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List of women writers (A–L)

This is a list of notable women writers.

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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 (1938–2015, Wales), pw. & scriptwriter • Maddalena Aceiaiuoli (1557–1610, Tuscany), poet • Nora Aceval (b. 1953, Algeria/France), story teller • Maria Dolores Acevedo (1932–1998, Spain), nv. • 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. 1977, England), wr. & cook • Carine Adler (b. 1948, Brazil), screenwriter • Emma Adler (1858–1935, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & non-f. wr. • Renata Adler (b. 1937, 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 (b. 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 (1925–2024, 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 (1955—2025, 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 (b. 1985, Spain), feminist wr. • Josefa Toledo de Aguerri (1866–1962, Nicaragua), social wr. • Grace Aguilar (1816–1847, England), nv. & wr. • Mila D. Aguilar (1949—2023, 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 (1956—2023, 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 (1944—2024, 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. • Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989, Latvia), poet & wr. of short stories • 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 wr. 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 (1952–2023, 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. 1970s, 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 (1949—2024, 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 (b. 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 (1937—2024, 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 • Gerda Antti (1929–2026, Sweden), poet, wr. & es. • 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 (1958—2024, 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 (1927–2001, 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 • Beulah Ashley (1899–1965, United States), screenwriter, script supervisor • 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==
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Ba–Bei • Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal), nv. • Sahar Baassiri (b. 1960s, 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 • Ottilie Bach (1836–1905, Prussia), nv. • 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. • Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria), poet • Anna Bahriana (b. 1981, Ukraine), nv., poet & pw. • 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 (1668–1754, 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 • Shakuntala Baliarsingh (b. 1948, India) wr. & translator • 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 (1885–1953, 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 (1935–2024, 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. • Aja Barber, (United States), non-f. & nv. • 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. 1975, United States), young adult & fantasy wr. • Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ireland), poet, nv. & pw. • Ilse Barea-Kulcsar (1902–1973, Austria), nv., translator & journalist • 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 (1857–1933/1943, 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 (1862/1863–1928, United States), novelist & playwright • Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria), poet • Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884, Russia/France), diarist & artist • Jeanine Basinger (b. 1936, United States), non-f. wr. & academic • 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 (b. 1988, 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 • Cari Beauchamp (1949–2023, United States), non-f. writer & journalist • 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 (1946–2025, 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 Bej–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 (1904–1984, 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. 1964, Spain), social wr., col. & nv. • Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria), poet & pw. • 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), non-f. • 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 • Ulla Berkéwicz (b. 1948, Germany), fiction wr. & es. • 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 (1983–2022, 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 • Drusilla Beyfus (1927–2026, England), non-f. • 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 (1927–2005, 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), wr. • 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. • Mary Fleming Black (1848–1893, United States), wr. & religious worker • 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. • Carmen Blanco y Trigueros (ca. 1840–1921, Spain), wr., poet, journalist • 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. • Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield (1858–1918, United States), nv. & nf. writer • 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. 1962, 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 (b. 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. • Nora Bossong (b. 1982, Germany), poet, nv. & es. • 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 • Charlotte Bourette (1714–1784, France) poet and lemonade seller • 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 (1855–1943, 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 & non-f. wr. • Emily Bowes (1806–1857, England), 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 (1809–1899, 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 • Luisa Lacal de Bracho (1874–1962, Spain), wr., lexicographer & pianist • 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 • Ann Weaver Bradley (1834–1913, United States), ss. 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 (1938–2025, 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 (1861–1933, 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 • Lina Brockdorff (1930–2026, Malta), nv. & pw. • Sybil le Brocquy (1892–1973, Ireland), pw. & patron • Molly Brodak (1980–2020, United States), poet • Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827, United Kingdom/Jamaica), non-f. wr. & social observer • Erna Brodber (b. 1940, Jamaica), nv. & sociologist • Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, England/Canada/United States), wr. & journalist • Patricia Burke Brogan (1926–2022), Ireland), pw. & poet • Suzanne Brøgger (b. 1944, Denmark), nv. & poet • Vera Broido (1907–2004, Soviet Union/England), social wr. • Constance Bromley (1882–1939, England), wr., magazine editor, film publicist • Alina Bronsky (b. 1978, Germany), nv. & ch. 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 (1905–1981, England), non-f. wr. & illustrator • Susan Brookes (b. 1943), 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, Greece/United States), poet in English • 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. 1931, 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. • Therese Brummer (1833–1896), Danish children's writer and biographer • 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 (1943–2024, 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==
