This is a list of notable women writers. Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adult) :''See also women writers by nationality''

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Karen Aabye Karen Lydia Aabye (19 September 1904 – 15 September 1982) was a Danish writer. In the late 1930s, she worked as a journalist in Paris and London before she gained popularity with a number of historical novels in which strong-willed women were ...

(1904–1982, Denmark), nv. & travel wr. *

Uma Aaltonen Ulla-Maija "Uma" Aaltonen (28 August 1940, Vihti – 13 July 2009, Helsinki) was a Finnish people, Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician. Early life and education Aaltonen was raised on a farm and learned to love animals ...

(1940–2009, Finland), YA wr. *

Jane Aamund Jane Aamund (8 November 1936 – 29 January 2019) was a Danish author and journalist. Her breakthrough in Denmark came with the ''Klinkevals'' trilogy. Works Aamund's works include: * ' (English: ''The two penny dance'') – 1989 * ''Juliane ...

(1936–2019, Denmark), col. & nv. *

Jane Aaron Jane Frances Aaron (April 16, 1948 – June 27, 2015) was an American filmmaker and children's book illustrator, best known for her work on ''Between the Lions'' and ''Sesame Street''. Aaron mixed live-action shots and animated images to teach ...

(b. 1951, Wales), wr. & scholar * Madiha Abdalla (fl 2010s), Sudanese newspaper editor *

Masoumeh Abad Masoumeh Abad ( fa, معصومه آباد; born 5 September 1962) is an Iranian author, university professor, and conservative politician. She was a member of the fourth Islamic City Council of Tehran and it's Director of Health Division. Abad i ...

(b. 1962, Iran/Persia), mem. & academic * Mercedes Abad (b. 1961, Spain), fiction wr. *

Ines Abassi Ines Abassi (born 1982) is a Tunisian poet and journalist. She has published two volumes of poetry to date, both of which have received regional literary awards. She also spent a six-month residency in Seoul and wrote ''Tales of the Korean Scheher ...

(b. 1982, Tunisia/UAE), poet & travel wr. * Florencia Abbate (b. 1976, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es. *

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (''Mrs. Fordyce Coburn'') (September 22, 1872 – June 4, 1958) was an American author. She was a frequent contributor to ''The Ladies' Home Journal''. Early life Eleanor Hallowell Abbott was born on September 22, 1 ...

(1872–1958, United States), poet & fiction wr. * Rachel Abbott (b. 1952, England), thriller wr. *

Shaila Abdullah Shaila Abdullah (born 1971) is a Pakistani-American author, writer, and designer. Life Shaila Abdullah has received the Patras Bukhari Award for English Language, the Golden Quill Award, the Reader Views Award, the Written Art Award, and a gr ...

(b. 1971, Pakistan/United States), fiction & ch. wr. *

Yassmin Abdel-Magied Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese–Australian media presenter and writer, who had an early career as a mechanical engineer. She was named Young Queenslander of the Year in 2010 and Queensland Australian of the Year in 2015 for her engagement ...

(b. 1991, Sudan/Australia), wr. & media person *

Hafsat Abdulwaheed Hafsat Abdulwaheed Ahmed (born May 5, 1952) is a Nigerian, writer, poet, and a women's rights activist. She is the first female Hausa writer from Northern Nigeria to have written a published novel. Hafsat hails from Kofar Mata quarters of Kano Ci ...

(b. 1952, Nigeria), poet & fiction & non-f. wr. *

Rreze Abdullahu Rreze Abdullahu Ferizaj, Kosovo is a Kosovo Albanian writer. She is best known for ''Nuk du luftë'' (I don't want war), a wartime diary she kept as a child during the 1999 Kosovo conflict. The diary is written in her native Gheg Gheg (als ...

(b. 1990, Kosovo), wr. & war diarist *

Louise Abeita Louise Abeita Chewiwi (E-Yeh-Shure or Blue Corn) (September 9, 1926 – July 21, 2014), was a Puebloan writer, poet, and educator, who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo. Early life Louise Abeita was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo, New ...

(1926–2014, United States), wr. * Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968, Philippines), Cebuano pw. *

Josette Abondio Josette Desclercs Abondio or Josette Abondio (born 1949) is an Ivorian teacher, writer and playwright. Early life and education Josette Desclercs Abondio was born in 1949 in the Ivory Coast and her first language is French. She discovered books ...

(b. 1949, Ivory Coast), nv. & ch. wr. *

Sara Aboobacker Sara Aboobacker ( kn, ಸಾರಾ ಅಬೂಬಕ್ಕರ್; 30 June 1936 – 10 January 2023) was an Indian Kannada writer of novels and short stories, and a translator. Early life and education Sara was born in Kasaragod, Kerala on 30 J ...

(1936–2023, India),

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

wr. *

Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''.Leila Aboulela Leila Fuad Aboulela (Arabic:ليلى فؤاد ابوالعلا; born 1964) is a fiction writer, essayist, and playwright of Sudanese origin based in Aberdeen, Scotland. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and moved to Scotland in 1990 where she began ...

(b. 1964, Sudan), wr. * Leila Abouzeid (b. 1950, Morocco), social wr. *

Abiola Abrams Abiola Abrams is an American author, podcaster, motivational speaker and spiritual life coach. Abrams has penned three books, including ''African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy'', her first book from self- ...

(b. 1976, United States), wr. & filmmaker *

Liliana Abud Liliana Abud (born 5 July 1948) is an actress in telenovelas and Mexican cinema. She is also a screenwriter of telenovelas. Abud played Raquel Rodríguez, the main character in the educational television program ''Destinos''. As an actress Film ...

(b. 1948, Mexico), TV screenwriter *

Umayya Abu-Hanna Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 17 March 1961) is a Palestinian-Finnish writer, journalist, and former member of the Helsinki City Council born in Haifa, Haifa, Israel into a Palestinian family. She moved to Finland in 1981. In 2011, she moved to Amsterda ...

(b. 1961, Palestine/Finland), fiction & non-f. wr. *

Susan Abulhawa Susan Abulhawa (, born June 3, 1970) is a Palestinian-American writer and human rights activist and animal rights advocate. She is the author of several books, and the founder of a non-governmental organization, Playgrounds for Palestine. She li ...

(b. 1970, Palestine/United States), nv. *

Lama Abu-Odeh Lama Abu-Odeh ( ar, لمى أبو عودة, born 1962) is a Palestinian-American professor and author who teaches at the Georgetown University Law Center. She has written extensively on Islamic law, feminism, and family law. Early life and educat ...

(b. 1962, Palestine/United States), wr. on Islamic law *

Juliet Ace Ann Juliet Ace (born 27 June 1938) is a dramatist and screenwriter who contributed to '' EastEnders'' and '' The District Nurse''. She also supplied many original scripts and dramatisations to BBC Radio drama, including ''The Archers''. She wrot ...

(b. 1938, Wales), pw. & scriptwriter * Nora Aceval (b. 1953, Algeria/France), story teller * Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909–1972, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. *

Catherine Obianuju Acholonu Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (26 October 1951 – 18 March 2014) was a Nigerian author, researcher and political activist. She served as a Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Arts and Culture, and was a founder-member ...

(1951–2014, Nigeria), poet & social wr. *

Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trau ...

(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 Soledad Acosta Kemble (5 May 1833 – 17 March 1913) was a Colombian writer and journalist. A sophisticated, well-travelled, and social woman, she received a much higher and better rounded education than most women of her time and country, and ...

(1833–1913, Comoros), sociologist *

Eliza Acton Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader, ''Modern Cookery for Private Families''. The book introduced the now-univ ...

(1799–1859, England), cookery wr. & poet; ''

Modern Cookery for Private Families ''Modern Cookery for Private Families'' is an English cookery book by Eliza Acton. It was first published by Longmans in 1845, and was a best-seller, running through 13 editions by 1853, though its sales were later overtaken by Mrs Beeton. On th ...

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Joyce Ackroyd Joyce Irene Ackroyd, (23 November 1918 – 30 August 1991) was an Australian academic, translator, author and editor. She was a scholar of Japanese language and literature. Early life Ackroyd apparently acquired an interest Japan during her ...

(1918–1991, Australia), wr. & academic *

Avis Acres Thyra Avis Mary Acres (née McNeill, 26 March 1910 – 15 October 1994) was a New Zealand artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist. She is best known for her comic strip about two pohutukawa fairies, ''Hutu and Kawa''. Biography Av ...

(1910–1994, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator *

Angelina Acuña María Angelina Acuña Sagastume de Castañeda (31 January 1905 – 14 June 2006) was a Guatemalan writer of prose and poetry. A major poetry figure in her country, she was especially known for her rigor in managing classical verse within the s ...

(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 Varsha Mahendra Adalja is an Indian Gujarati language feminist novelist, playwright and negotiator who won the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for her novel ''Ansar''. She is also a dramatist, writing for stage plays, screenpl ...

(b. 1940, India), nv. & pw. *

Juliette Adam Juliette Adam (; née Lambert; 4 October 1836 – 23 August 1936) was a French author and feminist. Life and career Juliette Adam was born in Verberie (Oise). She gave an account of her childhood, rendered unhappy by the dissensions of he ...

(1836–1936, France), wr. & editor *

Pip Adam Pip Adam is a novelist, short story writer, and reviewer from New Zealand. Background Adam was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She attended the New Zealand Film and Television School in Christchurch before moving to Dunedin. Adam has an MA ...

