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List of women writers (A–L)

January 01, 1970

See also Lists of women writers by nationality.

This is a list of notable women writers.

Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adult)

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See also Lists of women writers by nationality This is a list of notable women writers Abbreviations b born c circa ch children s col columnist es essayist fl flourished Hc Holocaust mem memoirist non f non fiction nv novelist pw playwright wr writer TV television YA young adult Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z A editAa Ag edit Karen Aabye 1904 1982 Denmark nv amp travel wr Uma Aaltonen 1940 2009 Finland YA wr Jane Aamund 1936 2019 Denmark col amp nv Jane Aaron b 1951 Wales wr amp scholar Madiha Abdalla fl 2010s Sudanese newspaper editor Masoumeh Abad b 1962 Iran Persia mem amp academic Mercedes Abad b 1961 Spain fiction wr Ines Abassi b 1982 Tunisia UAE poet amp travel wr Florencia Abbate b 1976 Argentina fiction wr poet amp es Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1872 1958 United States poet amp fiction wr Rachel Abbott b 1952 England thriller wr Shaila Abdullah b 1971 Pakistan United States fiction amp ch wr Yassmin Abdel Magied b 1991 Sudan Australia wr amp media person Hafsat Abdulwaheed b 1952 Nigeria poet amp fiction amp non f wr Rreze Abdullahu b 1990 Kosovo wr amp war diarist Louise Abeita 1926 2014 United States wr Victorina A Abellanosa 1903 1968 Philippines Cebuano pw Josette Abondio b 1949 Ivory Coast nv amp ch wr Sara Aboobacker 1936 2023 India Kannada wr Marguerite Abouet b 1971 Ivory Coast comics wr Leila Aboulela b 1964 Sudan wr Leila Abouzeid b 1950 Morocco social wr Abiola Abrams b 1976 United States wr amp filmmaker Liliana Abud b 1948 Mexico TV screenwriter Umayya Abu Hanna b 1961 Palestine Finland fiction amp non f wr Susan Abulhawa b 1970 Palestine United States nv Lama Abu Odeh b 1962 Palestine United States wr on Islamic law Juliet Ace b 1938 Wales pw amp scriptwriter Nora Aceval b 1953 Algeria France story teller Anna Maria Achenrainer 1909 1972 Austria Austria Hungary wr Catherine Obianuju Acholonu 1951 2014 Nigeria poet amp social wr Kathy Acker 1947 1997 United States nv poet amp pw Maximiliane Ackers 1896 1982 Germany fiction wr Bertilda Samper Acosta 1856 1910 Comoros poet amp nun Ofelia Uribe de Acosta 1900 1988 Comoros suffragist Soledad Acosta 1833 1913 Comoros sociologist Eliza Acton 1799 1859 England cookery wr amp poet Modern Cookery for Private Families Joyce Ackroyd 1918 1991 Australia wr amp academic Avis Acres 1910 1994 New Zealand ch wr amp illustrator Angelina Acuna 1905 2006 Guatemala sonneteer Dora Acuna 1903 1987 Paraguay poet amp col Rosario de Acuna 1850 1923 Spain poet pw amp es Alma Flor Ada b 1938 Cuba ch wr poet amp nv Barbara Adair living South Africa nv in English Varsha Adalja b 1940 India nv amp pw Juliette Adam 1836 1936 France wr amp editor Pip Adam living New Zealand fiction wr Gabriela Adameșteanu b 1942 Romania fiction wr amp es Draginja Adamovic 1925 2000 Serbia poet Abigail Adams 1744 1818 United States First Lady of the United States letter wr amp diarist Glenda Adams 1939 2007 Australia fiction wr Lois Bryan Adams 1817 1870 United States wr journalist amp ed Mary Mathews Adams 1840 1902 Ireland United States wr Patricia J Adams b 1952 Anguilla poet wr amp broadcaster Sarah Fuller Flower Adams 1805 1848 England poet amp lyricist Patsy Adam Smith 1924 2001 Australia historian Catherine Adamson 1868 1925 Australia New Zealand homemaker amp diarist Gil Adamson b 1961 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr amp poet Alison Adburgham 1912 1997 England non f wr amp social historian Fleur Adcock b 1934 New Zealand England poet amp editor Caroline Adderson b 1963 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Yda Addis 1857 1902 United States wr amp translator Lucia H Faxon Additon 1847 1919 United States wr Kim Addonizio b 1954 United States poet amp nv Ayọ bami Adebayọ b 1988 Nigeria nv Bisi Adeleye Fayemi b 1963 Nigeria wr amp policy advocate Sade Adeniran b 1960s Nigeria nv Anne Marie Adiaffi 1951 1994 Ivory Coast nv Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie b 1977 Nigeria fiction amp non f wr Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo living Nigeria wr amp educator Opal Palmer Adisa b 1954 Jamaica poet nv amp educator Halide Edib Adivar 1884 1964 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv amp rights activist Zoe Adjonyoh b late 1970s England wr amp cook Carine Adler b 1948 Brazil screenwriter Emma Adler 1858 1935 Austria Austria Hungary nv amp non f wr Renata Adler b 1938 United States wr col amp critic Sophie Adlersparre 1823 1895 Sweden feminist editor amp wr Etel Adnan 1925 2021 Lebanon United States poet es amp artist Wilna Adriaanse b 1958 South Africa nv in Afrikaans Aesara of Lucania 4th or 3rd century BC Ancient Greece philosopher Ethel Afamado b 1940 Uruguay poet amp songwriter Gladys Afamado b 1925 Uruguay poet amp artist Anastasia Afanasieva b 1982 Ukraine physician poet writer amp translator Janet Afary living Iran Persia United States historian amp religious wr Mahnaz Afkhami b 1941 Iran Persia United States wr amp rights activist Ishrat Afreen b 1956 Pakistan poet Vittoria Aganoor 1855 1910 Italy poet Smita Agarwal b 1958 India poet amp academic Sheetal Agashe b 1977 India poet Patience Agbabi b 1965 England poet Berthe Evelyne Agbo living Benin France poet Charlotte Agell b 1959 Sweden United States nv amp ch wr Adalet Agaoglu 1929 2020 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv pw amp essayist Sureyya Agaoglu 1903 1989 Azerbaijan Turkey Ottoman Empire legal wr Pinky Agnew b 1955 New Zealand pw Kelli Russell Agodon b 1969 United States poet wr amp editor Marjorie Agosin b 1955 Chile rights activist Gerty Agoston living Hu United States pw amp nv Marie d Agoult 1805 1876 France fiction wr amp historian Agripina Samper Agudelo 1833 1892 Comoros poet Brigida Aguero 1837 1866 Cuba poet Silvia Aguero born 1985 Spain feminist wr Josefa Toledo de Aguerri 1866 1962 Nicaragua social wr Grace Aguilar 1816 1847 England nv amp wr Mila D Aguilar b 1949 Philippines poet amp es Anna Aguilar Amat b 1962 Spain poet amp es in Catalan Francisca Aguirre 1930 2019 Spain poet Mirta Aguirre 1912 1980 Cuba poet amp nv Milena Agus b 1959 Italy nv Ucu Agustin b 1976 Indonesia wr amp filmmaker Delmira Agustini 1886 1914 Uruguay poet Ah An edit Freda Ahenakew 1932 2011 Canada Newfoundland wr amp academic Cecelia Ahern b 1981 Ireland nv Catharina Ahlgren 1734 c 1800 Sweden feminist wr poet amp editor Rukhsana Ahmad b 1948 Pakistan England wr amp translator Pegah Ahmadi b 1974 Iran Persia poet scholar amp critic Mimoza Ahmeti b 1963 Albania poet amp wr Merete Ahnfeldt Mollerup b 1963 Denmark wr amp academic Astrid Ahnfelt 1876 1962 Sweden fiction wr Zeynep Ahunbay b 1946 Turkey Ottoman Empire conservation wr Ilse Aichinger 1921 2016 Austria Austria Hungary wr Renate Aichinger b 1976 Austria Austria Hungary pw amp director Ama Ata Aidoo 1940 2023 Ghana Gold Coast wr amp pw Naja Marie Aidt b 1963 Denmark poet amp wr cat Victoria Aihar b 1978 Uruguay nv Ginny Aiken b 1955 Cuba United States fiction wr Joan Aiken 1924 2004 England nv Aganice Ainianos 1838 1892 Greece poet Sarona Aiono Iosefa b 1962 New Zealand ch wr Ashia died 1009 1010 Spain poet in Arabic Amanda Aizpuriete b 1956 Latvia poet amp translator Tobiloba Ajayi living Nigeria wr amp campaigner Iris Akahoshi 1929 1987 United States wr for Amnesty International Miriam Akavia 1927 2015 Poland Israel mem amp Hc survivor Akiko Akazome 赤染晶子 1974 2017 Japan fiction wr Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 late 950s early 960s post 1041 poet amp historian Miriam Akavia 1927 2015 Poland Israel wr amp translator Grace Akello b 1950 Uganda poet es amp folklorist Anna Akerhjelm 1647 1693 Sweden wr amp traveler Rachel Akerman 1522 1544 Austria Austria Hungary poet Sonja Akesson 1926 1977 Sweden poet wr amp artist Bella Akhmadulina 1937 2010 Soviet Union Russia poet Anna Akhmatova 1889 1966 Russia Soviet Union poet Requiem Shaheen Akhtar b 1962 Bangladesh fiction wr Sakina Akhundzadeh 1865 1927 Azerbaijan pw amp teacher Gulten Akin 1933 2015 Turkey Ottoman Empire poet Risu Akizuki 秋月りす b 1957 Japan manga creator Layla al Akhyaliyya 7th century Ancient Arabia poet Elena Akselrod b 1932 Soviet Union Israel poet Seza Kutlar Aksoy b 1945 Turkey Ottoman Empire ch wr Ogdo Aksyonova 1936 1995 Soviet Union Russia poet in Dolgan Magaly Alabau b 1945 Cuba United States poet amp theater director Susanna Alakoski b 1962 Finland nv amp lecturer in Swedish Zuleika Alambert 1922 2012 Brazil feminist wr Mathilde Alanic 1864 1948 France nv amp ss Outi Alanne b 1967 Finland autobiographer Abimbola Alao living Nigeria poet fiction wr amp storyteller Alev Alatli b 1944 Turkey Ottoman Empire economist amp nv Ave Alavainu 1942 2022 Estonia poet Suzanne Alaywan b 1974 Lebanon poet amp painter Caterina Albert 1869 1966 Spain modernist wr Eva Allen Alberti 1856 1938 United States non f wr amp drama Anne Marie Albiach 1937 2012 France poet Alice Albinia b 1976 England non f wr Jordie Albiston 1961 2022 Australia poet amp academic Nuria Albo b 1930 Spain poet amp nv Aurora de Albornoz 1926 1990 Spain poet Martha Albrand 1914 1981 Germany United States nv Vera Albreht 1895 1971 Austria Austria Hungary Slovenia poet amp YA wr Madeleine Albright 1937 2022 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic United States political wr amp mem Florența Albu 1934 2000 Romania poet Erlinda K Alburo living Philippines Cebuano scholar Isabel Alcada b 1950 Portugal ch wr Deborah Alcock 1835 1913 Ireland England nv Mary Alcock c 1742 1798 England poet amp philanthropist Sinforosa Alcordo Cebuano fiction writer Louisa May Alcott 1832 1888 United States nv Little Women Josefina Aldecoa 1926 2011 Spain fiction wr Isabella Macdonald Alden 1841 1930 United States ch wr Julia Carter Aldrich 1834 1924 United States wr Sarah Aldridge 1911 2006 Brazil United States feminist wr Claribel Alegria 1924 2018 Nicaragua poet es amp nv Georgia Alexander 1868 1928 United States textbook wr amp edu Grace Alexander 1872 1951 United States wr amp journalist Concepcion Aleixandre 1862 1952 Spain medical wr Marilar Aleixandre b 1947 Spain nv amp poet in Galician Sibilla Aleramo 1876 1960 Italy nv Tatiana Aleshina b 1961 Soviet Union Russia poet amp musician Brigitte Alexander 1911 1995 Germany Mexico pw amp screenwriter Elizabeth Alexander b 1962 United States poet es amp pw Cecil Frances Alexander 1818 1895 Ireland England hymnist amp poet Eleanor Jane Alexander 1857 1939 Ireland poet amp nv Meena Alexander 1951 2018 India poet amp scholar Eva Alexanderson 1911 1994 Sweden wr amp translator Elena Alexieva b 1975 Bulgaria fiction wr amp poet Svetlana Alexievich b 1948 Ukraine Belarus non f wr amp col 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature Elli Alexiou c 1894 1986 Greece Hungary fiction wr amp educator Munira Al Fadhel b 1958 Bahrain wr amp academic Mirra Alfassa The Mother 1878 1973 France mystic amp wr Estrella Alfon 1917 1983 Philippines fiction wr in English Edna Alford b 1947 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr amp editor Maria Luisa Algarra 1916 1957 Spain Mexico pw Asma al Ghul b 1982 Palestine political wr Mrs Meer Hassan Ali fl 1832 British born writer about Muslim life in India Monica Ali b 1967 Bangladesh England nv amp es Samina Ali living India United States nv amp activist Florina Alias 1921 1999 Spain wr Maria Dolors Alibes 1941 2009 Spain ch wr Margarita Aliger 1915 1992 Soviet Union poet amp es Bisera Alikadic b 1939 Yugoslavia Bosnia Herzegovina poet nv amp ch wr Margaret Alington 1920 2012 New Zealand local historian Jane Alison b 1961 Australia nv amp memoir wr Dilshad Aliyarli b 1962 Azerbaijan wr Dilara Aliyeva 1929 1991 Azerbaijan philologist amp activist Ghazaleh Alizadeh 1947 1996 Iran Persia poet amp fiction wr Laila al Juhani b 1969 Serbia fiction wr Zaynab Alkali b 1950 Nigeria fiction wr amp poet Al Khansa 7th century Ancient Arabia poet Jani Allan b 1952 South Africa United States col Hortense Allart 1801 1879 Italy France nv amp es Candace Allen b 1950 United States England nv activist amp screenwriter Hannah Allen b 1638 England wr Liz Allen b 1969 Ireland wr on crime amp nv Pamela Allen b 1934 New Zealand ch wr amp illustrator Lisa Allen Agostini b 1960s Trinidad journalist fiction wr amp poet Eliza Crosby Allen 1803 1848 United States rel ed Isabel Allende b 1942 Chile United States nv Eva Luna Lauren K Alleyne b 1979 Trinidad United States poet amp fiction amp non f wr Phyllis Shand Allfrey 1908 1996 West Indies wr Svetlana Alliluyeva 1926 2011 Soviet Union wr amp lecturer Margery Allingham 1904 1966 England crime wr Dorothy Allison b 1949 United States wr amp speaker Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn 1847 1916 United States wr correspondent amp poet Julia Lopes de Almeida 1862 1934 Brazil nv Lucia Machado de Almeida 1910 2005 Brazil fiction wr Marcelina Almeida ca 1830 1880 Argentina Uruguay wr nv SS wr amp poet Rita Almeida b 1974 Portugal economist Cora Almerino living Philippines Cebuano poet Almucs de Castelnau c 1140 pre 1184 France poet Fatin al Murr b 1969 Lebanon fiction wr amp academic Wallada bint al Mustakfi 1001 1080 Andalusia poet in Arabic Dora Alonso 1910 2001 Cuba fiction amp ch wr amp poet Marianne Alopaeus 1918 2014 Finland nv amp es in Swedish Concha Alos 1926 2011 Spain nv Faouzia Aloui b 1957 Tunisia poet amp fiction wr Blanche d Alpuget b 1944 Australia biographer amp nv Hanan al Shaykh b 1945 Lebanon England fiction wr Fawziyya al Sindi b 1957 Bahrain poet amp activist Tove Alsterdal born 1960 Sweden journalist pw amp crime fiction wr Al Altaev 1872 1959 Russia Soviet Union ch wr Fatima al Taytun b 1962 Bahrain poet Phyllis Altman 1919 1999 South Africa political wr in English Mor Altshuler b 1957 Israel scholar amp wr Amparo Alvajar 1916 1998 Spain wr amp pw Mia Alvar living Philippines United States fiction wr in English Griselda Alvarez 1913 2009 Mexico poet amp politician Ivy Alvarez living Philippines Australia poet in English Julia Alvarez b 1950 Dominica United States poet nv amp es Maria Alvarez de Guillen 1889 1980 El Salvador nv Betti Alver 1906 1989 Estonia poet Miriam Alves b 1952 Brazil wr amp poet Moniza Alvi b 1954 Pakistan England poet amp wr Barbro Alving 1909 1987 Sweden col amp feminist Fanny Alving 1874 1955 Sweden nv Karin Alvtegen b 1965 Sweden nv Encarnacion Alzona 1895 1901 Philippines historian amp suffragist Ifi Amadiume b 1947 Nigeria poet anthropologist amp es Narcisa Amalia 1856 1925 Brazil poet amp activist Akira Amano 天野明 b 1973 Japan manga creator Chihiro Amano 天野千尋 b 1982 Japan screenwriter Kozue Amano 天野こずえ b 1974 Japan manga creator Ana Luisa Amaral 1956 2022 Portugal poet nv amp es Maria Adelaide Amaral b 1942 Portugal Brazil pw amp screenwriter Suzana Amaral 1932 2020 Brazil screenwriter Catherine d Amboise 1475 1550 France wr amp poet Gabriella Ambrosio b 1954 Italy nv amp es Claudia Amengual b 1969 Uruguay nv amp es Begona Ameztoy b 1951 Spain screenwriter amp painter Elizabeth Frances Amherst c 1716 1779 England poet amp naturalist Adibah Amin b 1936 Malaysia fiction wr amp radio pw Lady Amin 1886 1983 Iran Persia theologian amp mystic Mahshid Amirshahi b 1937 Iran Persia fiction wr amp critic Balamani Amma 1909 2004 India poet K Saraswathi Amma 1919 1975 India fiction wr Jo van Ammers Kuller 1884 1966 Netherlands nv Regina Amollo b c 1954 Uganda nv amp non f wr Pita Amor 1918 2000 Mexico poet Elisa S Amore b 1984 Italy nv Jaleh Amouzgar b 1939 Iran Persia scholar on Iran Taos Amrouche 1913 1976 Tunisia Algeria wr amp singer Teresa Amy 1950 2017 Uruguay poet Loula Anagnostaki 1928 2017 Greece pw Tahmima Anam b 1975 Bangladesh England fiction wr Valerie Anand b 1937 England fiction wr Virginie Ancelot 1792 1875 France wr pw amp painter Tamara De Anda b 1983 Mexico social wr Andaiye 1942 2019 Guyana non f wr amp activist Annemette Kure Andersen b 1962 Denmark poet amp editor Clara Andersen 1826 1995 Denmark pw amp fiction wr Emilie Andersen 1895 1970 Denmark historian amp archivist Ingrid Andersen b 1965 South Africa poet in English Marguerite Andersen 1924 2022 Germany Canada Newfoundland wr editor amp academic Barbara Anderson 1926 2013 New Zealand fiction wr Deborah Anderson b 1970 wr musician amp filmmaker Ethel Anderson 1883 1958 Australia poet nv amp painter Jessica Anderson 1916 2010 Australia fiction wr Laurie Halse Anderson b 1961 United States ch amp YA wr Lena Anderson b 1939 Sweden ch wr amp illustrator Rachel Anderson b 1943 England ch amp YA wr Verily Anderson 1915 2010 England ch wr biographer amp screenwriter Gail Anderson Dargatz b 1963 Canada Newfoundland nv Pamela Andersson b 1965 Sweden col Emma Andijewska b 1931 Ukraine poet amp fiction wr Agustina Andrade 1858 1891 Argentina poet Alix Andre 1909 2000 France nv Neshani Andreas 1964 2011 Namibia nv amp teacher Lou Andreas Salome 1861 1937 Russia Germany psychoanalyst amp es Isabella Andreini 1562 1604 Italy pw poet amp actor Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen 1919 2004 Paraguay poet amp wr Blanca Andreu b 1959 Spain poet Eliza Frances Andrews 1840 1931 United States nv amp wr Isobel Andrews 1905 1990 Scotland New Zealand pw poet amp nv Marie Louise Andrews 1849 1891 United States fiction wr amp col Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova 1921 1998 Ukraine Esperantist amp autobiographer Hana Andronikova 1967 2011 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic nv amp pw Sofia Andrukhovych b 1982 Ukraine non f wr Harriet Anena living Uganda poet amp col Albalucia Angel b 1939 Comoros fiction wr amp es Angela Maria de la Concepcion 1649 1690 Spain mystical wr Maya Angelou 1928 2014 United States autobiographer amp poet Jane Anger late 16th century England wr Lola Anglada 1893 1984 Spain wr amp illustrator Maria Angels Anglada 1930 1999 Spain poet amp nv Christine Angot b 1959 France nv amp pw Maria Nsue Angue 1945 2017 Equatorial Guinea wr Marion Angus 1865 1946 Scotland poet in Braid Scots amp English Loreta Anilionyte living Lithuania philosopher amp nv Joan Anim Addo living Grenada England academic poet pw amp publisher Domna Anisimova c 1810s death date unknown Russia poet Yu Anjin 유안진 b 1941 Korea poet es amp academic Nini Roll Anker 1873 1942 Norway nv amp pw Charlotte Anley 1796 1893 England nv wr amp musician Threes Anna b 1959 Netherlands nv amp producer Varvara Annenkova 1795 1866 Russia poet Nina Pavlovna Annenkova Bernar c 1862 1933 Russia pw amp actor Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya 1840 1915 Russia YA wr Moyoco Anno 安野モヨコ b 1971 Japan manga creator Nuria Ano b 1973 Spain wr amp nv in Catalan Noushafarin Ansari b 1939 India Iran Persia wr on librarianship Olga Anstei 1912 1985 Soviet Union United States poet amp Hc survivor Manana Antadze b 1945 Germany wr amp translator Ikram Antaki 1948 2000 Syria Mexico social wr Lalithambika Antharjanam 1909 1987 India wr amp reformer Sureyya Aylin Antmen b 1981 Turkey Ottoman Empire poet amp es Enriqueta Antolin 1941 2013 Spain nv Dorila Antommarchi 1850s 1923 Comoros poet Elmira Antommarchi 19th century Comoros poet Hortensia Antommarchi 1850 1915 Colombia poet Gloria E Anzaldua 1942 2004 United States wr poet amp activist Ao Az edit Temsula Ao 1945 2022 India poet fiction wr amp ethnographer Colette Nic Aodha b 1967 Ireland poet amp wr Yasuko Aoike 青池保子 b 1948 Japan manga creator Kotomi Aoki 青木琴美 b 1980 Japan manga creator Ume Aoki 蒼樹うめ b 1981 Japan manga creator Leila Aouchal 1936 2013 France Algeria autobiographer Nanae Aoyama 青山七恵 b 1983 Japan fiction wr Lisa Appignanesi b 1946 Poland England nv amp activist Marta Aponte Alsina b 1945 Puerto Rico nv amp academic Elena Apreleva 1846 1923 Russia France fiction wr Iffat Ara b 1939 Bangladesh fiction wr amp activist Kiyoko Arai あらいきよこ living Japan manga creator Motoko Arai 新井素子 b 1960 Japan science fiction amp fantasy wr Tullia d Aragona c 1510 1556 Italy poet wr amp philosopher Diego Aramburo b 1971 Bolivia pw amp director Hiromu Arakawa 荒川弘 b 1973 Japan manga creator Marie Arana living Peru United States col amp critic Consuelo Araujo 1940 2001 Comoros wr amp politician Helena Araujo 1934 2015 Comoros wr amp academic Reina Torres de Arauz 1932 1982 Panama ethnographer amp academic Nezihe Araz 1920 2009 Turkey Ottoman Empire stage amp TV pw Maria Arbatova b 1957 Soviet Union Russia nv pw amp poet Azalais d Arbaud 1834 1917 France wr in Occitan Sophie d Arbouville 1810 1850 France fiction wr amp poet Liwayway Arceo 1924 1999 Philippines fiction wr amp scriptwriter Mastoureh Ardalan 1805 1848 Iran Persia poet amp historian Elvia Ardalani b 1963 Mexico wr poet amp storyteller Jane Arden 1927 1982 Wales film director pw amp nv Clementina Arderiu 1889 1976 Spain poet in Catalan Karen Ardiff living Ireland playwright amp nv Araceli Ardon b 1958 Mexico cultural wr Wani Ardy b 1984 Malaysia poet amp songwriter Olga Arefieva b 1966 Soviet Union Russia poet amp musician Concepcion Arenal 1820 1893 Spain poet pw amp feminist Hannah Arendt 1906 1975 Germany England political theorist The Human Condition Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey 1819 1901 United States wr amp editor Heloise d Argenteuil c 1101 1164 France scholar amp abbess in Latin Mariana Sanson Arguello 1918 2002 Nicaragua poet Pilar Benejam Arguimbau b 1937 Spain geographer amp educator Xela Arias 1962 2003 Spain poet in Galician Yemisi Aribisala b 1973 Nigeria es painter amp mem Meltem Arikan b 1968 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv amp pw Hiro Arikawa 有川浩 b 1972 Japan nv Sawako Ariyoshi 有吉佐和子 1931 1984 Japan nv Lesley Nneka Arimah b 1983 Nigeria fiction wr Catherine Arley 1922 2016 France nv Marie Celestine Amelie d Armaille 1830 1918 France wr biographer amp historian Ayse Arman b 1969 Turkey Ottoman Empire social wr Rae Armantrout b 1947 United States wr language poet amp academic Concepcion Cabrera de Armida 1862 1937 Mexico wr amp mystic Claire Armitstead living England journalist amp essayist Rebecca Agatha Armour 1845 1891 Canada Newfoundland nv Karen Armstrong b 1944 England wr on religion A History of God Kelley Armstrong b 1968 Canada Newfoundland wr Louise Armstrong 1937 2008 United States wr amp feminist Millicent Armstrong 1888 1973 Australia pw amp farmer Nina Bjork Arnadottir 1941 2000 Iceland pw poet amp nv Bergljot Arnalds b 1968 Iceland ch wr Angelique Arnaud 1797 1884 France nv amp feminist wr Elena Arnedo 1941 2015 Spain non f wr amp activist Bettina von Arnim 1785 1859 Germany wr amp nv Elizabeth von Arnim 1866 1941 Australia England nv wr Elizabeth Arnold b 1958 United States poet Sarah Louise Arnold 1859 1943 United States textbook wr Joanne Arnott b 1960 Canada Newfoundland wr in Metis Harriette Arnow 1908 1986 United States nv Franciszka Arnsztajnowa 1865 1942 Poland poet pw amp translator Tuuve Aro b 1973 Finland fiction wr amp film critic Geraldine Aron b 1951 Ireland pw Stina Aronson 1892 1956 Sweden fiction wr Jyoti Arora b 1977 India fiction wr Rosa Maria Arquimbau 1909 1992 Spain nv amp pw in Catalan Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta b 1947 Uruguay essayist Marina Arrate b 1957 Chile poet amp psychologist Ines Arredondo 1928 1989 Mexico fiction amp ch wr amp es Celinda Arregui 1864 1941 Chile feminist wr Renee Ferrer de Arrellaga b 1944 Paraguay poet amp nv Mary Arrigan b 1943 Ireland ch wr amp illustrator Pat Arrowsmith 1930 2023 England nv amp politician Suzanne Arruda living United States mystery nv Eustahija Arsic 1776 1843 Serbia wr Antonia Arslan b 1938 Italy critic amp nv Tita Kovac Artemis 1930 2016 Yugoslavia Slovenia biographer amp chemist Elizabeth Barr Arthur 1884 1971 United States poet non f wr short story wr Keri Arthur b 1967 Australia nv Portia Arthur b 1990 Ghana Gold Coast wr amp educator Inga Arvad 1913 1973 Denmark United States col Ingrid Arvidsson 1919 2023 Sweden poet amp diplomat Akram Monfared Arya b 1946 Iran Persia Sweden social wr Mariko Asabuki 朝吹真理子 b 1984 Japan nv amp es Yu Asagiri 朝霧夕 1956 2018 Japan manga creator Makate Asai 朝井まかて b 1959 Japan nv George Asakura ジョージ朝倉 b 1974 Japan manga creator Amma Asante b 1969 England filmmaker amp screenwriter Devora Ascarelli fl 16th century Italy poet Duygu Asena 1946 2006 Turkey Ottoman Empire non f wr Julia de Asensi 1859 1921 Spain fiction amp ch wr Matilde Asensi b 1962 nv Ranjana Ash 1924 2015 India England wr critic amp academic Helen Asher 1927 c 2004 Australia nv Daisy Ashford 1881 1972 England child wr The Young Visiters Hinako Ashihara 芦原妃名子 b 1974 Japan manga creator Ashitha 1956 2019 India fiction wr amp poet Melissa Ashley b 1973 Australia nv Anastasia Ashman b 1964 United States wr amp producer Francis Leslie Ashton 1904 1994 England nv Sylvia Ashton Warner 1908 1984 New Zealand nv poet amp educator Sara Ashurbeyli 1906 2001 Azerbaijan historian amp orientalist Anne Askew 1520 1521 1546 England poet amp martyr Sekar Ayu Asmara living Indonesia screenwriter Nana Asma u 1793 1864 Nigeria poet amp princess Izumi Aso 麻生いずみ b 1960 manga creator Isa Asp 1853 1872 Finland poet Aspazija 1865 1943 Russia Latvia poet amp pw Asphyxia living Australia ch wr amp puppeteer Marie Aspioti 1909 2000 Gk wr amp poet Ruth Aspock b 1947 Austria Austria Hungary fiction wr amp poet Cynthia Asquith 1887 1960 England nv amp diarist Ros Asquith living England cartoonist ch wr amp illustrator Margot Asquith 1864 1945 England wr Mina Assadi b 1943 Iran Persia poet wr amp songwriter Ludmilla Assing 1821 1880 Germany Italy editor amp biographer Leilah Assuncao b 1943 Brazil wr amp pw Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi 1858 1859 1921 Iran Persia wr amp satirist Judith Astelarra b 1943 Argentina Spain sociologist Mary Astell 1666 1731 England feminist wr amp rhetorician Thea Astley 1925 2004 Australia fiction wr amp poet Tilly Aston 1873 1947 Australia blind poet amp prose wr Elisa Hall de Asturias 1900 1982 Guatemala nv amp biographer Cassandra Atherton living Australia prose poet amp academic Gertrude Atherton 1857 1948 United States wr Mary Alderson Chandler Atherton 1849 1934 United States non f wr Diana Athill 1917 2019 England editor nv amp mem Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1863 1942 United States wr col amp teacher Louisa Atkinson 1834 1872 Australia nv botanist amp illustrator Kate Atkinson b 1951 England nv M E Atkinson 1899 1974 Mary Evelyn Atkinson England ch nv Sarah Atkinson 1823 1893 Ireland biographer amp es Tiffany Atkinson b 1972 England Wales poet