Ma–Mc •
Rozena Maart (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English •
Sharon Maas (b. 1951, Guyana/England), nv. •
Catherine Maberly (1805–1875, Ireland/England), fiction & non-f. wr. •
Lindiwe Mabuza (1938–2021, South Africa), poet & academic •
Aifric Mac Aodha (b. 1979, Ireland), poet •
Dorothy Macardle (1889–1958, Ireland), nv., pw. & historian •
Bridget G. MacCarthy (1904–1993, Ireland), wr. & academic •
Ethna MacCarthy (1903–1959, Ireland), poet & pediatrician •
Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy (1849–1897, Ireland), poet, educator & nun •
Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England), wr. •
Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007, Italy), wr. & politician •
Doireann MacDermott (1923–2024, Ireland), wr. & philologist •
Ann-Marie MacDonald (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., pw. & actor •
Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, United States), wr. •
Charlotte Macdonald (living, New Zealand), historian •
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, Canada) poet, ch. wr., ss. wr. & non-f. wr. •
Helen Macdonald (b. 1970, England), wr., naturalist & academic •
Lilou Macé (b. 1977, France/United States), wr. •
Mirta Macedo (1939–2012, Uruguay), social wr. •
Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet •
Rebecca Macfie (living, New Zealand), non-f. wr. & col. •
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015, England/Kenya), poet & nv. •
Ana Maria Machado (b. 1941, Brazil), ch. wr. •
Gilka Machado (1893–1980, Brazil), poet & activist •
Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001, Brazil), pw. & ch. wr. •
Dorothea Macheiner (b. 1943, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw. •
Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia), ch. wr. •
Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia), poet & nv. •
Catherine Julia Mackay (1864–1944, New Zealand), cookery wr. •
Jessie Mackay (1864–1938, New Zealand), poet & animal rights activist •
Margaret Mackay (1802–1887, Scotland), wr. & hymn wr. •
Shena Mackay (b. 1944, Scotland), nv. •
Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia), poet & fiction wr. •
Anna Mackenzie (b. 1963, New Zealand), fiction & YA wr. •
Serena Mackesy (b. 1960s, England), nv. •
Mary Mackey (b. 1945, United States), nv., poet & academic •
Mary Mackie (b. early 1940s, England), fiction & non-f. wr. •
Marisa Mackle (b. c. 1973, Ireland), nv. & ch. wr. •
Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022, United States), ch. nv. •
Mary MacLane (1881–1929, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), wr. •
Hester Maclean (1859–1932, Australia/New Zealand), nursing wr. & autobiographer •
Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), nv. & mystery wr. •
Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. •
Eleanor MacMahon (1864–1956, Ireland/England), nv. •
Kathleen MacMahon (living, Ireland), wr. & broadcaster •
Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland), nv. •
Máire MacNeill (1904–1987, Ireland), folklorist •
Debbie Macomber (b. 1948, United States), nv. •
Myra MacPherson (1934–2026, United States), non-f. wr. •
Katharine Sarah Macquoid (1824–1917, England), nv. & travel wr. •
Rina Macrelli (1929–2020, Italy), screenwriter & es. •
Catherine Mary MacSorley (1848–1929, Ireland), YA & religious wr. •
Marie MacSweeney (living, Ireland), poet & fiction wr. •
Okky Madasari (b. 1984, Indonesia), nv., es. & ch. wr. •
Deirdre Madden (b. 1960, Ireland), nv. •
Jane Madders (c. 1909–1990, Britain), non-f. wr. •
Heidrun E. Mader (b. 1977, Germany), non-fiction •
Ruth Mader (b. 1974, Austria/Austria-Hungary), screenwriter •
Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020, United States), poet •
Malika Madi (b. 1967, Belgium), nv. in French •
Maga Magazinović (1882–1968, Serbia), wr. •
Perihan Mağden (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. •
Audrey Magee (living, Ireland), nv. •
Melba Padilla Maggay (b. 1950, Philippines), wr. & social anthropologist •
Kellie Magnus (b. 1970, Jamaica), ch. & parenting wr. •
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (b. 1939, Iceland), ch. & nature wr. •
Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995, Iceland), nv. •
Sindiwe Magona (b. 1943, South Africa), fiction wr. & autobiographer in English •
Nilah Magruder (living, United States), wr. •
Akka Mahadevi (c. 1130–1160, India), poet •
Sabrina Mahfouz (living, England), poet & pw •
Han Mahlsook (한말숙, b. 1931, Korea), nv. •
Bríd Mahon (1922–2008, Ireland), nv. & folklorist •
Florence Mahoney (b. 1929, Gambia), wr. & historian •
Mahsati Ganjavi (c. 1089 – post-1159, Iran/Persia), poet •
Margaret Mahy (1936–2012, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. •
Circe Maia (b. 1939, Uruguay), poet & es. •
Jennifer Maiden (b. 1949, Australia), poet •
Ruth Maier (1920–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), diarist & Hc. victim •
Chantal Maillard (b. 1951, Spain), poet & philosopher •
Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland), travel wr. in French •
Antonine Maillet (1929–2025, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., pw. & scholar •
Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia), arachnologist •
Marie Majerová (1882–1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. •
Marianne Majerus (b. 1956, Luxembourg), garden wr. •
Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945, Italy), poet & wr. •
Maria Majocchi (1864–1917, Italy), wr. & poet •
Megha Majumdar (b. 1987/1988, India), nv. •
Tilottama Majumdar (b. 1966, India), fiction wr., poet & es. •
Svetlana Makarovič (b. 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & YA wr. •
Jean Said Makdisi (b. 1940, Palestine), non-f. wr. •
Barbara Makhalisa (b. 1949, Zimbabwe), nv. & editor •
Anju Makhija (living, India/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, pw. & col. •
Angela Makholwa (living, South Africa), fiction wr. •
Miyako Maki (牧美也子, b. 1935, Japan), manga creator •
Eudokia Makrembolitissa (c. 1021–1096, Byzantium), poet in Greek & empress •
Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993, Serbia), poet •
Rima Maktabi (b. 1977, Lebanon), col. Ad •
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (b. 1960s, Uganda), fiction wr. •
Ana María Llona Málaga (b. 1936, Peru), poet •
Ezza Agha Malak (b. 1942, Lebanon/France), nv., poet & critic •
Natalia Malakhovskaia (b. 1948, Soviet Union/Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. •
Battista Malatesta (c. 1384–1448, Italy), poet •
Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1746–1766, France), poet, pw. & naturalist •
Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905, England/New Zealand), domestic wr. •
Wanda Malecka (1800–1860, Poland), poet & nv. •
