List of women writers (M–Z)

See also Lists of women writers by nationality.

This is a list of notable women writers.

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

M

Ma–Mc

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

Me–Mi

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

Mj–My

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

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Na–Ng

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

Ni–Nz

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

O

• Olivia Levison (1847–1894, Denmark), Danish author and writer
• Ann Oakley (b. 1944, England), academic & nv.
• Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938, United States), fiction wr., poet & pw.
• María Olimpia de Obaldía (1891–1985, Panama), poet
• Kathy O'Beirne (1956–2019, Ireland), mem.
• Achy Obejas (b. 1956, Cg), wr. & poet
• Charlotta Öberg (also Lotta Öberg; 1818–1856, Sweden), poet
• Clara Obligado (b. 1950, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Trifonia Melibea Obono (b. 1982, Equatorial Guinea), nv. & political scientist
• Téa Obreht (b. 1985, Serbia/United States), fiction wr.
• Kathleen O'Brennan (1876–1948, Ireland), pw. & activist
• Lily O'Brennan (1878–1948, Ireland), writer, pw. & activist
• Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868, Serbia), Serbia's first woman wr.
• Charlotte Grace O'Brien (1845–1909, Ireland), writer, philanthropist & plant collector
• Edna O'Brien (b. 1930, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Frances O'Brien (1840–1883, Ireland), poet & nv.
• Kate O'Brien (1897–1974, Ireland), nv. & pw.
• Mary-Louise O'Callaghan (living, Australia), non-f. wr.
• Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979, Argentina), critic & autobiographer
• Raquel Ochoa (b. 1980, Portugal), nv., biographer & travel wr.
• Helen O'Clery (1910–2006, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Elizabeth O'Conner' (Anne Willard, 1913–2000, Australia), nv.
• Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964, United States), fiction wr.
• Gemma O'Connor (b. 1940, Ireland), mystery wr.
• Niamh O'Connor (fl. since 2000, Ireland), nv. & col.
• Tyne O'Connell (b. 1960, England), nv.
• Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014, Kenya), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
• Mary Barry O'Delaney (1862–1947, Ireland), story-teller & poet
• Cristina Odone (b. 1960, Kenya/England), nv. & col.
• Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897, United States), wr.
• Martha B. O'Donnell (1836–1925, United States), newspaper and magazine editor and publisher
• Mary O'Donnell (b. 1954, Ireland), nv., poet & educator
• Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001, Australia), food wr. & chef
• Mary O'Donoghue (b. 1975, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
• Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue (1843–1940, Ireland), poet & wr.
• Irina Odoyevtseva (1895/1901–1990, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, nv. & mem.
• Taiwo Odubiyi (b. 1965, Nigeria), nv. & ch. wr.
• Okwiri Oduor (b. 1988/1989, Kenya), wr.
• Marie Conway Oemler (1879–1932, United States), nv.
• Julia O'Faolain (1932–2020, Ireland/United States), fiction wr.
• Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008, Ireland), nv., critic & mem.
• Maggie O'Farrell (b. 1972, Northern Ireland/England), nv. & mem.
• Ursula O'Farrell (b. 1934, Ireland), psychologist
• Jenny Offill (b. 1968, United States), nv. & editor
• Catherine O'Flynn (b. 1970, England), fiction wr.
• Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & art historian
• Barbara Ogier (1648–1720, Flanders), pw.
• Anna Ogino (荻野アンナ, b. 1956, Japan), nv. & academic
• Nina Ognianova (living, Bulgaria), activist
• Vida Ognjenović (b. 1941, Serbia), pw. & wr.
• Margaret Ogola (1958–2011, Kenya), nv.
• Grace Ogot (1930–2015, Kenya), fiction wr.
• Molara Ogundipe (1940–2019, Nigeria), poet, critic & non-f. wr.
• P. A. Ogundipe (1927–2020, Nigeria), fiction wr. & mem.
• Birgül Oğuz (b. 1981, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & academic
• Ellen Oh, (living, United States), author
• Oh Jung-hee (오정희, b. 1947, Korea), fiction wr.
• Oh Soo-yeon (오수연, b. 1964, Korea), fiction wr. & es.
• Sheila O'Hagan (d. 2017, Ireland), poet
• Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子, b. 1959, Japan), science fiction wr.
• Pixie O'Harris (Rhona Olive Harris, 1903–1991, Wales), wr. & artist
• Nanase Ohkawa (大川七瀬, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
• Jane Ohlmeyer (living, Northern Ireland/Ireland), historian & academic
• Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh (1967–2014, Ireland), historian & biographer
• Shinobu Ohtaka (大高忍, b. 1983, Japan), manga creator
• Liisi Ojamaa (1972–2019, Estonia), poet & critic
• Mirta Ojito (b. 1964, Cuba), wr. & col.
• Yeo Ok (여옥, between 15th & 1st century BC, Korea), poet
• Mari Okada (岡田麿里, b. 1976, Japan), screenwriter & manga creator
• Reiko Okano (岡野 玲子, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
• Meral Okay (1959–2012, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), screenwriter
• Kyoko Okazaki (岡崎京子, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
• Adelaide O'Keeffe (1776–1865, Ireland), poet & nv.
• Chioma Okereke (living, Nigeria), poet & fiction wr.
• Susan Moller Okin (1946–2004, New Zealand), political wr.
• Julie Okoh (b. 1947, Nigeria), pw. & educator
• Irenosen Okojie (living, Nigeria/England), fiction wr.
• Nnedi Okorafor (b. 1974, Nigeria/United States), fiction wr.
• Juliane Okot Bitek (b. 1966, Kenya/Uganda), poet
• Ifeoma Okoye (b. c. 1937, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
• Chinelo Okparanta (b. 1981, Nigeria/United States), fiction wr.
• Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977, Finland), nv. & pw.
• Princess Ōku (大来皇女, 661–702, Japan), poet
• Mary Karooro Okurut (b. 1954, Uganda), fiction wr.
• Sevin Okyay (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), critic & col.
• Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), art historian, nv. & poet
• Susana Olaondo (b. 1953, Uruguay), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Sharon Olds (b. 1942, United States), poet
• Annette K. Olesen (b. 1965, Denmark), screenwriter
• Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland), nv.
• Ukamaka Olisakwe (b. 1982, Nigeria), fiction & screenwriter
• Gloria Olive (1923–2006, United States/New Zealand), mathematician
• Mary Oliver (1935–2019, United States), poet
• Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), ch. wr. & artist
• Marly de Oliveira (c. 1938–2007, Brazil), poet
• Orlandina de Oliveira (b. 1943, Brazil/Mexico), social critic
• Véronique Olmi (b. 1962, France), pw. & nv.
• Ayodele Olofintuade (living, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
• Blanche Christine Olschak (1913–1989, Austria/Austria-Hungary), encyclopedist