(living, New Zealand), fiction wr. * Gabriela Adameșteanu (b. 1942, Romania), fiction wr. & es. *

Draginja Adamović Draginja Adamović ( sr-cyr, Драгиња Адамовић; 1925–2000) was a Serbian poet. Biography She published three poetry books and was included in three anthologies of poems: "Poetesses of Kragujevac" (1991), "Lyrical humming of Sum ...

(1925–2000, Serbia), poet *

Abigail Adams Abigail Adams ( ''née'' Smith; November 22, [ O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She was a founder of the United States, an ...

(1744–1818, United States),

First Lady of the United States The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...

, letter wr. & diarist *

Glenda Adams Glenda Emilie Adams (née Felton; 30 December 1939 – 11 July 2007) was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for ''Dancing on Coral''. She was a teacher of creative w ...

(1939–2007, Australia), fiction wr. *

Lois Bryan Adams Lois Bryan Adams (, Bryan; pen name, L.; October 14, 1817 – June 28, 1870) was an American writer, as well as a newspaper editor and proprietor. During twenty years, Adams was a contributor to the newspaper literature of Michigan, and wrote oc ...

(1817–1870, United States), wr., journalist & ed. *

Mary Mathews Adams Mary Mathews Adams (previously, Mary Mathews Smith and Mary Mathews Barnes; October 23, 1840 – December 11, 1902) was an Irish-born American writer and philanthropist. The author of thirty or more hymns, it was her Shakespearian study in which ...

(1840–1902, Ireland/United States), wr. * Patricia J. Adams (b. 1952, Anguilla), poet, wr. & broadcaster *

Sarah Fuller Flower Adams Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (or Sally Adams) (22 February 1805 – 14 August 1848) was an English poet and hymnwriter. A selection of hymns she wrote, published by William Johnson Fox, included her best-known one, "Nearer, My God, to Thee", report ...

(1805–1848, England), poet & lyricist *

Patsy Adam-Smith Patricia Jean Adam-Smith, (31 May 1924 – 20 September 2001) was an Australian author, historian and servicewoman. She was a prolific writer on a range of subjects covering history, folklore and the preservation of national traditions,Adelaide ...

(1924–2001, Australia), historian * Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, Australia/New Zealand), homemaker & diarist *

Gil Adamson Gillian "Gil" Adamson (born January 1, 1961) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel ''The Outlander''. Adamson's first published work was ''Primitive'', a volume of poetry, in 1991. She foll ...

(b. 1961, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet *

Alison Adburgham Alison Adburgham (28 January 1912 – 23 May 1997) was an English journalist, author and social historian, best known for her work as fashion editor of ''The Guardian'' newspaper, a position she held for 20 years. Along with Prudence Glynn of ' ...

(1912–1997, England), non-f. wr. & social historian *

Fleur Adcock Fleur Adcock (born 10 February 1934) is a New Zealand poet and editor, of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life in England. She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an honorary doc ...

(b. 1934, New Zealand/England), poet & editor *

Caroline Adderson Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers. Personal life and career Caroline Adderson was born on September ...

(b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *

Yda Addis Yda Hillis Addis, (born 1857, disappeared 1902 in California, U.S.) was the first American writer to translate ancient Mexican oral stories and histories into English, some of which she submitted to San Francisco-based newspaper ''The Argonaut ...

(1857–1902, United States), wr. & translator *

Lucia H. Faxon Additon Lucia H. Faxon Additon (, Faxon; September 28, 1847 – January 4, 1919) was an American writer, music teacher, and Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) official. In addition to being a pioneer in WCTU work on the West Coast of the United Sta ...

(1847–1919, United States), wr. *

Kim Addonizio Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist. Life Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio). She briefly attended ...

(b. 1954, United States), poet & nv. *

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 29 January 1988) is a Nigerian writer. Her 2017 debut novel, ''Stay with Me (novel), Stay With Me'', won the 9mobile Prize for Literature and the Prix Les Afriques. She was awarded The Future Awards Africa Prize f ...

(b. 1988, Nigeria), nv. * Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (b. 1963, Nigeria), wr. & policy advocate *

Sade Adeniran Sade Adeniran (born 1960s) is a Nigerian novelist whose debut novel, ''Imagine This'', won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa. ''Imagine This'' was originally Self-publishing, self-published by the author. Based in ...

(b. 1960s, Nigeria), nv. * Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951–1994, Ivory Coast), nv. *

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( ; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction. She was described in ''The Times Literary Supplement'' as "the most prominent" of a "procession of criticall ...

(b. 1977, Nigeria), fiction & non-f. wr. * Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (living, Nigeria), wr. & educator *

Opal Palmer Adisa Opal Palmer Adisa (born 6 November 1954) is a Jamaica-born award-winning poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications, she has been a regular performer of her work internationally. Professor Emeritu ...

(b. 1954, Jamaica), poet, nv. & educator *

Halide Edib Adıvar Halide Edib Adıvar ( ota, خالده اديب , sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish novelist, teacher, ultranationalist and feminist intellectual. She was best known for her novels critici ...

(1884–1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & rights activist * Zoe Adjonyoh (b. late 1970s, England), wr. & cook *

Carine Adler Carine Adler, Baroness Reid of Cardowan (born 1948) is a Brazilian screenwriter and film director. Career Adler's break came when the British Film Institute asked her to develop her short film ''Touch and Go'' into a full-length feature. Th ...

(b. 1948, Brazil), screenwriter *

Emma Adler Emma Adler (née, Braun; pen names, Marion Lorm and Helene Erdmann; 20 May 1858 – 23 February 1935) was an Austrian ''fin de siècle'' journalist and writer. Biography Overview She is known for works of fiction, historical novels, translations, ...

(1858–1935, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & non-f. wr. *

Renata Adler Renata Adler (born October 19, 1938) is an American author, journalist, and film critic. Adler was a staff writer-reporter for ''The New Yorker'', and in 1968–69, she served as chief film critic for ''The New York Times''. She is also a write ...

(b. 1938, United States), wr., col. & critic *

Sophie Adlersparre Carin ''Sophie'' Adlersparre, known under the pen-name Esselde (born Leijonhufvud; 6 July 1823 – 27 June 1895) was one of the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Sweden. She was the founder and editor of the first women' ...

(1823–1895, Sweden), feminist editor & wr. *

Etel Adnan Etel Adnan ( ar, إيتيل عدنان; 24 February 1925 – 14 November 2021) was a Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist. In 2003, Adnan was named "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today" ...

(1925–2021, Lebanon/United States), poet, es. & artist * Wilna Adriaanse (b. 1958, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans *

Aesara Aesara of Lucania ( el, Αἰσάρα ''Aisara''; 4th or 3rd century BC) was a Pythagorean philosopher who wrote ''On Human Nature'', of which a fragment is preserved by Stobaeus. Life Aesara is known only from a one-page fragment of her philosoph ...

of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), philosopher * Ethel Afamado (b. 1940, Uruguay), poet & songwriter * Gladys Afamado (b. 1925, Uruguay), poet & artist *

Anastasia Afanasieva Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva ( uk, Анастасія Валеріївна Афанасьєва; born 1982) is a Ukrainian physician as well as a Russian-speaking poet, writer, and translator. Biography Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva was born ...

(b. 1982, Ukraine), physician, poet, writer & translator *

Janet Afary Janet Afary is an author, feminist activist and researcher of history, religious studies and women studies. She is a professor and the Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). C ...

(living, Iran/Persia/United States), historian & religious wr. *

Mahnaz Afkhami Mahnaz Afkhami (Persian: مهناز افخمی; born January 14, 1941) is an Iranian women's rights activist who served in the Cabinet of Iran from 1976 to 1978. She is founder and president of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), executive direc ...

(b. 1941, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & rights activist * Ishrat Afreen (b. 1956, Pakistan), poet * Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910, Italy), poet *

Smita Agarwal Smita Agarwal (born 1958) is an Indian poet and a professor of English literature at the University of Allahabad, India. Biography Smita Agarwal's poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies. In 1999 she was a writer in residence at the Un ...

(b. 1958, India), poet & academic *

Patience Agbabi Patience Agbabi Royal Society of Literature, FRSL (born 1965) is a British poet and performer who emphasizes the spoken word.. Although her poetry hits hard in addressing contemporary themes, it often makes use of formal constraints, including t ...

(b. 1965, England), poet * Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France), poet *

Charlotte Agell Charlotte Agell (born September 7, 1959) is a Swedish-born American author for young adults and children who currently lives in Maine. Her second novel, ''Shift,'' was featured on the front cover of the Brunswick '' Times Record'' in October 200 ...

(b. 1959, Sweden/United States), nv. & ch. wr. *

Adalet Ağaoğlu Adalet Ağaoğlu (née Sümer; 23 October 1929 – 14 July 2020) was a Turkish women, Turkish Turkish women in literature, novelist and Theatre in Turkey, playwright, considered one of the foremost novelists of 20th-century Turkish literature. Sh ...

(1929–2020, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv., pw. & essayist *

Süreyya Ağaoğlu Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903, Shusha, Azerbaijan – 29 December 1989, Istanbul) was a Turkish- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Afr ...

(1903–1989, Azerbaijan/Turkey/Ottoman Empire), legal wr. *

Pinky Agnew Pinky Agnew, MNZM (born 1955 in Port Chalmers) is an actor, author, social commentator, and wedding celebrant based in Wellington in New Zealand . She has been a full-time performer and entertainer since 1990. In 2004 she appeared in the New Year ...