amp academic Sefi Atta b 1964 Nigeria wr amp pw Ayesha Harruna Attah b 1983 Ghana Gold Coast fiction wr Karen Attard b 1958 Australia fantasy amp fiction wr Mririda n Ait Attik c 1900 c 1940s Morocco poet in Shilha Adaeze Atuegwu b 1977 Nigeria fiction amp non f wr Amelia Atwater Rhodes b 1984 United States nv Margaret Atwood b 1939 Canada Newfoundland nv poet amp critic Madeleine de l Aubepine 1546 1596 France poet Penelope Aubin c 1679 c 1731 England nv amp translator Gwenaelle Aubry b 1971 France nv amp philosopher Dorothy Auchterlonie 1915 1991 England Australia academic critic amp poet Aude 1947 2012 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Ashley Audrain b 1982 Canada Newfoundland nv Colette Audry 1906 1990 France nv screenwriter amp critic Jean M Auel b 1936 United States nv Anita Augspurg 1857 1943 Germany Switzerland wr amp activist Elisabeth Augustin 1903 2001 Germany Netherlands poet amp fiction wr in German amp Dutch Lillian Aujo living Uganda fiction wr amp poet Madame d Aulnoy c 1650s 1705 France fairy tale wr Maria Aurora 1937 2010 Portugal poet nv amp ch wr Rose Auslander 1901 1988 Bukovina poet in German amp English Jane Austen 1775 1817 England nv Pride amp Prejudice Mary Austin 1868 1934 United States wr Sarah Austin 1793 1867 England translator Violeta Autumn 1930 2012 Peru United States architect amp cookery wr Frau Ava c 1060 1127 Germany first female wr in German Yekaterina Avdeyeva 1788 1865 Russia domestic wr Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda 1814 1873 Curacao nv pw amp poet Yevprime Avedisian 1872 1950 Armenian poet sort story writer amp autobiographer Christine Aventin b 1971 Belgium nv amp wr in French Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery 1844 1911 United States wr editor amp educator Victoria Aveyard b 1990 United States YA fantasy wr Tusiata Avia b 1966 New Zealand poet amp ch wr Boni Avibus b 2002 Indonesia pw poet amp actor Yemima Avidar Tchernovitz 1909 1998 Lithuania Israel ch wr amp educator Bunty Avieson living Australia col amp nv Magdalena Avietenaite 1892 1984 Lithuania United States col amp diplomat Teresa of Avila 1515 1582 Spain nun amp mystic Margaret Avison 1918 2007 Canada Newfoundland poet editor amp speaker Smilja Avramov 1918 2018 Serbia non f wr Avvaiyar fl 1st century Tamil poet Avvaiyar fl 8th century Tamil poet Avvaiyar fl 12th century Tamil poet Mona Awad b 1978 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku b 1949 New Zealand academic Diane Awerbuck b 1974 South Africa fiction wr in English Marilou Awiakta b 1936 United States Appalachian writer Suzanne Axell b 1955 Sweden medical wr amp TV presenter Celine Axelos 1902 1992 Egypt poet amp speaker Majgull Axelsson b 1947 Sweden col amp nv Angeles Lopez de Ayala 1858 1926 Spain pw amp activist Cristina Ayala 1856 1936 Cuba poet amp col Elysa Ayala 1879 1956 Ecuador wr amp painter Aydilge b 1979 Turkey Ottoman Empire fiction wr poet amp songwriter Margaret Ayer died 1981 United States wr amp illustrator Guzide Sabri Aygun 1886 1946 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv May Ayim 1960 1996 Germany poet Angela Figuera Aymerich 1902 1984 Spain poet Ayo Ayoola Amale living Nigeria poet amp pw Susanne Ayoub b 1956 Iran Persia Austria Austria Hungary nv amp filmmaker Pam Ayres b 1947 England poet songwriter amp presenter Djenar Maesa Ayu b 1973 Indonesia fiction wr amp screenwriter Samiha Ayverdi 1905 1993 Turkey Ottoman Empire fiction wr amp mystic Felicie d Ayzac 1801 1881 France poet amp art historian Shamim Azad b 1952 Bangladesh England poet amp fiction wr Azalais de Porcairagues fl late 12th century poet in Occitan Shokoofeh Azar b 1972 Iran Persia nv amp journalist Che Husna Azhari b 1955 Malaysia fiction wr Hind Azouz 1926 2015 Tunisia fiction wr amp es Margarita Azurdia 1931 1998 Guatemala poet amp painter Samira Azzam 1927 1967 Palestine Lebanon fiction wr Trezza Azzopardi b 1961 Wales fiction wr amp broadcaster Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z B editBa Bi edit Mariama Ba 1929 1981 Senegal nv Sahar Baassiri b 1986 Lebanon political wr amp col Mozhgan Babamarandi living Iran Persia ch amp YA wr Alaviyya Babayeva 1921 2014 Soviet Union Azerbaijan prose wr amp publicist Natalie Babbitt 1932 2016 United States ch wr amp illustrator Gabriela Babnik b 1979 Yugoslavia Slovenia nv amp critic Yvonne Baby 1931 2022 France journalist nv amp critic Elena Bacaloglu 1878 1947 1949 Romania Italy novelist amp politician Ida Baccini 1850 1911 Italy ch wr Ingrid Bacher b 1930 Germany pw amp screenwriter Yamina Bachir 1954 2022 Algeria screenwriter amp film director Maria Baciu b 1942 Romania poet novelist amp ch wr Ingeborg Bachmann 1926 1973 Austria Austria Hungary poet pw amp nv Elizabeth Backhouse 1917 2013 Australia nv scriptwriter amp pw Delia Bacon 1811 1859 United States pw amp fiction wr Anita Rau Badami b 1961 India Canada Newfoundland nv Charlotte Baden 1740 1824 Denmark wr amp correspondent Gabeba Baderoon b 1969 South Africa poet in English Van Badham b 1974 Australia pw amp nv Yaba Badoe b 1954 Ghana Gold Coast England nv amp filmmaker Liana Badr b 1950 Palestine fiction wr Bertha Badt Strauss 1885 1970 Germany United States Zionist amp biographer Bae Suah 배수아 b 1965 Korea fiction wr amp poet Emma Baeri b 1942 Italy historian amp es Jasodhara Bagchi 1937 2015 India critic amp activist Enid Bagnold 1889 1981 England wr amp pw Anna Bagriana b 1981 Ukraine nv poet amp pw Elisaveta Bagryana 1893 1991 Bulgaria poet Annette Baier 1929 2012 New Zealand philosopher Maria Baiulescu 1860 1941 Romania encyclopedist amp pw Joanna Baillie 1762 1851 Scotland poet amp pw Alice Bailey 1880 1949 England mystic Amy Bailey 1895 1990 Jamaica social col Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey 1863 1948 United States ornithologist Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey 1812 1888 United States wr editor publisher poet lyricist Sarah Lord Bailey 1856 1922 England United States non f wr elocutionist teacher Rosa Bailly 1890 1976 France academic amp activist Beryl Bainbridge 1932 2010 England nv Doreen Baingana b 1966 Uganda fiction wr Elizabeth Irene Baitie b 1970 Ghana Gold Coast YA wr Fatima Surayya Bajia 1930 2016 India Pakistan pw amp nv Lidia Bajkowska b 1966 Poland educator amp nv Latifa Baka b 1964 Morocco fiction wr Deb Baker b 1953 United States mystery wr Dorothy Baker 1907 1968 United States nv Hinemoana Baker b 1968 New Zealand poet amp educator Louisa Alice Baker 1856 1926 England New Zealand nv amp ch wr Khnata bent Bakkar d 1754 Morocco ruler amp social analyst Margaret Bakkes 1931 2016 South Africa fiction wr in Afrikaans Albena Bakratcheva b 1961 Bulgaria transcendentalist Asma El Bakry 1947 2015 Egypt wr amp film director Layla Balabakki 1936 2023 Lebanon nv amp activist Bettina Balaka b 1966 Austria Austria Hungary fiction wr poet amp pw Margaret Balderson b 1935 Australia ch wr Maria Baldo i Massanet 1884 1964 Spain pedagogue ethnologist folklorist non f wr Kristin Marja Baldursdottir b 1949 Iceland nv Faith Baldwin 1893 1978 United States fiction wr Rowena Bali b 1977 Mexico fiction wr amp poet Ona Baliukone 1948 2007 Lithuania poet amp painter Rabia Balkhi 10th century Iran Persia poet Zsofia Balla b 1949 Romania Hungary poet amp es Philippa Ballantine b 1971 New Zealand United States fiction wr Solvej Balle b 1962 Denmark nv amp radio pw Ines Ballester b 1958 Spain col amp cookery wr Ada Ballin 1863 1906 England wr amp col Ingmara Balode b 1981 Latvia poet Mary Balogh b 1944 Wales nv Jelena Balsic 1365 1366 1443 Serbia epistle wr Toni Cade Bambara 1939 1995 United States wr activist amp academic Mary Ellen Bamford 1857 1946 United States wr Consort Ban Ban Jieyu Lady Pan 班婕妤 c 48 c 6 BC China scholar amp poet Linda Vero Ban b 1976 Hungary wr on Jewishness Ban Zhao 班昭 45 116 AD China first female Chinese historian Zsofia Ban b 1957 Brazil Hungary wr amp critic in Hungarian Carmen Francesca Banciu b 1955 Romania nv amp academic Marie Claire Bancquart 1932 2019 France poet es amp academic Ellen Banda Aaku b 1965 Zambia fiction amp ch wr Teresa Bandettini 1763 1837 Italy poet amp ballerina Helen Elliott Bandini 1854 1912 United States history wr Faith Bandler 1918 2015 Australia wr amp activist Mariko Bando 坂東眞理子 b 1946 Japan social wr amp critic Sushmita Banerjee 1963 1964 2013 India wr amp activist Mary Jo Bang b 1946 United States poet Rakhshan Banietemad b 1954 Iran Persia screenwriter Banine 1905 1992 Azerbaijan France current affairs wr Zsuzsa Bank b 1965 Germany nv Dot Banks United Kingdom non f wr Leslie Esdaile Banks 1959 2011 United States wr Maya Banks living United States romance wr Anne Bannerman 1765 1829 Scotland poet Helen Bannerman 1862 1946 Scotland ch wr Little Black Sambo Tristane Banon b 1979 France nv amp es Rashmi Bansal living India non f wr Anna Banti 1895 1985 Italy fiction wr amp autobiographer Bao Junhui 鮑君徽 fl late 8th century AD China poet Bao Linghui 鲍令晖 fl mid 5th century AD China poet Anni Baobei 励婕 b 1974 China nv Amina Baraka b 1942 United States poet amp activist Iqbal Baraka b 1942 Egypt fiction amp social wr Hoda Barakat b 1952 Lebanon France nv Ibtisam Barakat b 1962 Palestine poet mem amp ch wr Najwa Barakat b 1966 Lebanon nv amp film director Barbara Baraldi living Italy nv Agnieszka Baranowska 1819 1890 Poland pw amp poet Jadwiga Baranska b 1935 Poland screenwriter amp actor Natalya Baranskaya 1908 2004 Soviet Union wr Maria Barbal b 1949 Spain nv amp ch wr Giuseppa Barbapiccola 1702 c 1740 Italy natural philosopher amp poet Barbara de Santo Domingo 1842 1872 Spain mystic wr Teresa Gimenez Barbat b 1955 Spain anthropologist Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1743 1825 England poet es amp ch wr Margaret Barber Michael Fairless 1869 1901 England nv amp ch wr Mary Barber c 1685 c 1765 Ireland poet Ros Barber b 1964 England nv amp poet Muriel Barbery b 1969 Morocco France nv amp academic Teresita de Barbieri 1937 2018 Uruguay Mexico non f wr feminist sociologist Maria Tore Barbina 1940 2007 Italy poet amp translator Elia Barcelo b 1957 Spain Austria Austria Hungary nv ch wr amp academic Alex Barclay b 1974 Ireland crime wr Florence L Barclay 1862 1921 England fiction wr Leigh Bardugo b 1974 United States young adult amp fantasy wr Leland Bardwell 1922 2016 Ireland poet nv amp pw Joan Barfoot b 1946 Canada nv Serie Barford living New Zealand poet amp fiction wr Simone Le Bargy 1877 1985 France woman of letters Arvede Barine 1840 1908 France wr amp historian Mary Anne Barker 1831 1911 Jamaica England col amp poet Nicola Barker b 1966 England fiction wr Pat Barker b 1943 England nv Susan Barker b 1978 England nv Anna Barkova 1901 1976 Soviet Union poet pw amp fiction wr Jane Barlow 1856 1917 Ireland nv amp poet Marjorie Barnard with M Barnard Eldershaw 1897 1987 Australia nv amp historian Mary Barnard 1909 2001 United States poet amp biographer Maria Barnas b 1973 Netherlands nv poet amp artist Annie Maria Barnes 1857 United States col editor amp wr Djuna Barnes 1892 1982 United States wr Margaret Ayer Barnes 1886 1967 United States wr Annie Wall Barnett 1859 1942 United States wr amp poet Natalie Clifford Barney 1876 1972 United States France pw poet amp nv Maria Damasa Jova Baro 1890 1940 Cuba wr amp feminist Carmen Baroja 1883 1950 Spain wr amp poet Ana Baron 1950 2015 Argentina wr amp col Odile Baron Supervielle 1915 2016 Uruguay Argentina wr journalist Evangeline Barongo living Uganda ch wr Linda Maria Baros b 1981 Romania France poet amp critic in French Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1831 1919 England nv Lisa Barr living United States historical fiction wr amp journalist Miriam Barr b 1982 New Zealand poet Emma de la Barra 1861 1947 Argentina nv Emma Barrandeguy 1914 2006 Argentina poet storyteller amp pw Sarah Maria Barraud c 1923 1995 England New Zealand homemaker amp correspondent Maria Isabel Barreno 1939 2016 Portugal wr Beatriz Peniche Barrera 1893 1976 Mexico poet amp feminist Andrea Barrett b 1954 United States fiction wr Lynne Barrett living United States fiction wr amp editor Rachel Barrett 1874 1953 Wales editor amp suffragette Margaret Barrington 1896 1982 Ireland fiction amp social wr Maria Esperanza Barrios 1892 1932 Uruguay political wr Nuria Barrios b 1962 Spain poet fiction amp non f wr Pia Barros b 1956 Chile fiction wr Rachel Barrowman b 1963 New Zealand historian amp biographer Lalo Barrubia b 1967 Uruguay poet amp fiction wr Angela Barry living Bermuda wr amp educator Alicia Gimenez Bartlett b 1951 Spain nv Agniya Barto 1906 1981 Russia Soviet Union poet amp ch wr Charlotte Barton 1797 1867 Australia ch wr amp educator Emily Mary Barton 1817 1909 Australia poet Violet Barungi b 1943 Uganda wr amp editor Mildred Barya living Uganda poet Anabela Basalo b 1972 Serbia fiction wr Ada Lee Bascom d 1928 United States novelist amp playwright Miryana Basheva 1947 2020 Bulgaria poet Marie Bashkirtseff 1858 1884 Russia France diarist amp artist Talat Bassari 1923 2020 Iran Persia poet feminist amp academic Marnie Bassett 1890 1980 Australia historian amp biographer Laura Bassi 1711 1778 Italy physicist amp academic Angele Bassole Ouedraogo b 1967 Ivory Coast Canada Newfoundland poet Julia Bastin 1888 1968 Belgium academic amp nv in French Marjolein Bastin b 1943 Netherlands nature amp ch wr amp illustrator Bani Basu b 1939 India es amp poet Purabi Basu b 1949 Bangladesh fiction wr amp activist Fira Basuki b 1972 Indonesia nv Felisa Batacan living Philippines nv Jackee Budesta Batanda living Uganda col amp wr Allie Bates b 1957 United States wr Clara Nettie Bates 1876 1966 United States ed amp wr Daisy Bates 1859 1951 Australia anthropologist Katharine Lee Bates 1859 1929 United States songwriter Margret Holmes Bates 1844 1927 United States nv poet short story wr non f Octavia Williams Bates 1846 1911 United States suffragist clubwoman amp wr Catherine Bateson b 1960 Australia nv amp poet Janet Bathgate c 1806 1898 Scotland autobiographer Najmieh Batmanglij b 1947 Iran Persia United States chef amp cookery wr Eileen Battersby c 1958 2018 Ireland critic Henrietta Battier c 1751 1813 Ireland poet amp satirist Laura Battiferri 1523 1589 Italy poet Effie T Battle c 1882 post 1940 United States poet amp educator Dawn Michelle Baude b 1959 United States poet col amp educator Emma Pow Bauder 1848 1932 United States nv Baudovinia fl c 600 France wr in Latin Blanche Baughan 1870 1958 New Zealand poet amp penal reformer Marguerite Baulu 1870 1942 Belgium nv in French Vicki Baum 1888 1960 Austria Austria Hungary nv Sara Baume b 1984 Ireland nv Gertrud Baumer 1873 1954 Germany wr amp feminist Josephine Penfield Cushman Bateham 1829 1901 United States social reformer ed amp wr Lualhati Bautista 1945 2023 Philippines nv Sophie Bawr 1773 1860 France wr pw amp composer Anna Dawbin 1816 1905 Australia diarist Mary Temple Bayard 1853 1916 United States wr amp journalist Oya Baydar b 1940 Turkey Ottoman Empire fiction wr amp sociologist Ada Ellen Bayly Edna Lyall 1857 1903 England nv Barbara Baynton 1857 1929 Australia fiction wr Molly Baz United States chef amp cookery wr Emilia Pardo Bazan 1851 1921 Spain es amp nv Nura Bazdulj Hubijar b 1951 Yugoslavia Bosnia Herzegovina wr poet amp pw Lesley Beake b 1949 Scotland South Africa ch wr Anne Beale 1816 1900 Wales nv amp poet Annie O Meara de Vic Beamish 1883 1969 Ireland Switzerland wr amp pw Beatrice of Nazareth c 1200 1268 Netherlands Cistercian amp early wr in Dutch Louisa Beaufort 1781 1863 Ireland wr amp antiquarian Fanny de Beauharnais 1737 1813 France lady of letters amp salonniere Aletta Beaujon 1933 2001 Curacao poet Fleur Beale b 1945 New Zealand YA wr Margaret Beames 1935 2016 New Zealand ch wr Clara Bancroft Beatley 1858 1923 United States wr compiler Mercedes Bengoechea b 1952 Spain sociolinguist non f wr Betty Bentley Beaumont 1828 1892 England wr Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont 1711 1780 France story amp non f wr Airini Beautrais b 1982 New Zealand poet Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan 1818 1897 Ireland Australia poet amp fiction wr Simone de Beauvoir 1908 1986 France wr amp philosopher Dany Bebel Gisler 1935 2003 Guadeloupe nv Bruna Beber b 1984 Brazil poet amp wr Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova 1879 1952 Russia France nv amp actor Lola Beccaria b 1963 Spain nv amp screenwriter Angela Becerra b 1957 Comoros poet amp nv Margaret Bechard b 1953 United States ch wr Alison Bechdel b 1960 United States cartoonist amp mem Mimi Bechelani living Mexico TV screenwriter amp poet Beatrix Beck 1914 2008 Switzerland France nv in French Alice Becker Ho b 1941 China France non f wr amp poet Mary Beckett 1926 2013 Northern Ireland radio pw amp fiction wr Thea Beckman 1923 2004 Netherlands ch wr Claude de Bectoz 1490 1547 France wr amp philosopher Malati Bedekar 1905 2001 India fiction wr Jean Bedford b 1946 Australia fiction wr Ruth Bedford 1882 1963 Australia poet pw amp ch wr Simi Bedford living Nigeria England nv Sybille Bedford 1911 2006 Germany England fiction amp non f wr Yolanda Bedregal 1916 1999 Bolivia poet amp nv Patricia Beer 1919 1999 England poet amp critic Isabella Beeton 1836 1865 England domestic wr Mrs Beeton s Book of Household Management Anne Beffort 1880 1966 Luxembourg critic amp biographer Jana Begum fl 17th century India scholar Ruth Behar b 1956 Cuba United States anthropologist Simin Behbahani 1927 2014 Iran Persia poet amp activist Aphra Behn 1640 1689 England pw poet amp nv Mariam Behnam 1921 2014 Iran Persia Emirates nv amp autobiographer Larissa Behrendt b 1969 Australia legal academic amp nv Maria Beig 1920 2018 Germany nv amp educator Geraldine Beigbeder living France nv amp screenwriter Sara Beirao 1880 1974 Portugal ch amp YA wr amp activist Be Bj edit Hele Beji b 1948 Tunisia nv amp es Nazan Bekiroglu b 1957 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv amp academic Hafsa Bekri b 1948 Morocco poet amp fiction wr Maria Belakhova 1903 1969 Russia Soviet Union ch wr amp educator Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso 1808 1871 Italy political wr Valerie Belgrave 1946 2016 Trinidad wr amp artist Souhayr Belhassen b 1943 Tunisia activist amp biographer Concepcion Silva Belinzon 1903 1987 Uruguay wr Diane Bell b 1943 Australia anthropologist Hilary Bell b 1966 Australia pw Susan Groag Bell 1926 2015 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic United States women s studies and autobiographer Vera Bell 1906 post 1999 Jamaica England poet fiction wr amp pw Maud de Belleroche 1922 2017 France nv Diana Bellessi b 1946 Argentina poet amp es Gioconda Belli b 1948 Nicaragua revolutionary amp wr Samira Bellil 1972 2004 France autobiographer Carolina Bello b 1983 Uruguay fiction wr Louise Swanton Belloc 1796 1881 France translator Loleh Bellon 1925 1999 France pw amp actor Yannick Bellon 1924 2019 France screenwriter amp film director Nassira Belloula b 1961 Algeria Canada Newfoundland wr in French Jelica Belovic Bernadzikowska 1870 1946 Austria Austria Hungary Yugoslavia wr amp ethnographer Vizma Belsevica 1931 2005 Latvia poet amp autobiographer Myriam Ben 1928 2001 Algeria France poet fiction wr amp painter Margot Benary Isbert 1889 1979 Germany United States ch wr in German amp English Siham Benchekroun living Morocco poet amp fiction wr Rajae Benchemsi b 1957 Morocco poet Esther Bendahan b 1964 Morocco Spain wr in Spanish Augusta Bender 1846 1924 Germany writer poet activist Karen E Bender living United States nv Rigmor Stampe Bendix 1850 1923 Denmark biographer Emma Lee Benedict 1857 1937 United States editor educator amp wr Hester A Benedict 1838 1921 United States poet amp wr Victoria Benedictsson 1850 1888 Sweden nv Maria Beneyto 1925 2011 Spain poet Bozena Benesova 1873 1936 Austria Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia Czech Republic poet fiction wr amp pw Sokhna Benga b 1967 Senegal nv amp poet Elizabeth Benger 1775 1827 England nv amp biographer Seyla Benhabib b 1950 Turkey Ottoman Empire United States political philosopher Nouria Benghabrit Remaoun b 1952 Algeria sociologist amp politician Elisa Beni b 1965 Spain social wr col amp nv Berthe Benichou Aboulker 1888 1942 Algeria poet amp pw Milena Benini 1966 2020 Yugoslavia Croatia science fiction nv Anna Maria Bennett c 1750 1808 Wales nv Louie Bennett 1870 1956 Ireland wr amp suffragette Louise Bennett Coverley 1919 2006 Jamaica poet amp educator Mary Montgomerie Bennett 1881 1961 Australia biographer amp rights advocate Veronica Bennett b 1953 England ch nv Gwendolyn B Bennett 1902 1981 United States wr Louise Bennett 1919 2006 Jamaica poet amp folklorist Khnata Bennouna b 1940 Morocco fiction wr Nel Benschop 1918 2005 Netherlands poet Mary Crowell Van Benschoten 1840 1921 United States wr newspaper pub amp ed Sihem Bensedrine b 1950 Tunisia Carol Bensimon b 1982 Brazil fiction wr Nettie Lee Benson 1905 1993 United States archivist amp historian Sally Benson 1897 1972 United States screenwriter amp fiction wr Caroline French Benton died 1923 United States cookery wr Juliette Benzoni 1920 2016 France fiction wr amp screenwriter Nina Berberova 1901 1993 Russia France fiction wr Lydia Berdyaev 1871 1945 Russia France poet Amanda Berenguer 1921 2010 Uruguay poet Josefa Berens Totenohl 1891 1969 Germany nv Maimu Berg b 1945 Estonia wr amp critic Sibylle Berg b 1968 Switzerland fiction wr es amp pw in German Charlotta Berger 1784 1852 Sweden fiction wr amp poet Olga Bergholz 1910 1975 Russia Soviet Union poet pw amp ch wr Tara Bergin b 1974 Ireland poet Anne Marie Berglund 1952 2020 Sweden poet fiction wr amp artist Kersti Bergroth 1886 1975 Finland wr amp pw Elisabeth Bergstrand Poulsen 1887 1955 Sweden wr amp illustrator Gunilla Bergstrom 1942 2021 Sweden ch wr amp illustrator Aimee Daniell Beringer 1856 1936 United States pw amp nv Sara Berkeley b 1967 Ireland poet Alexandra Berkova 1949 2008 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic fiction wr amp educator Lucia Berlin 1936 2004 United States short story wr Giuliana Berlinguer 1933 2014 Italy screenwriter amp nv Sabina Berman b 1955 Mexico fiction wr amp col Monica Bernabe b 1972 Spain col amp wr Catherine Bernard 1662 1712 France poet pw amp nv Gabrielle Bernard 1893 1963 Belgium poet in French Patricia Bernard b 1942 Australia fiction wr Tati Bernardi b 1979 Brazil fiction amp screenwriter Paulette Bernege 1896 1973 France household amp non f wr Juliana Berners 14th amp 15th centuries England wr on medieval pursuits Emmanuele Bernheim 1955 2017 France screenplay wr amp nv Jovette Bernier 1900 1981 Canada Newfoundland col nv amp poet Elsa Bernstein 1866 1949 Austria Austria Hungary pw amp account of Theresienstadt concentration camp Rose Berryl b 1982 Belgium fantasy wr in French Bertice Berry b 1960 United States sociologist wr amp educator Julie Berry b 1974 United States ch amp YA wr Mei mei Berssenbrugge 白萱华 b 1947 China United States poet amp pw Louise Bertin 1905 1977 France poet amp composer Michelle Suarez Bertora b 1983 Uruguay social wr Aurora Bertrana 1892 1974 Spain fiction wr Betty Berzon 1928 2006 United States wr Annie Besant 1847 1933 England theosophist amp activist Elsa Beskow 1874 1953 Sweden ch wr amp illustrator Agustina Bessa Luis 1922 2019 Portugal fiction amp non f wr Bessora b 1968 Belgium fiction wr in French Eva Best 1851 1925 United States ss wr poet dramatist Mireille Best 1943 2005 France fiction wr Mary Matilda Betham 1776 1852 England diarist poet amp woman of letters Matilda Betham Edwards 1836 1919 England nv poet amp travel wr Marion Bethel b 1953 Bahamas poet amp activist Nicolette Bethel living Bahamas wr amp anthropologist Ursula Bethell 1874 1945 England New Zealand poet Kata Bethlen 1700 1759 Hungary mem Doris Betts 1932 2012 United States fiction wr amp es Jean Betts living England New Zealand pw amp actor Dricky Beukes 1918 1999 South Africa fiction amp radio drama wr in Afrikaans Lauren Beukes b 1976 South Africa fiction wr amp television screenwriter in English Maja Beutler 1936 2021 Switzerland fiction wr in German Cvetka Bevc b 1960 Yugoslavia Slovenia poet amp prose amp ch wr Elizabeth Beverley fl 1815 30 England pamphleteer L S Bevington 1845 1895 England poet anarchist amp es Maissa Bey b 1950 Algeria wr amp educator Niloofar Beyzaie b 1967 Iran Persia pw Zdenka Bezdekova 1907 1999 Austria Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia Czech Republic fiction amp non f wr Sheila Bhatia 1916 2008 India poet amp pw Sujata Bhatt b 1956 India poet Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya b 1927 India poet amp critic Suchitra Bhattacharya 1950 2011 India nv Fatima Bhutto b 1982 Afghanistan Pakistan nv amp social wr Ewa Bialolecka b 1967 Poland fiction wr Matilde Bianchi 1927 1991 Uruguay critic Angela Bianchini 1921 2018 Italy fiction wr amp critic Elizabeth Bibesco 1897 1945 England wr Marthe Bibesco 1886 1973 Romania France wr in French Nina Bichuya b 1937 Ukraine nv amp ch wr Hester Biddle c 1629 1697 England Quaker pamphleteer Elizabeth Biddulph Baroness Biddulph 1834 1916 England non f w amp Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria Ruth Bidgood 1922 2022 Wales poet Agnieszka Biedrzycka living Poland historian Dorothea Biehl 1731 1788 Denmark pw Nella Bielski 1930s 2020 Ukraine France wr amp actor Gisele Bienne b 1946 France nv Linda Bierds b 1945 United States poet amp professor Carli Biessels 1936 2016 Netherlands ch wr Alberta Bigagli 1928 2017 Italy psychologist amp poet Ella A Bigelow 1849 1917 United States author Lettie S Bigelow 1849 1906 United States poet and author Barbara Biggs b 1956 Australia wr amp campaigner Juana Bignozzi 1937 2015 Argentina poet amp translator Anna Bijns 1493 1575 Flanders humanism in Dutch amp French Elisheva Bikhovski 1888 1949 Russia Israel poet critic amp translator Ustun Bilgen Reinart b 1947 Turkey Ottoman Empire Canada Newfoundland non f wr Shahbano Bilgrami living Pakistan United States poet amp es S Corinna Bille 1912 1979 Switzerland nv amp poet in French Raphaele Billetdoux b 1951 France nv Eva Billow 1902 1993 Sweden ch wr amp illustrator Natalka Bilotserkivets b 1954 Ukraine poet Maeve Binchy 1939 2012 Ireland fiction wr pw amp col Ama Biney b 1960s England historian amp journalist Bing Xin 冰心 1900 1999 China fiction amp ch wr Hildegard of Bingen 1098 1179 Germany mystic pw amp poet in Latin Jennie M Bingham 1859 1933 United States fiction amp non f wr Dorthe Binkert b 1949 Germany fiction amp non f wr Judith Binney 1940 2011 New Zealand historian amp academic Carol Birch b 1951 England nv Charlotte Birch Pfeiffer c 1800 1868 Germany pw amp actor Christina Regina von Birchenbaum fl 17th century Finland