] (born 1936), English historian of 18th–19th-century romanticism
*[[Gene Kemp]] (1926–2015), English children's writer
*[[Oonya Kempadoo]] (born 1966), British novelist
*[[Margery Kempe]] (c. 1373–1438), English autobiographer and mystic
*[[Latofat Kenjaeva]] (born 1950), Tajik poet, writer and journalist
*[[Betty Kennedy]] (1926–2017), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author
*[[Margaret Kennedy]] (1896–1967), English novelist; *The Constant Nymph*
*[[Pagan Kennedy]] (born c. 1963), US columnist and author
*[[Hannah Kent]] (born 1985), Australian writer
*[[Joan Haverty Kerouac]] (1931–1990), US autobiographer
*[[Judith Kerr]] (1923–1919), German-born children's writer in English
*[[Jessie Kesson]] (1916–1994), Scottish writer
*[[Irmgard Keun]] (1905–1982), German novelist
*[[Farida Khalaf]] (born c. 1995), ISIS escapee and author
*[[Dalal Khario]] (born c. 1997), ISIS survivor, memoirist
*[[Babilina Khositashvili]] (1884–1973), Georgian poet, feminist
*[[Vénus Khoury-Ghata]] (born 1937), Lebanese-French writer; former Miss Beirut
*[[Mariam Khutsurauli]] (born 1960), Georgian poet and short story writer
*[[Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya]] (1824–1889), Russian novelist; *The Boarding School Girl*
*[[Sue Monk Kidd]] (born 1948), US writer; *The Secret Life of Bees*
*[[Susan Nalugwa Kiguli]] (born 1969), Ugandan poet and literary scholar
*[[Emelihter Kihleng]] (living), Micronesian poet writing in English
*[[Lali Kiknavelidze]] (born 1969), Georgian sreenwriter and film director
*[[Anne Killigrew]] (1660–1685), English poet
*[[Dorothy Kilner]] (1755–1836), English children's writer
*[[Ronyoung Kim]] (1926–1987), Korean US writer
*[[Jamaica Kincaid]] (born 1949), Antiguan US novelist; *Annie John*
*[[Aby King]] (born 1977), British author and fantasy novelist
*[[Grace King]] (1852–1932), US short story writer and historian
*[[Tabitha King]] (born 1949), US novelist
*[[Mary Kingsley]] (1862–1900), English explorer and scientific writer
*[[Barbara Kingsolver]] (born 1955), US fiction writer, poet and essayist
*[[Maxine Hong Kingston]] (born 1940), Chinese US novelist and academic
*[[Eleanor Kirk]] (1831–1908), US writer and publisher
*[[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]] (born 1935), German poet and translator
*[[Aloisia Kirschner|Ossip Schubin]] (real name Aloisia Kirschner, 1854–1934), Austrian novelist
*[[Madhu Kishwar]] (born 1951), Indian feminist
*[[Karin Kiwus]] (born 1942), German poet
*[[Carolyn Kizer]] (1925–2014), US poet; 1985 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs]] (born 1974), Faroese children's writer, poet and short story writer
*[[Naomi Klein]] (born 1970), Canadian author, social activist and filmmaker; *The Shock Doctrine*
*[[Anne Knight (children's writer)|Anne Knight]] (1792–1860), English children's writer
*[[Mary Norbert Körte]] (born 1934), American poet, teacher and environmentalist
*[[Joy Kogawa]] (born 1935), Canadian novelist and poet; *Obasan*
*[[Annette Kolb]] (1870–1967), German writer
*[[Alexandra Kollontai]] (1872–1952), Russian-Soviet writer and political figure; *A Great Love*
*[[Gertrud Kolmar]] (1894–1943), German poet
*[[Ono no Komachi]] (825–900), Japanese poet
*[[Anna Komnene]] (1083–1183), Byzantine chronicler and emperor's daughter writing in Greek; *Alexiad*
*[[Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck]] (1663–1740), Swedish noble, known as a painter, actor and poet
*[[Maria Konopnicka]] (1842–1910), Polish novelist, poet, translator and essayist
*[[Evgenia Konradi]] (1838–1898), Russian writer, essayist and journalist
*[[Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili]] (born 1968), Georgian novelist and literary journalist
*[[Alice Graeme Korff]] (1904–1975), US art critic
*[[Lina Kostenko]] (born 1930), Ukrainian poet
*[[Elizabeth Kostova]] (born 1964), US novelist; *The Historian*
*[[Helene Kottannerin]] (fl. 1430s), Hungarian memoirist writing in German
*[[Sofia Kovalevskaya]] (1859–1891), Russian writer and major mathematician; *Nihilist Girl*
*[[Hanna Krall]] (born 1937), Polish writer, novelist and journalist
* [[Judith Krantz]] (1928–2019), US author and journalist
*[[Nicole Krauss]] (born 1974), US fiction writer, essayist and journalist; *The History of Love*
*[[Uma Krishnaswami]] (born 1956), children's writer
*[[Julia Kristeva]] (born 1941), Bulgarian-French critic, philosopher and novelist
*[[Gerður Kristný]] (born 1970), Icelandic poet and novelist
*[[Agota Kristof]] (1935–2011), Hungarian novelist writing in French
*[[Nestan Kvinikadze]] (born 1980), Georgian scriptwriter and dramatist
*[[Lidia Kulikovski]] (born 1951), Moldovan librarian, bibliographer and editor
*[[Maxine Kumin]] (1925–2014), US poet and children's novelist; 1973 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Xu Kun]] (born 1965), Chinese postmodern fiction writer
*[[Rachel Kushner]] (born 1968), US novelist and journalist; *The Flamethrowers*
*[[Jean Kwok]], Chinese US novelist
*[[Shin Kyeong-nim]] (born 1936), South Korean writer
*[[Joanne Kyger]] (1934–2017), US poet
*[[Goretti Kyomuhendo]] (born 1965), Ugandan novelist and literary activist


==L==

*[[Mercedes Lackey]] (born 1950), US fantasy novelist
*[[Selma Lagerlöf]] (1858–1940), Swedish novelist and children's novelist, and 1909 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] winner
*[[Jhumpa Lahiri]] (born 1967), Bengali-US short story writer and novelist; 2000 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *Interpreter of Maladies*
*[[Sinikka Laine]] (born 1945), Finnish writer of young adult literature
*[[Laila Lalami]] (born 1968), Moroccan US journalist, essayist and novelist; *Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits*
*[[Lalleshwari]] (also Lalla, Lal Ded or Lal Arifa; 1320–1392), mystic and poet; creator of the mystic [[vatsun]] poetry, the earliest compositions in the [[Kashmiri language]]
*[[Lady Caroline Lamb]] (1785–1828), English novelist
*[[Helen Lamb]] (1956–2017), Scottish poet
*[[Mary Lamb]] (1764–1847), co-author with her brother [[Charles Lamb]]
*[[Alice Elinor Lambert]] (1886–1981), US romance novelist
*[[Anne Lamott]] (born 1954), political activist and fiction and non-fiction author
*[[Beatrice Lamwaka]] (living), Ugandan writer
*[[Leena Lander]] (born 1955), Finnish novelist
*[[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] (L. E. L., 1802–1838), English poet and novelist
*[[Margaret Landon]] (1903–1993), US novelist; *Anna and the King of Siam*
*[[Liliane Landor]] (born c. 1956), Lebanese-born journalist and broadcasting executive
*[[Michele Landsberg]] (born 1939), Canadian author, feminist and social activist
*[[Jane Lane (author)|Jane Lane]] (Elaine Kidner Dakers, 1905–1978), British historical novelist and biographer
*[[Katja Lange-Müller]] (born 1951), German novelist
*[[Elisabeth Langgässer]] (1899–1950), German poet and novelist
*[[Eve Langley]] (1908–1974), Australian novelist
*[[Aemilia Lanyer]] (1569–1645), English poet
*[[Alda Lara]] (1930–1962), Angolan poet
*[[Lucy Larcom]] (1824–1893), American mill girl and poet
*[[Rebecca Hammond Lard]] (1772–1855), US poet; first poet of Indiana
*[[Claudia Lars]] (1899–1974), Salvadoran poet
*[[Nella Larsen]] (1891–1964), US fiction writer
*[[Trude Brænne Larssen]] (born 1967), Norwegian novelist
*[[Else Lasker-Schüler]] (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
*[[Ana Irma Rivera Lassén]] (born 1955), Puerto Rican poet, feminist writer and lawyer
*[[Agnes Latham]] (1905–1996), English writer, editor and academic
*[[Irene Latham]] (born 1971) US poet and children's writer
*[[Mary Artemisia Lathbury]] (1841–1913) US hymn writer and poet
*[[Virginia Lathrop]] (1900–1974), US journalist
*[[Yulia Latynina]] (born 1966), Russian writer; *The Insider*
*[[Evelyn Lau]] (born 1971), Canadian poet and novelist
*[[Margaret Laurence]] (1926–1987), Canadian fiction writer; *The Stone Angel*
*[[Dorianne Laux]] (born 1952), US poet
*[[Christine Lavant]] (1915–1973), Austrian poet and novelist
*[[Mary Lavin]] (1912–1996), Irish fiction writer
*[[Emily Lawless]] (1845–1913), Irish novelist and poet
*[[Mary Lawson]] (born 1946), Canadian novelist; *Crow Lake*
*[[Emma Lazarus]] (1849–1887), US poet; "[[The New Colossus]]" (inscribed on the [[Statue of Liberty]])
*[[Jane Leade]] (1624–1704), English mystic
*[[Louisa Leaman]] (born 1976), English writer on education
*[[Mary Leapor]] (1722–1746), English poet
*[[Diana Lebacs]] (born 1947), Curaçaoan author known for her children's literature
*[[Violette Leduc]] (1907–1972), French novelist and autobiographer
*[[Harper Lee]] (1926–2016), US novelist; *To Kill a Mockingbird*
*[[Harriet Lee]] (1757–1851), English novelist and playwright
*[[Muna Lee (writer)|Muna Lee]] (1895–1965), US poet and translator
*[[Sophia Lee]] (1750–1824), English playwright and novelist
*[[Tanith Lee]] (born 1947), English novelist, poet and screenwriter
*[[Joy Leftow]] (living), US poet
*[[Tuija Lehtinen]] (born 1954), Finnish children's writer and novelist
*[[Leena Lehtolainen]] (born 1964), Finnish crime writer
*[[Katerina Lemmel]] (1466–1533), German letter-writer and nun
*[[Madeleine L'Engle]] (1918–2007), US novelist and children's novelist; *A Wrinkle in Time*
*[[Sue Lenier]] (born 1957), English poet and playwright
*[[Rebecca Lenkiewicz]] (born 1968), English playwright
*[[Ellen Lenneck]] (1851–1880), German novelist and story writer
*[[Anna Maria Lenngren]] (1754–1817), Swedish writer, poet and translator
*[[Charlotte Lennox]] (c. 1730–1804), US-born English writer, poet, and dramatist
*[[Hélène Lenoir]] (born 1955), French writer
*[[Conchi León]] (born 1973), Mexican writer
*[[Donna Leon]] (born 1942), US-Italian mystery novelist
*[[Yva Léro]] (1912–2007), Afro-Martiniquais writer and artist
*[[Doris Leslie]] (1891–1982), English historical novelist and biographer
*[[Doris Lessing]] (1919–2013), English fiction writer, poet and biographer; 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]; *The Golden Notebook*
*[[Denise Levertov]] (1923–1997), English US poet and essayist
*[[Celia Moss Levetus]] (1819–1873), English poet and historical writer
*[[Gail Carson Levine]] (born 1947), US young-adult novelist; *Ella Enchanted*
*[[Andrea Levy]] (1956–2019), English novelist; *Small Island*
*[[Deborah Levy]] (born 1959), South African-English playwright, fiction writer and poet; *Swimming Home*
*[[Fanny Lewald]] (1811–1889), German novelist and feminist
*[[Alethea Lewis]] (1749–1827), English novelist
*[[Janet Lewis]] (1899–1998), US novelist
*[[Marina Lewycka]] (born 1946), British novelist of Ukrainian origin
*[[Anne Ley]] (c. 1599–1641), English writer, teacher and polemicist
*[[Portia Li]] (living), senior Chinese US reporter
*[[Marita Liabø]] (born 1971), Norwegian author
*[[Mechtilde Lichnowsky]] (1879–1958), German poet, playwright and essayist
*[[Erika Liebman]] (1738–1803), Swedish poet and academic
*[[Deborah Lifchitz]] (1907–1942), French Jewish expert on Semitic languages of Ethiopia
*[[Werewere Liking]] (born 1950), Côte d'Ivoire-based writer and playwright
*[[Rosa Liksom]] (born 1958), Finnish fiction and children's writer
*[[Suzanne Lilar]] (1901–1992), Belgian playwright, essayist and novelist writing in French
*[[Astrid Lindgren]] (1907–2002), Swedish children's novelist; *Pippi Longstocking*
*[[Merethe Lindstrøm]] (born 1963), Norwegian fiction writer; *Days in the History of Silence*
*[[Elizabeth Linington]] (1921–1988), US mystery novelist
*[[Kelly Link]] (born 1969), US short story writer and editor
*[[Baik Sou Linne]] (born 1982), South Korean fiction writer
*[[Rosina Lippi]] (born 1956), US writer
*[[Laura Lippman]] (born 1959), US crime fiction writer
*[[Helena Lisická]] (1930–2009), Czech ethnographer and writer of fairy tales and legends
*[[Clarice Lispector]] (1920–1977), Brazilian novelist; *The Passion According to G.H.*
*[[S. E. Lister]] (born 1988), English novelist
*[[Penelope Lively]] (born 1933), English novelist and children's writer; 1987 [[Booker Prize]]; *Moon Tiger*
*[[Dorothy Livesay]] (1909–1996), Canadian poet
*[[Teresa Lo]] (living), US author
*[[Liz Lochhead]] (born 1947), Scottish poet and dramatist
*[[Attica Locke]] (born 1974), US novelist
*[[Mirra Lokhvitskaya]] (1869–1905), Russian poet
*[[Lesley Lokko]] (living), Ghanaian-Scottish novelist and academic
*[[Pearl London]] (1916–2003), US supporter of literary arts and teacher of poetry
*[[Joan Long]] (born 1925), Australian screenwriter and producer
*[[Anita Loos]] (1888–1981), US screenwriter, playwright and novelist; *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*
*[[Josefina Lopez]] (born 1969), Chicana playwright, screenwriter and novelist; *Real Women Have Curves*
*[[Karen Lord]] (born 1968), Barbadian writer of speculative fiction
*[[Audre Lorde]] (1934–1992), US poet
*[[Emilie Loring]] (1864–1951), US romance novelist
*[[Isabel Losada]] (living), English writer, actress and singer
*[[Laura Glen Louis]] (living), US author, poet and essayist
*[[Regina Louise]] (born 1963), US author, child advocate and motivational speaker
*[[Amy Lowell]] (1874–1925), US poet; 1926 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Lois Lowry]] (born 1937), US children's novelist; *Number the Stars*
*[[Mina Loy]] (1882–1966), English poet and artist
*[[Dulce María Loynaz]] (1902–1997), Cuban poet and novelist
*[[Clare Boothe Luce]] (1903–1987), US editor, playwright and journalist
*[[Maria Lugones]] (living), Argentine feminist philosopher, writer and academic
*[[Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley]] (1537–1578), English translator
*[[Ulla-Lena Lundberg]] (born 1947), [[Finland-Swede|Finland-Swedish]] author
*[[Luo Luo]] (living), Chinese novelist and film director
*[[Alison Lurie]] (born 1926), US novelist and academic; *Foreign Affairs*
*[[Annabel Lyon]] (born 1971), Canadian fiction writer