(b. 1955, New Zealand), pw. *

Kelli Russell Agodon Kelli Russell Agodon (born in Seattle) is an American poet, writer, and editor. She is the cofounder of ''Two Sylvias Press'' and she serves on the poetry faculty at the Rainier Writing Workshop, a low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran Uni ...

(b. 1969, United States), poet, wr. & editor * Marjorie Agosín (b. 1955, Chile), rights activist * Gerty Agoston (living, Hu/United States), pw. & nv. *

Marie d'Agoult Marie Cathérine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (née de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a Franco-German romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern. Life Marie was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with th ...

(1805–1876, France), fiction wr. & historian * Agripina Samper Agudelo (1833–1892, Comoros), poet *

Brígida Agüero Brígida Agüero y Agüero (1837-1866) was a 19th-century poet from Camagüey, Cuba. Bibliography Brígida was born to the poet Francisco Agüero y Estrada and Ana Maria Agüero y Varona, very respectable and distinguished people of society. ...

(1837–1866, Cuba), poet * Josefa Toledo de Aguerri (1866–1962, Nicaragua), social wr. *

Grace Aguilar Grace Aguilar (2 June 1816 – 16 September 1847) was an English novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion. Although she had been writing since childhood, much of her work was published posthumously. Among those are her best know ...

(1816–1847, England), nv. & wr. * Mila D. Aguilar (b. 1949, Philippines), poet & es. * Anna Aguilar-Amat (b. 1962, Spain), poet & es. in Catalan *

Francisca Aguirre Francisca Aguirre Benito (27 October 1930 – 13 April 2019) was a Spanish poet and author. Her first poetry collection, ''Ithaca'', published in 1972, won her the Leopoldo Panero Poetry Award. In 2011, she won the National Poetry Award for her ...

(1930–2019, Spain), poet *

Mirta Aguirre Mirta Aguirre Carreras (18 October 1912 – 8 August 1980) was a Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and political activist from the LGBTQI movement. She has been called "the most important female academic and woman of letters in post-revolutionary Cu ...

(1912–1980, Cuba), poet & nv. *

Milena Agus Milena Agus (born 1959) is an Italian author from Sardinia. She is one of the leading novelists in the so-called Sardinian Literary Spring which began in the 1980s and which includes other international names such as Michela Murgia. Biography Mi ...

(b. 1959, Italy), nv. *

Ucu Agustin :''This is an Indonesian name which does not have a family name. The subject should be referred to as Ucu'' Ucu Agustin (born 19 August 1976 in Sukabumi, Indonesia) is an Indonesian journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Educated in an ...

(b. 1976, Indonesia), wr. & filmmaker *

Delmira Agustini Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914) was an Uruguayan poet of the early 20th century. Biography Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, she began writing when she was ten and had her first book of poems published when she was still a teena ...

(1886–1914, Uruguay), poet

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Freda Ahenakew Freda Ahenakew (February 11, 1932 – April 8, 2011) was a Canadian author and academic of Cree descent. Ahenakew was considered a leader in Indigenous language preservation and literary heritage preservation in Canada. She was a sister-in-la ...

(1932–2011, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & academic *

Cecelia Ahern Cecelia Ahern (born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist, known for her works like '' PS, I Love You''; ''Where Rainbows End''; and '' If You Could See Me Now''. Born in Dublin, Ahern is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold o ...

(b. 1981, Ireland), nv. *

Catharina Ahlgren Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800) was a Swedish proto- feminist poet and publisher, and one of the first identifiable female journalists in Sweden. She was the publisher and chief editor of a number of different women's periodicals in Stoc ...

(1734 – c. 1800, Sweden), feminist wr., poet & editor *

Rukhsana Ahmad Rukhsana Ahmad (born 1948) is a Pakistani writer of novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and a translator, who after marriage migrated to England for further studies and pursue a career in writing. She has campaigned for Asian writers, particula ...

(b. 1948, Pakistan/England), wr. & translator *

Pegah Ahmadi Pegāh Ahmadi ( fa, پگاه احمدی) (born 1974) is an Iranian poet, scholar, literary critic and translator of poetry. Biography Pegah Ahmadi was born in Tehran, in 1974. She began writing poetry at the age of seven. At seventeen she made he ...

(b. 1974, Iran/Persia), poet, scholar & critic *

Mimoza Ahmeti Mimoza Ahmeti (born 12 June 1963) from Kruja is an Albanian woman poet. Works After two volumes of verse in the late eighties, it was the 53 poems in the collection Delirium, Tirana 1994 (Delirium), which caught the public's attention. Her mo ...

(b. 1963, Albania), poet & wr. *

Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (born 1963) is a Danish architect, university professor and writer about architecture. Associate professor of Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, she has authored numerous articles, papers and books. She is a member of the D ...

(b. 1963, Denmark), wr. & academic * Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden), fiction wr. * Zeynep Ahunbay (b. 1946, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), conservation wr. *

Ilse Aichinger Ilse Aichinger (1 November 1921 – 11 November 2016) was an Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.

(1921–2016, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. * Renate Aichinger (b. 1976, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & director *

Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoo, ''née'' Christina Ama Aidoo (born 23 March 1942) is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. She was the Minister of Education under the Jerry Rawlings administration. In 2000, she established the Mbaasem Foundation to ...

(b. 1942, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & pw. *

Naja Marie Aidt Naja Marie Aidt (born 24 December 1963) is a Danish language, Danish-language poet and writer. Biography Aidt was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Vesterbro area of Copen ...

(b. 1963, Denmark), poet & wr.cat * Victoria Aihar (b. 1978, Uruguay), nv. *

Ginny Aiken Ginny Aiken (born 8 June 1955) is an author of inspirational fiction as well as mystery novels. Ginny was born in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in Valencia and Caracas, Venezuela. The former newspaper reporter discovered books early on and wrote her ...

(b. 1955, Cuba/United States), fiction wr. *

Joan Aiken Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For ''The ...

(1924–2004, England), nv. *

Aganice Ainianos Aganice Ainianos ( el, Αγανίκη Αινιάνος Μαζαράκη; 1838–1892) was a Greek poet. Biography Ainianos was born in Athens in 1838. Her father was the Greek politician (1788–1848), a founder of the secret society Filiki Eteria ...

(1838–1892, Greece), poet * Sarona Aiono-Iosefa (b. 1962, New Zealand), ch. wr. * Ashia (died 1009/1010, Spain), poet in Arabic *

Amanda Aizpuriete Amanda Aizpuriete (28 March 1956 – 22 October 2023) was a Latvian poet and translator. Biography Aizpuriete published seven collections of poems in Latvian language, Latvian. Her works have been translated into at least 14 languages. Eric Fu ...

(b. 1956, Latvia), poet & translator * Tobiloba Ajayi (living, Nigeria), wr. & campaigner *

Iris Akahoshi Iris Akahoshi (March 14, 1929, Czechoslovakia – July 24, 1987, U.S.) was an American human rights activist who became known for her persistent support of a jailed Ukrainian political prisoner. Biography Akahoshi was born in Czechoslovakia to ...

(1929–1987, United States), wr. for

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

* Miriam Akavia (1927–2015, Poland/Israel), mem. & Hc. survivor * Akiko Akazome (赤染晶子, 1974–2017, Japan), fiction wr. *

Akazome Emon was a Japanese ''waka'' poet and early historian who lived in the mid-Heian period. She is a member both of the and the . Biography Akazome Emon's year of birth is unknown, but she was likely born between Tentoku 1 (957) and Kōhō 1 (964). ...

(赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – post-1041), poet & historian * Miriam Akavia (1927–2015, Poland/Israel), wr. & translator *

Grace Akello Grace Akello (born 1950) is a Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist, and politician. She is the Uganda Ambassador to India. Early life and education Dinah Grace Akello is Iteso, and was born near Soroti, in the Eastern Region of the Uganda Protect ...

(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 Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and ...

(1937–2010, Soviet Union/Russia), poet *

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

(1889–1966, Russia/Soviet Union), poet; ''Requiem'' * Shaheen Akhtar (b. 1962, Bangladesh), fiction wr. *

Sakina Akhundzadeh Sakina Mirza Heybat qizi Akhundzadeh ( az, Səkinə Axundzadə) (1865 in Quba – 1927 in Quba) was an Azerbaijani playwright. She was the first known female playwright and dramatist in Literature of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani literature. Life an ...

(1865–1927, Azerbaijan), pw. & teacher *

Gülten Akın Gülten Akın (23 January 1933 – 4 November 2015) was a Turkish poet. Her poetry is considered to be culturally significant to Turkey. Akin was born in 1933 in Yozgat, Turkey. She attended Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School and gradua ...

(1933–2015, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet *

Risu Akizuki is the pen name of a Japanese four-panel manga artist. She made her professional manga debut with ''Okusama Shinkaron'' in 1988. Her most famous work is ''OL Shinkaron''. She won the 8th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuk ...

(秋月りす, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator *

Layla al-Akhyaliyya Layla bint Abullah ibn Shaddad ibn Ka’b al-Akhyaliyyah () (d. c. AH 75/694×90/709 CE), or simply Layla al-Akhyaliyyah () was a famous Umayyad Arab poet who was renowned for her poetry, eloquence, strong personality, and beauty. Nearly fifty of h ...

(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 Ogdo (Yevdokiya) Yegorovna Aksyonova (russian: Огдо (Евдокия) Егоровна Аксёнова, 8 February 1936 in Boganida, Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, USSR – 14 February 1995 in Dudinka, Russia) was a Dolgan poet, the founder of Dol ...