poet Carmel Bird b 1940 Australia fiction wr Hera Lindsay Bird b 1987 New Zealand poet Isabella Bird 1831 1904 England traveller amp wr Poldy Bird 1941 2018 Argentina poet amp es Sandra Birdsell b 1942 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Anne Birk 1942 2009 Germany nv history wr amp pw Winifred Birkett 1887 1966 Australia nv amp poet Becky Birtha b 1948 United States poet amp ch wr Dora Birtles 1903 1992 Australia fiction wr poet amp travel wr Anne Bishop living United States fantasy nv Eleanor Bishop director New Zealand playwright Elizabeth Bishop 1911 1979 United States poet amp wr Emily Montague Mulkin Bishop 1858 1916 United States wr Jacqueline Bishop living Jamaica wr artist amp photographer Yael Bitran b 1965 Chile Mexico non f wr Adriana Bittel b 1946 Romania critic amp fiction wr Isidora Bjelica 1967 2020 Serbia wr amp pw Marie Bjelke Petersen 1874 1969 Australia nv Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir b 1982 Iceland wr amp folklorist Christina Bjork b 1938 Sweden wr amp ch book wr Anna Svanhildur Bjornsdottir b 1948 Iceland writer amp educator Sigrun Edda Bjornsdottir b 1958 Iceland writer amp actor Louise Bjornsen 1824 1899 Denmark fiction wr Bl Br edit Clementina Black 1853 1922 England nv amp political wr Emily Lucas Blackall 1832 1892 United States wr amp philanthropist Sarah Blackborow fl 1650s 1660s England Quaker wr amp preacher E Owens Blackburne 1848 1894 Ireland wr amp nv Malorie Blackman b 1962 Barbados England ch amp YA fiction wr amp pw Anauta Blackmore c 1890 1965 Canada memoirist YA Ellen Blackwell 1864 1952 England New Zealand botanist Sara Blaedel b 1964 Denmark crime wr Isa Blagden 1816 1817 1873 England Italy nv amp poet Marina Blagojevic 1958 2020 Serbia wr on gender Georgia Blain 1964 2016 Australia nv col amp biographer Suessa Baldridge Blaine 1860 1932 United States wr Marie Claire Blais 1939 2021 Canada Newfoundland nv poet amp pw Ines Joyes y Blake 1731 1808 Spain Enlightenment wr Jan Blake fl 1988 UK storyteller and wr Anna Blaman 1905 1960 Netherlands nv amp poet Susanna Blamire 1747 1794 England poet Neltje Blanchan 1865 1918 United States nature wr Augustine Malvina Blanchecotte 1830 1897 France poet Carmen Blanco b 1954 Spain feminist wr Yolanda Blanco b 1954 Nicaragua poet Ana Blandiana b 1942 Romania poet amp es Isabella Margaret Elizabeth Blandin 1838 1912 United States non f wr Stella Blandy 1836 1925 France woman of letters amp feminist Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank 1932 2002 New Zealand poet amp educator Carla Blank living United States wr editor amp educator Clair Blank 1915 1965 United States mystery wr Barbara Blaugdone c 1609 1705 England Quaker autobiographer Helena Blavatsky 1831 1891 Russia theosophist amp mystic Jaroslava Blazkova 1933 2017 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Slovakia fiction amp ch wr Emily Rose Bleby 1849 1917 Jamaica UK nf wr Ann Eliza Bleecker 1752 1783 United States poet amp correspondent Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington 1789 1849 Ireland nv amp hostess Audrey Blignault 1916 2008 South Africa es in Afrikaans Ellen Sylvia Blind 1925 2009 Sweden poet amp mem in Sami Eliot Bliss 1903 1990 Jamaica England nv amp poet Karen Blixen 1885 1962 Denmark Kenya wr Francesca Lia Block b 1962 United States wr Marion Bloem b 1952 Netherlands wr amp film maker Barbara Bloemink b 1953 United States art historian Anni Blomqvist 1909 1990 Finland nv in Swedish Gertrude Elizabeth Blood 1857 1911 Ireland wr amp pw Amy Bloom b 1953 United States nv non f wr amp psychotherapist Minerva Bloom b 1959 Mexico United States poet in Spanish amp English Valerie Bloom b 1956 Jamaica poet amp nv Amelia Bloomer 1818 1894 United States wr on women s rights amp temperance Andree Blouin 1921 1986 Central African Republic activist amp wr Elizabeth Blower c 1757 1763 post 1816 England nv Antonina Bludova 1813 1891 Russia salonniere amp mem Ana Cecilia Blum b 1972 Ecuador wr Liliana V Blum b 1974 Mexico fiction wr Judy Blume b 1938 United States nv Yde Schloenbach Blumenschein Colombina 1882 1963 Brazil poet amp chronicler Ilse Blumenthal Weiss 1899 1987 Germany United States poet amp Hc survivor Louise Sophie Blusse 1901 1996 Netherlands religious wr Enid Blyton 1897 1968 England ch wr Capel Boake Doris Boake Kerr 1889 1944 Australia nv Margarita Bobba fl 1560 Italy wr amp poet Marilyn Bobes b 1955 Cuba poet nv amp critic Merlinda Bobis b 1959 Philippines Australia wr amp academic Irena Bobowska 1920 1942 Poland poet amp wartime victim Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum living Senegal nv amp col Cecil Bodker 1927 2020 Denmark YA wr amp poet Imma von Bodmershof 1895 1982 Austria Austria Hungary poet Liliana Bodoc 1958 2018 Argentina nv Milica Bodrozic living Serbia political history wr Anna Boeseken 1905 1997 South Africa historian in English Janka Boga 1886 1963 Hungary wr amp pw Louise Bogan 1897 1970 United States poet Henrietta Boggs 1918 2020 United States Costa Rica author amp activist Graciela Bogran 1896 2000 Honduras es Katalin Bogyay b 1956 Hungary biographer amp politician Helene Bohlau 1859 1940 Germany nv Margarete Bohme 1867 1939 Germany nv Laura Papo Bohoreta 1891 1942 Turkey Ottoman Empire Yugoslavia wr on Judaism Lucie Boissonnas 1839 1877 France biog Montserrat Boix b 1960 Spain feminist wr Barbara Bojarska living Poland historian Berta Bojetu 1946 1997 Yugoslavia Slovenia poet amp nv Eavan Boland 1944 2020 Ireland United States poet amp academic Sophie Bolander 1807 1869 Sweden nv Anna Bolava b 1981 nv amp poet Emily Bold b 1980 adult amp YA nv Catherine of Bologna 1413 1463 Italy religious wr amp saint Isabel Bolton 1883 1975 United States nv Sarah Knowles Bolton 1841 1916 United States wr Natella Boltyanskaya b 1965 Soviet Union Russia poet amp songwriter Maria Luisa Bombal 1910 1980 Chile wr Erma Bombeck 1927 1996 United States humorist Son Bo mi 선보미 b 1980 Korea nv Simona Bonafe b 1973 Italy politician Marie Bonaparte Wyse 1831 1902 France wr amp hostess Annie B Bond b 1953 United States wr amp editor Chrystelle Trump Bond 1938 2020 United States dance historian Cynthia Bond b 1961 United States nv Pilar Bonet b 1952 Spain political wr Maria Boniecka 1910 1978 Poland educator amp political wr Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham 1840 1907 United States traveler amp col Tanella Boni b 1954 Ivory Coast poet amp nv Veronica Bonilla b 1972 Ecuador ch wr amp illustrator Laudomia Bonanni 1907 2002 Italy fiction wr Elizabeth Anne Bonner 1924 1981 United States fiction wr amp poet Geraldine Bonner 1870 1930 United States wr Marita Bonner 1899 1971 United States wr es amp pw Piedad Bonnett b 1951 Comoros poet pw amp nv Teresina Bontempi 1883 1968 Switzerland Italy political wr amp diarist in Italian Cedella Booker 1926 2008 Jamaica biographer amp singer Malika Booker b 1970 England poet wr amp artist Paula Boock b 1964 New Zealand fiction amp screenwriter Mary Everest Boole 1832 1916 England wr Frances Boothby fl c 1669 1670 England pw Alice Borchardt 1939 2007 United States fiction wr Ivonne Bordelois b 1934 Argentina poet amp es Miriam Borgenicht 1915 1992 United States mystery nv Norah Borges 1901 1998 poet amp illustrator Martina Barros Borgono 1850 1944 Chile feminist wr Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi 1932 1933 2004 India poet amp folklorist Maria Selvaggia Borghini 1656 1731 Italy poet Alicia Borinsky fl since 1975 Argentina nv poet amp critic Elsa Bornemann 1952 2013 Argentina ch wr Jenny Bornholdt b 1960 New Zealand poet amp anthologist Chasia Bornstein Bielicka 1921 2012 Polish born Israeli writer Marina Boroditskaya b 1954 Soviet Union Russia ch poet Rosario Ustariz Borra 1927 2009 Spain poet in Aragonese Juana Borrero 1877 1896 Cuba juvenile poet amp painter Paloma Gomez Borrero 1934 2017 Spain wr Ines Bortagaray b 1975 Uruguay screenwriter Marianne Boruch b 1950 United States poet amp professor Anica Boskovic 1714 1804 Dalmatia Ragusa Serbia wr amp poet Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom Toussaint 1912 1986 Netherlands nv Kathe Bosse Griffiths 1910 1998 Germany Wales archaeologist Louise de Bossigny died 1700 France salonniere amp fairy tale wr Tania Boteva Malo b 1950 Bulgaria Belgium nv amp wr in French Nuria C Botey b 1977 Spain nv Calypso Botez 1880 1933 Romania feminist wr Anne Lynch Botta 1815 1891 United States poet wr amp teacher Vera Botterbusch b 1942 Germany wr amp poet Phyllis Bottome 1884 1963 England fiction wr Messaouda Boubaker b 1954 Tunisia fiction wr Tereza Bouckova b 1957 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic fiction wr Laurence Bougault 1970 2018 poet travel wr Martha Arnold Boughton 1857 1928 United States wr poet Iana Boukova b 1968 Bulgaria poet nv amp es Mousse Boulanger 1926 2023 Switzerland poet Carmen Boullosa b 1954 Mexico poet nv amp pw Jenny Boult 1951 2005 Australia poet Nina Bouraoui b 1967 Algeria France nv amp songwriter Catherine de Bourbon 1559 1604 France sonneteer amp princess Louise Bourbonnaud c 1847 1915 travel wr in French Madeleine Bourdouxhe 1906 1996 Belgium nv in French Angela Bourke b 1952 Ireland fiction wr amp historian Eva Bourke b 1946 Germany Ireland poet in English Marie Marguerite Bouvet 1865 1915 United States ch fiction wr Jeanne Bouvier 1865 1964 France political wr amp feminist Sarah Bouyain b 1968 France wr amp film director Dounia Bouzar b 1964 France anthropologist amp educator Marie Anne de Bovet 1855 post 1935 France nv amp travel wr Louise Bovie 1810 1870 Belgium fiction wr in French Avice Maud Bowbyes 1901 1992 New Zealand domestic wr Jane Bowdler 1743 1784 England poet amp es Elizabeth Bowen 1899 1973 Ireland England fiction wr Mary Bowes 1749 1800 England pw amp botanist Sarah Bowie living Ireland ch wr amp illustrator Jane Bowles 1917 1973 United States wr amp pw Mary D R Boyd 1809 United States ch wr Karin Boye 1900 1941 Sweden poet amp nv Clare Boylan 1948 2006 Ireland fiction wr amp critic Helen Boyle 1899 1988 England Ireland activist amp garden wr Kay Boyle 1902 1992 United States wr educator amp activist Virginia Frazer Boyle 1863 1938 United States wr amp poet Agota Bozai b 1965 Hungary nv amp translator Zuzana Brabcova 1959 2015 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic nv Coral Bracho b 1951 Mexico poet amp academic Leigh Brackett 1915 1978 United States science fiction wr Paula Brackston living England nv Brada writer 1847 1938 France wr nv Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1837 1915 England nv Anna Braden 1858 1939 United States wr amp poet Marion Zimmer Bradley 1930 1999 United States fantasy amp science fiction wr Maire Bradshaw b 1943 Ireland poet Anne Bradstreet 1612 1672 United States poet amp wr Eva Brag 1829 1913 Sweden social wr Anne Bragance b 1945 France wr Sophia Brahe 1559 or 1556 1643 Denmark horticulturalist amp scientist Cecilia Manguerra Brainard b 1947 Philippines nv amp editor Oyinkan Braithwaite b 1988 Nigeria England nv Shannon Bramer b 1973 Canada Newfoundland poet Mae Bramhall c 1861 1897 United States actress writer Dolors Bramon b 1943 Spain philologist amp academic Tatiana Niculescu Bran living Romania nv Dionne Brand b 1953 Trinidad Canada Newfoundland poet nv amp es Hannah Brand 1754 1821 England actor amp pw Mona Brand 1915 2007 Australia poet pw amp non f wr Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandao 1779 1868 Brazil poet amp educator Fiama Hasse Pais Brandao 1928 2007 Portugal poet pw amp es Angelika Brandt b 1961 oceanographer Johanna Brandt 1876 1964 South Africa political wr in Afrikaans Adelia Pope Branham 1861 1917 United States poet short story wr Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant 1880 1970 Brazil diarist Giannina Braschi b 1953 Paraguay wr Ann Brashares b 1967 United States YA wr Anne Sophie Brasme b 1984 France nv Anneke Brassinga b 1948 Netherlands wr amp translator Lily Braun 1865 1916 Germany feminist wr Virginia Braun living New Zealand psychologist Anna Eliza Bray 1790 1883 England nv Libba Bray b 1964 United States YA nv Teresa Brayton 1868 1943 Ireland United States poet amp col Angela Brazil 1868 1947 England YA wr Freda Bream 1918 1996 New Zealand teacher amp autobiographer Jean Binta Breeze 1956 2021 Jamaica poet amp storyteller Marie Bregendahl 1867 1940 Denmark fiction wr Kirstin Breitenfellner b 1966 Austria Austria Hungary nv critic amp yoga teacher Fredrika Bremer 1801 1865 Sweden nv amp feminist Kristina Brenk 1911 2009 Yugoslavia Slovenia ch wr amp poet Maeve Brennan 1917 1993 Ireland United States fiction amp social wr Sarah Rees Brennan b 1983 Ireland United States YA nv Anita Brenner 1905 1974 Mexico United States cultural wr in English Sophia Elisabet Brenner 1659 1730 Sweden wr poet amp feminist Bridget Brereton b 1946 Trinidad amp Tobago non f historian Jane Brereton 1685 1740 Wales poet Nana Ekua Brew Hammond living United States Ghana Gold Coast fiction wr amp poet Martha Wadsworth Brewster 1710 c 1757 United States poet amp wr first named American born woman to publish Yvonne Brewster b 1938 Jamaica mem amp actor Melitta Breznik b 1961 As Switzerland fiction wr Bub Bridger 1924 2009 New Zealand poet amp fiction wr London Bridgez b 1982 United States poet amp wr Elin Briem 1856 1937 Iceland cookery wr Anna Brigadere fl 1890 1920s Latvia pw Patricia Briggs b 1965 United States fantasy wr Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright 1859 1945 Australia England wr amp feminist Eliza Brightwen 1830 1906 Scotland wr amp naturalist Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes living Philippines wr in Spanish Hesba Brinsmead 1922 2003 Australia nv Genevieve Brisac b 1951 France nv amp ch wr Vera Brittain 1893 1970 England wr feminist amp pacifist Victoria Brittain b 1942 England journalist amp author Sarah Britten b 1974 South Africa social and YA wr in English Rosa Maria Britton 1936 2019 Panama fiction wr amp physician Dragana Krsenkovic Brkovic living Montenegro wr Ivana Brlic Mazuranic 1874 1938 Austria Austria Hungary Yugoslavia ch wr Adele Broadbent b 1968 New Zealand ch wr Chris Broadribb living Australia fiction wr Renee Brock 1912 1980 Belgium poet amp fiction wr in French Sybil le Brocquy 1892 1973 Ireland pw amp patron Molly Brodak 1980 2020 United States poet Erna Brodber b 1940 Jamaica nv amp sociologist Anne Brodbelt 1751 1827 United Kingdom Jamaica non f wr amp social observer Eve Brodlique 1867 1949 England Canada United States wr amp journalist Therese Brummer 1833 1896 Danish children s writer and biographer Patricia Burke Brogan 1926 2022 Ireland pw amp poet Suzanne Brogger b 1944 Denmark nv amp poet Vera Broido 1907 2004 Soviet Union England social wr Anne Bronte 1820 1849 England nv amp poet The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Charlotte Bronte 1816 1855 England nv amp poet Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1818 1848 England nv amp poet Wuthering Heights Charlotte Brooke c 1740 1793 Ireland translator from Irish Emma Brooke 1844 1926 England nv Frances Brooke 1723 1789 England nv es amp pw Iris Brooke 1905 post 1967 England non f wr amp illustrator Susan Brookes b c 1943 44 England non f Anita Brookner 1928 2016 England nv amp art historian Geraldine Brooks b 1955 Australia United States nv Gwendolyn Brooks 1917 2000 United States poet amp wr Anne Brooksbank b 1943 Australia scriptwriter amp pw Mary Anne Broome Lady Broome 1831 1911 Australia nv travel amp ch wr Nicole Brossard b 1943 Canada Newfoundland poet amp nv Alice Williams Brotherton 1848 1930 United States poet amp wr Rhoda Broughton 1840 1920 Wales England nv Olga Broumas b 1949 Gk United States poet Flora Brovina b 1949 Kosovo poet amp pediatrician Irja Agnes Browallius 1901 1968 Finland Sweden fiction wr Edith Brower 1848 1931 United States reformer non f wr Annie Greene Brown 1855 1923 United States nv Babette Brown 1931 2019 South Africa England socio political wr Cindy Lynn Brown b 1973 Denmark United States poet Deidre Brown b 1970 New Zealand art historian Diane Brown b 1951 New Zealand nv amp poet Eva Maria Brown 1856 1917 United States reformer activist amp legal wr Helen Brown b 1954 New Zealand Australia wr amp col Lily Brown b 1981 United States poet amp wr Helen Gurley Brown 1922 2012 United States wr Margaret Wise Brown 1910 1952 United States ch wr Monica Brown b 1969 Peru United States ch wr Pam Brown b 1948 Australia poet amp prose wr Pat Brown b 1955 United States wr on crime Rebecca Brown b 1956 United States wr Rita Mae Brown b 1944 United States nv poet amp screenwriter Riwia Brown b 1957 New Zealand pw Audrey Brown Pereira b 1975 New Zealand poet amp civil servant Emma Alice Browne 1835 1890 United States poet Frances Browne 1816 1879 Ireland poet amp nv ch fiction wr Harriet Louisa Browne 1829 1906 Scotland New Zealand salonniere amp correspondent Mary Bonaventure Browne post 1610 post 1670 Ireland abbess amp historian Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 1861 England poet Aurora Leigh Josette Bruce 1920 1996 Poland France nv Mary Grant Bruce 1878 1958 Australia ch wr amp col Edith Bruck b 1932 Hungary Italy fiction wr amp pw in Italian Mary Bruck 1925 2008 Ireland Scotland astronomer amp science historian Christine Bruckner 1921 1996 Germany fiction amp ch wr Maire MacSwiney Brugha 1918 2012 Ireland poet amp fiction wr Alyssa Brugman b 1974 Australia YA wr Til Brugman 1888 1958 Netherlands fiction wr amp poet Eliane Brum b 1966 Brazil current affairs wr Herminia Brumana 1897 1954 Argentina nv amp pw Olga Broumas b 1949 Greece United States poet in English Friederike Brun 1765 1835 Denmark wr amp salonniere Elisa Brune 1966 2018 Belgium wr in French Marta Brunet 1897 1967 Chile fiction wr Andree Brunin 1937 1993 France poet Giuliana Bruno living England environmentalist Marianne Bruns 1897 1994 Georgia Caucasus nv amp poet Mary Brunton 1778 1818 Scotland nv Sara Cone Bryant 1873 1956 United States lecturer teacher wr Colette Bryce b 1970 Northern Ireland England poet Jane Bryce b 1951 Tanzania England non f wr critic academic Bryher 1894 1983 England nv poet amp mem Annika Bryn b 1945 Sweden fiction wr Anna Brzezinska b 1971 Poland fiction wr Bu By edit Bu Feiyan 步非烟 b 1981 China wuxia nv Mary K Buck 1849 1901 Bohemia United States wr Pearl S Buck 1892 1973 United States fiction wr amp biographer 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature Catherine Buckle b 1957 Zimbabwe ch wr Ann Buckley living Ireland musicologist Klara Buda living Albania France wr amp col Zsuzsanna Budapest b 1940 Hungary United States non f wr in English Mariam Budia b 1970 Sp pw amp academic Maria Elizabeth Budden c 1780 1832 England nv translator amp ch wr Lukrecija Bogasinovic Budmani 1710 1784 Dalmatia Ragusa poet Andrea Hollander Budy b 1947 United States poet Aminta Buenano b 1958 Ecuador wr amp politician Ken Bugul b 1947 Senegal nv in Wolof Traude Buhrmann b 1942 Germany nv amp col Kanstantsia Builo 1893 1986 Soviet Union Bulgaria poet amp pw Lela E Buis living United States fiction non f and poetry Ada Buisson 1839 1866 nv and writer of ghost stories Fanny Buitrago living Comoros fiction wr amp pw NoViolet Bulawayo b 1981 Zimbabwe fiction wr Emily Hemans Bulcock 1877 1969 Australia poet Fanny Bulkeley Owen 1845 1927 Wales historian Victoria Adukwei Bulley living England poet Margaret Bullock 1845 1903 New Zealand col amp nv Silvina Bullrich 1915 1990 Argentina nv amp screenwriter Anna Bulow died 1519 Sweden wr translator amp abbess Selina Bunbury 1802 1882 Ireland nv amp travel wr Delfina Bunge 1881 1952 Argentina poet fiction wr amp es Anna Bunina 1774 1829 Russia poet Sevim Burak 1931 1983 Turkey Ottoman Empire fiction wr amp pw Adda Burch 1869 1929 United States non f wr teacher missionary amp activist Elizabeth Burchill 1904 2003 Australia wr nurse amp philanthropist Catherine Dorothea Burdett 1784 1861 Ireland nv Carmen de Burgos 1867 1932 Spain wr amp activist Erika Burkart 1922 2010 Switzerland poet amp wr in German Anne Burke fl 1780 1805 Ireland fiction wr Jan Burke b 1953 United States nv amp short story wr Bonnie Burnard 1945 2017 Canada Newfoundland nv Frances Hodgson Burnett 1849 1924 England pw amp ch wr Caroline Burney fl early 19th century nv Frances Burney 1776 1828 England closet pw Frances Burney 1752 1840 England nv diarist amp pw Sarah Burney 1772 1844 England nv Clara Louise Burnham 1854 1827 United States nv Andreas Burnier 1931 2002 Netherlands poet amp wr Anna Burns b 1962 Northern Ireland nv Joanne Burns b 1945 Australia art critic historian amp nv Deborah Burrows b 1959 Australia nv Mary Towne Burt 1842 1898 United States temperance reformer Stephanie Burt b 1971 United States poet amp critic Margaret Busby b 1944 Ghana Gold Coast publisher critic amp pw Penny Busetto living South Africa nv in English Olivia Ward Bush 1869 1944 United States wr poet amp col Abena Busia b 1953 Ghana Gold Coast poet amp academic Akosua Busia b 1966 Ghana Gold Coast actor nv amp screenwriter Helle Busacca 1915 1996 Italy poet wr amp painter Christine Busta 1915 1987 Austria Austria Hungary poet amp ch wr Hipatia Cardenas de Bustamante 1889 1972 Ecuador wr amp feminist Maria Nieves y Bustamante 1871 1947 Peru wr Gabriela Bustelo b 1962 Spain nv amp political wr Fatimah Busu b 1943 Malaysia fiction wr amp academic Sharon Butala b 1940 Canada Newfoundland nv Amy Butcher living United States es amp wr Ruby Bute b 1943 Aruba fiction wr poet amp painter Dorothy Butler 1925 2015 New Zealand ch wr amp mem Gwendoline Butler also Jennie Melville 1922 2013 England nv Octavia Butler 1947 2006 United States science fiction wr Susan Bulkeley Butler living United States wr Urvashi Butalia b 1952 India writer amp activist Julia Butschkow b 1978 Denmark fiction wr amp poet Miriam Butterworth 1918 2019 United States pacifist amp politician Razia Butt 1924 2012 Pakistan nv amp radio pw Mary Butts 1890 1937 England modernist wr Rumena Buzarovska b 1981 Macedonia wr A S Byatt 1936 2023 England nv amp poet Kim Byeol ah b 1969 Korea wr Marie Beuzeville Byles 1900 1979 Australia travel amp non f wr Maj Bylock 1931 2019 Sweden ch wr amp educator Sarah Shun lien Bynum b 1972 United States fiction wr amp anthologist Ethna Byrne Costigan 1904 1991 Ireland academic amp wr Catherine Byron b 1947 England Northern Ireland poet Cheryl Byron c 1947 2003 Trinidad poet amp singer Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z C editCa Ch edit Fernan Caballero 1796 1877 Spain nv Meg Cabot b 1967 United States wr Astrid Cabral b 1936 Brazil nv amp poet Cristina Rodriguez Cabral b 1959 Uruguay poet amp researcher Lydia Cabrera 1899 1991 Cuba ethnographer Aurora Caceres 1877 1958 Peru nv es amp travel wr Esther de Caceres 1903 1971 Uruguay poet Lydia Cacho b 1963 Mexico social writer Caroline Caddy b 1944 Australia poet Florence Caddy 1837 1923 England wr Elizabeth Cadell 1903 1989 India England wr Dilys Cadwaladr 1902 1979 Wales poet Kathleen Caffyn Iota 1853 1926 Australia nv Claude Cahun 1894 1954 France wr amp photographer Cai Yan 蔡琰 late 2nd early 3rd centuries China poet amp composer Dominique Caillat living Switzerland Germany social wr Rachel Caine pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad 1962 2020 United States nv Mona Caird c 1854 1932 Scotland nv amp es Lutegarda Guimaraes de Caires 1873 1935 Portugal poet amp activist Susana Calandrelli 1901 1978 Argentina poet fiction wr amp es Graciela Rincon Calcano 1904 1987 Venezuela wr amp poet Moyra Caldecott 1927 2015 South Africa England fiction amp non f Wr Laura Calder living Canada wr Taylor Caldwell 1900 1985 England United States nv Hortense Calisher 1911 2009 United States wr Margaret Callan c 1817 c 1883 Ireland Australia poet Maria Callcott 1785 1842 England ch amp travel wr Nina de Callias 1843 1884 France poet Carmen Callil 1938 2022 Australia UK wr amp critic June Callwood 1924 2007 Canada Newfoundland wr amp activist Marie Calm 1832 1887 Germany poet nv and household wr Mena Calthorpe 1905 1996 Australia nv Paola Calvetti b 1948 Italy nv amp col Maria Enriqueta Camarillo 1872 1968 Mexico poet amp fiction wr Ada Cambridge 1844 1926 Australia nv poet amp autobiographer Joan Cambridge living Guyana nv amp journalist Maria Cambrils 1878 1939 Spain feminist wr Charlotte Cameron c 1872 1946 United States travel writer Margaret Cameron 1867 1947 United States nv pw amp non f wr Duccia Camiciotti 1928 2014 Italy poet and es Roser Caminals Heath living Spain nv in Catalan Kate Camp b 1972 New Zealand poet Manuela Campanelli b 1962 Italy science wr Bebe Moore Campbell 1950 2006 United States nv Bonnie Jo Campbell b 1962 United States fiction wr Hazel Campbell 1940 2018 Jamaica fiction amp ch wr Shirley Campbell b 1965 Costa Rica poet Lady Colin Campbell b 1949 Jamaica England biographer Marion May Campbell b 1948 Australia nv amp academic Meg Campbell 1937 2007 New Zealand poet Nellie Campobello 1900 1986 Mexico poet amp chronicler Ana Barrios Camponovo b 1961 Uruguay Spain wr amp illustrator Julieta Campos 1932 2007 Cuba Mexico nv Maria Teresa Campos b 1941 Spain non f wr Zenobia Camprubi 1887 1956 Spain United States wr amp poet Matilde Camus 1919 2012 Spain poet amp non f wr Lorea Canales living Mexico nv amp lawyer Amelie Julie Candeille 1667 1734 France librettist amp composer Eva Canel 1857 1932 Spain Cuba nv amp satirist Marta Canessa b 1936 Uruguay historian amp academic Yanitzia Canetti b 1967 Cuba United States nv es amp ch wr Dorothy Canfield 1879 1958 United States wr Understood Betsy May Wedderburn Cannan 1893 1973 England poet Moya Cannon b 1956 Ireland poet Minna Canth 1844 1897 Finland wr amp activist Estela Canto 1919 1994 Argentina nv biographer amp translator Ludmilla Lacueva Canut b 1971 Andorra fiction amp non f wr Lan Cao b 1961 Vietnam United States wr Una Minh Caomhanach b 1991 Ireland travel amp social wr Vahni Capildeo b 1973 Trinidad Scotland poet Maria Aurelia Capmany 1918 1991 Spain nv amp pw Jeanne Cappe 1895 1956 Belgium YA wr in French Margarita Abella Caprile 1901 1960 Argentina poet amp fiction amp travel wr Paola Capriolo b 1962 Italy nv Marcelle Capy 1891 1962 France nv amp feminist Ethna Carbery 1864 1902 Ireland wr amp poet Teresa Gisbert Carbonell 1926 2018 Bolivia art historian Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera 1845 1909 Peru nv amp es Hazel V Carby b 1946 England United States academic amp non f wr Lara Cardella b 1969 Italy nv Nancy Cardenas 1934 1994 Mexico poet amp pw Amelia dos Santos Costa Cardia 1855 1938 Portugal nv amp physician Marie Cardinal 1929 2001 Algeria France nv Dulce Maria Cardoso b 1964 Portugal fiction wr Bernadette Carey Smith 1939 2022 United States journalist Jacqueline