List of women writers (A–L)

See also Lists of women writers by nationality.

This is a list of notable women writers.

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

A

Aa–Ag

• Karen Aabye (1904–1982, Denmark), nv. & travel wr.
• Uma Aaltonen (1940–2009, Finland), YA wr.
• Jane Aamund (1936–2019, Denmark), col. & nv.
• Jane Aaron (b. 1951, Wales), wr. & scholar
• Madiha Abdalla (fl 2010s), Sudanese newspaper editor
• Masoumeh Abad (b. 1962, Iran/Persia), mem. & academic
• Mercedes Abad (b. 1961, Spain), fiction wr.
• Ines Abassi (b. 1982, Tunisia/UAE), poet & travel wr.
• Florencia Abbate (b. 1976, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es.
• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, United States), poet & fiction wr.
• Rachel Abbott (b. 1952, England), thriller wr.
• Shaila Abdullah (b. 1971, Pakistan/United States), fiction & ch. wr.
• Yassmin Abdel-Magied (b. 1991, Sudan/Australia), wr. & media person
• Hafsat Abdulwaheed (b. 1952, Nigeria), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
• Rreze Abdullahu (b. 1990, Kosovo), wr. & war diarist
• Louise Abeita (1926–2014, United States), wr.
• Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968, Philippines), Cebuano pw.
• Josette Abondio (b. 1949, Ivory Coast), nv. & ch. wr.
• Sara Aboobacker (1936–2023, India), Kannada wr.
• Marguerite Abouet (b. 1971, Ivory Coast), comics wr.
• Leila Aboulela (b. 1964, Sudan), wr.
• Leila Abouzeid (b. 1950, Morocco), social wr.
• Abiola Abrams (b. 1976, United States), wr. & filmmaker
• Liliana Abud (b. 1948, Mexico), TV screenwriter
• Umayya Abu-Hanna (b. 1961, Palestine/Finland), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Susan Abulhawa (b. 1970, Palestine/United States), nv.
• Lama Abu-Odeh (b. 1962, Palestine/United States), wr. on Islamic law
• Juliet Ace (b. 1938, Wales), pw. & scriptwriter
• Nora Aceval (b. 1953, Algeria/France), story teller
• Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909–1972, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr.
• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria), poet & social wr.
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997, United States), nv., poet & pw.
• Maximiliane Ackers (1896–1982, Germany), fiction wr.
• Bertilda Samper Acosta (1856–1910, Comoros), poet & nun
• Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900–1988, Comoros), suffragist
• Soledad Acosta (1833–1913, Comoros), sociologist
• Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England), cookery wr. & poet; Modern Cookery for Private Families
• Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia), wr. & academic
• Avis Acres (1910–1994, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Angelina Acuña (1905–2006, Guatemala), sonneteer
• Dora Acuña (1903–1987, Paraguay), poet & col.
• Rosario de Acuña (1850–1923, Spain), poet, pw. & es.
• Alma Flor Ada (b. 1938, Cuba), ch. wr., poet & nv.
• Barbara Adair (living, South Africa), nv. in English
• Varsha Adalja (b. 1940, India), nv. & pw.
• Juliette Adam (1836–1936, France), wr. & editor
• Pip Adam (living, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Gabriela Adameșteanu (b. 1942, Romania), fiction wr. & es.
• Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Serbia), poet
• Abigail Adams (1744–1818, United States), First Lady of the United States, letter wr. & diarist
• Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia), fiction wr.
• Lois Bryan Adams (1817–1870, United States), wr., journalist & ed.
• Mary Mathews Adams (1840–1902, Ireland/United States), wr.
• Patricia J. Adams (b. 1952, Anguilla), poet, wr. & broadcaster
• Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805–1848, England), poet & lyricist
• Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia), historian
• Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, Australia/New Zealand), homemaker & diarist
• Gil Adamson (b. 1961, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet
• Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England), non-f. wr. & social historian
• Fleur Adcock (1934-2024, New Zealand/England), poet & editor
• Caroline Adderson (b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Yda Addis (1857–1902, United States), wr. & translator
• Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919, United States), wr.
• Kim Addonizio (b. 1954, United States), poet & nv.
• Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (b. 1988, Nigeria), nv.
• Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (b. 1963, Nigeria), wr. & policy advocate
• Sade Adeniran (b. 1960s, Nigeria), nv.
• Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951–1994, Ivory Coast), nv.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (b. 1977, Nigeria), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (living, Nigeria), wr. & educator
• Opal Palmer Adisa (b. 1954, Jamaica), poet, nv. & educator
• Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & rights activist
• Zoe Adjonyoh (b. late 1970s, England), wr. & cook
• Carine Adler (b. 1948, Brazil), screenwriter
• Emma Adler (1858–1935, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Renata Adler (b. 1938, United States), wr., col. & critic
• Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895, Sweden), feminist editor & wr.
• Etel Adnan (1925–2021, Lebanon/United States), poet, es. & artist
• Pilar Adón (born 1971, Spain), nv., ss. wr., poet, & translator
• Wilna Adriaanse (b. 1958, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
• Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), philosopher
• Ethel Afamado (b. 1940, Uruguay), poet & songwriter
• Gladys Afamado (b. 1925, Uruguay), poet & artist
• Anastasia Afanasieva (b. 1982, Ukraine), physician, poet, writer & translator
• Janet Afary (living, Iran/Persia/United States), historian & religious wr.
• Mahnaz Afkhami (b. 1941, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & rights activist
• Ishrat Afreen (b. 1956, Pakistan), poet
• Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910, Italy), poet
• Smita Agarwal (b. 1958, India), poet & academic
• Sheetal Agashe (b. 1977, India), poet
• Patience Agbabi (b. 1965, England), poet
• Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France), poet
• Charlotte Agell (b. 1959, Sweden/United States), nv. & ch. wr.
• Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929–2020, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv., pw. & essayist
• Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989, Azerbaijan/Turkey/Ottoman Empire), legal wr.
• Pinky Agnew (b. 1955, New Zealand), pw.
• Kelli Russell Agodon (b. 1969, United States), poet, wr. & editor
• Marjorie Agosín (b. 1955, Chile), rights activist
• Gerty Agoston (living, Hu/United States), pw. & nv.
• Marie d'Agoult (1805–1876, France), fiction wr. & historian
• Agripina Samper Agudelo (1833–1892, Comoros), poet
• Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuba), poet
• Silvia Agüero (born 1985, Spain), feminist wr.
• Josefa Toledo de Aguerri (1866–1962, Nicaragua), social wr.
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1847, England), nv. & wr.
• Mila D. Aguilar (b. 1949, Philippines), poet & es.
• Anna Aguilar-Amat (b. 1962, Spain), poet & es. in Catalan
• Francisca Aguirre (1930–2019, Spain), poet
• Mirta Aguirre (1912–1980, Cuba), poet & nv.
• Milena Agus (b. 1959, Italy), nv.
• Ucu Agustin (b. 1976, Indonesia), wr. & filmmaker
• Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay), poet

Ah–An

• Freda Ahenakew (1932–2011, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & academic
• Cecelia Ahern (b. 1981, Ireland), nv.
• Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800, Sweden), feminist wr., poet & editor
• Rukhsana Ahmad (b. 1948, Pakistan/England), wr. & translator
• Pegah Ahmadi (b. 1974, Iran/Persia), poet, scholar & critic
• Mimoza Ahmeti (b. 1963, Albania), poet & wr.
• Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (b. 1963, Denmark), wr. & academic
• Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden), fiction wr.
• Zeynep Ahunbay (b. 1946, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), conservation wr.
• Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr.
• Renate Aichinger (b. 1976, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & director
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & pw.
• Naja Marie Aidt (b. 1963, Denmark), poet & wr.cat
• Victoria Aihar (b. 1978, Uruguay), nv.
• Ginny Aiken (b. 1955, Cuba/United States), fiction wr.
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England), nv.
• Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece), poet
• Sarona Aiono-Iosefa (b. 1962, New Zealand), ch. wr.
• Ashia (died 1009/1010, Spain), poet in Arabic
• Amanda Aizpuriete (b. 1956, Latvia), poet & translator
• Tobiloba Ajayi (living, Nigeria), wr. & campaigner
• Iris Akahoshi (1929–1987, United States), wr. for Amnesty International
• Miriam Akavia (1927–2015, Poland/Israel), mem. & Hc. survivor
• Akiko Akazome (赤染晶子, 1974–2017, Japan), fiction wr.
• Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – post-1041), poet & historian
• Miriam Akavia (1927–2015, Poland/Israel), wr. & translator
• Grace Akello (b. 1950, Uganda), poet, es. & folklorist
• Anna Åkerhjelm (1647–1693, Sweden), wr. & traveler
• Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
• Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden), poet, wr. & artist
• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
• Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russia/Soviet Union), poet; Requiem
• Shaheen Akhtar (b. 1962, Bangladesh), fiction wr.
• Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865–1927, Azerbaijan), pw. & teacher
• Gülten Akın (1933–2015, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
• Risu Akizuki (秋月りす, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
• Layla al-Akhyaliyya (7th century, Ancient Arabia), poet
• Elena Akselrod (b. 1932, Soviet Union/Israel), poet
• Seza Kutlar Aksoy (b. 1945, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), ch. wr.
• Ogdo Aksyonova (1936–1995, Soviet Union/Russia), poet in Dolgan
• Magaly Alabau (b. 1945, Cuba/United States), poet & theater director
• Susanna Alakoski (b. 1962, Finland), nv. & lecturer in Swedish
• Zuleika Alambert (1922–2012, Brazil), feminist wr.
• Mathilde Alanic (1864–1948, France), nv. & ss.
• Outi Alanne (b. 1967, Finland), autobiographer
• Abimbola Alao (living, Nigeria), poet, fiction wr. & storyteller
• Alev Alatlı (b. 1944, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), economist & nv.
• Ave Alavainu (1942–2022, Estonia), poet
• Suzanne Alaywan (b. 1974, Lebanon), poet & painter
• Caterina Albert (1869–1966, Spain), modernist wr.
• Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, United States) non-f. wr. & drama.
• Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France), poet
• Alice Albinia (b. 1976, England), non-f. wr.
• Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia), poet & academic
• Daniela Albizu (1936-2015, Spain), academic, wr,, & councillor
• Núria Albó (b. 1930, Spain), poet & nv.
• Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990, Spain), poet
• Martha Albrand (1914–1981, Germany/United States), nv.
• Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Slovenia), poet & YA wr.
• Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), political wr. & mem.
• Florența Albu (1934–2000, Romania), poet
• Erlinda K. Alburo (living, Philippines), Cebuano scholar
• Isabel Alçada (b. 1950, Portugal), ch. wr.
• Deborah Alcock (1835–1913, Ireland/England), nv.
• Mary Alcock (c. 1742–1798, England), poet & philanthropist
• Sinforosa Alcordo, Cebuano fiction writer.
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, United States), nv.; Little Women
• Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011, Spain), fiction wr.
• Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930, United States), ch. wr.
• Julia Carter Aldrich (1834–1924, United States), wr.
• Sarah Aldridge (1911–2006, Brazil/United States), feminist wr.
• Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua), poet, es. & nv.
• Georgia Alexander (1868–1928, United States), textbook wr. & edu.
• Grace Alexander (1872–1951, United States), wr. & journalist
• Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952, Spain), medical wr.
• Marilar Aleixandre (b. 1947, Spain), nv. & poet in Galician
• Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960, Italy), nv.
• Tatiana Aleshina (b. 1961, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & musician
• Brigitte Alexander (1911–1995, Germany/Mexico), pw. & screenwriter
• Elizabeth Alexander (b. 1962, United States), poet, es. & pw.
• Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895, Ireland/England), hymnist & poet
• Eleanor Jane Alexander (1857–1939, Ireland), poet & nv.
• Meena Alexander (1951–2018, India), poet & scholar
• Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994, Sweden), wr. & translator
• Elena Alexieva (b. 1975, Bulgaria), fiction wr. & poet
• Svetlana Alexievich (b. 1948, Ukraine/Belarus), non-f. wr. & col.; 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Elli Alexiou (c. 1894–1986, Greece/Hungary), fiction wr. & educator
• Munira Al-Fadhel (b. 1958, Bahrain), wr. & academic
• Mirra Alfassa (The Mother, 1878–1973, France), mystic & wr.
• Estrella Alfon (1917–1983, Philippines), fiction wr. in English
• Edna Alford (b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & editor
• María Luisa Algarra (1916–1957, Spain/Mexico), pw.
• Asma al-Ghul (b. 1982, Palestine), political wr.
• Mrs Meer Hassan Ali (fl.1832) British born writer about Muslim life in India
• Monica Ali (b. 1967, Bangladesh/England), nv. & es.
• Samina Ali (living, India/United States), nv. & activist
• Florina Alías (1921–1999, Spain), wr.
• Maria Dolors Alibés (1941–2009, Spain), ch. wr.
• Margarita Aliger (1915–1992, Soviet Union), poet & es.
• Bisera Alikadić (b. 1939, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
• Margaret Alington (1920–2012, New Zealand), local historian
• Jane Alison (b. 1961, Australia), nv. & memoir wr.
• Dilshad Aliyarli (b. 1962, Azerbaijan), wr.
• Dilara Aliyeva (1929–1991, Azerbaijan), philologist & activist
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1947–1996, Iran/Persia), poet & fiction wr.
• Laila al-Juhani (b. 1969, Serbia), fiction wr.
• Zaynab Alkali (b. 1950, Nigeria), fiction wr. & poet
• Al-Khansā (7th century, Ancient Arabia), poet
• Jani Allan (b. 1952, South Africa/United States), col.
• Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France), nv. & es.
• Candace Allen (b. 1950, United States/England), nv., activist & screenwriter
• Hannah Allen (b. 1638, England), wr.
• Liz Allen (b. 1969, Ireland), wr. on crime & nv.
• Pamela Allen (b. 1934, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Lisa Allen-Agostini (b. 1960s, Trinidad), journalist, fiction wr. & poet
• Eliza Crosby Allen (1803-1848, United States), rel. ed.
• Isabel Allende (b. 1942, Chile/United States), nv.; Eva Luna
• Lauren K. Alleyne (b. 1979, Trinidad/United States), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
• Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908–1996, West Indies), wr.
• Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011, Soviet Union), wr. & lecturer
• Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England), crime wr.
• Dorothy Allison (b. 1949, United States), wr. & speaker
• Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn (1847–1916, United States), wr., correspondent & poet
• Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862–1934, Brazil), nv.
• Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil), fiction wr.
• Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830–1880, Argentina/Uruguay), wr., nv., SS wr. & poet
• Rita Almeida (b. 1974, Portugal), economist
• Cora Almerino (living, Philippines), Cebuano poet
• Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre-1184, France), poet
• Fatin al-Murr (b. 1969, Lebanon), fiction wr. & academic
• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia), poet in Arabic
• Dora Alonso (1910–2001, Cuba), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
• Marianne Alopaeus (1918–2014, Finland), nv. & es. in Swedish
• Concha Alós (1926–2011, Spain), nv.
• Faouzia Aloui (b. 1957, Tunisia), poet & fiction wr.
• Blanche d'Alpuget (b. 1944, Australia), biographer & nv.
• Hanan al-Shaykh (b. 1945, Lebanon/England), fiction wr.
• Fawziyya al-Sindi (b. 1957, Bahrain), poet & activist
• Tove Alsterdal (born 1960, Sweden), journalist, pw. & crime fiction wr.
• Al Altaev (1872–1959, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr.
• Fatima al-Taytun (b. 1962, Bahrain), poet
• Phyllis Altman (1919–1999, South Africa), political wr. in English
• Mor Altshuler (b. 1957, Israel), scholar & wr.
• Amparo Alvajar (1916–1998, Spain), wr. & pw.
• Mia Alvar (living, Philippines/United States), fiction wr. in English
• Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009, Mexico), poet & politician
• Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia), poet in English
• Julia Álvarez (b. 1950, Dominica/United States), poet, nv. & es.
• María Álvarez de Guillén (1889–1980, El Salvador), nv.
• Betti Alver (1906–1989, Estonia), poet
• Miriam Alves (b. 1952, Brazil), wr. & poet
• Moniza Alvi (b. 1954, Pakistan/England), poet & wr.
• Barbro Alving (1909–1987, Sweden), col. & feminist
• Fanny Alving (1874–1955, Sweden), nv.
• Karin Alvtegen (b. 1965, Sweden), nv.
• Encarnacion Alzona (1895–1901, Philippines), historian & suffragist
• Ifi Amadiume (b. 1947, Nigeria), poet, anthropologist & es.
• Narcisa Amália (1856–1925, Brazil), poet & activist
• Akira Amano (天野明, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
• Chihiro Amano (天野千尋, b. 1982, Japan), screenwriter
• Kozue Amano (天野こずえ, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
• Ana Luísa Amaral (1956–2022, Portugal), poet, nv. & es.
• Maria Adelaide Amaral (b. 1942, Portugal/Brazil), pw. & screenwriter
• Suzana Amaral (1932–2020, Brazil), screenwriter
• Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France), wr. & poet
• Gabriella Ambrosio (b. 1954, Italy), nv. & es.
• Claudia Amengual (b. 1969, Uruguay), nv. & es.
• Begoña Ameztoy (b. 1951, Spain), screenwriter & painter
• Elizabeth Frances Amherst (c. 1716–1779, England), poet & naturalist
• Adibah Amin (b. 1936, Malaysia), fiction wr. & radio pw.
• Lady Amin (1886–1983, Iran/Persia), theologian & mystic
• Mahshid Amirshahi (b. 1937, Iran/Persia), fiction wr. & critic
• Balamani Amma (1909–2004, India), poet
• K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1975, India), fiction wr.
• Jo van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966, Netherlands), nv.
• Regina Amollo (b. c. 1954, Uganda), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico), poet
• Elisa S. Amore (b. 1984, Italy), nv.
• Jaleh Amouzgar (b. 1939, Iran/Persia), scholar on Iran
• Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Tunisia/Algeria), wr. & singer
• Teresa Amy (1950–2017, Uruguay), poet
• Loula Anagnostaki (1928–2017, Greece), pw.
• Tahmima Anam (b. 1975, Bangladesh/England), fiction wr.
• Valerie Anand (b. 1937, England), fiction wr.
• Virginie Ancelot (1792–1875, France), wr., pw. & painter
• Tamara De Anda (b. 1983, Mexico), social wr.
• Andaiye (1942–2019, Guyana), non-f. wr. & activist
• Annemette Kure Andersen (b. 1962, Denmark), poet & editor
• Clara Andersen (1826–1995, Denmark), pw. & fiction wr.
• Emilie Andersen (1895–1970, Denmark), historian & archivist
• Ingrid Andersen (b. 1965, South Africa), poet in English
• Marguerite Andersen (1924–2022, Germany/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., editor & academic
• Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Deborah Anderson (b. 1970), wr., musician & filmmaker
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia), poet, nv. & painter
• Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia), fiction wr.
• Laurie Halse Anderson (b. 1961, United States), ch. & YA wr.
• Lena Anderson (b. 1939, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Rachel Anderson (b. 1943, England), ch. & YA wr.
• Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England), ch. wr., biographer & screenwriter
• Gail Anderson-Dargatz (b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Pamela Andersson (b. 1965, Sweden), col.
• Emma Andijewska (b. 1931, Ukraine), poet & fiction wr.
• Agustina Andrade (1858–1891, Argentina), poet
• Alix André (1909–2000, France), nv.
• Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, Namibia), nv. & teacher
• Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany), psychoanalyst & es.
• Isabella Andreini (1562–1604, Italy), pw., poet & actor
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Paraguay), poet & wr.
• Blanca Andreu (b. 1959, Spain), poet
• Eliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931, United States), nv. & wr.
• Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, Scotland/New Zealand), pw., poet & nv.
• Marie Louise Andrews (1849–1891, United States), fiction wr. & col.
• Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998, Ukraine), Esperantist & autobiographer
• Hana Andronikova (1967–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & pw.
• Sofia Andrukhovych (b. 1982, Ukraine), non-f. wr.
• Harriet Anena (living, Uganda), poet & col.
• Albalucía Ángel (b. 1939, Comoros), fiction wr. & es.
• Ángela María de la Concepción (1649–1690, Spain), mystical wr.
• Maya Angelou (1928–2014, United States), autobiographer & poet
• Jane Anger (late 16th century, England), wr.
• Lola Anglada (1893–1984, Spain), wr. & illustrator
• Maria Àngels Anglada (1930–1999, Spain), poet & nv.
• Christine Angot (b. 1959, France), nv. & pw.
• María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea), wr.
• Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland), poet in Braid Scots & English
• Loreta Anilionytė (living, Lithuania), philosopher & nv.
• Joan Anim-Addo (living, Grenada/England), academic, poet, pw. & publisher
• Domna Anisimova (c. 1810s – death date unknown, Russia), poet
• Yu Anjin (유안진, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & academic
• Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway), nv. & pw.
• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England), nv., wr. & musician
• Threes Anna (b. 1959, Netherlands), nv. & producer
• Varvara Annenkova (1795–1866, Russia), poet
• Nina Pávlovna Annenkova-Bernár (c. 1862–1933, Russia), pw. & actor
• Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya (1840–1915, Russia), YA wr.
• Moyoco Anno (安野モヨコ, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
• Núria Añó (b. 1973, Spain), wr. & nv. in Catalan
• Noushafarin Ansari (b. 1939, India/Iran/Persia), wr. on librarianship
• Olga Anstei (1912–1985, Soviet Union/United States), poet & Hc. survivor
• Manana Antadze (b. 1945, Germany), wr. & translator
• Ikram Antaki (1948–2000, Syria/Mexico), social wr.
• Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909–1987, India), wr. & reformer
• Süreyya Aylin Antmen (b. 1981, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & es.
• Enriqueta Antolín (1941–2013, Spain), nv.
• Dorila Antommarchi (1850s–1923, Comoros), poet
• Elmira Antommarchi (19th century, Comoros), poet
• Hortensia Antommarchi (1850–1915, Colombia), poet
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, United States), wr., poet & activist

Ao–Az

• Temsüla Ao (1945–2022, India), poet, fiction wr. & ethnographer
• Colette Nic Aodha (b. 1967, Ireland), poet & wr.
• Yasuko Aoike (青池保子, b. 1948, Japan), manga creator
• Kotomi Aoki (青木琴美, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator
• Ume Aoki (蒼樹うめ, b. 1981, Japan), manga creator
• Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria), autobiographer
• Nanae Aoyama (青山七恵, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
• Lisa Appignanesi (b. 1946, Poland/England), nv. & activist
• Marta Aponte Alsina (b. 1945, Puerto Rico), nv. & academic
• Elena Apreleva (1846–1923, Russia/France), fiction wr.
• Iffat Ara (b. 1939, Bangladesh), fiction wr. & activist
• Kiyoko Arai (あらいきよこ, living, Japan), manga creator
• Motoko Arai (新井素子, b. 1960, Japan), science fiction & fantasy wr.
• Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556, Italy), poet, wr. & philosopher
• Diego Aramburo (b. 1971, Bolivia), pw. & director
• Hiromu Arakawa (荒川弘, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
• Marie Arana (living, Peru/United States), col. & critic
• Consuelo Araújo (1940–2001, Comoros), wr. & politician
• Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Comoros), wr. & academic
• Reina Torres de Araúz (1932–1982, Panama), ethnographer & academic
• Nezihe Araz (1920–2009, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), stage & TV pw.
• Maria Arbatova (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), nv., pw. & poet
• Azalaïs d'Arbaud (1834–1917, France), wr. in Occitan
• Sophie d'Arbouville (1810–1850, France), fiction wr. & poet
• Liwayway Arceo (1924–1999, Philippines), fiction wr. & scriptwriter
• Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848, Iran/Persia), poet & historian
• Elvia Ardalani (b. 1963, Mexico), wr., poet & storyteller
• Henri Ardel (1863-1938, France), nv.
• Jane Arden (1927–1982, Wales), film director, pw. & nv.
• Clementina Arderiu (1889–1976, Spain), poet in Catalan
• Karen Ardiff (living, Ireland), playwright & nv.
• Araceli Ardón (b. 1958, Mexico), cultural wr.
• Wani Ardy (b. 1984, Malaysia), poet & songwriter
• Olga Arefieva (b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & musician
• Concepción Arenal (1820–1893, Spain), poet, pw. & feminist
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/England), political theorist The Human Condition
• Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819–1901, United States), wr. & editor
• Héloïse d'Argenteuil (c. 1101–1164, France), scholar & abbess in Latin
• Mariana Sansón Argüello (1918–2002, Nicaragua), poet
• Pilar Benejam Arguimbau (b. 1937, Spain), geographer & educator
• Xela Arias (1962–2003, Spain), poet in Galician
• Yemisi Aribisala (b. 1973, Nigeria), es., painter & mem.
• Meltem Arıkan (b. 1968, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & pw.
• Hiro Arikawa (有川浩, b. 1972, Japan), nv.
• Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan), nv.
• Lesley Nneka Arimah (b. 1983, Nigeria), fiction wr.
• Catherine Arley (1922–2016, France), nv.
• Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé (1830–1918, France), wr., biographer & historian
• Ayşe Arman (b. 1969, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), social wr.
• Rae Armantrout (b. 1947, United States), wr., language poet & academic
• Concepción Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937, Mexico), wr. & mystic
• Claire Armitstead (living, England), journalist & essayist
• Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Karen Armstrong (b. 1944, England), wr. on religion; A History of God
• Kelley Armstrong (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
• Louise Armstrong (1937–2008, United States), wr. & feminist
• Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia), pw. & farmer
• Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland), pw., poet & nv.
• Bergljót Arnalds (b. 1968, Iceland), ch. wr.
• Angélique Arnaud (1797–1884, France), nv. & feminist wr.
• Elena Arnedo (1941–2015, Spain), non-f. wr. & activist
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany), wr. & nv.
• Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941, Australia/England), nv. wr.
• Elizabeth Arnold (b. 1958, United States), poet
• Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, United States), textbook wr.
• Joanne Arnott (b. 1960, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. in Métis
• Harriette Arnow (1908–1986, United States), nv.
• Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland), poet, pw. & translator
• Tuuve Aro (b. 1973, Finland), fiction wr. & film critic
• Geraldine Aron (b. 1951, Ireland), pw.
• Stina Aronson (1892–1956, Sweden), fiction wr.
• Jyoti Arora (b. 1977, India), fiction wr.
• Rosa Maria Arquimbau (1909–1992, Spain), nv. & pw. in Catalan
• Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta (b. 1947, Uruguay), essayist
• Marina Arrate (b. 1957, Chile), poet & psychologist
• Inés Arredondo (1928–1989, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr. & es.
• Celinda Arregui (1864–1941, Chile), feminist wr.
• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (b. 1944, Paraguay), poet & nv.
• Mary Arrigan (b. 1943, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England), nv. & politician
• Suzanne Arruda (living, United States), mystery nv.
• Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Serbia), wr.
• Antonia Arslan (b. 1938, Italy), critic & nv.
• Tita Kovač Artemis (1930–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), biographer & chemist
• Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971, United States), poet, non-f. wr., short story wr.
• Keri Arthur (b. 1967, Australia), nv.
• Portia Arthur (b. 1990, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & educator
• Inga Arvad (1913–1973, Denmark/United States), col.
• Ingrid Arvidsson (1919–2023, Sweden), poet & diplomat
• Akram Monfared Arya (b. 1946, Iran/Persia/Sweden), social wr.
• Mariko Asabuki (朝吹真理子, b. 1984, Japan), nv. & es.
• Yū Asagiri (朝霧夕, 1956–2018, Japan), manga creator
• Makate Asai (朝井まかて, b. 1959, Japan), nv.
• George Asakura (ジョージ朝倉, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
• Amma Asante (b. 1969, England), filmmaker & screenwriter
• Devorà Ascarelli (fl. 16th century, Italy), poet
• Duygu Asena (1946–2006, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), non-f. wr.
• Julia de Asensi (1859–1921, Spain), fiction & ch. wr.
• Matilde Asensi (b. 1962), nv.
• Ranjana Ash (1924–2015, India/England), wr., critic & academic
• Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004, Australia), nv.
• Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England), child wr.; The Young Visiters
• Hinako Ashihara (芦原妃名子, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
• Ashitha (1956–2019, India), fiction wr. & poet
• Melissa Ashley (b. 1973, Australia), nv.
• Anastasia Ashman (b. 1964, United States), wr. & producer
• Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England), nv.
• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, New Zealand), nv., poet & educator
• Sara Ashurbeyli (1906–2001, Azerbaijan), historian & orientalist
• Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546, England), poet & martyr
• Sekar Ayu Asmara (living, Indonesia), screenwriter
• Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Nigeria), poet & princess
• Izumi Aso (麻生いずみ, b. 1960, manga creator
• Isa Asp (1853–1872, Finland), poet
• Aspazija (1865–1943, Russia/Latvia), poet & pw.
• Asphyxia (living, Australia), ch. wr. & puppeteer
• Marie Aspioti (1909–2000, Gk), wr. & poet
• Ruth Aspöck (b. 1947, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & poet
• Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England), nv. & diarist
• Ros Asquith (living, England), cartoonist, ch. wr. & illustrator
• Margot Asquith (1864–1945, England), wr.
• Mina Assadi (b. 1943, Iran/Persia), poet, wr. & songwriter
• Ludmilla Assing (1821–1880, Germany/Italy), editor & biographer
• Leilah Assunção (b. 1943, Brazil), wr. & pw.
• Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (1858/1859–1921, Iran/Persia), wr. & satirist
• Judith Astelarra (b. 1943, Argentina/Spain), sociologist
• Mary Astell (1666–1731, England), feminist wr. & rhetorician
• Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia), fiction wr. & poet
• Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia), blind poet & prose wr.
• Elisa Hall de Asturias (1900–1982, Guatemala), nv. & biographer
• Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia), prose-poet & academic
• Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948, United States), wr.
• Mary Alderson Chandler Atherton (1849–1934, United States), non-f. wr.
• Diana Athill (1917–2019, England), editor, nv. & mem.
• Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942, United States), wr., col. & teacher
• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia), nv., botanist & illustrator
• Kate Atkinson (b. 1951, England), nv.
• M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, Mary Evelyn Atkinson, England), ch. nv.
• Sarah Atkinson (1823–1893, Ireland), biographer & es.
• Tiffany Atkinson (b. 1972, England/Wales), poet & academic
• Sefi Atta (b. 1964, Nigeria), wr. & pw.
• Ayesha Harruna Attah (b. 1983, Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
• Karen Attard (b. 1958, Australia), fantasy & fiction wr.
• Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco), poet in Shilha
• Adaeze Atuegwu (b. 1977, Nigeria), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (b. 1984, United States), nv.
• Margaret Atwood (b. 1939, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet & critic
• Madeleine de l'Aubépine (1546–1596, France), poet
• Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1731, England), nv. & translator
• Gwenaëlle Aubry (b. 1971, France), nv. & philosopher
• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, England/Australia), academic, critic & poet
• Aude (1947–2012, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Ashley Audrain (b. 1982, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Colette Audry (1906–1990, France), nv., screenwriter & critic
• Jean M. Auel (b. 1936, United States), nv.
• Anita Augspurg (1857–1943, Germany/Switzerland), wr. & activist
• Elisabeth Augustin (1903–2001, Germany/Netherlands), poet & fiction wr. in German & Dutch
• Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda), fiction wr. & poet
• Madame d'Aulnoy (c. 1650s – 1705, France), fairy-tale wr.
• Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
• Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Bukovina), poet in German & English
• Jane Austen (1775–1817, England), nv.; Pride & Prejudice
• Mary Austin (1868–1934, United States), wr.
• Sarah Austin (1793–1867, England), translator
• Violeta Autumn (1930–2012, Peru/United States), architect & cookery wr.
• Frau Ava (c. 1060–1127, Germany), first female wr. in German
• Yekaterina Avdeyeva (1788–1865, Russia), domestic wr.
• Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Curaçao), nv., pw. & poet
• Yevprime Avedisian (1872–1950), Armenian poet, sort story writer & autobiographer
• Christine Aventin (b. 1971, Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
• Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery (1844–1911, United States), wr., editor & educator
• Victoria Aveyard (b. 1990, United States), YA fantasy wr.
• Tusiata Avia (b. 1966, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
• Boni Avibus (b. 2002, Indonesia), pw., poet & actor
• Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (1909–1998, Lithuania/Israel), ch. wr. & educator
• Bunty Avieson (living, Australia), col. & nv.
• Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984, Lithuania/United States), col. & diplomat
• Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582, Spain), nun & mystic
• Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, editor & speaker
• Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Serbia), non-f. wr.
• Avvaiyar (fl. 1st-century), Tamil poet
• Avvaiyar (fl. 8th-century), Tamil poet
• Avvaiyar (fl. 12th-century), Tamil poet
• Mona Awad (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (b. 1949, New Zealand), academic
• Diane Awerbuck (b. 1974, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
• Marilou Awiakta (b. 1936, United States), Appalachian writer
• Suzanne Axell (b. 1955, Sweden), medical wr. & TV presenter
• Celine Axelos (1902–1992, Egypt), poet & speaker
• Majgull Axelsson (b. 1947, Sweden), col. & nv.
• Ángeles López de Ayala (1858–1926, Spain), pw & activist
• Cristina Ayala (1856–1936, Cuba), poet & col.
• Elysa Ayala (1879–1956, Ecuador), wr. & painter
• Aydilge (b. 1979, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr., poet & songwriter
• Margaret Ayer (died 1981, United States), wr. & illustrator
• Güzide Sabri Aygün (1886–1946, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
• May Ayim (1960–1996, Germany), poet
• Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984, Spain), poet
• Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria), poet & pw.
• Susanne Ayoub (b. 1956, Iran/Persia/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & filmmaker
• Pam Ayres (b. 1947, England), poet, songwriter & presenter
• Djenar Maesa Ayu (b. 1973, Indonesia), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Samiha Ayverdi (1905–1993, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & mystic
• Félicie d'Ayzac (1801–1881, France), poet & art historian
• Shamim Azad (b. 1952, Bangladesh/England), poet & fiction wr.
• Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. late 12th century), poet in Occitan
• Shokoofeh Azar (b. 1972, Iran/Persia), nv. & journalist
• Che Husna Azhari (b. 1955, Malaysia), fiction wr.
• Hind Azouz (1926–2015, Tunisia), fiction wr. & es.
• Margarita Azurdia (1931–1998, Guatemala), poet & painter
• Samira Azzam (1927–1967, Palestine/Lebanon), fiction wr.
• Trezza Azzopardi (b. 1961, Wales), fiction wr. & broadcaster