(1936–1995, Soviet Union/Russia), poet in Dolgan *

Magaly Alabau Magali Alabau (born 1945) is a Cuban-American poet, theater director, and actor. Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, she has lived in New York since 1966. She co-founded the Spanish-English ensemble Teatro Dúo/Duo Theatre with Manuel Martín, Jr. and the l ...

(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 Mathilde Alanic (pen name, Miranda; 10 November 1864 – 20 October 1948) was a French writer of sentimental novels and short stories. Her work appeared in ''Les Annales politiques et littéraires'', ''L'Eventail'', ''Le Magasin pittoresque'', ''M ...

(1864–1948, France), nv. & ss. * Outi Alanne (b. 1967, Finland), autobiographer * Abimbola Alao (living, Nigeria), poet, fiction wr. & storyteller *

Alev Alatlı Alev Alatlı (born 1944 in Menemen) is a Turkish columnist and bestselling novelist. Early years She was born 1944 in the town of Menemen in western Turkey to an officer's family. She spent her childhood in Japan, where her father was appointed a ...

(b. 1944, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), economist & nv. * Ave Alavainu (1942–2022, Estonia), poet * Suzanne Alaywan (b. 1974, Lebanon), poet & painter *

Caterina Albert Caterina Albert i Paradís (L'Escala, Spain, 11 September 1869 — 27 January 1966), better known by her pen name Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer in Catalan and Spanish who participated in the Modernisme movement and was the author of on ...

(1869–1966, Spain), modernist wr. *

Eva Allen Alberti Eva Allen Alberti (April 4, 1856 – March 6, 1938) was an American dramatics teacher who specialized in the American meaning of pantomime i.e. mime. Her students were actors, teachers, directors and producers including, Prof. Gertrude Colby, Jane ...

(1856–1938, United States) non-f. wr. & drama. *

Anne-Marie Albiach Anne-Marie Albiach (9 August 1937 – 4 November 2012) was a contemporary French poet and translator. Overview Anne-Marie Albiach's was a renowned French poet and writer born in Saint -Nazaire, France on 9 August 1937. Anne- Marie Albiach ...

(1937–2012, France), poet *

Alice Albinia Alice Albinia (born 1976) is an English journalist and author whose first book, '' Empires of the Indus'', won several awards. Albinia was born in London and read English Literature at Cambridge University and South Asian History at SOAS. In b ...

(b. 1976, England), non-f. wr. *

Jordie Albiston Jordie Albiston (30 September 1961 – 28 February 2022) was an Australian poet. Early life Jordie Albiston grew up in Melbourne, the second of four children. She studied music at the Victorian College of the Arts before completing a doct ...

(1961–2022, Australia), poet & academic * Núria Albó (b. 1930, Spain), poet & nv. *

Aurora de Albornoz Aurora de Albornoz (January 22, 1926 – June 6, 1990) was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain. As a youth, she lived in Luarca with her parents, sister, and extended family, throughout the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939— an event that ins ...

(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 Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic ...

(1937–2022, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), political wr. & mem. *

Florența Albu Florența Albu (December 1, 1934 – February 3, 2000) was a Romanian poet. Biography She was born in Floroaica, Călărași County. She studied at the Gheorghe Șincai High School in Bucharest from 1948 to 1952, and then pursued her studies at t ...

(1934–2000, Romania), poet * Erlinda K. Alburo (living, Philippines), Cebuano scholar *

Isabel Alçada Maria Isabel Girão de Melo Veiga Vilar (Lisbon, 29 May 1950), better known by her pen name, Isabel Alçada, is a Portuguese teacher, writer, and politician. As a writer, she is mainly dedicated to children's literature, being primarily known for ...

(b. 1950, Portugal), ch. wr. * Deborah Alcock (1835–1913, Ireland/England), nv. *

Mary Alcock Mary Alcock (née Cumberland, – 1798) was an English poet, essayist, and philanthropist. She was part of Lady Anne Miller's literary circle in Bath. Biography Mary Cumberland was the youngest child of Joanna Bentley (1704/5–1775) ...

(c. 1742–1798, England), poet & philanthropist *

Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Little Men'' (1871) and ''Jo's Boys'' (1886). Raised in ...

(1832–1888, United States), nv.; ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...

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Josefina Aldecoa Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez (8 March 1926 – 16 March 2011), was a Spanish writer and teacher who was born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted after his dea ...

(1926–2011, Spain), fiction wr. *

Isabella Macdonald Alden Isabella Macdonald Alden (nickname and pen name, Pansy; November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author. Her best known works were: ''Four Girls at Chautauqua'', ''Chautauqua Girls at Home'', ''Tip Lewis and his Lamp'', ''Three Pe ...

(1841–1930, United States), ch. wr. *

Julia Carter Aldrich Julia Carter Aldrich (, Carter; pen name, Petresia Peters; January 28, 1834 – August 26, 1924) was a 19th-century American author and editor from Ohio. She was the Ohio vice-president of the Western Association of Writers, and one of the edito ...

(1834–1924, United States), wr. *

Sarah Aldridge Anyda Marchant (January 27, 1911 – January 11, 2006) was a lawyer (she was one of the first women to pass the Bar in Washington D.C.) and a founding partner of Naiad Press and A&M Books. She was also an author of primarily lesbian fiction, for ...

(1911–2006, Brazil/United States), feminist wr. *

Claribel Alegría Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central Am ...

(1924–2018, Nicaragua), poet, es. & nv. * Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952, Spain), medical wr. * Marilar Aleixandre (b. 1947, Spain), nv. & poet in Galician *

Sibilla Aleramo Sibilla Aleramo (born Marta Felicina Faccio; 14 August 1876 – 13 January 1960) was an Italian feminist writer and poet best known for her autobiographical depictions of life as a woman in late 19th century Italy. Life and career Aleramo was ...

(1876–1960, Italy), nv. * Tatiana Aleshina (b. 1961, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & musician *

Brigitte Alexander Brigitte Alexander (9 October 1911 - 10 May 1995) was a German-born Mexican author, actress, director and translator. When the Nazi party seized power in Germany, she fled to France. Facing arrest in France, her husband chose to enter the Foreig ...

(1911–1995, Germany/Mexico), pw. & screenwriter * Elizabeth Alexander (b. 1962, United States), poet, es. & pw. *

Cecil Frances Alexander Cecil Frances Alexander (April 1818 – 12 October 1895) was an Anglo-Irish hymnwriter and poet. Amongst other works, she wrote "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "There is a green hill far away" and the Christmas carol "Once in Royal David's Cit ...

(1818–1895, Ireland/England), hymnist & poet *

Eleanor Jane Alexander Eleanor Jane Alexander Order of the British Empire, MBE (1857 – 3 June 1939), was a poet and novelist who was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her work during the war. Early life and education Born Eleanor Jane Alexand ...

(1857–1939, Ireland), poet & nv. *

Meena Alexander Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished P ...

(1951–2018, India), poet & scholar * Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994, Sweden), wr. & translator * Elena Alexieva (b. 1975, Bulgaria), fiction wr. & poet *

Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suff ...

(b. 1948, Ukraine/Belarus), non-f. wr. & col.; 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature *

Elli Alexiou Elli Alexiou (sometimes Ellē; – 1986) was a Greek author, playwright and journalist. The daughter of a printer and publisher, Alexiou was born in Heraklion, Crete. She taught French in a high school, and was politically active, joining the ...

(c. 1894–1986, Greece/Hungary), fiction wr. & educator * Munira Al-Fadhel (b. 1958, Bahrain), wr. & academic *

Mirra Alfassa Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother, was a spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and c ...

(The Mother, 1878–1973, France), mystic & wr. *

Estrella Alfon Estrella D. Alfon (July 18, 1917 – December 28, 1983) was a Filipinos, Filipina author who wrote in English language, English. She held an AA degree from the University of the Philippines and was a member of the UP Writers Club. Personal life ...

(1917–1983, Philippines), fiction wr. in English *

Edna Alford Edna Alford (born 19 November 1947 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author and editor. She was a graduate of Adam Bowden Collegiate, Saskatoon, and got scholarships to attend the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts. Some of her teache ...

(b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & editor * María Luisa Algarra (1916–1957, Spain/Mexico), pw. *

Asma al-Ghul Asma al-Ghul (born in 1982; also ''Al Ghoul'', ''Alghoul'' )( ar, أسماء الغول) is a secular Palestinian feminist journalist who writes for the Ramallah-based newspaper Al-Ayyam, chronicling what she calls “the corruption of Fatah and ...

(b. 1982, Palestine), political wr. *

Monica Ali Monica Ali FRSL (born 20 October 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English heritage. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by ''Granta'' magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut nove ...

(b. 1967, Bangladesh/England), nv. & es. *

Samina Ali Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India. Her debut novel, '' Madras on Rainy Days'', won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. Career She has served ...

(living, India/United States), nv. & activist * Florina Alías (1921–1999, Spain), wr. * Maria Dolors Alibés (1941–2009, Spain), ch. wr. *

Margarita Aliger Margarita Iosifovna Aliger ( rus, Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р, p=mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə ɐlʲɪˈɡʲɛr, a=Margarita Iosifovna Aliger.ru.oga; – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian po ...

(1915–1992, Soviet Union), poet & es. * Bisera Alikadić (b. 1939, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet, nv. & ch. wr. *

Margaret Alington Margaret Hilda Alington (née Broadhead, 30 September 1920 – 15 October 2012) was a New Zealand librarian, historian and author. Life and career Alington was born and educated in Christchurch, New Zealand. She graduated from Canterbury Unive ...