Carey b 1964 United States nv Rosa Nouchette Carey 1840 1909 England nv amp ch wr Mary Jane Goodson Carlisle 1835 1905 United States cookbook wr Patricia Carlon 1927 2002 nv Gunnel Carlson b 1956 Sweden gardening wr Kristina Carlson b 1949 Finland fiction amp YA wr amp poet Gladys Carmagnola 1939 2015 Paraguay poet amp ch wr Amy Carmichael 1867 1951 Ireland India wr amp missionary Jennings Carmichael 1868 1904 Australia poet Maria Luisa Carnelli 1898 1987 Argentina poet amp col Ethel Carnie Holdsworth 1886 1962 England wr amp socialist campaigner Pauline Cassin Caro 1828 34 35 1901 France nv Marina Carr b 1964 Ireland pw Peggy Carr b c 1955 Saint Vincent Taiwan poet amp nv Maite Carranza b 1958 Spain nv amp ch wr Margarita Carrera 1929 2018 Guatemala philosopher poet and es Albertina Carri b 1973 Argentina screenwriter amp director Leonora Carrington 1917 2011 England Mexico nv artist amp surrealist Austin Carroll 1835 1909 Ireland United States religious wr amp nun Claudia Carroll b c 1969 Ireland fiction wr amp actor Anne Carson b 1950 Canada Newfoundland poet ess translator amp academic Rachel Carson 1907 1964 United States marine biologist amp conservationist Esther Carstensen 1873 1955 Denmark rights activist Catherine Carswell 1879 1946 Scotland wr Teresa de Cartagena c 1425 Spain religious wr Aida Cartagena Portalatin 1918 1994 Dominican poet fiction wr amp ess Angela Carter 1940 1992 England nv amp col Anne Laurel Carter b 1953 Canada Newfoundland nv Elizabeth Carter 1717 1806 England poet wr amp Bluestocking Emma de Cartosio 1928 2013 Argentina wr amp poet Candice Carty Williams b 1989 England nv amp col Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho 1847 1921 Portugal biographer fiction wr amp poet Maria Judite de Carvalho 1921 1998 Portugal fiction wr amp poet Caroline Carver b 1959 England Australia nv Lisa Crystal Carver b 1968 United States wr Alice Cary 1820 1871 United States poet Elizabeth Cary 1585 1639 England pw Phoebe Cary 1824 1871 United States poet Selva Casal 1930 2020 Uruguay poet Fina Casalderrey b 1951 Spain ch wr amp gastronomer in Galician Maria Andrea Casamayor 1720 1780 Spain wr amp mathematician Sofia Casanova 1861 1958 Spain poet amp nv Borita Casas 1911 1999 Spain pw amp ch wr Matilde Casazola b 1942 Bolivia poet amp songwriter Nene Cascallar 1914 1982 Argentina broadcast pw amp screenwriter Marietta Stanley Case 1845 1900 United States poet Maxine Case b 1976 South Africa fiction wr in English Adelaide Casely Hayford 1868 1960 Sierra Leone fiction wr amp educator Gladys May Casely Hayford 1901 1950 Sierra Leone poet Anne Marie Casey b 1965 Ireland screenwriter amp nv Kathryn Casey living United States true crime wr amp nv Maie Casey Baroness Casey 1910 1983 Australia poet librettist amp biographer Deirdre Cash 1924 1963 Australia nv Kristin Cashore b 1976 United States fantasy wr Linda Ty Casper b 1931 Philippines nv Nina Cassian 1924 2014 Romania United States poet ch wr amp critic P C Cast b 1960 United States wr Cecilia Castano b 1953 Spain political scientist Yolanda Castano b 1977 Spain poet critic amp painter Sofia Castanon b 1983 Spain poet Adela Castell 1864 1926 Uruguay es amp poet Rosario Castellanos 1925 1974 Mexico poet amp wr Blanca Castellon b 1958 Nicaragua poet Castelloza fl early 13th century France troubadour poet Josefina Castellvi b 1935 Spain oceanographer amp biologist Almucs de Castelnau c 1140 pre 1184 France poet in Occitan Gladys Castelvecchi 1922 2008 Uruguay poet amp academic Ana Castillo b 1953 Mx United States fiction wr poet amp es Claire Castillon b 1975 France fiction amp ch wr Agnes Castle c 1860 1922 Ireland fiction wr Elisabeth Castonier 1894 1975 Germany ch wr in German amp English Inga Brita Castren 1919 2003 Finland theologian Luisa Castro b 1966 Spain poet amp fiction wr Publia Hortensia de Castro 1548 1595 Portugal scholar amp nun Rosalia de Castro 1837 1885 Spain wr amp poet in Galician Willa Cather 1873 1947 United States wr Catherine of Siena 1347 1380 Italy religious writer amp saint Christine Cole Catley 1922 2011 New Zealand col amp biographer Nancy Cato 1917 2000 Australia nv poet amp biographer Eleanor Catton b 1985 Canada Newfoundland New Zealand nv Joyce Cavalccante living Brazil fiction wr Nadia Cavalera b 1950 Italy nv poet amp critic Jeanne de Cavally 1926 1992 Ivory Coast ch wr Jane Cavendish 1620 1621 1669 England poet amp pw Margaret Cavendish 1623 1673 England poet pw amp fiction wr Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill 1834 1897 England New Zealand diarist amp homemaker Rosina Cazali b 1960 Guatemala art critic Anne Marie Cazalis 1920 1988 France poet amp col Otilia Cazimir 1894 1967 Romania poet amp prose wr Mercedes Cebrian b 1971 Spain fiction wr amp poet Martha Cecilia b 1953 Philippines nv Siv Cedering 1939 2007 Sweden United States poet amp fiction wr in Swedish amp English Peride Celal 1916 2013 Turkey Ottoman Empire fiction wr Susannah Centlivre 1667 1723 England pw amp poet Natividad Cepeda living Spain poet amp col Laura Cereta 1469 1499 Italy humanist Anica Cernej 1900 1944 Austria Austria Hungary Yugoslavia wr poet amp concentration camp victim Laura Sintija Cerniauskaite b 1976 Lithuania pw amp nv Annabel Cervantes b 1969 Spain geographer in Catalan Marie Cervinkova Riegrova 1854 1895 Austria Austria Hungary librettist Isabella Cervoni 1575 1600 Italy poet Ruxandra Cesereanu b 1963 Romania poet fiction wr amp critic Alba de Cespedes 1911 1997 Cuba Italy nv Ursula Cespedes 1832 1874 Cuba wr amp educator Ana Cristina Cesar 1952 1983 Brazil poet amp critic Fethiye Cetin b 1950 Turkey Ottoman Empire political biographer Violante do Ceu fl 17th century Portugal poet Margaret Cezair Thompson living Jamaica fiction wr amp screenwriter Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 1951 1982 United States nv amp artist Dulce Chacon 1954 2003 Spain poet nv amp pw Zofia Chadzynska 1912 2003 Poland nv Nadia Chafik b 1962 Morocco fiction wr in French Arlene J Chai b 1955 Philippines Australia nv Annie Emma Challice 1821 1875 England wr amp non f wr Brenda Chamberlain 1912 1971 Wales poet nv amp artist Anne Chambers living Ireland biographer nv amp screenwriter Katya Chamma b 1961 Brazil poet amp wr Tracy Chamoun b 1960 Lebanon political wr amp diplomat Elise Champagne 1897 1983 Belgium educator amp wr in French Ernestina de Champourcin 1905 1999 Spain poet Francoise Chandernagor b 1945 France nv amp pw Elizabeth Margaret Chandler 1807 1834 United States poet amp wr Lynda Chanwai Earle living Papua New Guinea New Zealand pw poet amp scriptwriter Hester Chapone 1827 1901 England wr of conduct books Corinne Chaponniere b 1954 Switzerland Canada Newfoundland social wr amp biographer in French Isabelle de Charriere 1740 1805 Netherlands France fiction wr amp correspondent in French Raquel Chaves b 1939 Paraguay poet amp nv Daina Chaviano b 1957 Cuba United States science fiction wr Neelam Saxena Chandra b 1969 India poet amp ch wr Chandramathi b 1954 India fiction wr amp critic Chang Ch ung ho 張充和 1914 2015 China United States poet amp singer Diana Chang 1934 2009 China United States nv amp poet Eileen Chang 张爱玲 1920 1995 China United States es nv amp screenwriter Jung Chang b 1952 China United States wr Wild Swans Zeenat Abdullah Channa 1919 1974 India Pakistan wr amp educationist Lynda Chanwai Earle living Papua New Guinea New Zealand pw poet amp scriptwriter Hester Chapone 1727 1801 England wr amp Bluestocking Madeleine Chapsal 1925 2024 France nv es amp ch wr Charlotte Charke 1713 1760 England pw nv amp autobiographer Edmonde Charles Roux 1920 2016 France nv amp col Elizabeth Charlotte Princess Palatine 1652 1722 Germany correspondent Maureen Charlton 1930 2007 Ireland pw amp poet Janet Charman b 1954 New Zealand poet Isabelle de Charriere 1740 1805 Netherlands nv in French Lidia Charskaya 1875 1938 Russia nv Victorine Chastenay 1771 1855 wr amp mem Noelle Chatelet b 1944 France es amp fiction wr Rimi B Chatterjee b 1969 India nv amp historian Georgiana Chatterton 1806 1876 England wr amp traveler Beth Chatto 1923 2018 England garden wr Jayasri Chattopadhyay b 1945 India poet amp academic Anuja Chauhan b 1970 India nv amp screenwriter Subhadra Kumari Chauhan 1904 1948 India poet amp Hindi songwriter Nan Chauncy 1900 1970 Australia ch wr Susana Chavez 1974 2011 Mexico poet amp activist Daina Chaviano b 1960 Curacao wr Chantal Chawaf b 1943 France social wr Dniprova Chayka 1861 1927 Russia Ukraine poet amp fiction wr Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan 1619 1684 France poet Mavis Cheek b c 1948 England nv Isabel Cheix 1839 1899 Spain nv poet amp pw Olena Chekan 1946 2013 Ukraine screenwriter amp actor Saveria Chemotti b 1947 Italy non f es amp nv Chen Danyan 陈丹燕 b 1958 China biographer Chen Jingrong 陳敬容 1917 1989 China poet Chen Xuezhao 陈学昭 1906 1991 China es amp col Ying Chen 应晨 b 1961 China Canada Newfoundland wr Aicha Chenna 1941 2022 Morocco social wr amp activist Cheon Un yeong 천운영 b 1971 Korea fiction wr Svetlana Chervonnaya b 1948 Soviet Union Russia political historian Elisabeth Sophie Cheron 1648 1711 France poet painter amp musician Kelly Cherry 1940 2022 United States nv poet amp es C J Cherryh b 1942 United States science fiction amp fantasy wr Anna Maria Chetwode fl 1827 Ireland nv Angelica Cheung 张宇 China fashion wr amp editor Tracy Chevalier b 1962 United States England nv Girl with a Pearl Earring Corinne Chevallier b 1935 Algeria nv amp historian Elizabeth Washington Foote Cheves fl 1840s United States wr amp poet Helmina von Chezy 1783 1856 Germany poet pw and col Catherine Chidgey b 1970 New Zealand fiction wr Panashe Chigumadzi b 1991 Zimbabwe col es amp nv Sagawa Chika 左川ちか 1911 1936 Japan poet Lydia Maria Child 1802 1880 United States poet amp nv Alice Childress 1916 1994 United States pw amp nv Emelie C S Chilton 1838 1864 United States ss wr amp poet Cecile Cilliers 1933 2018 South Africa es in Afrikaans Irma Chilton 1930 1990 Wales ch wr Mei Chin b 1977 United States wr amp food critic Luz Argentina Chiriboga b 1940 Ecuador fiction wr Toriko Chiya 稚野鳥子 living Japan manga creator Fukuda Chiyo ni 福田千代尼 1703 1775 Japan haiku poet Paulina Chiziane b 1955 Mozambique fiction wr Youmna Chlala living Lebanon United States political wr amp artist Joanna Chmielewska 1932 2013 Poland nv amp screenwriter Zen Cho b 1986 Malaysia England fiction wr Sonia Chocron b 1961 Venezuela poet nv amp pw Kunzang Choden b 1952 Bhutan nv Pema Chodron b 1936 United States Buddhist wr Choe Yun 최윤 b 1953 Korea fiction wr Choi Jeong rye 최정례 1955 2021 Korea poet Susan Choi b 1969 United States nv amp editor Maryse Choisy 1903 1979 France philosophical wr amp nv Mary Cholmondeley 1859 1925 England nv Lathog of Tir Chonaill fl 9th century Ireland poet Denise Chong b 1953 Canada Newfoundland mem amp non f wr Kate Chopin 1851 1904 United States fiction wr Lynda Chouiten living Algeria non f wr Prem Chowdhry b 1944 India social scientist Rita Chowdhury b 1960 India poet amp nv Helene Christaller 1872 1953 Germany ch nv Linda Christanty b 1970 Indonesia fiction wr amp es Ada Christen 1839 1901 Austria Austria Hungary poet amp fiction wr Inger Christensen 1935 2009 Denmark poet amp prose wr Kate Christensen b 1962 United States nv Autumn Christian living United States horror amp science fiction wr Yvette Christianse b 1954 South Africa United States poet amp nv in English Agatha Christie 1890 1976 England crime wr amp pw The Mousetrap Elizabeth Christitch 1861 1933 Ireland Serbia wr poet amp translator Nanae Chrono 黒乃奈々絵 b 1980 Japan manga creator Chrystos b 1946 United States Menominee rights activist amp poet Daria Chubata b 1940 Ukraine physician wr poet R Chudamani 1931 2010 India fiction wr Elena Chudinova b 1959 Soviet Union Russia nv amp non f wr Lady Mary Chudleigh 1656 1710 England poet es amp wr Leila Chudori b 1962 Indonesia fiction amp ch wr amp screenwriter Rain Chudori b 1994 Indonesia fiction wr amp screenwriter Ismat Chughtai 1915 1991 India wr Lydia Chukovskaya 1907 1996 Soviet Union political wr amp poet Eugenia Chuprina b 1971 Ukraine poet wr nv amp pw Caryl Churchill b 1938 England pw Sarah Churchwell b 1977 United States academic Sylwia Chutnik b 1979 Poland nv amp activist Ci Co edit Fausta Cialente 1898 1994 Italy nv amp activist Maria Luisa Cicci 1760 1794 Italy woman of letters amp poet Muazzez Ilmiye Cig b 1914 Turkey Ottoman Empire archaeologist Birute Ciplijauskaite 1929 2017 Lithuania United States linguist amp critic Zehra Cirak b 1960 Turkey Ottoman Empire Germany fiction wr in German Victoria Cirlot b 1955 Spain medievalist Sandra Cisneros b 1954 United States fiction wr Aissatou Cisse b 1970 1971 Senegal nv Lana Citron b 1969 Ireland England fiction wr screenwriter amp poet Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek 1893 1964 Turkey Ottoman Empire political wr Gabrielle Civil living United States performance artist poet amp educator Helene Cixous b 1937 Algeria France poet pw amp philosopher Ellen Clacy 1830 1901 Australia nv amp non f wr Nadezhda Bravo Cladera living Bolivia Sweden linguist amp researcher Daphne Clair b 1939 New Zealand nv amp poet Paula Clamp b 1967 England nv amp pw Amy Clampitt 1920 1994 United States poet amp wr Myriam J A Chancy b 1970 Haiti Canada nv amp academic Fanny Clar 1875 1944 France journalist amp wr Cassandra Clare b 1973 United States young adult fiction wr Monica Clare 1924 1973 Australia nv Clarinda fl early 17th century Peru poet Harriet E Clark 1850 1945 US teacher amp wr Mavis Thorpe Clark 1909 1999 Australia non f amp ch wr Sue Cassidy Clark living United States music col amp photographer Joan Clark b 1934 Canada Newfoundland nv Margaret Clark b 1964 United States historian wr amp educator Mary Higgins Clark 1927 2020 United States nv Amy Key Clarke 1892 1980 England mystical poet wr amp teacher Anna Clarke 1919 2004 England mystery wr Jennie Thornley Clarke 1860 1924 United States educator wr amp anthologist Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke 1865 1953 Ireland nv Maxine Beneba Clarke living Australia wr Breena Clarke living United States scholar amp wr of fiction Cheryl Clarke b 1947 United States poet es amp activist Coralie Clarke Coralie Clarke Rees 1908 1972 Australia travel wr Gillian Clarke b 1937 Wales poet pw amp broadcaster Mrs Henry Clarke 1853 1908 England fiction amp ch wr Mary H Gray Clarke 1835 1992 United States wr correspondent amp poet Maude Clarke 1892 1935 Northern Ireland England historian Susanna Clarke b 1959 England nv Patricia Clapp 1912 2003 United States ch wr Margareta Clausdotter died 1486 Sweden wr amp abbess Ana Clavel b 1961 Mexico fiction wr Beverly Cleary 1916 2021 United States ch wr Kate McPhelim Cleary 1863 1905 United States fiction wr Joceline Clemencia 1952 2011 Curacao wr amp linguist Catherine Clement b 1939 France philosopher nv amp critic Inga Clendinnen 1934 2016 Australia wr amp historian Cleobulina fl c 550 BC Ancient Greece poet Agnes Mary Clerke 1942 2007 Ireland astronomer Claude Catherine de Clermont 1543 1603 France scholar amp courtier Michelle Cliff 1946 2016 Jamaica United States fiction wr poet amp critic Charmian Clift 1923 1969 Australia nv amp non f wr Lucille Clifton 1936 2010 United States poet wr amp educator Gloria Griffen Cline 1929 1973 United States historian Michelle T Clinton b 1955 United States poet Caroline Clive 1801 1872 England poet amp nv Kitty Clive 1711 1785 England actor amp pw Bente Clod b 1946 Denmark poet amp prose wr Amal Clooney b 1978 Lebanon England legal amp political wr Marie Closset Jean Dominique 1873 1952 Belgium poet in French Anne Cluysenaar 1936 2014 Belgium Ireland poet amp wr in English Hafina Clwyd 1936 2011 Wales es amp educator Constance Clyde 1872 1951 New Zealand Australia nv amp political wr Ella Maria Dietz Clymer 1847 1920 United States poet amp actor Nellie Euphemia Coad 1883 1974 New Zealand England textbook wr Lynn Coady b 1970 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr amp col Wendy Coakley Thompson b 1966 United States nv Florence Earle Coates 1850 1927 United States poet Carola Cobo 1909 2003 Bolivia cookery wr Eliza Dorothea Cobbe Lady Tuite c 1764 1850 Ireland England poet Frances Power Cobbe 1822 1904 Ireland wr amp suffragist Sofia Cocea 1839 1861 Romania es amp poet Sarah Johnson Cocke 1865 1944 United States wr amp mem Patricia Cockburn 1914 1989 Ireland England writer amp conchologist Grace Coddington b 1941 Wales fashion wr amp mem Mariana Codruț b 1956 Romania poet es amp fiction wr Alice Rollit Coe 1858 1940 Canada Newfoundland United States wr Mariana Coelho 1857 1954 Portugal Brazil poet amp es Sara Pinto Coelho 1913 1990 Portugal radio pw amp fiction amp ch wr Ana Cofino b 1955 Guatemala anthropologist amp historian Yolande Cohen b 1950 Morocco Canada historian amp professor Gabrielle de Coignard 1550 1586 France religious poet Virginia Coigney 1917 1997 United States civic leader amp wr Allison Hedge Coke b 1958 United States poet amp wr Marina Colasanti b 1937 Eritrea Brazil wr amp poet Frona Eunice Wait Colburn 1859 1946 United States col amp fiction wr H Maria George Colby 1844 1910 United States col amp suffragist Emma Shaw Colcleugh 1846 1940 United States col lecturer amp traveler Joanna Cole 1944 2020 United States ch wr Lois Dwight Cole 1903 1979 United States editor amp ch wr Norma Cole b 1945 United States poet artist amp translator Alice Blanchard Coleman 1858 1936 United States nf wr Wanda Coleman 1946 2013 United States poet Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso 1821 1904 New Zealand Bible translator amp missionary Christabel Rose Coleridge 1843 1921 England nv amp editor Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 1907 England nv amp poet Sara Coleridge 1802 1852 England wr amp translator Louise Colet 1910 1976 France poet amp wr Colette 1873 1954 France nv Gigi Isabel Colegate 1931 2023 England nv Marcia Collazo b 1959 Uruguay poet amp fiction wr Lindsey Collen b 1948 South Africa Mauritius wr in English amp Creole Camilla Collett 1813 1895 Norway nv critic amp es Anne Hyacinthe de Colleville 1761 1824 France nv amp pw Ada Langworthy Collier 1843 1919 United States poet amp wr Catrin Collier b 1948 England nv amp pw Jennie Collins 1828 1887 United States activist amp wr Daphne Collignon b 1977 France comic book wr Mabel Collins 1851 1927 England theosophist Merle Collins b 1950 Grenada poet amp fiction wr Suzanne Collins b 1962 United States nv Danielle Collobert 1940 1978 France fiction wr amp poet Josephine Colomb 1833 1892 France children s wr lyricist amp translator Vittoria Colonna 1490 1547 Italy poet Mary Colum 1884 1957 Ireland United States critic amp wr Mercedes Comaposada 1901 1994 Spain non f wr Sigrid Combuchen b 1942 Sweden nv amp critic Cristina Comencini b 1956 Italy screenwriter amp nv Anna Manning Comfort 1845 1931 United States fiction and non f wr Flavia Company b 1963 Argentina nv amp poet Merce Company b 1947 Spain ch wr in Catalan Anne Compton b 1947 Canada Newfoundland poet critic amp anthologist Jennifer Compton b 1949 New Zealand Australia poet amp pw Ivy Compton Burnett 1884 1969 England nv Helen Field Comstock 1840 1930 United States poet philanthropist Helena Concannon 1878 1952 Ireland historian amp politician Francisca Josefa de la Concepcion 1661 1742 Comoros nun amp mystic Nieves Concostrina b 1961 Spain history wr Carmen Conde 1907 1996 Spain poet amp nv Maryse Conde 1937 2024 Guadeloupe France nv Rosina Conde b 1954 Mexico narrator pw amp poet Teresa del Conde 1935 2017 Mexico critic amp art historian Helen Gray Cone 1859 1934 United States poet amp professor Sandra Coney b 1944 New Zealand historian amp health campaigner Jane Elizabeth Dexter Conklin 1831 1914 United States poet amp religious wr Evelyn Conlon b 1952 Ireland fiction wr amp es Marita Conlon McKenna b 1956 Ireland fiction and ch wr Eliza Archard Conner 1838 1912 United States lecturer amp feminist Elizabeth Marney Conner 1856 1941 United States pw educator amp wr Susan E Connolly b c 1980 Ireland fiction amp non f wr June Considine living Ireland ch wr Lena Constante 1909 2005 Romania es mem amp artist Josefina Constantino b 1920 Philippines Australia es critic amp poet Ana Conta Kernbach 1865 1921 Romania wr amp educator Dorothea Conyers 1869 1949 Ireland nv Diane Cook living United States fiction wr Eliza Cook 1818 1889 England poet Selma Cook b 1961 England editor Kay McKenzie Cooke b 1953 New Zealand poet Marvel Cooke 1903 2000 United States col amp wr Elizabeth Cook Lynn b 1930 United States Sioux poet nv amp academic Ina Coolbrith b Josephine Anna Smith 1841 1928 United States poet Deborah Coonts living United States nv amp lawyer Carolyn Cooper b 1950 Jamaica wr amp critic J California Cooper 1931 2014 United States pw amp fiction wr Wendy Cope b 1945 England poet Esther Copley 1786 1851 England religious amp ch wr Marguerite Coppin 1867 1931 Belgium poet amp nv in French Cora Coralina 1889 1985 Brazil wr amp poet Judy Corbalis living New Zealand England fiction wr Helena Corbellini b 1959 Uruguay fiction wr amp poet Gilda Cordero Fernando 1932 2020 Philippines fiction amp food wr Leonor Lopez de Cordoba 1362 1363 1430 Spain mem Marie Corelli 1855 1924 England nv Corinna Korinna 6th century BC Ancient Greece poet Cornificia c 85 c 40 BC Ancient Rome poet amp epigram wr Caroline Cornwallis 1786 1858 England wr on education philosophy amp science Jane Cornwallis 1581 1659 England correspondent Anita Cornwell 1923 2023 United States wr Patricia Cornwell b 1956 United States crime wr Carolina Coronado 1820 1911 Spain poet nv amp pw Domitila Garcia de Coronado 1847 1938 Cuba biographer amp anthologist Celia Correas de Zapata 1933 2022 Argentina poet amp academic Helia Correia b 1949 Portugal nv pw amp poet Natalia Correia 1923 1993 Portugal poet amp activist Cecilia K Corrigan b 1987 United States poet amp wr Sarah Cortez living United States poet editor amp es Jayne Cortez 1936 2012 United States poet amp artist Maria Corti 1915 2002 Italy philologist critic amp nv Mary Coryle 1894 1976 Ecuador wr amp poet Giselle Cossard 1923 2016 Morocco Brazil anthropologist Alicia Yanez Cossio b 1928 Ecuador poet amp nv Lola Costa 1903 2004 England painter wr amp poet Margherita Costa c 1600 post 1657 Italy poet amp pw Maria Velho da Costa 1938 2020 Portugal wr Mary Costello living Ireland fiction wr Saskia De Coster b 1976 Belgium wr in Flemish Sophie Ristaud Cottin 1770 1807 France nv Dorothy Cottrell 1902 1957 Australia nv Violet May Cottrell 1887 1971 New Zealand wr poet amp spiritualist Anna Couani b 1948 nv poet amp artist Micheline Coulibaly 1950 2003 Ivory Coast Mexico fiction amp ch wr Emily Coungeau 1860 1936 Australia poet Ajeet Cour b 1934 India nv amp social wr Dilly Court b 1940 England hist nv Hedwig Courths Mahler 1867 1950 Germany nv Joanna Courtmans 1811 1890 Belgium poet amp prose wr in Flemish Arlette Cousture b 1948 Canada Newfoundland wr Sonia Coutinho 1939 2013 Brazil fiction wr Dani Couture b 1978 Canada Newfoundland poet amp nv Jessie Couvreur 1848 1897 Australia nv Jeni Couzyn b 1942 South Africa Canada Newfoundland poet amp ch wr in English Ena Fitzgerald 1889 1962 England nv poet ss wr Hannah Cowley 1743 1809 England pw amp poet Joy Cowley b 1936 New Zealand nv amp ch wr Roz Cowman b 1942 Ireland poet amp critic E E Cowper 1859 1933 England nv Josephine Cox 1938 2020 England nv Martine Le Coz b 1955 France nv Cr Cz edit Ioana Crăciunescu b 1950 Romania poet amp actor Fanny Cradock 1909 1994 England cookery wr Sara Jane Crafts 1845 1930 United States non f wr Christine Craig b 1943 Jamaica United States ch wr amp poet Cola Barr Craig 1861 1930 United States nv amp ss wr Mary Craig 1928 2019 England journalist amp wr Mary Lynde Craig 1834 1921 United States wr teacher amp activist Nicole Craig b 1974 Trinidad poet amp fiction wr Dinah Mulock Craik 1826 1887 England nv Helen Craik 1751 1825 Scotland nv Harriet L Cramer 1847 1922 United States editor publisher Hazel Crane 1951 2003 Ireland South Africa mem Nathalia Crane 1913 1998 United States poet amp nv Sibylla Bailey Crane 1851 1902 United States educator composer non f wr Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell 1933 2004 poet amp fiction wr Margaret Craven 1901 1980 United States nv Pauline Marie Armande Craven 1808 1891 France wr amp autobiographer Rachael Craw living New Zealand nv amp YA wr Emily Crawford 1841 1915 Ireland France col amp biographer Isabella Valancy Crawford 1850 1887 Canada Newfoundland poet Mabel Sharman Crawford 1820 1912 Ireland travel wr Susan P Crawford b 1963 United States law professor Mairin Cregan 1891 1975 Ireland pw nv amp ch wr Jane Tapsubei Creider b 1940s Kenya autobiographer nv fiction and non f wr Helisenne de Crenne c 1510 1552 France nv amp correspondent Jasmine Cresswell b 1941 Wales nv Julia Pleasants Creswell 1827 1886 United States poet nv Alice Guerin Crist 1876 1941 Australia poet fiction wr amp col Ann Batten Cristall 1769 1848 England poet Maria Sonia Cristoff b 1965 Argentina fiction amp non f wr Alison Croggon b 1962 Argentina poet pw amp nv Bithia Mary Croker 1849 1920 Ireland India travel wr May Crommelin 1850 1930 Ireland England nv amp travel wr M T C Cronin b 1963 Australia wr Judy Croome b 1958 Zimbabwe South Africa fiction wr amp poet Camilla Dufour Crosland 1812 1895 England wr amp poet Elsa Cross b 1946 Mexico poet amp es Fiona Cross living New Zealand arachnologist Zora Cross 1890 1964 Australia poet amp prose wr Sarah Crossan living Ireland YA wr Julia Crottie 1853 c 1930 Ireland United States nv Karen Crouse living United States wr Alev Croutier b 1954 Turkey Ottoman Empire United States non f wr Catherine Crowe 1800 1876 England pw nv amp ch book wr Helen Cruickshank 1886 1975 Scotland poet in Braid Scots amp English Coralie van den Cruyce 1796 1858 Belgium pw in French Aixa de la Cruz b 1988 Spain fiction wr Conchitina Cruz living Philippines poet amp academic Juana Ines de la Cruz 1651 1695 Mexico poet pw and nun Gabriella Csire b 1938 Romania ch wr in Hungarian Cristina Fernandez Cubas b 1945 Spain fiction wr Maria Guadalupe Cuenca 1790 1854 Bolivia letter writer Mireya Cueto 1922 2013 Mexico wr amp puppeteer Briceida Cuevas b 1969 Mexico poet in Mayan Anne Virginia Culbertson 1857 1918 United States poet wr Belle Caldwell Culbertson 1857 1934 United States non f wr Diana Culi b 1951 Albania wr amp politician Catherine Ann Cullen living Ireland poet Majella Cullinane living Ireland New Zealand nv amp poet Meta Davis Cumberbatch 1900 1978 Trinidad Bahamas poet pw amp activist Jackie Cumming living New Zealand health care wr amp academic Alissandra Cummins b 1958 Barbados non f wr Geraldine