Rosie Malek-Yonan (b. 1965, Assyria), nv. & actor •
Oriel Malet (Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan, 1923–2014, England), nv. & biographer •
Amita Malik (1921–2009, India), critic •
Nicole Malinconi (b. 1946, Belgium), fiction wr. in French •
Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary), wr. of dialogues •
Ana Caro de Mallén (1590–1646, Spain), poet & pw. •
Nathalie Mallet (living, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction & fantasy wr. •
Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930–2016, Belgium), nv. & es. in French •
Heather Mallick (b. 1959, Canada/Newfoundland), col., wr. & lecturer •
Clare Mallory (1913–1991, New Zealand), ch. wr. •
Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden), poet & nv. •
Alicia Malone (b. 1981, Australia), non-f. wr. •
Amina Mama (b. 1958, Scotland/Nigeria), social wr. •
Tatiana Mamonova (b. 1943, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & politician •
Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995, Philippines), poet in English •
Becky Manawatu (b. 1982, New Zealand), nv. & col. •
Laura Beatrice Mancini (1821–1969, Italy), poet •
Emily St. John Mandel (b. 1979, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. •
Lisa Mandel (b. 1977, France), comics book wr. •
Zindzi Mandela (1960–2020, South Africa), poet •
Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. •
Jane Mander (1887–1949, New Zealand/England), nv. & col. •
Slavka Maneva (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/North Macedonia), ch. wr. & poet •
Edda Manga (b. 1969, Sweden), historian of ideas •
Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England), schoolbook wr. •
Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865, Denmark), cookery wr. •
Rani Manicka (living, Malaysia/England), nv. •
Salmi Manja (1937–2023, Malaysia), fiction wr. •
Irshad Manji (b. 1968, Uganda/United States), religious wr. •
Delarivier Manley (c. 1670–1724, England), nv., pw. & pamphleteer •
Edna Manley (1900–1987, England/Jamaica), sculptor & diarist •
Rachel Manley (b. 1955, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & fiction wr. •
Alana Mann (fl. 2000s, Australia), wr. on food •
Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany), wr., screenwriter & actor •
María Emma Mannarelli (b. 1954, Peru), non-f. wr., historian, professor •
Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995, Finland), poet & pw. •
Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766–1852, Ireland/England), poet •
Emily Manning (Australie, 1845–1890, Australia), poet & col. •
Mary Manning (1905–1999, Ireland/United States), nv., pw. & critic •
Olivia Manning (1908–1980, England), nv. •
Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England), poet, wr. & ch. wr. •
Kiran Manral (b. 1971, India), nv. & parenting wr. •
Chris Mansell (b. 1953, Australia), poet •
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923, New Zealand/England), fiction wr. •
Eduarda Mansilla (1834–1892, Argentina), nv., pw. & critic •
Fadhma Aït Mansour (c. 1882–1967, Algeria), poet & singer •
Joyce Mansour (1928–1986, Egypt/France), poet & prose wr. •
Latifa Ben Mansour (b. 1950, Algeria/France), nv., linguist & psychoanalyst •
Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869, England/Ireland), ch. wr. •
Lisa Mantchev (living, United States), fantasy nv. •
Hilary Mantel (1952—2022, England), fiction wr., mem. & es.;
Wolf Hall •
Réka Mán-Várhegyi (b. 1979, Russia/Hungary), fiction & ch. wr. •
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (b. 1968, Nigeria/England), fiction wr. & es. •
Gianna Manzini (1896–1974, Italy), fiction wr. •
Mokbula Manzoor (1938–2020, India/Bangladesh), nv. & wr. •
Lee Maracle (1950–2021, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & storyteller •
Carmen Marai (Carmen María Bassa Rodríguez, living, Chile), poet & nv. •
Dacia Maraini (b. 1936, Italy), nv., pw. & poet •
Faustina Maratti (c. 1679–1745, Italy), poet & painter •
Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998, Spain), poet & wr. in Catalan •
Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England), salonnière & popular science wr. •
Melina Marchetta (b. 1965, Australia), nv. •
Andrea Marcolongo (b. 1987, Italy), es. & wr. •
Emilie Maresse-Paul (1838–1900, Trinidad), feminist •
Inés Marful (b. 1961, Spain), nv. & literature wr. •
Anna Margolin (1887–1952, Russia/United States), Yiddish poet •
Silvana De Mari (b. 1953, Italy), nv. •
Juliet Marillier (b. 1948, New Zealand/Australia), nv. & YA writer •
Guadalupe Marín (1895–1983, Mexico), nv. & model •
Katarina Marinčič (b. 1968, Slovenia), fiction wr. & literary historian •
Lucrezia Marinella (1571–1653, Italy), poet & wr. •
Alexandra Marinina (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr. •
María Mariño (1907–1967, Spain), wr. •
Kamala Markandaya (1924–2004, India), nv. •
Beryl Markham (1902–1986, England/Kenya), aviator & wr. •
Liza Marklund (b. 1962, Sweden), nv. •
Maria Markova (b. 1982, Soviet Union/Russia), poet •
Daphne Marlatt (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), poet •
Olga Marlin (1934–2025, United States/Kenya), autobiographer •
E. Marlitt (1825–1887, Germany), nv. •
Nilgün Marmara (1958–1987, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet •
Jeanne Marni (1854–1910, France), nv. & pw. •
Monika Maron (b. 1941, Germany), es. & political wr. •
Leïla Marouane (b. 1960, Algeria/France), nv. •
Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887, Serbia), poet & painter •
Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993, England/Portugal), travel wr. •
Anne de Marquets (b. c. 1533–1588, France), poet & nun •
Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890, Peru), wr., poet •
Paula Contreras Márquez (1911–2008, Spain), nv. & wr. •
Paz Márquez-Benítez (1894–1983, Philippines), fiction wr. & editor •
Ellen Marriage (1865–1946, England), translator •
Janice Marriott (b. 1946, England/New Zealand), ch. & YA wr., poet & gardener •
Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982, New Zealand), mystery wr. •
Selina Tusitala Marsh (b. 1971, New Zealand), poet & academic •
Catherine Marshall (1914–1983, United States), nonfiction & fiction wr. •
Paule Marshall (1929–2019, United States), nv. •
Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica), radio producer & poet •
Patricia De Martelaere (1957–2009, Belgium), philosopher & es. in Flemish •
Esperanza Brito de Martí (1932–2007, Mexico), col. •
Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937, Australia), nv. •
Faith Martin (living, England), thriller wr. •
Harriet Evans Martin (died 1846, Ireland), nv. •
Harriet Letitia Martin (1801–1891, England/Ireland), nv. •
Mary Letitia Martin (1815–1850, Ireland/Belgium), nv. •