==M==

*[[Rose Macaulay]] (1881–1958), English writer; *The Towers of Trebizond*
*[[Ann-Marie MacDonald]] (born 1958), Canadian novelist, playwright and actor; *Fall on Your Knees*
*[[Betty MacDonald]] (1908–1958), US writer; *The Egg and I*
*[[Helen Macdonald (writer)|Helen Macdonald]] (born 1970) English writer, naturalist and academic; *H is for Hawk*
*[[Lilou Macé]] (born 1977), French-US author
*[[Gwendolyn MacEwen]] (1941–1987), Canadian novelist and poet
*[[Shena Mackay]] (born 1944), Scottish novelist
*[[Serena Mackesy]] (born 1960s), English novelist and journalist
*[[Mary Mackey]] (born 1945), US novelist, poet and academic
*[[Patricia MacLachlan]] (born 1938), US children's novelist; *Sarah, Plain and Tall*
*[[Mary MacLane]] (1881–1929), Canadian-US writer
*[[Charlotte MacLeod]] (1922–2005), Canadian-US novelist and mystery writer
*[[Debbie Macomber]] (born 1948), US novelist
*[[Katharine Sarah Macquoid]] (1824–1917), English novelist and travel writer
*[[Deirdre Madden]] (born 1960), Irish novelist
*[[Mechthild of Magdeburg]] (c. 1207 – c. 1282-1294), [[German mystic]] writing in Low German
*[[Audrey Magee]] (living), Irish novelist and journalist
*[[Nilah Magruder]] (living), US illustrator and writer
*[[Akka Mahadevi]] (12th century), Indian poet writing in Old [[Kannada]]
*[[Han Mahlsook]] (born 1931), Korean novelist
*[[Bríd Mahon]] (1922–2008), Irish novelist and folklorist
*[[Mahsati]] Ganjavi (c. 1089 – post-1159), Persian poet
*[[Jennifer Maiden]] (born 1949), Australian poet
*[[Antonine Maillet]] (born 1929), Canadian novelist, playwright and scholar
*[[Barbara Makhalisa]] (born 1949), Zimbabwean novelist, editor and publisher
*[[Eudokia Makrembolitissa]] (c. 1021–1096), Byzantine poet and empress writing in Greek
*[[Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi]] (living), Ugandan fiction writer
*[[Rosie Malek-Yonan]] (born 1965), Assyrian novelist, actor and filmmaker
*[[Gitta Mallasz]] (1907–1992), Hungarian author of esoteric dialogues
*[[Nathalie Mallet]] (living), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer
*[[Françoise Mallet-Joris]] (born 1930), Belgian-French novelist and essayist
*[[Heather Mallick]] (born 1959), Canadian columnist, author and lecturer
*[[Emily St. John Mandel]] (born 1979), Canadian novelist; *Station Eleven*
*[[Richmal Mangnall]] (1769–1820), English schoolbook writer; *Mangnall's Questions*
*[[Delarivier Manley]] (c. 1670–1724), English novelist, playwrigh and political pamphleteer
*[[Erika Mann]] (1905–1969), German writer, screenwriter and actress
*[[Eeva-Liisa Manner]] (1921–1995), Finnish poet, playwright and translator
*[[Olivia Manning]] (1908–1980), English novelist; *Fortunes of War*
*[[Ruth Manning-Sanders]] (1886–1988), Welsh-born English poet, author and children's writer
*[[Chris Mansell]] (born 1953), Australian poet and publisher
*[[Katherine Mansfield]] (1888–1923), New Zealand-English short story writer
*[[Lisa Mantchev]] (living), US fantasy novelist
*[[Hilary Mantel]] (born 1952), English fiction writer, memoirist and essayist; 2009 and 2012 [[Booker Prize]]; *Wolf Hall*
*[[Sarah Ladipo Manyika]] (born 1968), British-Nigerian fiction writer and essayist
*[[Lee Maracle]] (born 1950), Canadian poet, novelist and storyteller
*[[Dacia Maraini]] (born 1936), Italian novelist, playwright, poet and journalist
*[[Emilie Maresse-Paul]] (1838–1900), Trinidadian intellectual and feminist writer
*[[Anna Margolin]] (1887–1952), Russian-US Yiddish-language poet
*[[Beryl Markham]] (1902–1986), English-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer and author; *West with the Night*
*[[Daphne Marlatt]] (born 1942), Canadian poet
*[[E. Marlitt]] (Eugenie John, 1825–1877), German novelist
*[[Monika Maron]] (born 1941), German essayist and political writer
*[[Anne de Marquets]] (c. 1533–1588), French poet
*[[Paula Contreras Márquez]] (1911–2008), Spanish novelist and author
*[[Ellen Marriage]] (1865–1946), English translator of [[Honoré de Balzac|Balzac]]'s novels
*[[Ngaio Marsh]] (1895–1982), New Zealand mystery writer; *Roderick Alleyn*
*[[Paule Marshall]] (born 1929), US novelist
*[[Una Marson]] (1905–1965), Jamaican feminist, radio producer and poet
*[[Faith Martin]] (living), English thriller writer
*[[Harriet Martineau]] (1802–1876), English novelist and social theorist
*[[Lebogang Mashile]] (born 1979), South African actress, writer and performance poet
*[[Bobbie Ann Mason]] (born 1940), US fiction writer, essayist and critic; *In Country*
*[[Judi Ann Mason]] (1955–2009), US playwright, screenwriter and journalist; *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit*
*[[Beverly Matherne]] (born 1946), US writer and poet
*[[Ana María Matute]] (1925–2014), Spanish novelist
*[[Daphne du Maurier]] (1907–1989), English fiction writer; *Rebecca*
*[[Megan Maxwell]] (born 1965), romance novelist
*[[DeBarra Mayo]] (born 1953), US bodybuilder and fitness writer
*[[Eleanor Mayo]] (1920–1981), US novelist
*[[Imbolo Mbue]] (living), Cameroon-born fiction writer
*[[Bunny McBride]] (born 1950), US writer, journalist and anthropologist
*[[Eimear McBride]] (born 1976), Irish novelist; *A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing*
*[[Anne McCaffrey]] (1926–2011), US science fiction novelist; *Dragonriders of Pern*
*[[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]] (1912–1989), US novelist, critic and memoir writer
*[[Shirla R. McClain]] (1935–1997), US educator
*[[Jen McClanaghan]] (living), US poet
*[[Nellie McClung]] (1873–1951), Canadian feminist, author and social activist
*[[Joanna McClure]] (born 1930), American poet
*[[Elizabeth McCracken]] (born 1966), US novelist and editor
*[[Sharyn McCrumb]] (born 1948), US fiction writer
*[[Carson McCullers]] (1917–1967), US novelist; *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter*
*[[Colleen McCullough]] (1937–2015) Australian novelist; *The Thorn Birds*
*[[Alice McDermott]] (born 1953), US fiction writer
*[[Phyllis McGinley]] (1905–1978), US children's writer and poet; 1961 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Lisa McInerney]] (born 1981), Irish fiction writer and blogger
*[[Ami McKay]] (born 1968), Canadian novelist, playwright and journalist
*[[Elizabeth McKenzie]] (born 1958), US author and editor
*[[Patricia A. McKillip]] (born 1948), US sci-fi and fantasy writer
*[[Mignon McLaughlin]] (1913–1983), US journalist and author
*[[Emma McLaughlin]] (born 1974), US novelist
*[[Terry McMillan]] (born 1951), US novelist; *Waiting to Exhale*
*[[Martha McPhee]] (born 1965), US novelist; *Gorgeous Lies*
*[[Richelle Mead]] (born 1976), US novelist; *Vampire Academy*
*[[Gwerful Mechain]] (fl. 1460–1500), Welsh poet
*[[Saint Mechtilde]] of Hackeborn (1240/1241–1298), German religious writer in Latin
*[[Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger]] (1924–1942), Romanian-born German poet
*[[Cecília Meireles]] (1901–1964), Brazilian writer and educator
*[[Tamta Melashvili]] (born 1979), Georgian novelist and feminist 
*[[Ekaterine Melikishvili]] (1854–1928), Georgian translator and children's writer
*[[Maile Meloy]] (born 1972), US fiction writer
*[[Pauline Melville]] (born 1948), Guyanese-born British writer and actress
*[[Velma Caldwell Melville]] (1858–1924), US editor and writer
*[[Eva Menasse]] (born 1970), Austrian novelist and journalist
*[[Jane Mendelsohn]] (born 1965), US author
*[[Charlotte Mendelson]] (born 1972), English novelist and editor
*[[Sophie Mereau]] (1770–1806), German novelist and poet
*[[Edna Merey-Apinda]] (born 1976), Gabonese writer
*[[Marguerite Merington]] (1875–1951), English-US playwright and writer of fiction and non-fiction
*[[Alda Merini]] (1931–2009), Italian writer and poet
*[[Louise Meriwether]] (born 1923), US novelist, essayist and journalist
*[[Fatema Mernissi]] (born 1940), Moroccan feminist academic
*[[Helen Maud Merrill]] (1865–1943), US woman of letters and poet
*[[Elizabeth Messenger]] (1908–1965), New Zealand journalist, cookery writer and crime novelist
*[[Claire Messud]] (born 1966), US novelist and academic; *The Emperor's Children*
*[[Grace Metalious]] (1924–1964), US novelist; *Peyton Place*
*[[Charlotte Mew]] (1869–1928), English poet; *The Farmer's Bride*
*[[Stephenie Meyer]] (born 1973), US novelist; *The Host*, *Twilight Saga*
*[[Alice Meynell]] (1847–1922), English feminist critic and poet
*[[Esther Meynell]] (1878–1955), English author and local historian; *The Little Chronicle of Magdalena Bach*
*[[Malwida von Meysenbug]] (1816–1903), German political writer and memoirist
*[[Anne Michaels]] (born 1958), Canadian novelist and poet; *Fugitive Pieces*
*[[Agnes Miegel]] (1879–1964), German journalist, writer and poet
*[[Jo Mihaly]] (1902–1989), German diarist, novelist and dancer
*[[Mitsukazu Mihara]] (born 1970), Japanese manga writer and artist
*[[Jung Mi-kyung]] (born 1960), Korean novelist
*[[Grace Mildmay]] (1552–1620), English diarist
*[[Josephine Miles]] (1911–1985), US poet and literary critic
*[[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] (1892–1950), US poet; 1923 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Caroline Pafford Miller|Caroline Miller]] (1903–1992), US novelist; 1934 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Grażyna Miller]] (1957–2009), Polish poet, writer and translator
*[[Alma Routsong|Isabel Miller]] (Alma Routsong, 1924–1996), US novelist; *Patience and Sarah*
*[[Kirsten Miller]] (born 1973), US novelist; *Kiki Strike* series
*[[Leslie Adrienne Miller]] (born 1956), US poet
*[[Madeline Miller]] (born 1978), US novelist
*[[Rebecca Miller]] (born 1962), US novelist and writer; *Jacob's Folly*
*[[Kate Millett]] (1934–2017), US feminist
*[[Arthenia J. Bates Millican]] (1920–2012), US poet, short-story writer and educator
*[[Anchee Min]] (born 1957), Chinese US novelist and memoir writer; *Red Azalea*
*[[Mirabai]] (also Meera, Meera Bai; c. 1498–c. 1547), Hindu mystical poet
*[[Gabriela Mistral]] (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, 1889–1957), [[Chile]]an poet, educator and feminist; first [[Latin US]] to win the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
*[[Dreda Say Mitchell]] (Louise Emma Joseph, born 1965), English novelist and journalist
*[[Gladys Mitchell]] (1901–1983), English mystery novelist
*[[Margaret Mitchell]] (1900–1949), US journalist and novelist; *Gone with the Wind*
*[[Susan Mitchell]] (born 1944), US poet, essayist and translator
*[[Naomi Mitchison]] (1897–1999), Scottish novelist and poet
*[[Jessica Mitford]] (1917–1996), English-US author, journalist and civil rights activist
*[[Mary Russell Mitford]] (1787–1855), English novelist and dramatist; *Our Village*
*[[Nancy Mitford]] (1904–1973), English novelist, biographer and letter writer; *The Pursuit of Love*
*[[Kim Mi-wol]] (born 1977)
*[[Minae Mizumura]] (born 1951), U.S.-educated Japanese novelist, critic and essayist
*[[Janet Mock]] (born 1983), US writer, transgender rights activist and author
*[[Moero]] or Myro (3rd century BC), Greek poet
*[[Nadifa Mohamed]] (born 1981), Somali-British novelist
*[[Natalia Molebatsi]] (living), South African poet
*[[Mary Louisa Molesworth|Mary Louisa (Mrs) Molesworth]] (1839–1921), English children's novelist
*[[Grace Mera Molisa]] (1947–2002), ni-Vanuatu politician, poet and campaigner for women
*[[Lília Momplé]] (born 1935), Mozambican fiction writer
*[[Jenn Monroe]] (born 1970), poet, editor
*[[Pilar Burgués Monserrat]], writer, of short story
*[[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]] (1689–1762), English poet, essayist, diarist and letter-writer
*[[Florence Montgomery]] (1843–1923), English children's writer
*[[Lucy Maud Montgomery]] (1874–1942), Canadian fiction writer and poet; *Anne of Green Gables*
*[[Ruth Montgomery]] (1912–2001), US journalist, novelist and psychic
*[[Amy Monticello]] (born 1982), essayist and non-fiction writer
*[[Susanna Moodie]] (1803–1885), Canadian diarist, novelist and poet
*[[Anne Moody]] (born 1940), US autobiographer; *Coming of Age in Mississippi*
*[[Alison Moore]] (born 1971), English novelist; *The Lighthouse*
*[[C. L. Moore]] (1911–1987), US fantasy writer; *Jirel of Joiry*
*[[Lisa Moore (writer)|Lisa Moore]] (born 1964), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Lorrie Moore]] (born 1957), US short story writer
*[[Marianne Moore]] (1887–1972), US poet; 1951 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Ruth Moore]] (1903–1989), US fiction writer and poet
*[[Elizabeth Moorhead]] (c. 1865–1955), US fiction writer
*[[Barbara Moraff]] (born 1939), US poet of the [[Beat generation]]
*[[Cherrie Moraga]] (born 1952), Chicana poet, playwright and essayist
*[[Aurora Levins Morales]] (born 1954), US-Puerto Rican essayist, poet and fiction writer
*[[Elsa Morante]] (1912–1985), Italian novelist; *History*
*[[Ann Moray]] (1909–1981), Irish-US novelist and singer
*[[Yolanda Morazzo]] (1928–2009), Cape Verdean poet
*[[Hannah More]] (1745–1833), English moralist, poet and playwright
*[[Helga Moreira]] (born 1950), Portuguese poet
*[[C. E. Morgan]] (born 1976), US author
*[[Erin Morgenstern]] (born 1978), US multimedia artist and novelist; *The Night Circus*
*[[Irmtraud Morgner]] (1933–1990), German novelist
*[[Margarita Morozova]] (1873–1958), Russian memoirist and publisher
*[[Jan Morris]] (born James Morris, 1926), Welsh historian and travel writer
*[[Mary McGarry Morris]] (born 1943), US novelist; finalist, [[National Book Award]] and Pen/Faulkner Award; *Vanished*
*[[Toni Morrison]] (1931–2019), US novelist, children's novelist and 1993 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] winner; *Beloved*
*[[Donna Morrissey]] (born 1956), Canadian novelist and screenwriter
*[[Penelope Mortimer]] (1918–1999), Welsh-English novelist
*[[Nelle Morton]] (1905–1987), US theologian, professor and feminist civil rights leader
*[[Stefania Mosca]] (1957–2009), Venezuelan writer
*[[Hannah Moscovitch]] (born 1978), Canadian playwright
*[[Marie Moser]] (born 1948), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Ottessa Moshfegh]] (born 1981), US novelist, short story writer and essayist; *Eileen*
*[[Thylias Moss]] (born 1954), US poet, children's novelist and playwright
*[[Kate Mosse]] (born 1961), English fiction writer and broadcaster;*Labyrinth*
*[[Touhfat Mouhtare]] (living), Comorian writer
*[[Daphne Pochin Mould]] (born 1920), English-born geology, religion and history writer
*[[Julia Moulden]] (born 1956), Canadian non-fiction writer and speechwriter
*[[Esther Moyal]] (1878–1948), Lebanese Jewish writer, feminist and translator
*[[Lisel Mueller]] (1924–2020), German-US poet; 1997 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Willa Muir]] (1890–1970), Scottish writer
*[[Bharati Mukherjee]] (born 1940), Indian-US fiction writer; *Jasmine*
*[[Lale Müldür]] (born 1956), Turkish poet and writer
*[[Harryette Mullen]] (born 1953), US poet, short story writer and literary scholar
*[[Herta Müller]] (born 1953), Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist; [[Nobel Prize]] winner
*[[Inge Müller]] (1925–1966), German poet
*[[Alice Munro]] (born 1931), Canadian short story writer; 2013 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]; *Runaway*
*[[Iris Murdoch]] (1919–1999), Irish-English novelist and philosopher; 1978 [[Booker Prize]]; *The Sea, the Sea*
*[[Mary Noailles Murfree]] (1850–1922), US fiction writer
*[[Rosario Murillo]] (born 1951), [[Nicaraguan]] poet
*[[C. E. Murphy]] (born 1973), US author
*[[Margaret Murphy (writer)|Margaret Murphy]] (born 1959), English crime novelist; *The Dispossessed*
*[[Eugénie Musayidire]] (born 1952), Rwandan-German writer; *Mein Stein spricht* (My Stone Speaks, covering the Rwandan genocide)
*[[Inga Muscio]] (born 1966), US writer; **
*[[Susan Musgrave]] (born 1951), Canadian poet and children's writer
*[[Małgorzata Musierowicz]] (born 1945), Polish fiction writer for children and young adults
*[[Carol Muske-Dukes]] (born 1945), US poet, novelist and professor; [[California Poet Laureate]]
*[[Sugawara no Takasue no musume]] (born 1008), Japanese diarist
*[[Dagmar von Mutius]] (1919–2008), German writer
*[[Beverle Graves Myers]] (born 1951), US mystery fiction writer