Cummins 1890 1969 Ireland spiritualist nv amp pw Maria Susanna Cummins 1827 1866 United States nv Anne Cuneo 1936 2015 Switzerland nv in French Lady Margaret Cunningham died c 1622 Scotland mem amp correspondent Pat Cumper b 1954 England pw Helena Parente Cunha 1929 2023 Brazil wr amp educator Maria Renee Cura died 2007 Argentina non f wr Cecilia Curbelo b 1975 Uruguay wr amp col Suzanne Curchod 1737 1794 Switzerland France social mem in French Jean Curlewis 1898 1930 Argentina ch wr Judi Curtin b 1960s Ireland ch wr Nannie Webb Curtis 1861 1920 United States non f wr amp ed Dymphna Cusack 1902 1981 Australia nv amp pw Margaret Anna Cusack 1829 1999 Ireland biographer social wr amp nun Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui b 1949 Bolivia historian amp feminist Rachel Cusk b 1967 Canada Newfoundland nv Sheila Cussons 1922 2004 South Africa poet in Afrikaans Catherine Cuthbertson c 1775 1842 England nv Umihana Cuvidina c 1794 c 1870 Turkey Ottoman Empire Bosnia Herzegovina poet Eunice P Cutter 1819 1898 American anatomy textbooks Aleksandra Cvorovic b 1976 Yugoslavia Bosnia Herzegovina wr amp librarian Ptolemais of Cyrene 3rd century BC or later Ancient Greece wr on music Izabela Czartoryska 1846 1935 Poland Enlightenment wr Julie E Czerneda b 1955 Canada Newfoundland science fiction amp fantasy wr Sidney Czira 1889 1974 Ireland United States wr amp broadcaster Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z D editDa Dh edit Selma Dabbagh b 1970 Scotland Palestine fiction wr Emma Dabiri b 1979 Ireland England wr academic amp broadcaster Maria Dabrowska 1889 1965 Poland nv es amp pw Anne Dacier 1645 1720 France scholar amp translator Luisa Dacosta 1927 2015 Portugal fiction wr poet amp diarist Esha Dadawala b 1985 India poet amp fiction wr Aneta Dadeshkeliani 1872 1922 Georgia Caucasus poet amp social reformer Nino Dadeshkeliani 1890 1931 Georgia Caucasus wr amp politician Stella Dadzie b 1952 England activist amp historian Emilia Dafni 1881 1941 Greece poet fiction wr amp pw Catrin Dafydd b c 1982 Wales wr amp poet Fflur Dafydd b 1978 Wales nv amp musician Vilborg Dagbjartsdottir 1930 2021 Iceland poet Elizabeth Frances Dagley 1788 1853 England ch wr Marianna Debes Dahl b 1947 Faroe Islands fiction amp ch wr Tora Dahl 1886 1983 Sweden nv amp educator Ulla Dahlerup b 1942 Denmark wr amp rights activist Dai Houying 戴厚英 1938 1996 China nv Tamaki Daido 大道珠貴 b 1966 Japan radio scriptwriter amp nv Lois Daish living New Zealand food amp cookery wr Jocelyne Dakhlia b 1959 France historian amp anthropologist Marguerite Dale 1883 1963 Australia pw amp feminist Debra Daley living New Zealand nv amp screenwriter Yrsa Daley Ward b 1989 England poet Gilberte H Dallas 1918 1960 France Switzerland poet Ruth Dallas 1919 2008 New Zealand poet amp ch wr Ann Dally 1929 2007 England wr amp psychiatrist Ita Daly b 1945 Ireland fiction amp ch writer Mary E Daly living Ireland historian amp academic Kathleen Dalziel 1881 1969 Australia poet Achta Saleh Damane living Chad wr amp politician Svetla Damyanovska living Bulgaria poet amp fiction wr Virgilia D Andrea 1888 1933 Italy poet amp politician Jordan Dane b 1953 United States thriller wr Charlotte Daneau de Muy 1694 1759 Canada ursuline amp non f wr Utta Danella 1920 2015 Germany fiction wr Simin Daneshvar 1921 2012 Iran Persia fiction wr amp academic Tsitsi Dangarembga b 1959 Zimbabwe wr amp filmmaker Ana Daniel 1928 2011 Portugal poet Anna Daniel 1908 2003 Hungary nv amp YA wr Cora Linn Daniels 1852 1934 United States wr Tatyana Danilyants b 1971 Soviet Union Russia poet amp film director Mabel Dove Danquah 1910 1984 Ghana Gold Coast fiction wr Meri Nana Ama Danquah b 1967 Ghana Gold Coast United States wr amp editor Edwidge Danticat b 1969 Haiti United States nv Zakya Daoud b 1937 France Morocco sociologist amp historian Xie Daoyun 謝道韞 pre AD 340 post 399 China poet amp calligrapher Mildred Darby 1867 1932 Ireland nv Ailbhe Darcy b 1981 Ireland poet Eleanor Dark 1901 1985 Australia nv Amma Darko b 1956 Ghana Gold Coast nv Annie McCarer Darlington 1836 1907 United States poet Tina Darragh b 1950 United States poet Marie Darrieussecq b 1969 France nv biographer amp ch wr Cecilia Dart Thornton living Australia fantasy wr Helen Darville Helen Dale Helen Demidenko b 1972 Australia col amp nv Kamala Das 1932 2009 India poet amp fiction wr Mahadai Das 1954 2003 Guyana poet Countess Dash 1804 1872 France nv Filomena Dato 1856 1926 Spain feminist wr Sukanya Datta b 1961 India zoologist amp science wr Marcia Davenport 1903 1996 United States nv biographer amp mem Selina Davenport 1779 1859 England nv Gertrud David 1872 1936 Germany screenwriter and col Henriette Davidis 1801 1876 Germany cookery wr Joy Davidman b Helen Joy Davidman 1915 1960 United States wr amp poet Alexandra David Neel 1868 1969 France traveler wr amp Buddhist Nadia Davids b 1977 South Africa wr amp pw in English MaryJanice Davidson b 1969 United States poet Catherine Glyn Davies 1926 2007 Wales philosopher amp historian Gwen Davies b 1964 Wales translator amp editor Margaret Davies c 1700 1778 or 1785 Wales poet amp scribe Mary Davies 1846 1882 Wales poet Amparo Davila 1928 2020 Mexico fiction wr Delia Davin 1944 2016 England wr on Chinese society Winnie Davin 1909 1995 New Zealand England wr amp editor Angela Davis b 1944 United States philosopher amp activist Bridgett M Davis living United States nv amp filmmaker Dorothy Salisbury Davis 1916 2014 United States mystery nv Jackie Davis b 1963 New Zealand nv poet amp pw Kyra Davis b 1972 United States nv Lydia Davis b 1947 United States fiction wr amp es Mary Hayes Davis c 1884 1948 United States folklore wr amp news editor Norma Davis 1905 1945 Australia poet Rebecca Harding Davis 1831 1910 United States nv amp col Annabel Davis Goff b 1942 Ireland United States nv screenwriter amp academic Vilborg Davidsdottir b 1965 Iceland wr Hadiya Davletshina 1905 1954 Russia Soviet Union poet amp pw Mary Davys c 1674 1732 Ireland nv amp pw Elizabeth Dawbarn died 1839 England wr on religion amp child care Abha Dawesar b 1974 India nv amp artist Pieretta Dawn b 1994 Thailand wr in English Laura Day b 1959 United States self help wr Sarah Day b 1958 England Australia poet Suzanne R Day 1876 1964 Ireland nv amp pw Tamasin Day Lewis b 1953 England cookery wr amp TV chef Jean D Costa b 1937 Jamaica ch wr amp linguist Shobhaa De b 1947 India col amp nv Janette Deacon b 1939 South Africa archaeologist in English Dulcie Deamer 1890 1972 Australia nv poet amp actor Louise Dean b 1970 England Pamela Dean b 1953 United States nv Kathryn Deans living Australia ch wr Alice Dease 1874 1949 Ireland wr amp folklorist Charlotte Dease 1873 1953 Ireland prayer collector amp hagiographer Djamila Debeche 1926 2010 Algeria France nv amp es Nicole de Buron 1929 2019 France wr Denise Deegan b 1966 Ireland screenwriter amp fiction wr Teresa Deevy 1894 1963 Ireland pw amp fiction wr Charlotte Burgis DeForest 1879 1973 United States wr Regine Deforges 1935 2014 France nv amp es Ellen DeGeneres b 1958 United States wr amp comedian Sadia Dehlvi 1957 2020 India activist wr amp col Sabine Deitmer 1947 2020 Germany crime wr Draga Dejanovic 1840 1871 Serbia poet Aagje Deken 1701 1804 Netherlands poet amp correspondent E M Delafield 1890 1943 England nv amp mem Lucy Delaney c 1830 c 1890 United States mem Mary Delany 1700 1788 England correspondent amp Bluestocking Alix Delaporte b 1969 France screenwriter amp film director Lucie Delarue Mardrus 1874 1945 France poet nv amp col Elizabeth Delaval c 1648 1717 British memoirist Cella Delavrancea 1887 1991 Romania fiction wr mem amp musician Florence Delay b 1941 France academic amp actor Grazia Deledda 1871 1936 Italy nv amp poet 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature Yanette Deletang Tardif 1902 1976 France poet translator amp nv Nieves Delgado b 1968 Spain nv Susy Delgado b 1949 Paraguay poet amp wr in Spanish amp Guarani Sahar Delijani b 1983 Iran Persia nv Ella Cara Deloria 1888 1971 United States ethnographer historian amp nv Jeanine Delpech 1905 1992 France journalist translator amp nv Penelope Delta 1874 1941 Greece ch wr amp nv Gabrielle Demedts 1909 2002 Belgium poet in Flemish Rita Demeester 1946 1993 Belgium poet amp wr in Flemish Esther Dendel 1910 2002 American non fiction writer Radka Denemarkova b 1968 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic nv amp screenplay wr Zsofia Denes 1885 1987 Hungary critic amp biographer Irina Denezhkina b 1981 Soviet Union Russia fiction wr Marina Denikina 1919 2005 Russia France political historian Sylvie Denis b 1963 France science fiction wr Yvonne Denis Rosario b 1967 Puerto Rico storyteller poet professor Nicole Dennis Benn b 1982 Jamaica nv amp story wr Marcia Denser b 1949 Brazil wr amp academic Laurence Deonna b 1937 Switzerland political wr in French Maria Deraismes 1828 1894 France feminist wr Raghida Dergham b 1953 Lebanon United States col Enid Derham 1882 1941 Australia poet Regina Derieva 1949 2013 Soviet Union Russia poet amp wr Maria Dermout 1888 1962 Netherlands nv Jeanne Deroin 1805 1894 France political wr Sophie Deroisin 1909 1994 Belgium nv in French Toi Derricotte b 1941 United States poet Suat Dervis 1904 or 1905 1972 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv amp activist Dominika Dery b 1975 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic poet amp mem Anita Desai b 1937 India nv Kamal Desai 1928 2011 India nv Kiran Desai b 1971 India nv Dominique Desanti 1920 2011 France nv biographer amp col Agnes Desarthe b 1966 France nv amp ch wr Maryline Desbiolles b 1959 France wr Marceline Desbordes Valmore 1786 1859 France poet Anne Desclos 1907 1998 France col amp nv Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulieres 1638 1694 France poet Gauri Deshpande 1942 2003 India fiction wr amp poet Shashi Deshpande b 1938 India nv Sunita Deshpande 1926 2009 India wr Roxane Desjardins born 1991 Canada wr Marie Anne Desmarest 1904 1973 France nv Pip Desmond living New Zealand social wr Virginie Despentes b 1969 France nv Marie Desplechin b 1959 France fiction amp ch wr Madeleine Desroseaux 1873 1939 France poet amp nv Victoria de Stefano 1940 2023 Italy Venezuela nv amp es Jessica Dettmann living Australia nv Babette Deutsch 1895 1982 United States poet critic amp nv Jean Devanny 1894 1962 Australia fiction amp non f wr Alexis De Veaux b 1948 United States wr amp illustrator Mary Deverell 1731 1805 England religious wr amp poet Ashapoorna Devi 1909 1995 India nv amp poet Leela Devi 1932 1998 India wr amp educator Mahasweta Devi 1926 2016 India nv amp wr Maitreyi Devi 1914 1990 India poet amp nv M K Binodini Devi 1922 2011 India fiction wr amp pw Nalini Bala Devi 1898 1977 India poet amp writer Nirupama Devi 1883 1951 India fiction wr Vimala Devi b 1932 Goa Spain Martina Devlin living Ireland nv amp col Polly Devlin b 1944 wr amp broadcaster Caroline Dexter 1819 1884 England Australia feminist Leena Dhingra living India England wr amp actor Eilis Ni Dhuibhne b 1954 Ireland fiction wr Christine D haen 1923 2009 wr amp poet in French Dhuoda c 803 c 843 France moralist in Latin Liber Manualis Di Dy edit Ndeye Coumba Mbengue Diakhate 1924 2001 Senegal poet amp educator Nafissatou Niang Diallo 1941 1982 Senegal social wr amp mem Aissatou Diamanka Besland b 1972 Senegal nv amp lyricist Anita Diamant b 1951 United States fiction amp non f wr Mairin Diamond b 1957 Ireland poet Olga Xirinacs Diaz b 1936 Spain wr amp musician Marta Yolanda Diaz Duran b 1968 Guatemala academic Paloma Diaz Mas b 1954 Spain nv amp pw Kate DiCamillo b 1964 United States ch wr Adelia Di Carlo 1883 1965 Argentina wr chronicler founder Monica Dickens 1915 1992 England nv amp mem Emily Dickinson 1830 1886 United States poet Susan E Dickinson 1842 1915 United States correspondent Joan Didion 1934 2021 United States col es amp nv Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego living Philippines nv in Tagalog Alice Mangold Diehl 1844 1912 England nv amp musician Mame Younousse Dieng 1939 2016 Senegal nv amp poet Carole Dieschbourg b 1977 Luxembourg writer amp politician Florence Carpenter Dieudonne 1850 1927 United States fiction wr Jane Dieulafoy 1851 1916 France archaeologist amp nv Margarita Diez Colunje y Pombo 1838 1919 Colombia historian translator genealogist Annie Le Porte Diggs 1853 1916 Canada Newfoundland poet amp wr Emilia Dilke 1840 1904 England social wr amp art critic Annie Dillard b 1945 United States non f wr poet amp nv Eilis Dillon 1920 1994 Ireland nv amp YA wr Amy Dillwyn 1845 1935 Wales nv Ophelia Dimalanta 1932 2010 Philippines poet wr amp teacher Lidija Dimkovska b 1971 North Macedonia Slovenia poet nv amp translator Jelena Dimitrijevic 1862 1945 Serbia fiction wr amp poet Blaga Dimitrova 1922 2003 Belgium poet amp politician Kristin Dimitrova b 1963 Bulgaria wr amp poet Kiki Dimoula 1931 2020 Greece poet Theodora Dimova b 1960 Bulgaria nv amp pw Isak Dinesen 1885 1962 Denmark nv Out of Africa Ding Ling 丁玲 1904 1986 China nv Guzin Dino 1910 2013 Turkey Ottoman Empire France scholar amp political wr Fatou Diome b 1968 Senegal nv Nafissatou Dia Diouf b 1973 Senegal poet amp fiction wr Farida Diouri 1953 2004 Morocco nv in French Kelly DiPucchio b 1967 United States ch wr Zora Dirnbach 1929 2019 Croatia journalist amp wr Jenny Diski 1947 2016 England wr Clotilde Dissard 1873 1919 France journalist feminist Tove Ditlevsen 1917 1976 Denmark poet nv amp autobiographer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni b 1956 India United States poet amp fiction wr Margaret A Dix b 1939 Channel Islands Guatemala botanist Lady Florence Dixie 1855 1905 Scotland travel war amp fiction wr Varsha Dixit living India United States nv Isobel Dixon b 1969 South Africa poet in English Negar Djavadi b 1969 Iran Persia France nv amp screenwriter Assia Djebar 1936 2015 Algeria nv amp filmmaker Rabia Djelti b 1954 Algeria poet nv amp educator Elena Djionat 1888 post 1936 Romania political wr amp activist Anastasia Dmitruk b 1991 Ukraine poet Valentina Dmitryeva 1859 1947 Russia Soviet Union fiction wr Gillian Dobbie living New Zealand computer scientist Louisa Emily Dobree fl ca 1877 1917 France nv ss wr juvenile wr amp non f wr Rosemary Dobson 1920 2012 Australia poet Anna Bowman Dodd 1858 1929 United States wr Lynley Dodd b 1941 New Zealand ch wr amp illustrator Mary Mapes Dodge 1831 1905 United States ch wr Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd 1813 1878 United States poet Mary Diana Dods David Lyndsay 1790 1830 Scotland fiction wr Anna Dodsworth c 1740 1801 Britain poet Thea Doelwijt b 1938 Suriname fiction amp ch wr amp pw Harriet Doerr 1910 2002 United States nv Mary Crow Dog 1954 2013 United States wr amp activist Brenda DoHarris living Guyana poet Ann Doherty c 1786 c 1831 1832 England nv amp pw Berlie Doherty b 1943 England nv poet amp ch wr Dorcas Dole fl later 17th century England Quaker pamphleteer Veronika Dolina b 1956 Soviet Union Russia poet amp songwriter Elvira Dolinar 1870 1961 Austria Austria Hungary Yugoslavia col in Slovenian Emma Dolujanoff 1922 2013 Mexico wr Janina Domanska 1913 1995 Poland United States ch wr amp illustrator Alcina Lubitch Domecq b 1953 Guatemala Israel fiction wr Maria Domenech 1877 1954 Spain nv poet amp pw Hilde Domin 1909 2006 Germany poet Anni Domingo b 1950s England nv poet amp pw Delia Dominguez 1931 2022 Chile poet Maria Dominguez 1882 1936 Spain poet amp politician Maria Magdalena Dominguez 1922 2021 Spain poet Lady Margaret Domville 1840 1929 Ireland religious wr Robyn Donald b 1940 New Zealand nv Elvira Dones b 1960 Albania Switzerland nv amp screenwriter Marion Donhoff 1909 2002 col Maite Dono b 1969 Spain poet amp songwriter Emma Donoghue b 1969 Ireland Canada Newfoundland pw nv amp literary historian Darya Dontsova b 1952 Soviet Union Russia fiction amp scriptwriter Compiuta Donzella fl late 13th century Italy poet Maria Doolaeghe 1803 1884 Belgium wr in Flemish Aoife Dooley b 1991 Ireland wr amp illustrator Robyn Doolittle b 1984 Canada Newfoundland col Carolina Marcial Dorado 1889 1941 Spain United States textbook wr Mary Dorcey b 1950 Ireland poet amp fiction wr Mara Đorđevic Malagurski 1894 1971 Serbia wr amp ethnologist Genevieve Dormann 1933 2015 France fiction wr amp col Renate Dorrestein 1954 2018 Netherlands fiction wr amp feminist Mathilda d Orozco Mathilda Montgomery Cederhjelm 1796 1863 Italy Sweden salonniere poet amp wr Doris Dorrie b 1955 Germany fiction amp ch wr amp critic Anna Dostoevskaya 1846 1918 Russia mem amp philatelist Lyubov Dostoyevskaya 1869 1926 Russia Italy mem Sarah Doudney 1841 1926 England ch wr amp poet Debbie Dougherty fl 1880s USA academic non fiction wr Ellen Douglas 1921 2012 United States fiction amp non f wr Mona Douglas 1898 1987 Isle of Man poet amp folklorist Myra Douglas 1844 United States wr poet O Douglas 1877 1948 Scotland nv Sara Douglass 1957 2011 Australia fantasy nv Maro Douka b 1947 Gk nv Teresa Dovalpage b 1966 Cuba United States nv Nah Dove b 1940s UK non f wr Rita Dove b 1952 United States poet Ceridwen Dovey b 1980 South Africa Australia nv Beatrice von Dovsky 1866 1923 Austria Austria Hungary poet librettist amp actor Unity Dow b 1959 Botswana activist amp nv Mary Frances Dowdall 1876 1939 England nv amp non f wr Sediqeh Dowlatabadi 1882 1961 Iran Persia correspondent Finuala Dowling b 1962 South Africa poet amp nv in English Ellen Mary Patrick Downing 1828 1969 Ireland poet amp nun Mary Downing c 1815 1881 Ireland England poet Margaret Drabble b 1939 England nv amp biographer Emmy Drachmann 1854 1928 Denmark nv amp mem Gusta Dawidson Draenger 1917 1943 Poland diarist amp Hc victim Rajna Dragicevic living Serbia lexicographer amp academic Tonke Dragt b 1930 Netherlands ch wr amp illustrator Judith Drake late 17th century England feminist es Slavenka Drakulic b 1949 Yugoslavia Croatia nv amp es Augusta Theodosia Drane 1823 1894 England religious wr amp biographer Camille Drevet 1881 1969 France non f wr Catharine Drew 1832 1910 Ireland England nv amp col Ingeborg Drewitz 1923 1986 Germany pw amp nv Paola Drigo 1876 1938 Italy fiction wr Dasa Drndic 1946 2018 Yugoslavia Croatia nv amp pw Edwige Renee Dro living Ivory Coast wr amp activist Celia Dropkin 1887 1956 Belarus United States poet in Yiddish Annette von Droste Hulshoff 1797 1848 Germany poet Joan Druett b 1939 New Zealand nv amp historian Alison Edith Hilda Drummond 1903 1984 New Zealand historian amp farmer Ree Drummond b 1969 United States wr amp food wr Yulia Drunina 1924 1991 Soviet Union poet amp fiction wr Anna Harriett Drury 1824 1912 England poet amp nv Helene von Druskowitz 1856 1918 Austria Austria Hungary pw critic amp poet Elzbieta Druzbacka 1695 1698 1765 Poland poet Svetlana Druzhinina b 1935 Soviet Union Russia screenwriter amp actor Nora Dryhurst 1856 1930 Ireland England wr amp translator Duan Shuqing 端淑卿 c 1510 c 1600 China poet Caitilin Dubh fl c 1624 Ireland poet Caroline Dubois b 1960 France poet Dorothea Du Bois 1728 1774 Ireland poet autobiographer amp pw Ursula Dubosarsky b 1961 Australia ch amp YA fiction amp non f wr Louis Dubrau 1904 1997 Belgium fiction wr amp poet in French Charlotte Dubreuil b 1940 France nv amp filmmaker Marilyn Duckworth b 1935 New Zealand fiction wr amp poet Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux 1857 1944 England poet nv es literary critic amp translator Diane Ducret B fiction amp non f wr Tessa Duder b 1940 New Zealand YA fiction amp non f wr amp pw Maria Duenas b 1964 Spain nv Lucie Lady Duff Gordon 1821 1869 England Egypt history wr amp Arabist Bella Duffy 1849 1926 Ireland Italy writer Carol Ann Duffy b 1955 Scotland poet amp pw first female amp Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom Catherine Dufour b 1966 France science fiction amp fantasy nv Eileen Duggan 1894 1972 New Zealand poet amp col Kate Duignan b 1974 New Zealand fiction wr amp educator Yolanda Vargas Dulche 1926 1999 Mexico cartoon wr Nurduran Duman b 1974 Turkey Ottoman Empire poet amp pw Firoozeh Dumas b 1965 Iran Persia United States mem amp nv Bucura Dumbravă 1868 1926 Romania nv amp theosophist Zoe Dumitrescu Bușulenga 1920 2006 Romania political wr Marilyn Dumont b 1955 Canada Newfoundland poet Sarah Dunant b 1950 England nv Raya Dunayevskaya 1910 1987 Ukraine United States philosopher Andrea Dunbar 1961 1990 England pw Lois Duncan 1934 2016 United States YA wr Susan Duncan b 1951 Australia mem amp nv Elaine Dundy 1931 2008 United States col nv amp biographer Camille Dungy b 1972 United States poet amp professor Mabel Dunham 1881 1957 Canada Newfoundland nv Kinga Dunin b 1954 Poland nv amp sociologist Clare B Dunkle b 1964 United States ch fantasy wr amp librarian Gloria Dunkler b 1977 Chile poet amp folklorist Nell Dunn b 1936 UK pw amp screenwriter Katherine Dunn 1945 2016 United States nv col amp poet Rachel Blau DuPlessis b 1941 United States poet es amp scholar Maria Jose Dupre 1905 1984 Brazil nv Mary Durack 1913 1994 Australia nv amp ch wr Ariel Durant 1898 1981 Ukraine United States social philosopher amp mem Francesca Duranti b 1935 Italy fiction wr Claire de Duras 1777 1828 France nv Marguerite Duras 1914 1996 France nv pw amp screenwriter Bohdana Durda b 1940 Ukraine wr poet amp song wr Vanessa Duries 1972 1993 France nv Jessica Durlacher b 1961 Netherlands critic amp nv Ljiljana Habjanovic Đurovic b 1953 Serbia nv Tehmina Durrani b 1953 Pakistan wr amp activist Marie Duskova 1903 1968 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic poet Nirupama Dutt b 1955 India poet Toru Dutt 1856 1877 India England poet Yvette Duval 1931 2006 Morocco France historian Karen Duve b 1961 Germany fiction wr Mona Van Duyn 1921 2004 United States poet Gergina Dvoretzka living Belgium poet amp col Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko b 1968 amp 1945 2022 Ukraine United States novelists Wanda Dynowska 1888 1971 Poland theosophist amp political wr Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z E editEa Em edit Elizabeth Jessup Eames 1813 1856 United States wr amp poet Marion Eames 1921 2007 Wales nv amp translator Mary Tracy Earle 1864 1955 United States wr Beverley East b 1953 Jamaica wr Alice Eather 1988 1989 2017 Australia poet amp environmentalist Edith Maude Eaton Sui Sin Far 1865 1914 Chile Canada Newfoundland nv Winnifred Eaton Watanna Onoto 1875 1954 Chile Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Francoise d Eaubonne 1920 2005 France es amp nv Shirin Ebadi b 1947 Iran Persia activist Nobel Peace Prize 2003 Isabelle Eberhardt 1877 1904 Switzerland Algeria political wr in French Margareta Ebner 1291 1351 Germany diarist amp mystic Marie von Ebner Eschenbach 1830 1916 Austria Austria Hungary nv Charlotte O Conor Eccles 1860 1911 Ireland nv amp translator Fadela Echebbi b 1946 Tunisia poet Robyn Eckersley b 1958 Australia political theorist Elaine Howard Ecklund living United States academic Bertha Eckstein Diener Sir Galahad 1874 1948 Austria Austria Hungary historian amp travel wr Nydia Ecury 1926 2012 Curacao poet amp translator Leigh Eddings 1939 2007 United States fantasy nv Reni Eddo Lodge b 1989 England col amp wr Inger Edelfeldt b 1956 Sweden fiction amp ch wr amp illustrator Aida Edemariam fl 2014 Ethiopia Canada Newfoundland col amp mem Dorothy Eden 1912 1982 New Zealand England fiction wr Emily Eden 1797 1869 England nv amp poet Arabella Edge fl 2000 England Australia fiction wr Zee Edgell 1940 2020 Belize nv Frances Anne Edgeworth 1769 1865 Ireland mem amp botanical artist Maria Edgeworth 1767 1849 England Ireland nv Castle Rackrent May Edginton 1883 1957 England nv Lauris Edmond 1924 2000 New Zealand poet amp fiction wr Harriet Edquist fl 1989 Australia architectural historian Esi Edugyan b 1978 Canada Newfoundland nv amp wr Summer Edward b 1986 Trinidad wr amp activist Amelia Edwards 1831 1892 England fiction wr amp poet Annie Edwards c 1830 1896 England nv Fanny Winifred Edwards 1876 1959 Wales ch wr amp teacher Ruth Dudley Edwards b 1944 Ireland historian biographer amp crime wr Yvvette Edwards fl 2011 England nv Zena Edwards b 1960s England poet Francoise Ega 1920 1976 Martinique nv Jennifer Egan b 1962 United States fiction wr Susanna Eger 1640 1713 Germany cookery wr Egeria Aetheria fl AD 381 384 Algeria pilgrim amp correspondent in Latin George Egerton 1859 1945 Ireland England fiction wr Helen Merrill Egerton 1866 1951 Canada poet non f wr Elizabeth Eggleston 1934 1976 Australia wr activist amp lawyer Elsebeth Egholm b 1960 Denmark crime wr Elen Egryn Elin Evans 1807 1876 Wales poet Maria Egual 1655 1735 Spain poet amp pw Alicia Eguren 1924 1977 Argentina poet amp es Barbara Ehrenreich 1941 2022 United States feminist amp activist Marianne Ehrenstrom 1773 1867 Sweden wr Marianne Ehrmann 1755 1795 Switzerland nv amp publicist in German Adelaide Ehrnrooth 1815 1905 Finland feminist amp wr in Swedish Tamara Eidelman living Soviet Union Russia historian amp educator Eiki Eiki 影木栄貴 b 1971 Japan manga creator Charlotte Eilersgaard 1858 1922 Denmark fiction wr amp pw Lena Einhorn b 1954 Sweden mem pw amp screenwriter Paula Einoder b 1974 Uruguay poet amp wr Oddny Eir b 1972 Iceland nv Kerstin Ekman b 1933 Sweden fiction wr Margareta Ekstrom 1930 2021 Sweden poet nv amp ch wr Elaine Eksvard b 1981 Sweden non f wr Nana Ekvtimishvili b 1978 Georgia Caucasus wr amp film director Naima El Bezaz 1974 2020 Morocco Netherlands wr Roza Eldarova 1923 2021 Soviet Union Russia wr amp politician Anne Elder 1918 1976 Australia poet amp dancer Olivia Elder 1735 1780 Ireland poet Flora Eldershaw 1897 1956 Australia nv critic amp historian Elephantis fl late 1st century BC Ancient Greece erotic poet Ada Maria Elflein 1880 1919 Argentina poet col amp translator Menna Elfyn b 1952 Wales poet pw amp editor Laila el Haddad b 1978 Palestine United States wr on Palestine amp food Safia Elhillo b 1990 Sudan United States poet Anilu Elias b 1937 Mexico scholar amp activist Maria Luisa Elio 1926 2009 Spain Mexico screenwriter George Eliot Marian Evans 1819 1880 England nv amp poet Middlemarch Elisabeth of Wied 1843 1916 Romania Queen Consort amp poet Caroline Elkins b 1969 United States prof amp non f wr Elizabeth F Ellet 1818 1877 United States wr amp poet Bina Sarkar Ellias b 1949 India poet wr amp editor Anne Elliot 1856 1941 England nv Lady Charlotte Elliot 1839 1880 Scotland poet E S Elliott 1836 1897 England poet hymn wr nv ed Janice Elliott 1931 1995 England fiction amp ch wr Marianne Elliott living Ireland England historian Lucy Ellmann b 1956 United States Scotland nv Alice Thomas Ellis Anna Haycraft 1932 3005 England fiction amp non f wr Ellen Elizabeth Ellis 1829 1895 England New Zealand nv amp activist Keisha