Ros Martin (b. 1960s, England), pw., poet & activist •
Violet Florence Martin (1862–1915, Ireland), co-wr. of fiction •
Agnès Martin-Lugand (b. 1979, France), nv. •
Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England), nv. & theorist •
Nela Martínez (1912–2004, Ecuador), political wr. & activist •
Sanjuana Martínez (b. 1963, Mexico), social analyst •
Susana Martinez-Conde (b. 1969, Spain), science wr. •
Raquel Martínez-Gómez (b. 1973, Spain/Uruguay), nv. •
Tânia Martins (b. 1957, Brazil), poet •
Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden), nv. & es. •
Kati Marton (b. 1949, Hungary/United States), political wr. •
Olga Martynova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Germany), poet, es. & nv. •
Margaret Maruani (1954–2022, Tunisia/France), wr. •
Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands), ch. wr. •
Barbara Masekela (b. 1941, South Africa), poet & activist in English •
Mohale Mashigo (b. 1983, South Africa), nv. & songwriter in English •
Lebogang Mashile (b. 1979, South Africa), actor, wr. & poet •
Emma Mashinini (1929–2017, South Africa), autobiographer in English & politician •
Dorota Masłowska (b. 1983, Poland), nv. & pw. •
Amelia Gere Mason (1831–1923 United States), es. & author •
Bobbie Ann Mason (b. 1940, United States), fiction wr., es. & critic •
Judi Ann Mason (1955–2009, United States), pw. & screenwriter •
María Josefa Massanés (1811–1887, Spain), poet in Catalan & Spanish •
Janine Massard (b. 1939, Switzerland), fiction & non-f. wr. in French •
Renée Massip (1907–2002, France), nv. •
Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales), wr. & academic •
Dada Masiti (c. 1810s–15 July 1919) poet •
Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia), fiction wr. & col. •
Jenny Mastoraki (b. 1949, Greece), poet & translator •
Ángeles Mastretta (b. 1949, Mexico), fiction wr. & mem. •
Kāterina Mataira (1932–2011, New Zealand), exponent of Maori •
Julijana Matanović (b. 1959, Yugoslavia/Croatia), fiction wr. •
Pilar Mateos (b. 1942, Spain), ch. wr. •
Beverly Matherne (b. 1946, United States), wr. & poet •
Petra Mathers (b. 1945, Germany/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator •
Mary Mathew (1724–1777, Ireland), diarist •
Sarah Mathew (c. 1805–1890, England/New Zealand), diarist •
Peta Mathias (living, New Zealand), food wr. •
Nicole-Claude Mathieu (1937–2014, France), anthropologist & feminist •
Ira Mathur (living, India/Trinidad), journalist, mem. •
Manana Matiashvili (b. 1978, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & philologist •
Maria Matios (b. 1959, Ukraine), poet & nv. •
Kopano Matlwa (b. 1985, South Africa), nv. in English •
Mara Matočec (1885–1967, Croatia), wr. & poet •
Sanami Matoh (真東砂波, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator •
Chiara Matraini (1515–1604, Italy), poet & prose wr. •
Larisa Matros (b. 1938, Soviet Union/United States), philosopher & fiction wr. •
Nina Matsumoto (b. 1984, Japan/Canada/Newfoundland), cartoonist & nv. •
Temari Matsumoto (松本テマリ, living, Japan), manga creator & illustrator •
Akemi Matsunae (松苗あけみ, b. 1956, Japan), manga creator •
Akimoto Matsuyo (秋元松代, 1911–2001, Japan), pw. & scriptwriter •
Dalene Matthee (1938–2005, South Africa), nv. in English •
Olga Elena Mattei (b. 1933, Puerto Rico/Comoros), poet •
Tina Matthews (b. 1961, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & illustrator •
Gill Matthewson (living, New Zealand), wr. on architecture •
Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia), ch. wr. •
Ellen Mattson (b. 1962, Sweden), fiction wr. •
Ana María Matute (1925–2014, Spain), nv. •
Genoveva Matute (1915–2009, Philippines), fiction wr. in Tagalog •
Caitlín Maude (1941–1982, Ireland), poet & activist •
Mary Fawler Maude (1819–1913, England), religious wr. & hymn wr. •
Neža Maurer (1930–2025, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. & YA writer •
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England), fiction wr. •
Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978, Latvia), biographer & fiction wr. in Latvian & German •
Novella Matveyeva (1934–2016, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, screenwriter & pw. •
Vera Matveyeva (1945–1976, Soviet Union), poet & songwriter* •
Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?, United Kingdom), wr. & nv. •
Constantia Maxwell (1886–1962, Ireland), historian & academic •
Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell (living, Trinidad), pw. & poet •
Megan Maxwell (b. 1965, Spain), romance nv. •
Julia Harris May (1833–1912, United States), poet •
Muriel May (1897–1982, New Zealand), wr. •
Patricia Mayayo (b. 1967, Spain), non-f. wr. •
Jane Mayhall (1918–2009, United States), poet •
Katherine Mayfield (b. 1958, United States), non-f. wr. •
Antonia Maymón (1881–1959, Spain), anarchist wr. & nv. •
Olga Maynard (1913–1994, Brazil/United States), non-f. wr. •
Cath Mayo (living, New Zealand), fiction, ch. & YA wr. & musician •
DeBarra Mayo (b. 1953, United States), fitness wr. •
Eleanor Mayo (1920–1981, United States), nv. •
Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. •
Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & pw. •
Katarina Mazetti (1944–2025, Sweden), wr. •
Alice La Mazière (1880–1962, France), non-f. wr. •
Margaret Mazzantini (b. 1961, Italy), wr. & actor •
Melania Mazzucco (b. 1966, Italy), screenwriter & nv. •
Penda Mbow (b. 1955, Senegal), historian & activist •
Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda), pw. & academic •
Imbolo Mbue (b. 1981, Cameroon), fiction wr. •
Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892, United States), poet •
Constance Jane McAdam (Constance Clyde, 1872–1951, Australia), wr. & suffragette •
Rachel McAlpine (b. 1940, New Zealand), poet, pw. & nv. •
Maxine McArthur (b. 1962, Australia), science fiction wr. •
Joan McBreen (b. 1947, Ireland), poet •
Bunny McBride (b. 1950, United States), wr. & anthropologist •
Eimear McBride (b. 1976, Ireland), nv. •
Kate McCabe (living, Ireland), nv. •
Lida Rose McCabe (1865–1938, United States), author, journalist, lecturer •
Nell McCafferty (b. 1944, Ireland), pw. & campaigner •
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, United States), science fiction nv. •
Felicity McCall (living, Ireland), nv., pw. & non-f. wr. •
Mary McCallum (b. 1961, Zambia/New Zealand), fiction wr., es. & poet •
Mary McCarthy (1912–1989, United States), nv., critic & mem. •
Mary McCarthy (b. 1946, United States), screenwriter •
Mary McCarthy (1951–2013, Ireland), nv. and critic •
Mary Eunice McCarthy (1899–1969, United States), pw. & screenwriter •
Karen McCarthy Woolf (b. 1966, England), poet •
Sue McCauley (b. 1941, New Zealand), fiction & screenwriter & pw. •
Shirla R. McClain (1935–1997, United States), educator •