B

Ba–Bi

• Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal), nv.
• Sahar Baassiri (b. 1986, Lebanon), political wr. & col.
• Mozhgan Babamarandi (living, Iran/Persia), ch. & YA wr.
• Alaviyya Babayeva (1921–2014, Soviet Union/Azerbaijan), prose wr. & publicist
• Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Gabriela Babnik (b. 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & critic
• Yvonne Baby (1931–2022, France), journalist, nv. & critic
• Elena Bacaloglu (1878–1947/1949, Romania/Italy), novelist & politician
• Ida Baccini (1850–1911, Italy), ch. wr.
• Ingrid Bachér (b. 1930, Germany), pw. & screenwriter
• Yamina Bachir (1954–2022, Algeria), screenwriter & film director
• Maria Baciu (b. 1942, Romania), poet, novelist & ch. wr.
• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, pw. & nv.
• Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia), nv., scriptwriter & pw.
• Delia Bacon (1811–1859, United States), pw. & fiction wr.
• Anita Rau Badami (b. 1961, India/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Charlotte Baden (1740–1824, Denmark), wr. & correspondent
• Gabeba Baderoon (b. 1969, South Africa), poet in English
• Van Badham (b. 1974, Australia), pw. & nv.
• Yaba Badoe (b. 1954, Ghana/Gold Coast/England), nv. & filmmaker
• Liana Badr (b. 1950, Palestine), fiction wr.
• Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970, Germany/United States), Zionist & biographer
• Bae Suah (배수아, b. 1965, Korea), fiction wr. & poet
• Emma Baeri (b. 1942, Italy), historian & es.
• Jasodhara Bagchi (1937–2015, India), critic & activist
• Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England), wr. & pw.
• Anna Bagriana (b. 1981, Ukraine), nv., poet & pw.
• Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria), poet
• Annette Baier (1929–2012, New Zealand), philosopher
• Maria Baiulescu (1860–1941, Romania), encyclopedist & pw.
• Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland), poet & pw.
• Alice Bailey (1880–1949, England), mystic
• Amy Bailey (1895–1990, Jamaica), social col.
• Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863–1948, United States), ornithologist
• Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812–1888, United States), wr., editor, publisher, poet, lyricist
• Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/United States), non-f. wr., elocutionist, teacher
• Rosa Bailly (1890–1976, France), academic & activist
• Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, England), nv.
• Doreen Baingana (b. 1966, Uganda), fiction wr.
• Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (b. 1970, Ghana/Gold Coast), YA wr.
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (1930–2016, India/Pakistan), pw. & nv.
• Lidia Bajkowska (b. 1966, Poland), educator & nv.
• Latifa Baka (b. 1964, Morocco), fiction wr.
• Deb Baker (b. 1953, United States), mystery wr.
• Dorothy Baker (1907–1968, United States), nv.
• Hinemoana Baker (b. 1968, New Zealand), poet & educator
• Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926, England/New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr.
• Khnata bent Bakkar (d. 1754, Morocco), ruler & social analyst
• Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, South Africa), fiction wr. in Afrikaans
• Albena Bakratcheva (b. 1961, Bulgaria), transcendentalist
• Asma El Bakry (1947–2015, Egypt), wr. & film director
• Layla Balabakki (1936–2023, Lebanon), nv. & activist
• Bettina Balàka (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr., poet & pw.
• Margaret Balderson (b. 1935, Australia), ch. wr.
• Maria Baldó i Massanet (1884–1964, Spain), pedagogue, ethnologist, folklorist, non-f. wr.
• Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (b. 1949, Iceland), nv.
• Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, United States), fiction wr.
• Rowena Bali (b. 1977, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet
• Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007, Lithuania), poet & painter
• Rabia Balkhi (10th century, Iran/Persia), poet
• Zsófia Balla (b. 1949, Romania/Hungary), poet & es.
• Philippa Ballantine (b. 1971, New Zealand/United States), fiction wr.
• Solvej Balle (b. 1962, Denmark), nv. & radio pw.
• Inés Ballester (b. 1958, Spain), col. & cookery wr.
• Ada Ballin (1863–1906, England), wr. & col.
• Ingmāra Balode (b. 1981, Latvia), poet
• Mary Balogh (b. 1944, Wales), nv.
• Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443, Serbia), epistle wr.
• Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995, United States), wr., activist & academic
• Mary Ellen Bamford (1857–1946, United States), wr.
• Consort Ban (Ban Jieyu, Lady Pan, 班婕妤, c. 48 – c. 6 BC, China), scholar & poet
• Linda Vero Ban (b. 1976, Hungary), wr. on Jewishness
• Ban Zhao (班昭, 45–116 AD, China), first female Chinese historian
• Zsófia Bán (b. 1957, Brazil/Hungary), wr. & critic in Hungarian
• Carmen-Francesca Banciu (b. 1955, Romania), nv. & academic
• Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932–2019, France), poet, es. & academic
• Ellen Banda-Aaku (b. 1965, Zambia), fiction & ch. wr.
• Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837, Italy), poet & ballerina
• Helen Elliott Bandini (1854–1912, United States), history wr.
• Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia), wr. & activist
• Mariko Bando (坂東眞理子, b. 1946, Japan), social wr. & critic
• Sushmita Banerjee (1963/1964–2013, India), wr. & activist
• Mary Jo Bang (b. 1946, United States), poet
• Rakhshān Banietemad (b. 1954, Iran/Persia), screenwriter
• Banine (1905–1992, Azerbaijan/France), current affairs wr.
• Zsuzsa Bánk (b. 1965, Germany), nv.
• Dot Banks (United Kingdom), non-f. wr.
• Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959–2011, United States), wr.
• Maya Banks (living, United States), romance wr.
• Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, Scotland), poet
• Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland), ch. wr.; Little Black Sambo
• Tristane Banon (b. 1979, France), nv. & es.
• Rashmi Bansal (living, India), non-f. wr.
• Anna Banti (1895–1985, Italy), fiction wr. & autobiographer
• Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, fl. late 8th century AD, China), poet
• Bao Linghui (鲍令晖, fl. mid-5th century AD, China), poet
• Anni Baobei (励婕, b. 1974, China), nv.
• Amina Baraka (b. 1942, United States), poet & activist
• Iqbal Baraka (b. 1942, Egypt), fiction & social wr.
• Hoda Barakat (b. 1952, Lebanon/France), nv.
• Ibtisam Barakat (b. 1962, Palestine), poet, mem. & ch. wr.
• Najwa Barakat (b. 1966, Lebanon), nv. & film director
• Barbara Baraldi (living, Italy), nv.
• Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Poland), pw. & poet
• Jadwiga Barańska (b. 1935, Poland), screenwriter & actor
• Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004, Soviet Union), wr.
• Maria Barbal (b. 1949, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.
• Giuseppa Barbapiccola (1702 – c. 1740, Italy), natural philosopher & poet
• Bárbara de Santo Domingo (1842–1872, Spain), mystic wr.
• Teresa Giménez Barbat (b. 1955, Spain), anthropologist
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England), poet, es. & ch. wr.
• Margaret Barber (Michael Fairless, 1869–1901, England), nv. & ch. wr.
• Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1765, Ireland), poet
• Ros Barber (b. 1964, England), nv. & poet
• Muriel Barbery (b. 1969, Morocco/France), nv. & academic
• Teresita de Barbieri (1937–2018, Uruguay/Mexico), , non-f. wr., feminist sociologist
• Maria Tore Barbina (1940–2007, Italy), poet & translator
• Elia Barceló (b. 1957, Spain/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., ch. wr. & academic
• Alex Barclay (b. 1974, Ireland), crime wr.
• Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England), fiction wr.
• Leigh Bardugo (b. 1974, United States), young adult & fantasy wr.
• Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ireland), poet, nv. & pw.
• Joan Barfoot (b. 1946, Canada), nv.
• Serie Barford (living, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
• Simone Le Bargy (1877–1985, France), woman of letters
• Arvède Barine (1840–1908, France), wr. & historian
• Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England), col. & poet
• Nicola Barker (b. 1966, England), fiction wr.
• Pat Barker (b. 1943, England), nv.
• Susan Barker (b. 1978, England), nv.
• Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Soviet Union), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
• Jane Barlow (1856–1917, Ireland), nv. & poet
• Marjorie Barnard (with M. Barnard Eldershaw, 1897–1987, Australia), nv. & historian
• Mary Barnard (1909–2001, United States), poet & biographer
• Maria Barnas (b. 1973, Netherlands), nv., poet & artist
• Annie Maria Barnes (1857–?, United States), col., editor & wr.
• Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, United States), wr.
• Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886–1967, United States), wr.
• Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, United States), wr. & poet
• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, United States/France), pw., poet & nv.
• María Dámasa Jova Baró (1890–1940, Cuba), wr. & feminist
• Carmen Baroja (1883–1950, Spain), wr. & poet
• Ana Baron (1950–2015, Argentina), wr. & col.
• Odile Baron Supervielle (1915–2016, Uruguay/Argentina), wr., journalist
• Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda), ch. wr.
• Linda Maria Baros (b. 1981, Romania/France), poet & critic in French
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England), nv.
• Lisa Barr (living, United States), historical fiction wr. & journalist
• Miriam Barr (b. 1982, New Zealand), poet
• Emma de la Barra (1861–1947, Argentina), nv.
• Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006, Argentina), poet, storyteller & pw.
• Sarah Maria Barraud (c. 1923–1995, England/New Zealand), homemaker & correspondent
• Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016, Portugal), wr.
• Beatriz Peniche Barrera (1893–1976, Mexico), poet & feminist
• Andrea Barrett (b. 1954, United States), fiction wr.
• Lynne Barrett (living, United States), fiction wr. & editor
• Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales), editor & suffragette
• Margaret Barrington (1896–1982, Ireland), fiction & social wr.
• María Esperanza Barrios (1892–1932, Uruguay), political wr.
• Nuria Barrios (b. 1962, Spain), poet, fiction & non-f. wr.
• Pía Barros (b. 1956, Chile), fiction wr.
• Rachel Barrowman (b. 1963, New Zealand), historian & biographer
• Lalo Barrubia (b. 1967, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
• Angela Barry (living, Bermuda), wr. & educator
• Alicia Giménez Bartlett (b. 1951, Spain), nv.
• Agniya Barto (1906–1981, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & ch. wr.
• Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia), ch. wr. & educator
• Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia), poet
• Violet Barungi (b. 1943, Uganda), wr. & editor
• Mildred Barya (living, Uganda), poet
• Anabela Basalo (b. 1972, Serbia), fiction wr.
• Ada Lee Bascom (d. 1928, United States), novelist & playwright
• Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria), poet
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884, Russia/France), diarist & artist
• Talat Bassari (1923–2020, Iran/Persia), poet, feminist & academic
• Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia), historian & biographer
• Laura Bassi (1711–1778, Italy), physicist & academic
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (b. 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Julia Bastin (1888–1968, Belgium), academic & nv. in French
• Marjolein Bastin (b. 1943, Netherlands), nature & ch. wr. & illustrator
• Bani Basu (b. 1939, India), es. & poet
• Purabi Basu (b. 1949, Bangladesh), fiction wr. & activist
• Fira Basuki (b. 1972, Indonesia), nv.
• Felisa Batacan (living, Philippines), nv.
• Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda), col. & wr.
• Allie Bates (b. 1957, United States), wr.
• Clara Nettie Bates (1876–1966, United States), ed. & wr.
• Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia), anthropologist
• Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, United States), songwriter
• Margret Holmes Bates (1844–1927, United States), nv., poet, short story wr., non-f.
• Octavia Williams Bates (1846–1911, United States), suffragist, clubwoman & wr.
• Catherine Bateson (b. 1960, Australia), nv. & poet
• Janet Bathgate (c. 1806–1898, Scotland), autobiographer
• Najmieh Batmanglij (b. 1947, Iran/Persia/United States), chef & cookery wr.
• Eileen Battersby (c. 1958–2018, Ireland), critic
• Henrietta Battier (c. 1751–1813, Ireland), poet & satirist
• Laura Battiferri (1523–1589, Italy), poet
• Effie T. Battle (c. 1882 – post-1940, United States), poet & educator
• Dawn-Michelle Baude (b. 1959, United States), poet, col. & educator
• Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932, United States), nv.
• Baudovinia (fl. c. 600, France), wr. in Latin
• Blanche Baughan (1870–1958, New Zealand), poet & penal reformer
• Marguerite Baulu (1870–1942, Belgium), nv. in French
• Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Sara Baume (b. 1984, Ireland), nv.
• Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954, Germany), wr. & feminist
• Josephine Penfield Cushman Bateham (1829–1901, United States), social reformer, ed. & wr.
• Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023, Philippines), nv.
• Sophie Bawr (1773–1860, France), wr., pw. & composer
• Anna Dawbin (1816–1905, Australia), diarist
• Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, United States), wr. & journalist
• Oya Baydar (b. 1940, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & sociologist
• Ada Ellen Bayly (Edna Lyall, 1857–1903, England), nv.
• Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia), fiction wr.
• Molly Baz (United States), chef & cookery wr.
• Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921, Spain), es. & nv.
• Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (b. 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr., poet & pw.
• Lesley Beake (b. 1949, Scotland/South Africa), ch. wr.
• Anne Beale (1816–1900, Wales), nv. & poet
• Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish (1883–1969, Ireland/Switzerland), wr. & pw.
• Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Netherlands), Cistercian & early wr. in Dutch
• Louisa Beaufort (1781–1863, Ireland), wr. & antiquarian
• Fanny de Beauharnais (1737–1813, France), lady of letters & salonnière
• Aletta Beaujon (1933–2001, Curaçao), poet
• Fleur Beale (b. 1945, New Zealand), YA wr.
• Margaret Beames (1935–2016, New Zealand), ch. wr.
• Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, United States), wr., compiler
• Mercedes Bengoechea (b. 1952, Spain), sociolinguist, non-f. wr.
• Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892, England), wr.
• Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France), story & non-f. wr.
• Airini Beautrais (b. 1982, New Zealand), poet
• Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan (1818–1897, Ireland/Australia), poet & fiction wr.
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France), wr. & philosopher
• Dany Bébel-Gisler (1935–2003, Guadeloupe), nv.
• Bruna Beber (b. 1984, Brazil), poet & wr.
• Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova (1879–1952, Russia/France), nv. & actor
• Lola Beccaria (b. 1963, Spain), nv. & screenwriter
• Ángela Becerra (b. 1957, Comoros), poet & nv.
• Margaret Bechard (b. 1953, United States), ch. wr.
• Alison Bechdel (b. 1960, United States), cartoonist & mem.
• Mimí Bechelani (living, Mexico), TV screenwriter & poet
• Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland/France), nv. in French
• Alice Becker-Ho (b. 1941, China/France), non-f. wr. & poet
• Mary Beckett (1926–2013, Northern Ireland), radio pw. & fiction wr.
• Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands), ch. wr.
• Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547, France), wr. & philosopher
• Malati Bedekar (1905–2001, India), fiction wr.
• Jean Bedford (b. 1946, Australia), fiction wr.
• Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
• Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England), nv.
• Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Yolanda Bedregal (1916–1999, Bolivia), poet & nv.
• Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England), poet & critic
• Isabella Beeton (1836–1865, England), domestic wr.; Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
• Anne Beffort (1880–1966, Luxembourg), critic & biographer
• Jana Begum (fl. 17th century, India), scholar
• Ruth Behar (b. 1956, Cuba/United States), anthropologist
• Simin Behbahani (1927–2014, Iran/Persia), poet & activist
• Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England), pw., poet & nv.
• Mariam Behnam (1921–2014, Iran/Persia/Emirates), nv. & autobiographer
• Larissa Behrendt (b. 1969, Australia), legal academic & nv.
• Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany), nv. & educator
• Géraldine Beigbeder (living, France), nv. & screenwriter
• Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal), ch. & YA wr. & activist

Be–Bj

• Hélé Béji (b. 1948, Tunisia), nv. & es.
• Nazan Bekiroğlu (b. 1957, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & academic
• Hafsa Bekri (b. 1948, Morocco), poet & fiction wr.
• Maria Belakhova (1903–1969, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr. & educator
• Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808–1871, Italy), political wr.
• Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016, Trinidad), wr. & artist
• Souhayr Belhassen (b. 1943, Tunisia), activist & biographer
• Concepción Silva Belinzon (1903–1987, Uruguay), wr.
• Diane Bell (b. 1943, Australia), anthropologist
• Hilary Bell (b. 1966, Australia), pw.
• Susan Groag Bell (1926–2015, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), women's studies and autobiographer
• Vera Bell (1906 – post-1999, Jamaica/England), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Maud de Belleroche (1922–2017, France), nv.
• Diana Bellessi (b. 1946, Argentina), poet & es.
• Gioconda Belli (b. 1948, Nicaragua), revolutionary & wr.
• Samira Bellil (1972–2004, France), autobiographer
• Carolina Bello (b. 1983, Uruguay), fiction wr.
• Louise Swanton Belloc (1796–1881, France), translator
• Loleh Bellon (1925–1999, France), pw. & actor
• Yannick Bellon (1924–2019, France), screenwriter & film director
• Nassira Belloula (b. 1961, Algeria/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. in French
• Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. & ethnographer
• Vizma Belševica (1931–2005, Latvia), poet & autobiographer
• Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria/France), poet, fiction wr. & painter
• Margot Benary-Isbert (1889–1979, Germany/United States), ch. wr. in German & English
• Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco), poet & fiction wr.
• Rajae Benchemsi (b. 1957, Morocco), poet
• Esther Bendahan (b. 1964, Morocco/Spain), wr. in Spanish
• Augusta Bender (1846–1924, Germany), writer, poet, activist
• Karen E. Bender (living, United States), nv.
• Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923, Denmark), biographer
• Emma Lee Benedict (1857–1937, United States), editor, educator & wr.
• Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, United States), poet & wr.
• Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden), nv.
• Maria Beneyto (1925–2011, Spain), poet
• Božena Benešová (1873–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Sokhna Benga (b. 1967, Senegal), nv. & poet
• Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England), nv. & biographer
• Seyla Benhabib (b. 1950, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), political philosopher
• Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (b. 1952, Algeria), sociologist & politician
• Elisa Beni (b. 1965, Spain), social wr., col. & nv.
• Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria), poet & pw.
• Milena Benini (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Croatia), science fiction nv.
• Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales), nv.
• Louie Bennett (1870–1956, Ireland), wr. & suffragette
• Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica), poet & educator
• Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia), biographer & rights advocate
• Veronica Bennett (b. 1953, England), ch. nv.
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, United States), wr.
• Louise Bennett (1919–2006, Jamaica), poet & folklorist
• Khnata Bennouna (b. 1940, Morocco), fiction wr.
• Nel Benschop (1918–2005, Netherlands), poet
• Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921, United States), wr., newspaper pub. & ed.
• Sihem Bensedrine (b. 1950, Tunisia),
• Carol Bensimon (b. 1982, Brazil), fiction wr.
• Nettie Lee Benson (1905–1993, United States), archivist & historian
• Sally Benson (1897–1972, United States), screenwriter & fiction wr.
• Caroline French Benton (died 1923, United States), cookery wr.
• Juliette Benzoni (1920–2016, France), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Nina Berberova (1901–1993, Russia/France), fiction wr.
• Lydia Berdyaev (1871–1945, Russia/France), poet
• Amanda Berenguer (1921–2010, Uruguay), poet
• Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969, Germany), nv.
• Maimu Berg (b. 1945, Estonia), wr. & critic
• Sibylle Berg (b. 1968, Switzerland), fiction wr., es. & pw. in German
• Charlotta Berger (1784–1852, Sweden), fiction wr. & poet
• Olga Bergholz (1910–1975, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
• Tara Bergin (b. 1974, Ireland), poet
• Anne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020, Sweden), poet, fiction wr. & artist
• Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975, Finland), wr. & pw.
• Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden), wr. & illustrator
• Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Aimée Daniell Beringer (1856–1936, United States), pw. & nv.
• Sara Berkeley (b. 1967, Ireland), poet
• Alexandra Berková (1949–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & educator
• Lucia Berlin (1936–2004, United States), short story wr.
• Giuliana Berlinguer (1933–2014, Italy), screenwriter & nv.
• Sabina Berman (b. 1955, Mexico), fiction wr. & col.
• Mònica Bernabé (b. 1972, Spain), col. & wr.
• Catherine Bernard (1662–1712, France), poet, pw. & nv.
• Gabrielle Bernard (1893–1963, Belgium), poet in French
• Patricia Bernard (b. 1942, Australia), fiction wr.
• Tati Bernardi (b. 1979, Brazil), fiction & screenwriter
• Paulette Bernège (1896–1973, France), household & non-f. wr.
• Juliana Berners (14th & 15th centuries, England), wr. on medieval pursuits
• Emmanuèle Bernheim (1955–2017, France), screenplay wr. & nv.
• Jovette Bernier (1900–1981, Canada/Newfoundland), col., nv., & poet
• Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & account of Theresienstadt concentration camp
• Rose Berryl (b. 1982, Belgium), fantasy wr. in French
• Bertice Berry (b. 1960, United States), sociologist, wr. & educator
• Julie Berry b. 1974, United States), ch. & YA wr.
• Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, b. 1947, China/United States), poet & pw.
• Louise Bertin (1905–1977, France), poet & composer
• Michelle Suárez Bértora (b. 1983, Uruguay), social wr.
• Aurora Bertrana (1892–1974, Spain), fiction wr.
• Betty Berzon (1928–2006, United States), wr.
• Annie Besant (1847–1933, England), theosophist & activist
• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Bessora (b. 1968, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
• Eva Best (1851–1925, United States), ss. wr., poet, dramatist
• Mireille Best (1943–2005, France), fiction wr.
• Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England), diarist, poet & woman of letters
• Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England), nv., poet & travel wr.
• Marion Bethel (b. 1953, Bahamas), poet & activist
• Nicolette Bethel (living, Bahamas), wr. & anthropologist
• Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, England/New Zealand), poet
• Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary), mem.
• Doris Betts (1932–2012, United States), fiction wr. & es.
• Jean Betts (living, England/New Zealand), pw. & actor
• Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, South Africa), fiction & radio drama wr. in Afrikaans
• Lauren Beukes (b. 1976, South Africa), fiction wr. & television screenwriter in English
• Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
• Cvetka Bevc (b. 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & prose & ch. wr.
• Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–30, England), pamphleteer
• L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England), poet, anarchist & es.
• Maïssa Bey (b. 1950, Algeria), wr. & educator
• Niloofar Beyzaie (b. 1967, Iran/Persia), pw.
• Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Sheila Bhatia (1916–2008, India), poet & pw.
• Sujata Bhatt (b. 1956, India), poet
• Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya (b. 1927, India), poet & critic
• Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950–2011, India), nv.
• Fatima Bhutto (b. 1982, Afghanistan/Pakistan), nv. & social wr.
• Ewa Białołęcka (b. 1967, Poland), fiction wr.
• Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991, Uruguay), critic
• Angela Bianchini (1921–2018, Italy), fiction wr. & critic
• Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England), wr.
• Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France), wr. in French
• Nina Bichuya (b. 1937, Ukraine), nv. & ch. wr.
• Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England), Quaker pamphleteer
• Elizabeth Biddulph, Baroness Biddulph (1834–1916, England), non-f. w. & Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria
• Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, Wales), poet
• Agnieszka Biedrzycka (living, Poland), historian
• Dorothea Biehl (1731–1788, Denmark), pw.
• Nella Bielski (1930s–2020, Ukraine/France), wr. & actor
• Gisèle Bienne (b. 1946, France), nv.
• Linda Bierds (b. 1945, United States), poet & professor
• Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands), ch. wr.
• Alberta Bigagli (1928–2017, Italy), psychologist & poet
• Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, United States), author
• Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, United States), poet and author
• Barbara Biggs (b. 1956, Australia), wr. & campaigner
• Juana Bignozzi (1937–2015, Argentina), poet & translator
• Anna Bijns (1493–1575, Flanders), humanism in Dutch & French
• Elisheva Bikhovski (1888–1949, Russia/Israel), poet, critic & translator
• Üstün Bilgen-Reinart (b. 1947, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. wr.
• Shahbano Bilgrami (living, Pakistan/United States), poet & es.
• S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland), nv. & poet in French
• Raphaële Billetdoux (b. 1951, France), nv.
• Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Natalka Bilotserkivets (b. 1954, Ukraine), poet
• Maeve Binchy (1939–2012, Ireland), fiction wr., pw. & col.
• Ama Biney (b. 1960s, England), historian & journalist
• Bing Xin (冰心, 1900–1999, China), fiction & ch. wr.
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179 Germany), mystic, pw. & poet in Latin
• Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Dörthe Binkert (b. 1949, Germany), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Judith Binney (1940–2011, New Zealand), historian & academic
• Carol Birch (b. 1951, England), nv.
• Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (c. 1800–1868, Germany), pw. & actor
• Christina Regina von Birchenbaum (fl. 17th century, Finland), poet
• Carmel Bird (b. 1940, Australia), fiction wr.
• Hera Lindsay Bird (b. 1987, New Zealand), poet
• Isabella Bird (1831–1904, England), traveller & wr.
• Poldy Bird (1941–2018), Argentina), poet & es.
• Sandra Birdsell (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Anne Birk (1942–2009, Germany), nv., history wr. & pw.
• Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia), nv. & poet
• Becky Birtha (b. 1948, United States), poet & ch. wr.
• Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia), fiction wr., poet & travel wr.
• Anne Bishop (living, United States), fantasy nv.
• Eleanor Bishop (director) (New Zealand), playwright
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, United States), poet & wr.
• Emily Montague Mulkin Bishop (1858–1916, United States), wr.
• Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica), wr., artist & photographer
• Yael Bitrán (b. 1965, Chile/Mexico), non-f. wr.
• Zoubeida Bittari (b. 1939, Algeria) writer
• Adriana Bittel (b. 1946, Romania), critic & fiction wr.
• Isidora Bjelica (1967–2020, Serbia), wr. & pw.
• Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia), nv.
• Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (b. 1982, Iceland), wr. & folklorist
• Christina Björk (b. 1938, Sweden), wr. & ch. book wr.
• Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (b. 1948, Iceland), writer & educator
• Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), writer & actor
• Louise Bjørnsen (1824–1899, Denmark), fiction wr.

Bl–Br

• Clementina Black (1853–1922, England), nv. & political wr.
• Emily Lucas Blackall (1832–1892, United States), wr. & philanthropist
• Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s–1660s, England), Quaker wr. & preacher
• E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894, Ireland), wr. & nv.
• Malorie Blackman (b. 1962, Barbados/England), ch. & YA fiction wr. & pw.
• Anauta Blackmore (c. 1890–1965, Canada), memoirist, YA
• Ellen Blackwell (1864–1952, England/New Zealand), botanist
• Sara Blædel (b. 1964, Denmark), crime wr.
• Isa Blagden (1816/1817–1873, England/Italy), nv. & poet
• Marina Blagojević (1958–2020, Serbia), wr. on gender
• Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia), nv., col. & biographer
• Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932, United States), wr.
• Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet, & pw.
• Inés Joyes y Blake (1731–1808, Spain), Enlightenment wr.
• Jan Blake (fl 1988, UK), storyteller and wr.
• Anna Blaman (1905–1960, Netherlands), nv. & poet
• Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England), poet
• Neltje Blanchan (1865–1918, United States), nature wr.
• Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte (1830–1897, France), poet
• Carmen Blanco (b. 1954, Spain), feminist wr.
• Yolanda Blanco (b. 1954, Nicaragua), poet
• Ana Blandiana (b. 1942, Romania), poet & es.
• I. M. E. Blandin (1838–1912, United States), non-f. wr.
• Stella Blandy (1836–1925, France), woman of letters & feminist
• Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank (1932–2002, New Zealand), poet & educator
• Carla Blank (living, United States), wr., editor & educator
• Clair Blank (1915–1965, United States), mystery wr.
• Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1705, England), Quaker autobiographer
• Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891, Russia), theosophist & mystic
• Jaroslava Blažková (1933–2017, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), fiction & ch. wr.
• Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK), nf. wr.
• Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, United States), poet & correspondent
• Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849, Ireland), nv. & hostess
• Audrey Blignault (1916–2008, South Africa), es. in Afrikaans
• Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009, Sweden), poet & mem. in Sami
• Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England), nv. & poet
• Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya), wr.
• Francesca Lia Block (b. 1962, United States), wr.
• Marion Bloem (b. 1952, Netherlands), wr. & film-maker
• Barbara Bloemink (b. 1953, United States), art historian
• Anni Blomqvist (1909–1990, Finland), nv. in Swedish
• Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (1857–1911, Ireland), wr. & pw.
• Amy Bloom (b. 1953, United States), nv., non-f. wr. & psychotherapist
• Minerva Bloom (b. 1959, Mexico/United States), poet in Spanish & English
• Valerie Bloom (b. 1956, Jamaica), poet & nv.
• Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894, United States), wr. on women's rights & temperance
• Andrée Blouin (1921–1986, Central African Republic), activist & wr.
• Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England), nv.
• Antonina Bludova (1813–1891, Russia), salonnière & mem.
• Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972, Ecuador), wr.
• Liliana V. Blum (b. 1974, Mexico), fiction wr.
• Judy Blume (b. 1938, United States), nv.
• Yde Schloenbach Blumenschein (Colombina, 1882–1963, Brazil), poet & chronicler
• Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss (1899–1987, Germany/United States), poet & Hc. survivor
• Louise Sophie Blussé (1901–1996, Netherlands), religious wr.
• Enid Blyton (1897–1968, England), ch. wr.
• Capel Boake, (Doris Boake Kerr, 1889–1944, Australia), nv.
• Margarita Bobba (fl. 1560, Italy), wr. & poet
• Marilyn Bobes (b. 1955, Cuba), poet, nv. & critic
• Merlinda Bobis (b. 1959, Philippines/Australia), wr. & academic
• Irena Bobowska (1920–1942, Poland), poet & wartime victim
• Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal), nv. & col.
• Cecil Bødker (1927–2020, Denmark), YA wr. & poet
• Imma von Bodmershof (1895–1982, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
• Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018, Argentina), nv.
• Milica Bodrožić (living, Serbia), political history wr.
• Anna Böeseken (1905–1997, South Africa), historian in English
• Janka Boga (1886–1963, Hungary), wr. & pw.
• Louise Bogan (1897–1970, United States), poet
• Henrietta Boggs (1918–2020, United States/Costa Rica), author & activist
• Graciela Bográn (1896–2000, Honduras), es.
• Katalin Bogyay (b. 1956, Hungary), biographer & politician
• Helene Böhlau (1859–1940, Germany), nv.
• Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany), nv.
• Laura Papo Bohoreta (1891–1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Yugoslavia), wr. on Judaism
• Lucie Boissonnas (1839–1877, France), biog.
• Montserrat Boix (b. 1960, Spain), feminist wr.
• Barbara Bojarska (living, Poland), historian
• Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & nv.
• Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland/United States), poet & academic
• Sophie Bolander (1807–1869, Sweden), nv.
• Anna Bolavá (b. 1981), nv. & poet
• Emily Bold (b. 1980), adult & YA nv.
• Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463, Italy), religious wr. & saint
• Isabel Bolton (1883–1975, United States), nv.
• Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916, United States), wr.
• Natella Boltyanskaya (b. 1965, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
• María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile), wr.
• Erma Bombeck (1927–1996, United States), humorist
• Son Bo-mi (선보미, b. 1980, Korea), nv.
• Simona Bonafé (b. 1973, Italy), politician
• Marie Bonaparte-Wyse (1831–1902, France), wr. & hostess
• Annie B. Bond (b. 1953, United States), wr. & editor
• Chrystelle Trump Bond (1938–2020), United States), dance historian
• Cynthia Bond (b. 1961, United States), nv.
• Pilar Bonet (b. 1952, Spain), political wr.
• Maria Boniecka (1910–1978, Poland), educator & political wr.
• Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham (1840–1907, United States), traveler & col.
• Tanella Boni (b. 1954, Ivory Coast), poet & nv.
• Veronica Bonilla (b. 1972, Ecuador), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Laudomia Bonanni (1907–2002, Italy), fiction wr.
• Elizabeth Anne Bonner (1924–1981, United States), fiction wr. & poet
• Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930, United States), wr.
• Marita Bonner (1899–1971, United States), wr., es. & pw.
• Piedad Bonnett (b. 1951, Comoros), poet, pw. & nv.
• Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland/Italy), political wr. & diarist in Italian
• Cedella Booker (1926–2008, Jamaica), biographer & singer
• Malika Booker (b. 1970, England), poet, wr. & artist
• Paula Boock (b. 1964, New Zealand), fiction & screenwriter
• Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England), wr.
• Frances Boothby (fl. c. 1669–1670, England), pw.
• Alice Borchardt (1939–2007, United States), fiction wr.
• Itxaro Borda (born 1959, France), novelist, poet
• Ivonne Bordelois (b. 1934, Argentina), poet & es.
• Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933–2004, India), poet & folklorist
• Miriam Borgenicht (1915−1992, United States), mystery nv.
• Norah Borges (1901–1998), poet & illustrator
• Martina Barros Borgoño (1850–1944, Chile), feminist wr.
• Maria Selvaggia Borghini (1656–1731, Italy), poet
• Alicia Borinsky (fl. since 1975, Argentina), nv., poet & critic
• Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina), ch. wr.
• Jenny Bornholdt (b. 1960, New Zealand), poet & anthologist
• Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka (1921–2012), Polish-born Israeli writer
• Marina Boroditskaya (b. 1954, Soviet Union/Russia), ch. poet
• Rosario Ustáriz Borra (1927–2009, Spain), poet in Aragonese
• Juana Borrero (1877–1896, Cuba), juvenile poet & painter
• Paloma Gómez Borrero (1934–2017, Spain), wr.
• Inés Bortagaray (b. 1975, Uruguay), screenwriter
• Marianne Boruch (b. 1950, United States), poet & professor
• Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Dalmatia/Ragusa/Serbia), wr. & poet
• Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1912–1986, Netherlands), nv.
• Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales), archaeologist
• Louise de Bossigny (died 1700, France), salonnière & fairy-tale wr.
• Tania Boteva-Malo (b. 1950, Bulgaria/Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
• Nuria C. Botey (b. 1977, Spain), nv.
• Calypso Botez (1880–1933, Romania), feminist wr.
• Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, United States), poet, wr. & teacher
• Vera Botterbusch (b. 1942, Germany), wr. & poet
• Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England), fiction wr.
• Messaouda Boubaker (b. 1954, Tunisia), fiction wr.
• Tereza Boučková (b. 1957, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
• Laurence Bougault (1970–2018), poet, travel wr.
• Martha Arnold Boughton (1857–1928, United States), wr., poet
• Iana Boukova (b. 1968, Bulgaria), poet, nv. & es.
• Mousse Boulanger (1926–2023, Switzerland), poet
• Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954, Mexico), poet, nv. & pw.
• Jenny Boult (1951–2005, Australia), poet
• Nina Bouraoui (b. 1967, Algeria/France), nv. & songwriter
• Catherine de Bourbon (1559–1604, France), sonneteer & princess
• Louise Bourbonnaud (c. 1847–1915), travel wr. in French
• Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906–1996, Belgium), nv. in French
• Angela Bourke (b. 1952, Ireland), fiction wr. & historian
• Eva Bourke (b. 1946, Germany/Ireland), poet in English
• Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, United States), ch. fiction wr.
• Jeanne Bouvier (1865–1964, France), political wr. & feminist
• Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968, France), wr. & film director
• Dounia Bouzar (b. 1964, France), anthropologist & educator
• Marie-Anne de Bovet (1855 – post-1935, France), nv. & travel wr.
• Louise Bovie (1810–1870, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
• Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, New Zealand), domestic wr.
• Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England), poet & es.
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
• Mary Bowes (1749–1800, England), pw. & botanist
• Sarah Bowie (living, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator)
• Jane Bowles (1917–1973, United States), wr. & pw.
• Mary D. R. Boyd (1809–?, United States), ch. wr.
• Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden), poet & nv.
• Clare Boylan (1948–2006, Ireland), fiction wr. & critic
• Helen Boyle (1899–1988, England/Ireland), activist & garden wr.
• Kay Boyle (1902–1992, United States), wr., educator & activist
• Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938, United States), wr. & poet
• Ágota Bozai (b. 1965, Hungary), nv. & translator
• Zuzana Brabcová (1959–2015, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
• Coral Bracho (b. 1951, Mexico), poet & academic
• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, United States), science fiction wr.
• Paula Brackston (living, England), nv.
• Brada (writer) (1847–1938, France), wr., nv.
• Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915, England), nv.
• Anna Braden (1858–1939, United States), wr. & poet
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, United States), fantasy & science fiction wr.
• Máire Bradshaw (b. 1943, Ireland), poet
• Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, United States), poet & wr.
• Eva Brag (1829–1913, Sweden), social wr.
• Anne Bragance (b. 1945, France), wr.
• Sophia Brahe (1559 or 1556–1643, Denmark), horticulturalist & scientist
• Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (b. 1947, Philippines), nv. & editor
• Oyinkan Braithwaite (b. 1988, Nigeria/England), nv.
• Shannon Bramer (b. 1973, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Mae Bramhall (c. 1861–1897, United States), actress, writer
• Dolors Bramon (b. 1943, Spain), philologist & academic
• Tatiana Niculescu Bran (living, Romania), nv.
• Dionne Brand (b. 1953, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & es.
• Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England), actor & pw.
• Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia), poet, pw. & non-f. wr.
• Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779–1868, Brazil), poet & educator
• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1928–2007, Portugal), poet, pw. & es.
• Angelika Brandt (b. 1961), oceanographer
• Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, South Africa), political wr. in Afrikaans
• Adelia Pope Branham (1861–1917, United States), poet, short story wr.
• Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil), diarist
• Giannina Braschi (b. 1953, Paraguay), wr.
• Ann Brashares (b. 1967, United States), YA wr.
• Anne-Sophie Brasme (b. 1984, France), nv.
• Anneke Brassinga (b. 1948, Netherlands), wr. & translator
• Lily Braun (1865–1916, Germany), feminist wr.
• Virginia Braun (living, New Zealand), psychologist
• Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England), nv.
• Libba Bray (b. 1964, United States), YA nv.
• Teresa Brayton (1868–1943, Ireland/United States), poet & col.
• Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England), YA wr.
• Freda Bream (1918–1996, New Zealand), teacher & autobiographer
• Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica), poet & storyteller
• Marie Bregendahl (1867–1940, Denmark), fiction wr.
• Kirstin Breitenfellner (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., critic & yoga teacher
• Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden), nv. & feminist
• Kristina Brenk (1911–2009, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), ch. wr. & poet
• Maeve Brennan (1917–1993, Ireland/United States), fiction & social wr.
• Sarah Rees Brennan (b. 1983, Ireland/United States), YA nv.
• Anita Brenner (1905–1974, Mexico/United States), cultural wr. in English
• Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden), wr., poet & feminist
• Bridget Brereton (b. 1946, Trinidad & Tobago), non-f., historian
• Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales), poet
• Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, United States/Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr. & poet
• Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, United States), poet & wr.; first named American-born woman to publish
• Yvonne Brewster (b. 1938, Jamaica), mem. & actor
• Melitta Breznik (b. 1961, As/Switzerland), fiction wr.
• Bub Bridger (1924–2009, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
• London Bridgez (b. 1982, United States), poet & wr.
• Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland), cookery wr.
• Anna Brigadere (fl. 1890–1920s, Latvia), pw.
• Patricia Briggs (b. 1965, United States), fantasy wr.
• Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (1859–1945, Australia/England), wr. & feminist
• Eliza Brightwen (1830–1906, Scotland), wr. & naturalist
• Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (living, Philippines), wr. in Spanish
• Hesba Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia), nv.
• Geneviève Brisac (b. 1951, France), nv. & ch. wr.
• Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England), wr., feminist & pacifist
• Victoria Brittain (b. 1942, England), journalist & author
• Sarah Britten (b. 1974, South Africa), social and YA wr. in English
• Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama), fiction wr. & physician
• Dragana Kršenković Brković (living, Montenegro), wr.
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), ch. wr.
• Adele Broadbent (b. 1968, New Zealand), ch. wr.
• Chris Broadribb (living, Australia), fiction wr.
• Renée Brock (1912–1980, Belgium), poet & fiction wr. in French
• Sybil le Brocquy (1892–1973, Ireland), pw. & patron
• Molly Brodak (1980–2020, United States), poet
• Erna Brodber (b. 1940, Jamaica), nv. & sociologist
• Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827, United Kingdom/Jamaica) non-f. wr. & social observer
• Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, England/Canada/United States), wr. & journalist
• Constance Bromley (1882–1939, England), wr., magazine editor, film publicist
• Therese Brummer (1833–1896), Danish children's writer and biographer
• Patricia Burke Brogan (1926–2022) , Ireland), pw. & poet
• Suzanne Brøgger (b. 1944, Denmark), nv. & poet
• Vera Broido (1907–2004, Soviet Union/England), social wr.
• Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England), nv. & poet; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
• Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England), nv. & poet; Jane Eyre
• Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England), nv. & poet; Wuthering Heights
• Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740–1793, Ireland), translator from Irish
• Emma Brooke (1844–1926, England), nv.
• Frances Brooke (1723–1789, England), nv., es. & pw.
• Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England), non-f. wr. & illustrator
• Susan Brookes (b. c. 1943/44),, England), non-f.
• Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England), nv. & art historian
• Geraldine Brooks (b. 1955, Australia/United States), nv.
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, United States), poet & wr.
• Anne Brooksbank (b. 1943, Australia), scriptwriter & pw.
• Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia), nv., travel & ch. wr.
• Nicole Brossard (b. 1943, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
• Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, United States), poet & wr.
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England), nv.
• Olga Broumas (b. 1949, Gk/United States), poet
• Flora Brovina (b. 1949, Kosovo), poet & pediatrician
• Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968, Finland/Sweden), fiction wr.
• Edith Brower (1848–1931, United States), reformer, non-f. wr.
• Annie Greene Brown (1855–1923, United States), nv.
• Babette Brown (1931–2019, South Africa/England), socio-political wr.
• Cindy Lynn Brown (b. 1973, Denmark/United States), poet
• Deidre Brown (b. 1970, New Zealand), art historian
• Diane Brown (b. 1951, New Zealand), nv. & poet
• Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917, United States), reformer, activist & legal wr.
• Helen Brown (b. 1954, New Zealand/Australia), wr. & col.
• Lily Brown (b. 1981, United States), poet & wr.
• Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012, United States), wr.
• Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952, United States), ch. wr.
• Monica Brown (b. 1969, Peru/United States), ch. wr.
• Pam Brown (b. 1948, Australia), poet & prose wr.
• Pat Brown (b. 1955, United States), wr. on crime
• Rebecca Brown (b. 1956, United States), wr.
• Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944, United States), nv., poet & screenwriter
• Riwia Brown (b. 1957, New Zealand), pw.
• Audrey Brown-Pereira (b. 1975, New Zealand), poet & civil servant
• Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890, United States), poet
• Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland), poet & nv., ch. fiction wr.
• Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, Scotland/New Zealand), salonnière & correspondent
• Mary Bonaventure Browne (post-1610 – post-1670, Ireland), abbess & historian
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England), poet; Aurora Leigh
• Josette Bruce (1920–1996, Poland/France), nv.
• Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia), ch. wr. & col.
• Edith Bruck (b. 1932, Hungary/Italy), fiction wr. & pw. in Italian
• Mary Brück (1925–2008, Ireland/Scotland), astronomer & science historian
• Christine Brückner (1921–1996, Germany), fiction & ch. wr.
• Máire MacSwiney Brugha (1918–2012, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
• Alyssa Brugman (b. 1974, Australia), YA wr.
• Til Brugman (1888–1958, Netherlands), fiction wr. & poet
• Eliane Brum (b. 1966, Brazil), current affairs wr.
• Herminia Brumana (1897–1954, Argentina), nv. & pw.
• Olga Broumas (b. 1949, Greece/United States), poet in English
• Friederike Brun (1765–1835, Denmark), wr. & salonnière
• Elisa Brune (1966–2018, Belgium), wr. in French
• Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile), fiction wr.
• Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France), poet
• Giuliana Bruno (living, England), environmentalist
• Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & poet
• Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland), nv.
• Sara Cone Bryant (1873–1956, United States), lecturer, teacher, wr.
• Colette Bryce (b. 1970, Northern Ireland/England), poet
• Jane Bryce (b. 1951, Tanzania/England), non-f. wr, critic, academic
• Bryher (1894–1983, England), nv., poet & mem.
• Annika Bryn (b. 1945, Sweden), fiction wr.
• Anna Brzezińska (b. 1971, Poland), fiction wr.