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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. • Carmen Camacho (writer) (b. 1976, Spain), wr., poet & 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 • Elizabeth Cameron (editor) (1851–1929, Canada), edi. • Margaret Cameron (1867–1947, United States), nv., pw., & non-f. wr. • Teresa Cameselle (b. 1968, Spain), nv. & historical narr. • Duccia Camiciotti (1928–2014, Italy), poet and es. • Roser Caminals-Heath (living, Spain), nv. in Catalan • Cordelia Camp (1884–1973, United States), non-f. • 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. • Elizabeth Duncan Campbell (1804–1878, Scotland), poet • 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 • Carrie Carlton (1834–1868, United States}, poet, ch. wr., non-f. wr. • 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 • Agathe-Pauline Caylac de Caylan (1782–1847, France), nv,. fiction wr. • 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. • Choo Waihong (d. 2023, Singapore), travel 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 (1914–2024, 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 • Felicia Buttz Clark (1862-1931, United States), nv., non-f. wr. • 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 • Carol J. Clover (b. 1940, United States), non-f. wr. and film theorist • 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 • Ellen Melicent Cobden (1848–1914, England), poet, wr., and 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 • Lenore Coffee (1896–1973, United States), nv., pw., and screenwriter • 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 • Katherine M. Cook (1876–1962, United States), non-f. wr. • Selma Cook (b. 1961, England), editor • Kay McKenzie Cooke (b. 1953, New Zealand), poet • Marvel Cooke (1903–2000, United States), col. & wr. • Rachel Cooke (1969–2025, England), journalist & 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. • Jilly Cooper (1937–2025, England), nv. & non-f. 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. • Alexandra Cordes (1935–1986, Germany), nv. • 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. • Willy Corsari (1897–1998, Netherlands), nv., pw. & ch. • 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. • Mary Rankin Cranston (1873-1931, United States) – non-fiction 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 • Barbara Creed (b. 1943, Australia), non-f. and film theorist • 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. • Judith Crist (1922–2012, United States), film critic • 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. • Ursula Curtiss (1923–1984, United States), mystery writer • 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==
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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 (1937–2023, Switzerland), political wr. in French • Anna dePeyster (1944–2026, Scotland/Australia), nv. • 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 (b. 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. • Prasannamoyee Devi (1856–1939, British India) non-f wr. & poet. • Priyamvada Devi ((1871–1935), British India), pw. & poet. • 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 (1939–2025, 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 • Ulrike Draesner (b. 1962, Germany), poet & nv. & es. • Rajna Dragićević (living, Serbia), lexicographer & academic • Tonke Dragt (1930–2024, 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 (1951–2024, 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==
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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. • Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998, England), poet • 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. • Cordelia Edvardson (1929–2012, Sweden), Hc., mem. & poet • 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 • 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 • 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. • Dorothee Elmiger (b. 1985, Switzerland), nv. & es. • 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 • Rhoda A. Esmond (1819-1894, United States), wr. • 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. • Ana Estrella Santos (b. 20th-c, Ecuador), non-f. wr., ss. 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==
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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. • Zoë Fairbairns (b. 1948, England), feminist wr., nv., short stories • 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. • Clara Elizabeth Fanning (1878–1938, United States), non-f. wr. • 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 (b. 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 (1953–2026, South Africa), poet & wr. 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 • Trini de Figueroa (1918–1972, Spain), romance nv. • 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), 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. • Anna M. Fitch (1840–1904, United States), nv., poet, playwr. • 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 • Debbi Michiko Florence (b. 1964/1965), ch. wr. • 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 • Sara Rowsey Foley (1840-1925, United States), biographer • 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 • Eva Forest (1928–2007, Spain), wr. • 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, Austria/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 (1941–2025, Austria), nv., ch. & pw. • Marianne Fritz (1948–2007, Austria), nv. • Anne Froelick (1913–2010, United States), screenwriter & 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==