Jen McClanaghan (living, United States), poet •
Letitia McClintock (1835–1917, Ireland), nv. & story collector •
Nellie McClung (1873–1951, Canada/Newfoundland), feminist, wr. & activist •
Joanna McClure (b. 1930, United States), poet •
Lyn McConchie (b. 1946, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & poet •
Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?, United States), ss. wr. •
Elizabeth McCracken (b. 1966, United States), nv. & editor •
Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890, Australia), diarist & painter •
Sharyn McCrumb (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr. •
Jenny McCudden (living, Ireland), non-f. wr., poet & col. •
Carson McCullers (1917–1967, United States), nv. •
Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia), nv. •
Carolyn McCurdie (b. 1947, England/New Zealand), YA and fiction wr. & poet •
Alice McDermott (b. 1953, United States), fiction wr. •
Mary McDermott (fl. 1832, Ireland), poet •
Mary McDonagh (b. 1849, Ireland/United States), poet •
Mercia MacDermott (1927–2023, England), wr. & historian •
Rosaleen McDonagh (living, Ireland), pw. & activist •
Jill McDonald (1927–1982, New Zealand/England), ch. wr. & illustrator •
Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia), poet & editor •
Melanie McFadyean (1950–2023, England), journalist, broadcaster & lecturer •
Ella May McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia), poet & ch. wr. •
Fiona McFarlane (b. 1978, Australia), nv. •
Shona McFarlane (1929–2001, New Zealand), non-f. wr. •
Katharine McGee (America), YA wr. •
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978, United States), ch. wr. & poet •
Michelle McGrane (b. 1974, Zimbabwe), poet •
Fiona McGregor (b. 1965, Australia), wr. & artist •
Medbh McGuckian (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), poet •
Maura McHugh (living, Ireland), fiction wr., pw. & screenwriter •
Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia), wr. & documentary maker •
Lisa McInerney (b. 1981, Ireland), fiction wr. •
Ami McKay (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & pw. •
Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia), fiction wr. •
Suzy McKee Charnas (1939–2023, United States), nv. & short story wr. •
Alecia McKenzie (living, Jamaica), YA wr. •
Elizabeth McKenzie (b. 1958, United States), wr. & editor •
Patricia A. McKillip (1948–2022, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr. •
Tamara McKinley (b. 1948, Australia), nv. •
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983, United States), col. & wr. •
Emma McLaughlin (b. 1974, United States), nv. •
Ella N. McLean, Countess Norraikow (1849–1913, Canada), non-f. wr. •
Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890, United States), nv. & ss. wr. •
Rosemary McLeod (b. 1949, New Zealand), wr. on domestic skills •
Pauline McLynn (b. 1962, Ireland), author & actor •
Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (1850–1941, Ireland), historian & nv. •
Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, Canada), poet, author, and educator •
Liz McManus (b. 1947, Ireland), nv. & politician •
Rhyll McMaster (b. 1947, Australia), poet & nv. •
Terry McMillan (b. 1951, United States), nv. •
Linda McNabb (b. 1963, England/New Zealand), ch. & YA writer •
Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Australia), pamphleteer •
Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia), diarist & nurse •
Donna McNeil (1948, Germany/United States) wr •
Esther Lord McNeill (1812–1907, United States), travel wr. •
Janet McNeill (1907–1994, Ireland/England), nv. & pw. •
Anna McPartlin (b. 1972, Ireland), nv. •
Martha McPhee (b. 1965, United States), nv. •
Cilla McQueen (b. 1949, England/New Zealand), poet •
Dionyse McTair (b. 1950, Trinidad), poet •
Dervla McTiernan (b. 1977, Ireland), crime wr.
Me–Mi •
Richelle Mead (b. 1976, United States), nv. •
L. T. Meade (1844–1914, Ireland), girls' writer •
Teresa Meana Suárez (b. 1952, Spain), feminist activist, teacher, philologist & non-f. wr. •
Roisin Meaney (b. 1959, Ireland), nv. •
A. Garland Mears (1842–1920, Ireland), nv. •
Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia), fiction wr. •
Meavenn (1911–1992, France), poet, nv. & pw. in Breton •
Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1500, Wales), poet •
Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282–1294, Germany), mystic wr. in Low German •
Marina Ripa di Meana (1941–2018, Italy), nv. •
Irene Mecchi (b. 1949, United States), screenwriter & pw. •
Saint Mechtilde of Hackeb. (1240/1241–1298, Germany), religious wr. in Latin •
Máighréad Medbh (b. 1959, Ireland), wr. & poet •
Elena Medel (b. 1985, Spain), poet •
Nia Medi (living, Wales), nv. & actor •
Susana Medina (b. 1966, England/Spain), wr. in Spanish & English •
Paula Meehan (b. 1955, Ireland), poet & pw. •
C. K. Meena (b. 1957, India), nv. & col. •
Fatima Meer (1928–2010, South Africa), sociologist in English •
Vonne van der Meer (b. 1952, Netherlands), fiction wr. & pw. •
Meera (1498–1556, India), poet & mystic •
K. R. Meera (b. 1970, India), fiction & ch. wr. •
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Germany), poet •
Mariella Mehr (1947–2022, Switzerland), nv. in French •
Marsha Mehran (1977–2014, Iran/Persia), nv. •
Rama Mehta (1923–1978, India), nv. & sociologist •
Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands), col. & ch. wr. •
Doeschka Meijsing (1947–2012, Netherlands), nv. •
Cecília Meireles (1901–1964, Brazil), wr. & educator •
Isa Meireles (c. 1932–2008, Portugal), ch. wr. •
Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949, Mexico), wr. & autobiographer •
Tsehay Melaku (b. c. 1952, Ethiopia), nv. in Amharic •
Tamta Melashvili (b. 1979, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. •
Gaby Melian (b. 1969/1970, Argentina), wr. •
Ekaterine Melikishvili (1854–1928, Georgia (Caucasus)), translator & ch. wr. •
Melinno (fl. 2nd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet •
Anastasia Melnichenko (b. 1984, Ukraine), social wr. •
Rosita Melo (1897–1981, Argentina), poet & composer •
Maile Meloy (b. 1972, United States), fiction wr. •
Jean Meltzer (fl. 2000s), Jewish American wr. •
Marisa Meltzer (fl. 2000s), American writer and columnist •
Pauline Melville (b. 1948, Guyana/England), wr. & actor •
Velma Caldwell Melville (1858–1924, United States), editor & wr. •
Eva Menasse (b. 1970, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & col. •
Rigoberta Menchú (b. 1959, Guatemala), political wr. •
Jane Mendelsohn (b. 1965, United States), wr. •
Charlotte Mendelson (b. 1972, England), nv. & editor •
Concha Méndez (1898–1968, Spain), poet & pw. •
Lucrecia Méndez (b. 1943, Guatemala), academic & critic •
Mariana Cox Méndez (1871–1914, Chile), fiction wr. & es. •