• Tillie Olsen (1913–2007, United States), feminist fiction wr.
• Hagar Olsson (1893–1978, Finland), critic & pw. in Swedish
• Linda Olsson (b. 1948, Sweden/New Zealand), nv. in Swedish & English
• Lisa Olstein (b. 1972, United States), poet
• Gilda Olvidado (b. 1957, Philippines), screenwriter & nv.
• Ghazal Omid (b. c. 1971, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), autobiographer
• Nessa O'Mahony (living, Ireland), poet and wr.
• Mary O'Malley (b. 1954, Ireland), poet
• Bree O'Mara (1968–2010, South Africa), nv. in English
• Kristín Ómarsdóttir (b. 1962, Iceland), nv., poet & pw.
• Kathleen O'Meara (1839–1888, Ireland), nv. & biographer
• Yewande Omotoso (b. 1980, Barbados/South Africa), nv.
• Emine Semiye Önasya (1864–1944, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political & education wr.
• Riku Onda (恩田陸, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
• Heather O'Neill (b. 1973, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., poet & screenwriter
• Louise O'Neill (b. 1985, Ireland), YA nv.
• Geraldine O'Neill (b. 1955, Scotland/Ireland), nv.
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967, Ireland), poet & pw.
• Moira O'Neill (Agnes Shakespeare Higginson, 1864–1955, Ireland/Can), poet
• Gabriela Onetto (b. 1963, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
• Makena Onjerika (b. 1980s, Kenya), wr.
• Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美, b. 1960, Japan), nv.
• Hiromu Ono (小野弥夢, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
• Natsume Ono (オノナツメ, b. 1977, Japan), manga creator
• Nuzo Onoh (b. 1962, Nigeria/England), horror wr.
• Chibundu Onuzo (b. 1991, Nigeria), nv.
• Osonye Tess Onwueme (b. 1955, Nigeria), pw., scholar & poet
• Ifeoma Onyefulu (b. 1959, Nigeria), ch. wr. & nv.
• Amelia Opie (1769–1853, England), nv. & biographer
• Mary Oppen (1908–1990 United States), poet, wr. & artist
• Meaghan Oppenheimer (b. 1986, US), screen wr.
• Claudia Orange (b. 1938, New Zealand), historian
• Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, Hungary/England), nv. & illustrator; The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Patrice Ordas (1951–2019, France), nv. & comic wr.
• Caitriona O'Reilly (b. 1973, Ireland), poet & critic
• Emily O'Reilly (living, Ireland), col. & ombudsman
• Margie Orford (b. 1964, England/South Africa), fiction, non-f. & ch. wr.
• Doris Orgel (b. 1929, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), ch. & non-f. wr. in English
• Bukola Oriola (b. 1976, Nigeria/United States), col. & autobiographer
• Iza Orjonikidze (1938–2010, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & politician
• Raisa Orlova (1918–1989, Soviet Union), mem.
• Kate Orman (b. 1968, Australia), science fiction wr.
• Margarita Ormotsadze (b. 1981, Ukraine), col., poet & wr.
• Dorila Castell de Orozco (1845–1930, Uruguay), poet & educator
• Olga Orozco (1920–1999, Argentina), poet & col.
• Adela Orpen (1855–1927, United States/Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Elvira Orphée (1930–2018, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Sue Orr (b. 1962, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Hanne Ørstavik (b. 1969, Norway), nv.
• Virginia Elena Ortea (1866–1906, Dominica), col. & nv.
• Anna Maria Ortese (1914–1998, Italy), fiction & travel wr. & poet
• Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (b. 1940, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & biographer
• Emilia Ortiz (1917–2012, Mexico), poet & cartoonist
• Helena Araújo Ortiz (1934–2015, Colombia), feminist wr. & critic
• Julia Anna Orum (1843–1904, United States), textbook wr.
• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910, Poland), nv. & political wr.
• Joanne van Os (b. 1955, Australia), fiction & ch. wr. & mem.
• Beatrice Osborn (Margaret Fane, 1887–1962, Australia), nv. & poet
• Pat O'Shea (1931–2007, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Masumi Oshima (大島真寿美, b. 1962, Japan), nv.
• Yumiko Ōshima (大島弓子, b. 1947, Japan), manga creator
• Ayisha Osori (living, Nigeria), political wr.
• Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa (1886–1960, Chile), pw. & nv.
• Martha Ostenso (1900–1963, Norway/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & screenwriter
• Nan Inger Östman (1923–2015, Sweden), ch. wr.
• Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet, wr. & pw.
• Leanne O'Sullivan (living, Ireland), poet
• Maggie O'Sullivan (1908–1990, England), poet
• Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966, Ireland), historian & academic
• Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966, Ireland), educator & historian
• Suzanne O'Sullivan (living, Ireland), neurologist
• Alice Oswald (b. 1966, England), poet
• Yōko Ōta (大田 洋子, 1906–1963, Japan), nuclear war nv.
• Ōtagaki Rengetsu (太田垣蓮月, 1791–1875, Japan), poet & calligrapher
• Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 700–750, Japan), poet
• Julie Otsuka (b. 1962, United States), nv.
• Katrin Ottarsdóttir (b. 1957, Faroe Islands), poet & film director
• Elise Otté (1818–1903, Denmark/England), grammarian
• Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895, Germany), nv., poet & librettist
• Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (1909–1989, Ireland), historian & academic
• Malika Oufkir (b. 1953, Morocco), prison autobiographer
• Ouida (1839–1908, England), fiction wr.
• Touria Oulehri (b. 196271, Greece), theater critic
• Clementina Díaz y de Ovando (1916–2012, Mexico), arts wr. & academic
• Helen Ovbiagele (b. 1944, Nigeria), nv.
• Angelika Overath (b. 1957, Germany), fiction and non-f. wr.
• Caroline Overington (b. 1970, Australia), wr.
• Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (1936–2011, Ghana/Gold Coast), ch. wr. & politician
• Jan Owen (b. 1940, Australia), poet
• Sue Owen (b. 1942, United States), poet
• Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke (1785–1845, Ireland), poet & pw.
• Martha Tracy Owler (1852–1916, United States), journalist & wr.
• Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (b. 1968, Kenya), fiction wr.
• Hiroko Oyamada (大伴坂上郎女, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
• Helen Oyeyemi (b. 1984, England/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
• Aysel Özakın (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/England), fiction & ch. wr.
• Mari Ozawa (小沢真理, living, Japan), manga creator
• Emine Sevgi Özdamar (b. 1956, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv. & pw. in German
• Ruth Ozeki (b. 1956, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & academic
• Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928, United States), critic & nv.
• Tezer Özlü (1943–1986, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
• Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995, Poland), nv. & poet
• Mona Ozouf (b. 1931, France), historian & philosopher