Bu–By

• Bu Feiyan (步非烟, b. 1981, China), wuxia nv.
• Mary K. Buck (1849–1901, Bohemia/United States), wr.
• Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973, United States), fiction wr. & biographer; 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Catherine Buckle (b. 1957, Zimbabwe), ch. wr.
• Ann Buckley (living, Ireland), musicologist
• Klara Buda (living, Albania/France), wr. & col.
• Zsuzsanna Budapest (b. 1940, Hungary/United States), non-f. wr. in English
• Mariam Budia (b. 1970, Sp.), pw. & academic
• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England), nv., translator & ch. wr.
• Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784, Dalmatia/Ragusa), poet
• Andrea Hollander Budy (b. 1947, United States), poet
• Aminta Buenaño (b. 1958, Ecuador), wr. & politician
• Ken Bugul (b. 1947, Senegal), nv. in Wolof
• Traude Bührmann (b. 1942, Germany), nv. & col.
• Kanstantsia Builo (1893–1986, Soviet Union/Bulgaria), poet & pw.
• Lela E. Buis (living, United States), fiction, non-f. and poetry
• Ada Buisson (1839–1866), nv. and writer of ghost stories
• Fanny Buitrago (living, Comoros), fiction wr. & pw.
• NoViolet Bulawayo (b. 1981, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
• Emily Hemans Bulcock (1877–1969, Australia), poet
• Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales), historian
• Victoria Adukwei Bulley (living, England), poet
• Margaret Bullock (1845–1903, New Zealand), col. & nv.
• Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990, Argentina), nv. & screenwriter
• Anna Bülow (died 1519, Sweden), wr., translator & abbess
• Selina Bunbury (1802–1882, Ireland), nv. & travel wr.
• Delfina Bunge (1881–1952, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Anna Bunina (1774–1829, Russia), poet
• Sevim Burak (1931–1983, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & pw.
• Adda Burch (1869–1929, United States), non-f. wr., teacher, missionary & activist
• Elizabeth Burchill (1904–2003, Australia), wr., nurse & philanthropist
• Catherine Dorothea Burdett (1784–1861, Ireland), nv.
• Carmen de Burgos (1867–1932, Spain), wr. & activist
• Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland), poet & wr. in German
• Anne Burke (fl. 1780–1805, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Jan Burke (b. 1953, United States), nv. & short story wr.
• Bonnie Burnard (1945–2017, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England), pw. & ch. wr.
• Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th century), nv.
• Frances Burney (1776–1828, England), closet pw.
• Frances Burney (1752–1840, England), nv., diarist & pw.
• Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England), nv.
• Clara Louise Burnham (1854–1827, United States), nv.
• Andreas Burnier (1931–2002, Netherlands), poet & wr.
• Anna Burns (b. 1962, Northern Ireland), nv.
• Joanne Burns (b. 1945, Australia), art critic, historian & nv.
• Deborah Burrows (b. 1959, Australia), nv.
• Mary Towne Burt (1842–1898, United States), temperance reformer
• Stephanie Burt (b. 1971, United States), poet & critic
• Margaret Busby (b. 1944, Ghana/Gold Coast), publisher, critic & pw.
• Penny Busetto (living, South Africa), nv. in English
• Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944, United States), wr., poet & col.
• Abena Busia (b. 1953, Ghana/Gold Coast), poet & academic
• Akosua Busia (b. 1966, Ghana/Gold Coast), actor, nv. & screenwriter
• Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy), poet, wr. & painter
• Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & ch. wr.
• Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972, Ecuador), wr. & feminist
• María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947, Peru), wr.
• Gabriela Bustelo (b. 1962, Spain), nv. & political wr.
• Fatimah Busu (b. 1943, Malaysia), fiction wr. & academic
• Sharon Butala (b. 1940, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Amy Butcher (living, United States), es. & wr.
• Ruby Bute (b. 1943, Aruba), fiction wr., poet & painter
• Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, New Zealand), ch. wr. & mem.
• Gwendoline Butler (also Jennie Melville; 1922–2013, England), nv.
• Octavia Butler (1947–2006, United States), science fiction wr.
• Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, United States), wr.
• Urvashi Butalia (b. 1952, India), writer & activist
• Julia Butschkow (b. 1978, Denmark), fiction wr. & poet
• Miriam Butterworth (1918–2019, United States), pacifist & politician
• Razia Butt (1924–2012, Pakistan), nv. & radio pw.
• Mary Butts (1890–1937, England), modernist wr.
• Rumena Bužarovska (b. 1981, Macedonia), wr.
• A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England), nv. & poet
• Kim Byeol-ah (b. 1969, Korea), wr.
• Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia), travel & non-f. wr.
• Maj Bylock (1931–2019, Sweden), ch. wr. & educator
• Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (b. 1972, United States), fiction wr. & anthologist
• Ethna Byrne-Costigan (1904–1991, Ireland), academic & wr.
• Catherine Byron (b. 1947, England/Northern Ireland), poet
• Cheryl Byron (c. 1947–2003, Trinidad), poet & singer

C

Ca–Ch

• Fernán Caballero (1796–1877, Spain), nv.
• Meg Cabot (b. 1967, United States), wr.
• Astrid Cabral (b. 1936, Brazil), nv. & poet
• Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (b. 1959, Uruguay), poet & researcher
• Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991, Cuba), ethnographer
• Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958, Peru), nv., es. & travel wr.
• Esther de Cáceres (1903–1971, Uruguay), poet
• Lydia Cacho (b. 1963, Mexico), social writer
• Caroline Caddy (b. 1944, Australia), poet
• Florence Caddy (1837–1923, England), wr.
• Elizabeth Cadell (1903–1989, India/England), wr.
• Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979, Wales), poet
• Kathleen Caffyn (Iota, 1853–1926, Australia), nv.
• Claude Cahun (1894–1954, France), wr. & photographer
• Cai Yan (蔡琰, late 2nd–early 3rd centuries, China), poet & composer
• Dominique Caillat (living, Switzerland/Germany), social wr.
• Rachel Caine, pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad (1962–2020, United States), nv.
• Mona Caird (c. 1854–1932, Scotland), nv. & es.
• Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires (1873–1935, Portugal), poet & activist
• Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Graciela Rincón Calcaño (1904–1987, Venezuela), wr. & poet
• Moyra Caldecott (1927–2015, South Africa/England), fiction & non-f. Wr.
• Laura Calder (living, Canada), wr.
• Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985, England/United States), nv.
• Hortense Calisher (1911–2009, United States), wr.
• Margaret Callan (c.1817–c.1883), Ireland/Australia), poet
• Maria Callcott (1785–1842, England), ch. & travel wr.
• Nina de Callias (1843–1884, France), poet
• Carmen Callil (1938–2022, Australia/UK), wr. & critic
• June Callwood (1924–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & activist
• Marie Calm (1832–1887, Germany), poet, nv. and household wr.
• Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996, Australia), nv.
• Paola Calvetti (b. 1948, Italy), nv. & col.
• María Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968, Mexico), poet & fiction wr.
• Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, Australia), nv., poet & autobiographer
• Joan Cambridge (living, Guyana), nv. & journalist
• María Cambrils (1878–1939, Spain), feminist wr.
• Charlotte Cameron (c. 1872–1946, United States), travel writer
• Margaret Cameron (1867–1947, United States), nv., pw., & non-f. wr.
• Duccia Camiciotti (1928–2014, Italy), poet and es.
• Roser Caminals-Heath (living, Spain), nv. in Catalan
• Kate Camp (b. 1972, New Zealand), poet
• Manuela Campanelli (b. 1962, Italy), science wr.
• Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006, United States), nv.
• Bonnie Jo Campbell (b. 1962, United States), fiction wr.
• Hazel Campbell (1940–2018, Jamaica), fiction & ch. wr.
• Shirley Campbell (b. 1965, Costa Rica), poet
• Lady Colin Campbell (b. 1949, Jamaica/England), biographer
• Marion May Campbell (b. 1948, Australia), nv. & academic
• Meg Campbell (1937–2007, New Zealand), poet
• Nellie Campobello (1900–1986, Mexico), poet & chronicler
• Ana Barrios Camponovo (b. 1961, Uruguay/Spain), wr. & illustrator
• Julieta Campos (1932–2007, Cuba/Mexico), nv.
• María Teresa Campos (b. 1941, Spain), non-f. wr.
• Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956, Spain/United States), wr & poet
• Matilde Camus (1919–2012, Spain), poet & non-f. wr.
• Lorea Canales (living, Mexico), nv. & lawyer
• Amélie-Julie Candeille (1667–1734, France), librettist & composer
• Eva Canel (1857–1932, Spain/Cuba), nv. & satirist
• Marta Canessa (b. 1936, Uruguay), historian & academic
• Yanitzia Canetti (b. 1967, Cuba/United States), nv., es. & ch. wr.
• Emma Mieko Candon, American novelist
• Dorothy Canfield (1879–1958, United States), wr.; Understood Betsy
• May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, England), poet
• Moya Cannon (b. 1956, Ireland), poet
• Minna Canth (1844–1897, Finland), wr. & activist
• Estela Canto (1919–1994, Argentina), nv., biographer & translator
• Ludmilla Lacueva Canut (b. 1971, Andorra), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Lan Cao (b. 1961, Vietnam/United States), wr.
• Úna-Minh Caomhánach (b. 1991, Ireland), travel & social wr.
• Vahni Capildeo (b. 1973, Trinidad/Scotland), poet
• Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918–1991, Spain), nv. & pw.
• Jeanne Cappe (1895–1956, Belgium), YA wr. in French
• Margarita Abella Caprile (1901–1960, Argentina), poet & fiction & travel wr.
• Paola Capriolo (b. 1962, Italy), nv.
• Marcelle Capy (1891–1962, France), nv. & feminist
• Ethna Carbery (1864–1902, Ireland), wr. & poet
• Teresa Gisbert Carbonell (1926–2018, Bolivia), art historian
• Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909, Peru), nv. & es.
• Hazel V. Carby (b. 1946, England/United States), academic & non-f. wr.
• Lara Cardella (b. 1969, Italy), nv.
• Nancy Cárdenas (1934–1994, Mexico), poet & pw.
• Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938, Portugal), nv. & physician
• Marie Cardinal (1929–2001, Algeria/France), nv.
• Dulce Maria Cardoso (b. 1964, Portugal), fiction wr.
• Bernadette Carey Smith (1939–2022, United States), journalist
• Jacqueline Carey (b. 1964, United States), nv.
• Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909, England), nv. & ch. wr.
• Mary Jane Goodson Carlisle (1835–1905, United States), cookbook wr.
• Patricia Carlon (1927–2002), nv.
• Gunnel Carlson (b. 1956, Sweden), gardening wr.
• Kristina Carlson (b. 1949, Finland), fiction & YA wr. & poet
• Gladys Carmagnola (1939–2015, Paraguay), poet & ch. wr.
• Amy Carmichael (1867–1951, Ireland/India), wr. & missionary
• Jennings Carmichael (1868–1904, Australia), poet
• María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987, Argentina), poet & col.
• Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962, England), wr. & socialist campaigner
• Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 – 1901, France), nv.
• Jeanne C. Smith Carr (1825–1903, United States), non-f. wr.
• Marina Carr (b. 1964, Ireland), pw.
• Peggy Carr (b. c. 1955, Saint Vincent/Taiwan), poet & nv.
• Maite Carranza (b. 1958, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.
• Margarita Carrera (1929–2018, Guatemala), philosopher, poet and es.
• Albertina Carri (b. 1973, Argentina), screenwriter & director
• Leonora Carrington (1917–2011, England/Mexico), nv., artist & surrealist
• Austin Carroll (1835–1909, Ireland/United States), religious wr. & nun
• Claudia Carroll (b. c. 1969, Ireland), fiction wr. & actor
• Anne Carson (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, ess., translator & academic
• Rachel Carson (1907–1964, United States), marine biologist & conservationist
• Esther Carstensen (1873–1955, Denmark), rights activist
• Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland), wr.
• Teresa de Cartagena (c. 1425–?, Spain), religious wr.
• Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994), Dominican poet, fiction wr. & ess.
• Angela Carter (1940–1992, England), nv. & col.
• Anne Laurel Carter (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England), poet, wr. & Bluestocking
• Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013, Argentina), wr. & poet
• Candice Carty-Williams (b. 1989, England), nv. & col.
• Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921, Portugal), biographer, fiction wr. & poet
• Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921–1998, Portugal), fiction wr. & poet
• Caroline Carver (b. 1959, England/Australia), nv.
• Lisa Crystal Carver (b. 1968, United States), wr.
• Alice Cary (1820–1871, United States), poet
• Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639, England), pw.
• Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, United States), poet
• Selva Casal (1930–2020, Uruguay), poet
• Fina Casalderrey (b. 1951, Spain), ch. wr. & gastronomer in Galician
• María Andrea Casamayor (1720–1780, Spain), wr. & mathematician
• Sofía Casanova (1861–1958, Spain), poet & nv.
• Borita Casas (1911–1999, Spain), pw. & ch. wr.
• Matilde Casazola (b. 1942, Bolivia), poet & songwriter
• Nené Cascallar (1914–1982, Argentina), broadcast pw. & screenwriter
• Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900, United States), poet
• Maxine Case (b. 1976, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
• Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960, Sierra Leone), fiction wr. & educator
• Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950, Sierra Leone), poet
• Anne-Marie Casey (b. 1965, Ireland), screenwriter & nv.
• Kathryn Casey (living, United States), true crime wr. & nv.
• Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1910–1983, Australia), poet, librettist & biographer
• Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Australia), nv.
• Kristin Cashore (b. 1976, United States), fantasy wr.
• Linda Ty Casper (b. 1931, Philippines), nv.
• Nina Cassian (1924–2014, Romania/United States), poet, ch. wr. & critic
• P. C. Cast (b. 1960, United States), wr.
• Cecilia Castaño (b. 1953, Spain), political scientist
• Yolanda Castaño (b. 1977, Spain), poet, critic & painter
• Sofía Castañón (b. 1983, Spain), poet
• Adela Castell (1864–1926, Uruguay), es. & poet
• Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974, Mexico), poet & wr.
• Blanca Castellón (b. 1958, Nicaragua), poet
• Castelloza (fl. early 13th century, France), troubadour poet
• Josefina Castellví (b. 1935, Spain), oceanographer & biologist
• Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre–1184, France), poet in Occitan
• Gladys Castelvecchi (1922–2008, Uruguay), poet & academic
• Ana Castillo (b. 1953, Mx/United States), fiction wr., poet & es.
• Claire Castillon (b. 1975, France), fiction & ch. wr.
• Agnes Castle (c. 1860–1922, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975, Germany), ch. wr. in German & English
• Inga-Brita Castrén (1919–2003, Finland), theologian
• Luisa Castro (b. 1966, Spain), poet & fiction wr.
• Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal), scholar & nun
• Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885, Spain), wr. & poet in Galician
• Willa Cather (1873–1947, United States), wr.
• Catherine of Siena (1347–1380, Italy), religious writer & saint
• Christine Cole Catley (1922–2011, New Zealand), col. & biographer
• Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia), nv., poet & biographer
• Eleanor Catton (b. 1985, Canada/Newfoundland/New Zealand), nv.
• Joyce Cavalccante (living, Brazil), fiction wr.
• Nadia Cavalera (b. 1950, Italy), nv., poet & critic
• Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992, Ivory Coast), ch. wr.
• Jane Cavendish (1620/1621–1669, England), poet & pw.
• Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
• Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill (1834–1897, England/New Zealand), diarist & homemaker
• Rosina Cazali (b. 1960, Guatemala), art critic
• Anne-Marie Cazalis (1920–1988, France), poet & col.
• Otilia Cazimir (1894–1967, Romania), poet & prose wr.
• Mercedes Cebrián (b. 1971, Spain), fiction wr. & poet
• Martha Cecilia (b. 1953, Philippines), nv.
• Siv Cedering (1939–2007, Sweden/United States), poet & fiction wr. in Swedish & English
• Peride Celal (1916–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr.
• Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723, England), pw. & poet
• Natividad Cepeda (living, Spain), poet & col.
• Laura Cereta (1469–1499, Italy), humanist
• Anica Černej (1900–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr., poet & concentration camp victim
• Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (b. 1976, Lithuania), pw. & nv.
• Annabel Cervantes (b. 1969, Spain), geographer in Catalan
• Marie Červinková-Riegrová (1854–1895, Austria/Austria-Hungary), librettist
• Isabella Cervoni (1575–1600, Italy), poet
• Ruxandra Cesereanu (b. 1963, Romania), poet, fiction wr. & critic
• Alba de Céspedes (1911–1997, Cuba/Italy), nv.
• Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874, Cuba), wr. & educator
• Ana Cristina Cesar (1952–1983, Brazil), poet & critic
• Fethiye Çetin (b. 1950, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political biographer
• Violante do Céu (fl. 17th century, Portugal), poet
• Margaret Cezair-Thompson (living, Jamaica), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982, United States), nv. & artist
• Dulce Chacón (1954–2003, Spain), poet, nv. & pw.
• Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003, Poland), nv.
• Nadia Chafik (b. 1962, Morocco), fiction wr. in French
• Arlene J. Chai (b. 1955, Philippines/Australia), nv.
• Annie Emma Challice (1821–1875, England), wr. & non-f. wr.
• Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971, Wales), poet, nv. & artist
• Anne Chambers (living, Ireland), biographer, nv. & screenwriter
• Kátya Chamma (b. 1961, Brazil), poet & wr.
• Tracy Chamoun (b. 1960, Lebanon), political wr. & diplomat
• Élise Champagne (1897–1983, Belgium), educator & wr. in French
• Ernestina de Champourcín (1905–1999, Spain), poet
• Françoise Chandernagor (b. 1945, France), nv. & pw.
• Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, United States), poet & wr.
• Lynda Chanwai-Earle (living, Papua New Guinea/New Zealand), pw., poet & scriptwriter
• Hester Chapone (1827–1901, England), wr. of conduct books
• Corinne Chaponnière (b. 1954, Switzerland/Canada/Newfoundland), social wr. & biographer in French
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands/France), fiction wr. & correspondent in French
• Raquel Chaves (b. 1939, Paraguay), poet & nv.
• Daína Chaviano (b. 1957, Cuba/United States), science fiction wr.
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (b. 1969, India), poet & ch. wr.
• Chandramathi (b. 1954, India), fiction wr. & critic
• Chang Ch'ung-ho (張充和, 1914–2015, China/United States), poet & singer
• Diana Chang (1934–2009, China/United States), nv. & poet
• Eileen Chang (张爱玲, 1920–1995, China/United States), es., nv. & screenwriter
• Jung Chang (b. 1952, China/United States), wr.; Wild Swans
• Zeenat Abdullah Channa (1919–1974, India/Pakistan), wr. & educationist
• Lynda Chanwai-Earle (living, Papua New Guinea/New Zealand), pw., poet & scriptwriter
• Rose Woodallen Chapman (1875–1923, United States), non-f. wr. & ed.
• Hester Chapone (1727–1801, England), wr. & Bluestocking
• Madeleine Chapsal (1925–2024, France), nv., es. & ch. wr.
• Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England), pw., nv. & autobiographer
• Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920–2016, France), nv. & col.
• Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (1652–1722, Germany), correspondent
• Maureen Charlton (1930–2007, Ireland), pw. & poet
• Janet Charman (b. 1954, New Zealand), poet
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands), nv. in French
• Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938, Russia), nv.
• Victorine Chastenay (1771–1855), wr. & mem.
• Noëlle Châtelet (b. 1944, France), es. & fiction wr.
• Rimi B. Chatterjee (b. 1969, India), nv. & historian
• Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England), wr. & traveler
• Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England), garden wr.
• Jayasri Chattopadhyay (b. 1945, India), poet & academic
• Anuja Chauhan (b. 1970, India), nv. & screenwriter
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948, India), poet & Hindi songwriter
• Nan Chauncy (1900–1970, Australia), ch. wr.
• Susana Chávez (1974–2011, Mexico), poet & activist
• Daína Chaviano (b. 1960, Curaçao), wr.
• Chantal Chawaf (b. 1943, France), social wr.
• Dniprova Chayka (1861–1927, Russia/Ukraine), poet & fiction wr.
• Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan (1619–1684, France), poet
• Mavis Cheek (b. c. 1948, England), nv.
• Isabel Cheix (1839–1899, Spain), nv., poet & pw.
• Olena Chekan (1946–2013, Ukraine), screenwriter & actor
• Saveria Chemotti (b. 1947, Italy), non-f., es. & nv.
• Chen Danyan (陈丹燕, b. 1958, China), biographer
• Chen Jingrong (陳敬容, 1917–1989, China), poet
• Chen Xuezhao (陈学昭, 1906–1991, China), es. & col.
• Ying Chen (应晨, b. 1961, China/Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
• Aïcha Chenna (1941–2022, Morocco), social wr. & activist
• Cheon Un-yeong (천운영, b. 1971, Korea), fiction wr.
• Svetlana Chervonnaya (b. 1948, Soviet Union/Russia), political historian
• Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648–1711, France), poet, painter & musician
• Kelly Cherry (1940–2022, United States), nv., poet & es.
• C. J. Cherryh (b. 1942, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr.
• Anna Maria Chetwode (fl. 1827, Ireland), nv.
• Angelica Cheung (张宇, China), fashion wr. & editor
• Tracy Chevalier (b. 1962, United States/England), nv.; Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Corinne Chevallier (b. 1935, Algeria), nv. & historian
• Elizabeth Washington Foote Cheves (fl. 1840s; United States), wr. & poet
• Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856, Germany), poet, pw. and col.
• Catherine Chidgey (b. 1970, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Panashe Chigumadzi (b. 1991, Zimbabwe), col., es. & nv.
• Sagawa Chika (左川ちか,1911–1936, Japan), poet
• Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, United States), poet & nv.
• Alice Childress (1916–1994, United States), pw. & nv.
• Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864, United States). ss. wr. & poet
• Cecile Cilliers (1933–2018, South Africa), es. in Afrikaans
• Irma Chilton (1930–1990, Wales), ch. wr.
• Mei Chin (b. 1977, United States), wr. & food critic
• Luz Argentina Chiriboga (b. 1940, Ecuador), fiction wr.
• Toriko Chiya (稚野鳥子, living, Japan), manga creator
• Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775, Japan), haiku poet
• Paulina Chiziane (b. 1955, Mozambique), fiction wr.
• Youmna Chlala (living, Lebanon/United States), political wr. & artist
• Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013, Poland), nv. & screenwriter
• Zen Cho (b. 1986, Malaysia/England), fiction wr.
• Sonia Chocrón (b. 1961, Venezuela), poet, nv. & pw.
• Kunzang Choden (b. 1952, Bhutan), nv.
• Pema Chödrön (b. 1936, United States), Buddhist wr.
• Choe Yun (최윤, b. 1953, Korea), fiction wr.
• Choi Jeong-rye (최정례, 1955–2021, Korea), poet
• Susan Choi (b. 1969, United States), nv. & editor
• Maryse Choisy (1903–1979, France), philosophical wr. & nv.
• Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925, England), nv.
• Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century, Ireland), poet
• Denise Chong (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), mem. & non-f. wr.
• Kate Chopin (1851–1904, United States), fiction wr.
• Lynda Chouiten (living, Algeria), non-f. wr.
• Prem Chowdhry (b. 1944, India), social scientist
• Rita Chowdhury (b. 1960, India), poet & nv.
• Helene Christaller (1872–1953, Germany), ch. nv.
• Linda Christanty (b. 1970, Indonesia), fiction wr. & es.
• Ada Christen (1839–1901, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr.
• Inger Christensen (1935–2009, Denmark), poet & prose wr.
• Kate Christensen (b. 1962, United States), nv.
• Autumn Christian (living, United States), horror & science fiction wr.
• Yvette Christiansë (b. 1954, South Africa/United States), poet & nv. in English
• Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England), crime wr. & pw.; The Mousetrap
• Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933, Ireland/Serbia), wr., poet & translator
• Nanae Chrono (黒乃奈々絵, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator
• Chrystos (b. 1946, United States), Menominee rights activist & poet
• Daria Chubata (b. 1940, Ukraine), physician, wr., poet
• R. Chudamani (1931–2010, India), fiction wr.
• Elena Chudinova (b. 1959, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, England), poet, es. & wr.
• Leila Chudori (b. 1962, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr. & screenwriter
• Rain Chudori (b. 1994, Indonesia), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991, India), wr.
• Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996, Soviet Union), political wr. & poet
• Eugenia Chuprina (b. 1971, Ukraine), poet, wr., nv., & pw.
• Caryl Churchill (b. 1938, England), pw.
• Sarah Churchwell (b. 1977, United States), academic
• Sylwia Chutnik (b. 1979, Poland), nv. & activist

Ci–Co

• Fausta Cialente (1898–1994, Italy), nv. & activist
• Maria Luisa Cicci (1760–1794, Italy), woman of letters & poet
• Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (b. 1914, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), archaeologist
• Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (1929–2017, Lithuania/United States), linguist & critic
• Zehra Çırak (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), fiction wr. in German
• Victoria Cirlot (b. 1955, Spain), medievalist
• Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954, United States), fiction wr.
• Aïssatou Cissé (b. 1970/1971, Senegal), nv.
• Lana Citron (b. 1969, Ireland/England), fiction wr, screenwriter & poet
• Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893–1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr.
• Gabrielle Civil (living, United States), performance artist, poet, & educator
• Hélène Cixous (b. 1937 Algeria/France), poet, pw. & philosopher
• Ellen Clacy (1830–1901, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (living, Bolivia/Sweden), linguist & researcher
• Daphne Clair (b. 1939, New Zealand), nv. & poet
• Paula Clamp (b. 1967, England), nv. & pw.
• Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, United States), poet & wr.
• Myriam J. A. Chancy (b. 1970, Haiti/Canada), nv. & academic
• Fanny Clar (1875–1944, France), journalist & wr.
• Cassandra Clare (b. 1973, United States), young-adult fiction wr.
• Monica Clare (1924–1973, Australia), nv.
• Clarinda (fl. early 17th century, Peru), poet
• Harriet E. Clark (1850–1945, US), teacher & wr.
• Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999, Australia), non-f. & ch. wr.
• Sue Cassidy Clark (living, United States), music col. & photographer
• Joan Clark (b. 1934, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Margaret Clark (b. 1964, United States), historian, wr. & educator
• Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), United States), nv.
• Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, England), mystical poet, wr. & teacher
• Anna Clarke (1919–2004, England), mystery wr.
• Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860–1924, United States), educator, wr., & anthologist
• Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke (1865–1953, Ireland), nv.
• Maxine Beneba Clarke (living, Australia), wr.
• Breena Clarke (living, United States), scholar & wr. of fiction
• Cheryl Clarke (b. 1947, United States), poet, es. & activist
• Coralie Clarke (Coralie Clarke Rees, 1908–1972, Australia), travel wr.
• Gillian Clarke (b. 1937, Wales), poet, pw. & broadcaster
• Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England), fiction & ch. wr.
• Mary H. Gray Clarke (1835–1992, United States), wr., correspondent & poet
• Maude Clarke (1892–1935, Northern Ireland/England), historian
• Susanna Clarke (b. 1959, England), nv.
• Patricia Clapp (1912–2003, United States), ch. wr.
• Margareta Clausdotter (died 1486, Sweden), wr. & abbess
• Ana Clavel (b. 1961, Mexico), fiction wr.
• Beverly Cleary (1916–2021, United States), ch. wr.
• Kate McPhelim Cleary (1863–1905, United States), fiction wr.
• Joceline Clemencia (1952–2011, Curaçao), wr. & linguist
• Catherine Clément (b. 1939, France), philosopher, nv. & critic
• Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016, Australia), wr. & historian
• Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BC, Ancient Greece), poet
• Agnes Mary Clerke (1942–2007, Ireland), astronomer
• Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543–1603, France), scholar & courtier
• Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, Jamaica/United States), fiction wr., poet & critic
• Charmian Clift (1923–1969, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, United States), poet, wr. & educator
• Gloria Griffen Cline (1929–1973, United States), historian
• Michelle T. Clinton (b. 1955, United States), poet.
• Caroline Clive (1801–1872, England), poet & nv.
• Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England), actor & pw.
• Bente Clod (b. 1946, Denmark), poet & prose wr.
• Amal Clooney (b. 1978, Lebanon/England), legal & political wr.
• Marie Closset (Jean Dominique, 1873–1952, Belgium), poet in French
• Anne Cluysenaar (1936–2014, Belgium/Ireland), poet & wr. in English
• Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011, Wales), es. & educator
• Constance Clyde (1872–1951, New Zealand/Australia), nv. & political wr.
• Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (1847–1920, United States), poet & actor
• Nellie Euphemia Coad (1883–1974, New Zealand/England), textbook wr.
• Lynn Coady (b. 1970, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & col.
• Wendy Coakley-Thompson (b. 1966, United States), nv.
• Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, United States), poet
• Carola Cobo (1909–2003, Bolivia), cookery wr.
• Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Ireland/England), poet
• Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904, Ireland), wr. & suffragist
• Sofia Cocea (1839–1861, Romania), es. & poet
• Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865–1944, United States), wr. & mem.
• Patricia Cockburn (1914–1989, Ireland/England), writer & conchologist
• Grace Coddington (b. 1941, Wales), fashion wr. & mem.
• Mariana Codruț (b. 1956, Romania), poet, es. & fiction wr.
• Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), wr.
• Mariana Coelho (1857–1954, Portugal/Brazil), poet & es.
• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990, Portugal), radio pw. & fiction & ch. wr.
• Ana Cofiño (b. 1955, Guatemala), anthropologist & historian
• Yolande Cohen (b. 1950, Morocco/Canada) historian & professor
• Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586, France), religious poet
• Virginia Coigney (1917–1997, United States), civic leader & wr.
• Allison Hedge Coke (b. 1958, United States), poet & wr.
• Marina Colasanti (b. 1937, Eritrea/Brazil), wr. & poet
• Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946, United States), col. & fiction wr.
• H. Maria George Colby (1844–1910, United States), col. & suffragist
• Emma Shaw Colcleugh (1846–1940, United States), col., lecturer & traveler
• Joanna Cole (1944–2020, United States), ch. wr.
• Lois Dwight Cole (1903–1979, United States), editor & ch. wr.
• Norma Cole (b. 1945, United States), poet, artist & translator
• Alice Blanchard Coleman (1858–1936, United States), nf. wr.
• Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, United States), poet
• Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso (1821–1904, New Zealand), Bible translator & missionary
• Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England), nv. & editor
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, England), nv. & poet
• Sara Coleridge (1802–1852, England), wr. & translator
• Louise Colet (1910–1976, France), poet & wr.
• Colette (1873–1954, France), nv.; Gigi
• Isabel Colegate (1931–2023, England), nv.
• Marcia Collazo (b. 1959, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
• Lindsey Collen (b. 1948, South Africa/Mauritius), wr. in English & Creole
• Camilla Collett (1813–1895, Norway), nv., critic & es.
• Anne-Hyacinthe de Colleville (1761–1824, France), nv. & pw.
• Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919, United States), poet & wr.
• Catrin Collier (b. 1948, England), nv. & pw.
• Jennie Collins (1828–1887, United States), activist & wr.
• Daphné Collignon (b. 1977, France), comic book wr.
• Mabel Collins (1851–1927, England), theosophist
• Merle Collins (b. 1950, Grenada), poet & fiction wr.
• Suzanne Collins (b. 1962, United States), nv.
• Danielle Collobert (1940–1978, France), fiction wr. & poet
• Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892, France), children's wr., lyricist & translator
• Vittoria Colonna (1490–1547, Italy), poet
• Mary Colum (1884–1957, Ireland/United States), critic & wr.
• Mercedes Comaposada (1901–1994, Spain), non-f. wr.
• Sigrid Combüchen (b. 1942, Sweden), nv. & critic
• Cristina Comencini (b. 1956, Italy), screenwriter & nv.
• Anna Manning Comfort (1845–1931, United States), fiction and non-f. wr.
• Flavia Company (b. 1963, Argentina), nv. & poet
• Mercè Company (b. 1947, Spain), ch. wr. in Catalan
• Anne Compton (b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, critic & anthologist
• Jennifer Compton (b. 1949, New Zealand/Australia), poet & pw.
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969, England), nv.
• Helen Field Comstock (1840–1930, United States), poet, philanthropist
• Helena Concannon (1878–1952, Ireland), historian & politician
• Francisca Josefa de la Concepción (1661–1742, Comoros), nun & mystic
• Nieves Concostrina (b. 1961, Spain), history wr.
• Carmen Conde (1907–1996, Spain), poet & nv.
• Maryse Condé (1937–2024), Guadeloupe/France), nv.
• Rosina Conde (b. 1954, Mexico), narrator, pw. & poet
• Teresa del Conde (1935–2017, Mexico), critic & art historian
• Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, United States), poet & professor
• Sandra Coney (b. 1944, New Zealand), historian & health campaigner
• Jane Elizabeth Dexter Conklin (1831–1914, United States), poet & religious wr.
• Evelyn Conlon (b. 1952, Ireland), fiction wr. & es.
• Marita Conlon-McKenna (b. 1956, Ireland), fiction and ch. wr.
• Eliza Archard Conner (1838–1912, United States), lecturer & feminist
• Elizabeth Marney Conner (1856–1941, United States), pw., educator & wr.
• Susan E. Connolly (b. c. 1980, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
• June Considine (living, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Lena Constante (1909–2005, Romania), es., mem. & artist
• Josefina Constantino (1920–2024, Philippines/Australia), es., critic & poet
• Ana Conta-Kernbach (1865–1921, Romania), wr. & educator
• Dorothea Conyers (1869–1949, Ireland), nv.
• Diane Cook (living, United States), fiction wr.
• Eliza Cook (1818–1889, England), poet
• Selma Cook (b. 1961, England), editor
• Kay McKenzie Cooke (b. 1953, New Zealand), poet
• Marvel Cooke (1903–2000, United States), col. & wr.
• Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (b. 1930, United States), Sioux poet, nv. & academic
• Ina Coolbrith (b. Josephine Anna Smith, 1841–1928, United States), poet
• Deborah Coonts (living, United States), nv. & lawyer
• Carolyn Cooper (b. 1950, Jamaica), wr. & critic
• J. California Cooper (1931–2014, United States), pw. & fiction wr.
• Wendy Cope (b. 1945, England), poet
• Esther Copley (1786–1851, England), religious & ch. wr.
• Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931, Belgium), poet & nv. in French
• Cora Coralina (1889–1985, Brazil), wr. & poet
• Judy Corbalis (living, New Zealand/England), fiction wr.
• Helena Corbellini (b. 1959, Uruguay), fiction wr. & poet
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1932–2020, Philippines), fiction & food wr.
• Leonor López de Córdoba (1362/1363–1430, Spain), mem.
• Marie Corelli (1855–1924, England), nv.
• Corinna (Κόριννα, 6th century BC, Ancient Greece), poet
• Cornificia (c. 85–c. 40 BC, Ancient Rome), poet & epigram wr.
• Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858, England), wr. on education, philosophy & science
• Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659, England), correspondent
• Anita Cornwell (1923–2023, United States), wr.
• Patricia Cornwell (b. 1956, United States), crime wr.
• Carolina Coronado (1820–1911, Spain), poet, nv. & pw.
• Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938, Cuba), biographer & anthologist
• Celia Correas de Zapata (1933–2022, Argentina), poet & academic
• Hélia Correia (b. 1949, Portugal), nv., pw. & poet
• Natália Correia (1923–1993, Portugal), poet & activist
• Cecilia K Corrigan (b. 1987, United States), poet & wr.
• Sarah Cortez (living, United States), poet, editor & es.
• Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, United States), poet & artist
• Maria Corti (1915–2002, Italy), philologist, critic & nv.
• Mary Corylé (1894–1976, Ecuador), wr. & poet
• Giselle Cossard (1923–2016, Morocco/Brazil), anthropologist
• Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928, Ecuador), poet & nv.
• Lola Costa (1903–2004, England), painter, wr. & poet
• Margherita Costa (c. 1600 – post-1657, Italy), poet & pw.
• Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020, Portugal), wr.
• Mary Costello (living, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Saskia De Coster (b. 1976, Belgium), wr. in Flemish
• Sophie Ristaud Cottin (1770–1807, France), nv.
• Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957, Australia), nv.
• Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971, New Zealand), wr., poet & spiritualist
• Anna Couani (b. 1948), nv., poet & artist
• Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003, Ivory Coast/Mexico), fiction & ch. wr.
• Emily Coungeau (1860–1936, Australia), poet
• Ajeet Cour (b. 1934, India), nv. & social wr.
• Dilly Court (b. 1940, England), hist. nv.
• Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950, Germany), nv.
• Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890, Belgium), poet & prose wr. in Flemish
• Arlette Cousture (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
• Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013, Brazil), fiction wr.
• Dani Couture (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
• Jessie Couvreur (1848–1897, Australia), nv.
• Jeni Couzyn (b. 1942, South Africa/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & ch. wr. in English
• Ena Fitzgerald (1889–1962, England), nv., poet, ss. wr.
• Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England), pw. & poet
• Joy Cowley (b. 1936, New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr.
• Roz Cowman (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & critic
• E. E. Cowper (1859–1933, England), nv.
• Josephine Cox (1938–2020, England), nv.
• Martine Le Coz (b. 1955, France), nv.