Lynne Ellis fl 2009 onward Bahamas political scientist Lucy Ellmann b 1956 United States Scotland nv Nawal el Saadawi 1931 2021 Egypt feminist amp fiction wr Barbara Else b 1947 New Zealand fiction amp ch wr amp pw Gisela Elsner 1939 1992 Germany nv Elizabeth Elstob 1683 1756 England feminist amp translator Diamela Eltit b 1949 Chile wr amp academic Lynn Emanuel b 1949 United States poet Buchi Emecheta 1944 2017 Nigeria nv Claudia Emerson 1957 2014 United States poet amp academic Ellen Russell Emerson 1837 1907 United States wr amp ethnologist Akwaeke Emezi b 1987 Nigeria fiction wr Lelia Dromgold Emig 1872 1957 United States genealogist amp non f wr Carol Emshwiller 1921 2019 United States fiction wr Angella Emurwon living Uganda pw En Ez edit Amanda Enayati living Iran Persia United States health wr Fumiko Enchi 円地文子 1905 1986 Japan pw amp fiction wr Maria Dolores Perez Enciso 1908 1949 Spain Mexico social wr Alberthiene Endah living Indonesia biographer amp nv Chuah Guat Eng 蔡月英 b 1943 Malaysia fiction wr in English Marian Engel 1933 1985 Canada Newfoundland nv Dorothe Engelbretsdatter 1634 1716 Norway poet amp hymn wr Helene von Engelhardt 1850 1910 Germany poet wr amp linguist Edith Mary England 1899 1979 1981 Australia nv amp poet Isobel English 1920 1994 England nv Francoise Enguehard b 1957 Canada Newfoundland prose wr in French Enheduanna 2285 2250 BC Ancient Sumeria poet amp royal priestess Maki Enjōji 円城寺マキ living Japan manga creator Nariko Enomoto 榎本ナリコ b 1967 Japan manga creator Anna Enquist b 1945 Netherlands poet amp nv Anne Enright b 1962 Ireland fiction writer Kalilah Enriquez b 1983 Belize Jamaica col amp poet Mariana Enriquez b 1973 Algeria fiction wr amp col Anne Enright b 1962 Ireland fiction wr amp es Jose Ensch 1942 2008 Luxembourg poet Riemke Ensing b 1939 Netherlands New Zealand poet amp academic Camelia Entekhabifard b 1973 Iran Persia United States wr Fotini Epanomitis b 1969 Australia nv Nora Ephron 1941 2012 United States nv amp screenwriter Pamphile of Epidaurus 1st century AD Ancient Greece historian Muzi Epifani 1935 1984 Italy nv poet amp pw Helen Epstein b 1947 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic United States biographer amp mem Noura Erakat b 1980 United States wr on Palestine Ruth Erat b 1951 Switzerland fiction wr in German Leyla Erbil 1931 2013 Turkey Ottoman Empire wr Asli Erdogan b 1967 Turkey Ottoman Empire wr and activist Louise Erdrich b 1954 United States nv poet amp ch wr Rica Erickson 1908 2009 Australia botany amp history wr Helena Eriksson b 1962 Sweden poet Erinna Ἤrinna fl c 600 BC Ancient Greece poet Anastasia Eristavi Khoshtaria 1868 1951 Georgia Caucasus nv Dominika Eristavi 1864 1929 Georgia Caucasus poet amp prose wr Annie Ernaux b 1940 France nv amp autobiographer Maria Ernestam b 1959 Sweden fiction wr Annette Mbaye d Erneville b 1926 Senegal poet amp ch wr Henrica van Erp c 1480 1548 Netherlands chronicler amp abbess Jenny Erpenbeck b 1967 Germany fiction wr and pw Maria de los Angeles Errisuriz b 1966 Mexico wr on education Kelcey Ervick fl 2013 USA wr creative writing Tina Escaja b 1965 Spain United States poet fiction wr amp pw Ximena Escalante b 1964 Mexico pw Alicia Escardo b 1963 Uruguay fiction wr amp educator Nataly von Eschstruth 1860 1939 Germany fiction wr and pw Edith Escombe 1866 1950 England fiction wr amp es Gloria Escomel b 1941 Uruguay Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Margaret Escott 1908 1977 New Zealand nv poet amp educator Rosemary Esehagu b 1981 Nigeria United States nv Rosario Maria Gutierrez Eskildsen 1899 1979 Mexico linguist amp poet Catharine H Esling 1812 1897 United States poet wr hymn wr Erminda Rentoul Esler c 1852 1924 Ireland fiction wr Florbela Espanca 1894 1930 Portugal poet Teresa Espasa living Spain poet es amp professor Kristin Espinasse b 1968 United States wr Ileana Espinel 1933 2001 Ecuador poet amp wr Ramabai Espinet b 1948 Trinidad poet nv amp critic Laura Esquivel b 1950 Mexico nv Sofia Ester b 1978 Portugal YA wr Elsa d Esterre Keeling 1857 1935 Ireland nv amp educator Eleanor Estes 1906 1988 United States ch wr Clarissa Pinkola Estes b 1945 United States poet Gisele d Estoc 1845 1894 France non f wr Jenny Estrada b 1940 Ecuador social wr Makiko Esumi 江角マキコ b 1966 Japan non f wr amp lyricist Eloisa Garcia Etchegoyhen 1921 1996 Uruguay education wr Claire Etcherelli b 1934 France nv Gabriela Etcheverry b 1946 Chile Canada Newfoundland wr amp critic Parvin E tesami 1907 1941 Iran Persia poet Mansoureh Ettehadieh living Iran Persia historian Lucia Etxebarria b 1966 Spain biographer amp nv Luisa Etxenike b 1957 Spain fiction wr pw amp poet Cecilia Eudave b 1968 Mexico fiction wr Aelia Eudocia c 401 460 Byzantium religious wr in Greek Damiana Eugenio 1921 2014 Philippines wr amp academic Eun Mihee 은미희 b 1960 Korea nv col amp academic Jang Eun jin 장은진 b 1976 Korea wr Lolita Euson 1914 1994 Sint Eustatius poet Janet Evanovich b 1943 United States nv Anne Evans 1820 1870 England poet amp composer Augusta Jane Evans 1835 1909 United States nv Christine Evans b 1943 Wales poet Diana Evans b c 1971 England nv col amp critic Mari Evans 1923 2017 United States poet pw amp ch wr Matilda Jane Evans 1827 1886 Australia nv Lizzie P Evans Hansell 1836 1922 United States fiction wr Bernardine Evaristo b 1959 England wr Conceicao Evaristo b 1946 Brazil social wr Marjorie Evasco b 1953 Philippines poet Maria Louise Eve 1842 1900 United States poet Elizabeth Hawley Everett 1857 1940 United States editor wr Zdravka Evtimova b 1959 Bulgaria fiction wr Barbara Ewing b 1939 New Zealand England nv actor amp pw Emma Pike Ewing 1838 1917 United States wr amp educator Eve Ewing b 1986 United States wr poet amp artist Juliana Horatia Ewing 1841 1885 England ch wr Catherine Exley 1779 1857 England non f wr Elisabeth Eybers 1915 2007 South Africa poet in Afrikaans Leonora Eyles 1889 1960 England feminist wr amp nv Regina Ezera 1930 2002 Latvia nv Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z F editFa Fl edit Camilla Faa c 1599 1662 Italy autobiographer amp nun Edda Fabbri b 1949 Uruguay fiction wr Anne Faber living Luxembourg England cookery wr Michele Fabien 1945 1999 Belgium wr amp pw in French Mary Fabilli 1914 2011 United States poet amp illustrator Kinga Fabo 1953 2021 Hungary poet amp es Paloma Fabrykant b 1981 Argentina non f wr amp artist Diane Fahey b 1945 Australia poet Jacqueline Fahey b 1929 New Zealand mem amp painter Diamante Medaglia Faini 1724 1770 Italy poet amp composer Elizabeth Fair 1908 1997 England nv Lidia Falcon b 1935 Spain pw amp es Suzanne Falkiner b 1952 Australia nv amp non f wr Aminata Sow Fall b 1941 Senegal nv Khadi Fall b 1948 Senegal nv Kine Kirama Fall b 1934 Senegal poet Oriana Fallaci 1929 2006 Italy non f wr Amber Fallon b 1993 United States horror wr Katie Fallon b 1976 United States es amp non f wr Fan Xiaoqing 范小青 b 1955 China fiction wr Elena Fanailova b 1962 Soviet Union Russia poet Fang Fang 方方 b 1955 China poet amp nv Diane Fanning b 1950 United States wr on crime amp nv Teresa Gonzalez de Fanning 1836 1918 Peru nv amp col Ann Lady Fanshawe 1625 1680 England mem Catherine Maria Fanshawe 1765 1834 England poet Ursula Fanthorpe 1929 2009 England poet Elena Farago 1878 1954 Romania poet amp ch wr Najwa Kawar Farah 1923 2015 Palestine Canada Newfoundland fiction amp ch wr amp autobiographer Marthe Fare b 1985 Togo nv amp educator Rosa Lobato de Faria 1932 2010 Portugal nv poet amp actor Lily Yulianti Farid b 1971 Indonesia fiction wr Beverley Farmer 1941 2018 Australia fiction wr Hannah Tobey Farmer 1823 1891 United States wr amp poet Nancy Farmer b 1941 United States YA amp ch nv Penelope Farmer b 1939 England ch nv Charlotte Sometimes Fadhila El Farouk b 1967 Algeria Lebanon nv Fiona Farrell b 1947 New Zealand poet fiction wr amp pw Forough Farrokhzad 1935 1967 Iran Persia poet amp film director Pooran Farrokhzad 1933 2016 Iran Persia poet pw amp encyclopedist Angie Farrow b 1951 England New Zealand academic amp wr for theater amp radio Bushra Farrukh b 1957 Pakistan poet Leila Farsakh b 1967 Palestine United States political economist Lilian Faschinger b 1950 Austria Austria Hungary fiction wr amp poet Malika al Fassi 1919 2007 Morocco pw amp fiction wr Adelaide Fassinou b 1955 Benin fiction wr Nazila Fathi b 1970 Iran Persia Canada Newfoundland political mem Altaf Fatima 1927 2018 India Pakistan fiction wr Genevieve Fauconnier 1886 1969 France nv Margaretta Faugeres 1771 1801 United States poet Gertrude Minnie Faulding 1875 1961 England nv amp ch wr Jesse Redmon Fauset 1882 1961 United States poet es amp nv Beatrice Faust 1939 2019 Australia non f wr amp activist Eliza Fay 1755 or 1756 1816 England India correspondent Madame de La Fayette 1634 1693 France nv Samira Fazal living Pakistan screenwriter amp pw Carmen Febres Cordero de Ballen 1829 1893 Ecuador wr amp poet Astrid Stampe Feddersen 1852 1930 Denmark wr amp activist Etta Federn 1883 1951 Austria Austria Hungary wr amp translator Elaine Feeney living Ireland nv amp pw Klara Feher 1919 1996 Hungary nv amp ch wr Leslie Feinberg 1949 2014 United States wr amp activist Elaine Feinstein 1930 2019 England poet nv amp translator Else Feldmann 1884 1942 Austria Austria Hungary pw poet amp nv Stephanie Felicite comtesse de Genlis 1746 1830 France nv pw amp ch wr Mary Fels 1863 1953 Germany United States wr amp ed Zuo Fen 左芬 c 255 300 China poet Feng Yuanjun 冯沅君 1900 1974 China wr amp scholar Edna Ferber 1885 1968 United States nv amp pw Kate Lee Ferguson 1841 1928 United States nv poet amp composer Nathalie Ferlut born 1968 France comic book wr artist Fanny Fern 1811 1872 United States fiction amp ch wr Maria Luisa Fernandez 1870 1938 Chile feminist wr amp poet Marian Lopez Fernandez Cao b 1964 Spain art wr amp academic Roberta Fernandez living United States nv scholar amp critic Chitra Fernando 1935 1998 Sri Lanka ch wr amp academic Vera Ferra Mikura 1923 1997 Austria Austria Hungary ch wr Elena Ferrante b 1943 Italy nv Maria del Carme Ribe i Ferre 1920 1991 Spain nv amp autobiographer Rosario Ferre 1938 2016 United States nv poet amp biographer Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira 1875 1924 Uruguay poet amp educator Julia Ferrer 1925 1995 Peru poet amp wr Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier 1782 1854 Scotland nv Diana Ferrus b 1953 South Africa poet in Afrikaans amp English Laura Dayton Fessenden 1852 1924 United States wr Maria Fetherstonhaugh 1847 1918 England nv Tina Fey b 1970 United States screenwriter amp autobiographer Vera Feyder b 1949 Belgium France poet amp nv Ilia Fibiger 1817 1867 Denmark pw amp fiction wr Mathilde Fibiger 1830 1872 Denmark wr on women s rights Dorothea de Ficquelmont 1804 1863 Russia Austria Austria Hungary diarist in French Mrs E M Field 1856 1940 Ireland nv amp literary critic Michael Field the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley 1846 1914 England and Edith Cooper 1862 1913 England poets pw Rachel Field 1894 1942 United States nv poet amp ch wr Helen Fielding b 1958 England nv Sarah Fielding 1710 1768 England nv Jennie Fields b 1953 United States nv Celia Fiennes 1662 1741 England travel wr Fanny Carrion de Fierro b 1936 Ecuador poet critic amp academic Eva Figes 1932 2012 Germany England nv critic amp feminist N P Figgis 1939 2014 Ireland Wales archaeologist Sia Figiel b 1967 Serbia poet amp nv Vera Figner 1852 1942 Russia Soviet Union mem amp political biographer Margita Figuli 1909 1995 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Slovakia social amp ch wr Amanda Filipacchi b 1957 France United States nv Lyudmila Filipova b 1977 Bulgaria nv amp col Zlata Filipovic b 1980 Bosnia Herzegovina Ireland child war diarist Adelaide Filleul Marquise de Souza Botelho 1761 1836 France nv Clara Filleul 1822 1878 France ch wr amp painter Anne Finch 1661 1720 England poet Annie Finch b 1956 United States poet translator amp critic Anne Fine b 1947 England wr Manuela Fingueret 1945 2013 Argentina poet nv amp es Ida Fink 1921 2011 Poland Israel Hc wr Nikky Finney b 1957 United States poet Steinunn Finnsdottir c 1640 c 1710 Iceland poet Carmen Firan b 1958 Romania United States poet fiction wr amp pw Caroline Auguste Fischer 1764 1842 Germany wr amp rights activist Margery Fish 1892 1969 England gardening wr Ann Fisher 1719 1778 England grammarian Carrie Fisher 1956 2016 United States nv actor amp screenwriter Catherine Fisher b 1957 Wales wr amp broadcaster Elizabeth Fisher journalist 1924 1982 was the US editor of the magazine Aphra Lala Fisher 1872 1929 Australia poet amp editor M F K Fisher 1908 1992 United States food wr Wirydianna Fiszerowa 1761 1826 Poland mem Fitnat Hanim died 1780 Turkey Ottoman Empire poet Sarah Mary Fitton c 1796 1874 Ireland wr amp botanist Barbara Fitzgerald 1911 1982 Ireland England nv Kitty Fitzgerald b 1946 Ireland England nv poet amp pw Mary Anne Fitzgerald living South Africa England political wr Penelope Fitzgerald 1916 2000 England nv poet amp biographer Theodora FitzGibbon 1916 1991 Ireland cookery wr Louise Fitzhugh 1928 1974 United States ch wr amp illustrator Becca Fitzpatrick b 1979 United States nv Kathleen Fitzpatrick 1905 1990 historian biographer amp critic Marie Louise Fitzpatrick b 1962 Ireland ch wr amp illustrator Ellen Fitzsimon 1805 1883 Ireland poet Fannie Flagg b 1944 United States screenwriter amp nv Jane Flanders 1940 2001 United States poet Marieluise Fleisser 1901 1974 Germany pw Marjorie Fleming 1803 1811 Scotland child diarist amp poet Kate Fleron 1909 2006 Denmark wr amp resistance fighter Beryl Fletcher 1938 2018 New Zealand nv Jane Ada Fletcher 1870 1956 Australia nature amp ch wr Lisa Anne Fletcher 1844 1905 United States poet correspondent Mary Bosanquet Fletcher 1739 1850 England religious wr Penelope Fletcher b 1988 England YA amp fantasy wr Zenaide Fleuriot 1829 1890 France nv Pierrette Fleutiaux 1941 2019 France fiction wr Lynn Flewelling b 1958 United States nv Lina Flor 1914 1976 Philippines fiction amp scriptwriter Leona Florentino 1849 1884 Philippines poet Malva Flores b 1961 Mexico poet fiction wr amp es Paulina Flores b 1988 Chile fiction wr Nisia Floresta 1810 1885 Brazil France poet amp feminist Angela Flournoy living United States nv Pat Flower 1914 1977 Australia stage amp TV pw amp nv Tui Flower 1925 2017 New Zealand food wr Emilie Flygare Carlen 1807 1892 Sw nv Carol Houlihan Flynn b 1945 United States academic critic amp fiction wr Elizabeth Gurley Flynn 1890 1964 United States political wr amp activist Gillian Flynn b 1971 United States nv amp screenwriter Fo Fu edit Marnie Fogg living England fashion wr Eva Foldes 1914 1981 Hungary wr amp Hc survivor Jolan Foldes 1902 1963 Hungary nv Maria Foldes 1925 1976 Romania pw in Hungarian and Hc survivor Winifred Foley 1914 2009 England autobiographer Mary Alice Fonda 1837 1897 United States musician linguist wr critic Maria Assumpcio Soler i Font 1913 2004 Spain wr amp col in Catalan Brigitte Fontaine b 1939 France wr amp singer Moderata Fonte 1555 1592 Italy feminist amp poet The Worth of Women Pascale Fonteneau b 1963 France Belgium nv amp wr in French Philippa Foot 1920 2010 England philosopher Donna Foote b 1950 United States non f wr Mary Hallock Foote 1847 1938 United States nv Mary Hannay Foott 1846 1918 Australia poet amp editor Alaide Foppa 1914 c 1980 Spain poet Curdella Forbes living Jamaica science fiction wr Frances Forbes Robertson 1866 1956 United Kingdom nv Esther Forbes 1891 1967 United States nv amp ch wr Charlotte Rose de Caumont de La Force 1654 1724 France nv amp poet Margot Forde 1935 1992 New Zealand botanist amp taxonomist Patricia Forde b c 1960 Ireland ch wr Honor Ford Smith b 1951 Canada Newfoundland pw scholar amp poet Meta Forkel Liebeskind 1765 1853 Germany academic Aminatta Forna b 1964 Scotland wr Maria Irene Fornes 1930 2018 Cuba United States pw Francesca Forrellad 1927 2013 Spain wr in Catalan Lluisa Forrellad 1927 2018 Spain nv amp pw in Spanish amp Catalan Anne Marie Forrest living Ireland nv Mabel Forrest 1872 1935 Australia nv amp poet Veronica Forrest Thomson 1947 1975 Scotland poet amp critic Ellen Forrester 1823 1883 Ireland poet Viviane Forrester 1825 1913 France es nv amp critic Olga Forsh 1873 1961 Russia Soviet Union novelist pw amp mem Thelma Forshaw 1923 1995 Australia fiction wr amp reviewer Tua Forsstrom b 1947 Finland poet in Swedish Margaret Forster 1938 2016 England nv amp biographer Mary Forster c 1620 1687 England Quaker polemicist Michelanne Forster b 1953 New Zealand pw amp scriptwriter Jessie Forsyth 1847 49 1937 England United States Australia temperance advocate Gertrud von Le Fort 1876 1971 Germany nv poet amp es Laudomia Forteguerri 1515 1555 Italy poet Susana Fortes b 1959 Spain nv amp col Elena Fortun 1886 1952 Spain ch wr Dion Fortune Violet Mary Firth 1890 1946 Wales nv amp wr Mary Fortune c 1833 1911 Australia crime wr E M Foster fl late 18th early 19th centuries England nv Hannah Webster Foster 1758 1840 United States nv Lydia Mary Foster 1867 1943 Ireland social writer amp poet Lynn Foster 1914 1985 Australia pw amp nv Corlia Fourie b 1944 South Africa fiction amp ch wr in Afrikaans Carolina Amor de Fournier 1908 1993 Mexico biographer amp medical wr Dorothy Fowler living New Zealand nv Harriet Putnam Fowler 1842 1901 United States wr poet Karen Joy Fowler b 1950 United States fiction wr Aileen Fox 1907 2005 England archaeologist Mamita Fox b 1943 Curacao autobiographer Biancamaria Frabotta 1946 2022 Italy poet amp critic Esther G Frame 1840 1920 United States autobiographer Janet Frame 1924 2004 New Zealand fiction amp YA wr amp autobiographer Isabel Franc b 1955 Spain fiction wr amp es Marie de France fl 12th century France poet in Anglo Norman Ruth France 1913 1968 New Zealand poet amp nv Annie France Harrar 1886 1971 Austria Austria Hungary wr amp scientist Lorraine Francis b 1958 Ireland ch wr M E Francis 1859 1930 Ireland England nv Suzanne Francis b 1959 England fantasy wr Julia Franck b 1970 Germany fiction wr and es Veronica Franco 1546 1591 Italy poet Jocelyne Francois b 1933 France nv Louise von Francois 1817 1893 Germany nv Justine Frangouli Argyris b 1959 Greece fiction wr amp biographer Anne Frank Anna 1929 1945 Netherlands diarist amp Hc victim The Diary of a Young Girl Lone Frank b 1966 Denmark science wr Miles Franklin 1879 1954 Australia feminist wr Abby Franquemont b 1972 United States wr Rebecca Fransway b 1953 United States wr amp poet Agnes Franz 1794 1843 German writer Marie Louise von Franz 1915 1998 Germany Switzerland psychologist Antonia Fraser b 1932 England nv amp biographer Bashabi Fraser b 1954 India non f and ch wr poet and translator Pauline Frechette 1889 1943 Canada poet dr jour nun Kirstine Frederiksen 1845 1903 Denmark educationist amp activist Marianne Fredriksson 1927 2007 Sweden nv Lynn Freed living South Africa fiction wr amp es in English Gillian Freeman 1929 2019 England nv amp pw Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1852 1930 United States fiction wr Celia de Freine b 1948 Ireland poet pw amp librettist Espido Freire b 1974 Spain nv Raquel Freire b 1973 Paraguay screenwriter nv amp film director Anna Freixas b 1946 Spain wr amp academic Laura Freixas b 1958 Spain fiction wr amp col Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle 1778 1857 England diarist Anne French b 1956 New Zealand poet Dawn French b 1957 Wales England wr amp comedian Katy French 1983 2007 Ireland writer amp model Lucy Virginia French 1825 1881 United States wr Marilyn French 1929 2009 United States feminist wr amp academic Tana French b 1973 United States Ireland nv amp actor Mariana Frenk Westheim 1898 2004 Mexico poet amp Hispanist Maud Frere 1923 1979 Belgium fiction amp ch wr in French Patricia Fresen b 1940 South Africa religious wr in English Yvonne du Fresne 1929 2011 New Zealand fiction wr amp radio pw Anna Freud 1895 1982 As England psychoanalyst Milagros Frias b 1955 Spain nv amp critic Maikki Friberg 1861 1927 Finland educator amp peace activist Betty Friedan 1921 2006 United States wr activist amp feminist Violeta Friedman 1930 2000 Russia Spain wr amp Hc survivor Inger Frimansson b 1944 Sweden poet amp fiction amp ch wr Barbara Frischmuth b 1941 Austria Austria Hungary nv poet amp pw Marianne Fritz 1948 2007 Austria Austria Hungary nv Francisca Praguer Froes 1872 1931 Brazil health wr amp activist Gayleen Froese b 1972 Canada Newfoundland nv amp songwriter Eva Margareta Frolich 1650 1692 Sweden wr Elena Frolova b 1969 Latvia Russia songwriter amp poet Bella Fromm 1890 1972 Germany United States wartime journalist Katarina Frostenson b 1953 Sweden poet Ruth Frow 1922 2008 England wr amp historian Linda Frum b 1963 Canada Newfoundland wr amp politician Joan Mary Fry 1862 1955 England Quaker social wr Susanna M D Fry 1841 1920 United States wr Agnes Moore Fryberger 1868 1939 United States music wr Camilla Frydan 1887 1949 Austria Austria Hungary lyricist amp musician Fu Shanxiang 傅善祥 1833 1864 China scholar Fu Tianlin 傅天琳 b 1946 China poet Gloria Fuertes 1917 1998 Spain poet amp ch wr Lisa Fugard living South Africa United States fiction wr amp actor Sheila Meiring Fugard b 1932 England South Africa fiction wr amp pw Mihona Fujii 藤井みほな b 1974 Japan manga creator Kaori Fujino 藤野可織 b 1980 Japan fiction wr Kazuko Fujita 藤田和子 b 1957 Japan manga creator Cocoa Fujiwara 藤原ここあ 1983 2015 Japan manga creator Hiro Fujiwara 藤原ヒロ b 1981 Japan manga creator Yvonne K Fulbright living Iceland United States sexologist Anne Fuller died 1790 Ireland nv Janice Moore Fuller b 1951 United States poet amp pw Claire Fuller b 1967 England nv Alexandra Fuller b 1969 Zimbabwe United States mem amp nv Margaret Fuller 1810 1850 United States feminist Mary Eliza Fullerton 1868 1946 Australia feminist poet fiction wr amp col Alice Fulton b 1952 United States wr amp poet Catherine Fulton 1829 1919 England New Zealand diarist amp philanthropist Cornelia Funke b 1958 Germany ch wr Bilkisu Funtuwa living Nigeria nv Huarui Furen 花蕊夫人 940 976 China poet Alice Furlong 1866 1946 Ireland story wr amp poet Eva Furnari b 1948 Italy Brazil ch wr amp illustrator Furuzan b 1932 Turkey Ottoman Empire fiction amp non f wr Felicia Fuster 1921 2012 Spain poet in Catalan amp painter Luisa Futoransky b 1939 Argentina poet nv amp academic Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z G editGa Gl edit Diana Gabaldon b 1952 United States fiction wr Patricia Gabancho 1952 2017 Argentina Spain wr in Catalan Anneli Ute Gabanyi b 1942 Romania Germany critic amp philologist Ekaterine Gabashvili 1851 1938 Georgia Caucasus nv amp feminist Dora Gabe 1888 1983 Bulgaria poet amp travel wr Cherubina de Gabriak 1887 1928 Russia Soviet Union poet Belen Gache b 1960 Argentina Spain nv amp electronic wr Emma Gad 1852 1921 Denmark wr amp pw Gertrude Gaffney 1959 Ireland col Maureen Gaffney b 1947 Ireland psychologist Frances Dana Barker Gage 1808 1884 United States wr amp poet Nina Gagen Torn 1900 1986 Russia Soviet Union poet amp ethnographer Eva Roe Gaggin 1879 1966 United States ch wr Marie Louise Gagneur 1832 1902 France fiction wr es amp activist Jeannine Hall Gailey b 1973 United States poet amp critic Abby Gaines living New Zealand nv Sigri Mitra Gaini b 1975 Faroe Islands poet amp educator Carmen Martin Gaite 1925 2000 Spain fiction wr es amp screenwriter Mary Gaitskill b 1954 United States es amp fiction wr Nora Gal 1912 1991 Russia Soviet Union critic amp translation theorist Ana Galan b 1964 Spain United States ch wr amp humorist Rhea Galanaki b 1947 Greece fiction wr es amp poet Georgie Starbuck Galbraith 1909 1980 United States poet Rosa Galceran 1917 2015 Spain poet amp cartoonist Ona Galdikaite 1898 1990 Lithuania Germany poet amp nun Kate Gale b 1965 United States poet amp librettist Zona Gale 1874 1938 United States nv amp pw Azucena Galettini b 1981 Argentina wr Erzsebet Galgoczi 1930 1989 Hungary fiction wr amp pw Adela Galiana 1825 late 19th early 20th century Spain wr Beatriz Galindo c 1465 1534 Sp Latinist amp educator Hermila Galindo 1886 1954 Mexico political wr Maria Galindo b 1964 Bolivia psychologist Katherine Gallagher b 1935 Argentina poet Kathleen Gallagher b 1957 New Zealand pw poet amp nv Margaret Gallagher living Ireland England gender researcher Miriam Gallagher b 1940 Ireland pw Rhian Gallagher b 1961 New Zealand poet Tess Gallagher b 1943 United States poet nv amp pw Fatima Gallaire 1944 2020 Algeria France pw amp fiction wr Mavis Gallant 1922 2014 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr pw amp es in French Sara Gallardo 1931 1988 Argentina fiction wr Menna Gallie 1919 1990 Wales nv amp translator Karina Galvez b 1964 Ecuador poet Maria Rosa de Galvez 1768 1806 Spain poet amp pw Jeanne Galzy 1883 1977 France nv amp biographer Joana da Gama c 1520 1586 Portugal nun amp wr on aphorisms Veronica Gambara 1485 1550 Italy poet amp politician Griselda Gambaro b 1928 Argentina fiction wr pw amp es Anna Rosina Gambold 1762 1821 United States missionary amp diarist Mary Ninde Gamewell 1858 1947 United States missionary amp wr Gangadevi fl 14th century India poet amp princess Alisa Ganieva b 1985 Russia fiction wr amp es Petina Gappah b 1971 Zimbabwe fiction wr Anne Marie Garat b 1946 France nv Nicole Garay 1873 1928 Panama poet Carolina Garcia Aguilera b 1949 Cuba United States fiction wr in English Cristina Garcia b 1958 Cuba United States nv R S A Garcia living Trinidad science fiction wr Maria Esther Garcia Lopez b 1948 Spain poet wr Jane Gardam b 1928 England fiction amp ch wr Delphine Gardey b 1967 France non f wr Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington 1789 1849 Ireland nv amp col Elizabeth Gard ner 1858 1926 Sweden New Zealand domestic science wr Malwina Garfeinowa Garska 1870 1932 Poland nv amp es Mridula Garg b 1938 India fiction wr amp es Francesca Gargallo 1956 2022 Italy Mexico poet amp nv Mariam Garikhuli 1883 1960 Georgia Caucasus Soviet Union nv amp ch wr Doris Pilkington Garimara 1937 2014 Australia nv Tatiana Garmash Roffe b 1959 Soviet Union Russia nv Helen Garner b 1942 Australia nv amp col Constance Garnett 1861 1946 England translator Anne F Garreta b 1962 France nv Carlota Garrido de la Pena 1870 1958 Argentina journalist wr Fanny Garrido 1846 1917 Spain nv amp col Francisca Herrera Garrido 1869 1950 Spain poet amp nv in Galician Marissa Garrido 1926 2021 Mexico telenovela pw amp wr Harriet E Garrison 1848 1930 United States medical wr Elena Garro c 1916 1998 Mexico screenwriter amp fiction wr Dorothy Garrod 1892 1968 England archaeologist Amy Jacques Garvey 1895 1973 Jamaica journalist amp activist Maria Luisa Garza 1887 1980 Mexico nv Caroline Leigh Gascoigne 1813 1883 England poet amp nv