Armine Rhea Mendoza (living, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog •
Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942, Mexico), activist & poet •
Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614, Spain), religious poet •
Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896–1954, Mexico), wr. on motherhood •
María Luisa Mendoza (1930–2018, Mexico), nv. & politician •
Susan Mendus (b. 1951, Wales), political philosopher •
Saida Menebhi (1952–1977, Morocco), poet & activist •
Amparo Menendez-Carrion (b. 1949, Uruguay/Ecuador), political wr. •
Maaza Mengiste (b. 1974, Ethiopia/United States), nv. •
Teresa Meniru (1931–1994, Nigeria), YA & ch. wr. •
Indu Menon (b. 1980, India), fiction wr., screenwriter & sociologist •
A. L. Mentxaka (d. 2022, Ireland), modernist scholar •
Wolla Meranda, (1863–1951, Australia), nv. •
Martha Mercader (1926–2010, Argentina), fiction & ch. wr. •
Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931, Mexico), •
Tununa Mercado (b. 1939, Argentina), fiction wr. & es. •
Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany), nv. & poet •
Courtney Sina Meredith (b. 1986, New Zealand), political wr. & pw. •
Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia), pw., scriptwriter & nv. •
Louisa Meredith (1812–1895, Australia), non-f. wr., poet & nv. •
Edna Merey-Apinda (b. 1976, Gabon), wr. •
Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986, Estonia), poet & ch. wr. •
Marguerite Merington (1875–1951, England/United States), pw. & fiction & non-f. wr. •
Alda Merini (1931–2009, Italy), wr. & poet •
Ana Merino (b. 1971, Spain), poet •
Louise Meriwether (1923–2023, United States), nv. & es. •
Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015, Morocco), sociologist •
Helen Maud Merrill (1865–1943, United States), woman of letters & poet •
Jenny B. Merrill (1854–193b. 19494, United States), educator, non-f. wr. •
Catherine Merriman (living, Wales), fiction wr. •
Nuray Mert (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political scientist •
Lina Meruane (b. 1970, Chile), wr. & academic •
Sara Mesa (b. 1976, Spain), fiction wr. & poet •
Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965, New Zealand), cookery wr. & nv. •
Maria Messina (1887–1944, Italy), social wr. & nv. •
Claire Messud (b. 1966, United States), nv. & academic •
Grace Metalious (1924–1964, United States), nv. •
Antigone Metaxa-Krontera (1905–1971, Greece), ch. wr. •
Joan Metelerkamp (b. 1956, South Africa), poet in English •
Ida Mett (1901–1973, Russia/France), political wr. •
Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, England), poet •
Johanne Meyer (1838–1915, Denmark), suffragist & pacifist •
Stephenie Meyer (b. 1973, United States), nv. •
Miriam Meyerhoff (b. 1964, United States/New Zealand), sociolinguist •
Alice Meynell (1847–1922, England), critic & poet •
Esther Meynell (1878–1955, England), wr. & historian •
Isabel Meyrelles (b. 1929, Portugal/France), poet & sculptor •
Malwida von Meysenbug (1816–1903, Germany), political wr. & mem. •
Samar Samir Mezghanni (b. 1988, Tunisia), ch. wr. •
Malika Mezzane (b. 1960), Moroccan poet and novelist •
Nontsizi Mgqwetho (fl. 1920s, South Africa), poet in isiXhosa •
Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021, Ireland), poet, wr. and scholar •
Gcina Mhlophe (b. 1958, South Africa), storyteller in 4 languages •
Mian Mian (棉棉, b. 1970, China), fiction wr. •
Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007, Netherlands), poet •
Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950, Denmark), fiction & ch. wr. & autobiographer •
Anne Michaels (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet •
Concha Michel (1899–1990, Mexico), pw., songwriter & activist •
Natacha Michel (b. 1941, France), nv. & critic •
Margarita Michelena (1917–1998, Mexico), poet & critic •
Sólrún Michelsen (b. 1948, Faroe Islands), fiction & ch. wr. & poet •
Michitsuna's mother (藤原道綱母, 935–995, Japan), poet •
Veronica Micle (1850–1889, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), poet •
Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany), col., wr. & poet •
Helene Migerka (1867–1928, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & prose wr. •
Cécile Miguel (1921–2001, Belgium), poet, pw. & nv. in French •
Annabel Miguelena (b. 1984, Panama), fiction wr. •
Aksinia Mihaylova (b. 1963, Bulgaria), poet & translator •
Jasmina Mihajlović (b. 1960, Serbia), wr. & critic •
Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany), diarist, nv. & dancer •
Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, b. 1970, Japan), manga wr. & artist •
Mira Mihelič (1912–1985, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. •
Ene Mihkelson (1944–2017, Estonia), poet & nv. •
Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), commentator •
Marja-Leena Mikkola (b. 1939, Finland), wr. •
Jung Mi-kyung (정미경, 1960–2017, Korea), nv. •
Karlo Mila (b. 1974, New Zealand), poet •
Farzaneh Milani (b. 1947, Iran/Persia/United States), scholar & wr. •
Jana Milčinski (1920–2007, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), science & ch. wr. •
Grace Mildmay (1552–1620, England), diarist •
Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales), poet & activist for deaf •
Josephine Miles (1911–1985, United States), poet & critic •
Leda Mileva (1920–2013, Bulgaria), wr. & diplomat •
Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia), poet •
Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008, Serbia), theater wr. •
María del Carmen Millán (1914–1882, Mexico), literature scholar •
Selena Millares (b. 1963, Spain), poet & nv. •
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, United States), poet •
Betty Miller (1910–1965, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr. •
Caroline Pafford Miller (1903–1992, United States), nv. •
Grażyna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy), poet & translator into Italian •
Isabel Miller (1924–1996, United States), nv. •
Dora Richards Miller (1842–1914, United States/England/Denmark), author and educator •
Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961, United States), nv. •
Jeannette Miller (1944, Dominican Republic), poetry, short story, novel. •
Kara Miller (living, Jamaica/England), screenwriter •
Kirsten Miller (b. 1973, United States), nv. in English •
Leslie Adrienne Miller (b. 1956, United States), poet •
Madeline Miller (b. 1978, United States), nv. •
Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842–1882, United States), wr. •
Nellie Burget Miller (1875–1952, United States), poet, non-f. wr., dramatist •
Rebecca Miller (b. 1962, United States), nv. & wr. •
Ruth Miller (1919–1969, South Africa), poet & pw. in English •
Mărgărita Miller-Verghy (1865–1953, Romania), fiction wr. •
Kate Millett (1934–2017, United States), feminist •
Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012, United States), poet and fiction wr. •
Alice Milligan (1865–1953, Ireland), poet & wr. •
Anna Millikin (1764 – post-1849, Ireland), nv. •
Sarah Millin (1889–1968, South Africa), fiction wr. & autobiographer in English •
J. M. A. Mills (1894–1986, England), wr. •
Lia Mills (living, Ireland), nv. •
Anchee Min (閔安琪, b. 1957, Chile/United States), nv. & memoir wr. •
Denise Mina (b. 1966, Scotland), crime wr. & pw. •
Marijane Minaberri (1926–2017), France/Basque Country, wr. •
Haruka Minami (南かずか, living, Japan), manga creator •
Kanan Minami (水波風南, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator •
Bridget Minamore (b. 1991, England), poet, journalist, critic •
Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012, Denmark/United States), ch. wr. •
Marga Minco (1920–2023, Netherlands), wr. & Hc. survivor •
Liliana Díaz Mindurry (b. 1953, Argentina), poet & fiction wr. •
Kazuya Minekura (峰倉かずや, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator •
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (b. 1976, Iceland), nv. •
Laura Mintegi (b. 1955, Spain), nv. & es. in Basque •
Mirabai (c. 1498 – c. 1547, India), poet •
Ana Miranda (b. 1951, Brazil), nv. •
Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia), nv. •
Heidi Safia Mirza (b. 1958, England), non-f. wr. •
Shazia Mirza (living, Pakistan/England), col. & comedian •
Jane Misme (1865–1935, France), col. & feminist •
Jaishree Misra (b. 1961, India/England), nv. •
Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, 1889–1957, Chile), poet; Nobel Prize in Literature •
Diana Mitchell (1932–2016, Zimbabwe), political wr. •
Dreda Say Mitchell (b. 1965, England), nv. & col. •
Elma Mitchell (1919–2000, Scotland), poet •
Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia), ch. wr. •
Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983, England), mystery nv. •
Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, United States), col. & nv.;
Gone with the Wind •
Susan Mitchell (b. 1944, United States), poet, es. & translator •
Susan Langstaff Mitchell (1866–1926, Ireland), writer, satirist & poet •
Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland), nv. & poet •
Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England/United States), wr. & rights activist •
Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England), nv. & pw.;
Our Village •
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England), nv. & correspondent;
The Pursuit of Love •
Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948, Austria), fiction wr. & es. •
Antonija Mitrović (living, Serbia/New Zealand), computer scientist •
Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator •
Suzue Miuchi (美内すずえ, b. 1951, Japan), manga creator •
Shion Miura (三浦しをん, b. 1976, Japan), nv. •
Kim Mi-wol (김미월, b. 1977, Korea), fiction wr. •
Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本百合子, 1899–1951, Japan), fiction wr., critic & activist •
Minae Mizumura (水村 美苗, b. 1951, Japan/United States), nv., critic & es. •
Hideko Mizuno (水野英子, b. 1939, Japan), manga creator •
Junko Mizuno (水野純子, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator •
Setona Mizushiro (水城せとな, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
Mj–My •
Barbara Catharina Mjödh (1738–1776, Finland), poet •
Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989, Mexico), non-f. wr. •
Azadeh Moaveni (b. 1976, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. •
Janet Mock (b. 1983, United States), wr., rights activist & wr. •
Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917, Hungary), travel wr. •
Drusilla Modjeska (b. 1946, Australia), wr. & editor •
Moelona (Elizabeth Mary Jones, 1877–1953, Wales), nv., ch. wr. & translator •
Moero or Myro (3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet •
Lottie Moggach (living, England), nv. •
Moh Youn-sook (모윤숙, 1910–1999, Korea), poet •
Nadifa Mohamed (b. 1981, Saint Lucia/England), nv. •
Baisali Mohanty (b. 1994, India), wr., col. & dancer •
Elaine Mokhtefi (b. 1928, United States/France), mem. & col. •
Ana María Moix (1947–2014, Spain), poet & fiction wr. •
Tze Ming Mok (莫志明, b. 1978, China/New Zealand), fiction wr. & social commentator •
Malika Mokeddem (b. 1949, Algeria), fiction wr. •
Natalia Molebatsi (living, South Africa), poet in English •
Mary Louisa Molesworth (1839–1921, England), ch. nv. •
Rena Molho (b. 1946, Greece), historian •
Ursule Molinaro (1916–2000, France/United States), fiction wr., pw. & visual artist •
Empar Moliner (b. 1966, Spain), wr. in Catalan •
Grace Mera Molisa (1947–2002, Vanuatu), poet, politician & activist •
Atukuri Molla (1440–1530, India), poet •
Herdis Møllehave (1936–2001, Denmark), wr. & social worker •
Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, Ireland/Spain), poet, col. & artist •
Frances Molloy (1947–1991, Ireland), fiction wr. •
Marion Molteno (b. 1944, South Africa), nv. & education wr. in English •
Eva Moltesen (1871–1934, Finland/Denmark), fiction & political wr. & lexicographer •
Margareta Momma (1702–1772, Sweden), political wr. •
Lília Momplé (b. 1935, Mozambique), fiction wr. •
María Olivia Mönckeberg (b. 1944, Chile), es. & academic •
Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979, England/New Zealand), conservationist & ornithologist •
Patrocinio de Biedma y la Moneda (1858–1927, Spain), poet & nv. •
Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria), geographer & historian •
Aja Monet (b. 1987, United States), poet, wr. & activist •
Libuše Moníková (1945–1998, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Germany), wr. in German •
Mary Monck (c. 1677–1715, Ireland/England), poet & beauty •
Beatrice Monroy (b. 1953, Italy), fiction wr. & nv. •
Dolors Monserdà (1845–1919, Spain), poet, pw. & es. •
Pilar Burgués Monserrat (b. 1958, Andorra), fiction wr. •
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, England), poet, diarist & correspondent •
Hilda Montaire (1922–2004, Philippines), fiction wr. in Cebuana •
Stephanie de Montalk (b. 1945, New Zealand), poet & biographer •
Danila Comastri Montanari (b. 1948, Italy), nv. •
Roza Montazemi (c. 1921–2009, Iran/Persia), cookery wr. •
Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, Australia), poet, autobiographer & suffragist •
Ana Montenegro (1915–2006, Brazil), wr., poet & activist •
Sofía Montenegro (b. 1954, Nicaragua), social researcher •
Mayra Montero (b. 1952, Cuba/Puerto Rico), fiction wr. & col. •
Rosa Montero (b. 1951, Spain), fiction wr. •
Graciela Montes (b. 1947, Argentina), ch. wr. & translator •
Maria Montessori (1870–1952, Italy), education wr. •
Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England), ch. wr. •
Frances Trego Montgomery (1858 – 1925), American children's book writer •