Cr–Cz

• Ioana Crăciunescu (b. 1950, Romania), poet & actor
• Fanny Cradock (1909–1994, England), cookery wr.
• Sara Jane Crafts (1845–1930, United States), non-f. wr.
• Christine Craig (b. 1943, Jamaica/United States), ch. wr. & poet
• Cola Barr Craig (1861–1930, United States), nv. & ss. wr.
• Mary Craig (1928–2019, England), journalist & wr.
• Mary Lynde Craig (1834–1921, United States), wr., teacher & activist
• Nicole Craig (b. 1974, Trinidad), poet & fiction wr.
• Dinah Mulock Craik (1826–1887, England), nv.
• Helen Craik (1751–1825, Scotland), nv.
• Harriet L. Cramer (1847–1922, United States), editor, publisher
• Hazel Crane (1951–2003, Ireland/South Africa), mem.
• Nathalia Crane (1913–1998, United States), poet & nv.
• Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851–1902, United States), educator, composer, non-f. wr.
• Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), poet & fiction wr.
• Margaret Craven (1901–1980, United States), nv.
• Pauline Marie Armande Craven (1808–1891, France), wr. & autobiographer
• Rachael Craw (living, New Zealand), nv. & YA wr.
• Emily Crawford (1841–1915, Ireland/France), col. & biographer
• Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Mabel Sharman Crawford (1820–1912, Ireland), travel wr.
• Susan P. Crawford (b. 1963, United States), law professor
• Máirín Cregan (1891–1975, Ireland), pw., nv. & ch. wr.
• Jane Tapsubei Creider (b. 1940s, Kenya), autobiographer, nv, fiction and non-f. wr
• Hélisenne de Crenne (c. 1510–1552, France), nv. & correspondent
• Jasmine Cresswell (b. 1941, Wales), nv.
• Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886, United States), poet, nv
• Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941, Australia), poet, fiction wr. & col.
• Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, England), poet
• Maria Sonia Cristoff (b. 1965, Argentina), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Alison Croggon (b. 1962, Argentina), poet, pw. & nv.
• Bithia Mary Croker (1849–1920, Ireland/India), travel wr.
• May Crommelin (1850–1930, Ireland/England), nv. & travel wr.
• M. T. C. Cronin (b. 1963, Australia), wr.
• Judy Croome (b. 1958, Zimbabwe/South Africa), fiction wr. & poet
• Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, England), wr. & poet
• Elsa Cross (b. 1946, Mexico), poet & es.
• Fiona Cross (living, New Zealand), arachnologist
• Zora Cross (1890–1964, Australia), poet & prose wr.
• Sarah Crossan (living, Ireland), YA wr.
• Julia Crottie (1853 – c. 1930, Ireland/United States), nv.
• Karen Crouse (living, United States), wr.
• Alev Croutier (b. 1954, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), non-f. wr.
• Catherine Crowe (1800–1876, England), pw., nv. & ch. book wr.
• Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, Scotland), poet in Braid Scots & English
• Coralie van den Cruyce (1796–1858, Belgium), pw. in French
• Aixa de la Cruz (b. 1988, Spain), fiction wr.
• Conchitina Cruz (living, Philippines), poet & academic
• Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695, Mexico), poet, pw. and nun
• Gabriella Csire (b. 1938, Romania), ch. wr. in Hungarian
• Cristina Fernández Cubas (b. 1945, Spain), fiction wr.
• María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854, Bolivia), letter writer
• Mireya Cueto (1922–2013, Mexico), wr. & puppeteer
• Briceida Cuevas (b. 1969, Mexico), poet in Mayan
• Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, United States), poet, wr.
• Belle Caldwell Culbertson (1857–1934, United States), non.f. wr.
• Diana Çuli (b. 1951, Albania), wr. & politician
• Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ireland), poet
• Majella Cullinane (living, Ireland/New Zealand), nv. & poet
• Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978, Trinidad/Bahamas), poet, pw. & activist
• Jackie Cumming (living, New Zealand), health-care wr. & academic
• Alissandra Cummins (b. 1958, Barbados), non-f. wr.
• Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969, Ireland), spiritualist, nv. & pw.
• Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866, United States), nv.
• Anne Cuneo (1936–2015, Switzerland), nv. in French
• Lady Margaret Cunningham (died c. 1622, Scotland), mem. & correspondent
• Pat Cumper (b. 1954, England), pw.
• Helena Parente Cunha (1929–2023, Brazil), wr. & educator
• Maria Renee Cura (died 2007, Argentina), non-f. wr.
• Cecilia Curbelo (b. 1975, Uruguay), wr. & col.
• Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794, Switzerland/France), social mem. in French
• Jean Curlewis (1898–1930, Argentina), ch. wr.
• Judi Curtin (b. 1960s, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920, United States), non-f. wr. & ed.
• Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981, Australia), nv. & pw.
• Margaret Anna Cusack (1829–1999, Ireland), biographer, social wr. & nun
• Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (b. 1949, Bolivia), historian & feminist
• Rachel Cusk (b. 1967, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Sheila Cussons (1922–2004, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
• Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England), nv.
• Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet
• Eunice P. Cutter (1819–1898), American, anatomy textbooks
• Aleksandra Čvorović (b. 1976, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr. & librarian
• Ptolemais of Cyrene (3rd century BC or later, Ancient Greece), wr. on music
• Izabela Czartoryska (1846–1935, Poland), Enlightenment wr.
• Julie E. Czerneda (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
• Sidney Czira (1889–1974, Ireland/United States), wr. & broadcaster

D

Da–Dh

• Selma Dabbagh (b. 1970, Scotland/Palestine), fiction wr.
• Emma Dabiri (b. 1979, Ireland/England), wr., academic & broadcaster
• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965, Poland), nv., es. & pw.
• Anne Dacier (1645–1720, France), scholar & translator
• Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015, Portugal), fiction wr., poet & diarist
• Esha Dadawala (b. 1985, India), poet & fiction wr.
• Aneta Dadeshkeliani (1872–1922, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & social reformer
• Nino Dadeshkeliani (1890–1931, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & politician
• Stella Dadzie (b. 1952, England), activist & historian
• Emilia Dafni (1881–1941, Greece), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Catrin Dafydd (b. c. 1982, Wales), wr. & poet
• Fflur Dafydd (b. 1978, Wales), nv. & musician
• Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (1930–2021, Iceland), poet
• Elizabeth Frances Dagley (1788–1853, England), ch. wr.
• Marianna Debes Dahl (b. 1947, Faroe Islands), fiction & ch. wr.
• Tora Dahl (1886–1983, Sweden), nv. & educator
• Ulla Dahlerup (b. 1942, Denmark), wr. & rights activist
• Dai Houying (戴厚英, 1938–1996, China), nv.
• Tamaki Daido (大道珠貴, b. 1966, Japan), radio scriptwriter & nv.
• Lois Daish (living, New Zealand), food & cookery wr.
• Jocelyne Dakhlia (b. 1959, France), historian & anthropologist
• Marguerite Dale (1883–1963, Australia), pw. & feminist
• Debra Daley (living, New Zealand), nv. & screenwriter
• Yrsa Daley-Ward (b. 1989, England), poet
• Gilberte H. Dallas (1918–1960, France/Switzerland), poet
• Ruth Dallas (1919–2008, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
• Ann Dally (1929–2007, England), wr. & psychiatrist
• Ita Daly (b. 1945, Ireland), fiction & ch. writer
• Mary E. Daly (living, Ireland), historian & academic
• Kathleen Dalziel (1881–1969, Australia), poet
• Achta Saleh Damane (living, Chad), wr. & politician
• Svetla Damyanovska (living, Bulgaria), poet & fiction wr.
• Virgilia D'Andrea (1888–1933, Italy), poet & politician
• Jordan Dane (b. 1953, United States), thriller wr.
• Charlotte Daneau de Muy (1694–1759, Canada) ursuline & non-f. wr.
• Utta Danella (1920–2015, Germany), fiction wr.
• Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012, Iran/Persia), fiction wr. & academic
• Tsitsi Dangarembga (b. 1959, Zimbabwe), wr. & filmmaker
• Ana Daniel (1928–2011, Portugal), poet
• Anna Dániel (1908–2003, Hungary), nv. & YA wr.
• Cora Linn Daniels (1852–1934, United States), wr.
• Tatyana Danilyants (b. 1971, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & film director
• Mabel Dove Danquah (1910–1984, Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
• Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (b. 1967, Ghana/Gold Coast/United States), wr. & editor
• Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969, Haiti/United States), nv.
• Zakya Daoud (b. 1937, France/Morocco), sociologist & historian
• Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, pre-AD 340 – post-399, China), poet & calligrapher
• Mildred Darby (1867–1932, Ireland), nv.
• Ailbhe Darcy (b. 1981, Ireland), poet
• Eleanor Dark (1901–1985, Australia), nv.
• Amma Darko (b. 1956, Ghana/Gold Coast), nv.
• Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907, United States), poet
• Tina Darragh (b. 1950, United States), poet
• Marie Darrieussecq (b. 1969, France), nv., biographer & ch. wr.
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton (living, Australia), fantasy wr.
• Helen Darville (Helen Dale, Helen Demidenko; b. 1972, Australia), col. & nv.
• Kamala Das (1932–2009, India), poet & fiction wr.
• Mahadai Das (1954–2003, Guyana), poet
• Countess Dash (1804–1872, France), nv.
• Filomena Dato (1856–1926, Spain), feminist, wr.
• Sukanya Datta (b. 1961, India), zoologist & science wr.
• Marcia Davenport (1903–1996, United States), nv., biographer & mem.
• Selina Davenport (1779–1859, England), nv.
• Gertrud David (1872–1936, Germany), screenwriter and col.
• Henriette Davidis (1801–1876, Germany), cookery wr.
• Joy Davidman (b. Helen Joy Davidman, 1915–1960, United States), wr. & poet
• Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969, France), traveler, wr. & Buddhist
• Nadia Davids (b. 1977, South Africa), wr. & pw. in English
• MaryJanice Davidson (b. 1969, United States), poet
• Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007, Wales), philosopher & historian
• Gwen Davies (b. 1964, Wales), translator & editor
• Margaret Davies (c. 1700–1778 or 1785, Wales), poet & scribe
• Mary Davies (1846–1882, Wales), poet
• Amparo Dávila (1928–2020, Mexico), fiction wr.
• Delia Davin (1944–2016, England), wr. on Chinese society
• Winnie Davin (1909–1995, New Zealand/England), wr. & editor
• Angela Davis (b. 1944, United States), philosopher & activist
• Bridgett M. Davis (living, United States), nv. & filmmaker
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916−2014, United States), mystery nv.
• Jackie Davis (b. 1963, New Zealand), nv., poet & pw.
• Kyra Davis (b. 1972, United States), nv.
• Lydia Davis (b. 1947, United States), fiction wr. & es.
• Mary Hayes Davis (c.1884–1948, United States), folklore wr. & news editor
• Norma Davis (1905–1945, Australia), poet
• Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910, United States), nv. & col.
• Annabel Davis-Goff (b. 1942, Ireland/United States), nv., screenwriter & academic
• Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (b. 1965, Iceland), wr.
• Hadiya Davletshina (1905–1954, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & pw.
• Mary Davys (c. 1674–1732, Ireland), nv. & pw.
• Elizabeth Dawbarn (died 1839, England), wr. on religion & child care
• Abha Dawesar (b. 1974, India), nv. & artist
• Pieretta Dawn (b. 1994, Thailand), wr. in English
• Laura Day (b. 1959, United States), self-help wr.
• Sarah Day (b. 1958, England/Australia), poet
• Suzanne R. Day (1876–1964, Ireland), nv. & pw.
• Tamasin Day-Lewis (b. 1953, England), cookery wr. & TV chef
• Jean D'Costa (b. 1937, Jamaica), ch. wr. & linguist
• Shobhaa De (b. 1947, India), col. & nv.
• Janette Deacon (b. 1939, South Africa), archaeologist in English
• Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972, Australia), nv., poet & actor
• Louise Dean (b. 1970, England)
• Pamela Dean (b. 1953, United States), nv.
• Kathryn Deans (living, Australia), ch. wr.
• Alice Dease (1874–1949, Ireland), wr. & folklorist
• Charlotte Dease (1873–1953, Ireland), prayer collector & hagiographer
• Djamila Debèche (1926–2010, Algeria/France), nv. & es.
• Nicole de Buron (1929–2019, France), wr.
• Denise Deegan (b. 1966, Ireland), screenwriter & fiction wr.
• Teresa Deevy (1894–1963, Ireland), pw. & fiction wr.
• Charlotte Burgis DeForest (1879–1973, United States), wr.
• Régine Deforges (1935–2014, France), nv. & es.
• Ellen DeGeneres (b. 1958, United States), wr. & comedian
• Sadia Dehlvi (1957–2020, India), activist, wr. & col.
• Sabine Deitmer (1947–2020, Germany), crime wr.
• Draga Dejanović (1840–1871, Serbia), poet
• Aagje Deken (1701–1804, Netherlands), poet & correspondent
• E. M. Delafield (1890–1943, England), nv. & mem.
• Lucy Delaney (c. 1830–c. 1890, United States), mem.
• Mary Delany (1700–1788, England), correspondent & Bluestocking
• Alix Delaporte (b. 1969, France), screenwriter & film director
• Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945, France), poet, nv. & col.
• Elizabeth Delaval (c.1648–1717), British memoirist
• Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991, Romania), fiction wr, mem. & musician
• Florence Delay (b. 1941, France), academic & actor
• Grazia Deledda (1871–1936, Italy), nv. & poet; 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature
• Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976, France), poet, translator & nv.
• Nieves Delgado (b. 1968, Spain), nv.
• Susy Delgado (b. 1949, Paraguay), poet & wr. in Spanish & Guarani
• Sahar Delijani (b. 1983, Iran/Persia), nv.
• Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971, United States), ethnographer, historian & nv.
• Jeanine Delpech (1905–1992, France), journalist, translator & nv.
• Penelope Delta (1874–1941, Greece), ch. wr. & nv.
• Gabriëlle Demedts (1909–2002, Belgium), poet in Flemish
• Rita Demeester (1946–1993), Belgium), poet & wr. in Flemish
• Esther Dendel (1910–2002), American non-fiction writer
• Radka Denemarková (b. 1968, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & screenplay wr.
• Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987, Hungary), critic & biographer
• Irina Denezhkina (b. 1981, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
• Marina Denikina (1919–2005, Russia/France), political historian
• Sylvie Denis (b. 1963, France), science fiction wr.
• Yvonne Denis Rosario (b. 1967, Puerto Rico), storyteller, poet, professor
• Nicole Dennis-Benn (b. 1982, Jamaica), nv. & story wr.
• Márcia Denser (b. 1949, Brazil), wr. & academic
• Laurence Deonna (b. 1937, Switzerland), political wr. in French
• Maria Deraismes (1828–1894, France), feminist wr.
• Raghida Dergham (b. 1953, Lebanon/United States), col.
• Enid Derham (1882–1941, Australia), poet
• Regina Derieva (1949–2013, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & wr.
• Maria Dermoût (1888–1962, Netherlands), nv.
• Jeanne Deroin (1805–1894, France), political wr.
• Sophie Deroisin (1909–1994, Belgium), nv. in French
• Toi Derricotte (b. 1941, United States), poet
• Suat Derviş (1904 or 1905–1972, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & activist
• Dominika Dery (b. 1975, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & mem.
• Anita Desai (b. 1937, India), nv.
• Kamal Desai (1928–2011, India), nv.
• Kiran Desai (b. 1971, India), nv.
• Dominique Desanti (1920–2011, France), nv., biographer & col.
• Agnès Desarthe (b. 1966, France), nv. & ch. wr.
• Maryline Desbiolles (b. 1959, France), wr.
• Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859, France), poet
• Anne Desclos, 1907–1998, France), col. & nv.
• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694, France), poet
• Gauri Deshpande (1942–2003, India), fiction wr. & poet
• Shashi Deshpande (b. 1938, India), nv.
• Sunita Deshpande (1926–2009, India), wr.
• Roxane Desjardins (born 1991), Canada), wr.
• Marie-Anne Desmarest (1904–1973, France), nv.
• Pip Desmond (living, New Zealand), social wr.
• Virginie Despentes (b. 1969, France), nv.
• Marie Desplechin (b. 1959, France), fiction & ch. wr.
• Madeleine Desroseaux (1873–1939, France), poet & nv.
• Victoria de Stefano (1940–2023, Italy/Venezuela), nv. & es.
• Jessica Dettmann (living, Australia), nv.
• Babette Deutsch (1895–1982, United States), poet, critic, & nv.
• Jean Devanny (1894–1962, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Alexis De Veaux (b. 1948, United States), wr. & illustrator
• Mary Deverell (1731–1805, England), religious wr. & poet
• Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995, India), nv. & poet
• Leela Devi (1932–1998, India), wr. & educator
• Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016, India), nv. & wr.
• Maitreyi Devi (1914–1990, India), poet & nv.
• M. K. Binodini Devi (1922–2011, India), fiction wr. & pw.
• Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977, India), poet & writer
• Nirupama Devi (1883–1951, India), fiction wr.
• Vimala Devi (b. 1932, Goa/Spain),
• Martina Devlin (living, Ireland), nv. & col.
• Polly Devlin (b. 1944, wr. & broadcaster
• Caroline Dexter (1819–1884, England/Australia), feminist
• Leena Dhingra (living, India/England), wr. & actor
• Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Christine D'haen (1923–2009), wr. & poet in French
• Dhuoda (c. 803–c. 843, France), moralist in Latin; Liber Manualis

Di–Dy

• Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté (1924–2001, Senegal), poet & educator
• Nafissatou Niang Diallo (1941–1982, Senegal), social wr. & mem.
• Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland (b. 1972, Senegal), nv. & lyricist
• Anita Diamant (b. 1951, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Máirín Diamond (b. 1957, Ireland), poet
• Olga Xirinacs Díaz (b. 1936, Spain), wr. & musician
• Marta Yolanda Díaz-Durán (b. 1968, Guatemala), academic
• Paloma Díaz-Mas (b. 1954, Spain), nv. & pw.
• Juana Dib (1924–2015, Argentina) poet, journalist, teacher
• Kate DiCamillo (b. 1964, United States), ch. wr.
• Adelia Di Carlo (1883–1965, Argentina), wr., chronicler, founder
• Monica Dickens (1915–1992, England), nv. & mem.
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886, United States), poet
• Susan E. Dickinson (1842–1915, United States), correspondent
• Joan Didion (1934–2021, United States), col., es. & nv.
• Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego (living, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog
• Alice Mangold Diehl (1844–1912, England), nv. & musician
• Mame Younousse Dieng (1939–2016, Senegal), nv. & poet
• Carole Dieschbourg (b. 1977, Luxembourg), writer & politician
• Florence Carpenter Dieudonné (1850–1927, United States), fiction wr.
• Jane Dieulafoy (1851–1916, France), archaeologist & nv.
• Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838–1919, Colombia), historian, translator, genealogist
• Annie Le Porte Diggs (1853–1916, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & wr.
• Emilia Dilke (1840–1904, England), social wr. & art critic
• Annie Dillard (b. 1945, United States), non-f. wr., poet & nv.
• Eilís Dillon (1920–1994, Ireland), nv. & YA wr.
• Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935, Wales), nv.
• Ophelia Dimalanta (1932–2010, Philippines), poet, wr. & teacher
• Lidija Dimkovska (b. 1971, North Macedonia/Slovenia), poet, nv. & translator
• Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945, Serbia), fiction wr. & poet
• Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003, Belgium), poet & politician
• Kristin Dimitrova (b. 1963, Bulgaria), wr. & poet
• Kiki Dimoula (1931–2020, Greece), poet
• Theodora Dimova (b. 1960, Bulgaria), nv. & pw.
• Isak Dinesen (1885–1962, Denmark), nv.; Out of Africa
• Ding Ling (丁玲, 1904–1986, China), nv.
• Güzin Dino (1910–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), scholar & political wr.
• Fatou Diome (b. 1968, Senegal), nv.
• Nafissatou Dia Diouf (b. 1973, Senegal), poet & fiction wr.
• Farida Diouri (1953–2004, Morocco), nv. in French
• Kelly DiPucchio (b. 1967, United States), ch. wr.
• Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019, Croatia), journalist & wr.
• Jenny Diski (1947–2016, England), wr.
• Clotilde Dissard (1873–1919, France), journalist, feminist
• Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976, Denmark), poet, nv. & autobiographer
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (b. 1956, India/United States), poet & fiction wr.
• Margaret A. Dix (b. 1939, Channel Islands/Guatemala), botanist
• Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905, Scotland), travel, war & fiction wr.
• Varsha Dixit (living, India/United States), nv.
• Isobel Dixon (b. 1969, South Africa), poet in English
• Négar Djavadi (b. 1969, Iran/Persia/France), nv. & screenwriter
• Assia Djebar (1936–2015, Algeria), nv. & filmmaker
• Rabia Djelti (b. 1954, Algeria), poet, nv. & educator
• Elena Djionat (1888 – post-1936, Romania), political wr. & activist
• Anastasia Dmitruk (b. 1991, Ukraine), poet
• Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947, Russia/Soviet Union), fiction wr.
• Gillian Dobbie (living, New Zealand), computer scientist
• Louisa Emily Dobrée (fl. ca. 1877–1917, France), nv., ss. wr., juvenile wr. & non-f. wr.
• Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012, Australia), poet
• Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929, United States), wr.
• Lynley Dodd (b. 1941, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905, United States), ch. wr.; Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
• Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878, United States), poet
• Mary Diana Dods (David Lyndsay, 1790–1830, Scotland), fiction wr.
• Anna Dodsworth (c. 1740–1801, Britain), poet
• Thea Doelwijt (b. 1938, Suriname), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
• Harriet Doerr (1910–2002, United States), nv.
• Mary Crow Dog (1954–2013, United States), wr. & activist
• Brenda DoHarris (living, Guyana), poet
• Ann Doherty (c. 1786 – c. 1831–1832, England), nv. & pw.
• Berlie Doherty (b. 1943, England), nv., poet & ch. wr.
• Dorcas Dole (fl. later 17th century, England), Quaker pamphleteer
• Veronika Dolina (b. 1956, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
• Elvira Dolinar (1870–1961, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), col. in Slovenian
• Emma Dolujanoff (1922–2013, Mexico), wr.
• Janina Domanska (1913–1995, Poland/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Alcina Lubitch Domecq (b. 1953, Guatemala/Israel), fiction wr.
• Maria Doménech (1877–1954, Spain), nv., poet & pw.
• Hilde Domin (1909–2006, Germany), poet
• Anni Domingo (b. 1950s, England), nv., poet & pw
• Delia Domínguez (1931–2022, Chile), poet
• María Domínguez (1882–1936, Spain), poet & politician
• María Magdalena Domínguez (1922–2021, Spain), poet
• Lady Margaret Domville (1840–1929, Ireland), religious wr.
• Robyn Donald (b. 1940, New Zealand), nv.
• Elvira Dones (b. 1960, Albania/Switzerland), nv. & screenwriter
• Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002), col.
• Maite Dono (b. 1969, Spain), poet & songwriter
• Emma Donoghue (b. 1969, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), pw., nv. & literary historian
• Darya Dontsova (b. 1952, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction & scriptwriter
• Compiuta Donzella (fl. late 13th century, Italy), poet
• Maria Doolaeghe (1803–1884, Belgium), wr. in Flemish
• Aoife Dooley (b. 1991, Ireland), wr. & illustrator
• Robyn Doolittle (b. 1984, Canada/Newfoundland), col.
• Carolina Marcial Dorado (1889–1941, Spain/United States), textbook wr.
• Mary Dorcey (b. 1950, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
• Mara Đorđević-Malagurski (1894–1971, Serbia), wr. & ethnologist
• Geneviève Dormann (1933–2015, France), fiction wr. & col.
• Renate Dorrestein (1954–2018, Netherlands), fiction wr. & feminist
• Mathilda d'Orozco (Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm; 1796–1863, Italy/Sweden), salonnière, poet & wr.
• Doris Dörrie (b. 1955, Germany), fiction & ch. wr. & critic
• Anna Dostoevskaya (1846–1918, Russia), mem. & philatelist
• Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926, Russia/Italy), mem.
• Sarah Doudney (1841–1926, England), ch. wr. & poet
• Debbie Dougherty (fl 1880s, USA), academic, non-fiction wr.
• Ellen Douglas (1921–2012, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Mona Douglas (1898–1987, Isle of Man), poet & folklorist
• Myra Douglas (1844–?, United States), wr., poet
• O. Douglas (1877–1948, Scotland), nv.
• Sara Douglass (1957–2011, Australia), fantasy nv.
• Maro Douka (b. 1947, Gk), nv.
• Teresa Dovalpage (b. 1966, Cuba/United States), nv.
• Nah Dove (b. 1940s, UK), non-f. wr.
• Rita Dove (b. 1952, United States), poet
• Ceridwen Dovey (b. 1980, South Africa/Australia), nv.
• Beatrice von Dovsky (1866–1923, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, librettist & actor
• Unity Dow (b. 1959, Botswana), activist & nv.
• Mary Frances Dowdall (1876–1939, England), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Sediqeh Dowlatabadi (1882–1961, Iran/Persia), correspondent
• Finuala Dowling (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & nv. in English
• Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1969, Ireland), poet & nun
• Mary Downing (c. 1815–1881, Ireland/England), poet
• Margaret Drabble (b. 1939, England), nv. & biographer
• Emmy Drachmann (1854–1928, Denmark), nv. & mem.
• Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943, Poland), diarist & Hc. victim
• Rajna Dragićević (living, Serbia), lexicographer & academic
• Tonke Dragt (b. 1930, Netherlands), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Judith Drake (late 17th century, England), feminist es.
• Slavenka Drakulić (b. 1949, Yugoslavia/Croatia), nv. & es.
• Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823–1894, England), religious wr. & biographer
• Camille Drevet (1881–1969, France), non-f. wr.
• Catharine Drew (1832–1910, Ireland/England), nv. & col.
• Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986, Germany), pw. & nv.
• Paola Drigo (1876–1938, Italy), fiction wr.
• Daša Drndić (1946–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia), nv. & pw.
• Edwige-Renée Dro (living, Ivory Coast), wr. & activist
• Celia Dropkin (1887–1956, Belarus/United States), poet in Yiddish
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848, Germany), poet
• Joan Druett (b. 1939, New Zealand), nv. & historian
• Alison Edith Hilda Drummond (1903–1984, New Zealand), historian & farmer
• Ree Drummond (b. 1969, United States), wr. & food wr.
• Yulia Drunina (1924–1991, Soviet Union), poet & fiction wr.
• Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912, England), poet & nv.
• Helene von Druskowitz (1856–1918, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., critic & poet
• Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695/1698–1765, Poland), poet
• Svetlana Druzhinina (b. 1935, Soviet Union/Russia), screenwriter & actor
• Nora Dryhurst (1856–1930, Ireland/England), wr. & translator
• Duan Shuqing (端淑卿, c. 1510 – c. 1600, China), poet
• Caitilin Dubh (fl. c. 1624, Ireland), poet
• Caroline Dubois (b. 1960, France), poet
• Dorothea Du Bois (1728–1774, Ireland), poet, autobiographer & pw.
• Ursula Dubosarsky (b. 1961, Australia), ch. & YA fiction & non-f. wr.
• Louis Dubrau (1904–1997, Belgium), fiction wr. & poet in French
• Charlotte Dubreuil (b. 1940, France), nv. & filmmaker
• Marilyn Duckworth (b. 1935, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
• Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944, England), poet, nv., es., literary critic & translator
• Diane Ducret (B), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Tessa Duder (b. 1940, New Zealand), YA, fiction & non-f. wr. & pw.
• María Dueñas (b. 1964, Spain), nv.
• Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon (1821–1869, England/Egypt), history wr. & Arabist
• Bella Duffy (1849–1926, Ireland/Italy), writer
• Carol Ann Duffy (b. 1955, Scotland), poet & pw.; first female & Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
• Catherine Dufour (b. 1966, France), science fiction & fantasy nv.
• Eileen Duggan (1894–1972, New Zealand), poet & col.
• Kate Duignan (b. 1974, New Zealand), fiction wr. & educator
• Yolanda Vargas Dulché (1926–1999, Mexico), cartoon wr.
• Nurduran Duman (b. 1974, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & pw.
• Firoozeh Dumas (b. 1965, Iran/Persia/United States), mem. & nv.
• Bucura Dumbravă (1868–1926, Romania), nv. & theosophist
• Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920–2006, Romania), political wr.
• Marilyn Dumont (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Sarah Dunant (b. 1950, England), nv.
• Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987, Ukraine/United States), philosopher
• Andrea Dunbar (1961–1990, England), pw.
• Lois Duncan (1934–2016, United States), YA wr.
• Susan Duncan (b. 1951, Australia), mem. & nv.
• Elaine Dundy (1931–2008, United States), col., nv. & biographer
• Camille Dungy (b. 1972, United States), poet & professor
• Mabel Dunham (1881–1957, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Kinga Dunin (b. 1954, Poland), nv. & sociologist
• Clare B. Dunkle (b. 1964, United States), ch. fantasy wr. & librarian
• Gloria Dünkler (b. 1977, Chile), poet & folklorist
• Nell Dunn (b. 1936, UK), pw. & screenwriter
• Katherine Dunn (1945–2016, United States), nv., col. & poet
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis (b. 1941, United States), poet, es. & scholar
• Maria José Dupré (1905–1984, Brazil), nv.
• Mary Durack (1913–1994, Australia), nv. & ch. wr.
• Ariel Durant (1898–1981, Ukraine/United States), social philosopher & mem.
• Francesca Duranti (b. 1935, Italy), fiction wr.
• Claire de Duras (1777–1828, France), nv.
• Marguerite Duras (1914–1996, France), nv., pw. & screenwriter
• Bohdana Durda (b. 1940, Ukraine), wr., poet & song wr.
• Vanessa Duriès (1972–1993, France), nv.
• Jessica Durlacher (b. 1961, Netherlands), critic & nv.
• Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (b. 1953, Serbia), nv.
• Tehmina Durrani (b. 1953, Pakistan), wr. & activist
• Marie Dušková (1903–1968, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet
• Nirupama Dutt (b. 1955, India), poet
• Toru Dutt (1856–1877, India/England), poet
• Yvette Duval (1931–2006, Morocco/France), historian
• Karen Duve (b. 1961, Germany), fiction wr.
• Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004, United States), poet
• Gergina Dvoretzka (living, Belgium), poet & col.
• Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko (b. 1968 & 1945–2022, Ukraine/United States), novelists
• Xenia Dyakonova (b. 1985, Russia), poet, translator
• Wanda Dynowska (1888–1971, Poland), theosophist & political wr.

E

Ea–Em

• Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856, United States), wr. & poet
• Marion Eames (1921–2007, Wales), nv. & translator
• Mary Tracy Earle (1864–1955, United States), wr.
• Beverley East (b. 1953, Jamaica), wr.
• Alice Eather (1988/1989–2017, Australia), poet & environmentalist
• Edith Maude Eaton (Sui Sin Far; 1865–1914, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Winnifred Eaton (Watanna Onoto; 1875–1954, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005, France), es. & nv.
• Shirin Ebadi (b. 1947, Iran/Persia), activist; Nobel Peace Prize 2003
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904, Switzerland/Algeria), political wr. in French
• Margareta Ebner (1291–1351, Germany), diarist & mystic
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Charlotte O'Conor Eccles (1860–1911, Ireland), nv. & translator
• Fadela Echebbi (b. 1946, Tunisia), poet
• Robyn Eckersley (b. 1958, Australia), political theorist
• Elaine Howard Ecklund (living, United States), academic
• Bertha Eckstein-Diener (Sir Galahad, 1874–1948, Austria/Austria-Hungary), historian & travel wr.
• Nydia Ecury (1926–2012, Curaçao), poet & translator
• Leigh Eddings (1939–2007, United States), fantasy nv.
• Reni Eddo-Lodge (b. 1989, England), col. & wr.
• Inger Edelfeldt (b. 1956, Sweden), fiction & ch. wr. & illustrator
• Aida Edemariam (fl. 2014–, Ethiopia/Canada/Newfoundland), col. & mem.
• Dorothy Eden (1912–1982, New Zealand/England), fiction wr.
• Emily Eden (1797–1869, England), nv. & poet
• Arabella Edge (fl. 2000–, England/Australia), fiction wr.
• Zee Edgell (1940–2020, Belize), nv.
• Frances Anne Edgeworth (1769–1865, Ireland), mem. & botanical artist
• Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849, England/Ireland), nv.; Castle Rackrent
• May Edginton (1883–1957, England), nv.
• Lauris Edmond (1924–2000, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
• Harriet Edquist (fl. 1989–, Australia), architectural historian
• Esi Edugyan (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & wr.
• Summer Edward (b. 1986, Trinidad), wr. & activist
• Amelia Edwards (1831–1892, England), fiction wr. & poet
• Annie Edwards (c. 1830–1896, England), nv.
• Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959, Wales), ch. wr. & teacher
• Ruth Dudley Edwards (b. 1944, Ireland), historian, biographer & crime wr.
• Yvvette Edwards (fl. 2011–, England), nv.
• Zena Edwards (b. 1960s, England), poet
• Françoise Ega (1920–1976, Martinique), nv.
• Jennifer Egan (b. 1962, United States); fiction wr.
• Susanna Eger (1640–1713, Germany), cookery wr.
• Egeria (Aetheria) (fl. AD 381–384, Algeria), pilgrim & correspondent in Latin
• George Egerton (1859–1945, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
• Helen Merrill Egerton (1866–1951, Canada), poet, non-f. wr.
• Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976, Australia), wr., activist & lawyer
• Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960, Denmark), crime wr.
• Elen Egryn (Elin Evans, 1807–1876, Wales), poet
• María Egual (1655–1735, Spain), poet & pw.
• Alicia Eguren (1924–1977, Argentina), poet & es.
• Barbara Ehrenreich (1941–2022, United States), feminist & activist
• Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867, Sweden), wr.
• Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795, Switzerland), nv. & publicist in German
• Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (1815–1905, Finland), feminist & wr. in Swedish
• Tamara Eidelman (living, Soviet Union/Russia), historian & educator
• Eiki Eiki (影木栄貴, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
• Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922, Denmark), fiction wr. & pw.
• Lena Einhorn (b. 1954, Sweden), mem., pw. & screenwriter
• Paula Einöder (b. 1974, Uruguay), poet & wr.
• Oddný Eir (b. 1972, Iceland), nv.
• Kerstin Ekman (b. 1933, Sweden), fiction wr.
• Margareta Ekström (1930–2021, Sweden), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
• Elaine Eksvärd (b. 1981, Sweden), non-f. wr.
• Nana Ekvtimishvili (b. 1978, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & film director
• Naima El Bezaz (1974–2020, Morocco/Netherlands), wr.
• Roza Eldarova (1923–2021, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. & politician
• Anne Elder (1918–1976, Australia), poet & dancer
• Olivia Elder (1735–1780, Ireland), poet
• Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956, Australia), nv., critic & historian
• Elephantis (fl. late 1st century BC, Ancient Greece), erotic poet
• Ada María Elflein (1880–1919, Argentina), poet, col. & translator
• Menna Elfyn (b. 1952, Wales), poet, pw. & editor
• Laila el-Haddad (b. 1978, Palestine/United States), wr. on Palestine & food
• Safia Elhillo (b. 1990, Sudan/United States), poet
• Anilú Elías (b. 1937, Mexico), scholar & activist
• María Luisa Elío (1926–2009, Spain/Mexico), screenwriter
• George Eliot (Marian Evans, 1819–1880, England), nv. & poet; Middlemarch
• Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916, Romania), Queen Consort & poet
• Caroline Elkins (b. 1969, United States), prof. & non-f. wr.
• Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877, United States), wr. & poet
• Bina Sarkar Ellias (b. 1949, India), poet, wr. & editor
• Anne Elliot (1856–1941, England), nv.
• Lady Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, Scotland), poet
• E. S. Elliott (1836–1897, England), poet, hymn wr., nv., ed.
• Janice Elliott (1931–1995, England), fiction & ch. wr.
• Marianne Elliott (living, Ireland/England), historian
• Lucy Ellmann (b. 1956, United States/Scotland), nv.
• Alice Thomas Ellis (Anna Haycraft, 1932–3005, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Ellen Elizabeth Ellis (1829–1895, England/New Zealand), nv. & activist
• Keisha Lynne Ellis (fl. 2009 onward, Bahamas), political scientist
• Lucy Ellmann (b. 1956, United States/Scotland), nv.
• Nawal el-Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt), feminist & fiction wr.
• Barbara Else (b. 1947, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
• Gisela Elsner (1939–1992, Germany), nv.
• Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756, England), feminist & translator
• Diamela Eltit (b. 1949, Chile), wr. & academic
• Lynn Emanuel (b. 1949, United States), poet
• Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017, Nigeria), nv.
• Claudia Emerson (1957–2014, United States), poet & academic
• Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907, United States), wr. & ethnologist
• Akwaeke Emezi (b. 1987, Nigeria), fiction wr.
• Lelia Dromgold Emig (1872–1957, United States), genealogist & non-f. wr.
• Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019, United States), fiction wr.
• Angella Emurwon (living, Uganda), pw.