P

Pa–Pj

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

Pk–Py

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

Q

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

R

Ra–Ri

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

Ro–Rz

• Marion Roach (fl. 1980s, United States), non-f. wr.
• Alba Roballo (1908–1996, Uruguay), poet & politician
• Nesca Robb (1905–1976, Northern Ireland), biographer & poet
• Sarah Fraser Robbins (1911–2002, United States), wr. & natural historian
• Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872, France), nv. & pw.
• Carolina de Robertis (b. 1975, England/United States), nv.
• Eigra Lewis Roberts (b. 1939, Wales), pw. & nv. in Welsh
• Emma Roberts (1794–1840, England), travel wr. & poet
• Kate Roberts (1891–1985, Wales), fiction wr. in Welsh
• Michèle Roberts (b. 1949, England), nv. & poet
• Margaret Roberts (1937–2017, South Africa), wr. & herbalist in English
• Nina Roberts (living, France), wr.
• Nora Roberts (pen name J. D. Robb, b. 1950, United States), nv.
• Catherine Robertson (b. 1966, New Zealand), nv. & broadcaster
• E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961, England), nv.
• Lisa Robertson (b. 1961, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Anne Isabella Robertson (c. 1830–1910, Ireland), nv. & suffragist
• Eden Robinson (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Hilary Robinson (b. 1972, Isle of Man), ch. wr.
• Leora Bettison Robinson (1840–1914, United States), wr. & educator
• Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943, United States), nv.
• Mary Robinson (1757–1800, England), poet, nv. & actor
• Kim Robinson-Walcott (b. 1956, Jamaica), poet & editor
• Aïcha Mohamed Robleh (b. 1965, Djibouti), wr.
• Mireya Robles (b. 1934, Cuba/United States), wr. & nv.
• Lucia St. Clair Robson (living, United States), nv.
• Lelia P. Roby (1848–1910, United States), wr.
• Charlotte Roche (b. 1978, England/Germany), nv.
• Mazo de la Roche (1885–1961, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845, Ireland), nv.
• Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807, Germany), nv.
• Anne de La Roche-Guilhem (1644–1707/1710, France), fiction wr.
• Christiane Rochefort (1917–1998, France), nv.
• Catherine Des Roches (1542–1587, France), poet
• Madeleine Des Roches (c. 1520–1587, France), poet
• Esther Rochon (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction nv.
• Ana María Rodas (b. 1937, Guatemala), col. & poet
• Edith Rode (1879–1956, Denmark), nv. & col.
• Carolyn Rodgers (1940–2010, United States), poet
• Carmen Rodríguez (b. 1948, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., poet & activist
• Debbie Rodriguez (living, United States), wr.
• Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961, Spain), wr., translator, professor
• Jesusa Rodríguez (b. 1955, Mexico), stage wr.
• Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, Australia), poet
• Silvia Rodríguez Villamil (1939–2003, Uruguay), historian, feminist, wr., activist
• Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944, Poland), political wr. & landowner
• Jill Roe (1940–2017, Australia), historian, academic & wr.
• Ruth Margarete Roellig (1878–1969, Germany), non-f. & travel wr.
• Astrid Roemer (b. 1947, Suriname/Netherlands), nv., pw. & poet
• Helena Roerich (1879–1955, Russia/Soviet Union), theosophist & mystic
• Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774–1840, Italy), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
• Else Roesdahl (b. 1942, Denmark), archaeologist & historian
• Monique Roffey (b. 1965, Trinidad), nv. & mem.
• Rosamaría Roffiel (b. 1945, Mexico), poet & nv.
• Christina Rogberg (1832–1907, Sweden), court mem.
• Noëlle Roger (1874–1953, Switzerland), nv. & biographer in French
• Emma Winner Rogers (1855–1922, United States) – wr., speaker, suffragist
• Kathrin Röggla (b. 1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., es. & poet
• Begum Rokeya (1880–1932, India), wr. & activist
• Winétt de Rokha (1892–1951, Chile), poet
• Betty Roland (1903–1996, Australia), stage & ch. wr. & nv.
• Dominique Rolin (1913–2012, Belgium), nv. in French
• Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941, United States), wr., nv. & poet
• Eugenia Romanelli (b. 1972, Italy), nv. & biographer
• Lalla Romano (1906–2001, Italy), nv. & poet
• Sophia Romero (living, Philippines/United States), nv.
• Emma Romeu (living, Cuba/Mexico), nature & ch. wr.
• Robin Romm (living, United States), wr.
• Hanna Rönnberg (1862–1946, Finland/Denmark), painter & fiction wr. in Swedish
• Nathalie Ronvaux (b. 1977, Luxembourg), poet & pw. in French
• Daphne Rooke (1914–2009, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
• Sally Rooney (b. 1991, Ireland), fiction wr., poet & es.
• Margaret Roper (1505–1544, England), translator
• Ginny Rorby (b. 1944, United States), YA nv.
• Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860–1939, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), nv. & poet
• Emanuela Da Ros (living, Italy), ch. wr.
• Helvy Tiana Rosa (b. 1970, Indonesia), pw. & fiction wr.
• Amira de la Rosa, (1895–1974, Colombia), col., fiction wr., poet & pw.
• Ninotchka Rosca (b. 1946, Philippines), wr. & activist
• Heather Rose (b. 1964, Australia), nv.
• Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923, United States), non-f.
• Henrietta Rose-Innes (b. 1971, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
• Petrona Rosende (1797–1893, Argentina), poet & col.
• Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & Hc. survivor
• Barbara Rosiek (1959–2020, Poland), wr., poet & psychologist
• Joan Rosier-Jones (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction & non-f. wr. & pw.
• Alice Grant Rosman (1887–1961, Australia), nv.
• Anna Rosmus (b. 1960, Germany), historian