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet;
Anne of Green Gables •
Ruth Montgomery (1912–2001, United States), nv. •
Selena Montgomery, pseudonym of Stacey Abrams (b. 1973, United States), nv. •
Amy Monticello (b. 1982, United States), es. & non-f. wr. •
Isabelle de Montolieu (1851–1932, Switzerland), nv. in French •
Federica Montseny (1905–1994, Spain), nv. & es. •
María de Montserrat (1913–1995, Uruguay), fiction wr. •
Teresa Wilms Montt (Tebal, 1893–1921, Chile), wr. & poet •
Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, Canada/Newfoundland), diarist, nv. & poet •
Anne Moody (1940–2015, United States), autobiographer •
Moon Chung-hee (문정희, b. 1947, Korea), poet •
Marente de Moor (b. 1972, Netherlands), nv. & col. •
Alison Moore (b. 1971, England), nv. •
C. L. Moore (1911–1987, United States), fantasy wr. •
Lisa Moore (b. 1964, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. •
Lorrie Moore (b. 1957, United States), fiction wr. •
Marianne Moore (1887–1972, United States), poet •
Ruth Moore (1903–1989, United States), fiction wr. & poet •
Elizabeth Moorhead (c. 1865–1955, United States), fiction wr. •
Finola Moorhead (b. 1947, Australia), nv., pw. & poet •
Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland), scholar & medic •
Shani Mootoo (b. 1957, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., artist & video maker •
Magdalena Mora (1952–1981, Mexico), scholar & social wr. •
Terézia Mora (b. 1971, Hungary/Germany), nv. & critic in German •
Barbara Moraff (1939–2024, United States), poet •
Cherrie Moraga (b. 1952), poet, pw. & es. •
Adelaida García Morales (1945–2014, Spain), fiction wr. •
Aurora Levins Morales (b. 1954, Paraguay), es., poet & fiction wr. •
Karly Gaitán Morales (b. 1980, Nicaragua), wr. on film •
María Luz Morales (1889–1980, Spain), wr. •
Jeannie Blackburn Moran (1842–1929, United States), nv. •
Giuliana Morandini (1938–2019, Italy), social wr. & nv. •
Elsa Morante (1912–1985, Italy), nv. •
Maria Moravskaya (1890–1947, Russia/United States), poet & critic •
Ann Moray (1909–1981, Ireland/United States), nv. & singer •
Yolanda Morazzo (1928–2009, Cape Verde), poet •
Marta Morazzoni (b. 1950, Italy), nv. •
Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001, Denmark), travel & social wr. & artist •
Diana Mordasini (living, Senegal/Switzerland), col. •
Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England), wr. & traveler •
Pamela Mordecai (b. 1942, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, fiction wr. & scholar •
Hannah More (1745–1833, England), moralist, poet & pw. •
Helga Moreira (b. 1950, Paraguay), poet •
Nancy Morejón (b. 1944, Cuba), poet & es. •
Isabel Morel (1885–?, Chile), wr. & activist •
Mary L. Moreland (1859–1918, United States), minister, evangelist, suffragist, wr. •
María Victoria Moreno (1939–2005, Spain), ch. & YA wr. in Galician •
Virginia R. Moreno (1925–2021, Philippines), poet & pw. •
C. E. Morgan (b. 1976, United States), wr. •
Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales), pw. & anthropologist •
Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales), nv. & ch. wr. •
Nicola Morgan (born 1961), nv. & non-f. •
Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England), nv. & poet •
Erin Morgenstern (b. 1978, United States), artist & nv. •
Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany), nv. •
Sally Morgan (b. 1951, Australia), wr. & artist •
Liane Moriarty (b. 1966, Australia), nv. •
Sinead Moriarty (b. c. 1871, Ireland/England), nv. •
Milk Morinaga (森永みるく, living, Japan), manga creator •
Akiko Morishima (森島明子, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator •
Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan), es. •
Yunna Morits (b. 1937, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & activist •
Yoko Moriwaki (森脇瑤子, 1932–1945, Japan), diarist & Hiroshima victim •
Margarita Morozova (1873–1958, Russia), mem. •
Lisa Morpurgo (1923–1998, Italy), astrologer & nv. •
Isabella di Morra (c. 1520–1545/1546), poet •
Edita Morris (1902–1988, Sweden/United States), fiction wr. & mem. •
Jan Morris (James Morris, 1926–2020, Wales/England), historian & travel wr. •
Mary McGarry Morris (b. 1943, United States), nv.; •
Meaghan Morris (b. 1950, Australia), cultural wr. •
Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia), poet, nv. & ch. wr. •
Paula Morris (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction wr. •
Sharon Morris (living, Wales), poet & lecturer •
Toni Morrison (1931–2019, United States), nv., ch. wr.; 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature •
Di Morrissey (b. 1943, Australia), nv. •
Donna Morrissey (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & screenwriter •
Sinéad Morrissey (b. 1972, Northern Ireland), poet •
Sally Morrison (b. 1946, Australia), biographer & fiction wr. •
Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940, United States), nv., ss. wr. •
Petra Morsbach (b. 1956, Germany), nv. •
Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England), nv. •
Nelle Morton (1905–1987, United States), theologian and rights leader •
Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (b. 1975, England), non-f •
Stefania Mosca (1957–2009, Venezuela), wr. •
Myriam Moscona (b. 1955, Mexico/Canada/Newfoundland), academic & poet in Ladino & Spanish •
Claudia Moscovici (b. 1969, Romania/United States), nv. & critic •
Hannah Moscovitch (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), pw. •
Marie Moser (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. •
Miriam Mosessohn (1839–1920, Russia/Lithuania), Hebraist •
Ottessa Moshfegh (b. 1981, United States), fiction wr. & es. •
Minoo Moshiri (living, Iran/Persia), critic & es. •
Tatyana Moskvina (1958–2022, Soviet Union/Russia), col., nv. & film critic •
Mieke Mosmuller (b. 1951, Netherlands), nv. & physician •
Mary Moss (1864–1914, United States), nv. & es. •
Rose Moss (b. 1937, South Africa/United States), fiction & non-f. wr. •
Sarah Moss (b. 1975, England), wr. & academic •
Thylias Moss (b. 1954, United States), poet, ch. nv. & pw. •
Kate Mosse (b. 1961, England), fiction wr. & broadcaster •
Ahlam Mosteghanemi (b. 1953, Algeria), nv. •
Natasha Mostert (living, South Africa/England), nv. •
Nadežka Mosusova (b. 1928, Serbia), non-f. wr. •
Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003, South Africa), poet & actor in several languages •
Yukiko Motoya (本谷有希子, b. 1979, Japan), nv. & pw. •
Capucine Motte (b. 1971, Belgium), woman of letters in French •
Chantal Mouffe (b. 1943, Belgium), political theorist in French & English •
Touhfat Mouhtare (living, Comoros), wr. •
Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland), non-f. wr. •
Julia Moulden (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. wr. & speechwr. •