En–Ez

• Amanda Enayati (living, Iran/Persia/United States), health wr.
• Fumiko Enchi (円地文子, 1905–1986, Japan), pw. & fiction wr.
• María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908–1949, Spain/Mexico), social wr.
• Alberthiene Endah (living, Indonesia), biographer & nv.
• Chuah Guat Eng (蔡月英, b. 1943, Malaysia), fiction wr. in English
• Marian Engel (1933–1985, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634–1716, Norway), poet & hymn wr.
• Helene von Engelhardt (1850–1910, Germany), poet, wr. & linguist
• Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981, Australia), nv. & poet
• Isobel English (1920–1994, England), nv.
• Françoise Enguehard (b. 1957, Canada/Newfoundland), prose wr. in French
• Enheduanna (2285–2250 BC, Ancient Sumeria), poet & royal priestess
• Maki Enjōji (円城寺マキ, living, Japan), manga creator
• Nariko Enomoto (榎本ナリコ, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
• Anna Enquist (b. 1945, Netherlands), poet & nv.
• Anne Enright (b. 1962, Ireland), fiction writer
• Kalilah Enríquez (b. 1983, Belize/Jamaica), col. & poet
• Mariana Enríquez (b. 1973, Algeria), fiction wr. & col.
• Anne Enright (b. 1962, Ireland), fiction wr. & es.
• José Ensch (1942–2008, Luxembourg), poet
• Riemke Ensing (b. 1939, Netherlands/New Zealand), poet & academic
• Camelia Entekhabifard (b. 1973, Iran/Persia/United States), wr.
• Fotini Epanomitis (b. 1969, Australia), nv.
• Nora Ephron (1941–2012, United States), nv. & screenwriter
• Pamphile of Epidaurus (1st century AD, Ancient Greece), historian
• Muzi Epifani (1935–1984, Italy), nv., poet & pw.
• Helen Epstein (b. 1947, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), biographer & mem.
• Noura Erakat (b. 1980, United States), wr. on Palestine
• Ruth Erat (b. 1951, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
• Leyla Erbil (1931–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
• Aslı Erdoğan (b. 1967, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr. and activist
• Louise Erdrich (b. 1954, United States), nv., poet & ch. wr.
• Rica Erickson (1908–2009, Australia), botany & history wr.
• Helena Eriksson (b. 1962, Sweden), poet
• Erinna (Ἤριννα, fl. c. 600 BC, Ancient Greece), poet
• Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (1868–1951, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv.
• Dominika Eristavi (1864–1929, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & prose wr.
• Annie Ernaux (b. 1940, France), nv. & autobiographer
• Maria Ernestam (b. 1959, Sweden), fiction wr.
• Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (b. 1926, Senegal), poet & ch. wr.
• Henrica van Erp (c. 1480–1548, Netherlands), chronicler & abbess
• Jenny Erpenbeck (b. 1967, Germany), fiction wr. and pw.
• María de los Ángeles Errisúriz (b. 1966, Mexico), wr. on education
• Kelcey Ervick (fl. 2013, USA), wr., creative writing
• Tina Escaja (b. 1965, Spain/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Ximena Escalante (b. 1964, Mexico), pw.
• Alicia Escardó (b. 1963, Uruguay), fiction wr. & educator
• Nataly von Eschstruth (1860–1939, Germany), fiction wr. and pw.
• Edith Escombe (1866–1950, England), fiction wr. & es.
• Gloria Escomel (b. 1941, Uruguay/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Margaret Escott (1908–1977, New Zealand), nv., poet & educator
• Rosemary Esehagu (b. 1981, Nigeria/United States), nv.
• Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (1899–1979, Mexico), linguist & poet
• Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897, United States), poet, wr., hymn wr.
• Erminda Rentoul Esler (c. 1852–1924, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Florbela Espanca (1894–1930, Portugal), poet
• Teresa Espasa (living, Spain), poet, es. & professor
• Kristin Espinasse (b. 1968, United States), wr.
• Ileana Espinel (1933–2001, Ecuador), poet & wr.
• Ramabai Espinet (b. 1948, Trinidad), poet, nv. & critic
• Laura Esquivel (b. 1950, Mexico), nv.
• Sofia Ester (b. 1978, Portugal), YA wr.
• Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling (1857–1935, Ireland), nv. & educator
• Eleanor Estes (1906–1988, United States), ch. wr.
• Clarissa Pinkola Estés (b. 1945, United States), poet
• Gisèle d'Estoc (1845–1894, France), non-f. wr.
• Jenny Estrada (b. 1940, Ecuador), social wr.
• Makiko Esumi (江角マキコ, b. 1966, Japan), non-f. wr. & lyricist
• Eloísa García Etchegoyhen (1921–1996, Uruguay), education wr.
• Claire Etcherelli (b. 1934, France), nv.
• Gabriela Etcheverry (b. 1946, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & critic
• Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941, Iran/Persia), poet
• Mansoureh Ettehadieh (living, Iran/Persia), historian
• Lucía Etxebarría (b. 1966, Spain), biographer & nv.
• Luisa Etxenike (b. 1957, Spain), fiction wr., pw. & poet
• Cecilia Eudave (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr.
• Aelia Eudocia (c. 401–460, Byzantium), religious wr. in Greek
• Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014, Philippines), wr. & academic
• Eun Mihee (은미희, b. 1960, Korea), nv., col. & academic
• Jang Eun-jin (장은진, b. 1976, Korea), wr.
• Lolita Euson (1914–1994, Sint Eustatius), poet
• Janet Evanovich (b. 1943, United States), nv.
• Anne Evans (1820–1870, England), poet & composer
• Augusta Jane Evans (1835–1909, United States), nv.
• Christine Evans (b. 1943, Wales), poet
• Diana Evans (b. c. 1971, England), nv., col. & critic
• Mari Evans (1923–2017, United States), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
• Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886, Australia), nv.
• Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell (1836–1922, United States), fiction wr.
• Bernardine Evaristo (b. 1959, England), wr.
• Conceição Evaristo (b. 1946, Brazil), social wr.
• Marjorie Evasco (b. 1953, Philippines), poet
• Maria Louise Eve (1842–1900, United States), poet
• Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857–1940, United States), editor, wr
• Zdravka Evtimova (b. 1959, Bulgaria), fiction wr.
• Barbara Ewing (b. 1939, New Zealand/England), nv., actor & pw.
• Emma Pike Ewing (1838–1917, United States), wr. & educator
• Eve Ewing (b. 1986, United States), wr., poet & artist
• Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885, England), ch. wr.
• Catherine Exley (1779–1857, England), non-f. wr.
• Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
• Leonora Eyles (1889–1960, England), feminist wr. & nv.
• Regīna Ezera (1930–2002, Latvia), nv.

F

Fa–Fl

• Camilla Faà (c. 1599–1662, Italy), autobiographer & nun
• Edda Fabbri (b. 1949, Uruguay), fiction wr.
• Anne Faber (living, Luxembourg/England), cookery wr.
• Michèle Fabien (1945–1999, Belgium), wr. & pw. in French
• Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, United States), poet & illustrator
• Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, Hungary), poet & es.
• Paloma Fabrykant (b. 1981, Argentina), non-f. wr. & artist
• Diane Fahey (b. 1945, Australia), poet
• Jacqueline Fahey (b. 1929, New Zealand), mem. & painter
• Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770, Italy), poet & composer
• Elizabeth Fair (1908–1997, England), nv.
• Lidia Falcón (b. 1935, Spain), pw. & es.
• Suzanne Falkiner (b. 1952, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Aminata Sow Fall (b. 1941, Senegal), nv.
• Khadi Fall (b. 1948, Senegal), nv.
• Kiné Kirama Fall (b. 1934, Senegal), poet
• Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006, Italy), non-f. wr.
• Amber Fallon (b. 1993, United States), horror wr.
• Katie Fallon (b. 1976, United States), es. & non-f. wr.
• Fan Xiaoqing (范小青, b. 1955, China), fiction wr.
• Elena Fanailova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
• Fang Fang (方方, b. 1955, China), poet & nv.
• Diane Fanning (b. 1950, United States), wr. on crime & nv.
• Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918, Peru), nv. & col.
• Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England), mem.
• Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, England), poet
• Ursula Fanthorpe (1929–2009, England), poet
• Elena Farago (1878–1954, Romania), poet & ch. wr.
• Najwa Kawar Farah (1923–2015, Palestine/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction & ch. wr. & autobiographer
• Marthe Fare (b. 1985, Togo), nv. & educator
• Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010, Portugal), nv., poet & actor
• Lily Yulianti Farid (b. 1971, Indonesia), fiction wr.
• Beverley Farmer (1941–2018, Australia), fiction wr.
• Hannah Tobey Farmer (1823–1891, United States), wr. & poet
• Nancy Farmer (b. 1941, United States), YA & ch. nv.
• Penelope Farmer (b. 1939, England), ch. nv.; Charlotte Sometimes
• Fadhila El Farouk (b. 1967, Algeria/Lebanon), nv.
• Fiona Farrell (b. 1947, New Zealand), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967, Iran/Persia), poet & film director
• Pooran Farrokhzad (1933–2016, Iran/Persia), poet, pw. & encyclopedist
• Angie Farrow (b. 1951, England/New Zealand), academic & wr. for theater & radio
• Bushra Farrukh (b. 1957, Pakistan), poet
• Leila Farsakh (b. 1967, Palestine/United States), political economist
• Lilian Faschinger (b. 1950, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & poet
• Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco), pw. & fiction wr.
• Adélaïde Fassinou (b. 1955, Benin), fiction wr.
• Nazila Fathi (b. 1970, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), political mem.
• Altaf Fatima (1927–2018, India/Pakistan), fiction wr.
• Geneviève Fauconnier (1886–1969, France), nv.
• Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801, United States), poet
• Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961, England), nv. & ch. wr.
• Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961, United States), poet, es. & nv.
• Beatrice Faust (1939–2019, Australia), non-f. wr. & activist
• Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England/India), correspondent
• Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693, France), nv.
• Samira Fazal (living, Pakistan), screenwriter & pw.
• Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén (1829–1893, Ecuador), wr. & poet
• Astrid Stampe Feddersen (1852–1930, Denmark), wr. & activist
• Etta Federn (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & translator
• Elaine Feeney (living, Ireland), nv. & pw.
• Klára Fehér (1919–1996, Hungary), nv. & ch. wr.
• Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014, United States), wr. & activist
• Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England), poet, nv. & translator
• Else Feldmann (1884–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., poet & nv.
• Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830, France), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
• Mary Fels (1863–1953, Germany/United States), wr. & ed.
• Zuo Fen (左芬, c. 255–300, China), poet
• Feng Yuanjun (冯沅君, 1900–1974, China), wr. & scholar
• Edna Ferber (1885–1968, United States), nv. & pw.
• Kate Lee Ferguson (1841–1928, United States), nv., poet & composer
• Nathalie Ferlut (born 1968, France), comic book wr., artist
• Fanny Fern (1811–1872, United States), fiction & ch. wr.
• María Luisa Fernández (1870–1938, Chile), feminist wr. & poet
• Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao (b. 1964, Spain), art wr. & academic
• Roberta Fernández (living, United States), nv., scholar & critic
• Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Sri Lanka), ch. wr. & academic
• Vera Ferra-Mikura (1923–1997, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr.
• Elena Ferrante (b. 1943, Italy), nv.
• María del Carme Ribé i Ferré (1920–1991, Spain), nv. & autobiographer
• Rosario Ferré (1938–2016, United States), nv., poet & biographer
• Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924, Uruguay), poet & educator
• Julia Ferrer (1925–1995, Peru), poet & wr.
• Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland), nv.
• Diana Ferrus (b. 1953, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans & English
• Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852–1924, United States), wr.
• Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England), nv.
• Tina Fey (b. 1970, United States), screenwriter & autobiographer
• Vera Feyder (b. 1949, Belgium/France), poet & nv.
• Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867, Denmark), pw. & fiction wr.
• Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872, Denmark), wr. on women's rights
• Dorothea de Ficquelmont (1804–1863, Russia/Austria/Austria-Hungary), diarist in French
• Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940, Ireland), nv. & literary critic
• Michael Field, the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley (1846–1914, England) and Edith Cooper (1862–1913, England), poets, pw.
• Rachel Field (1894–1942, United States), nv., poet & ch. wr.
• Helen Fielding (b. 1958, England), nv.
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England), nv.
• Jennie Fields (b. 1953, United States), nv.
• Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England), travel wr.
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1936, Ecuador), poet, critic & academic
• Eva Figes (1932–2012, Germany/England), nv., critic & feminist
• N. P. Figgis (1939–2014, Ireland/Wales), archaeologist
• Sia Figiel (b. 1967, Serbia), poet & nv.
• Vera Figner (1852–1942, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. & political biographer
• Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), social & ch. wr.
• Amanda Filipacchi (b. 1957, France/United States), nv.
• Lyudmila Filipova (b. 1977, Bulgaria), nv. & col.
• Zlata Filipović (b. 1980, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Ireland), child war diarist
• Adelaide Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (1761–1836, France), nv.
• Clara Filleul (1822–1878, France), ch. wr. & painter
• Anne Finch (1661–1720, England), poet
• Annie Finch (b. 1956, United States), poet, translator & critic
• Anne Fine (b. 1947, England), wr.
• Manuela Fingueret (1945–2013, Argentina), poet, nv. & es.
• Ida Fink (1921–2011, Poland/Israel), Hc. wr.
• Nikky Finney (b. 1957, United States), poet
• Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710, Iceland), poet
• Carmen Firan (b. 1958, Romania/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842, Germany), wr. & rights activist
• Margery Fish (1892–1969, England), gardening wr.
• Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England), grammarian
• Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, United States), nv., actor & screenwriter
• Catherine Fisher (b. 1957, Wales), wr. & broadcaster
• Elizabeth Fisher (journalist) (1924–1982) was the US editor of the magazine Aphra
• Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia), poet & editor
• M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992, United States), food wr.
• Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826, Poland), mem.
• Fitnat Hanım (died 1780, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
• Sarah Mary Fitton (c. 1796–1874, Ireland), wr. & botanist
• Barbara Fitzgerald (1911–1982, Ireland/England), nv.
• Kitty Fitzgerald (b. 1946, Ireland/England), nv., poet & pw.
• Mary Anne Fitzgerald (living, South Africa/England), political wr.
• Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England), nv., poet & biographer
• Theodora FitzGibbon (1916–1991, Ireland), cookery wr.
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Becca Fitzpatrick (b. 1979, United States), nv.
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian, biographer & critic
• Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (b. 1962, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Ellen Fitzsimon (1805–1883, Ireland), poet
• Fannie Flagg (b. 1944, United States), screenwriter & nv.
• Jane Flanders (1940–2001, United States), poet
• Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany), pw.
• Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland), child diarist & poet
• Kate Fleron (1909–2006, Denmark), wr. & resistance fighter
• Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018, New Zealand), nv.
• Jane Ada Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia), nature & ch. wr.
• Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, United States), poet, correspondent
• Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1850, England), religious wr.
• Penelope Fletcher (b. 1988, England), YA & fantasy wr.
• Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829–1890, France), nv.
• Pierrette Fleutiaux (1941–2019, France), fiction wr.
• Lynn Flewelling (b. 1958, United States), nv.
• Lina Flor (1914–1976, Philippines), fiction & scriptwriter
• Leona Florentino (1849–1884, Philippines), poet
• Malva Flores (b. 1961, Mexico), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Paulina Flores (b. 1988, Chile), fiction wr.
• Nísia Floresta (1810–1885, Brazil/France), poet & feminist
• Angela Flournoy (living, United States), nv.
• Pat Flower (1914–1977, Australia), stage & TV pw. & nv.
• Tui Flower (1925–2017, New Zealand), food wr.
• Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892, Sw.), nv.
• Carol Houlihan Flynn (b. 1945, United States), academic, critic & fiction wr.
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964, United States), political wr. & activist
• Gillian Flynn (b. 1971, United States), nv. & screenwriter

Fo–Fu

• Marnie Fogg (living, England), fashion wr.
• Éva Földes (1914–1981, Hungary), wr. & Hc. survivor
• Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary), nv.
• Mária Földes (1925–1976, Romania), pw. in Hungarian and Hc. survivor
• Winifred Foley (1914–2009, England), autobiographer
• Mary Alice Fonda (1837–1897, United States), musician, linguist, wr., critic
• Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913–2004, Spain), wr. & col. in Catalan
• Brigitte Fontaine (b. 1939, France), wr. & singer
• Moderata Fonte (1555–1592, Italy), feminist & poet; The Worth of Women
• Pascale Fonteneau (b. 1963, France/Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
• Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England), philosopher
• Donna Foote (b. 1950, United States), non-f. wr.
• Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938, United States), nv.
• Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, Australia), poet & editor
• Alaíde Foppa (1914 – c. 1980, Spain), poet
• Curdella Forbes (living, Jamaica), science fiction wr.
• Frances Forbes-Robertson (1866–1956, United Kingdom), nv.
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967, United States), nv. & ch. wr.
• Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724, France), nv. & poet
• Margot Forde (1935–1992, New Zealand), botanist & taxonomist
• Patricia Forde (b. c. 1960, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Honor Ford-Smith (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), pw., scholar & poet
• Meta Forkel-Liebeskind (1765–1853, Germany), academic
• Aminatta Forna (b. 1964, Scotland), wr.
• María Irene Fornés (1930–2018, Cuba/United States), pw.
• Francesca Forrellad (1927–2013, Spain), wr. in Catalan
• Lluïsa Forrellad (1927–2018, Spain), nv. & pw. in Spanish & Catalan
• Anne Marie Forrest (living, Ireland), nv.
• Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, Australia), nv. & poet
• Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, Scotland), poet & critic
• Ellen Forrester (1823–1883, Ireland), poet
• Viviane Forrester (1825–1913, France), es., nv. & critic
• Olga Forsh (1873–1961, Russia/Soviet Union), novelist, pw. & mem.
• Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995, Australia), fiction wr. & reviewer
• Tua Forsström (b. 1947, Finland), poet in Swedish
• Margaret Forster (1938–2016, England), nv. & biographer
• Mary Forster (c. 1620–1687, England), Quaker polemicist
• Michelanne Forster (b. 1953, New Zealand), pw. & scriptwriter
• Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937, England/United States/Australia), temperance advocate
• Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971, Germany), nv., poet & es.
• Laudomia Forteguerri (1515–1555, Italy), poet
• Susana Fortes (b. 1959, Spain), nv. & col.
• Elena Fortún (1886–1952, Spain), ch. wr.
• Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth, 1890–1946, Wales), nv. & wr.
• Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911, Australia), crime wr.
• E. M. Foster (fl. late 18th – early 19th centuries, England), nv.
• Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840, United States), nv.
• Lydia Mary Foster (1867–1943, Ireland), social writer & poet
• Lynn Foster (1914–1985, Australia), pw. & nv.
• Corlia Fourie (b. 1944, South Africa), fiction & ch. wr. in Afrikaans
• Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993, Mexico), biographer & medical wr.
• Dorothy Fowler (living, New Zealand), nv.
• Harriet Putnam Fowler (1842–1901, United States), wr., poet
• Karen Joy Fowler (b. 1950, United States), fiction wr.
• Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England), archaeologist
• Mamita Fox (b. 1943, Curaçao), autobiographer
• Biancamaria Frabotta (1946–2022, Italy), poet & critic
• Esther G. Frame (1840–1920, United States), autobiographer
• Janet Frame (1924–2004, New Zealand), fiction & YA wr. & autobiographer
• Isabel Franc (b. 1955, Spain), fiction wr. & es.
• Marie de France (fl. 12th century, France), poet in Anglo-Norman
• Ruth France (1913–1968, New Zealand), poet & nv.
• Annie Francé-Harrar (1886–1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & scientist
• Lorraine Francis (b. 1958, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Louise E. Francis (1869–1932, United States), wr., ed., pub.
• M. E. Francis (1859–1930, Ireland/England), nv.
• Suzanne Francis (b. 1959, England), fantasy wr.
• Julia Franck (b. 1970, Germany), fiction wr. and es.
• Veronica Franco (1546–1591, Italy), poet
• Jocelyne François (b. 1933, France), nv.
• Louise von François (1817–1893, Germany), nv.
• Justine Frangouli-Argyris (b. 1959, Greece), fiction wr. & biographer
• Anne Frank (Anna, 1929–1945, Netherlands), diarist & Hc. victim; The Diary of a Young Girl
• Lone Frank (b. 1966, Denmark), science wr.
• Miles Franklin (1879–1954, Australia), feminist wr.
• Abby Franquemont (b. 1972, United States), wr.
• Rebecca Fransway (b. 1953, United States), wr. & poet
• Agnes Franz (1794–1843, German), writer
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998, Germany/Switzerland), psychologist
• Antonia Fraser (b. 1932, England), nv. & biographer
• Bashabi Fraser (b. 1954, India), non-f. and ch. wr., poet, and translator
• Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943, Canada), poet, dr., jour.; nun
• Kirstine Frederiksen (1845–1903, Denmark), educationist & activist
• Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007, Sweden), nv.
• Lynn Freed (living, South Africa), fiction wr. & es. in English
• Gillian Freeman (1929–2019, England), nv. & pw.
• Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930, United States), fiction wr.
• Celia de Fréine (b. 1948, Ireland), poet, pw. & librettist
• Espido Freire (b. 1974, Spain), nv.
• Raquel Freire (b. 1973, Paraguay), screenwriter, nv. & film director
• Anna Freixas (b. 1946, Spain), wr. & academic
• Laura Freixas (b. 1958, Spain), fiction wr. & col.
• Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857, England), diarist
• Anne French (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet
• Dawn French (b. 1957, Wales/England), wr. & comedian
• Katy French (1983–2007, Ireland), writer & model
• Lucy Virginia French (1825–1881, United States), wr.
• Marilyn French (1929–2009, United States), feminist wr. & academic
• Tana French (b. 1973, United States/Ireland), nv. & actor
• Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004, Mexico), poet & Hispanist
• Maud Frère (1923–1979, Belgium), fiction & ch. wr. in French
• Patricia Fresen (b. 1940, South Africa), religious wr. in English
• Yvonne du Fresne (1929–2011, New Zealand), fiction wr. & radio pw.
• Anna Freud (1895–1982, As/England), psychoanalyst
• Milagros Frías (b. 1955, Spain), nv. & critic
• Maikki Friberg (1861–1927, Finland), educator & peace activist
• Betty Friedan (1921–2006, United States), wr., activist & feminist
• Violeta Friedman (1930–2000, Russia/Spain), wr. & Hc. survivor
• Inger Frimansson (b. 1944, Sweden), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
• Barbara Frischmuth (b. 1941, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
• Marianne Fritz (1948–2007, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
• Francisca Praguer Fróes (1872–1931, Brazil), health wr. & activist
• Gayleen Froese (b. 1972, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & songwriter
• Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692, Sweden), wr.
• Elena Frolova (b. 1969, Latvia/Russia), songwriter & poet
• Bella Fromm (1890–1972, Germany/United States), wartime journalist
• Katarina Frostenson (b. 1953, Sweden), poet
• Ruth Frow (1922–2008, England), wr. & historian
• Linda Frum (b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & politician
• Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955, England), Quaker social wr.
• Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920, United States), wr.
• Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939, United States), music wr.
• Camilla Frydan (1887–1949, Austria/Austria-Hungary), lyricist & musician
• Fu Shanxiang (傅善祥, 1833–1864, China), scholar
• Fu Tianlin (傅天琳, b. 1946, China), poet
• Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998, Spain), poet & ch. wr.
• Lisa Fugard (living, South Africa/United States), fiction wr. & actor
• Sheila Meiring Fugard (b. 1932, England/South Africa), fiction wr. & pw.
• Mihona Fujii (藤井みほな, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
• Kaori Fujino (藤野可織, b. 1980, Japan), fiction wr.
• Kazuko Fujita (藤田和子, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
• Cocoa Fujiwara (藤原ここあ, 1983–2015, Japan), manga creator
• Hiro Fujiwara (藤原ヒロ, b. 1981, Japan), manga creator
• Yvonne K. Fulbright (living, Iceland/United States), sexologist
• Anne Fuller (died 1790, Ireland), nv.
• Janice Moore Fuller (b. 1951, United States), poet & pw.
• Claire Fuller (b. 1967, England), nv.
• Alexandra Fuller (b. 1969, Zimbabwe/United States), mem. & nv.
• Margaret Fuller (1810–1850, United States), feminist
• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia), feminist poet, fiction wr. & col.
• Alice Fulton (b. 1952, United States), wr. & poet
• Catherine Fulton (1829–1919, England/New Zealand), diarist & philanthropist
• Cornelia Funke (b. 1958, Germany), ch. wr.
• Bilkisu Funtuwa (living, Nigeria), nv.
• Huarui Furen (花蕊夫人, 940–976, China), poet
• Alice Furlong (1866–1946, Ireland), story wr. & poet
• Eva Furnari (b. 1948, Italy/Brazil), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Füruzan (b. 1932, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Felícia Fuster (1921–2012, Spain), poet in Catalan & painter
• Luisa Futoransky (b. 1939, Argentina), poet, nv. & academic

G

Ga–Gl

• Diana Gabaldon (b. 1952, United States), fiction wr.
• Patrícia Gabancho (1952–2017, Argentina/Spain), wr. in Catalan
• Anneli Ute Gabanyi (b. 1942, Romania/Germany), critic & philologist
• Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851–1938, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & feminist
• Dora Gabe (1888–1983, Bulgaria), poet & travel wr.
• Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928, Russia/Soviet Union), poet
• Belén Gache (b. 1960, Argentina/Spain), nv. & electronic wr.
• Emma Gad (1852–1921, Denmark), wr. & pw.
• Gertrude Gaffney (?–1959, Ireland), col.
• Maureen Gaffney (b. 1947, Ireland), psychologist
• Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884, United States), wr. & poet
• Nina Gagen-Torn (1900–1986, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & ethnographer
• Eva Roe Gaggin (1879–1966, United States), ch. wr.
• Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832–1902, France), fiction wr., es. & activist
• Jeannine Hall Gailey (b. 1973, United States), poet & critic
• Abby Gaines (living, New Zealand), nv.
• Sigri Mitra Gaïni (b. 1975, Faroe Islands), poet & educator
• Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000, Spain), fiction wr., es. & screenwriter
• Mary Gaitskill (b. 1954, United States), es. & fiction wr.
• Nora Gal (1912–1991, Russia/Soviet Union), critic & translation theorist
• Ana Galán (b. 1964, Spain/United States), ch. wr. & humorist
• Rhea Galanaki (b. 1947, Greece), fiction wr., es. & poet
• Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980, United States), poet
• Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015, Spain), poet & cartoonist
• Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990, Lithuania/Germany), poet & nun
• Kate Gale (b. 1965, United States), poet & librettist
• Zona Gale (1874–1938, United States), nv. & pw.
• Azucena Galettini (b. 1981, Argentina), wr.
• Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989, Hungary), fiction wr. & pw.
• Adela Galiana (1825 – late 19th/early 20th century, Spain), wr.
• Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534, Sp.), Latinist & educator
• Hermila Galindo (1886–1954, Mexico), political wr.
• María Galindo (b. 1964, Bolivia), psychologist
• Katherine Gallagher (b. 1935, Argentina), poet
• Kathleen Gallagher (b. 1957, New Zealand), pw., poet & nv.
• Margaret Gallagher (living, Ireland/England), gender researcher
• Miriam Gallagher (b. 1940, Ireland), pw.
• Rhian Gallagher (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet
• Tess Gallagher (b. 1943, United States), poet, nv. & pw.
• Fatima Gallaire (1944–2020, Algeria/France), pw. & fiction wr.
• Mavis Gallant (1922–2014, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., pw. & es. in French
• Sara Gallardo (1931–1988, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Menna Gallie (1919–1990, Wales), nv. & translator
• Karina Galvez (b. 1964, Ecuador), poet
• María Rosa de Gálvez (1768–1806, Spain), poet & pw.
• Jeanne Galzy (1883–1977, France), nv. & biographer
• Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586, Portugal), nun & wr. on aphorisms
• Veronica Gambara (1485–1550, Italy), poet & politician
• Griselda Gambaro (b. 1928, Argentina), fiction wr., pw. & es.
• Anna Rosina Gambold (1762–1821, United States), missionary & diarist
• Mary Ninde Gamewell (1858–1947, United States), missionary & wr.
• Gangadevi (fl. 14th century, India), poet & princess
• Alisa Ganieva (b. 1985, Russia), fiction wr. & es.
• Petina Gappah (b. 1971, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
• Anne-Marie Garat (b. 1946, France), nv.
• Nicole Garay (1873–1928, Panama), poet
• Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (b. 1949, Cuba/United States), fiction wr. in English
• Cristina García (b. 1958, Cuba/United States), nv.
• R. S. A. Garcia (living, Trinidad), science fiction wr.
• María Esther García López (b. 1948, Spain), poet, wr.
• Jane Gardam (b. 1928, England), fiction & ch. wr.
• Delphine Gardey (b. 1967, France), non-f. wr.
• Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849, Ireland), nv. & col.
• Elizabeth Gard'ner (1858–1926, Sweden/New Zealand), domestic science wr.
• Malwina Garfeinowa-Garska (1870–1932, Poland), nv. & es.
• Mridula Garg (b. 1938, India), fiction wr. & es.
• Francesca Gargallo (1956–2022, Italy/Mexico), poet & nv.
• Mariam Garikhuli (1883–1960, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), nv. & ch. wr.
• Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014, Australia), nv.
• Tatiana Garmash-Roffe (b. 1959, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
• Helen Garner (b. 1942, Australia), nv. & col.
• Constance Garnett (1861–1946, England), translator
• Anne F. Garréta (b. 1962, France), nv.
• Carlota Garrido de la Peña (1870–1958, Argentina), journalist, wr.
• Fanny Garrido (1846–1917, Spain), nv. & col.
• Francisca Herrera Garrido (1869–1950, Spain), poet & nv. in Galician
• Marissa Garrido (1926–2021, Mexico), telenovela pw. & wr.
• Harriet E. Garrison (1848–1930, United States), medical wr.
• Elena Garro (c. 1916–1998, Mexico), screenwriter & fiction wr.
• Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968, England), archaeologist
• Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973, Jamaica), journalist & activist
• María Luisa Garza (1887–1980, Mexico), nv.
• Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (1813–1883, England), poet & nv.
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865, England), nv.; Cranford
• Whitney Gaskell (b. 1972, United States), nv.
• Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009, Australia), nv.
• Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894, Switzerland), social wr. in French
• Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979, Italy), nv.
• Nathalie Gassel (b. 1964, Belgium), feminist wr.
• Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919–1995, France), poet & nun
• Liudmila Gatagova (living, Soviet Union/Russia), historian & es.
• Zélia Gattai (1916–2008, Brazil), nv. & ch. wr.
• Margaret Gatty (1809–1873, England), ch. wr. & biologist
• Delores Gauntlett (b. 1949, Jamaica), poet
• Judith Gautier (1845–1917, France), poet & nv.
• Anna Gavalda (b. 1970, France), nv.
• Jamila Gavin (b. 1941, India/England), fiction & ch. wr.
• Roxane Gay (b. 1974, United States), wr., ed. & social commentator
• Sophie Gay (1776–1852, France), nv. & librettist
• Alessia Gazzola (b. 1982, Italy), nv.
• Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (living, Benin), ch. wr.
• Ivone Gebara (b. 1944, Brazil), philosopher & nun
• Miriam Gebhardt (b. 1962, Germany), historian
• Pauline Gedge (b. 1945, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Vera Gedroits (1870–1932, Russia/Soviet Union), medical wr.
• Maggie Gee (b. 1948, England), nv.
• Angela Gegg (b. 1979, Belize), wr. & artist
• Luisa Geisler (b. 1991, Brazil), fiction wr.
• Naira Gelashvili (b. 1947, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & activist
• Edith Mary Gell (1860–1944, England), wr. & activist
• Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998, United States), nv, travel wr. & journalist
• Charley Genever (living, England), poet
• Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830, France), nv. & education theorist
• Empress Genmei (元明天皇, 660–721, Japan), monarch & poet
• Louise Boije af Gennäs (b. 1971, Sweden), nv.
• Catherine of Genoa (St Catherine, 1447–1510, Italy), wr. & mystic
• Doris Gentile (1894–1972, Australia), fiction wr.
• Sulari Gentill (living, Australia), fiction wr.
• Elizabeth George (b. 1949, United States), mystery nv.
• Ella M. George (1850–1938, United States), non-f. wr. & newspaper editor
• Frances Shayle George (1828–1890, England/New Zealand), poet, es. & educator
• Margaret George (b. 1943, United States), nv.
• Nina George (b. 1973, Germany), wr.
• Danielle Legros Georges (living, Haiti/United States), poet, es. & academic
• Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953, France), poet & pw.
• Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933, Hungary), poet & nv.
• Ida Gerhardt (1905–1997, Netherlands), classicist & poet
• Doris Gercke (b. 1937, Germany), nv.
• Sylvie Germain (b. 1954, France), nv. & es.
• Teolinda Gersão (b. 1940, Portugal), fiction wr.
• Marina Gershenovich (b. 1960, Russia/Germany), poet
• Karen Gershon (1923–1993, Germany/England), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
• Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Amy Gerstler (b. 1956, United States), poet
• María Elena Gertner (1932–2013, Chile), poet, nv. & screenwriter
• Gertrude the Great (1256 – c. 1302, Germany), saint & mystic in Latin
• Masha Gessen (b. 1967, Soviet Union/United States), political wr.
• Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), ch. wr.
• Geum Hee (금희, b. 1979, Korea), wr.
• Yi Geun-hwa (이근화, b. 1976, Korea), poet
• Marie Gevers (1893–1975, Belgium), nv. in French
• Amélie Gex (1835–1883, France), poet & wr. also in Provençal
• Zarah Ghahramani (b. 1981, Iran/Persia/Australia), mem.
• Randa Ghazy (b. 1987, Egypt/Italy), wr.
• Salima Ghezali (b. 1958, Algeria), wr. & activist
• Sagarika Ghose (b. 1964, India), col. & nv.
• Maureen Gibbon (living, United States), fiction wr.
• June & Jennifer Gibbons (b. 1963, Jennifer died 1993, Wales), fiction wr.
• Kaye Gibbons (b. 1960, United States), nv.
• Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, England), nv. & short story wr.
• Angelica Gibbs (1908–1955, United States), fiction wr. & col.
• Eleanor Churchill Gibbs (1840–1925, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Ivy Gibbs (c. 1886–1966, Australia/New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
• May Gibbs (1877–1969, Australia), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Doris Gibson (1910–2008, Peru), political wr.
• Suzanne Giese (1946–2012, Denmark), wr. & rights activist
• Robyn Gigl (b. 1952/1953, United States), thriller wr. & lawyer
• Eve Gil (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet
• Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016, New Zealand), poet
• Elizabeth Gilbert (b. 1969, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912, United States), fiction, non-f. wr. & poet
• Ellen Gilchrist (b. 1935, United States), fiction wr. & poet
• Betty Gilderdale (1923–2021, New Zealand), ch. wr.
• Annabel Giles (b. 1959, Wales), nv. & broadcaster
• Olivia Aroha Giles (living, New Zealand), ch. & fiction wr.
• María Esther Gilio (1922–2011, Uruguay), biographer & col.
• Elizabeth Gilligan (1962–2017, United States), nv.
• Ruth Gilligan (b. 1988, Ireland), nv. & academic
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, United States), sociologist & poet
• Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881–1945), religious wr., nv., translator
• Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, Australia), poet & col.
• Beryl Gilroy (1924–2001, Guyana), nv.
• Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994, Lithuania/United States), archaeologist & anthropologist
• Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919, Spain), nv., ss. wr., non-f. wr.
• Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2001, Australia), historian & non-f. wr.
• Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945, Poland), poet & Hc. victim
• Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990, Russia/Soviet Union), critic & historian
• Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991, Italy), fiction & social wr.
• Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. & political prisoner
• Cinzia Giorgio (b. 1975, Italy), nv. & academic
• Marosa di Giorgio (1932–2004, Uruguay), poet & nv.
• Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943, United States), poet, wr. & activist
• Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & nv.
• Delphine de Girardin (1804–1855, France), es., nv. & pw.
• Banira Giri (1946–2021, Nepal), poet & wr.
• Lady Blanche Girouard (1898–1940, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
• Hallgerður Gísladóttir (1952–2007, Iceland), ethnologist & poet
• Þórdís Gísladóttir (b. 1965, Iceland), ch. wr., poet & nv.
• Moraa Gitaa (living, Kenya), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015, Romania), researcher
• Stanka Gjurić (b. 1956, Yu/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & es.
• Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda), pw. & performer
• Evi Gkotzaridis (living, Greece), historian
• Diane Glancy (b. 1941, United States), poet, nv. & pw.
• Margo Glantz (b. 1930, Mexico), fiction wr., autobiographer & es.
• Henny Glarbo (1884–1955, Denmark), archivist
• Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945, United States), nv.
• Maude Glasgow (1876–1955, Ireland/United States), preventive medicine wr.
• Susan Glaspell (1876–1948, United States), nv. & pw.
• Julia Glass (b. 1956, United States), nv.
• Madeline Gleason (1903–1979, United States), poet & pw.
• Esther Glen (1881–1940, New Zealand), ch. wr., nv. & activist
• Mar Gómez Glez (b. 1977, Spain), pw. & nv.
• Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (b. 1950, Bahamas), wr., critic & educator
• Barbara Gloudon (1935–2022, Jamaica), journalist, pw.
• Louise Glück (b. 1943, United States), poet
• Glückel of Hameln (c. 1646–1724), diarist in Yiddish