== N ==

*[[Farida Nabourema]] (born 1990), Togolese human rights activist, writer and blogger
*[[Constance Naden]] (1858–1889), English poet and philosopher
*[[Azar Nafisi]] (born 1948), Iranian writer and academic; *Reading Lolita in Tehran*
*[[Alice Nahon]] (1896–1933), Dutch-language poet
*[[Sarojini Naidu]] (Nightingale of India; 1879–1949), child prodigy, [[Indian independence activist]] and poet
*[[Zofia Nałkowska]] (1884–1954), Polish novelist, playwright
*[[Carolina Nairne]] (1766–1845), Scottish songwriter
*[[Cheng Naishan]] (1946–2013) Shanghainese-Hong Kongese novelist and non-fiction writer
*[[Shikishi Naishinnō]] (died 1201), Japanese classical poet
*[[Nakatsukasa]] (912–991), Japanese poet
*[[Bahiyyih Nakhjavani]] (living), Iranian novelist
*[[Anna Nakwaska]] (1781–1851), Polish memoirist, novelist and children's author
*[[Heo Nanseolheon]] (1563–1589), Korean poet
*[[Elma Napier]] (1892–1973), Scottish-born writer and politician in Dominica
*[[Ruth Narramore]] (1923–2010), editor
*[[Taslima Nasrin]] (born 1962), Bengali novelist and poet and essayist; *Lajja*
*[[Benedikte Naubert]] (1752–1819), German historical novelist
*[[Marguerite de Navarre]] (1492–1549), French poet, playwright and short story writer; *Heptameron*
*[[Gloria Naylor]] (born 1950), US novelist; *The Women of Brewster Place*
*[[Marie NDiaye]] (born 1967), French novelist and playwright
*[[Alice Dunbar Nelson]] (1875–1935), US poet, journalist and political activist
*[[Božena Němcová]] (1820–1862), Czech writer of the *Czech National Revival* movement
*[[Irène Némirovsky]] (1903–1942), Ukrainian-French novelist; *Suite française*
*[[Adalgisa Nery]] (1905–1980), [[Brazil]]ian poet, novelist and journalist
*[[E. Nesbit]] (1858–1924), English children's fiction writer; *Five Children and It*
*[[Friederike Caroline Neuber]] (1697–1760), German playwright and actress
*[[Aimee Nezhukumatathil]] (born 1974), Asian US poet and essayist
*[[Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi]] (living), Cameroon professor and writer
*[[Lauretta Ngcobo]] (1931–2015), South African novelist and essayist
*[[Grace Nichols]] (born 1950), Guyanese poet
*[[Lorine Niedecker]] (1903–1970), US poet; only woman among the [[Objectivist poets]]
*[[Aīda Niedra]] (1899–1972), Latvian novelist and poet
*[[Charlotte Niese]] (1854–1935), German writer and poet
*[[Audrey Niffenegger]] (born 1963), US novelist and artist; *The Time Traveler's Wife*
*[[Florence Nightingale]] (1820–1910), English nurse, statistician and feminist
*[[Anaïs Nin]] (1903–1977), French eroticist, critic and diarist; *Henry and June*
*[[Sister Nivedita]] (1867–1911), English and Hindu writer
*[[Esther Nirina]] (1932–2004), Malagasy poet
*[[Rebeka Njau]] (born 1932), Kenyan playwright and novelist
*[[Nkiru Njoku]] (born c. 1980), Nigerian screenwriter
*[[Anna de Noailles]] (1876–1933), French-born Romanian writer in French
*[[Ingrid Noll]] (born 1935), German novelist
*[[Oodgeroo Noonuccal]] (also Kath Walker; 1920–1993), Australian poet, political activist and educator
*[[Kerstin Norborg]] (born 1961), Swedish writer and poet
*[[Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht]] (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and [[Salon (gathering)|salon hostess]]
*[[Clara Nordström]] (1886–1962), Swedish-born novelist writing in German
*[[Regine Normann]] (1867–1939), Norwegian fiction writer
*[[Kathleen Norris]] (1880–1966), US novelist
*[[Marisela Norte]] (living), US poet and writer
*[[Andre Norton]] (1912–2005), US writer of speculative fiction; *Star Gate*
*[[Caroline Norton]] (1808–1877), English author, social reformer and feminist
*[[Julian of Norwich]] (1342–1416), English mystic
*[[Nossis]] (fl. c. 300 BC), Greek epigrammist and poet
*[[Amélie Nothomb]] (born 1967), Belgian novelist
*[[Alice Notley]] (born 1945), US poet
*[[Helga M. Novak]] (born 1935), German poet and political writer
*[[Mary Novik]] (born 1945), Canadian novelist
*[[Perpétue Nshimirimana]] (born 1961), writer
*[[Princess Nukata]] (c. 630–690), Japanese poet
*[[Martina Nwakoby]] (born 1937), Nigerian children's writer and novelist
*[[Flora Nwapa]] (1931–1993), Nigerian novelist; *Efuru*
*[[Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani]] (born 1976), Nigerian novelist, humorist and essayist
*[[Julia Nyberg]] (1784–1854), Swedish poet and songwriter


== O ==

*[[Ann Oakley]] (born 1944), English feminist academic and novelist
*[[Joyce Carol Oates]] (born 1938), US fiction writer, poet and playwright; *We Were the Mulvaneys*
*[[María Olimpia de Obaldía]] (1891–1985), Panamanian poet
*[[Charlotta Öberg]] (also Lotta Öberg,; 1818–1856), Swedish poet
*[[Téa Obreht]] (born 1985), Serbian-US fiction writer; *The Tiger's Wife*
*[[Edna O'Brien]] (born 1930), Irish fiction writer
*[[Kate O'Brien (novelist)|Kate O'Brien]] (1897–1974), Irish novelist and playwright
*[[Silvina Ocampo]] (1903–1994), Argentine poet and short story writer
*[[Flannery O'Connor]] (1925–1964), US fiction writer
*[[Niamh O'Connor]] (active since 2000), Irish journalist, novelist
*[[Tyne O'Connell]] (born 1960), English novelist
*[[Mary O'Donnell]] (born 1954), Irish fiction writer and poet
*[[Mary O'Donoghue]] (born 1975), Irish novelist, poet and translator
*[[Taiwo Odubiyi]] (born 1965), Nigerian romance novelist, children's writer and religious columnist
*[[Julia O'Faolain]] (born 1932), Irish novelist
*[[Nuala O'Faolain]] (1940–2008), Irish novelist, critic and memoirist
*[[Catherine O'Flynn]] (born 1970), English fiction writer; *What Was Lost*
*[[Nana Oforiatta Ayim]] (living), Ghanaian writer, art historian and filmmaker
*[[Barbara Ogier]] (1648–1720), Flemish playwright
*[[Grace Ogot]] (born 1930), Kenyan fiction writer
*[[Molara Ogundipe]] (born 1940), Nigerian poet, critic and non-fiction writer
*[[Sheila O'Hagan]] (living), Irish poet
*[[Yeo Ok]] (15th to 1st century BC), Korean poet
*[[Nnedi Okorafor]] (born 1974), Nigerian US fiction writer
*[[Juliane Okot Bitek]] (living), Kenyan-born Ugandan diaspora poet
*[[Ifeoma Okoye]] (born 1937), Nigerian fiction and children's writer
*[[Chinelo Okparanta]] (born 1981), Nigerian-US fiction writer
*[[Sofi Oksanen]] (born 1977), Finnish novelist and playwright
*[[Princess Ōku]] (661–702), Japanese poet
*[[Sharon Olds]] (born 1942), US poet; 2013 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Margaret Oliphant]] (1828–1897), Scottish novelist; *Phoebe, Junior*
*[[Ukamaka Olisakwe]] (born 1982), Nigerian feminist writer, short story writer and screenwriter
*[[Mary Oliver]] (born 1935), US poet; 1984 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Tillie Olsen]] (1913–2007), US feminist fiction writer
*[[Lisa Olstein]] (living), US poet
*[[Nessa O'Mahony]] (living), Irish poet
*[[Mary O'Malley (poet)|Mary O'Malley]] (born 1954), Irish poet
*[[Kathleen O'Meara (writer)|Kathleen O'Meara]] (1839–1888), Irish journalist, novelist and biographer
*[[Yewande Omotoso]] (born 1980), South African-based novelist and designer, born in Barbados, raised in Nigeria
*[[Heather O'Neill]] (born 1973), Canadian fiction writer, poet and screenwriter
*[[Mary Devenport O'Neill]] (1898–1957), Irish poet and dramatist
*[[Moira O'Neill]], pen name of Agnes Shakespeare Higginson (1864–1955), Irish-Canadian poet
*[[Makena Onjerika]] (living), Kenyan writer
*[[Fuyumi Ono]] (born 1960), Japanese novelist
*[[Nuzo Onoh]] (born 1962), Nigerian horror writer
*[[Chibundu Onuzo]] (born 1991), Nigerian novelist
*[[Osonye Tess Onwueme]] (born 1955), Nigerian playwright, scholar and poet
*[[Ifeoma Onyefulu]] (born 1959), Nigerian children's writer, novelist and photographer
*[[Amelia Opie]] (1769–1853), English novelist and biographer
*[[Mary Oppen]] (1908–1990), US artist, poet and writer
*[[Baroness Orczy]] (1865–1947), Hungarian-born English novelist, translator, and illustrator; *The Scarlet Pimpernel*
*[[Caitriona O'Reilly]] (born 1973), Irish poet, critic
*[[Bukola Oriola]] (born 1976), Nigerian-US journalist and autobiographer
*[[Iza Orjonikidze]] (1938–2010) Georgian poet, politician
*[[Margarita Ormotsadze]] (born 1981), Ukrainian journalist, poet and writer
*[[Hanne Ørstavik]] (born 1969), Norwegian novelist
*[[Virginia Elena Ortea]] (1866–1906) Dominican Republic journalist and novelist
*[[Helena Araújo Ortiz]] (born 1934), Colombian feminist author and literary critic
*[[Eliza Orzeszkowa]] (1841–1910), Polish writer
*[[Martha Ostenso]] (1900–1963), Norwegian-Canadian novelist and screenwriter; *Wild Geese*
*[[Maggie O'Sullivan]] (1908–1990), British poet, performer and visual artist associated with [[British Poetry Revival]]
*[[Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan]] (1887–1966), Irish educator, journal editor and historian
*[[Alice Oswald]] (born 1966), English poet
*[[Julie Otsuka]] (born 1962), US novelist; *The Buddha in the Attic*
*[[Ouida]] (1839–1908), English fiction writer; *Under Two Flags*
*[[Helen Ovbiagele]] (born 1944), Nigerian romance novelist
*[[Angelika Overath]] (born 1957), German author and journalist
*[[Sue Owen (poet)|Sue Owen]] (born 1942), US dark humor poet
*[[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor]] (born 1968), Kenyan fiction writer
*[[Helen Oyeyemi]] (born 1984), British fiction writer
*[[Emine Sevgi Özdamar]] (born 1956), Turkish-born German novelist and playwright
*[[Ruth Ozeki]] (born 1956), US-Canadian novelist, filmmaker and academic
*[[Cynthia Ozick]] (born 1928), US critic and novelist