• Tatiana de Rosnay (b. 1961, France/England), fiction wr. & biographer
• Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923, United States), non-f. wr., journalist, social reformer
• Anna Ross (1773–?, England), opera pw. & actor
• Leone Ross (b. 1969, England), fiction wr. & academic
• Orna Ross (b. 1960, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
• Nancy Wilson Ross (1901–1986, United States), nv.
• Somerville & Ross (Edith Somerville, 1858–1949, & Violet Florence Martin, 1862–1915, Ireland), fiction wr.s; The Irish R. M.
• Mary Jane O'Donovan Rossa (1845–1916, Ireland), poet & activist
• Maria Rosseels (1916–2005, Belgium), nv. in Flemish
• Christina Rossetti (1830–1894, England), poet
• Cristina Peri Rossi (living, Uruguay/Spain), fiction wr. & poet
• Veronica Rossi (b. 1973, United States), YA nv.
• Judith Rossner (1935–2005, United States), nv.
• Evdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858, Russia), poet
• Stella Rotenberg (1916–2013, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
• Friederike Roth (b. 1948, Germany), pw.
• Veronica Roth (b. 1988, United States), nv.
• Augustine De Rothmaler (1859–1942, Belgium), pedagogue, translator, non-f. wr.
• Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (1875–1975, South Africa), nv. & non-f. wr. in Afrikaans
• Hannah Rothschild (b. 1962, England), wr., philanthropist & filmmaker
• Angélique de Rouillé (1756–1840, Belgium), correspondent in French
• Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert (fl. 18th century), science fiction wr.
• Anne Rouse (b. 1954 United States/England), poet
• Alma Routsong (Isabel Miller, 1924–1996, United States), nv.
• Léonie Rouzade (1839–1916, France), nv. and feminist
• Jennifer Rowe (b. 1948, Australia), nv.
• Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955, Wales), scholar & evangelist
• Mary Rowlandson (1635–1711, United States), mem.
• Rosemarie Rowley (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & feminist
• J. K. Rowling (b. 1965, England/Scotland), nv.; Harry Potter
• Susanna Rowson (1762–1824, England/United States), nv., poet & pw.
• Hannie Rouweler (b. 1951, Netherlands), poet
• Margaret Rowlett (1897–1963), children's book writer
• Tania Roxborogh (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction & parenting wr.
• Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sweden/England), wr., poet & critic
• Anuradha Roy (b. 1967, India), nv.
• Anusree Roy (b. 1982, India/Canada/Newfoundland), pw. & librettist
• Arundhati Roy (b. 1961, India), nv.; The God of Small Things
• Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & col.
• Kamini Roy (1864–1933, India), poet & feminist
• Lucinda Roy (b. 1955, United States/England), nv.
• Nilanjana Roy (b. c. 1971, India), fiction & food wr.
• Kristína Royová (1860–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv., poet & religious wr. in Slovak
• Heleen van Royen (b. 1965, Netherlands), nv.
• S. J. Rozan (b. 1950, United States), crime wr.
• Pascale Roze (b. 1954, Vietnam/France), pw. & nv.
• Ru Zhijuan (茹志鵑, 1925–1998, China), fiction wr.
• Isabel de los Ángeles Ruano (b. 1945, Guatemala), poet & writer
• Bernice Rubens (1928–2004, Wales), nv.
• Baņuta Rubess (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
• Dina Rubina (b. 1953, Soviet Union/Russia), wr.
• Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990, Germany/Netherlands), wr. & col.
• Berta Ruck (1878–1978, Wales), nv. & mem.
• Jacqueline Rudet (b. 1962, England), pw.
• Margot Ruddock (1907–1951, Ireland), poet
• Anne Rudloe (1947–2012, United States), marine biologist & Buddhist
• Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016, Netherlands), wr.
• Alice Rühle-Gerstel (1894–1943, Germany/Mexico), wr. and psychologist
• Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008, Poland/Netherlands), poet & screenwriter
• Julia Nava de Ruisánchez (1883–1964, Mexico), es. & col.
• Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980, United States), feminist poet
• Siti Rukiah (1927–1996, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), poet & nv.
• Lupe Rumazo (b. 1933, Ecuador), fiction wr. & es.
• Katherine Rundell (b. 1987, England), ch. wr. & pw.
• Fredrika Runeberg (1807–1879, Finland), nv. in Swedish
• Eva Runefelt (b. 1953, Sweden), nv. & poet
• Kristina Rungano (b. 1963, Zimbabwe), poet & fiction wr.
• Rona Rupert (1934–1995, South Africa), ch. & YA, wr. in Afrikaans
• Prima Rusdi (b. 1967, Indonesia), screenwriter & arts writer
• Oka Rusmini (b. 1967, Indonesia), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
• Joanna Russ (1937–2011, United States), fiction wr. & es.
• Diana E. H. Russell (1938–2020, South Africa/United States), feminist wr. & activist
• Dora Isella Russell (1925–1990, Argentina/Uruguay) poet & journalist
• Frances Theresa Peet Russell (1873–1936, United States), English literature
• Karen Russell (b. 1981, United States), fiction wr.
• Doina Ruști (b. 1957, Romania), nv. & screenwriter
• Rose Rwakasisi (b. 1945, Uganda), editor, fiction wr. & educator
• Gig Ryan (b. 1956, Australia), poet
• Kay Ryan (b. 1945, United States), poet & educator
• Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934, United States), nv.
• Nan Ryan (1936–2017, United States), nv.
• Meda Ryan (living, Ireland), historian
• Roma Ryan (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), poet & lyricist
• Maria Rybakova (b. 1973, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
• Carina Rydberg (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
• Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg (1905–1959, Finland), wr. & politician
• Elisabeth Rynell (b. 1954, Sweden), poet & nv.
• Elizabeth Ryves (1750–1797, Iran/Persia/England), poet
• Elena Rzhevskaya (1919–2017, Soviet Union/Russia), mem. & non-f. wr.