Gm–Gy

• Anna Gmeyner (1902–1991, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv. & scriptwriter in German & English
• Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon (b. 1945, Benin), wr.
• Elisabetta Gnone (b. 1965, Italy), ch. wr.
• Charlotte Godley (1821–1907, Wales/New Zealand), correspondent
• Gail Godwin (b. 1937, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & librettist
• Helga Goetze (1922–2008, Germany), wr., poet and painter
• Germaine Goetzinger (b. 1947, Luxembourg), historian, linguist & educator
• Katerina Gogou (1940–1993, Greece), poet, wr. & actor
• Christiane Gohl (b. 1958, Germany), ch. wr.
• Namita Gokhale (b. 1956, India), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Hawa Jande Golakai (b. 1979, Liberia), wr. & scientist
• Nora Gold (b. 1952, Canada), nv.
• Kaarina Goldberg (b. 1956, Finland/Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr. & col.
• Natalie Goldberg (b. 1948, United States), non-f. wr.
• Goldie Goldbloom (b. 1964, Australia), fiction wr.
• Marita Golden (b. 1950, United States), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Kate De Goldi (b. 1959, New Zealand), ch. & fiction wr.
• Amy Goldin (1926–1978, United States), art critic
• Emma Goldman (1869–1940, Lithuania/United States), anarchist
• Júlia Goldman (b. 1974, Hungary), genre nv. & mathematician
• Anna Goldsworthy (b. 1974, Australia), wr., teacher & pianist
• Nilüfer Göle (b. 1953, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), academic
• Padma Gole (1913–1998, India), poet
• Alenka Goljevšček (1933–2017, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), mythologist & pw.
• Claire Goll (1890–1977, Germany), poet & nv. in German & French
• Berta Golob (b. 1932, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
• Anne Golon (1921–2017, France/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Estela Golovchenko (b. 1963, Uruguay), pw. & actor
• Luísa Costa Gomes (b. 1954, Portugal), librettist, nv. & pw.
• Jewelle Gomez (b. 1948, United States), poet, critic & pw.
• Lupe Gómez (b. 1972, Spain), wr. in Galician
• Petronila Angélica Gómez (1883–1971, Dominica), feminist wr.
• Eloísa Gómez-Lucena (living, Spain), non-f. wr.
• Gong Ji-young (공지영, b. 1963, Korea), nv.
• Gong Sun-ok (공선옥, b. 1963, Korea), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Ana Maria Gonçalves (b. 1970, Brazil), nv.
• Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004, Portugal), poet & nv.
• Sophie Gonzales (b. 1993, Argentina), YA wr.
• Aida González (b. 1962, Panama), fiction wr. & physician
• Aurelia Castillo de González (1842–1920, Cuba), prose wr. & poet
• Betina Gonzalez (b. 1972, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935, Argentina), non-f. wr. & educator
• Maria Lluïsa Borràs i Gonzàlez (1931–2010, Spain), art wr.
• Dulce María González (1958–2015, Mexico), fiction wr., poet & academic
• Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (b. 1958, Portugal), ch. & YA wr.
• Enriqueta González Rubín (1832–1877, Spain), novelist in Asturian
• Lorna Goodison (b. 1947, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr.
• Allegra Goodman (b. 1967, United States), fiction wr.
• Lavinia Stella Goodwin (1833–1911, United States), wr. & educator
• Jeanne Goosen (1938–2020, South Africa), poet & fiction & ch. wr. in Afrikaans
• Belén Gopegui (b. 1963, Spain), nv.
• Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936–2013, Soviet Union/France), poet & activist
• Viviana Gorbato (1950–2005, Argentina), wr. & academic
• Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014, South Africa), nv. & pw.; 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Alice Mary Gordon (c. 1855–1929, England), wr.
• Caroline Gordon (1895–1981, United States), nv. & critic
• Jaimy Gordon (b. 1944, United States), nv.
• Lyndall Gordon (b. 1941, South Africa/England), biographer
• Mary Gordon (b. 1949, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Sheila Gordon (1927–2013, South Africa/United States), fiction wr.
• Catherine Gore (1799–1861, England), nv. & pw.
• Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926, Ireland/England), poet, pw. & activist
• Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979, Russia/Hungary), media historian & librarian
• Nina Gorlanova (b. 1947, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
• Amanda Gorman (b. 1998, United States), poet
• Wangui wa Goro (b. (1961, Kenya/England), poet, fiction & non-f. wr. & academic
• Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892, Argentina/Peru), fiction wr. & politician
• Hedwig Gorski (b. 1949, United States), poet & artist
• Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017, Switzerland), feminist wr. in German
• Anastasia Gosteva (b. 1975, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & poet
• Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942–2011, India), poet & scholar
• Hiromi Goto (b. 1966, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Mélanie Gouby (living, France/England), wr., col. & filmmaker
• Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984, England), fiction & ch. wr.
• Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France), feminist & pw.
• Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015, Tunisia), poet & ch. wr.
• Neelum Saran Gour (b. 1955, India), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Emilie Gourd (1879–1946, Switzerland), political wr. in French
• Candy Gourlay (living, Philippines/England), nv. & ch. wr. in English
• Marie de Gournay (1565–1645, France), wr. & nv.
• Pregs Govender (b. 1960, South Africa), social wr. & col. in English
• Katherine Govier (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & es.
• Santhini Govindan (b. 1959, India), ch. wr.
• Barbara Gowdy (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Iris Gower (1935–2010, Wales), nv.
• Kodagina Gowramma (1912–1939, India), wr.
• María Goyri (1873–1955, Spain), critic & academic
• Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013, Netherlands), nv.
• Patricia Grace (b. 1937, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr.
• Annie Ryder Gracey (1836–1908, United States), wr.
• Posie Graeme-Evans (b. 1952, England/Australia), nv. & screenwriter
• Emma Graf (1865–1926, Switzerland), non-f. wr.
• Agnieszka Graff (b. 1970, Poland), feminist wr. & es.
• Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758, France), nv. & pw.
• Sue Grafton (1940–2017, United States), nv.
• Clementina Stirling Graham (1782–1877, Scotland) wr., translator
• Jorie Graham (b. 1950, United States), poet & academic
• Lauren Graham (b. 1967, United States), nv. & actor
• Virginia Graham (1910–1993, England), poet & humorist
• Winifred Graham (1873–1950, England), nv.
• Natalie Grams (b. 1978, Germany), medical wr.
• María Josefa García Granados (1796–1848, Guatemala), writer & poet
• Reyna Grande (b. 1975, Mexico/United States), nv. & mem. in English
• Almudena Grandes (b. 1960, Spain), nv.
• Évelyne Grandjean (b. 1939, France), pw., screenwriter & actor
• Lucie Grange (1839–1908, France), ed.
• Linda Grant (b. 1951, England), nv. & wr.
• Sybil Grant (1879–1955, England), wr. & artist
• Lesley Grant-Adamson (b. 1942, England), mystery fiction wr.
• Olga Grau (b. 1945, Chile), wr.
• Shirley Ann Grau (1929–2020, United States), fiction wr.
• Wilhelmina Gravallius (1807–1884, Sweden), nv.
• Elsa Grave (1918–2003, Sweden), nv., poet & artist
• Clotilde Graves (1863–1932, Ireland/England), pw. & nv.
• Lucia Graves (b. 1943, England), wr. & translator
• Caroline Gravière (Michel Fleury, 1821–1878, Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
• Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926, US), nv. & religion
• Dulcie Gray (1915–2011, Malaysia/England), wr. & actor
• Elizabeth Caroline Gray (1800–1887, Scotland), archaeologist & travel wr.
• Mary Tenney Gray (1833–1904, United States), col.
• Maxwell Gray (1846–1923, England), nv. & poet
• Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie (1864–1931, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, pw. & nv.
• Áine Greaney (b. c. 1962, Ireland/United States), wr.
• Alice Stopford Green (1847–1929, Ireland), historian & nationalist
• Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935, United States), nv.
• Charmaine Papertalk Green (b. 1962, Argentina), poet & artist
• Eliza S. Craven Green (1803–1866, Isle of Man), poet
• Miriam Green (b. c. 1950, South Africa/England), academic
• Paula Green, (b. 1955, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
• Rosario Green (1941–2017, Mexico), economist & politician
• Sarah Green (fl. 1790–1825, Ireland/England), nv.
• Bette Greene (1934–2020, United States), ch. & YA wr.
• Cordelia A. Greene (1831–1905, United States), non-f. wr.
• Frances Nimmo Greene (1867–1937, United States), nv, pw. & wr.
• Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene (1833–1891, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Jessie Greengrass (b. 1982, England), fiction wr.
• Lavinia Greenlaw (b. 1962, England), poet & nv.
• Bonnie Greer (b. 1948, England/United States), pw., nv. & critic
• Debora Greger (b. 1949, United States), poet & visual artist
• Linda Gregg (1942–2019, United States), poet
• Simonetta Greggio (b. 1961, Italy), nv. in French
• Alyse Gregory (1884–1967, United States/England), suffragist & wr.
• Doris Gregory (living, Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
• Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852–1932, Ireland), folklorist & pw.
• Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
• Beatrice Greig (1869 – c. 1940s, Canada/Newfoundland/Trinidad), wr. & activist
• Virginie Greiner (born 1969), French comic book scriptwriter
• Anna Gréki (1931–1966, Algeria), poet, politician & educator
• Kate Grenville (b. 1950, Australia), nv. & academic
• Elsa Gress (1919–1988, Denmark), es., nv. & pw.
• Manuela Gretkowska (b. 1964, Poland), screenwriter & politician
• Frances Greville (c. 1724–1789, Ireland/England), poet
• Henry Gréville (1842–1902, Russia/France), nv.
• Constantia Grierson (c. 1705–1732, Ireland), poet & scholar
• Sarah Maria Griffin (b. c. 1988), wr. & poet
• Elizabeth Griffith (c. 1727–1793, Ireland), pw., fiction wr. & es.
• Ann Griffiths (1776–1805, Wales), poet & hymnist
• Josephine Van De Grift (1894-1927, United States), wr., col. & pw.
• Delia Grigore (b. 1972, Romania), Romani rights activist
• Lydia Grigorieva (b. 1945, Ukraine/England), poet & filmmaker
• Tatiana P. Grigorieva (1929–2014, Russia), es. & Japan expert
• Martha Grimes (b. 1931, United States), mystery nv.
• Angelina Weld Grimke (1880–1958, United States), col. & poet
• Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914, United States), anti-slavery activist & poet
• Vigdís Grímsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), poet, fiction & ch. wr.
• Beatrice Grimshaw (1870–1953, Ireland), travel wr.
• Charlotte Grimshaw (b. 1968, New Zealand), nv. & col.
• Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944, Russia/Soviet Union), nv., poet & pw.
• Katherine Van Allen Grinnell (1839–1917, United States), wr., lecturer, reformer
• Margareta Grip (1538–1586, Sweden), genealogist
• Maria Gripe (1923–2007, Sweden), ch. & YA wr.
• Eliza Griswold (b. 1973, United States), col. & poet
• Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842–1909, United States), wr., poet
• Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex (1920–2005, Greece), nv. & col.
• Vona Groarke (b. 1964, Ireland/United States), poet & educator
• Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949–2010, Switzerland), fiction wr., poet & col. in French
• Katarzyna Grochola (b. 1957, Poland), fiction wr. & pw.
• Alma De Groen (b. 1941, New Zealand/Australia), pw.
• Els de Groen (b. 1949, Netherlands), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Lauren Groff (b. 1978, United States), fiction wr.
• Paula Grogger (1892–1984, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr.
• Alyona Gromnitskaya (b. 1975, Ukraine), poet & politician
• Edith Searle Grossmann (1863–1931, Australia/New Zealand), nv. & educator
• Benoîte Groult (1920–2016, France), wr. & activist
• Henriette Grové (1922–2009, South Africa), fiction wr. & pw. in Afrikaans
• Teji Grover (living, India), poet, fiction wr. & painter
• Isabel Grubb (1881–1972, Ireland), Quaker historian
• Anna Grue (b. 1957, Denmark), crime wr.
• Sara Gruen (b. 1969, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), nv.
• Kim Gruenenfelder (living, United States), nv.
• Argula von Grumbach (1492 – c. 1555, Germany), religious wr. and poet
• Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912, England), nv., poet & non-f. wr.
• Olga Grushin (b. 1971, Soviet Union/United States), nv. in English
• Wioletta Grzegorzewska (b. 1974, Poland), poet & fiction wr.
• Gu Taiqing (顾太清, 799 – c. 1877, China), poet
• Guan Daosheng (字仲姬, 1262–1319, China), poet, calligrapher & painter
• Gloria Guardia (1940–2019, Panama), fiction wr. & critic
• Carla Guelfenbein (b. 1959, Chile), nv.
• Rosa Guerra (1834–1864, Argentina), educator, journalist, wr.
• María José Guerra Palmero (born 1962, Spain), philosopher, non-f. wr., & feminist theorist
• Wendy Guerra (b. 1970, Cuba), poet & nv.
• Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749, France), nv. & patron
• Soumaya Naamane Guessous (living, Morocco), sociologist & col.
• Judith Guest (b. 1936, United States), nv. & screenwriter
• Amalia Guglielminetti (1881–1941, Italy), poet & ch. wr.
• Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992, Italy), poet & linguist
• Beatriz Guido (1924–1988, Argentina), nv. & screenwriter
• Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545, France), poet
• Regina Guimarães (b. 1957, Portugal), poet & pw.
• Ruth Guimarães (1920–2014, Brazil), fiction wr. & poet
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018, United States), science fiction & ch. wr. & poet
• Evelyn May Guinid (b. 1971, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog
• Olga Guirao (b. 1956, Spain), nv.
• Guji, Princess of Joseon (현주이구지, died 1489, Korea), wr., poet & dancer
• Zumrud Gulu-zade (1932–2021, Azerbaijan), philosopher
• Nataliya Gumenyuk (b. 1983, Ukraine), journalist, & wr.
• Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806, Germany), poet
• Eileen Gunn (b. 1945, United States), fiction wr. & editor
• Elizabeth Gunn (1927–2022, United States), nv.
• Kirsty Gunn (b. 1960, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Elín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), fiction wr.
• Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir (b. 1963, Iceland), ch. wr. & nv.
• Monica Gunning (b. 1930, Jamaica/United States), ch. wr. & poet
• Susannah Gunning (c. 1740–1800, England), nv.
• Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (b. 1938, Iceland), nv.
• Shusha Guppy (1935–2008, Iran/Persia/England), wr. & singer
• Tanika Gupta (b. 1963, England), pw. & screenwriter
• Aysel Gürel (1929–2008, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), lyricist
• Elena Guro (1877–1913, Russia), futurist wr.
• Alice Gurschner (1869–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., pw. & poet
• Madeleine Gustafsson (b. 1937, Sweden), poet, es. & critic
• Aldona Gustas (1932–2022, Lithuania/Germany), poet & illustrator
• Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855, Iceland), poet
• Goya Gutiérrez (b. 1954, Spain), poet & wr.
• Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (1846–1908, Mexico), poet & educator
• Azmiye Hami Güven (1904–1954, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012, Trinidad/United States), fiction & YA wr.
• Emma Jane Guyton (1825–1887, England), nv. & editor
• Eulalia Guzmán (1890–1985, Mexico), archaeologist & educator
• Maria Odulio de Guzman (fl. 20th century), wr. & educator
• Viviana Guzmán (b. 1964, Chile), poet & musician
• Yaa Gyasi (b. 1989, Ghana/Gold Coast/United States), nv.
• Jeon Gyeong-rin (전경린, b. 1962, Korea), nv.
• Althea Gyles (1867–1949, Ireland), poet & artist
• Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd (1773–1856, Denmark), fiction wr.
• Minrose Gwin (b. 1945, United States), poet, fiction and non-fiction wr.
• Beth Gylys (b. 1964, United States), poet & academic

H

Ha–He

• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961, United States), poet, nv. & mem.
• Ha Seong-nan (하성란, b. 1967, Korea), fiction wr.
• Meredith Haaf (b. 1983, Germany), wr.
• Francisca de Haan (living, Netherlands), social scientist
• Hilja Haapala (1877–1958, Finland), wr.
• Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Netherlands), nv.
• Anna Haava (1864–1957, Estonia), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
• Huzama Habayeb (b. 1965, Palestine/Emirates), fiction wr. & poet
• Maria Hack (1777–1844, England), ch. wr.
• Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942, United States), poet, translator & critic
• Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969, Ecuador/Mexico), fiction wr. & es.
• Joumana Haddad (b. 1970, Lebanon), poet & es.
• Tessa Hadley (b. 1956, England), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Mimi Hafida (b. 1965, Algeria), poet & artist
• Jessica Hagedorn (b. 1949, Philippines/United States), poet, pw. & nv.
• Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903, United States), wr. & poet
• Mandy Hager (b. 1960, New Zealand), fiction, non-f., YA and ch. wr.
• Moto Hagio (萩尾望都, b. 1949, Japan), manga creator
• Lucina Hagman (1853–1946, Finland), feminist & politician
• Michitsuna no Haha (道綱, c. 935–995, Japan), diarist
• Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880, Germany), nv., poet and social wr.
• Sarah Rogers Haight (1808–1881, United States), traveler and writer
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (b. 1938, United States), nv. & pw.
• Seo Hajin (서하진, b. 1960, Korea), wr.
• Roya Hakakian (b. 1966, Iran/Persia), poet & wr.
• Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm (b. 1971, Finland), psychologist & textbook wr.
• Baby Halder (b. 1973, India), autobiographer
• Lucretia Peabody Hale (1820–1900, United States), fiction wr. & col.
• Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020, Fr/Tunisia), es.
• Lady Anne Halkett (1623–1699, England), mem. & es.
• Anna Maria Hall (1800–1881, Ireland), nv.
• Bernadette Hall (b. 1945, New Zealand), pw. & poet
• Megan Hall (b. 1972, South Africa), poet in English
• Pip Hall (b. 1971, New Zealand), scriptwriter & actor
• Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, England), nv. & poet
• Sarah Hall (b. 1974, England), nv. & poet
• Guðný Halldórsdóttir (b. 1954, Iceland), screenwriter
• Jean Halley (b. 1967, United States), sociologist
• Marion Rose Halpenny (living, England), equestrian
• Rosalie Ham (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & pw.
• Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998, Finland), fiction wr. & poet
• Joan Hambidge (b. 1956, South Africa), poet & academic in Afrikaans
• Barbara Hambly (b. 1951, United States), nv. & screenwriter
• Yasmeen Hameed (b. 1951, Pakistan), poet & educator
• Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (b. 1958, Finland), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Joan de Hamel (1924–2011, England/New Zealand), ch. wr.
• Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1918–2000, India/Pakistan), poet, fiction & travel wr.
• C. J. Hamilton (1841–1935, England/Ireland), pw., poet & ch. wr.
• Jane Eaton Hamilton (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet
• Jane Hamilton (b. 1957, United States), nv.
• Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777–1861, Ireland), mem. & artist
• Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002, United States), ch. nv.
• Anna Hamilton Geete (1848–1913), Swedish translator and biographer
• Suheir Hammad (b. 1973, Palestine/United States), poet, pw. & activist
• Beatrice Hammer (b. 1963, France), fiction & ch. wr.
• Marie Hammer (1907–2002, Denmark), zoologist & entomologist
• Irène Hamoir (1906–1994, Belgium), nv. & poet in French
• Janie Hampton (b. 1952, England), non-f. wr. & journalist
• Susan Hampton (b. 1949, Australia), poet
• Han Kang (한강, b. 1970, Korea), fiction wr.
• Han Malsook (한말숙, b. 1931, Korea), fiction wr.
• Han Moo-sook (한무숙, 1918–1993, Korea), nv.
• Amira Hanafi (born 1979), American/Egyptian poet and artist active in electronic literature
• Nahema Hanafi (born 1983, France) historian & non-f. wr.
• Judith Hand (b. 1940, United States), nv., es. & screenwriter
• Nathalie Handal (b. 1969, Haiti/United States), poet & pw.
• Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871–1955, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & nv.
• Elizabeth Hands (1746–1815, England), poet
• Khady Hane (b. 1962, Senegal/France), nv.
• Helene Hanff (1916–1997, United States), wr. & screenwriter; 84, Charing Cross Road
• Hani Motoko (羽仁もと子, 1873–1957, Japan), col. & autobiographer
• Lynsey Hanley (b. 1976, England), wr. & academic
• Kristin Hannah (b. 1960, United States), nv.
• Sophie Hannah (b. 1971, England), poet & nv.
• Emma Hannigan (1972–2018, Ireland), wr.
• Anne Hänninen (b. 1958, Finland), poet & es.
• Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991, Australia), nv. & artist
• Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965, United States), pw.
• Bente Hansen (1940–2022, Denmark), wr. & activist
• Anita Hansemann (1962–2019, Switzerland), fiction & social wr. in German
• Carola Hansson (b. 1942, Sweden), nv. & pw.
• Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (b. 1946, Faroe Islands), fiction wr.
• Hao Jingfang (郝景芳, b. 1984, China), science fiction nv.
• Volha Hapeyeva (b. 1982, Belarus), poet & linguist
• Maha Harada (原田マハ, b. 1962, Japan), nv.
• Anwara Syed Haq (b. 1940, India/Bangladesh), fiction & ch. wr.
• Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942–2016, Iceland), poet
• Nino Haratischwili (b. 1983, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & pw.
• Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843–1925, United States), wr.
• Thea von Harbou (1888–1954, Germany), nv. & screenwriter
• Kerry Hardie (b. 1951, Singapore/Northern Ireland), poet & nv.
• Ratih Hardjono (b. 1960, Indonesia), socio-political wr.
• Elizabeth Hardy (1794–1854, Ireland/England), nv.
• Stacy Hardy (living, South Africa), fiction wr. & col. in English
• Maud Cuney Hare (1874–1936, United States), wr. & pianist
• Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, Australia), poet, nv. & activist
• Githa Hariharan (b. 1954, India), nv.
• Joy Harjo (b. 1951, United States), poet
• Anna-Leena Härkönen (b. 1965, Finland), nv., stage & TV wr.
• Saima Harmaja (1913–1937, Finland), poet & diarist
• Beverley Harper (1943–2002, Australia), nv.
• Frances Harper (1825–1911, United States), poet & nv.
• Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012, Belgium), wr. in French
• Alice Harriman (1861–1925, United States), poet
• Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917, United States), wr. & critic
• Dorothy Joan Harris (b. 1931, Japan/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr.
• Emily Marion Harris (1844–1900, England), nv. & poet
• Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931, United States), wr.
• Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942, England/New Zealand), wr. & spiritualist
• Joanne Harris (b. 1964, England), nv.
• M. G. Harris (b. 1966, Mexico/England), ch. wr.
• Nancy Harris (living, Ireland/England), pw. & screenwriter
• Jennifer Harrison (b. 1955, Australia), poet
• Juanita Harrison (1887–1967, United States), autobiographer
• Sarah Harrison (b. 1946, England), nv. & ch. wr.
• Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020, Australia), fiction wr.
• Carla Harryman (b. 1952, United States), poet, es. & pw.
• Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (living, Ireland), poet, pw. & painter
• Milka Hartman (1902–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
• Petra Hartmann (b. 1970, Germany), nv. & ch. wr.
• Nanae Haruno (榛野なな恵, J, manga creator
• Elisabeth Harvor (b. 1936, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
• Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, Australia), poet & librettist
• Johanna Harwood (b. 1930, Ireland/England), screenwriter
• Nigar Hasan-Zadeh (living, Azerbaijan), poet & philologist
• Iulia Hasdeu (1869–1888, Romania/France), poet
• Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川町子, 1920–1992, Japan), manga creator
• Hasegawa Shigure (長谷川時雨, 1879–1941, Japan), pw. & editor
• Dilara Hashem (1936–2022, India/Bangladesh), nv.
• Sugako Hashida (橋田 壽賀子, 1925–2021, Japan), scriptwriter
• Khadijah Hashim (b. 1942, Malaysia), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
• Eveline Hasler (b. 1933, Switzerland), fiction & ch. wr.
• Shahida Hassan (b. 1953, Bangladesh/Pakistan), poet
• Margaret Hasse (b. 1950, United States), poet & wr.
• Satu Hassi (b. 1951, Finland), textbook wr. & politician
• Pirjo Hassinen (b. 1957, Finland), nv.
• Kirsten Hastrup (b. 1948, Denmark), anthropologist
• Isoko Hatano (波多野勤子, 1905–1978, Japan), writer & psychologist
• Mary R. P. Hatch (1848–1935, United States), poet, fiction wr.
• Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990, India), social wr.
• Ana Hatherly (1929–2015, Portugal), academic & poet
• Libby Hathorn (b. 1943, Australia), poet, librettist & ch. wr.
• Bisco Hatori (葉鳥ビスコ, b. 1975), manga creator
• Miyuki Hatoyama (鳩山幸, b. 1943, Japan), cookery wr. & actor
• Ann Hatton (1764–1838, England), nv. & poet
• Mihri Hatun (c.1460–1506, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
• Mireille Havet (1898–1932, France), poet, diarist & nv.
• Anne Haverty (b. 1959, Ireland), nv. & poet
• Bettina Hauge (b. 1964, Denmark), anthropologist
• Mila Haugová (b. 1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), poet
• Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & translator
• Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012, Belgium), nv. in French
• Eva Hauserová (1954–2023, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), science fiction & non-f. wr.
• Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr.
• Esther Hautzig (1930–2009, Poland/United States), mem. & ch. wr.
• Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, Sri Lanka/New Zealand), poet
• Paula Hawkins (b. 1972, Zimbabwe/England), wr.
• Susan Hawthorne (b. 1951), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
• Catherine Hay (1910–1995, New Zealand), nv.
• Elizabeth Hay (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Karyn Hay (b. 1959, New Zealand), nv. & broadcaster
• Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, Wales), poet & broadcaster
• Anna Haycraft (Alice Thomas Ellis, 1932–2005, Wales), wr. & es.
• Mary Hayden (1862–1942, Ireland), historian
• Renée Hayek (living, Lebanon), fiction wr.
• Alice Hayes (1657–1720, England) Quaker preacher, non-f. wr.
• Matilda Hays (1820–1897, England), wr., journalist & actress
• Victoria Hayward (1876–1956, Bermuda), col. & travel wr.
• Eliza Haywood (1693–1756, England), nv., pw. & poet
• Helen Haywood (1907–1995, England), ch. wr.
• Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016, United States), nv. & fiction wr.
• Bessie Head (1937–1986, Botswana), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Helen Heath (b. 1970, New Zealand), poet
• Anne Hébert (1916–2000, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
• Chantal Hébert (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), political col.
• Jennifer Michael Hecht (b. 1965, United States), poet, historian & philosopher
• Annie French Hector (1825–1902, Ireland/England), nv.
• Evalena Fryer Hedley (1865–1943, United States), journalist & wr.
• Barbro Hedvall (b. 1944, Sweden), education wr.
• Geum Hee (금희, b. 1979, Korea/China), fiction wr. in Korean
• Sylvia Vanden Heede (b. 1961, Belgium), ch. wr. in Flemish
• Ra Heeduk (나희덕, b. 1966, Korea), poet
• Marjorie van Heerden (b. 1949, South Africa), ch. wr. in Afrikaans & illustrator
• Marié Heese (b. 1942, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
• Ursula Hegi (b. 1946, Germany/United States), nv.
• Marie Heiberg (1890–1942, England), poet
• Uta-Maria Heim (b. 1963, Germany), crime wr., poet & pw.
• Úrsula Heinze (b. 1941, Germany/Spain), poet & fiction and ch. wr. in Galician
• Anita Heiss (b. 1968, Australia), fiction wr., poet & col.
• Lyn Hejinian (b. 1941, United States), poet, es. & translator
• Lin Van Hek (b. 1944, Australia), fiction wr.
• Etelka Kenéz Heka (b. 1936, Hungary), wr. & poet
• Liliana Heker (b. 1943, Argentina), fiction wr. & es.
• Guðrún Helgadóttir (1935–2022, Iceland), ch. wr.
• Adèle Hommaire de Hell (1819–1883, France), wr.
• Cat Hellisen (b. 1977, South Africa/Scotland), nv.
• Lillian Hellman (1905–1984, United States), pw.
• Lucinda Barbour Helm (1839–1897, United States), wr. & editor
• Guðrið Helmsdal (b. 1941, Faroe Islands), poet
• Rakel Helmsdal (b. 1966, Faroe Islands), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, England/Wales), poet in English
• Kristien Hemmerechts (b. 1955, Belgium), fiction wr. in Flemish & English
• Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel (1919–2005, Paraguay), social wr.
• Barbara Hemphill (died 1858, Ireland), nv.
• Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987, Canada), poet in English
• Beth Henley (b. 1952, United States), pw. & screenwriter
• Nathalie Henneberg (1910–1977, France), science fiction wr.
• Claire Hennessy (b. 1986, Ireland), YA wr.
• Emmy Hennings (1885–1948, Germany), poet & performer
• Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962, Denmark), fiction wr. & mem.
• Georgina Henry (1960–2014, England), journalist
• Marguerite Henry (1902–1997, United States), ch. wr.
• Luise Hensel (1798–1876, Germany), wr. & poet
• Rosa Henson (1927–1997, Philippines), autobiographer
• Ebba Hentze (1930–2015, Faroe Islands), ch. wr. & poet
• Heo Nanseolheon (허초희, 1563–1589, Korea), poet
• Heo Su-gyeong (허수경, 1964–2018, Korea)
• Sally Hepworth (b. 1980, Australia), wr.
• Toeti Heraty (1933–2021, Indonesia), poet
• Dorothea Herbert (c. 1767–1829, Ireland), diarist & poet
• Jane Emily Herbert (1821–1882, Ireland), poet
• Marie Herbert (b. 1941, Ireland/England), biographer & nv.
• Mary Sidney Herbert (1561–1621, England), poet & patron
• Sarah Herbert (1824–1846, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
• Iva Hercíková (1935–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & screenplay wr.
• María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (1899–1974, Mexico), nv. & pw.
• Íeda Herman (1925–2019, Iceland), wr.
• Judith Hermann (b. 1970, Germany), fiction wr.
• Catherine Hermary-Vieille (b. 1943, France), nv.
• Marie Hermanson (b. 1956, Sweden), nv.
• Luisa Josefina Hernández (1928–2023, Mexico), nv. & pw.
• Georgina Herrera (1936–2021, Cuba), poet
• M. Miriam Herrera (b. 1963, United States), wr. & poet
• Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000, Switzerland), philosopher in French
• Stella K. Hershan (1915–2014, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), nv. & biographer
• Judith Herzberg (b. 1934, Netherlands), poet & pw.
• Karen Hesse (b. 1952, United States), ch. nv.
• Juliette Heuzey (1865–1952, France), nv. & biog.
• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia), poet, nv. & pw.
• Ellen Hewett (1843–1926, Channel Islands/New Zealand), wr.
• Annie Hewlett (1887–1974), Canada, wr.
• Maryam Heydarzadeh (b. 1977, Iran/Persia), poet & singer.
• Elisabeth von Heyking (1861–1925, Germany), nv., travel wr. & diarist
• Charlotte von Hezel (1755–1817, Germany), wr. & journalist

Hi–Hy

• Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 – 1911, United States), wr. & poet
• Eleanor Hibbert (several pseudonyms, 1906–1993, England), nv.
• Nienke van Hichtum (1860–1939, Netherlands), ch. wr. also in West Frisian
• Elizabeth Hickey (1917–1999, Ireland), local historian
• Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1924, Ireland/England), wr. & poet
• Mary St Domitille Hickey (1882–1958, New Zealand), historian & nun
• Mary Agnes Hickson (1821–1899, Ireland), antiquarian
• Stefani Hid (b. 1985, Indonesia/Germany), fiction wr.
• Akiko Higashimura (東村アキコ, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
• F. E. Higgins (living, Ireland), ch. wr.
• Rita Ann Higgins (b. 1955, Ireland), poet & pw.
• Sarah Higgins (1830–1923, England/New Zealand), wr. & midwife
• Colleen Higgs (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
• Helen Burns Higgs (1897–1983, Bahamas), wr. & illustrator
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995, United States), crime fiction wr.
• Asa Higuchi (ひぐちアサ, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
• Keiko Higuchi (樋口恵子, b. 1932, Japan), social wr. & activist
• Ichiyō Higuchi (樋口一葉, 1872–1896, Japan), fiction wr.
• Tachibana Higuchi (樋口橘, b. 1976, Japan), manga creator
• Aoi Hiiragi (柊あおい, b. 1962, Japan), manga creator
• Nadia Hijab (living, Palestine/United States), political wr.
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179, Germany), wr. in Latin, composer & abbess
• Ernestine Hill (1900–1972, Australia), travel wr. & nv.
• Eva Hill (1898–1981, New Zealand), wr. & physician
• Lorna Hill (1902–1991, England), ch. nv.
• Rosemary Hill (b. 1957, England), wr. & historian
• Rut Hillarp (1914–2003, Sweden), poet & nv.
• Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836–1916, Germany), nv. and actor
• Etty Hillesum (1914–1943, Netherlands), correspondent, diarist & Hc. victim
• Joanne C. Hillhouse (b. 1970s, Antigua), wr., col. & educator
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004, Brazil), poet, pw. & nv.
• Kaoruko Himeno (姫野カオルコ, b. 1958, Japan), nv.
• Saeko Himuro (氷室冴子, 1957–2008, Japan), nv., es. & pw.
• Zahida Hina (living, India/Pakistan), es., fiction wr. & pw.
• Helen Hindpere, (Estonia), writer
• Vera Hingorani (1924–2018, India), gynecologist & medical wr.
• Pamela Hinkson (1900–1982, Ireland/England), nv.
• Matsuri Hino (樋野まつ, Japan), manga creator
• S. E. Hinton (b. 1948, United States), ch. nv.
• Taiko Hirabayashi (平林たい子, 1905–1972, Japan), fiction wr. & es.
• Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚らいちょう, 1886–1971, Japan), writer & activist
• Rozalie Hirs (b. 1965, Netherlands), poet & composer
• Afua Hirsch (b. 1981, England), wr. & broadcaster
• Marianne Van Hirtum (1925–1988, Belgium), poet in French
• Anna-Liisa Hirviluoto (1929–2000, Finland), archaeologist
• Laila Hirvisaari (1938–2021, Finland), fiction wr. & pw.
• Elina Hirvonen (b. 1975, Finland), wr. & film-maker
• Sofia Hjärne (1780–1860, Finland), salonnière & nv. in Swedish
• Hera Hjartardóttir (b. 1983, Iceland),
• Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902, Denmark), educator & activist
• Mary Hobhouse (1864–1901, Ireland/England), poet & nv.
• Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986, United States), nv.
• Karla Höcker (1901–1992, Germany), nv. & biographer
• Merle Hodge (b. 1944, Trinidad), nv. & critic
• Louise Manning Hodgkins (1846–1935, United States), wr. & educator
• Helen Hodgman (1945–2022, Australia), nv. & screenwriter
• Eva Hodgson (1924–1920, Bermuda), political wr.
• Vere Hodgson (1901–1979), British diarist
• Daniela Hodrová (1946–2024, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & scholar
• Marjolijn Hof (b. 1956, Netherlands), ch. wr.
• Alice Hoffman (b. 1952, United States), nv. & YA & ch. wr.
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr.
• Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845, Poland), fiction & ch. wr. & activist
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England), ch. wr. & poet
• Linda Hogan (b. 1947, United States), poet & fiction wr.
• Zita Holbourne (b. 1960s, England), poet and non-fic. wr.
• Ann Catherine Holbrook (1780–1837, United Kingdom), actress and wr.
• Margaret Holford (1778–1852, England), poet & nv.
• Margaret Holford the Elder (1757–1834, England), nv, pw. & poet
• Heidi Holland (1947–2012, South Africa), col. & wr. in English
• Jane Holland (b. 1966, Isle of Man), poet, performer & nv.
• Norah M. Holland (1876–1925, Canada), wr., poet
• Sarah Holland (b. 1961, Isle of Man), wr., actor & singer
• Xaviera Hollander (b. 1943, Netherlands), mem.
• Gwen Hollington (1919–2014, England), translator
• Liddy Holloway (1947–2004, New Zealand), TV scriptwriter & actor
• Anne Holm (1922–1998, Denmark), col. & ch. wr.
• Maria Holm (1845–1912, Latvia), poet & fiction wr. in German
• Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Charlie N. Holmberg (b. 1988, United States), fantasy wr.
• Constance Holme (1880–1955, England), nv. & pw.
• Janet Holmes (b. 1947, New Zealand), socio-linguistics wr.
• Margie Holmes (living, Philippines), psychologist
• Mary Anne Holmes (1773–1805, Ireland), poet & wr.
• Johanna Holmström (b. 1981, Finland), fiction wr. in Swedish
• Lyubov Holota (b. 1949, Ukraine), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
• Hanne-Vibeke Holst (b. 1959, Denmark), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952, Netherlands), poet & politician
• Winifred Holtby (1898–1935, England), nv. & col.
• Ani Hona (1938–1997, New Zealand) wr., poet
• Xiao Hong (蕭紅, 1911–1942, China), fiction wr.
• Hong Yun-suk (홍윤숙, 1925–2015, Korea), poet
• Barbara Honigmann (b. 1949, Germany/France), pw.
• Hong Ying (虹影, b. 1962, China), poet & fiction wr.
• Lynley Hood (b. 1942, New Zealand), biographer
• Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, Canada), poet & pw
• bell hooks (pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins; 1952–2021, United States), feminist academic
• Maryam Hooleh (b. 1978, Iran/Persia), wr. & poet
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848, United States), poet
• Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981, Panama), poet & activist
• Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930, United States), nv., col. & pw.
• Nalo Hopkinson (b. 1960, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Mererid Hopwood (b. 1964, Wales), poet
• María Gertrudis Hore (1742–1801, Spain), poet
• Jessica Horn (b. 1979, England), activist & poet
• Marya Hornbacher (b. 1974, United States), wr. & col.
• Amelia Horne (1839–1921, United Kingdom), memoir wr.
• Isabel Hornibrook (1859–1952, Ireland/United States), ch. wr.
• Maria Teresa Horta (b. 1937, Portugal), poet & activist
• Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947, United States), non-f. wr., ed.
• Ellen Hørup (1871–1953, Denmark), non-f. wr.
• Sally El Hosaini (living, Wales), scriptwriter & film director
• Tatsuko Hoshino (星野立子, 1903–1984, Japan), poet
• Chieko Hosokawa (細川智栄子, b. 1935, Japan), manga creator
• Janette Turner Hospital (b. 1942, Australia), fiction wr.
• Selina Hossain (b. 1947, India/Bangladesh), nv.
• Yumi Hotta (堀田由美, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
• Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto (b. 1939, Benin), poet & educator
• Norah Hoult (1898–1984, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
• Gisèle Hountondji (b. 1954, Benin), nv. & es.
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (b. 1934, United States), wr.
• Annelise Hovmand (1926–2016, Denmark), screenwriter & film director
• Maureen Howard (1930–2022, United States), nv., mem. & editor
• Philippa Howden-Chapman (living, New Zealand), public health wr. & academic
• Fanny Howe (b. 1940, United States), poet & fiction wr.
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, United States), abolitionist, activist & poet; "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
• Samantha Lee Howe (b. 1965, England), fiction wr. & pw.
• Susan Howe (b. 1937, United States), poet, scholar & critic
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, Australia/United States), poet
• Edith Howes (1872–1954, England/New Zealand), ch. wr. & educator
• Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884, England), wr. & feminist
• Mary Howitt (1799–1888, England), poet & ch. wr.; "The Spider and the Fly"
• Ana María Vázquez Hoys (b. 1945, Spain), Anc. history professor
• Elizabeth Hoyt (pen name Julia Harper, living, United States), nv.
• Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (pen name Aunt Libbie; 1828–1912, United States), philosopher, poet, wr., lecturer
• Hrotsvith von Gandersheim (c. 935–c. 1002, Germany), pw. & poet in Latin
• Hrytsko Hryhorenko (1867–1924, Ukraine), poet & col.
• Maryna Hrymych (b. 1961, Ukraine), nv. & academic
• Hu Lanqi (胡兰畦, 1901–1994, China), wr. & military commander
• Ganggang Hu Guidice (胡剛剛, b. 1984, United States), writer & artist
• Huang E (黄峨, 1498–1569, China), poet
• Madame Huarui (花蕊夫人, c. 940–976, China), poet & imperial concubine
• Therese Huber (1764–1829, Germany), fiction & travel wr.
• Ricarda Huch (1864–1947, Germany), historian, nv. & poet
• Anna Hude (1858–1934, Denmark), historian
• Eva Hudečková (b. 1949, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & pw.
• Kerry Hudson (b. 1980, Scotland), wr. & nv.
• Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel (1959–2020, South Africa), pastor & academic
• Arianna Huffington (b. 1950, Gk/United States), wr. & col.
• Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901, England), religious wr.
• Lynn Huggins-Cooper (b. 1964, England), fiction, non-f. & ch. wr.
• Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan, 1852–1910, Wales), nv.
• Babette Hughes (1906–1982, United States), pw.
• Caoilinn Hughes (living, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Ellen Hughes (1867–1927, Wales), poet, es. & suffragist
• Frieda Hughes (b. 1960, England), poet & painter
• Shirley Fenton Huie (1924–2016, Australia), non-f. wr.
• Hulda (1881–1946, Iceland), wr. & poet
• Akasha Gloria Hull (b. 1944, United States), poet, educator & critic
• Keri Hulme (1947–2021, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
• Petra Hůlová (b. 1979, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
• Maria Aletta Hulshoff (1781–1846, Netherlands), pamphleteer
• Marie-Thérèse Humbert (b. 1940, Mauritius), fiction wr.
• Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897, Ireland), nv.
• Arlene Hunt (b. 1972, Ireland), crime wr.
• Vilma Rose Hunt (1926–2012, Australia/United States), scientist
• Bem Le Hunte (b. 1964, India/Australia), nv.
• Anne Hunter (1742–1821, England), poet & salonnière
• Kristin Hunter (1931–2008, United States), nv.
• Constance Hunting (1925–2006, United States), poet
• Florence Huntley (1861–1912, United States), editor & humorist
• Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947, Vietnam), dissident & nv.
• Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822, Vietnam), poet
• Fannie Hurst (1885–1968, United States), nv.
• Rosalind Hursthouse (b. 1943, England/New Zealand), moral philosopher
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960, United States), fiction wr., folklorist & anthropologist
• Shahrukh Husain (b. 1950, Pakistan/England), wr. of fiction, non-f. & screenwriter
• Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866–1939, France/United States), non-f.
• Fahmida Hussain (b. 1948, Pakistan), literary scholar
• Saliha Abid Hussain (1913–1988, India), nv. & ch. wr.
• Nancy Huston (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & es. in French & English
• Genevieve L. Hutchinson (1883–1974, United States), poet
• Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681, England), biographer
• Krishna Hutheesing (1907–1967, India), biographer
• Emily Huws (b. 1942, Wales), ch. wr.
• Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997, England/Kenya), mem. & col.
• Cornélie Huygens (1948–2002, Netherlands), nv. & political wr.
• Hwang In-suk (황인숙, b. 1958, Korea), poet
• Hwang Jini (황진이, c. 1506 – c. 1560, Korea), courtesan
• Hwang Jung-eun (황정은, b. 1976, Korea), fiction wr.
• Hwang Sun-mi (황선미, b. 1963, Korea), fable wr. & academic
• Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872, United States), hymn wr.
• Robin Hyde (1906–1939, South Africa/New Zealand), poet
• Liz Hyder (b. 1976 or 1977, England), nv.
• Lady Hyegyeong (헌경왕후, 1735–1816, Korea), mem.
• Prue Hyman (b. 1943, New Zealand), economist
• Hypatia (c. 350/370–415, Ancient Greece), philosopher & mathematician in Latin