== P ==

*[[Ruth Padel]] (born 1946), English poet, critic and writer on nature
*[[Isabel Pagan]] (c. 1740–1821), Scottish poet
*[[Karen A. Page]] (born 1962), US food writer
*[[Elaine Pagels]] (born 1943), US religious historian and writer; *The Gnostic Gospels*
*[[Camille Paglia]] (born 1947), US feminist essayist; *Sexual Personae*
*[[Charlotte Painter]] (born 1926), US novelist and writer
*[[Marina Palei]] (born 1955), Russian writer; *Rendezvous*
*[[Grace Paley]] (1922–2007), US short story writer, poet and activist
*[[Nettie Palmer]] (1885–1964), Australian poet, essayist and literary critic
*[[Kirsti Paltto]] (born 1947), Sámi playwright, short story and children's writer
*[[Emmeline Pankhurst]] (1858–1928), English feminist activist, speaker and autobiography writer
*[[Sylvia Pankhurst]] (1882–1960), English [[suffragist]], poet
*[[Vera Panova]] (1905–1973), Soviet fiction writer; *Seryozha*
*[[Sara Paretsky]] (born 1947), US mystery novelist
*[[Dorothy Parker]] (1893–1967), US poet, critic and short story writer
*[[Una-Mary Parker]] (born 1930), English journalist and novelist
*[[Adele Parks]] (born 1969), English fiction writer
*[[Suzan-Lori Parks]] (born 1964), US playwright and screenwriter
*[[Sophia Parnok]] (1885–1933), [[Russia]]n [[Silver Age of Russian poetry|Silver Age]] poet
*[[Catherine Parr]] (born 1512), Queen of England from 1543 to 1547, spouse of King Henry VIII
*[[Anne Parrish]] (1888–1957), US children's novelist
*[[Mona Parsa]] (born 1982), US author
*[[Fanny Fern|Sarah Willis Parton]] (Fanny Fern, 1811–1872), US novelist, columnist and children's writer
*[[Vesna Parun]] (1922–2010), [[Croatia]]n poet
*[[Ann Patchett]] (born 1963), US novelist; *Bel Canto*
*[[Shailja Patel]] (living), Kenyan poet, playwright
*[[Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan]] (living), New Zealand Māori writer
*[[Irene Levine Paull]] (1908–1981), US writer and labor activist
*[[Karolina Pavlova]] (1807–1893), Russian writer; *A Double Life*
*[[Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska]] (1891–1945), Polish poet
*[[Edith Pearlman]] (born 1936), US short story and non-fiction writer
*[[Laura Pedersen]] (born 1965), US author, humorist and playwright; *The Brightness of Heaven*
*[[Erica Pedretti]] (born 1930), Czechoslovak-born Swiss writer in German
*[[Inês Pedrosa]] (born 1962), Portuguese journalist, fiction writer and playwright
*[[Janet Peery]] (born 1948), US fiction writer
*[[Kira Peikoff]] (born 1987), US thriller writer
*[[Kathleen Peirce]] (born 1956), US poet
*[[Louise Penny]] (born 1958), Canadian mystery novelist
*[[Emily Pepys]] (1833–1877), English child diarist (1844–45)
*[[Jennifer Percy]] (living), US writer
*[[Charmaine Pereira]] (living), Nigerian non-fiction writer
*[[Ana Mercedes Perez]] (born 1910), Venezuelan poet, writer and translator
*[[Aşıq Pəri]] (also as Ashiq Peri, c. 1811–c. 1847) Azerbaijani lyric poet
*[[Olga Perovskaya]] (1902–1961), Soviet children's literature writer
*[[Perpetua]] (died AD 203), Roman African writer of a prison diary, *The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity*
*[[Julia Peterkin]] (1880–1961), US fiction writer; 1929 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Elizabeth Peters]] (born 1927), US mystery novelist; *Amelia Peabody*
*[[Ellis Peters]] (1913–1995), Welsh-English mystery fiction writer and translator; *Brother Cadfael*
*[[Marine Petrossian]] (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
*[[Lyudmila Petrushevskaya]] (born 1938), Russian writer and dramatist; *Immortal Love*
*[[Ann Petry]] (1908–1997), US journalist and fiction writer
*[[Sophie Petzal]] (born 1990), English screenwriter
*[[Katherine Philips]] (1631–1664), English poet
*[[Jayne Anne Phillips]] (born 1952), US fiction writer
*[[Phintys]] (or Phyntis, 4th or 3rd century BC), Greek philosopher
*[[Ife Piankhi]] (living), Uganda-born poet, singer and educator
*[[Karoline Pichler]] (also Caroline, 1769–1843), Austrian novelist; *Agathocles*
*[[Jodi Picoult]] (born 1966), US novelist
*[[Meredith Ann Pierce]] (born 1958), US fantasy writer
*[[Tamora Pierce]] (born 1954), US children's novelist; *Alanna of Trebond*
*[[Marge Piercy]] (born 1936), US poet, novelist, and social activist
*[[Rosamunde Pilcher]] (1924–2019), English romance fiction writer; *The Shell Seekers*
*[[Florencia del Pinar]] (15th century), Spanish poet
*[[Winsome Pinnock]] (born 1961), British playwright
*[[Ruth Pitter]] (1897–1992), English poet; first woman to receive the [[Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry]], in 1955
*[[Mary Pix]] (1666–1709), English novelist and playwright
*[[Christine de Pizan]] (1364–1430), Venetian feminist poet and rhetorician in French; *The Book of the City of Ladies*
*[[Alejandra Pizarnik]] (1936–1972), [[Argentina|Argentine]] poet
*[[Tamri Pkhakadze]] (born 1957) Georgian novelist and children's writer
*[[Josefina Pla]] (1903–1999), Spanish poet, playwright and painter
*[[Sylvia Plath]] (1932–1963), US poet, fiction writer and essayist; 1982 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] *(posthumous)*
*[[Ann Plato]] (born c. 1820), US essayist
*[[Karen Platt]] (fl. 2004 – present), English gardening writer
*[[Polly Platt (author)|Polly Platt]] (1927–2008), US author of books on living in France
*[[Anne Plumptre]] (1760–1818), English translator and fiction and political writer
*[[Aliénor de Poitiers]] (fl. late 15th century), French writer on court etiquette
*[[Elizabeth Polack]] (fl. 1830–1838), Anglo-Jewish playwright
*[[Velma Pollard]] (born 1937), Jamaican poet and fiction writer.
*[[Sarah Polley]] (born 1979), Canadian actress, screenwriter and political activist; *Away from Her*
*[[Katha Pollitt]] (born 1949), US feminist poet, essayist and critic
*[[Elizaveta Polonskaya]] (1890–1969), Russian Jewish poet, translator and journalist
*[[Hannah Azieb Pool]] (born 1974), British-Eritrean writer and journalist
*[[Olúmìdé Pópóọlá]] (living), Nigerian-German poet and novelist
*[[Elizabeth Polwheele]] (1651–c. 1691), British playwright
*[[Elena Poniatowska]] (born 1932), Polish-Mexican journalist and fiction writer
*[[Marie Ponsot]] (born 1921), US poet and essayist
*[[Azalais de Porcairagues]] (late 12th century), French poet writing in [[Occitania|Occitan]]
*[[Anna Maria Porter]] (1780–1832), English poet and novelist
*[[Eleanor H. Porter]] (1868–1920), US children's writer; *Pollyanna*
*[[Jane Porter]] (1776–1850), English historical novelist and playwright
*[[Katherine Anne Porter]] (1890–1980), US journalist, essayist and novelist; 1966 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Suzanne Portnoy]] (born 1961), English writer and playwright 
*[[Dina Posada]] (born 1946), Central American poet
*[[Francesca Bortolotto Possati]] (living), Italian entrepreneur and author
*[[Emily Post]] (1873–1960), US journalist and novelist; *Etiquette*
*[[Halina Poświatowska]] (1935–1967), Polish poet
*[[Beatrix Potter]] (1866–1943), English children's writer and illustrator; *The Tale of Peter Rabbit*
*[[Sarah Powell]] (1922–1941), French poet
*[[Dawn Powell]] (1896–1965), US fiction writer and playwright
*[[Patricia Powell]] (born 1966), Jamaican novelist
*[[Marguerite Agnes Power]] (1815–1867), Irish-English novelist, periodical writer and editor
*[[Rhoda Power]] (1890–1957), English educational and children's writer
*[[Praxilla]] (5th century BC), Greek poet
*[[Paula von Preradović]] (1887–1951), Austrian story writer and poet
*[[Jewel Prestage]] (1931–2014), first African-US woman to earn a political science Ph.D.
*[[Katharine Susannah Prichard]] (1883–1969), Australian fiction writer and playwright
*[[Diane di Prima]] (born 1934), US poet
*[[Mary Prince]] (c. 1788–after 1833), Bermuda-born writer of first account of the life an enslaved black woman published in the UK, *The History of Mary Prince* (1831)
*[[Pauline Prior-Pitt]] (living), Scottish poet
*[[Amrita Pritam]] (1919–2005), first prominent woman [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] poet, novelist and essayist
*[[Faltonia Betitia Proba]] (c. 306/315 – c. 353/366), Roman poet in Latin
*[[Adelaide Anne Procter]] (1825–1864), English poet
*[[Francine Prose]] (born 1947), US fiction and non-fiction writer and critic; *Reading Like a Writer*
*[[Annie Proulx]] (born 1935), US fiction writer and journalist; 1994 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *The Shipping News*
*[[Esther Pugh]] (1834–1908), US editor
*[[Carmen Montoriol Puig]] (1893–1966), Catalan poet, writer and playwright
*[[Barbara Pym]] (1913–1980), English novelist; *Quartet in Autumn*


== Q ==

*[[Najwa Qassem]] (living), Lebanese journalist
*[[Li Qingzhao]] (1084–1151), Chinese poet
*[[Qiu Jin]] (1875–1907), Chinese revolutionary, feminist and writer
*[[Marjorie Quarton]] (born 1930), Irish children's writer and novelist
*[[Rachel de Queiroz]] (1910–2003), Brazilian novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer
*[[Catharina Questiers]] (1631–1669), Dutch poet and playwright
*[[Alison Quigan]] (fl. 1980s), New Zealand actress, theatre director and playwright
*[[Betty Quin]] (died 1993), Australian script writer
*[[Anna Quindlen]] (born 1953), US journalist and novelist; *Black and Blue*
*[[Rebeca Quintáns]] (born 1964), Spanish journalist and research writer
*[[Elena Quiroga]] (1921–1995), Spanish novelist
*[[Christine Qunta]] (born 1952), South African writer, lawyer and entrepreneur
*[[Anne Margrethe Qvitzow]] (1652–1700), Danish poet, translator and memoir writer


== R ==

*[[Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné]] (1626–1696), French letter-writer
*[[Ann Radcliffe]] (1764–1823), English gothic novelist; *The Mysteries of Udolpho*
*[[Radegund]] (c. 520–586), Frankish princess and poet writing in Latin
*[[Janet Milne Rae]] (1844–1933), Scottish fiction writer
*[[Jennifer Rahim]] (born 1963), Trinidadian educator and writer
*[[Allen Raine]] (Anne Adaliza Beynon Puddicombe, 1836–1908), Welsh novelist; *Queen of the Rushes*
*[[Samina Raja]] (born 1961), [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] poet, writer and broadcaster
*[[Rajashree (novelist)|Rajashree]] (living), Indian chick lit novelist; *Trust Me*
*[[Maraea Rakuraku]] (living), New Zealand Māori playwright
*[[Ayn Rand]] (1905–1982), Russian US novelist and philosopher; *The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged*
*[[Mary Randolph]] (1762–1828), US housekeeping and cookery book author; *The Virginia House-Wife*
*[[Jennifer Rankin]] (1941–1979), Australian poet and playwright
*[[Claudia Rankine]] (born 1963), US poet and playwright
*[[Ellen Raskin]] (1928–1984), US children's writer and illustrator; *The Westing Game*
*[[Elsa Rautee]] (1897–1987), Finnish poet
*[[Dahlia Ravikovitch]] (1936–2005), Israeli poet, translator and peace activist
*[[Angela Rawlings]] (born 1978), Canadian poet, editor and interdisciplinary artist
*[[Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]] (1896–1953), US novelist; 1939 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *The Yearling*
*[[Sarah Rayner]] (living), English author and copywriter
*[[Angela Readman]] (born 1973), English poet
*[[Pauline Réage]] (1907–1998), French erotic novelist; *Story of O*
*[[Elisa von der Recke]] (Elisabeth Recke) (1754–1833), German writer and poet from [[Courland]]
*[[Jaclyn Reding]] (born 1966), US historical romance novelist
*[[Clara Reeve]] (1729–1807), English novelist; *The Old English Baron*
*[[Ruth Reichl]] (born 1948), US food and memoir writer
*[[Gayla Reid]] (born 1945), Australian-Canadian novelist
*[[Małgorzata Rejmer]] (born 1985), Polish fiction writer
*[[Mirkka Rekola]] (born 1931), Finnish poet
*[[Mary Renault]] (1905–1983), English historical novelist; *Fire From Heaven*
*[[Ruth Rendell]] (born 1930), English mystery novelist; *A Fatal Inversion*
*[[Ōtagaki Rengetsu]] (1791–1875), Japanese poet and calligrapher
*[[Empress Renxiaowen|Empress Xu]] (1362–1407), Chinese bibliographer and empress consort
*[[Gabriele Reuter]] (1859–1941), German novelist, essayist and children's writer
*[[Fanny zu Reventlow]] (Franziska, 1871–1918), German political writer and feminist
*[[Yasmina Reza]] (born 1959), French playwright, actress and novelist; *Art*
*[[Regina Rheda]] (São Paulo, Brazil, 1957), fiction writer and animal rights advocate; *Humana Festa*
*[[Jean Rhys]] (1890–1979), Dominican novelist; *Wide Sargasso Sea*
*[[Mrs. Riazuddin]] (born 1928), Pakistani feminist activist and travelogue writer
*[[Catherine of Ricci]] (1522–1590), Italian religious writer and saint
*[[Marie Jeanne Riccoboni]] (1714–1792), French novelist
*[[Anne Rice]] (born 1941), US novelist; *Vampire Chronicles*
*[[Adrienne Rich]] (born 1929), US feminist poet
*[[Jo-Anne Richards]], South African journalist and author
*[[Dorothy Richardson]] (1873–1957), English fiction writer, poet and essayist
*[[Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond|Elizabeth Richardson]] (1576/1577–1651), English religious writer
*[[Henry Handel Richardson]] (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, 1870–1946), Australian novelist; *The Fortunes of Richard Mahony*
*[[Jutta Richter]] (born 1955), German author for children and young people
*[[Lola Ridge]] (1873–1941), [[anarchist]] poet and editor of [[avant-garde]] feminist and [[Marxist]] publications
*[[Laura Riding]] (1901–1991), US poet, critic and fiction writer
*[[Brigitte Riebe]] (also Laura Stern, born 1935), German novelist
*[[Alifa Rifaat]] (1930–1996), Egyptian short story writer
*[[Denise Riley]] (born 1948), English poet and philosopher
*[[Raza Naqvi Wahi]] (born 1914–2002), Urdu poet
*[[Joan Riley]] (born 1958), Jamaican novelist
*[[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] (1876–1958), US novelist, playwright and poet
*[[Luise Rinser]] (1911–2002), German novelist, autobiographer and children's writer
*[[Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie]] (1837–1919), English novelist
*[[Sarah Fraser Robbins]] (1911–2002), US writer and educator in natural history and environmentalism
*[[Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert]] (1797–1872), French novelist and playwright
*[[Eigra Lewis Roberts]] (born 1939), Welsh dramatist and novelist in Welsh
*[[Emma Roberts (author)|Emma Roberts]] (1794–1840), English travel writer and poet
*[[Kate Roberts (author)|Kate Roberts]] (1891–1985), Welsh fiction writer in Welsh
*[[Michèle Roberts]] (born 1949), British novelist and poet
*[[Margaret Roberts (herbalist)|Margaret Roberts]] (1937–2017), South African herbalist and author
*[[Nora Roberts]] (pen name J. D. Robb, born 1959), US romance and fantasy novelist; *In Death* series
*[[E. Arnot Robertson]] (1903–1961), English novelist
*[[Lisa Robertson (poet)|Lisa Robertson]] (born 1961), Canadian poet
*[[Eden Robinson]] (born 1968), Canadian fiction writer; *Monkey Beach*
*[[Marilynne Robinson]] (born 1943), US novelist; 2005 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *Gilead*
*[[Mary Robinson (poet)|Mary Robinson]] (1757–1800), English poet, novelist and actress
*[[Kim Robinson-Walcott]] (living), Jamaican poet and editor
*[[Aïcha Mohamed Robleh]] (born 1965), Djiboutian writer
*[[Lucia St. Clair Robson]] (living), US novelist
*[[Charlotte Roche]] (born 1978), English-born novelist in German; *Feuchtgebiete*
*[[Mazo de la Roche]] (1885–1961), Canadian novelist in English; *Jalna* series
*[[Sophie von La Roche]] (1730–1807), German novelist
*[[Esther Rochon]] (born 1948), Canadian science fiction novelist
*[[Deborah Rodriguez (writer)|Debbie Rodriguez]] (living), US author
*[[Helena Roerich]] (1879–1955), Russian mystic
*[[Monique Roffey]] (born 1965), Trinidadian novelist and memoirist
*[[Robin Romm]] (living), US writer
*[[Daphne Rooke]] (1914–2009), South African writer
*[[Ginny Rorby]] (born 1944), US young adult novelist
*[[Henrietta Rose-Innes]] (born 1971), South African novelist and short-story writer
*[[Barbara Rosiek]] (born 1959), Polish writer, poet and clinical psychologist
*[[Anna Ross]], (born 1773), comic opera dramatist and actress
*[[Orna Ross]] (born 1960), Irish author and advocate for creativism
*[[Nancy Wilson Ross]] (1901–1986), US novelist
*[[Somerville and Ross]] ([[Edith Somerville]], 1858–1949, and [[Violet Florence Martin]], 1862–1915, writing as Martin Ross), Irish novelists; *The Irish R. M.*
*[[Christina Rossetti]] (1830–1894), English poet; *Goblin Market and Other Poems*
*[[Veronica Rossi]] (born 1973), US young adult novelist
*[[Judith Rossner]] (1935–2005), US novelist; *Looking for Mr. Goodbar*
*[[Maria Elizabeth Rothmann]] (1875–1975), South African writer
*[[Veronica Roth]] (born 1988), US novelist; *Divergent trilogy*
*[[Hannah Mary Rothschild]] (born 1962), English writer, philanthropist and documentary filmmaker
*[[Anne Rouse]] (born 1954), US-British poet
*[[Alma Routsong]] (Isabel Miller, 1924–1996), US novelist; *Patience and Sarah*
*[[Mary Rowlandson]] (1635–1711), US memoirist
*[[J. K. Rowling]] (born 1965), English novelist; *Harry Potter* series
*[[Susanna Rowson]] (1762–1824), English-US novelist, poet and playwright; *Charlotte Temple*, *Lucy Temple*
*[[Susanna Roxman]] (born 1946), English writer, poet and critic born in Sweden; *Imagining Seals*
*[[Arundhati Roy]] (born 1961), Indian novelist; 1997 [[Booker Prize]]; *The God of Small Things*
*[[Gabrielle Roy]] (1909–1983), Canadian novelist and journalist; *The Tin Flute*
*[[Lucinda Roy]] (born 1955), US-based British novelist
*[[S. J. Rozan]] (born 1950), US crime fiction writer; *Winter and Night*
*[[Pascale Roze]] (born 1954), French playwright and novelist
*[[Bernice Rubens]] (1928–2004), Welsh novelist; 1970 [[Booker Prize]]; *The Elected Member*
*[[Dina Rubina]] (born 1953), Russian writer; *The Blackthorn*
*[[Anne Rudloe]] (1947–2012), US marine biologist, Zen Buddhist
*[[Anneli Rufus]] (living), US journalist
*[[Muriel Rukeyser]] (1913–1980), US feminist poet
*[[Katherine Rundell]] (born 1987), English children's writer and dramatist
*[[Kristina Rungano]] (born 1963), Zimbabwean poet and short story writer
*[[Rona Rupert]] (1934–1995), South African writer
*[[Joanna Russ]] (born 1937), US fiction writer and essayist
*[[Diana E. H. Russell]] (born 1938), South African feminist writer and activist
*[[Karen Russell]] (born 1981), US fiction writer; *Swamplandia!*
*[[Rose Rwakasisi]] (born 1945), Ugandan editor, short story writer and educator
*[[Gig Ryan]] (born 1956), Australian poet
*[[Kay Ryan]] (born 1945), US poet and educator; 16th [[US Poet Laureate]]
*[[Marah Ellis Ryan]] (1860–1934), US novelist
*[[Nan Ryan]] (living), US writer of romance novels