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Sa–Se

• Astrid Saalbach (b. 1955, Belgium), pw. & nv.
• Carola Saavedra (b. 1973, Brazil), nv.
• Etelvina Villanueva y Saavedra (1897–1969, Bolivia), poet & educator
• Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra (1620–1670, Spain), nv.
• Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (b. 1974, Lithuania), nv. & art historian
• María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe (1883–1961, Uruguay), poet
• Isabel Sabogal (b. 1958, Peru), nv. & poet
• Irina Saburova (1907–1979, Latvia/Germany), fiction wr. in Russian
• Padma Sachdev (1940–2021, India), poet & nv.
• Lessie Sachs (1897–1942, Germany/United States), poet
• Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Germany), poet & pw.; 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England), wr., poet & gardener
• Mary Sadler (b. 1941, South Africa), nv.
• Anna T. Sadlier (1854–1932, Canada), wr. & translator
• Mary Anne Sadlier (1920–2003, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan (1870–1941, Romania), critic & poet
• Shadi Sadr (b. 1974, Iran/Persia), es. & lawyer
• Nina Mikhailovna Sadur (b. 1950, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr. & pw.
• Elif Safak (b. 1971, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
• Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936–2008, Iran/Persia), poet & academic
• Françoise Sagan (1935–2004, France), pw., nv. & screenwriter
• Mamta Sagar (b. 1966, India), Kannada poet & pw.
• Lorna Sage (1943–2001, England), academic, critic & author
• Ana María Martínez Sagi (1907–2000, Spain/France), poet & feminist
• Megumu Sagisawa (鷺沢萠, 1968–2004, Japan), nv. & pw.
• Nayantara Sahgal (b. 1927, India), nv. & correspondent
• Sarojini Sahoo (b. 1956, India), feminist & fiction wr.
• Nandini Sahu (b. 1973, India), poet & folklorist in English
• Rieko Saibara (西原理恵子, b. 1964, Japan), manga creator
• Saigū no Nyōgo (斎宮女御, 929–985, Japan), poet
• Amina Said (b. 1953, Tunisia/France), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Titie Said (1935–2011, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), nv.
• Fumi Saimon (柴門ふみ, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
• Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830, France), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
• Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1870–1941, Belgium), nv. in French
• Vefa de Saint-Pierre (1872–1967, France), nv., poet & explorer
• Pirkko Saisio (b. 1949, Finland), wr. & actor
• Mayu Sakai (酒井まゆ, b. 1982, Japan), manga creator
• Widad Sakakini (1913–1991, Syria), fiction wr. & es.
• Io Sakisaka (咲坂伊緒, living, Japan), manga creator
• Anna Sakse (1905–1981, Latvia/Soviet Union), fiction wr.
• Momoko Sakura (さくらももこ, 1965–2018, Japan), manga creator
• Shino Sakuragi (桜木紫乃, b. 1965, Japan), fiction wr.
• Kanoko Sakurakoji (桜小路かのこ, living, Japan), manga creator
• Erica Sakurazawa (桜沢エリカ, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
• Arja Salafranca (b. 1971, Spain/South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
• Nina Salaman (1877–1925, England), poet
• Minna Salami (b. 1978, Finland/Nigeria), non-f. wr., col.
• Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908–1958, Uruguay), , poet
• Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931, Belgium/Italy), social wr.
• Excilia Saldaña (1946–1999, Cuba), poet & ch. wr.
• Marta Salgado,(b. 1947, Chile), non-f. wr.
• Nino Salia (1898–1992, Georgia (Caucasus)/France), historian
• Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921, Denmark), philanthropist & feminist
• Zdena Salivarová (b. 1933, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, Ireland), poet, pw. & salonnière
• Lotte Salling (b. 1964, Denmark), ch. wr.
• Eva Sallis (Eva Hornung, b. 1964, Australia), nv.
• Sally Salminen (1906–1976, Finland/Denmark), nv. in Swedish
• Jessica Amanda Salmonson (b. 1950, United States), fiction wr. & es.
• Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra (b. 1946, Bolivia), feminist
• Lydie Salvayre (b. 1948, France), wr.
• Preeta Samarasan (living, Malaysia/United States), fiction wr.
• Cecilia Samartin (b. 1961, Cuba/United States), wr. & psychologist
• Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972, Poland), fiction wr.
• Fiona Sampson (b. 1968, England), poet & editor
• Fiona Samuel (b. 1961, Scotland/New Zealand), pw.
• Rhian Samuel (b. 1944, Wales), wr. on music
• María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio (1695–1756, Mexico), religious wr. & abbess
• María Josefa Acevedo Sánchez (1803–1861, Colombia), wr.
• María Teresa Sánchez (1918–1994, Nicaragua), poet & fiction wr.
• Matilde Sánchez (b. 1958, Argentina), wr. & col.
• Socorro Sánchez (1830–1899, DR), journalist
• Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934, United States), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
• Milcha Sanchez-Scott (b. 1953, United States), pw.
• George Sand (1804–1876, France), nv. & pw.
• Virginia Sandars (1828–1922, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987, Australia), nv.
• Carmen Barajas Sandoval (1925–2014, Mexico), biographer
• Mari Sandoz (1896–1966, United States), fiction wr. & biographer
• Elspeth Sandys (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
• Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791, Poland), poet & moralist
• Parinoush Saniee (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
• Indira Sant (1914–2000, India), poet
• Miêtta Santiago (1903–1995, Brazil), poet, lawyer & feminist
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016, Philippines), social science wr.
• Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007, Philippines), es. in English
• Abidemi Sanusi (living, Nigeria/England), nv.
• Patrizia Sanvitale (b. 1951, Italy), wr. & sociologist
• Rahel Sanzara (1894–1936, Germany), nv. and dancer
• Sapphire, pen name of Ramona Lofton (b. 1950, United States), nv. & poet
• Sappho (c. 630–570 BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
• Graciela Sapriza (b. 1945, Uruguay), historian & educator
• Thouria Saqqat (1935–1952, Morocco), ch. wr.
• Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Yugoslavia), fiction wr.
• Cristina Saralegui (b. 1948, Cuba/United States),
• Dipti Saravanamuttu (b. 1960, Sri Lanka/Australia), poet & col.
• Tibors de Sarenom (c. 1130 – post-1198, France), poet in Occitan
• Georges Sari (1925–2012, Greece), nv. & ch. wr.
• Beatriz Sarlo (b. 1942, Argentina), critic & non-f. wr.
• Noo Saro-Wiwa (b. 1976, England/Nigeria), travel wr.
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russia/France), nv. & es.
• Albertine Sarrazin (1937–1967, France), nv.
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russia/France), mem. & biographer
• Homa Sarshar (living, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & feminist
• Ratna Sarumpaet (b. 1948, Indonesia), pw. & activist
• May Sarton (1912–1995, Belgium/United States), poet, nv. & mem.
• Sehba Sarwar (living, Pakistan/United States), es., poet & fiction wr.
• Tomoko Sasaki (佐々木知子, b. 1965, Japan), nv. & lawyer
• Marjane Satrapi (b. 1969, Iran/Persia), nv.
• Šatrijos Ragana (1877–1930, Lithuania), fiction wr.
• Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862–1894, India), nv.
• Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022, Norway), critic, nv. & hymnist
• Stephanie Saulter (living, Jamaica), science fiction wr.
• Henriette Sauret (1890–1976, France) poet, non-f. wr.
• Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944, Soviet Union), child diarist
• Sharon Savoy (living, United States), wr.
• Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, United States), nv. & ch. wr.
• Aline Sax (b. 1984, Belgium), ch. & YA wr. in Flemish
• Robin Sax (b. c. 1971, United States), crime wr. & col.
• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England), mystery wr. & es.
• Isabelle Sbrissa (b. 1971, Switzerland), poet & pw. in French
• Alcira Soust Scaffo (1924–1997, Uruguay), poet & educator
• Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968, New Zealand), nv.
• Patricia Scanlan (b. 1956, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
• Bente Scavenius (b. 1944, Denmark), art writer & critic
• Igiaba Scego (b. 1974, Italy), wr,, journalist & activist
• Oda Schaefer (1900–1988, Germany), poet & col.
• Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (1940–2011, United States), nv. & poet