I

• Marcela Iacub (b. 1964, Argentina), nv. & es. in French
• Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979, Uruguay), poet
• Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv. in English
• Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002, Bangladesh), wr.
• Amelia Denis de Icaza (1836–1911, Panama), poet
• Carmen de Icaza, 8th Baroness of Claret (1899–1979, Spain), nv.
• Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880, Germany), nv.
• Yumiko Igarashi (いがらしゆみこ, b. 1950, Japan), manga creator
• Luisa Igloria (b. 1961, Philippines/United States), poet
• Jung Ihyun (b. 1972, Korea), wr.
• Lempi Ikävalko (1901–1994, Finland), poet & col.
• Koi Ikeno (池野恋, b. 1959, Japan), manga creator
• Gō Ikeyamada (池山田剛, living, Japan), manga creator
• Bassey Ikpi (b. 1976, Nigeria), poet & mental health advocate
• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915–2000, India/Pakistan), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Ryo Ikuemi (いくえみ綾, b. 1964, Japan), manga/creator
• Branislava Ilić (b. 1970, El Salvador), pw., prose & screenwriter
• Maria Ilnicka (1825/1827–1897, Poland), poet, nv. & translator
• Im Yunjidang (任允摯堂, 1721–1793, Korea), scholar & philosopher
• Jahanara Imam (1929–1994, Bangladesh), non-f. wr., diarist & activist
• Natsuko Imamura (今村夏子, b. 1980), fiction wr.
• Saba Imtiaz (b. 1985, Pakistan), nv. & col.
• Vera Inber (1890–1972, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & es.
• Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821, England), nv., actor & pw.
• Mirjam Indermaur (b. 1967, Switzerland), psychotherapy wr. in German
• M. K. Indira (1917–1994, India), nv.
• Marilla Baker Ingalls (1828–1902, United States/Burma), non-f. wr.
• Rachel Ingalls (1940–2019, United States), nv.
• Jean Ingelow (1820–1897, England), poet
• Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994, Wales), nv. & biographer
• Anne Bower Ingram (1937–2010, Australia), ch. wr.
• Lotte Ingrisch (1930–2022, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., pw. & screenwriter
• Catherine Lucy Innes (c. 1840–1900, England/New Zealand), wr.
• Lyn Innes (b. 1940, England/Australia), academic & wr.
• Bozenna Intrator (b. 1964, Poland/United States), nv., poet & pw. in German, Polish & English
• Sylvia Iparraguirre (b. 1947, Argentina), nv. & activist
• Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 700–750, Japan), poet
• Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927, United States), wr., translator, poet
• Fanny Irvine-Smith (1878–1948, New Zealand), col. & local historian
• Inez Haynes Irwin (1873–1970, Brazil/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Norah Isaac (1914–2003, Wales), wr. & educator
• Ulla Isaksson (1916–2000, Sweden), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Palmira Jaquetti i Isant (1895–1963, Spain), poet & ethnologist
• Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz (1943–2012, Cuba/United States), theologian & non-f. wr.
• Svetlana Ischenko (b. 1969, Ukraine), poet, translator & actor
• Lady Ise (伊勢, c. 875–c. 938, Japan), poet
• Ise no Taifu (伊勢大輔, fl. early 11th century, Japan), poet
• Yuka Ishii (石井遊佳, b. 1953, Japan/India), fiction wr.
• Aleksandra Ishimova (1805–1881, Russia), ch. wr. & translator
• Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子, 1927–2018, Japan), wr. & activist
• Farhat Ishtiaq (b. 1980, Pakistan), nv. & screenwriter
• Elizabeth Isichei (b. 1939, Nigeria), wr. & academic
• Kate Isitt (1876–1948, New Zealand/England), col. & nv.
• Nina Iskrenko (1951–1995, Russia), poet
• Sariamin Ismail (1909–1995, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), nv.
• Siti Zainon Ismail (b. 1949, Malaysia), fiction wr., poet & academic
• Rashidah Ismaili (b. 1941, Benin/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Dora d'Istria (1828–1888, Romania/Italy), wr. on science & politics
• Gerta Ital (1904–1988, Germany), non-f. wr.
• Frances Itani (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet & es.
• Keiko Itō (伊藤 敬子, 1935–2020, Japan), poet
• Itō Noe (伊藤野枝, 1895–1983, Japan), wr. & social critic
• Risa Itō (伊藤理佐, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator
• Natsumi Itsuki (樹なつみ, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
• Edna Iturralde (b. 1948, Ecuador), ch. wr.
• Nora Iuga (b. 1931, Romania), poet and prose wr.
• Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007, Lithuania), nv. & es.
• Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), children's wr. & translator
• Mirela Ivanova (b. 1962, Bulgaria), poet
• Praskovya Ivanovskaya (1852–1935, Russia/Soviet Union), autobiographer
• Rada Iveković (b. 1945, Yugoslavia/Croatia), philosopher
• Nada Iveljić (1931–2009, Yugoslavia/Croatia), ch. wr.
• Eowyn Ivey (living, United States), nv.
• Molly Ivins (1944–2007, United States), col.
• Helen Ivory (b. 1969, England), poet
• Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, died 347, Japan), poet
• Mariko Iwadate (岩館真理子, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
• Margarita de Mayo Izarra (1889–1969, Spain), literature wr.
• Mari Carmen Izquierdo (1950–2019, Spain), sports wr.
• Kaneyoshi Izumi (和泉かねよし, living, Japan), manga creator
• Izumi Shikibu (和泉式部, b. c. 976, Japan), poet

J

Ja–Jh

• Noni Jabavu (1931–2008, South Africa), mem. & col. in English
• Jožka Jabůrková (1896–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & translator
• Annemarie Jacir (living, Palestine), fiction & screenwriter
• Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885, United States), nv.; Ramona
• Shelley Jackson (b. 1963, Philippines/United States), fiction wr. & es.
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965, United States), fiction wr.
• Sandra Jackson-Opoku (b. 1953, United States), poet, nv. & screenwriter
• Rosamond Jacob (1888–1960, Ireland), wr. & diarist
• Violet Jacob (1863–1946, Scotland), poet & nv.
• Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897, United States), mem.; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• Annie Jacobsen (b. 1967, United States), non-f. wr.
• Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003, United States), poet, fiction wr. & critic
• Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961, Denmark), philologist & archaeologist
• Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991, United States), poet
• Agnes E. Jacomb (1866–1949, England), nv.
• Paula Jacques (b. 1949, Egypt/France), nv.
• Frances Jacson (1754–1842, England), nv.
• Doris Jadan (1925–2004, United States), natural historian & cookery wr.
• Ann Jäderlund (b. 1955, Sweden), poet & pw.
• Fleur Jaeggy (b. 1940, Switzerland), nv. in Italian
• Kim Jae-Young (b. 1966, Korea), wr. & academic
• Manorama Jafa (b. 1932, India), ch. wr.
• Ada Jafarey (1924–2015, Pakistan), poet in Urdu
• Aziza Jafarzade (1921–2003, Azerbaijan), wr. & philologist
• Noemi Jaffe (b. 1962, Brazil), wr. & critic
• Rona Jaffe (1932–2005, United States), nv.
• Marie Jaffredo (b. 1966, France), comics wr.
• Janet Jagan (1920–2009, United States/Guyana), poet, ch. wr. & politician
• Dorta Jagić (b. 1974, Yugoslavia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & wr.
• Annamarie Jagose (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction wr. & academic
• Nasreen Jahan (b. 1966, Bangladesh), nv. & editor
• Rashid Jahan (1905–1952, India), fiction wr. & pw.
• Meenakshi Jain (living, India), historian
• Sunita Jain (1940–2017, India), scholar, fiction wr. & poet
• Linda Jaivin (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004, Iceland), pw. & fiction wr.
• Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897, Latvia), fiction wr. in German
• Ayesha Jalal (b. 1956, Pakistan/United States), historian
• Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978, Philippines), feminist wr.
• Rosa Jamali (b. 1977, Iran/Persia), poet, critic & pw.
• Alice James (1848–1892, United States), diarist
• Andrea James (b. 1967, United States), non-f wr. & transgender activist
• Barbara James (1943–2003, Australia), historian
• Christine James (b. 1954, Wales), poet & academic
• Cynthia James (b. 1948, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), pw., fiction wr. & poet
• Florence James (1902–1993, New Zealand/Australia), wr.
• Maria James (1793–1868, Wales), poet
• P. D. James (1920–2014, England), nv.
• Rebecca James (b. 1970, Australia), YA wr.
• Wendy James (b. 1966, Australia), nv.
• Wendy James (b. 1940, England), anthropologist
• Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941, Australia), nv. & travel wr.
• Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860, Ireland/England), art & literature wr.
• Vilma Jamnická (1906–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), astrologer & actor
• Emma Jane (b. 1969, Australia), nv. & col.
• Maria de la Pau Janer (b. 1966, Spain), nv. in Catalan & Spanish
• Clara Janés (b. 1940, Spain), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005, United States), nv.
• Jang Eun-jin (장은진, b. 1976, Korea)
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003, Hungary), ch. wr.
• Maria Janitschek (Marius Stein, 1859–1927, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr.
• Tama Janowitz (b. 1957, United States), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001, Finland), nv. & ch. wr. in Swedish
• Anja Jantschik (b. 1969, Germany), wr. & col.
• Florence Page Jaques (1890–1972, United States), nature & travel wr.
• Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015, England), fiction wr.
• Dragojla Jarnević (1812–1875, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet in Croatian
• Lisa Jarnot (b. 1967, United States), poet
• Nada Awar Jarrar (living, Lebanon), nv.
• Bella Jarrett (1926–2007, United States), romance wr. & actor
• Delia Jarrett-Macauley (living, England), wr., academic & broadcaster
• Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964, Wales), nv. & actor
• Christine Maria Jasch (b. 1960, Austria/Austria-Hungary), economist & non-f. wr.
• Vidmantė Jasukaitytė (1948–2018, Lithuania), poet, fiction wr. & es.
• Florence Jaugey (b. 1959, France/Nicaragua), screenwriter
• Fattaneh Haj Seyed Javadi (b. 1945, Iran/Persia), nv.
• Aghabeyim agha Javanshir (Aghabaji, 1780–1832, Azerbaijan/Iran/Persia), poet
• Charlotte Jay (Geraldine Halls, 1919–1996, Australia), mystery wr.
• Pupul Jayakar (1915–1997, India), wr. & activist
• Kirthi Jayakumar (b. 1987, India), activist & wr.
• Salma Khadra Jayyusi (1926/1927–2023, Palestine/United States), fiction wr. & poet
• Rula Jebreal (b. 1973, Israel/Italy), fiction wr. & Palestine analyst
• Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004, Australia), radio pw. & nv.
• Margo Jefferson (b. 1947, United States), wr. & academic
• Sheila Jeffreys (b. 1948, Australia), feminist scholar & wr.
• Jefimija (1349–1405, Serbia), poet
• Andrea Jeftanovic (b. 1970, Chile), wr. & academic
• Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932, England), garden wr.
• Cynthia Jele (living, South Africa), nv. in English
• Elfriede Jelinek (b. 1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & nv.; 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Joyce Angela Jellison (b. 1969, United States), wr.
• N. K. Jemisin (b. 1972, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr.
• Gish Jen (b. 1956, United States), wr.
• Ida Jenbach (1868 – c. 1943, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., screenwriter & Hc. victim
• Barbara Jenkins (living, Trinidad), fiction wr.
• Biddy Jenkinson (b. 1949, Ireland), poet
• Elizabeth B. Jenkins American spirituality writer
• Rosemary Jenkinson (b. 1967, Northern Ireland), poet, pw. & fiction writer
• Lynn Jenner (living, New Zealand), poet & es.
• Theodora Robinson Jenness (1847–1935, United States), wr., editor
• Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001, England), poet
• Kate Jennings (1948–2021, Australia), poet, nv. & es.
• Zoë Jenny (b. 1974, Switzerland), nv. in German & English
• Kristine Marie Jensen (Frøken Jensen, 1858–1923, Denmark), domestic & cookery wr.
• Thit Jensen (1876–1957, Denmark), fiction wr. & pw.
• Helen Jerome (1883–1958, Australia), poet, pw. & non-f. wr.
• Milena Jesenská (1896–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & translator
• Ana de Jesús (1545–1621, Spain), wr., poet & nun
• Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914–1977, Brazil), diarist & activist
• Jaqueline Jesus (b. 1978, Brazil), wr. & activist
• Lisa Jewell (b. 1968, England), fiction wr.
• Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909, United States), fiction wr.
• Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880, England), nv.
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013), Germany/United States), nv. & screenwriter

Ji–Ju

• Jiang Biwei (蔣碧薇, 1899–1978, China), mem.
• Pamela Jiles (b. 1960, Chile), col. & politician
• Paulette Jiles (b. 1943, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
• Rina Jimenez-David (b. 1955, Philippines), col. & non-f. wr.
• Meiling Jin (b. 1956, Guyana/England), poet, fiction and social wr.
• Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645–702, Japan), poet & empress
• Jo Kyung-ran (조경란, b. 1969, Korea), nv.
• Liesl Jobson (living, South Africa), poet in English & musician
• Ann Henning Jocelyn (b. 1948, Sweden/Ireland), pw. & nv.
• Rita Joe (1932–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Alexandra Joel (b. 1953, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004, Finland), nv.
• Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975, Faroe Islands), col. & teacher
• Nadezhda Joffe (1906–1995, Soviet Union/United States), mem.
• Khasnor Johan (living, Malaysia), historian
• Kristine Martine Johannessen (1855–1933, Norway), magazine editor
• Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863–1924, Iceland), non-f. wr.
• Hanna Johansen (b. 1939, Germany/Switzerland), philology & ch. wr. in German
• Oddvør Johansen (b. 1941, Faroe Islands), nv.
• Klara Johanson (1875–1948, Sweden), critic & es.
• Majken Johansson (1930–1993, Sweden), poet & Salvation Army member
• Amryl Johnson (1944–2001, Trinidad/England), poet & travel wr.
• Angela Johnson (b. 1961, United States), ch. wr. & poet
• Catherine Johnson (b. 1962, England), wr. & screenwriter
• Catherine Johnson (b. 1957, England), pw.
• Daisy Johnson (b. 1990, England), fiction wr.
• Diane Johnson (b. 1934, United States), nv. & es.
• Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929, United States), es. & non-f. wr.
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877–1966, United States), poet
• Helene Johnson (1906–1995, United States), poet
• Josephine Johnson (1910–1990, United States), nv., poet & es.
• Kate Johnson (b. 1982, England), nv.
• Mary Fitchett Johnson (died 1863, England), poet
• Pauline Johnson (1861–1913, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Rebecca Johnson (b. 1966, Australia), ch. wr.
• Sarah Johnson (b. 1980, South Africa), poet in English
• Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899, United States), wr
• Stephanie Johnson (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
• Susan Johnson (b. 1939, United States), nv.
• Susan Johnson (b. 1956, Australia), fiction wr.
• Susannah Willard Johnson (1729–1810, United States), mem.
• Alexa Johnston (living, New Zealand), biographer & food wr.
• Christine Johnston (b. 1950, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Dorothy Johnston (b. 1948, Australia), fiction wr.
• Jennifer Johnston (b. 1930, Ireland), nv.
• Maria I. Johnston (1835–1921, United States), American nv., non-f. wr.
• Mary Johnston (1870–1936, United States), nv.
• Velda Johnston (1912–1997, United States), nv.
• Elísabet Jökulsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
• Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007, Australia), nv.
• Jon Kyongnin (전경린, b. 1962, Korea), poet
• Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943, Wales), wr. & editor
• Cherie Jones (b. 1974, Barbados), wr.
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011, England), nv.
• Gail Jones (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & academic
• Gayl Jones (b. 1949, United States), nv.
• Jill Jones (b. 1951, Australia), poet
• Laura Jones (b. 1951, Australia), screenwriter
• Lauren-Shannon Jones (b. c. 1989, Ireland), pw. & screenwriter
• Margaret Jones (1923–2006, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016, Trinidad), nv.
• Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983, Wales), ch. wr. & educator
• Patricia Spears Jones (b. 1951, United States), poet
• Sandy Jones (b. 1943, United States), parenting wr.
• Tayari Jones (b. 1970, United States), nv.
• V. M. Jones (b. 1958, Zambia/New Zealand), ch. wr.
• Erica Jong (b. 1942, United States), nv.
• Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
• Ágústína Jónsdóttir (b. 1949, Iceland), poet & educator
• Áslaug Jónsdóttir (b. 1963, Iceland), ch. wr. & pw.
• Auður Jónsdóttir (b. 1973, Iceland), nv.
• Birgitta Jónsdóttir (b. 1967, Iceland), poet & politician
• Pamela Jooste (living, South Africa), nv. in English
• June Jordan (1936–2002, United States), poet, nv. & autobiographer
• Kate Jordan (1862–1926, Ireland/United States), nv. & pw.
• Sherryl Jordan (b. 1949, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr.
• Toni Jordan (b. 1966, Australia), nv.
• Lídia Jorge (b. 1946, Portugal), novelist
• Lieve Joris (b. 1953, Belgium), travel wr. in Flemish
• Barbare Jorjadze (1833–1895, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & princess
• Isabel de Josa (c. 1508–1575, Spain), humanist & Latinist
• Jenny Joseph (1932–2018, England), poet
• Sarah Joseph (b. 1946, India), fiction wr.
• Isha Basant Joshi (1908 – post-2004, India), fiction wr. & poet
• Rebecca Richardson Joslin (1846–1934, United States), non-f. wr.
• Gaëlle Josse (b. 1960, France), poet & nv.
• Maria Jotuni (1880–1943, Finland), fiction wr. & pw.
• Elsa Joubert (1922–2020, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
• Irma Joubert (b. 1947, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
• Leonie Joubert (living, South Africa), science wr. in English
• Alice Jouenne (1873–1954, France), non-f. wr.
• Carol Joynt (fl. 2010s, United States), wr., businesswoman
• Mireille Juchau (b. 1969, Australia), nv.
• Mary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s, United States), ch. wr. & non-f. wr.
• Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979, Spain), poet
• Erna Juel-Hansen (1845–1922, Denmark), nv. & activist
• Vanda Juknaitė (b. 1949, Lithuania), fiction wr. & pw.
• Heidi Julavits (b. 1968, United States), col. & nv.
• Conxita Julià (1920–2019, Spain), poet in Catalan
• Lucie Julia (1927–2023, Guadeloupe), poet & nv.
• Miranda July (b. 1974, United States), wr.
• Anees Jung (b. 1944, India), biographer
• Jung Eun-gwol (정은궐, living, Korea), nv.
• Jung Ihyun (정이현, b. 1972, Korea), nv.
• Jung Mikyung (정미경, 1960–2017, Korea), nv.
• Mari Jungstedt (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
• Cristina Jurado (b. 1972, Spain), fiction wr.
• Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1903–2003, Poland), ch. & YA wr.
• Dorothy Misener Jurney (1909–2002, United States), political wr.
• Andrea Jutson (living, New Zealand), crime & YA wr.

K

Ka–Kh

• Aminata Maïga Ka (1940–2005, Senegal), fiction wr.
• Keri Kaa (1942–2020, New Zealand), TV & ch. wr.
• Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960, Denmark), ch. & crime wr.
• Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (b. 1964, Uganda/Kenya), mem. & ch. wr.
• Naila Kabeer (b. 1950, Bangladesh/England), wr. & economist
• Jane Kaberuka (b. 1956, Uganda), fiction wr. & autobiographer
• Siddika Kabir (1931–2012, India/Bangladesh), nutrition & cookery wr.
• Helena Kadare (b. 1943, Albania), fiction wr.
• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, Hungary), nv. & poet
• Sirpa Kähkönen (b. 1964, Finland), nv.
• Elina Kahla (b. 1960, Finland), philologist & academic
• Elaine Kahn (living, United States), poet & wr.
• Ivande Kaija (1876–1942, Latvia), political wr.
• Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925, Switzerland), poet & fiction wr. in French & German
• Hilda Käkikoski (1864–1912, Finland), ch. wr. & politician
• Nyana Kakoma (living, Uganda), wr.
• Maguy Kakon (b. 1953, Morocco), politician & wr
• Mitsuyo Kakuta (角田光代, b. 1967, Japan), fiction wr.
• Lejla Kalamujić (b. 1980, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), fiction wr.
• Ana Kalandadze (1924–2008, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet
• Sheema Kalbasi (b. 1972, Iran/Persia), poet & rights advocate
• Zaruhi Kalemkaryan (1871–1971, Armenia), prose wr.
• Elvy Kalep (1899–1989, Estonia), ch. wr. & aviator
• Aino Kallas (1878–1956, Finland/Estonia), fiction wr. in Finnish
• Leszli Kálli (living, Comoros/Canada/Newfoundland), kidnapped diarist
• Laxmi Kallicharan (1951–2002, Guyana), wr.
• Tuula Kallioniemi (b. 1951, Finland), ch. wr.
• Iryna Kalynets (1940–2012, Ukraine), political wr.
• Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 1968, Burkina Faso), poet & pw. in French
• Sufia Kamal (1911–1999, India/Bangladesh), poet & activist
• Ronelda Kamfer (b. 1981, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
• Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986, Poland), poet & ch. & YA wr.
• Androulla Kaminara (b. 1957), Cypriot EU official & ambassador
• Yoko Kamio (神尾葉子, b. 1966, Japan), manga creator
• Sissal Kampmann (b. 1974, Faroe Islands), poet
• Vera Kamsha (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
• Keturah Kamugasa (died 2017, Uganda), wr. & col.
• Meena Kandasamy (b. 1984, India), poet & fiction wr.
• Mare Kandre (1962–2005, Sweden), fiction wr. & poet
• Julie Kane (b. 1952, United States), poet, scholar & editor
• Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England), pw.
• Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, b. 1983, Japan), nv.
• Yadé Kara (b. 1965, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv.
• Shakuntala Karandikar (1931–2018, India), nv.
• Josiane Kartheiser (b. 1950, Luxembourg), poet, pw. & ch. wr. in German & Luxembourgeois
• Miranda Kaufmann (b. 1982, England), historian, journalist & educator
• Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917, Belgium), ed.
• Harriet B. Kells (1842–1913, United States), ed.
• Beth Kelly, (b. ?, United States) university professor
• Mirdza Ķempe (1907–1974, Latvia), poet & translator
• Kang Hwa-gil (b. 1986, South Korea), fiction wr.
• Agnès Kraidy (b. 1965), Ivorian journalist
• Kang Kyeong-ae (강경애, 1906–1944, Korea), nv. & poet
• Kang Sok-kyong (강석경, b. 1951, Korea), fiction wr.
• Kang Young-sook (강영숙, b. 1967, Korea), fiction wr.
• Maarja Kangro (b. 1973, Estonia), poet & fiction wr.
• Aya Kanno (菅野文, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator
• Fabienne Kanor (b. 1970, France), nv. & filmmaker
• Anna Kańtoch (b. 1976, Poland), fiction wr.
• Eva Kantůrková (b. 1930, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (1932–1995, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), ch. wr. & poet
• Lila Rose Kaplan (b. 1980, United States), pw.
• Nelly Kaplan (1931–2020, Argentina), nv., es. & scriptwriter in French
• Kristina Kappelin (b. 1958, Sweden), wr. on Italian relations
• Mehrangiz Kar (b. 1944, Iran/Persia), wr. & rights activist
• Yadé Kara (b. 1965, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv., actor & educator
• Ekaterina Karabasheva (b. 1989, Bulgaria), poet & fiction wr.
• Teréz Karacs (1808–1892, Hungary), poet & mem.
• Mina Karadžić (1828–1894, Serbia), wr. & painter
• Margarita Karapanou (1946–2008, Greece), nv.
• Anna Karima (1871–1949, Bulgaria), wr. & activist
• Alma Karlin (1889–1950, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction & travel wr. & pw.
• Ghada Karmi (b. 1939, Palestine/England), mem. & physician
• Farida Karodia (b. 1942, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
• Carmen Karr (1865–1943, Spain), feminist wr.
• Anna Louisa Karsch (1722–1791, Germany), poet & correspondent
• Junko Karube (軽部潤子, living, Japan), manga creator
• Ugnė Karvelis (1935–2002, Lithuania/France), nv. & translator
• Ioanna Karystiani (b. 1952, Greece), screenwriter
• Lady Kasa (笠郎女, early 8th century, Japan), poet
• Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974, Germany), nv. & poet
• Maki Kashimada (鹿島田真希, b. 1976, Japan), fiction wr.
• Anna Kashina (living, Russia/United States), nv.
• Stoja Kašiković (1865 – post-1927, Serbia), wr.
• Nina Kasniunas (b. 1972, United States), wr. & political scientist
• Leila Kasra (1939–1989, Iran/Persia), poet & songwriter
• Kapka Kassabova (b. 1973, Bulgaria/Scotland), wr. in English
• Kassia (810 – pre-865, Byzantium), poet & composer in Greek
• Lada Kaštelan (b. 1961, Yugoslavia/Croatia), pw. & screenwriter
• Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998, Australia), nv.
• Olivera Katarina (b. 1940, Serbia), poet
• Hoda Katebi (هدی کاتبی, living, Iran/Persia/United States), fashion wr.
• Marianne Katoppo (1943–2007, Indonesia), nv. & theologian
• Kazuyo Katsuma (勝間和代, b. 1968, Japan), business wr.
• Janina Katz (1939–2013, Poland/Denmark), poet in Danish
• Suzan Emine Kaube (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), non-f. wr.
• Gina Kaus (1893–1985, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), nv., screenwriter & autobiographer
• Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877, Ireland), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Rose Kavanagh (1859 or 1860–1891, Ireland), wr. & poet
• Joanna Kavenna (b. 1974, England), nv. & travel wr.
• Catherine Samali Kavuma (b. 1960, Uganda/United States), nv.
• Kazune Kawahara (河原和音, b. 1972, Japan), manga creator
• Yumiko Kawahara (川原由美子, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
• Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, b. 1958, Japan), nv. & poet
• Kikuko Kawakami (川上喜久子, 1904–1985, Japan), fiction wr.
• Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, b. 1976, Japan), fiction & non-f. writer & poet
• Mizuki Kawashita (河下水希, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
• Merata Kawharu (living, New Zealand), wr, & academic
• Jackie Kay (b. 1961, Scotland), poet & nv.
• M. M. Kaye (1908–2004, England), nv. & illustrator
• Susanna Kaysen (b. 1948, United States), wr. & mem.
• Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
• Rabia Kazan (b. 1976, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), political wr.
• Elena Kazantseva (b. 1956, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
• Irena Kazazić (b. 1972, Serbia), wr.
• Kazumi Kazui (一井かずみ, living, Japan), manga creator
• Ke Yan (柯岩, 1929–2011, China), pw., nv. & poet
• Molly Keane (1904–1996, Ireland), nv. & pw.
• Susanna Kearsley (b. 1966, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Annie Keary (1825–1879, England), nv. & poet
• Henrietta Keddie (1827–1914, Scotland), nv. & ch. wr.
• Janice Kulyk Keefer (b. 1952, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
• Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, Australia), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
• Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, Australia), poet & prose wr.
• Fatou Keïta (b. 1965, Ivory Coast), ch. wr.
• China Keitetsi (b. 1976, Uganda), mem.
• Anne Kellas (b. 1951, South Africa/Australia), poet
• Yuko Takada Keller (高田ケラー有子, b. 1958, Japan), es. & artist
• Cathy Kelly (b. 1966, Ireland), nv.
• Gwen Kelly (1922–2012, Australia), fiction wr. & poet
• Helen Keller (1880–1968, United States), es. & autobiographer
• Linda Kelly (1936–2019, England), historian of romanticism
• Lindy Kelly (b. 1952, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
• Maeve Kelly (b. 1930, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
• Mary Eva Kelly (1826–1910, Ireland/Australia), poet & es.
• Rita Kelly (b. 1953, Ireland), poet & col.
• Gene Kemp (1926–2015, England), ch. wr.
• Jennie Murray Kemp (1858–1928, United States), editor, publisher, circulation manager, press superintendent
• Oonya Kempadoo (b. 1966, England), nv.
• Margery Kempe (c. 1373–1438, England), autobiographer & mystic
• May Kendall (1861–1943, England), poet, nv. & satirist
• Latofat Kenjaeva (b. 1950, Tajikistan), poet & wr.
• Adrienne Kennedy (b. 1931, United States), pw
• Anne Kennedy (b. 1959, New Zealand), nv., poet & screenwriter
• Betty Kennedy (1926–2017, Canada/Newfoundland), broadcaster & wr.
• Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England), nv.
• Mary Olivia Kennedy (1880–1943, Ireland/England), critic & col.
• Nina Kennedy (b. 1960, United States), memoirist & screenwriter
• Pagan Kennedy (b. c. 1963, United States), wr. & col.
• Hannah Kent (b. 1985, Australia), wr.
• Jacqueline Kent (b. 1947, Australia), biographer & non-f. wr.
• Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
• Angela Kepler (b. 1943, New Zealand), naturalist & nature wr.
• Maylis de Kerangal (b. 1967, France), nv.
• Rivka Keren (b. 1946, Hungary/Israel), nv. in Hebrew
• Amanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920, Sweden), nv. & pw.
• Josephine Kermode (Cushag, 1852–1937, Isle of Man), poet & pw.
• Joan Haverty Kerouac (1931–1990, United States), autobiographe
• Doris Boake Kerr (Capel Boake, 1899–1945, Australia), nv.
• Judith Kerr (1923–1919, Germany/England), ch. wr.
• Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906, United Kingdom), wr., biog., nv., ch. wr.
• Suzi Kerr (b. 1966, New Zealand), economist
• Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (b. 1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & poet
• Fatemeh Keshavarz (b. 1952, Iran/Persia), scholar & poet
• Birhan Keskin (b. 1963, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
• Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya (1908–1984, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
• Marie Kessels (b. 1954, Netherlands), poet & prose wr.
• Jessie Kesson (1916–1994, Scotland), wr.
• Hedwig Kettler (1851–1937, Germany), fiction & non-f. wr. & activist
• Yvonne Keuls (b. 1931, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands), nv.
• Irmgard Keun (1905–1982, Germany), nv.
• Ellen Key (1849–1926, Sweden), wr. on family life
• Marian Keyes (b. 1963, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Eugénie De Keyser (1918–2012, Belgium), wr. on art in French
• Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936, United States), nv. & biog.
• Jennie Ellis Keysor (1860–1945, United States), non-f. wr.
• 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012, Lesotho), poet & educator
• Porochista Khakpour (b. 1978, Iran/Persia/United States), nv.
• Sheila Khala (b. 1990/1991, Lesotho), poet
• Farida Khalaf (b. c. 1995, Iraq), escapee & wr.
• Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986, Palestine/Lebanon), political mem.
• Sahar Khalifeh (b. 1941, Palestine), nv.
• Hamda Khamis (b. 1945, Bahrain), poet & col.
• Annie Ali Khan (1980–1918, Pakistan), social & religious wr.
• Rabina Khan (b. 1972, Bangladesh/England), wr. & politician
• Razia Khan (c. 1936–2011, India/Bangladesh), wr., poet & educator
• Rukhsana Khan (b. 1962, Pakistan/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr.
• Uzma Aslam Khan (living, Pakistan), nv.
• Heyran Khanim (1790–1847, Azerbaijan/Iran/Persia), poet in Azerbaijani & Persian
• Dalal Khario (b. c. 1997, Iraq), ISIS survivor & mem.
• Dima Khatib (b. 1971, Palestine), col. & poet
• Rabeya Khatun (1935–2021, India/Bangladesh), nv.
• Rita El Khayat (b. 1944, Morocco), psychiatrist & anthropologist
• Sabiha Al Khemir (b. 1959, Tunisia), fiction & art wr.
• Babilina Khositashvili (1884–1973, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & feminist
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata (b. 1937, Lebanon/France), nv. & poet
• Mariam Khutsurauli (b. 1960, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & fiction wr.
• Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (1824–1889, Russia), nv.