== S ==

*[[Nelly Sachs]] (1891–1970), German poet and playwright; 1966 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
*[[Vita Sackville-West]] (1892–1962), English writer, poet and gardener
*[[Mary Sadler]] (born 1941), South African novelist
*[[Elif Safak]] (born 1971), Turkish writer
*[[Françoise Sagan]] (1935–2004), French playwright, novelist and screenwriter
*[[Mamta Sagar]] (born 1966), [[Kannada]] poet and playwright living in [[Bangalore]]
*[[Sarojini Sahoo]] (born 1956), Indian feminist writer and fiction writer; *Sensible Sensuality*, *The Dark Abode*
*[[Nandini Sahu]] (born 1973), Indian English poet, folklorist and academic
*[[Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin]] (1746–1830), novelist, playwright and children's writer: *see* Genlis
*[[Pirkko Saisio]] (born 1949), Finnish author, actress and director
*[[Arja Salafranca]] (born 1971), South African poet
*[[Nina Salaman]] (1877–1925), English poet and translator
*[[Excilia Saldaña]] (1946–1999), Afro-Cuban poet and children's writer
*[[Marta Salgado]],(born 1947), Afro-Chilean non-fiction
*[[Nino Salia]] (1898–1992), Georgian émigré historian active in France
*[[Blanaid Salkeld]] (1880–1959), Irish poet, dramatist and [[Salon (gathering)|salon hostess]]
*[[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]] (born 1950), US fiction writer, essayist and editor
*[[Lydie Salvayre]] (born 1948), French writer
*[[Fiona Sampson]] (born 1968), British poet and editor
*[[Lin Sampson]] (living), South African journalist
*[[Sonia Sanchez]] (born 1934), US poet, playwright and children's writer
*[[Milcha Sanchez-Scott]] (born 1953), US playwright
*[[George Sand]] (1804–1876), French novelist and playwright; *Indiana*
*[[Mari Sandoz]] (1896–1966), US fiction writer and biographer
*[[Sappho]] (c. 630–570 BC), Greek poet
*[[Dipti Saravanamuttu]] (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and journalist
*[[Tibors de Sarenom]] (c. 1130–post–1198), French poet writing in [[Occitania|Occitan]]
*[[Noo Saro-Wiwa]] (living), British-Nigerian travel writer
*[[Nathalie Sarraute]] (1900–1999), Russian-French novelist and essayist
*[[Homa Sarshar]] (living), Iranian-US author, feminist and journalist
*[[May Sarton]] (1912–1995), Belgian US poet, novelist and memoirist
*[[Marjane Satrapi]] (born 1969), Iranian graphic novelist
*[[Gerd Grønvold Saue]] (born 1930), Norwegian literary critic, novelist and hymnwriter
*[[Stephanie Saulter]] (living), Jamaican science fiction writer
*[[Sharon Savoy]] (living), US author
*[[Ruth Sawyer]] (1880–1970), US novelist and children's writer
*[[Robin Sax]] (born c. 1971), US true-crime author and commentator
*[[Dorothy L. Sayers]] (1893–1957), English mystery novelist, essayist, and short story writer; *Whose Body?*
*[[Oda Schaefer]] (1900–1988), German poet and journalist
*[[Riana Scheepers]] (born 1957), South African writer of children's books, short fiction and poetry
*[[Caroline Schelling]] (1763–1809), German essayist, critic and correspondent
*[[Stacy Schiff]] (born 1961), US non-fiction author and guest columnist; winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]
*[[Dorothea von Schlegel]] (1764–1839), German novelist and translator
*[[Eva Schloss]] (born 1929), Austrian Jewish memoirist and [[Holocaust]] survivor
*[[Elke Schmitter]] (born 1961), German novelist
*[[Pat Schneider]] (born 1934), US writer, poet and editor
*[[Diane Schoemperlen]] (born 1954), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Elizabeth of Schönau]] (1129–1165), German visionary writing in Latin
*[[Patricia Schonstein]] (born 1952), South African novelist, poet and children's author
*[[Jane Johnston Schoolcraft]] (1800–1842), US Indian writer of poetry and fiction
*[[Amalie Schoppe]] (1791–1858), German children's writer
*[[Olive Schreiner]] (1855–1920), South African novelist, allegorist and political writer
*[[Jenefer Shute]] (living), South African novelist
*[[Christine Schutt]] (born 1948), US fiction writer
*[[Simone Schwarz-Bart]] (born 1938), French playwright and novelist
*[[Sandra Scofield]] (born 1943), US novelist, essayist, and author of writers' guides
*[[Ann Scott]] (born 1965), French novelist
*[[Caroline Lucy Scott]] (1784–1857), English novelist and religious writer
*[[Cathy Scott]] (living), US true crime author, biographer and journalist; *The Killing of Tupac Shakur*
*[[Jane Scott (theater manager)|Jane Scott]] (c. 1779–1839), English theatre manager, performer and playwright
*[[Madeleine de Scudéry]] (1607–1701), French novelist
*[[Mary Seacole]] (1805–1881), British-Jamaican nurse and autobiographer
*[[Molly Elliot Seawell]] (1860–1916), US essayist, novelist and short story writer
*[[Alice Sebold]] (born 1963), US novelist; *The Lovely Bones*
*[[Amy Sedaris]] (born 1961), US actress, screenwriter and humorist
*[[Catharine Sedgwick]] (1789–1867), US novelist
*[[Lisa See]] (born 1955), Chinese-US novelist; *Snow Flower and the Secret Fan*
*[[Edith Segal]] (1902–1997), Jewish-US choreographer, poet and songwriter
*[[Anna Seghers]] (1900–1983), German novelist; *The Seventh Cross*
*[[Comtesse de Ségur]] (1799–1874), Russian-French novelist
*[[Taiye Selasi]] (born 1979), Nigerian-Ghanaian novelist
*[[Odete Semedo]] (born 1959), writer and educator from Guinea-Bissau
*[[Olive Senior]] (born 1941), Jamaican poet and fiction writer
*[[Danzy Senna]] (born 1970), US novelist
*[[Raquel Señoret]] (1922–1990), Chilean poet
*[[Ha Seong-nan]] (born 1967), Korean author
*[[Kim Seon-wu]] (born 1970), Korean poet
*[[Ruta Sepetys]] (born 1967), Lithuanian-US writer of historical fiction
*[[Nina Serrano]] (born 1934), US poet, writer and storyteller
*[[Kadija Sesay]] (living), British short-story writer, poet and editor
*[[Anya Seton]] (1904–1990), US historical fiction novelist
*[[Cynthia Propper Seton]] (1926–1982), US novelist and essayist
*[[Diane Setterfield]] (born 1964), English novelist; *The Thirteenth Tale*
*[[Mary Lee Settle]] (1918–2005), US novelist and memoirist; *Blood Tie*
*[[Anna Seward]] (1747–1809), English [[Romantic poetry|Romantic]] poet
*[[Anna Sewell]] (1820–1887), English novelist; *Black Beauty*
*[[Elizabeth Sewell]] (1919–2001), British-US poet, novelist, professor and critic
*[[Elizabeth Missing Sewell]] (1815–1906), English writer of religious and educational texts
*[[Anne Sexton]] (1928–1974), US poet; 1967 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Miranda Seymour]] (born 1948), English fiction and non-fiction writer
*[[Ippolita Maria Sforza]] (1446–1484), Italian writer (also wrote in Latin)
*[[Mary Ann Shaffer]] (1934–2008), US writer, editor and librarian; *The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society*
*[[Marietta Shaginyan]] (1888–1982), Soviet (Russian) writer and political activist; *Mess-Mend*
*[[Ruchoma Shain]] (1914–2013), author of *All for the Boss*
*[[Ntozake Shange]] (1948–2018), US playwright and novelist
*[[Jo Shapcott]] (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer
*[[Chava Shapiro]] (1876–1943), Ukrainian writer and journalist
*[[Emma Augusta Sharkey]] (1858–1802), US writer, journalist and novelist
*[[Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik]] (1874–1952), Russian writer and dramatist; *Deborah*
*[[Alice Sheldon]] (1915–1987), US fiction writer
*[[Mary Shelley]] (1797–1851), English novelist; *Frankenstein*
*[[Nan Shepherd]] (1893–1981), Scottish novelist and poet
*[[Verene Shepherd]] (born 1951), Jamaican academic
*[[Frances Sheridan]] (1724–1766), Irish novelist and playwright
*[[Dorothy Sherrill]] (1901–1990), US writer and illustrator of children's books
*[[Kate Brownlee Sherwood]] (1841–1914), US poet, journalist and translator
*[[Mary Martha Sherwood]] (1775–1851), English children's writer
*[[Carol Shields]] (1935–2003), US-Canadian novelist; 1995 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *The Stone Diaries*
*[[Izumi Shikibu]] (born c. 976), Japanese poet
*[[Murasaki Shikibu]] (c. 973–1014 or 1025), Japanese novelist and poet; *The Tale of Genji*
*[[Aki Shimazaki]] (born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator
*[[Kang Shin-jae]] (1924–2001), Korean novelist, essayist and playwright
*[[Sharon Shinn]] (born 1957), US novelist
*[[Irma Shiolashvili]] (born 1974), Georgian poet, translator and journalist
*[[Warsan Shire]] (born 1988), British writer, poet and editor
*[[Shirome]] (10th century), Japanese poet
*[[Maria Shkapskaya]] (1891–1952), Soviet poet and journalist
*[[Sei Shōnagon]] (965–1010), Japanese writer; *The Pillow Book*
*[[Lola Shoneyin]] (born 1974), Nigerian novelist and poet
*[[Fredegond Shove]] (1889–1949), English poet
*[[Zhu Shuzhen]] (c. 1135–1180), Chinese poet
*[[Marie-Louise Sibazuri]] (born 1960), Burundian writer
*[[Bapsi Sidhwa]] (born 1938), Pakistani novelist
*[[Mary Sidney]] (1561–1621), English translator, playwright and poet
*[[Gonnie Siegel]] (1928–2005), US feminist and business advisor
*[[Catherine of Siena]] (1347–1380), Italian nun, philosopher and theologian
*[[Joyce Sikakane]] (born 1943), South African journalist and activist
*[[Joan Silber]] (born 1945), US fiction writer
*[[Paula Slier]] (living), South African television, radio and print journalist
*[[Leslie Marmon Silko]] (born 1948), US-[[Laguna Pueblo]] fiction writer and poet; *Almanac of the Dead*
*[[Jindeok of Silla]] (fl. 647–654), Korean poet and queen
*[[Makeda Silvera]] (born 1955), Caribbean Canadian novelist and short-story writer
*[[Ruth Simpson (activist)|Ruth Simpson]] (1926–2008), US lesbian author, founder of first lesbian community center
*[[Laura Sims]], poet, author
*[[Jo Sinclair]] (1913–1995), pen name of Ruth Seid, Jewish-US writer
*[[May Sinclair]] (1862–1946), English novelist, poet and short story writer
*[[Ansuyah Ratipul Singh]] (1917–1978), South African medical doctor and writer
*[[Johanna Sinisalo]] (born 1958), Finnish science-fiction and fantasy writer
*[[Elinor Sisulu]] (born 1958), South African writer and activist
*[[Edith Sitwell]] (1887–1964), English poet
*[[Maj Sjöwall]] (born 1935), Swedish mystery novelist
*[[Rebecca Skloot]] (born 1972), US non-fiction science writer; *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks*
*[[Ann Masterman Skinn]] (1747–1789), English novelist
*[[Amalie Skram]] (1846–1905), Norwegian novelist and feminist; *Madam Høiers leiefolk*
*[[Vendela Skytte]] (1608–1627), Swedish writer
*[[Karin Slaughter]] (born 1971), US crime writer
*[[Barbara Sleigh]] (1906–1982), children's writer and broadcaster; *Carbonel* series
*[[Gillian Slovo]] (born 1952), South African novelist, playwright and memoirist
*[[Anna Smaill]] (born 1979), New Zealand poet and novelist; *The Chimes*
*[[Elizabeth Smart]] (1913–1986), Canadian novelist and poet; *By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept*
*[[Dorothea Smartt]] (born 1963), English poet
*[[Jane Smiley]] (born 1949), US novelist; 1992 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *A Thousand Acres*
*[[Ali Smith]] (born 1962), Scottish novelist
*[[Amanda Smith]] (1837–1915), US evangelist and autobiographer
*[[Betty Smith]] (1896–1972), US novelist; *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
*[[Charlene Leonora Smith]] (living), South African journalist and biographer of Nelson Mandela
*[[Charlotte Turner Smith]] (1749–1806), English poet and novelist
*[[Dodie Smith]] (1896–1990), English novelist and playwright; *I Capture the Castle*
*[[Doris Buchanan Smith]] (1934–2002), US children's novelist; *A Taste of Blackberries*
*[[Georgina Castle Smith]] (1845–1933), English children's writer and novelist
*[[Maggie Smith (poet)|Maggie Smith]] (born 1977), US poet, editor and writer
*[[Patti Smith]] (born 1946), US singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
*[[Pauline Smith]] (1882–1959), South African novelist
*[[Stevie Smith]] (1902–1971), English poet and novelist
*[[Tracy K. Smith]] (born 1972), African-US poet and educator; 2012 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Zadie Smith]] (born 1975), English fiction writer and essayist; *White Teeth*
*[[Saundra Smokes]] (1954–2012), US journalist and playwright
*[[Laura J. Snyder]] (born 1964), historian and biographer
*[[Yan-kit So]] (1933–2001), Chinese food historian and cookery expert
*[[Gaele Sobott]] (born 1956), Australian short story, children's, and non-fiction author
*[[Edith Södergran]] (1892–1923), Finland-Swedish poet
*[[Zulu Sofola]] (1935–1995), Nigerian playwright and dramatist
*[[Kang Sok-Kyong]] (born 1961), Korean author
*[[Adeola Solanke]] (living), British-Nigerian playwright and screenwriter
*[[Elizabeth Solopova]] (born 1965), British philologist and academic
*[[Cathy Song]] (born 1955), US poet
*[[Susan Sontag]] (1933–2004), US essayist and novelist
*[[Oh Soo-yeon (author)|Oh Soo-yeon]] (born 1964), Korean author and essayist
*[[Fuyumi Soryo]] (born 1959), Japanese manga writer
*[[María de Zayas y Sotomayor]] (born 1590), Spanish novelist
*[[Muriel Spark]] (1918–2006), Scottish novelist; *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie*
*[[Terry Spear]] (living), US romance novelist
*[[Vanessa Spence]] (born 1961), Jamaican novelist
*[[Anne Spencer]] (1882–1975), US poet
*[[Elizabeth Spencer (writer)|Elizabeth Spencer]] (1921–2019), US fiction writer
*[[Leonora Speyer]] (1872–1956), US poet and violinist; 1927 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Lina Spies]] (born 1939), South African poet
*[[Erica Spindler]] (1957), US writer of romantic thrillers and mystery novels
*[[Dana Spiotta]] (born 1966), US novelist
*[[Andrea Spofford]] (born 1986), poet and essayist
*[[Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford]] (1835–1921), US fiction writer and poet
*[[Johanna Spyri]] (1827–1901), Swiss children's writer; *Heidi*
*[[Mariah Srygler]] (born 1991), poet and short story writer
*[[Marilyn Stablein]] (born 1946), US poet, essayist and fiction writer
*[[Ilse von Stach]] (1879–1941), German playwright, novelist and poet
*[[Madame de Staël]] (1766–1817), Swiss-French novelist
*[[Jean Stafford]] (1915–1979), US fiction writer; 1970 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] (1815–1902), US feminist journalist and essayist
*[[Freya Stark]] (1893–1993), British travel writer
*[[Lilian Staveley]] (1878–1928), Christian writer and mystic publishing anonymously
*[[Christina Stead]] (1902–1983), Australian fiction writer; *The Man Who Loved Children*
*[[Danielle Steel]] (born 1947), US romance novelist
*[[Flora Annie Steel]] (1847–1929), English novelist
*[[Charlotte von Stein]] (1742–1827), German dramatist and friend of Goethe
*[[Gertrude Stein]] (1874–1946), US fiction writer, playwright and poet
*[[Joanne Stepaniak]] (born 1954), US [[vegan]] cookbook writer
*[[Jadene Felina Stevens]] (1947–2013), US poet
*[[Alzina Stevens]] (1849–1900), US labor leader and journalist
*[[Augusta Stevenson]] (1869–1976), writer of children's literature and a teacher
*[[Margo Taft Stever]], US poet
*[[Maria W. Stewart]] (1803–1897), US feminist lecturer and journalist
*[[Mary Stewart (novelist)|Mary Stewart]] (born 1916), English mystery and romance novelist
*[[Susan Stewart (poet)|Susan Stewart]] (born 1952), US poet, university professor and literary critic
*[[Maggie Stiefvater]] (born 1981), US young-adult fiction writer; *The Raven Cycle series*
*[[Ilka Stitz]] (born 1960), German historical thriller writer
*[[Wilma Stockenström]] (born 1933), South African writer, translator and actor
*[[Cynthia Stockley]] (1873–1936), South African novelist
*[[Ruth Stone]] (1915–2011), US poet
*[[Sam Stone]] (born 1965), English fiction writer and playwright
*[[Marie Stopes]] (1880–1958), English author, palaeobotanist and birth control advocate; *Married Love*
*[[Alfonsina Storni]] (1892–1938), Argentinian poet
*[[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] (1811–1836), US novelist; *Uncle Tom's Cabin*
*[[Susan Straight]] (born 1960), US fiction writer, essayist and academic
*[[Hesba Stretton]] (1832–1911), English children's writer
*[[Agnes Strickland]] (1796–1874), English history writer and poet
*[[Eva Strittmatter]] (1930–2011), German poet and children's writer
*[[Rashida Strober]] (living), US playwright
*[[Elizabeth Strout]] (born 1956), US fiction writer; 2009 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *Olive Kitteridge*
*[[Jan Struther]] (1901–1953), Scottish-English hymn writer and novelist; *Mrs Miniver*
*[[Andrea Stuart]] (born 1968), Barbadian-British historian, biographer and journalist
*[[Lady Louisa Stuart]] (1757–1851), English memoirist and letter writer
*[[Toni Stuart]] (born 1983), South African poet
*[[Elizabeth Stumm|Mrs C. C. Stumm]] (born 1857), African-US journalist
*[[Sarah Stup]] (born 1983), US writer
*[[Meridel Le Sueur]] (1900–1996), US journalist and novelist
*[[Heo Su-gyeong]] (born 1964), Korean poet
*[[Azalia Suhaimi]] (born 1985), Malaysian poet, writer
*[[Sulpicia I]] (fl. 1st century BC), Augustan poet
*[[Sulpicia II]] (fl. 1st century AD), satirist
*[[Merna Summers]] (born 1933), Canadian short story writer
*[[Jacqueline Susann]] (1918–1974), US novelist
*[[Efua Sutherland]] (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, children's author and dramatist
*[[Esi Sutherland-Addy]] (living), academician, writer, educationalist and human rights activist
*[[Shahnaz Fatmi]] (born 1949), Urdu and Hindi poet
*[[Bertha von Suttner]] (1843–1914), Austrian novelist and [[Nobel Prize]] winner
*[[Han Suyin]] (1916–2012), Chinese novelist, memoirist and essayist; *A Many-Splendoured Thing*
*[[Anni Swan]] (1875–1958), Finnish author of children's books, journalist and translator
*[[May Swenson]] (1913–1989), US poet and playwright
*[[Sydney, Lady Morgan]] (1781–1859), Irish novelist; *The Wild Irish Girl*
*[[Magda Szabó]] (1917–2007), Hungarian novelist, poet and playwright; *The Door*
*[[Mária Szepes]] (1908–2007), Hungarian esoteric and science-fiction novelist
*[[Wisława Szymborska]] (1923–2012), Polish poet
<br />