Elizabeth Gaskell 1810 1865 England nv Cranford Whitney Gaskell b 1972 United States nv Catherine Gaskin 1929 2009 Australia nv Valerie de Gasparin 1813 1894 Switzerland social wr in French Brunella Gasperini 1918 1979 Italy nv Nathalie Gassel b 1964 Belgium feminist wr Carmen Bernos de Gasztold 1919 1995 France poet amp nun Liudmila Gatagova living Soviet Union Russia historian amp es Zelia Gattai 1916 2008 Brazil nv amp ch wr Margaret Gatty 1809 1873 England ch wr amp biologist Delores Gauntlett b 1949 Jamaica poet Judith Gautier 1845 1917 France poet amp nv Anna Gavalda b 1970 France nv Jamila Gavin b 1941 India England fiction amp ch wr Roxane Gay b 1974 United States wr ed amp social commentator Sophie Gay 1776 1852 France nv amp librettist Alessia Gazzola b 1982 Italy nv Beatrice Lalinon Gbado living Benin ch wr Ivone Gebara b 1944 Brazil philosopher amp nun Miriam Gebhardt b 1962 Germany historian Pauline Gedge b 1945 Canada Newfoundland nv Vera Gedroits 1870 1932 Russia Soviet Union medical wr Maggie Gee b 1948 England nv Angela Gegg b 1979 Belize wr amp artist Luisa Geisler b 1991 Brazil fiction wr Naira Gelashvili b 1947 Georgia Caucasus nv amp activist Edith Mary Gell 1860 1944 England wr amp activist Martha Gellhorn 1908 1998 United States nv travel wr amp journalist Charley Genever living England poet Stephanie Felicite comtesse de Genlis 1746 1830 France nv amp education theorist Empress Genmei 元明天皇 660 721 Japan monarch amp poet Louise Boije af Gennas b 1971 Sweden nv Catherine of Genoa St Catherine 1447 1510 Italy wr amp mystic Doris Gentile 1894 1972 Australia fiction wr Sulari Gentill living Australia fiction wr Elizabeth George b 1949 United States mystery nv Ella M George 1850 1938 United States non f wr amp newspaper editor Frances Shayle George 1828 1890 England New Zealand poet es amp educator Margaret George b 1943 United States nv Nina George b 1973 Germany wr Danielle Legros Georges living Haiti United States poet es amp academic Rosemonde Gerard 1871 1953 France poet amp pw Agnes Gergely b 1933 Hungary poet amp nv Ida Gerhardt 1905 1997 Netherlands classicist amp poet Doris Gercke b 1937 Germany nv Sylvie Germain b 1954 France nv amp es Teolinda Gersao b 1940 Portugal fiction wr Marina Gershenovich b 1960 Russia Germany poet Karen Gershon 1923 1993 Germany England poet amp fiction amp non f wr Elfriede Gerstl 1932 2009 Austria Austria Hungary poet fiction wr amp es Amy Gerstler b 1956 United States poet Maria Elena Gertner 1932 2013 Chile poet nv amp screenwriter Gertrude the Great 1256 c 1302 Germany saint amp mystic in Latin Masha Gessen b 1967 Soviet Union United States political wr Ragnheidur Gestsdottir b 1953 Iceland ch wr Geum Hee 금희 b 1979 Korea wr Yi Geun hwa 이근화 b 1976 Korea poet Marie Gevers 1893 1975 Belgium nv in French Amelie Gex 1835 1883 France poet amp wr also in Provencal Zarah Ghahramani b 1981 Iran Persia Australia mem Randa Ghazy b 1987 Egypt Italy wr Salima Ghezali b 1958 Algeria wr amp activist Sagarika Ghose b 1964 India col amp nv Maureen Gibbon living United States fiction wr June amp Jennifer Gibbons b 1963 Jennifer died 1993 Wales fiction wr Kaye Gibbons b 1960 United States nv Stella Gibbons 1902 1989 England nv amp short story wr Angelica Gibbs 1908 1955 United States fiction wr amp col Eleanor Churchill Gibbs 1840 1925 United States fiction amp non f wr Ivy Gibbs c 1886 1966 Australia New Zealand poet amp ch wr May Gibbs 1877 1969 Australia ch wr amp illustrator Doris Gibson 1910 2008 Peru political wr Suzanne Giese 1946 2012 Denmark wr amp rights activist Robyn Gigl b 1952 1953 United States thriller wr amp lawyer Eve Gil b 1968 Mexico fiction wr amp poet Ruth Gilbert 1917 2016 New Zealand poet Elizabeth Gilbert b 1969 United States fiction amp non f wr Annie Somers Gilchrist 1841 1912 United States fiction non f wr amp poet Ellen Gilchrist b 1935 United States fiction wr amp poet Betty Gilderdale 1923 2021 New Zealand ch wr Annabel Giles b 1959 Wales nv amp broadcaster Olivia Aroha Giles living New Zealand ch amp fiction wr Maria Esther Gilio 1922 2011 Uruguay biographer amp col Elizabeth Gilligan 1962 2017 United States nv Ruth Gilligan b 1988 Ireland nv amp academic Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860 1935 United States sociologist amp poet Florence Magruder Gilmore 1881 1945 religious wr nv translator Mary Gilmore 1865 1962 Australia poet amp col Beryl Gilroy 1924 2001 Guyana nv Marija Gimbutas 1921 1994 Lithuania United States archaeologist amp anthropologist Ruby Langford Ginibi 1934 2001 Australia historian amp non f wr Zuzanna Ginczanka 1917 1945 Poland poet amp Hc victim Lidiya Ginzburg 1902 1990 Russia Soviet Union critic amp historian Natalia Ginzburg 1916 1991 Italy fiction amp social wr Yevgenia Ginzburg 1904 1977 Russia Soviet Union mem amp political prisoner Cinzia Giorgio b 1975 Italy nv amp academic Marosa di Giorgio 1932 2004 Uruguay poet amp nv Nikki Giovanni b 1943 United States poet wr amp activist Zinaida Gippius 1869 1945 Russia Soviet Union poet pw amp nv Delphine de Girardin 1804 1855 France es nv amp pw Banira Giri 1946 2021 Nepal poet amp wr Lady Blanche Girouard 1898 1940 Ireland England fiction wr Hallgerdur Gisladottir 1952 2007 Iceland ethnologist amp poet THordis Gisladottir b 1965 Iceland ch wr poet amp nv Moraa Gitaa living Kenya fiction amp non f wr Anca Giurchescu 1930 2015 Romania researcher Stanka Gjuric b 1956 Yu Canada Newfoundland poet amp es Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi living Uganda pw amp performer Evi Gkotzaridis living Greece historian Diane Glancy b 1941 United States poet nv amp pw Margo Glantz b 1930 Mexico fiction wr autobiographer amp es Henny Glarbo 1884 1955 Denmark archivist Ellen Glasgow 1873 1945 United States nv Maude Glasgow 1876 1955 Ireland United States preventive medicine wr Susan Glaspell 1876 1948 United States nv amp pw Julia Glass b 1956 United States nv Madeline Gleason 1903 1979 United States poet amp pw Esther Glen 1881 1940 New Zealand ch wr nv amp activist Mar Gomez Glez b 1977 Spain pw amp nv Patricia Glinton Meicholas b 1950 Bahamas wr critic amp educator Barbara Gloudon 1935 2022 Jamaica journalist pw Louise Gluck b 1943 United States poet Gluckel of Hameln c 1646 1724 diarist in Yiddish Gm Gy edit Anna Gmeyner 1902 1991 Austria Austria Hungary England nv amp scriptwriter in German amp English Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon b 1945 Benin wr Elisabetta Gnone b 1965 Italy ch wr Charlotte Godley 1821 1907 Wales New Zealand correspondent Gail Godwin b 1937 United States fiction amp non f wr amp librettist Helga Goetze 1922 2008 Germany wr poet and painter Germaine Goetzinger b 1947 Luxembourg historian linguist amp educator Katerina Gogou 1940 1993 Greece poet wr amp actor Christiane Gohl b 1958 Germany ch wr Namita Gokhale b 1956 India fiction amp non f wr Hawa Jande Golakai b 1979 Liberia wr amp scientist Nora Gold b 1952 Canada nv Kaarina Goldberg b 1956 Finland Austria Austria Hungary ch wr amp col Natalie Goldberg b 1948 United States non f wr Goldie Goldbloom b 1964 Australia fiction wr Marita Golden b 1950 United States nv amp non f wr Kate De Goldi b 1959 New Zealand ch amp fiction wr Amy Goldin 1926 1978 United States art critic Emma Goldman 1869 1940 Lithuania United States anarchist Julia Goldman b 1974 Hungary genre nv amp mathematician Anna Goldsworthy b 1974 Australia wr teacher amp pianist Nilufer Gole b 1953 Turkey Ottoman Empire France academic Padma Gole 1913 1998 India poet Alenka Goljevscek 1933 2017 Yugoslavia Slovenia mythologist amp pw Claire Goll 1890 1977 Germany poet amp nv in German amp French Berta Golob b 1932 Yugoslavia Slovenia fiction amp non f wr amp poet Anne Golon 1921 2017 France Canada Newfoundland nv Estela Golovchenko b 1963 Uruguay pw amp actor Luisa Costa Gomes b 1954 Portugal librettist nv amp pw Jewelle Gomez b 1948 United States poet critic amp pw Lupe Gomez b 1972 Spain wr in Galician Petronila Angelica Gomez 1883 1971 Dominica feminist wr Eloisa Gomez Lucena living Spain non f wr Gong Ji young 공지영 b 1963 Korea nv Gong Sun ok 공선옥 b 1963 Korea fiction amp non f wr Ana Maria Goncalves b 1970 Brazil nv Olga Goncalves 1929 2004 Portugal poet amp nv Sophie Gonzales b 1993 Argentina YA wr Aida Gonzalez b 1962 Panama fiction wr amp physician Aurelia Castillo de Gonzalez 1842 1920 Cuba prose wr amp poet Betina Gonzalez b 1972 Argentina fiction wr Clotilde Gonzalez de Fernandez 1880 1935 Argentina non f wr amp educator Maria Lluisa Borras i Gonzalez 1931 2010 Spain art wr Dulce Maria Gonzalez 1958 2015 Mexico fiction wr poet amp academic Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez b 1958 Portugal ch amp YA wr Enriqueta Gonzalez Rubin 1832 1877 Spain novelist in Asturian Lorna Goodison b 1947 Jamaica poet amp fiction wr Allegra Goodman b 1967 United States fiction wr Lavinia Stella Goodwin 1833 1911 United States wr amp educator Jeanne Goosen 1938 2020 South Africa poet amp fiction amp ch wr in Afrikaans Belen Gopegui b 1963 Spain nv Natalya Gorbanevskaya 1936 2013 Soviet Union France poet amp activist Viviana Gorbato 1950 2005 Argentina wr amp academic Nadine Gordimer 1923 2014 South Africa nv amp pw 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature Alice Mary Gordon c 1855 1929 England wr Caroline Gordon 1895 1981 United States nv amp critic Jaimy Gordon b 1944 United States nv Lyndall Gordon b 1941 South Africa England biographer Mary Gordon b 1949 United States fiction amp non f wr Sheila Gordon 1927 2013 South Africa United States fiction wr Catherine Gore 1799 1861 England nv amp pw Eva Gore Booth 1870 1926 Ireland England poet pw amp activist Alisz Goriupp 1894 1979 Russia Hungary media historian amp librarian Nina Gorlanova b 1947 Soviet Union Russia fiction wr Amanda Gorman b 1998 United States poet Wangui wa Goro b 1961 Kenya England poet fiction amp non f wr amp academic Angelica Gorodischer 1928 2022 Argentina fiction wr Juana Manuela Gorriti 1818 1892 Argentina Peru fiction wr amp politician Hedwig Gorski b 1949 United States poet amp artist Marthe Gosteli 1917 2017 Switzerland feminist wr in German Anastasia Gosteva b 1975 Soviet Union Russia nv amp poet Mamoni Raisom Goswami 1942 2011 India poet amp scholar Hiromi Goto b 1966 Canada Newfoundland nv Melanie Gouby living France England wr col amp filmmaker Elizabeth Goudge 1900 1984 England fiction amp ch wr Olympe de Gouges 1748 1793 France feminist amp pw Sophie el Goulli 1932 2015 Tunisia poet amp ch wr Neelum Saran Gour b 1955 India fiction amp non f wr Emilie Gourd 1879 1946 Switzerland political wr in French Candy Gourlay living Philippines England nv amp ch wr in English Marie de Gournay 1565 1645 France wr amp nv Pregs Govender b 1960 South Africa social wr amp col in English Katherine Govier b 1948 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr amp es Santhini Govindan b 1959 India ch wr Barbara Gowdy b 1950 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Iris Gower 1935 2010 Wales nv Kodagina Gowramma 1912 1939 India wr Maria Goyri 1873 1955 Spain critic amp academic Hermine de Graaf 1951 2013 Netherlands nv Patricia Grace b 1937 New Zealand fiction amp ch wr Annie Ryder Gracey 1836 1908 United States wr Posie Graeme Evans b 1952 England Australia nv amp screenwriter Agnieszka Graff b 1970 Poland feminist wr amp es Francoise de Graffigny 1695 1758 France nv amp pw Sue Grafton 1940 2017 United States nv Clementina Stirling Graham 1782 1877 Scotland wr translator Jorie Graham b 1950 United States poet amp academic Lauren Graham b 1967 United States nv amp actor Virginia Graham 1910 1993 England poet amp humorist Winifred Graham 1873 1950 England nv Natalie Grams b 1978 Germany medical wr Maria Josefa Garcia Granados 1796 1848 Guatemala writer amp poet Reyna Grande b 1975 Mexico United States nv amp mem in English Almudena Grandes b 1960 Spain nv Evelyne Grandjean b 1939 France pw screenwriter amp actor Lucie Grange 1839 1908 France ed Linda Grant b 1951 England nv amp wr Sybil Grant 1879 1955 England wr amp artist Lesley Grant Adamson b 1942 England mystery fiction wr Olga Grau b 1945 Chile wr Shirley Ann Grau 1929 2020 United States fiction wr Wilhelmina Gravallius 1807 1884 Sweden nv Elsa Grave 1918 2003 Sweden nv poet amp artist Clotilde Graves 1863 1932 Ireland England pw amp nv Lucia Graves b 1943 England wr amp translator Caroline Graviere Michel Fleury 1821 1878 Belgium nv amp wr in French Charlotte E Gray 1873 1926 US nv amp religion Dulcie Gray 1915 2011 Malaysia England wr amp actor Elizabeth Caroline Gray 1800 1887 Scotland archaeologist amp travel wr Mary Tenney Gray 1833 1904 United States col Maxwell Gray 1846 1923 England nv amp poet Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie 1864 1931 Austria Austria Hungary poet pw amp nv Aine Greaney b c 1962 Ireland United States wr Alice Stopford Green 1847 1929 Ireland historian amp nationalist Anna Katharine Green 1846 1935 United States nv Charmaine Papertalk Green b 1962 Argentina poet amp artist Eliza S Craven Green 1803 1866 Isle of Man poet Miriam Green b c 1950 South Africa England academic Paula Green b 1955 New Zealand poet amp ch wr Rosario Green 1941 2017 Mexico economist amp politician Sarah Green fl 1790 1825 Ireland England nv Bette Greene 1934 2020 United States ch amp YA wr Cordelia A Greene 1831 1905 United States non f wr Frances Nimmo Greene 1867 1937 United States nv pw amp wr Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene 1833 1891 Ireland ch wr Jessie Greengrass b 1982 England fiction wr Lavinia Greenlaw b 1962 England poet amp nv Bonnie Greer b 1948 England United States pw nv amp critic Debora Greger b 1949 United States poet amp visual artist Linda Gregg 1942 2019 United States poet Simonetta Greggio b 1961 Italy nv in French Alyse Gregory 1884 1967 United States England suffragist amp wr Doris Gregory living Canada Newfoundland wr Augusta Lady Gregory 1852 1932 Ireland folklorist amp pw Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg 1633 1694 Austria Austria Hungary poet Beatrice Greig 1869 c 1940s Canada Newfoundland Trinidad wr amp activist Virginie Greiner born 1969 French comic book scriptwriter Anna Greki 1931 1966 Algeria poet politician amp educator Kate Grenville b 1950 Australia nv amp academic Elsa Gress 1919 1988 Denmark es nv amp pw Manuela Gretkowska b 1964 Poland screenwriter amp politician Frances Greville c 1724 1789 Ireland England poet Henry Greville 1842 1902 Russia France nv Constantia Grierson c 1705 1732 Ireland poet amp scholar Sarah Maria Griffin b c 1988 wr amp poet Elizabeth Griffith c 1727 1793 Ireland pw fiction wr amp es Ann Griffiths 1776 1805 Wales poet amp hymnist Delia Grigore b 1972 Romania Romani rights activist Lydia Grigorieva b 1945 Ukraine England poet amp filmmaker Tatiana P Grigorieva 1929 2014 Russia es amp Japan expert Martha Grimes b 1931 United States mystery nv Angelina Weld Grimke 1880 1958 United States col amp poet Charlotte Forten Grimke 1837 1914 United States anti slavery activist amp poet Vigdis Grimsdottir b 1953 Iceland poet fiction amp ch wr Beatrice Grimshaw 1870 1953 Ireland travel wr Charlotte Grimshaw b 1968 New Zealand nv amp col Isabella Grinevskaya 1864 1944 Russia Soviet Union nv poet amp pw Katherine Van Allen Grinnell 1839 1917 United States wr lecturer reformer Margareta Grip 1538 1586 Sweden genealogist Maria Gripe 1923 2007 Sweden ch amp YA wr Eliza Griswold b 1973 United States col amp poet Hattie Tyng Griswold 1842 1909 United States wr poet Tatiana Gritsi Milliex 1920 2005 Greece nv amp col Vona Groarke b 1964 Ireland United States poet amp educator Anne Lise Grobety 1949 2010 Switzerland fiction wr poet amp col in French Katarzyna Grochola b 1957 Poland fiction wr amp pw Alma De Groen b 1941 New Zealand Australia pw Els de Groen b 1949 Netherlands fiction amp non f wr Lauren Groff b 1978 United States fiction wr Paula Grogger 1892 1984 Austria Austria Hungary wr Alyona Gromnitskaya b 1975 Ukraine poet amp politician Edith Searle Grossmann 1863 1931 Australia New Zealand nv amp educator Benoite Groult 1920 2016 France wr amp activist Henriette Grove 1922 2009 South Africa fiction wr amp pw in Afrikaans Teji Grover living India poet fiction wr amp painter Isabel Grubb 1881 1972 Ireland Quaker historian Anna Grue b 1957 Denmark crime wr Sara Gruen b 1969 Canada Newfoundland United States nv Kim Gruenenfelder living United States nv Argula von Grumbach 1492 c 1555 Germany religious wr and poet Bertha Jane Grundy 1837 1912 England nv poet amp non f wr Olga Grushin b 1971 Soviet Union United States nv in English Wioletta Grzegorzewska b 1974 Poland poet amp fiction wr Gu Taiqing 顾太清 799 c 1877 China poet Guan Daosheng 字仲姬 1262 1319 China poet calligrapher amp painter Gloria Guardia 1940 2019 Panama fiction wr amp critic Carla Guelfenbein b 1959 Chile nv Rosa Guerra 1834 1864 Argentina educator journalist wr Maria Jose Guerra Palmero born 1962 Spain philosopher non f wr amp feminist theorist Wendy Guerra b 1970 Cuba poet amp nv Claudine Guerin de Tencin 1682 1749 France nv amp patron Soumaya Naamane Guessous living Morocco sociologist amp col Judith Guest b 1936 United States nv amp screenwriter Amalia Guglielminetti 1881 1941 Italy poet amp ch wr Margherita Guidacci 1921 1992 Italy poet amp linguist Beatriz Guido 1924 1988 Argentina nv amp screenwriter Pernette Du Guillet c 1520 1545 France poet Regina Guimaraes b 1957 Portugal poet amp pw Ruth Guimaraes 1920 2014 Brazil fiction wr amp poet Ursula K Le Guin 1929 2018 United States science fiction amp ch wr amp poet Evelyn May Guinid b 1971 Philippines nv in Tagalog Olga Guirao b 1956 Spain nv Guji Princess of Joseon 현주이구지 died 1489 Korea wr poet amp dancer Zumrud Gulu zade 1932 2021 Azerbaijan philosopher Nataliya Gumenyuk b 1983 Ukraine journalist amp wr Karoline von Gunderrode 1780 1806 Germany poet Eileen Gunn b 1945 United States fiction wr amp editor Elizabeth Gunn 1927 2022 United States nv Kirsty Gunn b 1960 New Zealand fiction wr Elin Ebba Gunnarsdottir b 1953 Iceland fiction wr Kristin Helga Gunnarsdottir b 1963 Iceland ch wr amp nv Monica Gunning b 1930 Jamaica United States ch wr amp poet Susannah Gunning c 1740 1800 England nv Alfrun Gunnlaugsdottir b 1938 Iceland nv Shusha Guppy 1935 2008 Iran Persia England wr amp singer Tanika Gupta b 1963 England pw amp screenwriter Aysel Gurel 1929 2008 Turkey Ottoman Empire lyricist Elena Guro 1877 1913 Russia futurist wr Alice Gurschner 1869 1944 Austria Austria Hungary nv pw amp poet Madeleine Gustafsson b 1937 Sweden poet es amp critic Aldona Gustas 1932 2022 Lithuania Germany poet amp illustrator Rosa Gudmundsdottir 1795 1855 Iceland poet Goya Gutierrez b 1954 Spain poet amp wr Rita Cetina Gutierrez 1846 1908 Mexico poet amp educator Azmiye Hami Guven 1904 1954 Turkey Ottoman Empire nv Rosa Guy 1922 2012 Trinidad United States fiction amp YA wr Emma Jane Guyton 1825 1887 England nv amp editor Eulalia Guzman 1890 1985 Mexico archaeologist amp educator Maria Odulio de Guzman fl 20th century wr amp educator Viviana Guzman b 1964 Chile poet amp musician Yaa Gyasi b 1989 Ghana Gold Coast United States nv Jeon Gyeong rin 전경린 b 1962 Korea nv Althea Gyles 1867 1949 Ireland poet amp artist Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg Ehrensvard 1773 1856 Denmark fiction wr Minrose Gwin b 1945 United States poet fiction and non fiction wr Beth Gylys b 1964 United States poet amp academic Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z H editHa He edit H D Hilda Doolittle 1886 1961 United States poet nv amp mem Ha Seong nan 하성란 b 1967 Korea fiction wr Meredith Haaf b 1983 Germany wr Francisca de Haan living Netherlands social scientist Hilja Haapala 1877 1958 Finland wr Hella Haasse 1918 2011 Netherlands nv Anna Haava 1864 1957 Estonia poet amp fiction amp non f wr Huzama Habayeb b 1965 Palestine Emirates fiction wr amp poet Maria Hack 1777 1844 England ch wr Marilyn Hacker b 1942 United States poet translator amp critic Yanna Hadatty b 1969 Ecuador Mexico fiction wr amp es Joumana Haddad b 1970 Lebanon poet amp es Tessa Hadley b 1956 England nv amp non f wr Mimi Hafida b 1965 Algeria poet amp artist Jessica Hagedorn b 1949 Philippines United States poet pw amp nv Lucie Caroline Hager 1853 1903 United States wr amp poet Mandy Hager b 1960 New Zealand fiction non f YA and ch wr Moto Hagio 萩尾望都 b 1949 Japan manga creator Lucina Hagman 1853 1946 Finland feminist amp politician Michitsuna no Haha 道綱 c 935 995 Japan diarist Ida Countess von Hahn Hahn 1805 1880 Germany nv poet and social wr Sarah Rogers Haight 1808 1881 United States traveler and writer Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey b 1938 United States nv amp pw Seo Hajin 서하진 b 1960 Korea wr Roya Hakakian b 1966 Iran Persia poet amp wr Helina Hakkanen Nyholm b 1971 Finland psychologist amp textbook wr Baby Halder b 1973 India autobiographer Lucretia Peabody Hale 1820 1900 United States fiction wr amp col Gisele Halimi 1927 2020 Fr Tunisia es Lady Anne Halkett 1623 1699 England mem amp es Anna Maria Hall 1800 1881 Ireland nv Bernadette Hall b 1945 New Zealand pw amp poet Megan Hall b 1972 South Africa poet in English Pip Hall b 1971 New Zealand scriptwriter amp actor Radclyffe Hall 1880 1943 England nv amp poet Sarah Hall b 1974 England nv amp poet Gudny Halldorsdottir b 1954 Iceland screenwriter Jean Halley b 1967 United States sociologist Marion Rose Halpenny living England equestrian Rosalie Ham b 1955 Australia nv amp pw Helvi Hamalainen 1907 1998 Finland fiction wr amp poet Joan Hambidge b 1956 South Africa poet amp academic in Afrikaans Barbara Hambly b 1951 United States nv amp screenwriter Yasmeen Hameed b 1951 Pakistan poet amp educator Virpi Hameen Anttila b 1958 Finland nv amp non f wr Joan de Hamel 1924 2011 England New Zealand ch wr Zaib un Nissa Hamidullah 1918 2000 India Pakistan poet fiction amp travel wr C J Hamilton 1841 1935 England Ireland pw poet amp ch wr Jane Eaton Hamilton b 1954 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr amp poet Jane Hamilton b 1957 United States nv Marianne Caroline Hamilton 1777 1861 Ireland mem amp artist Virginia Hamilton 1936 2002 United States ch nv Anna Hamilton Geete 1848 1913 Swedish translator and biographer Suheir Hammad b 1973 Palestine United States poet pw amp activist Beatrice Hammer b 1963 France fiction amp ch wr Marie Hammer 1907 2002 Denmark zoologist amp entomologist Irene Hamoir 1906 1994 Belgium nv amp poet in French Janie Hampton b 1952 England non f wr amp journalist Susan Hampton b 1949 Australia poet Han Kang 한강 b 1970 Korea fiction wr Han Malsook 한말숙 b 1931 Korea fiction wr Han Moo sook 한무숙 1918 1993 Korea nv Amira Hanafi born 1979 American Egyptian poet and artist active in electronic literature Nahema Hanafi born 1983 France historian amp non f wr Judith Hand b 1940 United States nv es amp screenwriter Nathalie Handal b 1969 Haiti United States poet amp pw Enrica von Handel Mazzetti 1871 1955 Austria Austria Hungary poet amp nv Elizabeth Hands 1746 1815 England poet Khady Hane b 1962 Senegal France nv Helene Hanff 1916 1997 United States wr amp screenwriter 84 Charing Cross Road Hani Motoko 羽仁もと子 1873 1957 Japan col amp autobiographer Kristin Hannah b 1960 United States nv Sophie Hannah b 1971 England poet amp nv Emma Hannigan 1972 2018 Ireland wr Anne Hanninen b 1958 Finland poet amp es Barbara Hanrahan 1939 1991 Australia nv amp artist Lorraine Hansberry 1930 1965 United States pw Bente Hansen 1940 2022 Denmark wr amp activist Anita Hansemann 1962 2019 Switzerland fiction amp social wr in German Carola Hansson b 1942 Sweden nv amp pw Bergtora Hanusardottir b 1946 Faroe Islands fiction wr Hao Jingfang 郝景芳 b 1984 China science fiction nv Volha Hapeyeva b 1982 Belarus poet amp linguist Maha Harada 原田マハ b 1962 Japan nv Anwara Syed Haq b 1940 India Bangladesh fiction amp ch wr Ingibjorg Haraldsdottir 1942 2016 Iceland poet Nino Haratischwili b 1983 Georgia Caucasus nv amp pw Elizabeth Boynton Harbert 1843 1925 United States wr Thea von Harbou 1888 1954 Germany nv amp screenwriter Kerry Hardie b 1951 Singapore Northern Ireland poet amp nv Ratih Hardjono b 1960 Indonesia socio political wr Elizabeth Hardy 1794 1854 Ireland England nv Stacy Hardy living South Africa fiction wr amp col in English Maud Cuney Hare 1874 1936 United States wr amp pianist Lesbia Harford 1891 1927 Australia poet nv amp activist Githa Hariharan b 1954 India nv Joy Harjo b 1951 United States poet Anna Leena Harkonen b 1965 Finland nv stage amp TV wr Saima Harmaja 1913 1937 Finland poet amp diarist Beverley Harper 1943 2002 Australia nv Frances Harper 1825 1911 United States poet amp nv Jacqueline Harpman 1929 2012 Belgium wr in French Alice Harriman 1861 1925 United States poet Amanda Bartlett Harris 1824 1917 United States wr amp critic Dorothy Joan Harris b 1931 Japan Canada Newfoundland ch wr Emily Marion Harris 1844 1900 England nv amp poet Ethel Hillyer Harris 1859 1931 United States wr Jane Elizabeth Harris c 1853 1942 England New Zealand wr amp spiritualist Joanne Harris b 1964 England nv M G Harris b 1966 Mexico England ch wr Nancy Harris living Ireland England pw amp screenwriter Jennifer Harrison b 1955 Australia poet Juanita Harrison 1887 1967 United States autobiographer Sarah Harrison b 1946 England nv amp ch wr Elizabeth Harrower 1928 2020 Australia fiction wr Carla Harryman b 1952 United States poet es amp pw Anne Le Marquand Hartigan living Ireland poet pw amp painter Milka Hartman 1902 1997 Yugoslavia Slovenia poet Petra Hartmann b 1970 Germany nv amp ch wr Nanae Haruno 榛野なな恵 J manga creator Elisabeth Harvor b 1936 Canada Newfoundland nv amp poet Gwen Harwood 1920 1995 Australia poet amp librettist Johanna Harwood b 1930 Ireland England screenwriter Nigar Hasan Zadeh living Azerbaijan poet amp philologist Iulia Hasdeu 1869 1888 Romania France poet Machiko Hasegawa 長谷川町子 1920 1992 Japan manga creator Hasegawa Shigure 長谷川時雨 1879 1941 Japan pw amp editor Dilara Hashem 1936 2022 India Bangladesh nv Sugako Hashida 橋田 壽賀子 1925 2021 Japan scriptwriter Khadijah Hashim b 1942 Malaysia fiction amp ch wr amp poet Eveline Hasler b 1933 Switzerland fiction amp ch wr Shahida Hassan b 1953 Bangladesh Pakistan poet Margaret Hasse b 1950 United States poet amp wr Satu Hassi b 1951 Finland textbook wr amp politician Pirjo Hassinen b 1957 Finland nv Kirsten Hastrup b 1948 Denmark anthropologist Isoko Hatano 波多野勤子 1905 1978 Japan writer amp psychologist Mary R P Hatch 1848 1935 United States poet fiction wr Chandrakala A Hate 1903 1990 India social wr Ana Hatherly 1929 2015 Portugal academic amp poet Libby Hathorn b 1943 Australia poet librettist amp ch wr Bisco Hatori 葉鳥ビスコ b 1975 manga creator Miyuki Hatoyama 