Ki–Ky

• Sue Monk Kidd (b. 1948, United States), nv.
• Fiona Kidman (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction wr., poet & scriptwriter
• Celine Kiernan (b. 1967, Ireland), YA wr.
• Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (b. 1969, Uganda), poet & scholar
• Toshie Kihara (木原敏江, b. 1948, Japan), manga creator
• Emelihter Kihleng (living, Manchuria), poet in English
• Lali Kiknavelidze (b. 1969, Georgia (Caucasus)), screenwriter & film director
• Anne Killigrew (1660–1685, England), poet
• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836, England), ch. wr.
• Eeva Kilpi (b. 1928, Finland), fiction wr. & poet
• Ae-ran Kim (김애란, b. 1980, Korea), fiction wr.
• Kim Byeol-ah (김별아, b. 1969, Korea), nv.
• Kim Chae-won (김채원, b. 1946, Korea), fiction wr.
• Kim Chi-won (김지원, 1943–2013, Korea/United States), fiction wr.
• Kim Hu-ran (김후란, b. 1934, Korea), poet
• Kim Hyesoon (김혜순, b. 1955, Korea), poet
• Kim Insuk (김인숙, b. 1963, Korea/China), fiction wr.
• Kim Myeong-sun (김명순, 1896–1951, Korea), nv. & poet
• Myung Mi Kim (김명미, b. 1957, Korea/United States), poet in English
• Kim Nam-jo (김남조, 1927–2023, Korea), poet & academic
• Ronyoung Kim (1926–1987, United States), wr.
• Kim Ryeo-ryeong (김려령, b. 1971, Korea), ch. & YA wr.
• Kim Sagwa (김사과, b. 1984, Korea), fiction wr. & col.
• Kim Seon-wu (김선우, b. 1970, Korea), feminist poet
• Kim Seung-hee (김승희, b. 1952, Korea), poet, es. & nv.
• Barbara Kimenye (1929–2012, Uganda), ch. wr.
• Kodai no Kimi (小大君, fl. 9th or 10th century, Japan), poet
• Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949, Antigua/United States), nv.
• Annamária Kinde (b. 1956–2014, Russia), wr. & poet in Hungarian
• Aby King (b. 1977, England), wr. & nv.
• Carla King (living, Ireland), historian
• Grace King (1852–1932, United States), fiction wr. & historian
• Margaret King (1773–1835, Ireland/Italy), travel & medical wr.
• Rachael King (b. 1970, New Zealand), fiction wr. & musician
• Rosamond S. King (living, United States), poet & academic
• Tabitha King (b. 1949, United States), nv.
• Karen King-Aribisala (living, Guyana/Nigeria), fiction wr. & academic
• Mary Kingsley (1862–1900, England), explorer & science wr.
• Barbara Kingsolver (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr., poet & es.
• Maxine Hong Kingston (b. 1940, Chile/United States), nv. & academic
• Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858, Germany), wr., composer & educator
• Elaine Kinsella (b. 1981, Ireland), wr. & radio pw.
• Yuki Kiriga (霧賀ユキ, living, Japan), manga creator
• Eleanor Kirk (1831–1908, United States), wr.
• Lucy Kirkwood (b. 1983, UK)
• Olga Kirsch (1924–1997, South Africa/Israel), poet in English & Hebrew
• Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013, Germany), poet
• Rio Kishida (岸田理生, 1946–2003, Japan), pw.
• Madhu Kishwar (b. 1951, India), feminist wr.
• Noémi Kiss (b. 1974, Hungary), fiction wr. & es.
• Nadia Yala Kisukidi (b. 1978, France), wr. & academic
• Yao Kitabatake (北畠八穂, 1903–1982, Japan), poet & ch. wr.
• Nobori Kiuchi (木内昇, b. 1967), nv.
• Iya Kiva (b. 1984, Ukraine), poet, translator, wr.
• Ella Kivikoski (1901–1990, Finland), archaeologist
• Karin Kiwus (b. 1942, Germany), poet & academic
• Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014, United States), poet
• Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (b. 1974, Faroe Islands), ch. & fiction wr. & poet
• Nada Klaić (1920–1988, Yugoslavia/Croatia), historian
• Elizabeth Klarer (1910–1994, South Africa), wr. in English on extraterrestrial visions
• Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022, Poland/United States), mem. & activist
• Naomi Klein (b. 1970, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & activist
• Robin Klein (b. 1936, Australia), ch. wr.
• Laureana Wright de Kleinhans (1846–1896, Mexico), poet & activist
• Ellen Kleman (1867–1943, Sweden), women's rights activist
• Irena Klepfisz (b. 1941, Poland/United States), linguist & activist
• Marusya Klimova (b. 1961, Russia/Soviet Union), nv. & es.
• Linde Klinckowström-von Rosen (1902–2000, Sweden), equestrian & travel wr.
• Ekaterina Kniazhnina (1746–1797, Russia), poet
• Anne Knight (1786–1862, England), social reformer
• India Knight (b. 1965, England), journalist & author
• Anne Knight (1792–1860, England), ch. wr.
• Olivia Knight (1830–1908, Ireland/Australia), poet & es.
• Sophie von Knorring (1797–1848, Sweden), nv.
• Thekla Knös (1815–1880, Sweden), poet & ch. wr.
• Lilian Knowles (1870–1926), economic historian
• Marion Knowles (1865–1949, Australia), poet & nv.
• Elizabeth Knox (b. 1959, New Zealand), fiction wr. & es.
• Janette Hill Knox (1845–1920, United States), religious wr., editor, activist, teacher
• Kathleen Knox (1847–1930, Ireland), ch. wr. & poet
• Mary Norbert Körte (1934–2022, United States), poet, teacher & environmentalist
• Miyuki Kobayashi (小林深雪, living, Japan), nv. & manga wr.
• Nataliya Kobrynska (1851–1920, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Ukraine), fiction & political wr.
• Olha Kobylianska (1863–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), wr. in Ukrainian
• Shonagh Koea (b. 1939, New Zealand), fiction wr.
• Yun Kōga (高河ゆん, b. 1965, Japan), manga creator
• Joy Kogawa (b. 1935, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
• Sheila Kohler (b. 1941, South Africa/United States), fiction wr.
• Věra Kohnová (1929–1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), Hc. diarist
• Lydia Koidula (1843–1886, Russia/England), poet in Estonian
• Saradha Koirala (b. 1980, New Zealand/Australia), poet & YA wr.
• Ingrid de Kok (b. 1951, South Africa), poet in English
• Musine Kokalari (1918–1973, Albania), wr. & politician
• Jana Kolarič (b. 1954, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
• Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), nv. in Croatian
• Nellie van Kol (1851–1930, Netherlands), feminist, educator, & ch. wr.
• Annette Kolb (1870–1967, Germany), political wr., nv. & wr. on music
• Margarete Kollisch (1893–1979, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & translator
• Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952, Russia/Soviet Union), wr. & politician
• Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943, Germany), poet & Hc. victim
• Anise Koltz (1928–2023, Luxembourg), poet & ch. wr. in French & German
• Ono no Komachi (825–900, Japan), poet
• Anna Komnene (1083–1183, Byzantium), chronicler & emperor's daughter in Greek; Alexiad
• Usher Komugisha (b. c. 1988, Uganda), sports journalist & commentator
• Marie Kondo (近藤麻理恵, b. 1984, Japan), organization wr.
• Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740, Sweden), painter, actor & poet
• Fumiyo Kōno (こうの史代, manga creator
• Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910, Poland), nv. & poet
• Evgenia Konradi (1838–1898, Russia), wr., es. & col.
• Ina Konstantinova (1924–1944, Soviet Union), diarist & war victim
• Alicia Kopf (b. 1982, Spain), nv. & artist
• Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili (b. 1968, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & col.
• Alice Graeme Korff (1904–1975, United States), art critic
• Rachel Korn (1898–1982, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & prose wr.
• Barbara Korun (b. 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
• Sonya Koshkina (b. 1985, Ukraine), journalist, & editor-in-chief
• Birgithe Kosovic (b. 1972, Denmark), nv.
• Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968, Poland), political wr. & Hc. survivor
• Lina Kostenko (b. 1930, Soviet Union/Ukraine), poet
• Elizabeth Kostova (b. 1964, United States), nv.
• Rita Kothari (b. 1969, India), social & political wr.
• Helene Kottanner (c. 1400 – post-1470, Hungary), mem. in German
• Adjoua Flore Kouamé (b. 1964, Ivory Coast), nv.
• Sofia Kovalevskaya (1859–1891, Russia), wr. & mathematician
• Heda Margolius Kovály (1919–2010, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), wr. & Hc. survivor
• Shih-Li Kow (b. 1968, Malaysia), fiction wr.
• Chana Kowalska (1899 – c. 1942, Poland/France), art wr. & Hc. victim
• Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938, Poland), diarist, nun & religious wr.
• Natsuki Koyata (古谷田 =奈月, b. 1981, Japan), nv.
• Alicia Kozameh (b. 1953, Argentina), fiction wr. & poet
• Nadezhda Kozhevnikova (b. 1949, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
• Zoya Krakhmalnikova (1929–2008, Soviet Union/Russia), scholar & autobiographer
• Hanna Krall (b. 1935, Poland), wr., nv. & Hc. survivor
• Taja Kramberger (b. 1970, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet, es. & anthropologist
• Clementine Krämer (1873–1942, Germany), poet, fiction wr. & Hc. victim
• Judith Krantz (1928–2019, United States), wr. & col.
• Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), feminist wr.
• Nicole Krauss (b. 1974, United States), fiction wr. & es.
• Helen Kleinbort Krauze (living, Poland/Mexico), travel wr. & col.
• Ursula Krechel (b. 1947, Germany), poet, prose wr. & pw.
• Katarzyna Krenz (b. 1953, Poland/Peru), nv., poet & painter
• Maruša Krese (1947–2013, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & fiction wr.
• Michelle de Kretser (b. 1957, Australia), nv.
• Velga Krile (1945–1991, Latvia), poet & pw.
• Uma Krishnaswami (b. 1956, India/United States), ch. wr.
• Julia Kristeva (b. 1941, Bl/France), nv. & philosopher
• Gerður Kristný (b. 1970, Iceland), poet & nv.
• Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011, Hungary/Switzerland), nv. in French
• Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia), nv.
• Antjie Krog (b. 1952, South Africa), poet & academic in Afrikaans
• Leena Krohn (b. 1947, Finland), fiction & ch. wr. & es.
• Brigitte Kronauer (1940–2019, Germany), nv.
• Yvonne Kroonenberg (b. 1950, Netherlands), non-f. wr.
• Helen Aldrich De Kroyft (1818–1915, United States), wr.
• Olga Kryuchkova (b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
• Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe (1908–2010, Latvia/United States), poet & es.
• Mina Kruseman (1839–1922, Netherlands), pw. & mem.
• Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940, Sweden), nv.
• Christina Krüsi (b. 1968, Bolivia/Switzerland), wr. on child abuse in German
• Susanna Kubelka (b. 1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & col.
• Žofia Kubini (fl. 17th century, Hungary), poet in Czech
• Rohana Kudus (1884–1972, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), wr. on women's skills
• Ayşe Kulin (b. 1941, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction & screenwriter
• Annette Kullenberg (1939–2021, Sweden), nv. & broadcasting pw.
• Mojca Kumerdej (b. 1964, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr. & critic
• Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, United States), poet & ch. wr.
• Xu Kun (徐坤, b. 1965, China), fiction wr.
• Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989, Poland/United States), nv.
• Kirsi Kunnas (1924–2021, Finland), poet & ch. wr.
• Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (b. 1938, Cameroon/France), nv. & es.
• İsmet Kür (1916–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), ch. wr.
• Maki Kureishi (1927–1995, India/Pakistan), wr.
• Natsuko Kuroda (黒田 夏子, b. 1937, Japan), fiction wr.
• Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (黒柳徹子, b. 1933, Japan), ch. wr. & actor
• Irma Kurti (b. 1966, Albania), poet & wr.
• Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989, Netherlands), history wr.
• Isolde Kurz (1853–1944, Germany), poet & fiction wr.
• Meta Kušar (b. 1952, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & es.
• Rachel Kushner (b. 1968, United States), nv.
• Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006, South Africa), activist & politician in English
• Zofka Kveder (1878–1926, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), fiction wr. & pw. in Slovenian
• Nestan Kvinikadze (b. 1980, Georgia (Caucasus)), scriptwriter & pw.
• Jean Kwok (living, United States), nv.
• Kwon Teckyoung (권택영, b. 1947, Korea), critic & academic
• Kwon Yeo-sun (권여선, b. 1965, Korea), fiction wr.
• Joanne Kyger (1934–2017, United States), poet
• Goretti Kyomuhendo (b. 1965, Uganda), nv. & activist

L

La–Le

• Esmeralda Labye (b. 1973, Belgium), journalist
• Ángela Labordeta (b. 1964, Spain), fiction wr.
• Carilda Oliver Labra (1922–2018, Cuba), poet
• Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós (1841–1907, Spain), poet & novelist
• María Elvira Lacaci (1916–1997, Spain), poet
• María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006, Argentina), pedagogue, wr., es., poet, educator
• Bernarda de Lacerda (1596–1644, Portugal), scholar & pw.
• Vera Lachmann (1904–1985, Germany/United States), poet & educator
• Djanet Lachmet (b. 1948, Algeria/France), nv. & actor
• Minna Lachs (1907–1993, Austria/Austria-Hungary), educator & mem.
• Camilla Läckberg (b. 1974, Sweden), nv.
• Mercedes Lackey (b. 1950, United States), nv.
• Anna Lacková-Zora (1899–1988, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & fiction wr. in Slovak
• Monique Laederach (1938–2004, Switzerland), poet, nv. & radio pw. in French
• Ann-Helén Laestadius (b. 1971, Sweden), YA wr.
• May Laffan (1849–1916, Ireland), nv.
• Carmen Laforet (1921–2004, Spain), fiction wr.
• Marcela Lagarde (b. 1948, Mexico), social wr. & politician
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940, Sweden), nv. & ch. wr.; 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Magdalene Isadora La Grange (1864–1935, United States), poet
• Margaret Rebecca Lahee (1831–1895, Ireland/England), dialect wr.
• Shahla Lahiji (1942–2024, Iran/Persia), wr.
• Jhumpa Lahiri (b. 1967, England/United States), fiction wr.
• Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013, Argentina), poet, pw. & es.
• Leila Lahlou (living, Morocco), autobiographer
• Maria Chessa Lai (1922–2012, Italy), poet
• Maria Laina (b. 1947, Greece), poet
• Sinikka Laine (b. 1945, Finland), YA wr.
• Sylvie Lainé (b. 1957, France), science fiction wr.
• Olivia Laing (b. 1977, England), wr. & cultural critic
• Sarah Laing (b. 1973, New Zealand), fiction wr., mem. & cartoonist
• Angeliki Laiou (1941–2008, Greece/United States), historian of Byzantium
• Elizabeth Laird (b. 1943, England), travel & ch. wr.
• Natasha Lako (b. 1948, Albania), poet & nv.
• Laila Lalami (b. 1968, Morocco/United States), es. & nv.
• Nuray Lale (b. 1962, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), wr.
• Ritu Lalit (b. 1964, India), fiction wr.
• Lalleshwari (Lal Arifa; 1320–1392, India), mystic & poet in Kashmiri
• Caitriona Lally (living, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Nikita Lalwani (living, India/Wales), nv.
• Marta Lamas (b. 1947, Mexico), anthropologist & political scientist
• Lady Caroline Lamb (1785–1828, England), nv.
• Charlotte Lamb (Sheila Holland, 1937–2000, Isle of Man), nv.
• Christina Lamb (b. 1965, England), wr. & columnist
• Helen Lamb (1956–2017, Scotland), poet
• Mary Lamb (1764–1847, England), co-wr. of Charles Lamb
• Alice Elinor Lambert (1886–1981, United States), nv.
• Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (b. 1991, Philippines), author and opinion columnist
• Mitì Vigliero Lami (b. 1957, Italy), es. & poet
• Regina de Lamo (1870–1947, Spain), political wr.
• Elish Lamont (c. 1800/1816–1870, Ireland), wr. & miniaturist
• Anne Lamott (b. 1954, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Astrid Lampe (b. 1955, Netherlands), poet & actor
• Rachida Lamrabet (b. 1970, Morocco/Belgium), nv. & pw. in Flemish
• Wafaa Lamrani (b. 1960, Morocco), poet
• Beatrice Lamwaka (living, Uganda), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Luo Lan (1919–2015, Taiwan), wr. & radio personality.
• Leena Lander (b. 1955, Finland), nv.
• Fran Landesman (1927–2011, United States), poet & lyricist
• Margarita Landi (1918–2004, Spain), nv. & screenwriter
• Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969, Ecuador), wr. & suffragist
• Salcia Landmann (1911–2002, Ukraine/Switzerland), writer in Yiddish
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L., 1802–1838, England), poet & nv.
• Margaret Landon (1903–1993, United States), nv.
• Liliane Landor (b. c. 1956, Lebanon), non-f. wr.
• Michele Landsberg (b. 1939, Can), wr., feminist & activist
• Ruth Landshoff (1904–1966, Germany/United States), poet & wr. in German & English
• Anne Landsman (b. 1959, South Africa), nv. in English
• Jane Lane (1905–1978, England), nv. & biographer
• Margaret Lane (1907–1994, England), journalist, biographer & nv.
• Fátima Langa (1953– 2017, Mozambique), wr., poet, & publisher
• Annabel Langbein (b. 1958, New Zealand), food wr. & cook
• Rosamond Langbridge (1880–1964, Ireland), poet, nv. & pw.
• Dagmar Lange (1914–1991, Sweden), nv.
• Norah Lange (1905–1972, Argentina), poet, nv. & autobiographer
• Katja Lange-Müller (b. 1951, Germany), nv.
• Gertrude Langer (1908–1984, Australia), art critic
• Anna Langfus (1920–1966, Poland/France), pw., nv. & Hc. survivor
• Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950, Germany), poet, nv. & Hc. survivor
• Eve Langley (1908–1974, Australia/New Zealand), nv.
• Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872–1949, United States), pw.
• Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, England), poet
• Coral Lansbury (1929–1991, Australia), nv. & academic
• Sara Berenguer Laosa (1919–2010, Spain), feminist wr.
• Jeanne Lapauze (1860–1920, France), poet & nv.
• Paula Lapido (b. 1975, Spain), fiction wr.
• Yvette Lapointe (1912–1994, Canada), comics wr.
• Nadezhda Lappo-Danilevsky (1874–1951, Russia/France), poet & fiction wr.
• Alda Lara (1930–1962, Algeria), poet
• Justine Larbalestier (b. 1967), YA fiction wr.
• Lucy Larcom (1824–1893, United States), poet & mill girl
• Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855, United States), poet
• Dalenda Larguèche (b. 1953, Tunisia), historian
• Yasmeen Lari (b. c. 1941, India/Pakistan), wr. on architecture
• Anna Larina (1914–1996, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
• Glenda Larke (living, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Viveca Lärn (b. 1944, Sweden), ch. wr.
• Claudia Lars (1899–1974, Somalia), poet
• Hanna Astrup Larsen (1873–1945), writer, editor, translator
• Marianne Nøhr Larsen (b. 1963, Denmark), anthropologist & social wr.
• Nella Larsen (1891–1964, United States), fiction wr.
• Trude Brænne Larssen (b. 1967, Norway), nv.
• Åsa Larsson (b. 1966, Sweden), nv.
• Guðrún Lárusdóttir (1880–1938, Iceland), wr. & politician
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945, Germany), poet & pw.
• Marghanita Laski (1915–1988, England), fiction wr., biographer & pw.
• Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (b. 1955, Paraguay), poet, feminist & lawyer
• Margrethe Lasson (1659–1738, Denmark), poet & nv. in Danish
• Oriane Lassus (born 1987, France), wr., cartoonist, illustrator
• Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957, Lithuania), fiction wr.
• Agnes Latham (1905–1996, England), wr., editor & academic
• Irene Latham (b. 1971, United States), poet & ch. wr.
• Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1841–1913, United States), hymnist & poet
• Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century, Ireland), poet
• Yulia Latynina (b. 1966, Russia), wr.
• Evelyn Lau (b. 1971, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
• Margaret Laurence (1926–1987, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Camille Laurens (b. 1957, France), nv.
• Vivi Laurent-Täckholm (1898–1978), Sweden), botanist & ch. wr.
• Dorianne Laux (b. 1952, United States), poet
• Christine Lavant (1915–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), religious poet & nv.
• Maura Laverty (1907–1966, Ireland), fiction & cookery wr. & broadcaster
• Mary Lavin (1912–1996, Ireland), fiction wr.
• Mónica Lavín (b. 1955, Mexico), fiction & YA wr.
• Nel Law (1914–1990, Australia), poet, diarist & artist
• Emily Lawless (1845–1913, Ireland), nv. & poet
• Patrice Lawrence (living, England), fiction wr.
• Alice Lawrenson (1841–1900, Ireland), botanist & gardener
• Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, Australia), poet, wr. & feminist
• Mary Lawson (b. 1946, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
• Sylvia Lawson (1932–2017, Australia), historian & critic
• Auður Laxness (1918–2012, Iceland), wr.
• Jelena Lazarević (1365–1443, Serbia), wr.
• Simone Lazaroo (b. 1961, Australia), nv.
• Ruzha Lazarova (b. 1968, Bulgaria/France), fiction wr. & pw.
• Emma Lazarus (1849–1887, United States), poet; "The New Colossus" (inscribed on Statue of Liberty)
• Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942, Poland), poet & Hc. victim
• Linda Lê (1963–2022, Vietnam/France), nv.
• Sonya Lea (b. 1960, United States), ess., memoirist, & screenwr.
• Mary Leadbeater (1758–1826, Ireland), poet & prose wr.
• Jane Leade (1624–1704, England), mystic
• Anna Leader (b. 1996, Luxembourg), poet & nv. in English
• Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881, Australia), poet & nv.
• Louisa Leaman (b. 1976, England), wr. on education
• Sarah Lean (living, England), ch. wr.
• Danuza Leão (1933–2022, Brazil), wr. & col.
• Mary Leapor (1722–1746, England), poet
• Ada Leask (1899–1987, Ireland), historian & antiquary
• Diana Lebacs (1947–2022, Curaçao), ch. wr.
• Marie Leblanc (1867–1915, Mauritius), editor, nv. & translator
• Joanna Lech (b. 1984, Poland), poet & nv.
• Katherine Leckie (1860 –1930, Canada/United States), journalist, editor & suffragist
• Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898–1986, Mexico), es. & pw.
• Violette Leduc (1907–1972, France), nv. & autobiographer
• Andrea Lee (living, United States), nv. & mem.
• Harper Lee (1926–2016, United States), nv.; To Kill a Mockingbird
• Harriet Lee (1757–1851, England), nv. & pw.
• Lee Hye-gyeong (이혜경, b. 1960, Korea), fiction wr.
• Ida Lee (1865–1943, Australia), historian & poet
• Lee Hye-gyeong (이혜경, b. 1960, Korea), poet
• Muna Lee (1895–1965, United States), poet & translator
• Sophia Lee (1750–1824, England), pw. & nv.
• Tanith Lee (1947–2015, England), nv., poet & screenwriter
• Sarah Leech (1809–1830, Ireland), poet
• Sue Lees (1941–2002, England), academic, activist, feminist & wr.
• Valentine Leeper (1900–2001, Australia), classicist & correspondent
• Alicia Le Fanu (1791–1826, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
• Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817, Ireland), wr.
• Anne Charlotte Leffler (1849–1892, Sweden), fiction wr. & pw.
• Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8–1804, England), wr. & poet
• Joy Leftow (living, United States), poet
• Květa Legátová (1919–2012, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & es.
• Michele Leggott (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet & academic
• Susana Molinari Leguizamón, (ff. from 1939, Argentina), poet
• Ágnes Lehóczky (b. 1976, Hungary), poet & academic
• Tuija Lehtinen (b. 1954, Finland), ch. wr. & nv.
• Leena Lehtolainen (b. 1964, Finland), crime wr.
• Nechama Leibowitz (1905–1997, Latvia/Israel), Bible scholar
• Käthe Leichter (1895–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), politician & economist
• Julia Leigh (b. 1970, Australia), nv. & screenwriter
• Laura Leiner (b. 1985, Hungary), YA wr.
• Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976) Austria) wr. & journalist
• Adeline Leitzbach (1884–1968, United States), pw. & screenwr.
• Vesna Lemaić (b. 1981, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr.
• Katerina Lemmel (1466–1533, Germany), correspondent & nun
• Aïcha Lemsine (b. 1942, Algeria), nv. & activist
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007, United States), nv. & ch. nv.
• Sue Lenier (b. 1957, England), poet & pw.
• Lalitha Lenin (b. 1946, India), poet
• Rebecca Lenkiewicz (b. 1968, England), pw.
• Ellen Lenneck (Helene Weichardt, 1851–1880, Germany), nv. & story wr.
• Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817, Sweden), wr. & poet
• Biddy White Lennon (1946–2017, Ireland), food wr.
• Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804 United States/England), wr., poet, & pw.
• Elizabeth Emmet Lenox-Conyngham (1800 – c. 1889, Ireland), poet
• Melosina Lenox-Conyngham (1941–2011, Ireland), wr.
• Hélène Lenoir (b. 1955, France), wr.
• Conchi León (b. 1973, Mexico), wr.
• Magdalena León de Leal (b. 1939, Colombia), non-f. wr.
• María Teresa León (1903–1988, Spain), fiction & ch. wr.
• Mae Leonard (b. c. 1940), poet, wr. & broadcaster
• Vange Leonel (1963–2014, Brazil), nv. & musician
• Anne Leinonen (b. 1973, Finland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
• Marie Lenéru (1875–1918, France), plw. & diarist
• Donna Leon (b. 1942, United States), nv.
• Marie Léopold-Lacour (1859–1942, France), feminist, journalist, wr.
• Jónína Leósdóttir (b. 1954, Iceland), nv. & pw.
• Marie Léra (1864–1958, France), journalist, nv. & translator
• Samantha Leriche-Gionet (born 1985, Canada), animator, illustrator, & comic strip wr.
• Gerda Lerner (1920–2013, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), pw. & non-f. wr. in English
• Yva Léro (1912–2007, Martinique), wr. & artist
• Katharyne Lescailje (1649–1711, Netherlands), poet
• Doris Leslie (1891–1982, England), nv. & biographer
• Mary Isabel Leslie (1899–1978, Ireland), nv.
• May Sybil Leslie (1887–1937, England), chemist & wr.
• Ľuba Lesná (b. 1954, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), col., nv. & pw.
• Elsie Lessa (1912–2000, Brazil), wr.
• Doris Lessing (1919–2013, England), fiction wr., poet & biographer; 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Dewi Lestari (b. 1976, Indonesia), wr. & songwriter
• Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953, England/Canada), poet, ss. wr., non-f. wr.
• Rosa Leveroni (1910–1985, Spain), poet & es. in Catalan
• Ada Leverson (1862–1933, England). nv.
• Denise Levertov (1923–1997, England), US poet & es.
• Robin Levett (1925–2008, Australia), travel wr. & nv.
• Celia Moss Levetus (1819–1873, England), poet & historian
• Sonya Levien (1888–1960, Russia/United States), screenwriter
• Tanya Levin (b. 1971, Australia), non-f. wr.
• Gail Carson Levine (b. 1947, United States), YA nv.
• June Levine (1931–2008, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & feminist
• Olivia Levison (1847–1894, Denmark), Danish author and writer
• Sonia Levitin (b. 1934, Germany/United States), nv., ch. wr. & Hc. survivor
• Amy Levy (1861–1889, England), poet, es. & nv.
• Andrea Levy (1956–2019, England), nv.
• Deborah Levy (b. 1959, South Africa/England), pw., fiction wr. & poet
• Fanny Lewald (1811–1889, Germany), nv. & feminist
• Olive Lewin (1927–2013, Jamaica), social anthropologist & musicologist
• Alethea Lewis (1749–1827, England), nv.
• Corinth Morter Lewis (living, Belize), educator & poet
• Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979, Wales), nv. & poet
• Gwyneth Lewis (b. 1959, Wales), poet
• Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England), historical & ch. wr.
• Janet Lewis (1899–1998, United States), nv.
• Wendy Lewis (b. 1962, Australia), non-f. wr. & pw.
• Sibylle Lewitscharoff (b. 1954, Germany), nv. & radio pw.
• Marina Lewycka (b. 1946, England), nv.
• Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641, England), wr. & polemicist
• Pauline de Lézardière (1754–1835, France), historian
• Toti Martínez de Lezea (b. 1949, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.

Li–Ly

• Li Qingzhao (李清照, fl. early 12th century, China), poet & es.
• Li Ye (李冶, died 784, China)
• Marita Liabø (b. 1971, Norway), wr.
• Liadain (fl. 7th century, Ireland), poet & nun
• Liang Desheng (梁德繩, 1771–1847, China), poet & wr.
• Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958, Germany), poet, pw. & es.
• Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, England), poet
• J.S. Anna Liddiard (1773–1819, Ireland), poet
• Sara Lidman (1923–2004, Sweden), nv. & political wr.
• Lauren Liebenberg (b. 1972, Zimbabwe/South Africa), nv. in English
• Erika Liebman (1738–1803, Sweden), poet & academic
• Gemma Lienas (b. 1951, Spain), fiction & ch. wr.
• Deborah Lifchitz (1907–1942, France), linguist
• Muthoni Gachanja Likimani (b. 1926, Kenya), political wr.
• Werewere Liking (b. 1950, Cameroon/Ivory Coast), wr. & pw.
• Rosa Liksom (b. 1958, Finland), fiction & ch. wr.
• Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992, Belgium), pw., es. & nv. in French
• Irmelin Sandman Lilius (b. 1936 Finland), fiction & ch. wr. in Swedish
• Kate Lilley (b. 1960, Australia), poet & academic
• Birgitta Lillpers (b. 1958, Sweden), poet & nv.
• Hayeon Lim (임하연, b. 1993, Korea), non-f. wr. & socialite
• Margaret Lim (1947–2011, Malaysia/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr.
• Rossy Evelin Lima (b. 1986, Mexico/United States), poet & academic
• Lin Huiyin (林徽因, 1904–1955, China), architect & wr.
• Lin Zongsu (林宗素, 1878–1942, China), wr. & suffragist
• Olga F. Linares (1936–2014, Panama/United States), anthropologist & archaeologist
• Martha D. Lincoln (1838–?, United States), wr. & journalist
• Freda Linde (1915–2013, South Africa), ch. wr. in Afrikaans
• Gunnel Linde (1924–2014, Sweden), ch. wr.
• Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737, Netherlands), wr. & mem.
• Gurli Linder (1865–1947, Sweden), ch. book critic
• Madeline Linford (1895–1975), journalist & nv.
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002, Sweden), ch. nv.; Pippi Longstocking
• Barbro Lindgren (b. 1937, Sweden), ch. & YA wr.
• Minna Lindgren (b. 1963, Finland), col. & nv.
• Elvira Lindo (b. 1962, Spain), nv. & pw.
• Marita Lindquist (1918–2016, Finland), ch. wr. in Swedish
• Hilarie Lindsay (1922–2021, Australia), ch. & non-f. wr. & poet
• Joan A'Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984, Australia), nv.
• Rose Lindsay (1885–1978), biographer & print maker
• Eva Lindström (b. 1939, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
• Merethe Lindstrøm (b. 1963, Norway), fiction wr.
• Ling Shuhua (凌叔华, 1904–1990, China), wr. & painter
• Věra Linhartová (b. 1938, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & art historian
• Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988, United States), nv.
• Kelly Link (b. 1968, United States), fiction wr. & editor
• Baik Sou Linne (백수린, b. 1982, Korea), fiction wr.
• Olga Lipovskaya (1954–2021, Soviet Union), poet
• Rosina Lippi (b. 1956, United States), wr.
• Laura Lippman (b. 1958, United States), crime fiction wr.
• Ewa Lipska (b. 1945, Poland), poet
• Katri Lipson (b. 1965, Finland), nv.
• Cvetka Lipuš (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), poet in Slovenian
• Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985, Brazil), poet
• Irene Lisboa (1892–1958, Portugal), fiction wr., poet & es.
• Helena Lisická (1930–2009, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), ethnographer
• Clarice Lispector (1920–1977, Ukraine/Brazil), fiction wr.
• Elisa Lispector (1911–1989, Brazil), nv.
• S. E. Lister (b. 1988, England), nv.
• Carol Liston (living, Australia), historian
• Ellen Liston (1838–1885, Australia), fiction wr. & poet
• Jessie Sinclair Litchfield (1883–1956, Australia), poet & non-f. wr.
• Lucía Lijtmaer (b. 1977, Argentina/Spain), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Angela Litschev (b. 1978, Bulgaria/Germany), poet & critic
• Linda Little (b. 1959, Canada, fiction wr.
• Heather Little-White (1952–2013, Jamaica), nutritionist & disabilities activist
• Liu Rushi (柳如是, 1618–1664, China), poet & courtesan
• Penelope Lively (b. 1933, England), nv. & ch. wr.
• Sarah White Livermore (1789–1874, United States), poet, non-f. wr., hymn wr.
• Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
• Deborah Knox Livingston (1876–1923, Scotland/United States), non-f. wr.
• Aurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908, Sweden), nv.
• Eulàlia Lledó (b. 1952, Spain), philologist & critic
• Luljeta Lleshanaku (b. 1968, Albania), poet & editor
• Kate Llewellyn (b. 1936, Australia), poet, diarist & travel wr.
• Pilar Molina Llorente (b. 1943, Spain), ch. wr.
• Georgia Lloyd (1913–1999, USA), pacifist, writer
• Martha Llwyd (1766–1845, Wales), poet & hymnist
• Teresa Lo (living, United States), wr.
• Guadalupe Loaeza (b. 1946, Mexico), social wr.
• Aké Loba (1927–2012, Ivory Coast/France), wr. & politician
• Mira Lobe (1913–1995, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr.
• Joice NanKivell Loch, (1887–1982, Australia), prose wr.
• Liz Lochhead (b. 1947, Scotland), poet & pw.
• Attica Locke (b. 1974, United States), nv.
• Elsie Locke (1912–2001, New Zealand), political wr. & historian
• Lilian Locke (1869–1950, Australia), fiction wr.
• Sumner Locke (1881–1917, Australia), fiction wr., poet & pw.
• Mary Anne Lockwood (1858–1938, Australia), ed.
• Patricia Lockwood (b. 1982, United States), poet, nv. & ess.
• Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990, Netherlands), ch. wr.
• Amanda Lohrey (b. 1947, Australia), nv. & es.
• Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905, Russia), poet
• Lesley Lokko (living, Ghana/Gold Coast/Scotland), nv. & academic
• Joan London (1901–1971, United States), fiction wr. & biographer
• Joan London (b. 1948, Australia), fiction wr. & screenwriter
• Joan Long (1925–1999, Australia), screenwriter & producer
• Ruth Frances Long (b. 1971, Ireland), fiction & YA wr.
• Tessa de Loo (b. 1946, Netherlands), fiction wr.
• Julienne van Loon (b. 1970, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
• Anita Loos (1888–1981, United States), screenwriter, pw. & nv.
• Abie Longstaff (living, Australia/England), ch. wr.
• Josefina Lopez (b. 1969, United States), pw., screenwriter & nv.
• Laia Martínez i López (b. 1984, Spain), poet & musician
• Pura López Colomé (b. 1952, Mexico), poet & translator
• Angelina M. Lopez (United States) romance wr.
• Rosa María Cid López (b. 1956, Spain), geographer & historian
• Rosaura Lopez (1932–2005, Spain/United States), mem.
• Karen Lord (b. 1968, Barbados), fiction wr.
• Gabrielle Lord (b. 1946, Australia), crime wr.
• Audre Lorde (1934–1992, United States), poet
• Emilie Loring (1864–1951, United States), singer
• Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812–1889, United States), poet & wr.
• Margracia Loudon (c.1788–1860, Ireland), novelist and political wr.
• Laura Glen Louis (living, United States), wr., poet & es.
• Regina Louise (b. 1963, United States), wr. & child advocate
• Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
• Anna M. Louw (1913–2003, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
• Jennifer LoveGrove (living, Canada), nv.
• Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875, Belgium), poet, nv. & es. in Flemish
• Virginie Loveling (1836–1923, Belgium), poet, nv. & ch. wr. in Flemish
• Mary Frances Lovell (1843–1932, England/United States), non-f. wr.
• Carolyn Lovewell (fl 2020, United States), scholar, wr.
• Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), fiction wr. & critic
• Trisha Low (living, United States), poet
• Helen Lowe (b. 1961, New Zealand), nv.
• Amy Lowell (1874–1925, United States), poet
• Mrs. I. Lowenberg (1845–1924, United States), nv. & essayist
• Brigid Lowry (b. 1953, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & poet
• Lois Lowry (b. 1937, United States), ch. wr.
• Mina Loy (1882–1966, England), poet & artist
• Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997, Cuba), poet & nv.
• Irene Lozano (b. 1971, Spain), es. & politician
• Orietta Lozano (b. 1956, Comoros), poet
• Lü Bicheng (呂碧城, 1883–1943, China), wr., poet & activist
• Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810, Poland), pw. & poet
• Loreen Rice Lucas (1914–2011, Canada), humorous wr. & columnist
• Melissa Lucashenko (b. 1967, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987, United States), editor, pw. & col.
• Cornelia Lüdecke (b. 1954, Germany), wr. & polar researcher
• Rosario Lufrano (b. 1962, Argentina), journalist, broadcaster & reporter
• Lya Luft (1938–2021, Brazil), wr. & translator
• Eleonora Luthander (1954–2021, Sweden/Servia), poet, col. & translator
• Kristina Lugn (1948–2020, Sweden), poet & pw.
• Maria Lugones (1944–2020), Argentina), feminist philosopher, wr. & academic
• Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993, Soviet Union/Russia), diarist & artist
• Viivi Luik (b. 1946, Estonia), poet & prose wr.
• Valeria Luiselli (b. 1983, Mexico/United States), fiction wr.
• Clotilde Luisi (1882–1969, Uruguay), lawyer & activist
• Luisa Luisi (1883–1940, Uruguay), poet & critic
• Tamara Lujak (b. 1976, Serbia), science fiction & fantasy wr.
• Mária Bajzek Lukács (b. 1960, Hungary/Slovenia), wr. on language in Slovenian
• Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Lithuania), cultural historian & educator
• Kiba Lumberg (b. 1956, Finland), screenwriter & artist
• Catharine Lumby (living, Australia), academic & col.
• Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1578, England), translator
• Violeta Luna (b. 1943, Ecuador), poet, es. & critic
• Ulla-Lena Lundberg (b. 1947, Finland), travel wr., nv. & poet in Swedish
• Guðrún frá Lundi (1887–1935, Iceland), fiction wr.
• Luo Luo (落落, living, China), nv. & film director
• Alison Lurie (1926–2020, United States), nv. & academic
• Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967, Argentina), fiction & non-f. wr.
• Masiela Lusha (b. 1985, Albania/United States), wr. & actor
• Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908, Poland), poet & nv.
• Elizabeth Lutyens (1874–1964, England), religious wr.
• Emilie Luzac (1748–1788, Netherlands/Flanders), correspondent
• Olga Luzardo (1916–2016, Venezuela), journalist, poet & activist
• Hannah Lynch (1859–1904, Ireland), nv. & satirist
• Marta Lynch (1925–1985, Argentina), fiction wr.
• Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972, Ireland), ch. wr. & col.
• Philomena Lynott (1930–2019, Ireland/England), wr. & mem.
• Annabel Lyon (b. 1971, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
• Anne Bozeman Lyon (1860–1936, United States), nv., poet, ss. wr., non-f. wr.
• Elinor Lyon (1921–2008, Wales/England), ch. wr.
• Enid Lyons (1897–1981, Australia), biographer & politician
• Genevieve Lyons (1930–2018, Ireland/England), nv.
• Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873–1945, Australia/New Zealand), nv.

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)

External links

• A Celebration of Women Writers
• SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork Bookshelf
• Victorian Women Writers Project
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists & Writers of Color
• The Women wr.s Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online
• SOPHIE: a digital library of works by German-speaking women
• REBRA: a list of women writers from Brazil Archived 21 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Biographies in Portuguese, English, & in Spanish