== T ==
 
*[[Gladys Taber]] (1899–1980), US novelist and nature writer
*[[Maria Tacu]] (1949–2010), Romanian poet and prose writer
*[[Véronique Tadjo]] (born 1955), Côte d'Ivoire poet, novelist and artist
*[[Valerie Tagwira]] (living), Zimbabwean novelist
*[[Ise no Taiu]] or Taifu (early 11th century), Japanese poet
*[[Princess Tajima]] (died 708), Japanese poet
*[[Lisa Takeba]] (born 1983), Japanese screenwriter
*[[Jill Talbot]] (born 1970), US fiction and non-fiction writer and poet
*[[Amy Tan]] (born 1952), US novelist; *The Joy Luck Club*
*[[Meca Tanaka]] (born 1976), Japanese manga writer
*[[Shelley Tanaka]] (living), Canadian non-fiction children's writer
*[[Xue Tao]] (768–831), Chinese poet
*[[Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya]] (1891–1968), Soviet Russian poet, playwright and children's author
*[[Sooni Taraporevala]] (born 1957), Indian screenwriter and photographer
*[[Lisa Ysaye Tarleau]] (1885–1952), US short story author
*[[Judith Tarr]] (born 1955), US author; *The Hound and the Falcon*
*[[Donna Tartt]] (born 1963), US novelist; 2014 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Glenda R. Taylor]] (born 1955), US scholar and poet
*[[Ann Taylor (poet)|Ann Taylor]] (1782–1866), English poet and critic
*[[Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)|Elizabeth Taylor]] (1912–1975), English fiction writer; *Angel*
*[[Jane Taylor (poet)|Jane Taylor]] (1783–1824), English poet and novelist; "[[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star]]"
*[[Susie Taylor]] (1848–1912), US teacher and memoir writer
*[[Teresia Teaiwa]] (1968–2017), [[Kiribati|I-Kiribati]] and US poet and academic
*[[Roma Tearne]] (born 1954), Sri Lankan novelist and artist
*[[Sara Teasdale]] (1884–1933), US [[lyric poetry|lyrical poet]]
*[[Nadezhda Teffi]] (1872–1952), Russian-Soviet writer; *Close Friends*
*[[Anyte of Tegea]] (fl. early 3rd century BC), Greek poet
*[[Telesilla]] (fl. 510 BC), Greek poet
*[[Olena Teliha]] (1906–1942), Ukrainian poet
*[[Ana Tena]] (born 1966), Spanish writer in Ribagorçan Aragonese
*[[Claudine Guérin de Tencin]] (1682–1749), French literary patron and novelist
*[[Lourdes Teodoro]] (born 1946), Afro-Brazilian poet and academic
*[[Lisa St Aubin de Terán]] (born 1953), English novelist and memoirist; *Keepers of the House*
*[[Mary Church Terrell]] (1863–1954), African-US activist and journalist
*[[Josephine Tey]] (1896–1952), Scottish mystery novelist
*[[Celia Thaxter]] (1835–1894), US writer of poetry and stories
*[[Madeleine Thien]] (born 1974), Canadian fiction writer; *Do Not Say We Have Nothing*
*[[Audrey Thomas]] (born 1935), Canadian fiction writer
*[[Elean Thomas]] (1947–2004), Jamaican poet, novelist, journalist and activist
*[[Elizabeth Thomas (poet/novelist)|Elizabeth Thomas]] (1770/1771–1855), English Gothic novelist and religious poet
*[[Louie Myfanwy Thomas]] (1908–68), Welsh writer and novelist
*[[Judith Thompson]] (born 1954), Canadian playwright; *Lion in the Streets*
*[[Samantha Thornhill]] (living), Trinidadian poet and author
*[[Margaret Farrand Thorp]] (1891–1970), author, English professor and journalist
*[[Rose Hartwick Thorpe]] (1850–1939), US poet and writer
*[[Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir]] (1845–1918), Icelandic fiction writer
*[[Hester Thrale]] (Mrs Piozzi, 1741–1821), English diarist and author; *Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson*
*[[Fu Tianlin]] (born 1946), Chinese poet
*[[Petronella Johanna de Timmerman]] (1723–1786), Dutch poet and scientist
*[[Lillian Tindyebwa]] (living), Ugandan writer
*[[Nino Tkeshelashvili]] (1874–1956) - Georgian (country) children's author and suffragist
*[[Miriam Tlali]] (born 1933), South African novelist
*[[Miriam Toews]] (born 1964), Canadian novelist
*[[Ekaterine Togonidze]] (born 1981) Georgian journalist, novelist and activist 
*[[Laura Tohe]] (born 1952), Native US author
*[[Olga Tokarczuk]] (born 1962), Polish writer and poet; Nobel prizewinner (2018)
*[[Lynn Toler]] (born 1958), US lawyer and arbitrator in the court series *Divorce Court*
*[[Tatyana Tolstaya]] (born 1951), Russian TV presenter, novelist and essayist
*[[Angela Topping]] (born 1954), English poet, literary critic and author
*[[Elena Topuridze]] (1922–2004), Georgian philosopher and non-fiction writer
*[[Fatma Aliye Topuz]] (1862–1936), Turkish Muslim novelist
*[[Lucrezia Tornabuoni]] (1425–1482), Italian poet
*[[Catharine Parr Traill]] (1802–1899), English-Canadian author and naturalist
*[[Clara Augusta Jones Trask]] (1839–1905), US writer
*[[P. L. Travers]] (1889–1996), Australian-British writer of *Mary Poppins* books
*[[Carmen Clemente Travieso]] (1900–1983), Venezuelan journalist and women's biographer
*[[Natasha Trethewey]] (born 1966), US poet; Mississippi Poet Laureate, winner of 2007 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Terra Trevor]] (living), US writer
*[[Adriana Trigiani]] (living), Italian-US writer and filmmaker
*[[Sarah Trimmer]] (1741–1810), English children's writer and critic
*[[Flora Tristan]] (1803–1844), French socialist writer, feminist and activist
*[[Frances Trollope]] (1779–1863), English novelist and travel writer; *Domestic Manners of the Americans*
*[[Joanna Trollope]] (born 1943), English novelist
*[[Catherine Trotter]] (1679–1749), Scottish-English novelist, playwright and philosopher
*[[Trotula]] (11th–12th century), Spanish writer on women's medicine in Latin
*[[Jean Trounstine]], activist, author and professor emerita
*[[Meta Truscott]] (1917–2014), Australian diarist and Ashgrove historian
*[[Sojourner Truth]] (1797–1883), US feminist; *Ain't I a Woman?*
*[[Máire Mhac an tSaoi]] (born 1922), Irish-language scholar, poet and writer
*[[To-wen Tseng]] (living), Chinese-US writer, journalist and children's writer
*[[Mariam Tsiklauri]] (born 1960), Georgian poet, children's author and translator
*[[Marina Tsvetaeva]] (1892–1941), Russian poet
*[[Barbara W. Tuchman]] (1912–1989), US author and historian; *The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam*
*[[Lily Tuck]] (born 1938), US fiction writer; *The News from Paraguay*
*[[Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli]] (1849–1932), Georgian writer, educator and influential feminist
*[[Evgenia Tur]] (1815–1892), Russian novelist and literary critic; *Antonina*
*[[Megan Whalen Turner]] (born 1965), US fantasy writer
*[[Agata Tuszynska]] (born 1957), Polish writer, poet and journalist
*[[Flora May Woodard Tuttle]] (1868–1931) American writer and journalist
*[[Diana Tutton]] (1915–1991), English novelist
*[[Violet Tweedale]] (1862–1936), Scottish writer and poet
*[[Chase Twichell]] (born 1950), US poet, professor and publisher
*[[Hilda Twongyeirwe]] (living), Ugandan writer and editor
*[[Anne Tyler]] (born 1941), US fiction writer and literary critic; 1989 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]; *The Accidental Tourist*