• Margo Scharten-Antink (1868–1957, Netherlands), poet
• Riana Scheepers (b. 1957, South Africa), ch. & fiction wr. & poet in Afrikaans
• Caroline Schelling (1763–1809, Germany), es. & correspondent
• Els de Schepper (b. 1965, Belgium), wr. & actor in Flemish
• Sophie von Scherer (1817–1876, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Stacy Schiff (b. 1961, United States), non-f. wr. & col.
• Johanna Schipper (born 1967, Taiwan/France), fiction wr.
• Mineke Schipper (b. 1938, Netherlands), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Dorothea von Schlegel (1764–1839, Germany), nv.
• Sylvia Schlettwein (b. 1975, Namibia), wr., teacher & critic
• Eva Schloss (b. 1929, Austria/Austria-Hungary), mem. & Hc. survivor
• Anka Schmid (b. 1961, Switzerland/Germany), screenwriter in German
• Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995, Netherlands), songwriter & ch. wr.
• Elke Schmitter (b. 1961, Germany), nv. & poet
• Pat Schneider (1934–2020, United States), wr., poet & editor
• Diane Schoemperlen (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Elisabeth of Schönau (c. 1129–1164, Germany), visionary in Latin
• Patricia Schonstein (b. 1952, Zimbabwe/South Africa), nv., poet & ch. wr. in English
• Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842, United States), poet & fiction wr.
• Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858, Germany), ch. wr.
• Claudia Schoppmann (b. 1958, Germany), historian & social wr.
• Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996, Finland), poet, pw. & ch. wr. in Swedish
• Martina Schradi (b. 1972, Germany), writer and cartoonist
• Adele Schreiber-Krieger (1872–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. & politician
• Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, South Africa), nv. & political wr. in English
• Angelika Schrobsdorff (1927–2016, Germany), pw., nv. & actor
• Rikke Schubart (b. 1966, Denmark), wr. & film scholar
• Helga Schubert (b. 1940, Denmark), ch. wr. and academic
• Ossip Schubin (1854–1934, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Julianne Schultz (b. 1956, Australia), non-f. wr. & academic
• Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678, Germany/Netherlands), poet, scholar & painter
• Barbara Schurz (b. 1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & pw.
• Jenefer Shute (living, South Africa/United States), nv.
• Christine Schutt (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
• Carolina Schutti (b. 1976, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Brigitte Schwaiger (1949–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Amy Schwartz (1954–2023, United States), ch. wr.
• Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894, Sweden), nv.
• Sibylla Schwarz (1621–1638, Germany), poet
• Simone Schwarz-Bart (b. 1938, France), pw. & nv.
• Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942, Switzerland), travel wr. in German
• Samanta Schweblin (b. 1978, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Monique Schwitter (b. 1972, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
• Sandra Scofield (b. 1943 United States), nv., es. & critic
• Ann Scott (b. 1965, France), nv.
• Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England), nv. & religious wr.
• Cathy Scott (b. 1950s, United States), true crime wr. & biographer
• Jane Scott (c. 1779–1839, England), pw.
• Margaret Scott (1934–2005, Australia), poet, critic & academic
• Mary-anne Scott (living, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & musician
• Mary Scott (1888–1979, New Zealand), nv.
• Robyn Scott (b. 1981, England/New Zealand), mem.
• Rosie Scott (1948–2017, New Zealand/Australia), nv.
• Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701, France), nv.
• Jocelynne Scutt (b. 1947, Australia), non-f. wr. & lawyer
• Mary Seacole (1805–1881, England/Jamaica), autobiographer & nurse
• Nicole Sealey (b. 1979, US), poet
• Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916, United States), es. & fiction wr.
• Leïla Sebbar (b. 1941, Algeria/France), nv. & autobiographer
• Alice Sebold (b. 1963, United States), nv.
• Olga Sedakova (b. 1949, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
• Amy Sedaris (b. 1961, United States), screenwriter & actor
• Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867, United States), nv.
• Ekaterina Sedia (b. 1970, Soviet Union/United States), nv. & poet
• Lisa See (b. 1955, China/United States), nv.
• Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1866–1913, Canada/United States), wr, illustrator & art teacher
• Sara Sefchovich (b. 1949, Mexico), nv. & academic
• Edith Segal (1902–1997, United States), poet & songwriter
• Lore Segal (b. 1928), fiction & ch. wr.
• Marta Segarra (b. 1963, Spain), es.
• Nakisanze Segawa (living, Uganda), poet & nv.
• Anna Seghers (1900–1983, Germany), nv.
• Alinah Kelo Segobye (fl 2000s, Botswana), activist & archaeologist
• Mabel Segun (b. 1930, Nigeria), poet, pw., fiction & ch. wr.
• Countess of Ségur (1799–1874, Ru/France), nv.
• Anne de Seguier (fl. 1583, France), poet & salonnière
• Dubravka Sekulić (b. 1980, Serbia), wr. & architect
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Serbia), nv.
• Taiye Selasi (b. 1979, Nigeria/Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
• Pınar Selek (b. 1971, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), sociologist
• Esther Seligson (1941–2010, Mexico), fiction wr., es. & poet
• Yoshiko Sembon (せんぼんよしこ, b. 1928, China/Japan), screenwriter
• Odete Semedo (b. 1959, Guinea-Bissau), wr. & educator
• Mala Sen (1947–2011, India), biographer
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938–2019, India), poet, fiction wr. & academic
• Eulalie de Senancour (1791–1876, France), fiction wr.
• Fama Diagne Sène (b. 1969, Senegal), nv. & poet
• Mallika Sengupta (1960–2011, India), poet
• Poile Sengupta (b. 1948, India), pw. & ch. wr.
• Somini Sengupta (fl 2000s, b. India), journalism, non-fiction wr.
• Olive Senior (b. 1941, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr.
• Danzy Senna (b. 1970, United States), nv.
• Raquel Señoret (1922–1990, Chile), poet
• Iryna Senyk (1926–2009, Ukraine), poet
• Seo Hajin (서하진, b. 1960, Korea), fiction wr.
• Ha Seong-nan (하성란, b. 1967, Korea), wr.
• Kim Seon-wu (김선우, b. 1970, Korea), poet
• Ruta Sepetys (b. 1967, Lithuania/United States), fiction wr.
• Perla Serfaty (b. 1944, Morocco/France/Canada), non-f. wr.
• Dolores Gortázar Serantes (1872–1936, Sp.), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Matilde Serao (1856–1927, Greece/Italy), nv. in Italian
• Kate Seredy (1899–1975, Hungary/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Clara Sereni (1946–2018, Italy), autobiographer & fiction wr.
• Gitta Sereny (1921–2012, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), biographer & non-f. wr. in German & English
• Cella Serghi (1907–1992, Romania), nv. & ch. wr.
• Anna Lidia Vega Serova (b. 1968, Russia/Cuba), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
• Namwali Serpell (b. 1980, Zambia), fiction wr.
• Elisa Serrana (1930–2012, Chile), nv. & feminist
• Marcela Serrano (b. 1951, Chile), nv.
• Nina Serrano (b. 1934, United States), poet, wr. & storyteller
• Yolanda García Serrano (b. 1958, Spain), screenwriter
• Coline Serreau (b. 1947, France), screenwriter & pw.
• Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Soviet Union), political wr.
• Kadija Sesay (living, England), fiction wr., poet & editor
• Ruth Huntington Sessions (1859–1946), mem.
• Henriett Seth F. (b. 1980, Hungary), poet, wr. & musician
• Anya Seton (1904–1990, United States), nv.
• Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982, United States), nv. & es.
• Diane Setterfield (b. 1964, England), nv.
• Mary Lee Settle (1918–2005, United States), nv. & mem.
• Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696, France), correspondent
• Anna Seward (1747–1809, England), poet
• Anna Sewell (1820–1887, England), nv.; Black Beauty
• Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, England/United States), poet, nv. & academic
• Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England), wr. on religion & education
• Anne Sexton (1928–1974, United States), poet
• Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (living, United States), nv.
• Miranda Seymour (b. 1948, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, Wales), biographer & education wr.