(1920–2012, New Zealand), local historian *

Jane Alison Jane Alison (born 1961) is an Australian author. Early life and education Born in Canberra in 1961, Alison spent two years in Australia as a small child, growing up mainly in the United States as a child of diplomatic parents. She attended p ...

(b. 1961, Australia), nv. & memoir wr. *

Dilshad Aliyarli Dilshad Aliyarli () is an Azerbaijani journalist and writer. Biography She was born on 1 February 1962 to Azerbaijani academicians Suleyman Aliyarli and Mira Aliyarli in Baku. She graduated from Baku State University with B.A. degree in Orien ...

(b. 1962, Azerbaijan), wr. *

Dilara Aliyeva Dilyara Alakbar qizi Aliyeva ( az, Dilarə Əliyeva) (14 December 1929 – 19 April 1991), Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani philologist, translator and Women's rights activist and Member of Supreme Council of Azerbaijan from 1990–1991. Family Dilyara ...

(1929–1991, Azerbaijan), philologist & activist *

Ghazaleh Alizadeh Ghazaleh Alizadeh ( fa, غزاله علیزاده ); 15 February 1949 – 12 May 1996) was an Iranian poet and writer. Her mother was also a poet and writer. She married twice; she and her husband Bijan Elahi had a daughter called Salma. She als ...

(1947–1996, Iran/Persia), poet & fiction wr. * Laila al-Juhani (b. 1969, Serbia), fiction wr. *

Zaynab Alkali Zaynab Alkali was born into the Tura-Mazila family of Borno and Adamawa States. For secondary education, she attended Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Ilorin. Zaynab Alkali went on to obtain both her first and second degrees from Ahmadu Bello ...

(b. 1950, Nigeria), fiction wr. & poet * Al-Khansā (7th century, Ancient Arabia), poet *

Jani Allan Jani Allan (born 11 September 1952) is a South African journalist, columnist, writer and broadcaster. She became one of the country's first media celebrities in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1980, Allan became a columnist for the centrist newspaper, ...

(b. 1952, South Africa/United States), col. *

Hortense Allart Hortense Allart de Méritens (; pseudonym Prudence de Saman L'Esbatx; 7 September 1801 – 28 February 1879) was an Italian-French feminist writer and essayist. Her novels, based on her adventures, did not have much success, except for ''Les ench ...

(1801–1879, Italy/France), nv. & es. * Candace Allen (b. 1950, United States/England), nv., activist & screenwriter *

Hannah Allen Hannah Allen (, Archer; after first marriage, Allen, after second marriage, Hatt; c.1638 – 1668x1708), was a 17th-century British nonconformist writer, who suffered from religious insanity. Biography Hannah Archer, the daughter of John Archer ...

(b. 1638, England), wr. *

Liz Allen Liz Allen (born 1969) is an Irish investigative journalist. She is a former crime correspondent of the '' Sunday Independent'' and author of two novels. Early life and education Born one of eight brothers and sisters in Dublin, she developed ...

(b. 1969, Ireland), wr. on crime & nv. *

Pamela Allen Pamela Kay Allen (née Griffiths; born 3 April 1934) is a New Zealand children's writer and illustrator. She has published over 50 picture books since 1980. Sales of her books have exceeded five million copies. Early life and family Born in ...

(b. 1934, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator *

Lisa Allen-Agostini Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1960s) is a Trinidadian journalist, editor and writer of fiction, poetry and drama. She is also a stand-up comedian, performing as "Just Lisa". Allen-Agostini has been a columnist for the ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian ...

(b. 1960s, Trinidad), journalist, fiction wr. & poet *

Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...

(b. 1942, Chile/United States), nv.; ''

Eva Luna ''Eva Luna'' is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden. Eva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified ...

'' *

Lauren K. Alleyne Lauren K. Alleyne (born June 8, 1979) is a Trinidadian-American poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer and educator born and raised in the dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Biography In 1997, Alleyne moved to the United States to ...

(b. 1979, Trinidad/United States), poet & fiction & non-f. wr. *

Phyllis Shand Allfrey Phyllis Byam Shand Allfrey (24 October 1908 – 4 February 1986) was a West Indian writer, socialist activist, newspaper editor and politician of the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. She is best known for her first novel, '' The Orchid Hou ...

(1908–1996, West Indies), wr. *

Svetlana Alliluyeva Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, born Stalina (); ka, სვეტლანა იოსების ასული ალილუევა () (28 February 1926 – 22 November 2011), later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only ...

(1926–2011, Soviet Union), wr. & lecturer *

Margery Allingham Margery Louise Allingham (20 May 1904 – 30 June 1966) was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and considered one of its four " Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. Alli ...

(1904–1966, England), crime wr. *

Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of a ...

(b. 1949, United States), wr. & speaker *

Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn Eunice Gibbs Allyn (, Gibbs; pen names, (multiple); 1847 – June 30, 1916) was an American correspondent, author, songwriter, illustrator, and painter. She intended to become a teacher, but her mother dissuaded her so she remained at home, enter ...

(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 Rita K. Almeida (born 1974) is a Portuguese economist who joined the World Bank in 2002 as a research economist. After serving as a senior economist with responsibilities for lending and analysis in support of education in Latin America, Eastern Eu ...

(b. 1974, Portugal), economist *

Cora Almerino Cora Almerino is a Cebuano language, Cebuano Visayan writer. Her poems were included in ''Sinug-ang: A Cebuano trio'' published by Women in Literary Arts in 1999. References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Visayan writer ...

(living, Philippines), Cebuano poet *

Almucs de Castelnau Almucs de Castelnau or Castelnou (c. 1140 – pre-1184) was a trobairitz (a female troubadour) from a town near Avignon in Provence. Her name is also spelled ''Almuc'', ''Amucs'', ''Almois'', ''Almurs'', or ''Almirs''. Almucs' only surviving work ...

(c. 1140 – pre-1184, France), poet *

Fatin al-Murr Faten el-Murr (Arabic: فاتن المرّ; born 1969) is a Lebanese academic and writer. She is a holder of a doctorate degree, she is currently a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University in Zahle. Works Her first work of fict ...

(b. 1969, Lebanon), fiction wr. & academic *

Wallada bint al-Mustakfi Wallada bint al-Mustakfi ( ar, ولادة بنت المستكفي) (born in Córdoba in 994 or 1010 – died March 26, 1091) was an Andalusian poet. Early life Wallada was the daughter of Muhammad III of Córdoba, one of the last Umayyad Co ...

(1001–1080, Andalusia), poet in Arabic *

Dora Alonso Dora Alonso (born Doralina de la Caridad Alonso-Perez on December 22, 1910, in Maximo Gomez, Matanzas, Cuba – March 21, 2001, in Cuba) was a Cuban journalist and writer who worked in both print and radio. She wrote novels, short stories, poetry, ...

(1910–2001, Cuba), fiction & ch. wr. & poet *

Marianne Alopaeus Marianne Alopaeus (9 October 1918 – 10 November 2014) was a Finland, Finnish-born writer who published in Swedish language, Swedish. Biography Marianne Rosenbröijer was born in Ekenäs, Finland, Ekenäs in southern Finland on 9 October 1918.

(1918–2014, Finland), nv. & es. in Swedish * Concha Alós (1926–2011, Spain), nv. * Faouzia Aloui (b. 1957, Tunisia), poet & fiction wr. *

Blanche d'Alpuget Josephine Blanche d'Alpuget (born 3 January 1944) is an Australian writer and the second wife of Bob Hawke, the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister of Australia. Background and early career D'Alpuget is the only child of Josephine Curgenven a ...

(b. 1944, Australia), biographer & nv. *

Hanan al-Shaykh Hanan al-Shaykh ( ar, حنان الشيخ; born 12 November 1945, Beirut) is a Lebanese author of contemporary literature. Biography Hanan al-Shaykh was born Beirut, Lebanon, in 1945, into a strict Shi'a family. Her father and brother exerte ...

(b. 1945, Lebanon/England), fiction wr. * Fawziyya al-Sindi (b. 1957, Bahrain), poet & activist *

Al Altaev Margarita Vladimirovna Rokotova writing as Al Altaev (22 November 1872 – 13 February 1959) was a Soviet children's book author. Life Margarita Vladimirovna Rokotova was born in Kyiv in 1872. In 1889 she began a writing career after initially t ...

(1872–1959, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr. * Fatima al-Taytun (b. 1962, Bahrain), poet *

Phyllis Altman Phyllis Altman (25 September 1919 – 18 September 1999) was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Altman was an employee of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). She was also the general secretary of the Inter ...

(1919–1999, South Africa), political wr. in English *

Mor Altshuler Mor Altshuler (Hebrew: מור אלטשולר; born 1957) is an Israeli scholar of Hasidism, Kabbalism, and Jewish messianism. Biography Mor Altshuler was born in Israel. She studied Jewish thought, Jewish philosophy, comparative literature and Tal ...

(b. 1957, Israel), scholar & wr. * Amparo Alvajar (1916–1998, Spain), wr. & pw. *

Mia Alvar Mia Alvar is a Filipino-American writer based in New York. She won a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for ''In the Country''. Life Alvar was born in Manila and at six moved to Bahrain with her parents, joining her uncle already living there. Afte ...

(living, Philippines/United States), fiction wr. in English *

Griselda Álvarez Griselda Álvarez Ponce de León (5 April 1913 – 26 March 2009) was the first female governor in Mexico. Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985.Ivy Alvarez Ivy Alvarez is a New Zealand-based Filipina Australian poet, editor, and reviewer. Alvarez has had her work featured in various publications in Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Wales, the US, S ...