== U ==

*[[Rosana Ubanell]] (born 1958), Spanish journalist and detective novelist
*[[Bahriye Üçok]] (1919–1990), Turkish academic, writer and women's rights activist
*[[Julia Urquidi]] (1926–2010), Nigerian memoirist
*[[Brenda Ueland]] (1891–1985), US-Norwegian writer, journalist and teacher; *If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit*
*[[Zoila Ugarte de Landívar]] (1864–1969), Ecuadorian journalist, editor and suffragist
*[[Jenny Uglow]] (born 1940s), English biographer
*[[Dubravka Ugrešić]] (born 1949), Croatian novelist
*[[Hebe Uhart]] (born 1936), Argentine fiction writer
*[[Uhwudong]] (c.1440–1480), Korean writer, poet and dancer
*[[Lesya Ukrainka]] (1871–1913), Ukrainian poet
*[[Adaora Lily Ulasi]] (born 1932), Nigerian novelist and journalist
*[[Leonora Christina Ulfeldt]] (1621–1698), Danish author; *Jammers Minde*
*[[Anya Ulinich]] (born 1973), Russian writer; *Petropolis*
*[[Lyudmila Ulitskaya]] (born 1943), Russian writer; *Medea and Her Children*
*[[Linn Ullmann]] (born 1966), Norwegian novelist, critic and journalist
*[[Regina Ullmann]] (1884–1961), Swiss poet writing in German
*[[Rosina Umelo]] (born 1930), Nigerian short story and children's writer
*[[Luz María Umpierre]] (born 1947), Puerto Rican poet, critic and human rights activist
*[[Lily Unden]] (1908–1989), Luxembourg poet and painter
*[[Marie Under]] (1883–1980), Estonian poet
*[[Terry Underwood]] (born 1944), Australian author
*[[Sigrid Undset]] (1882–1949), Norwegian novelist and 1928 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]-winner; *Kristin Lavransdatter*
*[[Chika Unigwe]] (born 1974), Nigerian fiction writer
*[[Jane Unrue]] (living), US writer and educator
*[[Makerita Urale]] (fl. 1990s), New Zealand playwright, producer and documentary director
*[[Azucena Grajo Uranza]] (1929–2012), Filipino fiction writer and playwright
*[[Ellen Urbani]] (born 1969), US author
*[[Joan Ure]] (1918–1978), Scottish poet and playwright
*[[Ofelia Uribe de Acosta]] (1900–1988), Colombian suffragist, journalist and editor
*[[Jane Urquhart]] (born 1949), Canadian novelist and poet; *The Stone Carvers*
*[[Julia Urquidi]] (1926–2010), Bolivian memoirist
*[[Lourdes Urrea]] (born 1954), Mexican poet, novelist and young adult writer
*[[Arantxa Urretabizkaia]] (born 1947), Spanish Basque-language novelist, screenwriter and poet
*[[Matilde Urrutia]] (1912–1985), Chilean memoirist
*[[Shereen Usdin]] (born 1962), South African writer
*[[Carmina Useros]] (1928–2017), Spanish writer, ceramicist and painter
*[[O. V. Usha]] (born 1948), Malayalam poet and fiction writer
*[[Ayu Utami]] (born 1968), Indonesian novelist, short story writer
*[[Kaari Utrio]] (born 1942), Finnish novelist; *Isabella*
*[[Arja Uusitalo]] (born 1951), Finnish poet and journalist
*[[Bea Uusma]] (born 1966), Swedish children's and non-fiction writer and medical doctor
*[[Uvavnuk]] (fl. early 20th century), Canadian Inuit poet
*[[Mellie Uyldert]] (1908–2009), Dutch astrologer and esoteric writer
*[[Buket Uzuner]] (born 1955), Turkish fiction and travel writer


== V ==

*[[Celestine Vaite]] (born 1966), Tahiti novelist
*[[Matrena Vakhrusheva]] (1918–2000), Soviet-Russian Mansi poet and storyteller
*[[Katri Vala]] (1901–1944), Finnish poet
*[[Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez]] (born 1969), US novelist, journalist and screenwriter
*[[Aline Valek]] (born 1986), Brazilian writer, novelist and illustrator
*[[Elcina Valencia]] (born 1963), Colombian teacher and poet
*[[Elvira Farreras i Valentí]] (1913–2005), Spanish writer
*[[Jean Valentine]] (born 1934), US poet; New York State Poet Laureate
*[[Luisa Valenzuela]] (born 1938), Argentinian fiction writer
*[[Jennifer Vanasco]] (born 1971), US columnist and journalist
*[[Jane Vandenburgh]] (born 1948), US novelist, memoirist and non-fiction writer
*[[Galina Varlamova]] (born 1951), Evenk philologist in Russian, Evenk and Yakut
*[[Mahadevi Varma]] (1906–1987), Indian [[Hindi]] poet, freedom fighter and educationist
*[[Rahel Varnhagen]] (1771–1833), German essayist and correspondent
*[[Ana Vásquez-Bronfman]] (1931–2009) Chilean-French novelist and sociologist
*[[Marie Vassiltchikov]] (1917–1978), wartime Berlin diarist
*[[Mâliâraq Vebæk]] (1917–2012), Greenlandic translator, ethnographer and novelist
*[[Tatiana Vedenska]] (born 1976), Russian novelist
*[[Janine Pommy Vega]] (1942–2010), US poet associated with [[Beat generation]]
*[[Yvonne Vera]] (1964–2005), Zimbabwean novelist
*[[Anastasiya Verbitskaya]] (1861–1928), Russian novelist and dramatist; *Keys to Happiness*
*[[Caroline Vermalle]] (born 1973), thriller and historical novelist
*[[Seda Vermisheva]] (born 1932), Armenian-born Russian poet, economist and activist
*[[Octavia Walton Le Vert]] (1811–1877), US writer
*[[Lidia Veselitskaya]] (1857–1936), Russian novelist; *Mimi's Marriage*
*[[Pilar de Vicente-Gella]] (1942–2016), Spanish writer
*[[Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand]] (1697–1780), French correspondent
*[[Soledad Fariña Vicuña]] (born 1943), Chilean poet
*[[Clara Viebig]] (1862–1952), German novelist and playwright
*[[Marie Vieux-Chauvet]] (1916–1973), Haitian novelist, poet and playwright
*[[Frida Vigdorova]] (1915–1965), Russian journalist and novelist
*[[Monica Vikström-Jokela]] (born 1960), [[Swedish-speaking Finns|Finnish-Swedish]] television scriptwriter and author
*[[Maruxa Vilalta]] (born 1932), Mexican playwright
*[[Marko Vovchok|Mariya Vilinska]] (1833–1907), Russian-Ukrainian novelist and translator
*[[Clara Villarosa]] (born 1930), US entrepreneur and writer
*[[Marie-Catherine de Villedieu]] (1640–1683), French playwright and fiction writer
*[[Phillippa Yaa de Villiers]] (born 1966), South African poet and performance artist
*[[Louise Leveque de Vilmorin]] (1902–1969), French novelist, poet and journalist
*[[Elene Virsaladze]] (1911–1977), Georgian folklorist
*[[Jenny Visser-Hooft]] (1888–1939), Dutch traveler, mountaineer and writer
*[[Renée Vivien]] (1877–1909), French poet
*[[Helen Vlachos]] (1911–1995), Greek journalist, newspaper publisher and autobiographer
*[[Clara Voghan]] (born 1957), Argentinian romance writer
*[[Ellen Bryant Voigt]] (born 1943), US poet and essayist
*[[Zinaida Volkonskaya]] (1792–1862), Russian poet, short story writer and playwright
*[[Hava Volovich]] (1916–2000), Russian memoirist, actress and Gulag survivor
*[[Élisabeth Vonarburg]] (born 1947), French science fiction novelist
*[[Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova]] (1743–1810), Russian memoirist
*[[Marko Vovchok]] (1833–1907), Russian-Ukrainian writer; *Ukrainian Folk Tales*
*[[Julia Voznesenskaya]] (born 1940), Soviet-Russian writer; *The Women's Decameron*
*[[Susanna de Vries]] (born 1936), Australian biographer
*[[Jurgen Vsych]] (born 1966), US director and screenwriter
*[[Anna Vyrubova]] (1884–1964), Russian memoirist


== W ==

*[[Kit de Waal]] (born 1960), British-Irish novelist
*[[Charity Waciuma]] (born 1936), Kenyan novelist
*[[Elizabeth Wagele]] (1939–2017), US author and cartoonist
*[[Diane Wakoski]] (born 1937), US poet
*[[Kate Walbert]] (born 1961), US fiction writer
*[[Anne Waldman]] (born 1945), US poet
*[[Rosmarie Waldrop]] (born 1935), US poet, translator and publisher
*[[Alice Walker]] (born 1944), US fiction writer and poet; *The Color Purple*
*[[Margaret Walker]] (1915–1998), US poet and novelist
*[[Mildred Walker]] (1905–1998), US novelist
*[[Rebecca Walker]] (born 1969), US writer, feminist and activist
*[[Doreen Wallace]] (1897–1989), English novelist
*[[Effie Waller Smith]] (1879–1960), African-US poet
*[[Jeannette Walls]] (born 1960), US writer and journalist; *The Glass Castle*
*[[María Elena Walsh]] (1930–2011), Argentine poet, novelist and playwright
*[[Ania Walwicz]] (born 1951), Australian poet
*[[Shangguan Wan'er]] (c. 664–710), Chinese poet and prose writer
*[[Ayeta Anne Wangusa]] (born 1971), Ugandan writer and activist
*[[Zukiswa Wanner]] (born 1976), South African journalist and novelist
*[[Harriet Ward]] (1808–1873), non-fiction and fiction set in South Africa
*[[Jesmyn Ward]] (born 1977), US novelist and academic; *Salvage the Bones*
*[[Mary Augusta Ward]] (Mrs Humphrey Ward, 1851–1920), English novelist
*[[Gertrude Chandler Warner]] (1890–1979), US children's writer
*[[Susan Warner]] (1819–1885), US children's writer and songwriter
*[[Myriam Warner-Vieyra]] (1939–2017), Guadeloupe poet and novelist
*[[Dianne Warren]] (born 1950), Canadian fiction writer and playwright
*[[Wendy Wasserstein]] (1950–2006), US playwright
*[[Sarah Waters]] (born 1966), Welsh novelist; *Fingersmith*
*[[Fiona Watt (author)|Fiona Watt]] (living), English children's author
*[[Margaret Way]] (living), Australian author of [[romance novels]]
*[[Catherine Webb]] (born 1986), British novelist
*[[Mary Webb]] (1881–1927), English novelist; *Precious Bane*
*[[Delia Weber]] (1900–1982) Dominican Republic writer, artist and women's rights advocate
*[[Ellen Lenneck]] (Helene Weichardt, 1851–1880), German fiction writer
*[[Anna Weidenholzer]] (born 1984), Austrian writer and journalist
*[[Simone Weil]] (1909–1943), French mystic and philosopher
*[[Hannah Weiner]] (1928–1997), US poet
*[[Jane Meade Welch]] (1854–1931), US journalist and lecturer
*[[Fay Weldon]] (born 1931), English author, essayist and playwright; *The Life and Loves of a She-Devil*
*[[Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington|Dorothy Wellesley]] (1889–1956), English poet
*[[Charlotte Fowler Wells]] (1814–1901), US phrenologist and publisher
*[[Ida B. Wells]] (1862–1931), African-US journalist and sociologist
*[[Martha Wells]] (born 1964), US novelist
*[[Eudora Welty]] (1909–2001), US fiction writer and photographer
*[[Viola S. Wendt]] (1907–1986), US poet and educator
*[[Cai Wenji]] (born AD 177), Chinese poet and composer
*[[Zhuo Wenjun]] (Wen Jun, 2nd century BC), Chinese poet
*[[Timberlake Wertenbaker]] (born 1946), US-English playwright, screenwriter, and translator; *Our Country's Good*
*[[Dorothy West]] (1907–1998), US fiction writer
*[[Jane West]] (1758–1852), English novelist, poet and playwright
*[[Jessamyn West (writer)|Jessamyn West]] (1902–1984), US fiction writer; *The Friendly Persuasion*
*[[Rebecca West]] (1892–1983), English novelist, essayist, and travel writer; *Black Lamb and Grey Falcon*
*[[Amy Westervelt]] (born 1978), journalist and writer
*[[Anne Wharton]] (1659–1685), English poet
*[[Edith Wharton]] (1862–1937), US fiction writer; *The Age of Innocence*
*[[Leslie What]] (born 1955), US fiction writer
*[[Phillis Wheatley]] (1753–1784), US poet
*[[Dorothy Whipple]] (1893–1966), English novelist
*[[Evelyn Whitaker]] (1857–1903), English novelist
*[[Antonia White]] (1899–1980), English fiction writer
*[[Dorothy White]] (c. 1630–1686), English religious writer
*[[Ellen White]] (1827–1915), US evangelist and prophetess
*[[Lilian Whiting]] (1847–1942), US journalist and author
*[[Isabella Whitney]] (born c. 1540), English poet
*[[Phyllis A. Whitney]] (born 1903), US mystery novelist
*[[Nancy Wicker]] (living), US art historian
*[[Anna Wickham]] (1884–1947), English poet
*[[Zoë Wicomb]] (born 1948), South African fiction writer
*[[Margaret Widdemer]] (1884–1978), US poet and novelist
*[[Ulrika Widström]] (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator
*[[Elisabeth of Wied]] (pen name Carmen Sylva, 1843–1916), poet, playwright and Queen Consort of Romania
*[[Kate Douglas Wiggin]] (1856–1923), US educator and children's author
*[[Marianne Wiggins]] (born 1947), US novelist
*[[Susan Wiggs]] (born 1958), US novelist
*[[Krysty Wilson-Cairns]] (born 1987), Scottish screenwriter
*[[Ella Wheeler Wilcox]] (1850–1919), US poet
*[[Lynn Wilder]] (born 1952), US author
*[[Charlotte Wilder]] (1898–1980), US poet
*[[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] (1867–1957), US children's writer; *Little House on the Prairie*
*[[Kate Wilhelm]] (1928–2018), US fiction writer
*[[Sandrine Willems]] (born 1968), writer
*[[Helen Maria Williams]] (1762–1827), English novelist and poet
*[[Margery Williams]] (1881–1944) English-US children's writer; *The Velveteen Rabbit*
*[[Sherley Anne Williams]] (1944–1999), US poet and novelist
*[[Mabel Williamson]] (fl. mid–20th century), US missionary
*[[Connie Willis]] (born 1945), US science fiction writer
*[[Elizabeth Willis]] (born 1961), US poet, literary critic and professor
*[[Harriet E. Wilson]] (1825–1900), US novelist
*[[Hazel Hutchins Wilson]] (1898–1992), US children's writer and librarian
*[[Jacqueline Wilson]] (born 1945), English children's writer
*[[Margaret Wilson (novelist)|Margaret Wilson]] (1882–1973), US novelist; 1924 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]
*[[Sarah Winnemucca]] (1841–1891), US lecturer and autobiographer
*[[Kathleen Winter]] (born 1960), Canadian fiction writer, columnist and television screenwriter
*[[Jeanette Winterson]] (born 1959), English novelist
*[[Jane Wiseman]] (c. 1682–1717), English poet and playwright
*[[Monique Wittig]] (1935–2003), French writer and feminist
*[[Maria Petronella Woesthoven]] (1760–1830), Dutch poet
*[[Gabriele Wohmann]] (1932–2015), German fiction writer
*[[Christa Wolf]] (1929–2011), German novelist, critic and essayist
*[[Leslie Wolfe]] (born 1967), US novelist
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797), English novelist and feminist; *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman*
*[[Claire Wolniewicz]] (born 1966), French writer and journalist
*[[Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley]] (1872–1936), English garden writer
*[[Buffalo Bird Woman]] (1839–1932), Native US [[Hidatsa]] writer
*[[Jade Snow Wong]] (1922–2006), US ceramic artist and autobiographer
*[[Nellie Wong]] (born 1934), Chinese-US feminist poet; *Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park*
*[[Ellen Wood (author)|Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood]] (1814–1887), English novelist; *East Lynne*
*[[Jacqueline Woodson]] (born 1963), US children's and young-adult writer; *Miracle's Boys*
*[[Virginia Woolf]] (1882–1941), English novelist and essayist; *Mrs. Dalloway*, *To the Lighthouse*
*[[Abba Goold Woolson]] (1838–1921), US writer
*[[Constance Fenimore Woolson]] (1840–1894), US fiction writer
*[[Chun Woon-young]] (born 1971), Korean author
*[[Dorothy Wordsworth]] (1771–1855), English poet and diarist
*[[Elizabeth Strong Worthington]] (1851–1916), US writer
*[[C. D. Wright]] (born 1949), US poet
*[[Judith Wright]] (1915–2000), Australian poet
*[[Mary Tappan Wright]] (1851–1916), US fiction writer
*[[Lady Mary Wroth]] (1587–1652), English poet
*[[Audrey Wurdemann]] (1911–1960), US poet; won 1935 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]
*[[Elinor Wylie]] (1885–1928), US poet and novelist
*[[Sylvia Wynter]] (born 1928), Jamaican novelist, dramatist and critic