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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 (1928–2025, 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. • Leopolda Gassó y Vidal (1849–1885, Spain), feminist Spanish 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. • Heike Geißler (b. 1977, Germany), nv. & es. • 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 (~1965–2025, Haiti/United States), poet, es. & academic • Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953, France), poet & pw. • Doris Gercke (1937–2025, Germany), nv. • Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933, Hungary), poet & nv. • Ida Gerhardt (1905–1997, Netherlands), classicist & poet • 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 (1935–2024, 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 (1943–2024, 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 (1943–2023, 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 • Ana Marta González (b. 1969, Spain), non-f. wr. • 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. • Maria Grabher-Meyer (1898–1970, Liechtenstein) poet & short story wr. • 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 (1962–2025, Australia), 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 • Laura Guidiccioni] (1550–c. 1597/9, Italy), poet • 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 • Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921–1984, Spain), romance nv. • 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==
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(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. • Helen Fields (b. 1969, British crime 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 • Ada L. Halstead (1861–1901, United States), nv. • 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 (b. 1979), American/Egyptian poet and artist active in electronic literature • Nahema Hanafi (b. 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 • Aljean Harmetz (b. 1928, United States), non-f. writer and journalist • 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 • Ada Van Stone Harris (1866-1923, United States), wr. • 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 • Molly Haskell (b. 1939, United States), film critic & non-f. author • 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 & ch. 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. • Mari Ruef Hofer (1858/59–1929, United States), non-f. 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 • Louise Seymour Houghton (1838–1920, United States), non-f. writer • Norah Hoult (1898–1984, Ireland/England), fiction wr. • Gisèle Hountondji (b. 1954, Benin), nv. & es. • Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (1934–2024, United States), wr. • Penelope Houston (1927–2015, England), film critic and journal editor • 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 • Accabre Huntley (b. 1967, England), 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==
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• 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. • Yael Ichilov (b. 1968, Israel), 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. • Nora Ikstena (1969–2026, Latvia), 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 • Fríða Ísberg (b. 1992, Iceland), wr. & poet • 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. • (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 (b. 1973, 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==
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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 • Rayda Jacobs (1947–2024, South Africa), wr. & filmmaker • 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. • Margaret Helen James (1859–1938, England) non-f. and folklorist • 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 • Antonie Jüngst (1843-1918, Germany), poet and writer • 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. ==K==
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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. • Pauline Kael (1919–2001, United States), film critic • 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 • Anja Kampmann (b. 1983, Germany), poet & nv. • 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. • Irina Karnaoukhova (1901–1959, Ukraine and Russia), ch. wr. • Josiane Kartheiser (b. 1950, Luxembourg), poet, pw. & ch. wr. in German & Luxembourgeois • Urve Karuks (1936–2015, Estonia and Canada), poet • 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 • Claire Keegan (b. 1968, Ireland), wr. • 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 (1930–2025, 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. • A. L. Kennedy (b. 1965, United States), nv. & non-f. wr. & es. • Adrienne Kennedy (b. 1931, United States), pw • Anne Kennedy (b. 1959, New Zealand), nv., poet & screenwriter • Betty Kennedy (1926–2017, Canada/Newfoundland), broadcaster & wr. • Louise Kennedy (b. 1967, Ireland), nv. • 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), autobiographer • 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 (1931–2025, 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 (1937–2026, 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 Ja-rim (김자림, 1926–1994, Korea), playwright • 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. • Sophie Kinsella (1969–2025, England), nv. • 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. • Nancy H. Kleinbaum (1948–2024, United States), nv. & 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 • Liv Køltzow (1945–2025, Norway), nv., pw. & es. • 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, b. 1968, Japan), manga creator • Taeko Kono (河野多惠子, 1926–2015, Japan), fiction wr. & es. • 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 • Nadja Küchenmeister (b. 1981, Germany), poet & feature author • 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==
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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 • Suzanne Lacascade (1884–1966, Martinique), novelist • 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. • 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 (b. 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. • Teresa de Lauretis (1938–2026, Italy), non-f. 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, 1960–2026, S. Korea), fiction wr. & poet • Ida Lee (1865–1943, Australia), historian & 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 • 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. • Anne Leinonen (b. 1973, Finland), science fiction & fantasy 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 • Marie Lenéru (1875–1918, France), plw. & diarist • 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. • Donna Leon (b. 1942, United States), nv. • 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 • 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 (b. 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 (1946–2025, 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 (b. 1964, 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 • Marguerite de Lussan (1682–1758, France), historic fiction wr. • 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==
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