鳩山幸 b 1943 Japan cookery wr amp actor Ann Hatton 1764 1838 England nv amp poet Mihri Hatun c 1460 1506 Turkey Ottoman Empire poet Mireille Havet 1898 1932 France poet diarist amp nv Anne Haverty b 1959 Ireland nv amp poet Bettina Hauge b 1964 Denmark anthropologist Mila Haugova b 1942 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Slovakia poet Jirina Haukova 1919 2005 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic poet amp translator Marie Louise Haumont 1919 2012 Belgium nv in French Eva Hauserova 1954 2023 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic science fiction amp non f wr Marlen Haushofer 1920 1970 Austria Austria Hungary fiction wr Esther Hautzig 1930 2009 Poland United States mem amp ch wr Kathleen Hawkins 1883 1981 Sri Lanka New Zealand poet Paula Hawkins b 1972 Zimbabwe England wr Susan Hawthorne b 1951 fiction amp non f wr amp poet Catherine Hay 1910 1995 New Zealand nv Elizabeth Hay b 1951 Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Karyn Hay b 1959 New Zealand nv amp broadcaster Myfanwy Haycock 1913 1963 Wales poet amp broadcaster Anna Haycraft Alice Thomas Ellis 1932 2005 Wales wr amp es Mary Hayden 1862 1942 Ireland historian Renee Hayek living Lebanon fiction wr Alice Hayes 1657 1720 England Quaker preacher non f wr Matilda Hays 1820 1897 England wr journalist amp actress Victoria Hayward 1876 1956 Bermuda col amp travel wr Eliza Haywood 1693 1756 England nv pw amp poet Helen Haywood 1907 1995 England ch wr Shirley Hazzard 1931 2016 United States nv amp fiction wr Bessie Head 1937 1986 Botswana fiction amp non f wr Helen Heath b 1970 New Zealand poet Anne Hebert 1916 2000 Canada Newfoundland poet amp nv Chantal Hebert b 1954 Canada Newfoundland political col Jennifer Michael Hecht b 1965 United States poet historian amp philosopher Annie French Hector 1825 1902 Ireland England nv Evalena Fryer Hedley 1865 1943 United States journalist amp wr Barbro Hedvall b 1944 Sweden education wr Geum Hee 금희 b 1979 Korea China fiction wr in Korean Sylvia Vanden Heede b 1961 Belgium ch wr in Flemish Ra Heeduk 나희덕 b 1966 Korea poet Marjorie van Heerden b 1949 South Africa ch wr in Afrikaans amp illustrator Marie Heese b 1942 South Africa nv in Afrikaans Ursula Hegi b 1946 Germany United States nv Marie Heiberg 1890 1942 England poet Uta Maria Heim b 1963 Germany crime wr poet amp pw Ursula Heinze b 1941 Germany Spain poet amp fiction and ch wr in Galician Anita Heiss b 1968 Australia fiction wr poet amp col Lyn Hejinian b 1941 United States poet es amp translator Lin Van Hek b 1944 Australia fiction wr Etelka Kenez Heka b 1936 Hungary wr amp poet Liliana Heker b 1943 Argentina fiction wr amp es Gudrun Helgadottir 1935 2022 Iceland ch wr Adele Hommaire de Hell 1819 1883 France wr Cat Hellisen b 1977 South Africa Scotland nv Lillian Hellman 1905 1984 United States pw Lucinda Barbour Helm 1839 1897 United States wr amp editor Gudrid Helmsdal b 1941 Faroe Islands poet Rakel Helmsdal b 1966 Faroe Islands fiction amp non f wr Felicia Hemans 1793 1835 England Wales poet in English Kristien Hemmerechts b 1955 Belgium fiction wr in Flemish amp English Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel 1919 2005 Paraguay social wr Barbara Hemphill died 1858 Ireland nv Beth Henley b 1952 United States pw amp screenwriter Nathalie Henneberg 1910 1977 France science fiction wr Claire Hennessy b 1986 Ireland YA wr Emmy Hennings 1885 1948 Germany poet amp performer Agnes Henningsen 1868 1962 Denmark fiction wr amp mem Georgina Henry 1960 2014 England journalist Marguerite Henry 1902 1997 United States ch wr Luise Hensel 1798 1876 Germany wr amp poet Rosa Henson 1927 1997 Philippines autobiographer Ebba Hentze 1930 2015 Faroe Islands ch wr amp poet Heo Nanseolheon 허초희 1563 1589 Korea poet Heo Su gyeong 허수경 1964 2018 Korea Sally Hepworth b 1980 Australia wr Toeti Heraty 1933 2021 Indonesia poet Dorothea Herbert c 1767 1829 Ireland diarist amp poet Jane Emily Herbert 1821 1882 Ireland poet Marie Herbert b 1941 Ireland England biographer amp nv Mary Sidney Herbert 1561 1621 England poet amp patron Sarah Herbert 1824 1846 Ireland Canada Newfoundland wr Iva Hercikova 1935 2007 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic nv amp screenplay wr Maria Luisa Ocampo Heredia 1899 1974 Mexico nv amp pw Ieda Herman 1925 2019 Iceland wr Judith Hermann b 1970 Germany fiction wr Catherine Hermary Vieille b 1943 France nv Marie Hermanson b 1956 Sweden nv Luisa Josefina Hernandez 1928 2023 Mexico nv amp pw Georgina Herrera 1936 2021 Cuba poet M Miriam Herrera b 1963 United States wr amp poet Jeanne Hersch 1910 2000 Switzerland philosopher in French Stella K Hershan 1915 2014 Austria Austria Hungary United States nv amp biographer Judith Herzberg b 1934 Netherlands poet amp pw Karen Hesse b 1952 United States ch nv Juliette Heuzey 1865 1952 France nv amp biog Dorothy Hewett 1923 2002 Australia poet nv amp pw Ellen Hewett 1843 1926 Channel Islands New Zealand wr Annie Hewlett 1887 1974 Canada wr Maryam Heydarzadeh b 1977 Iran Persia poet amp singer Elisabeth von Heyking 1861 1925 Germany nv travel wr amp diarist Charlotte von Hezel 1755 1817 Germany wr amp journalist Hi Hy edit Grace Hibbard ca 1835 1911 United States wr amp poet Eleanor Hibbert several pseudonyms 1906 1993 England nv Nienke van Hichtum 1860 1939 Netherlands ch wr also in West Frisian Elizabeth Hickey 1917 1999 Ireland local historian Emily Henrietta Hickey 1845 1924 Ireland England wr amp poet Mary St Domitille Hickey 1882 1958 New Zealand historian amp nun Mary Agnes Hickson 1821 1899 Ireland antiquarian Stefani Hid b 1985 Indonesia Germany fiction wr Akiko Higashimura 東村アキコ b 1975 Japan manga creator F E Higgins living Ireland ch wr Rita Ann Higgins b 1955 Ireland poet amp pw Sarah Higgins 1830 1923 England New Zealand wr amp midwife Colleen Higgs b 1962 South Africa poet amp fiction wr in English Helen Burns Higgs 1897 1983 Bahamas wr amp illustrator Patricia Highsmith 1921 1995 United States crime fiction wr Asa Higuchi ひぐちアサ b 1970 Japan manga creator Keiko Higuchi 樋口恵子 b 1932 Japan social wr amp activist Ichiyō Higuchi 樋口一葉 1872 1896 Japan fiction wr Tachibana Higuchi 樋口橘 b 1976 Japan manga creator Aoi Hiiragi 柊あおい b 1962 Japan manga creator Nadia Hijab living Palestine United States political wr Hildegard of Bingen 1098 1179 Germany wr in Latin composer amp abbess Ernestine Hill 1900 1972 Australia travel wr amp nv Eva Hill 1898 1981 New Zealand wr amp physician Lorna Hill 1902 1991 England ch nv Rosemary Hill b 1957 England wr amp historian Rut Hillarp 1914 2003 Sweden poet amp nv Wilhelmine von Hillern 1836 1916 Germany nv and actor Etty Hillesum 1914 1943 Netherlands correspondent diarist amp Hc victim Joanne C Hillhouse b 1970s Antigua wr col amp educator Hilda Hilst 1930 2004 Brazil poet pw amp nv Kaoruko Himeno 姫野カオルコ b 1958 Japan nv Saeko Himuro 氷室冴子 1957 2008 Japan nv es amp pw Zahida Hina living India Pakistan es fiction wr amp pw Helen Hindpere Estonia writer Vera Hingorani 1924 2018 India gynecologist amp medical wr Pamela Hinkson 1900 1982 Ireland England nv Matsuri Hino 樋野まつ Japan manga creator S E Hinton b 1948 United States ch nv Taiko Hirabayashi 平林たい子 1905 1972 Japan fiction wr amp es Hiratsuka Raichō 平塚らいちょう 1886 1971 Japan writer amp activist Rozalie Hirs b 1965 Netherlands poet amp composer Afua Hirsch b 1981 England wr amp broadcaster Marianne Van Hirtum 1925 1988 Belgium poet in French Anna Liisa Hirviluoto 1929 2000 Finland archaeologist Laila Hirvisaari 1938 2021 Finland fiction wr amp pw Elina Hirvonen b 1975 Finland wr amp film maker Sofia Hjarne 1780 1860 Finland salonniere amp nv in Swedish Hera Hjartardottir b 1983 Iceland Dagmar Hjort 1860 1902 Denmark educator amp activist Mary Hobhouse 1864 1901 Ireland England poet amp nv Laura Z Hobson 1900 1986 United States nv Karla Hocker 1901 1992 Germany nv amp biographer Merle Hodge b 1944 Trinidad nv amp critic Louise Manning Hodgkins 1846 1935 United States wr amp educator Helen Hodgman 1945 2022 Australia nv amp screenwriter Eva Hodgson 1924 1920 Bermuda political wr Vere Hodgson 1901 1979 British diarist Daniela Hodrova b 1946 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic wr amp scholar Marjolijn Hof b 1956 Netherlands ch wr Alice Hoffman b 1952 United States nv amp YA amp ch wr Nina Kiriki Hoffman b 1955 United States fiction wr Klementyna Hoffmanowa 1798 1845 Poland fiction amp ch wr amp activist Barbara Hofland 1770 1844 England ch wr amp poet Linda Hogan b 1947 United States poet amp fiction wr Zita Holbourne b 1960s England poet and non fic wr Ann Catherine Holbrook 1780 1837 United Kingdom actress and wr Margaret Holford 1778 1852 England poet amp nv Margaret Holford the Elder 1757 1834 England nv pw amp poet Heidi Holland 1947 2012 South Africa col amp wr in English Jane Holland b 1966 Isle of Man poet performer amp nv Norah M Holland 1876 1925 Canada wr poet Sarah Holland b 1961 Isle of Man wr actor amp singer Xaviera Hollander b 1943 Netherlands mem Gwen Hollington 1919 2014 England translator Liddy Holloway 1947 2004 New Zealand TV scriptwriter amp actor Anne Holm 1922 1998 Denmark col amp ch wr Maria Holm 1845 1912 Latvia poet amp fiction wr in German Ada Augusta Holman 1869 1949 Australia fiction amp non f wr Charlie N Holmberg b 1988 United States fantasy wr Constance Holme 1880 1955 England nv amp pw Janet Holmes b 1947 New Zealand socio linguistics wr Margie Holmes living Philippines psychologist Mary Anne Holmes 1773 1805 Ireland poet amp wr Johanna Holmstrom b 1981 Finland fiction wr in Swedish Lyubov Holota b 1949 Ukraine fiction amp non f wr amp poet Hanne Vibeke Holst b 1959 Denmark fiction amp non f wr Henriette Roland Holst 1869 1952 Netherlands poet amp politician Winifred Holtby 1898 1935 England nv amp col Ani Hona 1938 1997 New Zealand wr poet Xiao Hong 蕭紅 1911 1942 China fiction wr Hong Yun suk 홍윤숙 1925 2015 Korea poet Barbara Honigmann b 1949 Germany France pw Hong Ying 虹影 b 1962 China poet amp fiction wr Lynley Hood b 1942 New Zealand biographer Hilda Mary Hooke 1898 1978 Canada poet amp pw bell hooks pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins 1952 2021 United States feminist academic Maryam Hooleh b 1978 Iran Persia wr amp poet Ellen Sturgis Hooper 1812 1848 United States poet Ofelia Hooper 1900 1981 Panama poet amp activist Pauline Hopkins 1859 1930 United States nv col amp pw Nalo Hopkinson b 1960 Jamaica Canada Newfoundland fiction wr Mererid Hopwood b 1964 Wales poet Maria Gertrudis Hore 1742 1801 Spain poet Jessica Horn b 1979 England activist amp poet Marya Hornbacher b 1974 United States wr amp col Amelia Horne 1839 1921 United Kingdom memoir wr Isabel Hornibrook 1859 1952 Ireland United States ch wr Maria Teresa Horta b 1937 Portugal poet amp activist Corinne Stocker Horton 1871 1947 United States non f wr ed Ellen Horup 1871 1953 Denmark non f wr Sally El Hosaini living Wales scriptwriter amp film director Tatsuko Hoshino 星野立子 1903 1984 Japan poet Chieko Hosokawa 細川智栄子 b 1935 Japan manga creator Janette Turner Hospital b 1942 Australia fiction wr Selina Hossain b 1947 India Bangladesh nv Yumi Hotta 堀田由美 b 1957 Japan manga creator Colette Senami Agossou Houeto b 1939 Benin poet amp educator Norah Hoult 1898 1984 Ireland England fiction wr Gisele Hountondji b 1954 Benin nv amp es Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston b 1934 United States wr Annelise Hovmand 1926 2016 Denmark screenwriter amp film director Maureen Howard 1930 2022 United States nv mem amp editor Philippa Howden Chapman living New Zealand public health wr amp academic Fanny Howe b 1940 United States poet amp fiction wr Julia Ward Howe 1819 1910 United States abolitionist activist amp poet The Battle Hymn of the Republic Susan Howe b 1937 United States poet scholar amp critic Ada Verdun Howell 1902 1981 Australia United States poet Edith Howes 1872 1954 England New Zealand ch wr amp educator Anna Mary Howitt 1824 1884 England wr amp feminist Mary Howitt 1799 1888 England poet amp ch wr The Spider and the Fly Ana Maria Vazquez Hoys b 1945 Spain Anc history professor Elizabeth Hoyt pen name Julia Harper living United States nv Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt pen name Aunt Libbie 1828 1912 United States philosopher poet wr lecturer Hrotsvith von Gandersheim c 935 c 1002 Germany pw amp poet in Latin Hrytsko Hryhorenko 1867 1924 Ukraine poet amp col Maryna Hrymych b 1961 Ukraine nv amp academic Hu Lanqi 胡兰畦 1901 1994 China wr amp military commander Ganggang Hu Guidice 胡剛剛 b 1984 United States writer amp artist Huang E 黄峨 1498 1569 China poet Madame Huarui 花蕊夫人 c 940 976 China poet amp imperial concubine Therese Huber 1764 1829 Germany fiction amp travel wr Ricarda Huch 1864 1947 Germany historian nv amp poet Anna Hude 1858 1934 Denmark historian Eva Hudeckova b 1949 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic wr amp pw Kerry Hudson b 1980 Scotland wr amp nv Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel 1959 2020 South Africa pastor amp academic Arianna Huffington b 1950 Gk United States wr amp col Pauline von Hugel 1858 1901 England religious wr Lynn Huggins Cooper b 1964 England fiction non f amp ch wr Ann Harriet Hughes Gwyneth Vaughan 1852 1910 Wales nv Babette Hughes 1906 1982 United States pw Caoilinn Hughes living Ireland fiction wr Ellen Hughes 1867 1927 Wales poet es amp suffragist Frieda Hughes b 1960 England poet amp painter Shirley Fenton Huie 1924 2016 Australia non f wr Hulda 1881 1946 Iceland wr amp poet Akasha Gloria Hull b 1944 United States poet educator amp critic Keri Hulme 1947 2021 New Zealand fiction wr amp poet Petra Hulova b 1979 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic nv Maria Aletta Hulshoff 1781 1846 Netherlands pamphleteer Marie Therese Humbert b 1940 Mauritius fiction wr Margaret Wolfe Hungerford 1855 1897 Ireland nv Arlene Hunt b 1972 Ireland crime wr Vilma Rose Hunt 1926 2012 Australia United States scientist Bem Le Hunte b 1964 India Australia nv Anne Hunter 1742 1821 England poet amp salonniere Kristin Hunter 1931 2008 United States nv Constance Hunting 1925 2006 United States poet Florence Huntley 1861 1912 United States editor amp humorist Dương Thu Hương b 1947 Vietnam dissident amp nv Hồ Xuan Hương 1772 1822 Vietnam poet Fannie Hurst 1885 1968 United States nv Rosalind Hursthouse b 1943 England New Zealand moral philosopher Zora Neale Hurston 1891 1960 United States fiction wr folklorist amp anthropologist Shahrukh Husain b 1950 Pakistan England wr of fiction non f amp screenwriter Sibyl Marvin Huse 1866 1939 France United States non f Fahmida Hussain b 1948 Pakistan literary scholar Saliha Abid Hussain 1913 1988 India nv amp ch wr Nancy Huston b 1953 Canada Newfoundland nv amp es in French amp English Genevieve L Hutchinson 1883 1974 United States poet Lucy Hutchinson 1620 1681 England biographer Krishna Hutheesing 1907 1967 India biographer Emily Huws b 1942 Wales ch wr Elspeth Huxley 1907 1997 England Kenya mem amp col Cornelie Huygens 1948 2002 Netherlands nv amp political wr Hwang In suk 황인숙 b 1958 Korea poet Hwang Jini 황진이 c 1506 c 1560 Korea courtesan Hwang Jung eun 황정은 b 1976 Korea fiction wr Hwang Sun mi 황선미 b 1963 Korea fable wr amp academic Abby B Hyde 1799 1872 United States hymn wr Robin Hyde 1906 1939 South Africa New Zealand poet Liz Hyder b 1976 or 1977 England nv Lady Hyegyeong 헌경왕후 1735 1816 Korea mem Prue Hyman b 1943 New Zealand economist Hypatia c 350 370 415 Ancient Greece philosopher amp mathematician in Latin Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z I editMarcela Iacub b 1964 Argentina nv amp es in French Juana de Ibarbourou 1892 1979 Uruguay poet Eva Ibbotson 1925 2010 Austria Austria Hungary England nv in English Nilima Ibrahim 1921 2002 Bangladesh wr Amelia Denis de Icaza 1836 1911 Panama poet Carmen de Icaza 8th Baroness of Claret 1899 1979 Spain nv Ida Countess von Hahn Hahn 1805 1880 Germany nv Yumiko Igarashi いがらしゆみこ b 1950 Japan manga creator Luisa Igloria b 1961 Philippines United States poet Jung Ihyun b 1972 Korea wr Lempi Ikavalko 1901 1994 Finland poet amp col Koi Ikeno 池野恋 b 1959 Japan manga creator Gō Ikeyamada 池山田剛 living Japan manga creator Bassey Ikpi b 1976 Nigeria poet amp mental health advocate Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah 1915 2000 India Pakistan fiction amp non f wr Ryo Ikuemi いくえみ綾 b 1964 Japan manga creator Branislava Ilic b 1970 El Salvador pw prose amp screenwriter Maria Ilnicka 1825 1827 1897 Poland poet nv amp translator Im Yunjidang 任允摯堂 1721 1793 Korea scholar amp philosopher Jahanara Imam 1929 1994 Bangladesh non f wr diarist amp activist Natsuko Imamura 今村夏子 b 1980 fiction wr Saba Imtiaz b 1985 Pakistan nv amp col Vera Inber 1890 1972 Russia Soviet Union poet amp es Elizabeth Inchbald 1753 1821 England nv actor amp pw Mirjam Indermaur b 1967 Switzerland psychotherapy wr in German M K Indira 1917 1994 India nv Marilla Baker Ingalls 1828 1902 United States Burma non f wr Rachel Ingalls 1940 2019 United States nv Jean Ingelow 1820 1897 England poet Elisabeth Inglis Jones 1900 1994 Wales nv amp biographer Anne Bower Ingram 1937 2010 Australia ch wr Lotte Ingrisch 1930 2022 Austria Austria Hungary nv pw amp screenwriter Catherine Lucy Innes c 1840 1900 England New Zealand wr Lyn Innes b 1940 England Australia academic amp wr Bozenna Intrator b 1964 Poland United States nv poet amp pw in German Polish amp English Sylvia Iparraguirre b 1947 Argentina nv amp activist Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume 大伴坂上郎女 c 700 750 Japan poet Mary E Ireland 1834 1927 United States wr translator poet Fanny Irvine Smith 1878 1948 New Zealand col amp local historian Inez Haynes Irwin 1873 1970 Brazil United States fiction amp non f wr Norah Isaac 1914 2003 Wales wr amp educator Ulla Isaksson 1916 2000 Sweden fiction wr amp screenwriter Palmira Jaquetti i Isant 1895 1963 Spain poet amp ethnologist Ada Maria Isasi Diaz 1943 2012 Cuba United States theologian amp non f wr Svetlana Ischenko b 1969 Ukraine poet translator amp actor Lady Ise 伊勢 c 875 c 938 Japan poet Ise no Taifu 伊勢大輔 fl early 11th century Japan poet Yuka Ishii 石井遊佳 b 1953 Japan India fiction wr Aleksandra Ishimova 1805 1881 Russia ch wr amp translator Michiko Ishimure 石牟礼道子 1927 2018 Japan wr amp activist Farhat Ishtiaq b 1980 Pakistan nv amp screenwriter Elizabeth Isichei b 1939 Nigeria wr amp academic Kate Isitt 1876 1948 New Zealand England col amp nv Nina Iskrenko 1951 1995 Russia poet Sariamin Ismail 1909 1995 Dutch East Indies Indonesia nv Siti Zainon Ismail b 1949 Malaysia fiction wr poet amp academic Rashidah Ismaili b 1941 Benin United States poet fiction wr amp pw Dora d Istria 1828 1888 Romania Italy wr on science amp politics Gerta Ital 1904 1988 Germany non f wr Frances Itani b 1942 Canada Newfoundland nv poet amp es Keiko Itō 伊藤 敬子 1935 2020 Japan poet Itō Noe 伊藤野枝 1895 1983 Japan wr amp social critic Risa Itō 伊藤理佐 b 1969 Japan manga creator Natsumi Itsuki 樹なつみ b 1960 Japan manga creator Edna Iturralde b 1948 Ecuador ch wr Nora Iuga b 1931 Romania poet and prose wr Jurga Ivanauskaite 1961 2007 Lithuania nv amp es Oksana Ivanenko 1906 1997 children s wr amp translator Mirela Ivanova b 1962 Bulgaria poet Praskovya Ivanovskaya 1852 1935 Russia Soviet Union autobiographer Rada Ivekovic b 1945 Yugoslavia Croatia philosopher Nada Iveljic 1931 2009 Yugoslavia Croatia ch wr Eowyn Ivey living United States nv Molly Ivins 1944 2007 United States col Helen Ivory b 1969 England poet Princess Iwa 磐之媛命 died 347 Japan poet Mariko Iwadate 岩館真理子 b 1957 Japan manga creator Margarita de Mayo Izarra 1889 1969 Spain literature wr Mari Carmen Izquierdo 1950 2019 Spain sports wr Kaneyoshi Izumi 和泉かねよし living Japan manga creator Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部 b c 976 Japan poet Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L List of women writers M Z J editJa Jh edit Noni Jabavu 1931 2008 South Africa mem amp col in English Jozka Jaburkova 1896 1942 Austria Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia Czech Republic wr amp translator Annemarie Jacir living Palestine fiction amp screenwriter Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 1885 United States nv Ramona Shelley Jackson b 1963 Philippines United States fiction wr amp es Shirley Jackson 1916 1965 United States fiction wr Sandra Jackson Opoku b 1953 United States poet nv amp screenwriter Rosamond Jacob 1888 1960 Ireland wr amp diarist Violet Jacob 1863 1946 Scotland poet amp nv Harriet Jacobs 1813 1897 United States mem Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Annie Jacobsen b 1967 United States non f wr Josephine Jacobsen 1908 2003 United States poet fiction wr amp critic Lis Jacobsen 1882 1961 Denmark philologist amp archaeologist Ethel Jacobson 1899 1991 United States poet Agnes E Jacomb 1866 1949 England nv Paula Jacques b 1949 Egypt France nv Frances Jacson 1754 1842 England nv Doris Jadan 1925 2004 United States natural historian amp cookery wr Ann Jaderlund b 1955 Sweden poet amp pw Fleur Jaeggy b 1940 Switzerland nv in Italian Kim Jae Young b 1966 Korea wr amp academic Manorama Jafa b 1932 India ch wr Ada Jafarey 1924 2015 Pakistan poet in Urdu Aziza Jafarzade 1921 2003 Azerbaijan wr amp philologist Noemi Jaffe b 1962 Brazil wr amp critic Rona Jaffe 1932 2005 United States nv Marie Jaffredo b 1966 France comics wr Janet Jagan 1920 2009 United States Guyana poet ch wr amp politician Dorta Jagic b 1974 Yugoslavia Canada Newfoundland poet amp wr Annamarie Jagose b 1965 New Zealand fiction wr amp academic Nasreen Jahan b 1966 Bangladesh nv amp editor Rashid Jahan 1905 1952 India fiction wr amp pw Meenakshi Jain living India historian Sunita Jain 1940 2017 India scholar fiction wr amp poet Linda Jaivin b 1955 Australia nv amp non f wr Svava Jakobsdottir 1930 2004 Iceland pw amp fiction wr Elfriede Jaksch 1842 1897 Latvia fiction wr in German Ayesha Jalal b 1956 Pakistan United States historian Magdalena Jalandoni 1891 1978 Philippines feminist wr Rosa Jamali b 1977 Iran Persia poet critic amp pw Alice James 1848 1892 United States diarist Andrea James b 1967 United States non f wr amp transgender activist Barbara James 1943 2003 Australia historian Christine James b 1954 Wales poet amp academic Cynthia James b 1948 Trinidad Canada Newfoundland pw fiction wr amp poet Florence James 1902 1993 New Zealand Australia wr Maria James 1793 1868 Wales poet P D James 1920 2014 England nv Rebecca James b 1970 Australia YA wr Wendy James b 1966 Australia nv Wendy James b 1940 England anthropologist Winifred Lewellin James 1876 1941 Australia nv amp travel wr Anna Brownell Jameson 1794 1860 Ireland England art amp literature wr Vilma Jamnicka 1906 2008 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Slovakia astrologer amp actor Emma Jane b 1969 Australia nv amp col Maria de la Pau Janer b 1966 Spain nv in Catalan amp Spanish Clara Janes b 1940 Spain poet fiction wr amp es Elizabeth Janeway 1913 2005 United States nv Jang Eun jin 장은진 b 1976 Korea Eva Janikovszky 1926 2003 Hungary ch wr Maria Janitschek Marius Stein 1859 1927 Austria Austria Hungary poet amp fiction wr Tama Janowitz b 1957 United States fiction wr amp screenwriter Tove Jansson 1914 2001 Finland nv amp ch wr in Swedish Anja Jantschik b 1969 Germany wr amp col Florence Page Jaques 1890 1972 United States nature amp travel wr Rosemary Hawley Jarman 1935 2015 England fiction wr Dragojla Jarnevic 1812 1875 Austria Austria Hungary poet in Croatian Lisa Jarnot b 1967 United States poet Nada Awar Jarrar living Lebanon nv Bella Jarrett 1926 2007 United States romance wr amp actor Delia Jarrett Macauley living England wr academic amp broadcaster Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis Oliver Sandys 1886 1964 Wales nv amp actor Christine Maria Jasch b 1960 Austria Austria Hungary economist amp non f wr Vidmante Jasukaityte 1948 2018 Lithuania poet fiction wr amp es Florence Jaugey b 1959 France Nicaragua screenwriter Fattaneh Haj Seyed Javadi b 1945 Iran Persia nv Aghabeyim agha Javanshir Aghabaji 1780 1832 Azerbaijan Iran Persia poet Charlotte Jay Geraldine Halls 1919 1996 Australia mystery wr Pupul Jayakar 1915 1997 India wr amp activist Kirthi Jayakumar b 1987 India activist amp wr Salma Khadra Jayyusi 1926 1927 2023 Palestine United States fiction wr amp poet Rula Jebreal b 1973 Israel Italy fiction wr amp Palestine analyst Barbara Jefferis 1917 2004 Australia radio pw amp nv Margo Jefferson b 1947 United States wr amp academic Sheila Jeffreys b 1948 Australia feminist scholar amp wr Jefimija 1349 1405 Serbia poet Andrea Jeftanovic b 1970 Chile wr amp academic Gertrude Jekyll 1843 1932 England garden wr Cynthia Jele living South Africa nv in English Elfriede Jelinek b 1946 Austria Austria Hungary pw amp nv 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature Joyce Angela Jellison b 1969 United States wr N K Jemisin b 1972 United States science fiction amp fantasy wr Gish Jen b 1956 United States wr Ida Jenbach 1868 c 1943 Austria Austria Hungary pw screenwriter amp Hc victim Barbara Jenkins living Trinidad fiction wr Biddy Jenkinson b 1949 Ireland poet Elizabeth B Jenkins American spirituality writer Rosemary Jenkinson b 1967 Northern Ireland poet pw amp fiction writer Lynn Jenner living New Zealand poet amp es Theodora Robinson Jenness 1847 1935 United States wr editor Elizabeth Jennings 1926 2001 England poet Kate Jennings 1948 2021 Australia poet nv amp es Zoe Jenny b 1974 Switzerland nv in German amp English Kristine Marie Jensen Froken Jensen 1858 1923 Denmark domestic amp cookery wr Thit Jensen 1876 1957 Denmark fiction wr amp pw Helen Jerome 1883 1958 Australia poet pw amp non f wr Milena Jesenska 1896 1944 Austria Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia Czech Republic wr amp translator Ana de Jesus 1545 1621 Spain wr poet amp nun Carolina Maria de Jesus 1914 1977 Brazil diarist amp activist Jaqueline Jesus b 1978 Brazil wr amp activist Lisa Jewell b 1968 England fiction wr Sarah Orne Jewett 1849 1909 United States fiction wr Geraldine Jewsbury 1812 1880 England nv Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1927 2013 Germany United States nv amp screenwriter Ji Ju edit Jiang Biwei 蔣碧薇 1899 1978 China mem Pamela Jiles b 1960 Chile col amp politician Paulette Jiles b 1943 United States Canada Newfoundland poet amp nv Rina Jimenez David b 1955 Philippines col amp non f wr Meiling Jin b 1956 Guyana England poet fiction and social wr Empress Jitō 持統天皇 645 702 Japan poet amp empress Jo Kyung ran 조경란 b 1969 Korea nv Liesl Jobson living South Africa poet in English amp musician, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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