(living, Philippines/Australia), poet in English *

Julia Álvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), ''In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ( ...

(b. 1950, Dominica/United States), poet, nv. & es. * María Álvarez de Guillén (1889–1980, El Salvador), nv. *

Betti Alver Elisabet "Betti" Alver ( in Jõgeva – 19 June 1989 in Tartu), was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu. Writing S ...

(1906–1989, Estonia), poet * Miriam Alves (b. 1952, Brazil), wr. & poet *

Moniza Alvi Moniza Alvi (born 2 February 1954) is a Pakistani-British poet and writer. She has won several well-known prizes for her verse. Life and education Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to a Pakistani father and a British mother. Her father ...

(b. 1954, Pakistan/England), poet & wr. *

Barbro Alving Barbro Alving (12 January 1909 – 22 January 1987) was a Swedish journalist and writer, a pacifist and feminist, often using the pseudonym Bang. She wrote for, among others, the Swedish newspaper ''Dagens Nyheter'' and the magazines '' Idun'' ...

(1909–1987, Sweden), col. & feminist * Fanny Alving (1874–1955, Sweden), nv. *

Karin Alvtegen Karin Alvtegen (born 8 June 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime fiction. Alvtegen's psychological thrillers are generally set in Sweden. Four of her books have been translated into English: '' Missing'', ''Betrayal'', ''Shadow'' ...

(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 is a Japanese mangaka known for the '' shōnen'' series ''Reborn!''. Early versions of ''Reborn!'' were published in ''seinen'' manga magazines. In late 2003, the series, a stand-alone short story at the time, was published in the ''Weekly S ...

(天野明, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator * Chihiro Amano (天野千尋, b. 1982, Japan), screenwriter *

Kozue Amano is a Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of ''Aria (manga), Aria'', which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons and 2 Original video animation, OVAs. As o ...

(天野こずえ, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator *

Ana Luísa Amaral Ana Luísa Amaral (5 April 1956 – 5 August 2022) was a Portuguese poet. Professor at the University of Porto, she held a Ph.D. on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and had academic publications (in Portugal and abroad) in the areas of English poe ...

(1956–2022, Portugal), poet, nv. & es. *

Maria Adelaide Amaral Maria Adelaide Amaral (born 1 July 1942, in Alfena) is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. A good deal of her plays concern disaffected urban professionals. She has been classed as among the two major women playwrights ...

(b. 1942, Portugal/Brazil), pw. & screenwriter *

Suzana Amaral Suzana Amaral Rezende (March 28, 1932 – June 25, 2020) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She was best known for the 1985 film ''A Hora da Estrela'' ('' Hour of the Star''). Career Amaral's film career started at the age of 37 whe ...

(1932–2020, Brazil), screenwriter *

Catherine d'Amboise Catherine d'Amboise (; 1475–1550) was a prose writer and poet of the French Renaissance. She wrote both verse and novels, including ''Book of the Prudent and Imprudent'' 'Livre des Prudents et Imprudents''(1509) and ''Fainting Lady's Complaint a ...

(1475–1550, France), wr. & poet *

Gabriella Ambrosio Gabriella Ambrosio (born November 1954) is an Italian writer, journalist, academic, and advertising creative director. Her essays ''Siamo Quel che Diciamo'' (''"We are what we say"'') and ''Le Nuove Terre della Pubblicita'' (''"The New Advertisin ...

(b. 1954, Italy), nv. & es. *

Claudia Amengual Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan writer and translator. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize. Biography She obtained her degrees in translation and literature at the University ...

(b. 1969, Uruguay), nv. & es. *

Begoña Ameztoy Begoña Ameztoy (born 1951) is a Spanish writer and painter. She started as a writer, but her interest in arts made her combine literature with cultural movements in Euskadi. She has worked as a columnist in ''El Diario Vasco ''El Diario Vasco ...

(b. 1951, Spain), screenwriter & painter * Elizabeth Frances Amherst (c. 1716–1779, England), poet & naturalist *

Adibah Amin Khalidah Adibah binti Amin (born 19 February 1936), known professionally as Adibah Amin, is a Malaysian writer, columnist, teacher, translator and actress. Biography Born in Johor Bahru, she graduated from her English-Medium secondary schoo ...

(b. 1936, Malaysia), fiction wr. & radio pw. *

Lady Amin Hajiyeh Seyyedeh Nosrat Begum Amin, also known as Banu Amin, Lady Amin ( fa, بانو امين; 1886–1983), was Iran's most outstanding female jurisprudent, theologian and great Muslim mystic ( ‘arif) of the 20th century, a ''Lady Mujtahide ...

(1886–1983, Iran/Persia), theologian & mystic *

Mahshid Amirshahi Mahshid Amirshahi ( fa, مهشید امیرشاهی; surname also Romanized as Amir-Shahy or Amirshahy; born 9 April 1937) is an Iranian novelist, short story writer, humorist, literary critic, journalist, and translator. Biography Amirshahi was b ...

(b. 1937, Iran/Persia), fiction wr. & critic *

Balamani Amma Nalapat Balamani Amma (19 July 1909 – 29 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in Malayalam. ''Amma'' (Mother), ''Muthassi'' (Grandmother), and ''Mazhuvinte Katha'' (The story of the Axe) are some of her well-known works. She ...

(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 Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (May 30, 1918 – May 8, 2000), who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet. Biography She was born in Mexico City,"Amor, Guadalupe (1920–)." '' Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', ...

(1918–2000, Mexico), poet * Elisa S. Amore (b. 1984, Italy), nv. *

Jaleh Amouzgar Amouzgar in Tehran, 2013 Jaleh Amouzgar ( fa, ژاله آموزگار, born 4 December 1939 in Khoy, West Azerbaijan) is an Iranologist and a university professor. Life Amouzgar holds a Ph.D. from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian ling ...

(b. 1939, Iran/Persia), scholar on Iran *

Taos Amrouche Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche (born 4 March 1913 in Tunis, Tunisia; died 2 April 1976 in Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France) was an Algerian writer and singer. In 1947, she became the first Algerian woman to publish a novel. Biography She was ...

(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 Valerie Anand (born 1937) is a British author of historical fiction. Fiction Under the pen name Fiona Buckley she writes the series of historical mysteries, set in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, featuring "Ursula Blanchard" (whose full na ...

(b. 1937, England), fiction wr. *

Virginie Ancelot Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright. Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot. From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hoste ...

(1792–1875, France), wr., pw. & painter * Tamara De Anda (b. 1983, Mexico), social wr. *

Andaiye Andaiye, born Sandra Williams (11 September 1942 – 31 May 2019),Joanne Collins-Gonsalves"Andaiye (1942– )" in Franklin W. Knight and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (eds), ''Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography'', Oxford Univers ...

(1942–2019, Guyana), non-f. wr. & activist *

Annemette Kure Andersen Annemette Kure Andersen (born 1962) is a Danish poet and literary editor. Her poetry has been translated into several languages including English. Biography Born in Ribe, Andersen matriculated from Ribe Cathedral School in 1981. She went on to stu ...

(b. 1962, Denmark), poet & editor *

Clara Andersen Clara Elisabeth Andersen (13 May 1826 – 28 August 1895) was a Danish dramatist and novelist. Thanks to the many plays she wrote, she became the most successful female Danish playwright of the 19th century. Her ''Rosa og Rosita'' (1862) was perfo ...

(1826–1995, Denmark), pw. & fiction wr. *

Emilie Andersen Ottine Caroline Emilie Andersen (1895–1970) was a Danish historian and archivist. An intricate researcher, her first published work ''Grams Historie'' (1926) was a detailed history of the Gram Estate at Gram in the south of Jutland which she und ...

(1895–1970, Denmark), historian & archivist * Ingrid Andersen (b. 1965, South Africa), poet in English *

Marguerite Andersen Marguerite Andersen (October 15, 1924 – October 1, 2022) was a German-born Canadian francophone writer and educator writer, who was based in Toronto, Ontario, where she was a teacher at the Toronto Linden School. Life and career Andersen was ...

(1924–2022, Germany/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., editor & academic * Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, New Zealand), fiction wr. *

Deborah Anderson Deborah Leigh Anderson (born 16 December 1970) is an English musician, photographer, and film director. Her early music work was as a vocalist on her father Jon Anderson's albums. Her 1995 single "Feel the Sunshine" was her first song that char ...

(b. 1970), wr., musician & filmmaker *

Ethel Anderson Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson (née Mason; 16 March 1883 – 4 August 1958) was an early twentieth century Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter. She considered herself to be mainly a poet, but is now best appreciated for her witty an ...

(1883–1958, Australia), poet, nv. & painter * Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia), fiction wr. *

Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer, known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature. She was first rec ...

(b. 1961, United States), ch. & YA wr. *

Lena Anderson Lena Anderson is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author. Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939. She first gained international success for her illustrations in the 1985 picture book '' Linnea in Monet's Garden'', which was tr ...

(b. 1939, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator * Rachel Anderson (b. 1943, England), ch. & YA wr. *

Verily Anderson Verily Anderson (12 January 1915 – 16 July 2010) was a British author, best known for writing the screenplay of the 1960 film '' No Kidding'',Eloise Miller"Verily Anderson obituary" ''The Guardian'' (London), 29 July 2010. based on her 1958 book ...

(1915–2010, England), ch. wr., biographer & screenwriter *

Gail Anderson-Dargatz Gail Kathryn Anderson-Dargatz (born November 14, 1963) is a Canadian novelist.