Sf–Sk

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

Sl–Sz

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

T

Ta–Th

• Marga T (b. 1943, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr.
• Gladys Taber (1899–1980, United States), nv. & nature wr.
• Eileen Tabios (b. 1960, Philippines/United States), poet & fiction wr.
• Haruko Tachiiri (たちいりハルコ, b. 1949, Japan), ch. manga creator
• Maria Tacu (1949–2010, Romania), poet & prose wr.
• Chimako Tada (多田智満子, 1930–2003, Japan), poet
• Kaoru Tada (多田かおる, 1960–1999, Japan), manga creator
• Tadano Makuzu (只野真葛, 1763–1825, Japan), socio-political wr.
• Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955, Ivory Coast), poet, nv. & artist
• Pia Tafdrup (b. 1952, Denmark), poet, nv. & pw.
• Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (living, Philippines), screenwriter
• Valerie Tagwira (living, Zimbabwe), nv.
• Táhirih (1814 or 1817–1852, Iran/Persia), poet & theologian
• Daina Taimiņa (b. 1954, Latvia), mathematician
• Ise no Taiu (伊勢大輔, early 11th century, Japan), poet
• Princess Tajima (但馬皇女, died 708, Japan), poet
• Judit Dukai Takách (1795–1836, Hungary), poet
• Nobuko Takagi (高樹のぶ子, b. 1946, Japan), fiction wr.
• Rumiko Takahashi (高橋留美子, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
• Takako Takahashi (高橋たか子, 1932–2013, Japan), fiction wr.
• Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
• Kaoru Takamura (髙村薫, b. 1953, Japan), fiction wr.
• Hinako Takanaga (高永ひなこ, living, Japan), manga creator
• Mitsuba Takanashi (高梨みつば, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
• Takasue's daughter (菅原孝標女, c. 1008 – post-1059, Japan), travel wr.
• Haneko Takayama (高山羽根子, b. 1975, Japan), fiction wr.
• Kazumi Takayama (高山一実, b. 1994, Japan), fiction & self-help wr.
• Lisa Takeba (竹葉リサ, b. 1983, Japan), screenwriter
• Keiko Takemiya (竹宮惠子, b. 1950, Japan), manga creator
• Hiroko Takenishi (竹西寛子, b. 1929, Japan), fiction wr. & critic
• Kei Takeoka (竹岡圭, b. 1969, Japan), motoring wr.
• Jill Talbot (b. 1970, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
• Niloufar Talebi (living, England/United States), mem. & librettist
• Maila Talvio (1871–1951, Finland), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Tamairangi (fl. 1820s, New Zealand), Maori poet
• Susanna Tamaro (b. 1957, Italy), nv.
• Clotilde Tambroni (1758–1817, Italy), linguist & poet
• Altaír Tejeda de Tamez (1922–2015, Mexico), fiction wr., poet & pw.
• Leilani Tamu (living, New Zealand), poet & politician
• Yumi Tamura (田村由美, living, Japan), manga creator & nv.
• Wassyla Tamzali (b. 1941, Algeria), wr., feminist & politician
• Amy Tan (b. 1952, United States), nv.
• Yellow Tanabe (田辺イエロウ, b. 1990s, Japan), manga creator
• Meca Tanaka (田中メカ, b. 1976), manga wr.
• Mitsu Tanaka (田中美津, b. 1945), feminist wr.
• Shelley Tanaka (living, Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. ch. wr.
• Suna Tanaltay (1933–2021, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & wr.
• Shweta Taneja (living, India), fiction wr.
• Arina Tanemura (種村有菜, b. 1978, Japan), manga creator
• Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England), historian
• Lian Tanner (b. 1951, Australia), ch. wr.
• Goli Taraghi (b. 1939, Iran/Persia), fiction wr.
• Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
• Sooni Taraporevala (b. 1957, India), screenwriter
• Violet Targuse (1884–1937, New Zealand), pw.
• Lisa Ysaye Tarleau (1885–1952, United States), fiction wr.
• Rosalia Tarnavska (1932–2020, Ukraine), poet
• Fanny Tarnow (1779–1862, Germany), journal & fiction wr.
• Judith Tarr (b. 1955, United States), wr.
• Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994, Philippines), linguist & poet
• Sofía Tartilán (1829–1888, Spain), fiction wr., es, journalist, ed.
• Donna Tartt (b. 1963, United States), nv.
• Ana Tasić (b. 1978, Serbia), theater critic
• Afzal Tauseef (1936–2014, Pakistan), social wr. & col.
• Franziska Tausig (c. 1895–1989, Austria/Austria-Hungary/China), mem.
• Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893, Iran/Persia/Germany), nv.
• Malvina Tavares (1866–1939, Brazil), poet & anarchist
• Zora Tavčar (b. 1928, Yugoslavia/Italy), fiction wr., es. & poet in Slovenian
• Yōko Tawada (多和田葉子, b. 1960, Japan/Germany), poet & fiction wr.
• Raymonda Tawil (b. 1940, Palestine/Malta), mem.
• Alice Taylor (b. 1938, Ireland), mem. & ch. wr.
• Ann Taylor (1782–1866, England), poet & critic
• Anna Taylor (b. 1982, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Cory Taylor (1955–2016, Australia), ch. wr. & mem.
• Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975, England), fiction wr.
• Glenda R. Taylor (b. 1955, United States), scholar & poet
• Grace Taylor (b. c. 1984, New Zealand), poet & academic
• Grace Oladunni Taylor (b. 1937, Nigeria), biochemist
• Jane Taylor (1783–1824, England), poet & nv.
• Jane Taylor (b. 1956, South Africa), political wr, nv. & librettist in English
• Kay Glasson Taylor (Daniel Hamline, 1893–1998, Australia), ch. wr.
• Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911, United States), poet, lyricist, textbook wr.
• Susie Taylor (1848–1912, United States), teacher & memoir wr.
• Teresia Teaiwa (1968–2017, Kiribati/United States), poet & academic
• Roma Tearne (b. 1954, Sri Lanka/England), nv. & artist
• Sara Teasdale (1884–1933, United States), poet
• Mrs. Bartle Teeling (1851–1906, United Kingdom), wr.
• Teffi (1872–1952, Ru/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
• Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
• Nivaria Tejera (1929–2016, Cuba/France), nv.
• Sevim Tekeli (1924–2019, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), science historian