Jeanine Moulin (1912–1998, Belgium), poet & scholar •
Martha Moulsworth (1577–1646, England), poet & autobiographer •
Maria Lacerda de Moura (1887–1945, Brazil), anarcho-feminist wr. •
Kenizé Mourad (b. 1939, France), nv. •
Teresa Moure (b. 1969, Spain), es., nv. & ch. wr. in Galician •
Doula Mouriki (1934–1991, Greece), art historian •
Granaz Moussavi (b. 1976, Iran/Persia/Australia), poet •
Elizabeth Moutzan-Martinegou (1801–1832, Greece), poet, pw. & economist •
Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia), diarist •
Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013, Argentina), nv. •
Isabel Moya (1961–2018, Cuba), communications professor •
Esther Moyal (1878–1948, Lebanon), Jewish wr. & feminist •
Elizabeth Moynihan (1929–2023, USA), historian and writer •
Fiona Mozley (b. 1988, England), nv. & medievalist •
Milena Mrazović (1863–1927, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. in Serbian •
Zorica Mršević (b. 1954, Serbia), wr. on gender rights •
Ingy Mubiayi (b. 1972, Egypt/Italy), wr. •
Cristina Mucci (b. 1949, Argentina), wr. •
Muddupalani (fl. mid-18th century, India), poet & nun •
Chitra Mudgal (b. 1943, India), nv. •
Lisel Mueller (1924–2020, Germany/United States), poet •
Amélia Muge (b. 1952, Mozambique/Portugal), lyricist & singer •
Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, Kenya), pw., poet & activist •
Hazel de Silva Mugot (b. 1947, Kenya), nv. & academic •
Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr. •
Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany), nv. •
Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv. •
Doris Mühringer (1920–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction & ch. wr. •
Willa Muir (1890–1970, Scotland), wr. •
Hercilia Fernández de Mujía (1860–1929, Bolivia), wr. & poet •
María Josefa Mujía (1812–1888, Bolivia), poet •
Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017, India/United States), fiction wr. •
Lena Mukhina (1924–1991, Soviet Union), teenage diarist •
Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany), nv. •
Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv. •
María Mulet (1911–1982, Spain), children's wr & poet •
Kathleen Mulchrone (1895–1973, Ireland), Celtic scholar •
Elisabeth Mulder (1904–1987, Spain), poet & critic •
Lale Müldür (b. 1956, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & fiction wr. •
Wendy Mulford (b. 1941, Wales), poet & feminist •
Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland), nv., pw., ch. wr. •
Rosa Mulholland (1841–1921, Ireland), nv., poet & pw. •
Val Mulkerns (1925–2018, Ireland), fiction wr. & col. •
Harryette Mullen (b. 1953, United States), poet, fiction wr. & scholar •
Henrietta Müller (1846–1906, Chile/England), activist & theosophist •
Herta Müller (b. 1953, Romania/Germany), nv. & poet; 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature •
Inge Müller (1925–1966, Germany), poet, ch. wr. & radio pw. •
Melissa Müller (b. 1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & biographer •
Clare Mulley (b. 1969, England), biographer of notable women •
Sheila Mulloy (1922–2013, Ireland), wr. & historian •
Margaret Mulvihill (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr. •
Khadija Mumtaz (b. 1955, India), nv., es. & physician •
Hilda Mundy (1912–1980, Bolivia), wr., poet, journalist •
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (b. 1964, Romania), political wr. & pw. •
Zorica Jevremović Munitić (b. 1948, Serbia), pw. & literary historian •
Estefanía Muñiz (b. 1974, Spain), screenwriter, poet & critic •
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (b. 1936, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet •
Claudine Muno (b. 1979, Luxembourg), wr. •
Isabel Gómez Muñoz (b. 1959, Chile), poet •
Isabel Muñoz-Caravaca (1838–1915, Spain), education wr. •
Rosabetty Muñoz (b. 1960, Chile), poet & academic •
Alice Munro (1931–2024, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.; 2013
Nobel Prize in Literature •
Johanne Münter (1844–1921, Denmark), wr. & rights activist •
Rose Marie Muraro (1930–2014, Brazil), sociologist & feminist wr. •
Kiyoko Murata (村田喜代子, b. 1945, Japan), fiction wr. •
Sayaka Murata (村田沙耶香, b. 1979, Japan), nv. •
Yuka Murayama (村山由佳, b. 1964, Japan), nv. •
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999, Ireland/England), nv. & philosopher;
The Sea, the Sea •
Nina Murdoch (1890–1976, Australia), biographer, travel wr. & poet •
Weronika Murek (b. 1989, Poland), pw., short story wr. •
Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922, United States), fiction wr. •
Michela Murgia (b. 1972, Italy), nv. •
Verónica Murguía (b. 1960, Mexico), nv. & ch. wr. •
Anna Murià (1904–2002, Spain), fiction & ch. wr. & es. •
Rosario Murillo (b. 1951, Nicaragua), poet •
Mayumi Muroyama (室山まゆみ, b. 1955, Japan) and Mariko Muroyama (室山真里子, b. 1957, Japan), joint manga creators •
Sallyann J. Murphey (living, England/United States), nv. •
Agnes G. Murphy (1865–1931, Ireland/England), col. & biographer •
C. E. Murphy (b. 1973, United States), wr. •
Dervla Murphy (1931–2022, Ireland), touring cyclist & travel wr. •
Elaine Murphy (living, Ireland), pw. •
Jill Murphy (1949–2021, England), ch. wr. & illustrator •
Kathleen M. Murphy (1879–1963, Ireland), poet •
Margaret Murphy (b. 1959, England), crime wr. •
Maura Murphy (1928–2005, Ireland/England), autobiographer •
Edmée Pardo Murray (b. 1965, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr. •
Ena Murray (1936–2015, South Africa), nv. & poet in Afrikaans •
Nora J Murray (1888–1955, Ireland), poet & schoolteacher •
Pauli Murray (1910–1985, United States), activist, lawyer, poet & mem. •
Sally-Ann Murray (b. 1961, South Africa), poet & nv. in English •
Shirley Murray (1931–2020, New Zealand), hymn wr. •
Joanna Murray-Smith (b. 1962, Australia), pw., screenwriter & nv. •
Sudha Murty (b. 1950, India), wr. & educator •
Eugénie Musayidire (b. 1952, Rwanda/Germany), wr. •
Inga Muscio (b. 1966, United States), wr. •
Susan Musgrave (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & ch. wr. •
Małgorzata Musierowicz (b. 1945, Poland), ch. & YA wr. •
Carol Muske-Dukes (b. 1945, United States), poet, nv. & academic •
Seema Mustafa (b. 1955, India), wr. & politician •
Sugawara no Takasue no musume (菅原孝標女, c. 1008–post-1059, Japan), diarist •
Dagmar von Mutius (1919–2008, Germany), wr. •
Charlotte Mutsaers (b. 1942, Netherlands), wr. & painter •
Margaret Mutu (living, New Zealand), wr. on Maori •
Mwana Kupona (died c. 1865, Kenya), poet •
Beverle Graves Myers (b. 1951, United States), mystery wr. •
Elizabeth Myers (1912–1947, UK), novelist, short story writer •
Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (1724–1787, Germany/Finland), poet & writer in German & Latvian •
Alva Myrdal (1902–1976, Sweden), sociologist ==N==