(b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. * Pamela Andersson (b. 1965, Sweden), col. *

Emma Andijewska Emma Andijewska (or ''Emma Andiievska'', uk, Емма Андієвська, link=no) (born March 19, 1931 in Stalino) is a modern Ukrainian poet, writer and painter. Her works are marked with surrealist style. Some of Andijewska's works have ...

(b. 1931, Ukraine), poet & fiction wr. * Agustina Andrade (1858–1891, Argentina), poet *

Alix André Alix André (née, Caseneuve; 17 April 1909 – 6 July 2000) was a French romance novelist. Between 1942 and 1980, she wrote dozens of books, some of which were translated into several other languages or reprinted episodically in women's magazines ...

(1909–2000, France), nv. * Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, Namibia), nv. & teacher *

Lou Andreas-Salomé Lou Andreas-Salomé (born either Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé or Lioulia von Salomé, russian: link=no, Луиза Густавовна Саломе; 12 February 1861 – 5 February 1937) was a Russian-born psychoanalyst and a ...

(1861–1937, Russia/Germany), psychoanalyst & es. *

Isabella Andreini Isabella Andreini (born Isabella Canali, 156210 June 1604), also known as Isabella Da Padova, was an Italian actress and writer. Andreini was a member of the Compagnia dei Comici Gelosi, a touring theatre company that performed in Italy and Fr ...

(1562–1604, Italy), pw., poet & actor *

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (6 November 1919 – 2 July 2004) was a Portuguese poet and writer. Her remains have been entombed in the National Pantheon since 2014. Life and career Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was born on 6 November ...

(1919–2004, Paraguay), poet & wr. * Blanca Andreu (b. 1959, Spain), poet *

Eliza Frances Andrews Eliza Frances Andrews (August 10, 1840 – January 21, 1931) was a popular Southern writer of the Gilded Age. Her works were published in popular magazines and papers, including the ''New York World'' and ''Godey's Lady's Book''. Her longer works ...

(1840–1931, United States), nv. & wr. *

Isobel Andrews Isabella Smith Andrews (; 2 November 1905 – 19 June 1990), known professionally as Isobel Andrews, was a Scottish-born New Zealand playwright, novelist, short-story writer and poet. She wrote over sixty plays, many of which were published, an ...

(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 Hana Andronikova (9 September 1967 – 20 December 2011) was a Czech writer. Andronikova was born in Zlín. After attending high school in Zlín, she studied English and Czech at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague. Both her ...

(1967–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & pw. *

Sofia Andrukhovych Sofia Yuriyivna Andrukhovych ( uk, Софія Юріївна Андрухович, born 17 November 1982) is a Ukrainian writer and translator. The wife of Andriy Bondar, Ukrainian writer. Life and career Sofia Andrukhovych was born in Ivan ...

(b. 1982, Ukraine), non-f. wr. *

Harriet Anena Ber Anena born and previously published as Harriet Anena is a Ugandan writer and performer, whose writing includes poetry, nonfiction and fiction. She is the author of a collection of poems, ''A Nation In Labour'', published in 2015, won the 201 ...

(living, Uganda), poet & col. * Albalucía Ángel (b. 1939, Comoros), fiction wr. & es. *

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...

(1928–2014, United States), autobiographer & poet *

Jane Anger Jane Anger was an English author of the sixteenth century and the first woman to publish a full-length defence of her sex in English. The title of her defense, ''Jane Anger Her Protection For Women'' was published in 1589. In the late sixteenth ...

(late 16th century, England), wr. *

Lola Anglada Dolors Anglada i Sarriera (; 1893, in Barcelona – 1984, in Tiana, Province of Barcelona), commonly known as ''Lola Anglada'', was a Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator. Biography Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Ti ...

(1893–1984, Spain), wr. & illustrator *

Maria Àngels Anglada Maria Àngels Anglada was a Catalan people, Catalan poet and novelist. She was born in Vic, Spain, in 1920. She received a degree in Classical Philology at the University of Barcelona. Her first novel, ''Les closes'', won the Josep Pla Award. He ...

(1930–1999, Spain), poet & nv. *

Christine Angot Christine Angot (born 7 February 1959) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Life Born Pierrette Marie-Clotilde Schwartz (Schwartz being her mother's name) in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 novel ''L'I ...

(b. 1959, France), nv. & pw. * María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea), wr. *

Marion Angus Marion Emily Angus (1865–1946) was a Scottish poet who wrote in the Scots vernacular or Braid Scots, defined by some as a dialect of English and others as a closely related language. Her prose writings are mainly in standard English. She is s ...

(1865–1946, Scotland), poet in Braid Scots & English * Loreta Anilionytė (living, Lithuania), philosopher & nv. *

Joan Anim-Addo Joan Anim-Addo is a Grenadian-born academic, poet, playwright and publisher, who is Emeritus Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture in the English and Creative Writing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. Academic career Born ...

(living, Grenada/England), academic, poet, pw. & publisher *

Domna Anisimova Domna Anisimovna Anisimova ( rus, До́мна Ани́симовна Ани́симова, p=ˈdomnə ɐˈnʲisʲɪməvnə ɐˈnʲisʲɪməvə, a=Domna Anisimovna Anisimova.ru.vorb.oga; fl. 19th century), known as Blind Domna, was a blind and illit ...

(c. 1810s – death date unknown, Russia), poet * Yu Anjin (유안진, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & academic *

Nini Roll Anker Nini Roll Anker (3 May 1873 – 20 May 1942) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Her books often concerned the lives of women within different social classes as well as the women's rights movement and the rights of the working class. P ...

(1873–1942, Norway), nv. & pw. * Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England), nv., wr. & musician *

Threes Anna Threes Anna (pseudonym of Threes Schreurs, born in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, 1959) is a novelist, theatre and film maker. Biography Threes Anna is trained as a visual artist. In 1985, Anna was engaged in theatre company Dogtroep, specialize ...

(b. 1959, Netherlands), nv. & producer *

Varvara Annenkova Varvara Nikolaevna Annenkova ( rus, Варвара Никола́евна Анненко́ва, p=vɐrˈvarə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ɐnʲɪnˈkovə, a=Varvara Nikolayevna Annyenkova.ru.vorb.oga; 1795 in Nizhny Novgorod – 1866) was a prominent Russia ...

(1795–1866, Russia), poet * Nina Pávlovna Annenkova-Bernár (c. 1862–1933, Russia), pw. & actor * Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya (1840–1915, Russia), YA wr. *

Moyoco Anno is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work ''Sugar Sugar Rune'' won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of ''Neon Genesis Evangel ...

(安野モヨコ, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator *

Núria Añó Núria Añó (, ; born 1973) is a Catalan writer and a translator. Añó has exhibited her work in universities and institutions giving papers on literary creation or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Franz Werf ...

(b. 1973, Spain), wr. & nv. in Catalan * Noushafarin Ansari (b. 1939, India/Iran/Persia), wr. on librarianship *

Olga Anstei Olga Nikolaevna Anstei also Olga Anstey (1 March 1912 – 30 May 1985; uk, Ольга Анстей), was a History of the Jews in Ukraine, Jewish-Ukrainian émigré poet from Kiev. She was the wife of poet Ivan Elagin (poet), Ivan Elagin ( uk, � ...

(1912–1985, Soviet Union/United States), poet & Hc. survivor * Manana Antadze (b. 1945, Germany), wr. & translator *

Ikram Antaki Ikram Antaki (July 9, 1948 – October 31, 2000) was a Syrian-Mexican writer. Biography Antaki was born in Damascus, Syria. Her grandfather served as the last governor of Antioch. At the age of four, she entered a French language Franciscan sc ...

(1948–2000, Syria/Mexico), social wr. *

Lalithambika Antharjanam Lalithambika Antharjanam (March 30, 1909 – February 6, 1987) was an Indian author and social reformer best known for her literary works in Malayalam language. She was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and social reform movements among the Nambuthir ...

(1909–1987, India), wr. & reformer *

Süreyya Aylin Antmen Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a contemporary Turkish poet, essayist, writer and editor. Biography Süreyya Aylin Antmen was born in 1981 in Istanbul. She is a Turkish writer and poet. She wrote her first poem when she ...

(b. 1981, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & es. *

Enriqueta Antolín Enriqueta Antolín Gimeno (1941 – 26 November 2013) was a Spanish journalist and writer, best known for her novels. Biography The descendant of a family deeply rooted in Palencia, Enriqueta Antolín moved to Toledo at age 6, where she lived a ...

(1941–2013, Spain), nv. *

Dorila Antommarchi Dorila Antommarchi de Rojas (1850s – 1923) published numerous poems and sometimes used the pseudonym Colombiana. All her poems appear in various anthologies. Her sisters, Hortensia Antommarchi and Elmira Antommarchi, were also published po ...

(1850s–1923, Comoros), poet *

Elmira Antommarchi Elmira Antommarchi (born in Cúcuta, Colombia) was a Colombian poet who published numerous poems. All her poems appear in various anthologies. Elmira's sisters, Hortensia Antommarchi and Dorila Antommarchi, were also published poets. Elmira d ...

(19th century, Comoros), poet *

Hortensia Antommarchi Hortensia Antommarchi (1850 – 1915, in Cúcuta, Colombia) was a Colombian poet who published numerous poems. Hortensia's sisters, Dorila Antommarchi and Elmira Antommarchi, were also published poets. Hortensia died in 1915 in Cúcuta, Colombia ...