== X ==

*[[Xi Xi]] (born 1938), Chinese novelist and poet
*[[Xia Jia]] (born 1984), Chinese science-fiction and fantasy writer
*[[Xiao Hong]] (1911–1942), Chinese writer
*[[Xie Daoyun]] (before 340 – after 399), Chinese poet and scholar
*[[Bing Xin]] (1900–1999), Chinese writer
*[[Yu Xuanji]] (844–869 or 871), Chinese poet
*[[Xu Hui]] (627–650), Chinese poet
*[[Xu Kun]] (born 1965), Chinese postmodern fiction writer
*[[Lady Xu Mu]] (fl. 7th century BC), Chinese poet
*[[Xu Zihua]] (1873–1935), Chinese poet
*[[Halima Xudoyberdiyeva]] (born 1947), [[Uzbek people|Uzbek]] poet; People's Poet of Uzbekistan
*[[Xue Susu]] (c.1564–1650?), Chinese poet
*[[Xue Tao]] (768–831), Chinese poet and courtesan
*[[Xue Xinran]] (born 1958), Chinese journalist and author
*[[Rao Xueman]] (born 1972), Chinese fiction writer and essayist


== Y ==

*[[Rama Yade]] (born 1976), Senegalese politician and non-fiction writer
*[[Elham Yaghoubian]] (living), Iranian novelist
*[[Hisaye Yamamoto]] (1921–2011), Japanese-US short story writer
*[[Karen Tei Yamashita]] (born 1951), US novelist, playwright and academic; *Tropic of Orange*
*[[Empress Yamato]] (fl. later 7th century), Japanese poet
*[[Wakako Yamauchi]] (1924–2018), Japanese-US writer
*[[Hanya Yanagihara]] (born 1974), US novelist and travel writer; *A Little Life*
*[[Yang Gui-ja]] (born 1955), Korean novelist
*[[Tiphanie Yanique]] (born 1978), Caribbean-US fiction writer, poet and essayist
*[[Laura Yasán]] (born 1960), Argentine poet
*[[Chista Yasrebi]] (born 1968), Iranian writer, critic and translator
*[[Paula Yates]] (1959–2000), English television presenter and non-fiction writer
*[[Yana Yazova]] (Lyuba Todorova Gancheva, 1912–1974), Bulgarian poet and historical novelist
*[[Ann Yearsley]] (1753–1806), English poet, novelist and playwright
*[[Tatyana Yesenina]] (1918–1992), Russian novelist, journalist and memoirist
*[[Anna Yevreinova]] (1844–1919), Russian feminist writer, editor and letter writer
*[[Anzia Yezierska]] (1883–1970), Polish-US fiction writer
*[[Yi Geun-hwa]] (born 1976), Korean poet, educator
*[[Yi Kyoung-ja]] (born 1948), Korean fiction writer
*[[Gullu Yologlu]] (born 1963), Azerbaijani non-fiction writer and ethnologist
*[[Charlotte M. Yonge]] (1823–1901), English novelist; *The Heir of Redclyffe*
*[[Yoo An-jin]] (born 1941), Korean poet, essayist and educator
*[[Akiko Yosano]] (1878–1942), Japanese poet
*[[Banana Yoshimoto]] (born 1964), Japanese novelist
*[[Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova]] (born 1941), Bulgarian journalist, essayist and poet
*[[Ella Young]] (1867–1956), poet, Celtic mythologist and children's writer
*[[Yolanda Young]] (born 1968), US author and journalist
*[[Marguerite Young]] (1908–1995), US novelist, poet and academic; *Miss MacIntosh, My Darling*
*[[So Young-en]] (born 1943), Korea author
*[[Kang Young-sook]] (born 1966), Korean author
*[[Marguerite Yourcenar]] (1903–1987), Belgian-French novelist and essayist; *Memoirs of Hadrian*
*[[Yovanna]] (born 1940), Greek poet, novelist and songwriter
*[[Mallika Yunis]] (living), Indian novelist
*[[Sim Yunkyung]] (born 1972), Korean novelist
*[[Rose al Yusuf]] (1898–1958), Egyptian actress and journalist


== Z ==

*[[Oksana Zabuzhko]] (born 1960), Ukrainian poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
*[[Rachel Zadok]] (living), South African novelist
*[[Jessica Zafra]] (born 1965), Filipino essayist, columnist
*[[Helen Zahavi]] (born 1966), British writer; *Dirty Weekend*
*[[Anna Zahorska]] (1882–1942), Polish poet, novelist and playwright
*[[Stefania Zahorska]] (1890–1961), Polish novelist, historian and non-fiction writer
*[[Shama Zaidi]] (born 1938), Indian art critic, screenwriter and filmmaker
*[[Zahida Zaidi]] (1930–2011), Indian poet, playwright and educator
*[[Lyubov Zakharchenko]] (1961–2008), Russian poet and songwriter
*[[Maria Julia Zaleska]] (1831–1889), Polish fiction writer and essayist
*[[Māra Zālīte]] (born 1952), Latvian poet and publisher
*[[Dina Zaman]] (1969), Malaysian short story writer, essayist and columnist
*[[María Zambrano]] (1904–1991), Spanish essayist and philosopher
*[[Daisy Zamora]] (born 1950), Nicaraguan poet
*[[Fatma Zohra Zamoum]] (born 1967), Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator
*[[Adela Zamudio]] (1854–1928), Bolivian poet, feminist and educator
*[[Giovanna Zangrandi]] (1910–1988), Italian novelist
*[[Giselda Zani]] (1909–1975), Italian-born poet, fiction writer and critic
*[[Maya Zankoul]] (born 1986), Lebanese artist, cartoonist and novelist
*[[Léontine Zanta]] (1872–1942), French novelist and feminist
*[[Gabriela Zapolska]] (1860–1921), Polish novelist, playwright and naturalist
*[[Ayşe Nur Zarakolu]] (1946–2002), Turkish publisher and human rights advocate
*[[Carol Zardetto]] (living), Guatemalan novelist and theater critic
*[[Shaïda Zarumey]] (born 1938), Nigerian sociologist and poet
*[[Zyranna Zateli]] (born 1951), Greek fiction and non-fiction writer
*[[Marya Zaturenska]] (1902–1982), US poet; won 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
*[[Iris Zavala]] (born 1936), Puerto Rican poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
*[[María de Zayas]] (1590–1661), Spanish pioneer of literary feminism
*[[Amina Zaydan]] (born 1966), Egyptian fiction writer
*[[Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak]] (born 1979), Polish poet, journalist and social scientist
*[[Zdenka Žebre]] (born 1929), Slovenian novelist and children's writer
*[[Alki Zei]] (born 1925), Greek novelist and children's writer
*[[Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny]] (born 1973), Mexican fiction writer
*[[Hana Zelinová]] (1914–2004), Slovak fiction writer and playwright
*[[Eva Zeller]] (born 1923), German poet and novelist
*[[Luisa Zeni]] (1896–1940), Italian writer
*[[Irena Žerjal]] (born 1940), Slovenian poet, novelist and translator
*[[Wu Zetian]] (624–705), Chinese poet, essayist and [[Queen regnant|Empress regnant]]
*[[Zuzka Zguriška]] (1900–1984), Slovak novelist, playwright and translator
*[[Yulia Zhadovskaya]] (1824–1883), Russian poet and novelist
*[[Zhai Yongming]] (born 1955), Chinese poet
*[[Empress Zhangsun]] (601–636), Chinese moralist; *Examples for Women*
*[[Ban Zhao]] (45–116 CE), first female Chinese historian; *Lessons for Women*
*[[Vera Zhelikhovsky]] (1835–1896), Russian writer; *The General's Will*
*[[Polina Zherebtsova]] (born 1985), Russian poet and diarist; *Ant in a Glass Jar*
*[[Maria Zhukova]] (1804–1855), Russian writer; *Evenings on the Karpovka*
*[[Zhuo Wenjun]] (fl. 2nd century BC), Chinese poet
*[[Valentina Zhuravleva]] (1993–2004), Russian science fiction novelist
*[[Iryna Zhylenko]] (1941–2013), Ukrainian poet and essayist
*[[May Ziadeh]] (1886–1941), Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist and translator
*[[Annejet van der Zijl]] (born 1962), Dutch novelist and biographer
*[[Lydia Zimmermann]] (born 1966), Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter
*[[Alice Zimmern]] (1855–1939), English writer and translator
*[[Hedda Zinner]] (also Elisabeth Frank, 1905–1994), German political writer
*[[Marketa Zinnerová]] (born 1942), Czech novelist, screenwriter and children's writer
*[[Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal]] (1866–1907), Russian writer; *The Tragic Menagerie*
*[[Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu]] (1938–1979), Ugandan poet and dramatist
*[[Zitkala-Sa|Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa]], 1876–1938), Native US writer, editor and teacher
*[[Kathinka Zitz-Halein]] (1801–1877), German writer
*[[Nina Živančević]] (born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet and novelist
*[[Bina Štampe Žmavc]] (born 1951), Slovenian poet, playwright and children's writer
*[[Narcyza Żmichowska]] (1818–1876), Polish novelist and poet
*[[Inga Žolude]] (born 1984), Latvian fiction writer, playwright and translator
*[[Anna Zonová]] (born 1962), Czech fiction writer
*[[Halide Nusret Zorlutuna]] (1901–1984), Turkish poet, fiction writer and autobiographer
*[[Birgit Zotz]] (born 1979), Austrian non-fiction writer and essayist
*[[Vera Zouroff]] (born 1880), Chilean poet, novelist and writer
*[[Katarina Zrinska]] (c. 1625–1673), Croatian poet
*[[Pilar de Zubiaurre]] (1884–1970), Spanish essayist and letter writer
*[[Svetlana Žuchová]] (born 1976), Slovenian fiction writer and translator
*[[Berta Zuckerkandl]] (1864–1945), Austrian journalist, critic and non-fiction writer
*[[Zuo Fen]] (c. AD 255–300), Chinese poet
*[[Katka Zupančič]] (1889–1967), Slovenian children's poet, short story writer and playwright
*[[Unica Zürn]] (1916–1970), German poet and painter
*[[Cvijeta Zuzorić]] (1552–1648), Serbian lyric poet
*[[Rose Zwi]] (born 1928), Mexican-born South African-Australian fiction writer
*[[Fay Zwicky]] (1933–2017), Australian poet and academic
*[[Rajzel Żychlińsky]] (1910–2001), Polish-US Yiddish poet


== Hilnga pa ==

*[[Feminist literary criticism]]
*[[Feminist science fiction]]
*[[Feminist theory]]
*[[Gender in science fiction]]
*[[List of biographical dictionaries of female writers]]
*[[List of early-modern women playwrights (UK)]]
*[[List of early-modern women poets (UK)]]
*[[List of female detective/mystery writers]]
*[[List of female poets]]
*[[List of women cookbook writers]]
*[[List of feminist literature]]
*[[List of female rhetoricians]]
*[[List of women hymn writers]]
**Norton Anthology of Literature by Women''
*Women in science fiction
*Women Writers Project
*Women's writing in English
*Sophie (digital lib)

## Toltolan

## Mga panluwas na takod

* A Celebration of Women Writers 
* SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork Bookshelf
* Victorian Women Writers Project
* Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color
* The Women Writers Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online
* SOPHIE: a digital library of works by German-speaking women
* REBRA: a list of women writers from Brazil . Biographies in Portuguese, English, and in Spanish
* Teena Lyons Website