• Latife Tekin (b. 1957, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
• Sylviane Telchid (1941–2023, Guadeloupe), wr. & translator
• Telesilla (fl. 510 BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
• Olena Teliha (1906–1942, Ru/Soviet Union), poet in Ukrainian
• Janne Teller (b. 1964, Denmark/United States), nv. & es. in English
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–1922, Brazil), fiction wr.
• Ece Temelkuran (b. 1973, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr. & poet
• Ana Tena (b. 1966, Spain), wr. in Aragonese
• Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749, France), nv. & salonnière
• Emma Tennant (1937–2017, England), nv.
• Kylie Tennant (1912–1988, Australia), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
• Margaret Tennant (living, New Zealand), historian
• Lourdes Teodoro (b. 1946, Brazil), poet & academic
• Lisa St Aubin de Terán (b. 1953, England), nv. & mem.
• Laura Terracina (1519 – c. 1577, Italy), poet
• Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954, United States), activist & col.
• Jasmina Tešanović (b. 1954, Serbia), es., fiction wr. & translator
• Josephine Tey (1896–1952, Scotland), mystery nv.
• Hilary Tham (1946–2005, Malaysia/United States), poet
• Najiya Thamir (1926–1988, Syria/Tunisia), fiction wr., es. & radio pw.
• Romila Thapar (b. 1931, India), historian
• Susie Tharu (b. 1943, India), writer & activist
• Celia Thaxter (1835–1894, United States), poet & story wr.
• Françoise Thébaud (born 1952, France), non-f. wr.
• Naseem Thebo (1948–2012, Pakistan), fiction wr. & educator
• Vicky Theodoropoulou (b. 1958, Greece), historian & nv.
• Marcia Theophilo (b. 1941, Brazil), poet
• Rama Thiaw (b. 1978, Senegal), screenwriter
• Renata Thiele (living, Poland/Germany), fiction writer
• Marianne Thieme (b. 1972, Netherlands), wr. & politician
• Madeleine Thien (b. 1974, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Angela Thirkell (Leslie Parker, 1890–1961), nv.
• Adrienne Thomas (1897–1980, Germany/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Audrey Thomas (b. 1935, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Caitlin Thomas (1913–1994, Wales), mem.
• Chantal Thomas (b. 1945, France), wr. and historian
• Édith Thomas (1909–1970, France), nv. and historian
• Elean Thomas (1947–2004, Jamaica), poet, nv. & activist
• Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855, England), nv. & religious poet
• Gilles Thomas (1929–1985, France), science fiction wr.
• Gladys Thomas (1934–2022, South Africa), poet & pw.
• Isabel Thomas (living, England), ch. non-f. wr.
• Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968, Wales), wr. & nv.
• Margaret Thomas (1843–1929, Australia), travel wr., poet & artist
• Ngaire Thomas (1943–2012, New Zealand), autobiographer
• Rosemary Thomas (1901–1961, United States), poet.
• Stephanie Thomas (living, United States), author, public speaker, voice actor, professor
• Clara M. Thompson (1830s–unknown, United States), nv.
• Mrs. E. H. Thompson (fl. 1870s–1900s, United States), wr.
• E. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944, United States), poet, pw, shot story wr.
• Jeanne I. Thompson (living, Bahamas), pw. & lawyer
• Judith Thompson (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
• Kirsten Moana Thompson (b. 1964, New Zealand), film scholar
• María Luisa Artecona de Thompson (1919–2003, Paraguay), poet & pw.
• Mette Thomsen (b. 1970, Denmark), nv.
• Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir (b. 1970, Iceland), ch. wr.
• Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903, Denmark/Norway), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Samantha Thornhill (living, Trinidad), poet & critic
• Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir (b. 1989, Iceland), poet
• Margaret Farrand Thorp (1891–1970, United States), wr. & academic
• Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850–1938, United States), poet & wr.
• Kirsten Thorup (b. 1942, Denmark), poet & fiction wr.
• Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir (1845–1918, Iceland), fiction wr.
• Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010, Sweden), nv.
• Ólína Þorvarðardóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), poet & social scientist
• Hester Thrale (Mrs Piozzi, 1741–1821, Wales/England), diarist & wr.
• María Lilja Þrastardóttir (b. 1986, Iceland), col. & activist
• Holly Throsby (b. 1978, Australia), nv.
• Ketty Thull (1905–1987, Luxembourg), cookery writer in German
• Katherine Cecil Thurston (1874–1911, Ireland), nv.
• Martha L. Poland Thurston (1849–1898, United States), social leader, philanthropist, & wr.
• Johanna Thydell (b. 1980, Sweden), nv.

Ti–Tz

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

U

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

V

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

W

Wa–Wh

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

Wi–Wy

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

X

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

Y

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

Z

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

See also

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

References

External links

• A Celebration of Women Writers
• Victorian Women Writers Project
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists & Writers of Color
• SOPHIE: a digital library of works by German-speaking women
• REBRA: a list of women writers from Brazil. Biographies in Portuguese, English, & in Spanish