(1850–1915, Colombia), poet *

Gloria E. Anzaldúa Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) was an American scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory. She loosely based her best-known book, ''Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza'', on her life ...

(1942–2004, United States), wr., poet & activist

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Temsüla Ao Temsüla Ao (25 October 1945 – 9 October 2022) was a Naga poet, fiction writer, and ethnographer from India. She was a Professor of English at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) from where she retired in 2010. She served as the Director of ...

(1945–2022, India), poet, fiction wr. & ethnographer * Colette Nic Aodha (b. 1967, Ireland), poet & wr. *

Yasuko Aoike is a female Japanese manga artist. Most of her works are ''shōjo'' manga, predominantly focused on romance, adventure, and light comedy, and many of them contain elements of shōnen-ai. She is included in Year 24 group. Aoike grew up as the you ...

(青池保子, b. 1948, Japan), manga creator *

Kotomi Aoki is a Japanese manga artist residing in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. She received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for ''shōjo'' manga for ''Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu''. Kotomi took her 2013 Manga, "The Liar and His Lover" and remade a new ...

(青木琴美, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator *

Ume Aoki is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist, illustrator and dōjin artist from Hyōgo Prefecture. She officially romanizes her name as aokiume. She illustrates under the pennames apricot+ for many of her dōjinshi, and for the visual novel ''Sanarar ...

(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 Lisa Appignanesi (born Elżbieta Borensztejn; 4 January 1946) is a British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression. Until 2021, she was the Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a former President of English PEN ...

(b. 1946, Poland/England), nv. & activist * Elena Apreleva (1846–1923, Russia/France), fiction wr. * Iffat Ara (living, Bangladesh), fiction wr. & activist *

Kiyoko Arai , known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. She made her manga debut in the January 1984 issue of '' Ciao'' with her story ''Chotto dake Biyaku''. Since then, Arai has contributed many stories to ''Ciao'', its sister magazine '' ChuChu ...

(あらいきよこ, living, Japan), manga creator *

Motoko Arai Motoko Arai (新井素子; born August 8, 1960) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her writing is characterized by her use of a light conversational tone geared towards a young adult audience. She has published three series of novel ...

(新井素子, b. 1960, Japan), science fiction & fantasy wr. *

Tullia d'Aragona Tullia d'Aragona (1501/1505 – March or April 1556) was an Italian poet, author and philosopher. Born in Rome sometime between 1501 and 1505, Tullia traveled throughout Venice, Ferrara, Siena, and Florence before returning to Rome. Throughout her ...

(c. 1510–1556, Italy), poet, wr. & philosopher * Diego Aramburo (b. 1971, Bolivia), pw. & director *

Hiromu Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the manga series ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' (2001–2010), which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was adapted into two anime television series. She is also known for ''Silver ...

(荒川弘, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator *

Marie Arana Marie Arana (born Lima, Peru) is an author, editor, journalist, critic, and the inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress. Biography Marie Arana was born in Peru, the daughter of Jorge Enrique Arana Cisneros, a Peruvian-born civil ...

(living, Peru/United States), col. & critic *

Consuelo Araújo Consuelo Araújo Noguera (1 August 1940 – 30 September 2001), also known as "La Cacica", was a Colombian politician, writer and self-taught journalist. festivalVallenato.com Accessed 2 October 2006. Her nickname was given by a fellow jou ...

(1940–2001, Comoros), wr. & politician * Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Comoros), wr. & academic * Reina Torres de Araúz (1932–1982, Panama), ethnographer & academic *

Nezihe Araz Fatma Nezihe Araz (11 May 1920 – 25 July 2009) was a Turkish writer and journalist. In addition to her 1959 best seller on the saints of Anatolia, she wrote several plays for television and the stage as well as three books about Atatürk. Ea ...

(1920–2009, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), stage & TV pw. *

Maria Arbatova Maria Ivanovna Arbatova (russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Арба́това, born 17 July 1957), is a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist, talkshow host, politician, and one of Russia's most widely known femi ...

(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 Liwayway A. Arceo (January 30, 1924 – December 3, 1999) was a multi-awarded Filipina fictionist, journalist, radio scriptwriter and editor from the Philippines. Biography Liwayway A. Arceo was born January 30, 1924. Arceo authored a number o ...

(1924–1999, Philippines), fiction wr. & scriptwriter *

Mastoureh Ardalan Mah Sharaf Khanom Mastoureh Ardalan or Mastura Ardalan (1805, Sanandaj − 1848, Sulaymaniyah) was a Kurdish poet, historian, and writer. Biography Ardalan was born in Sanandaj eastern Kurdistan/Iranian Kurdistan and died in Sulaymaniyah souther ...

(1805–1848, Iran/Persia), poet & historian *

Elvia Ardalani Elvia Ardalani or Elvia García Ardalani (born June 4, 1963, in Heroica Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico), is a Mexican writer, poet, and storyteller. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern languages and Literatures at the Unive ...

(b. 1963, Mexico), wr., poet & storyteller * Jane Arden (1927–1982, Wales), film director, pw. & nv. *

Clementina Arderiu Clementina Arderiu (1889 in Barcelona – 1976) was a Spanish poet who wrote in the Catalan language. Influences on her work included the Catalan language writer Josep Carner, and her husband, the poet Carles Riba. Her poems tend to idealize d ...

(1889–1976, Spain), poet in Catalan * Karen Ardiff (living, Ireland), playwright and nv. *

Araceli Ardón Araceli Ardón (born January 21, 1958) is a Mexican writer from Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro. Life and education Although Ardón's family is from Querétaro, she was born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. This is because her paren ...

(b. 1958, Mexico), cultural wr. *

Wani Ardy Wani Ardy (born Nur Syazwani Abd Rahim; 25 October 1984) is a Malaysian creative writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. She identifies her music as trip hop, lyrical poetry, and acoustic music. Background Wani was born as Nur Syazwani binti Abd ...

(b. 1984, Malaysia), poet & songwriter *

Olga Arefieva Olga Arefieva (Arefeva, Russian: Ольга Арефьева) (born 1966 in Verkhnyaya Salda) is a Russian singer-songwriter, poet and musician. Her poetry was described by literary critics as a combination of realism and mysticism, possibly i ...

(b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & musician *

Concepción Arenal Concepción Arenal Ponte ( Ferrol, 31 January 1820 – Vigo, 4 February 1893) was a graduate in law, thinker, journalist, poet and Galician dramatic author within the literary Realism and pioneer in Spanish feminism. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, sh ...

(1820–1893, Spain), poet, pw. & feminist *

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

(1906–1975, Germany/England), political theorist ''

The Human Condition ''The Human Condition'', first published in 1958, is Hannah Arendt's account of how "human activities" should be and have been understood throughout Western history. Arendt is interested in the ''vita activa'' (active life) as contrasted with t ...

'' * Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819–1901, United States), wr. & editor *

Héloïse d'Argenteuil Héloïse (; c. 1100–01? – 16 May 1163–64?), variously Héloïse d'ArgenteuilCharrier, Charlotte. Heloise Dans L'histoire Et Dans la Legende. Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion Quai Malaquais, VI, Paris, 1933 or Héloïse du Paraclet, wa ...

(c. 1101–1164, France), scholar & abbess in Latin * Mariana Sansón Argüello (1918–2002, Nicaragua), poet *

Pilar Benejam Arguimbau Pilar Benejam i Arguimbau (born 1937) is a Spanish geographer and pedagogue. In 1961 she graduated in teaching from the School of the Balearic Islands. In 1966 she obtained a licentiate in pedagogy, and another in history from the University of ...

(b. 1937, Spain), geographer & educator *

Xela Arias Xela Arias Castaño (1962 in Lugo – 2003 in Vigo) was a Spanish Galician-language poet and translator. She translated works by Jorge Amado, Camilo Castelo Branco, James Joyce, Fenimore Cooper and Wenceslao Fernández Flórez Wenceslao Fer ...

(1962–2003, Spain), poet in Galician *

Yemisi Aribisala Yemisi Aribisala (born 27 April 1973) is a Nigerian essayist, writer, painter, and food memoirist. She has been described as having a "fearless, witty, and unapologetic voice" Her work has been featured in ''The New Yorker'', ''Vogue magazine'', ...

(b. 1973, Nigeria), es., painter & mem. *

Meltem Arıkan Handan Meltem Arıkan (born January 7, 1968) is a Turkish novelist and playwright. Biography Arıkan was born and grew up in Ankara, Turkey. Currently she is UK based since she was persecuted by the Turkish government. The play Mi Minör is cons ...

(b. 1968, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & pw. *

Hiro Arikawa is a female Japanese light novelist from Kōchi, Japan. Biography Arikawa was born on June 9, 1972 in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. She won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for ''Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious'' i ...

(有川浩, b. 1972, Japan), nv. *

Sawako Ariyoshi Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子 ''Ariyoshi Sawako'', 20 January 1931 – 30 August 1984) was a Japanese writer, known for such works as ''The Doctor's Wife'' and ''The River Ki.'' She was known for her advocacy of social issues, such as the elde ...

(有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan), nv. *

Lesley Nneka Arimah Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 13 October 1983 in London, United Kingdom) is a Nigerian writer. She has been described as "a skillful storyteller who can render entire relationships with just a few lines of dialogue" and "a new voice with certain sta ...

(b. 1983, Nigeria), fiction wr. *

Catherine Arley Pierrette Henriette Denise Marthe Pernot (20 December 1922 – 25 July 2016), better known professionally as Catherine Arley, was a French novelist and actress. Biography After high school, Catherine Arley joined the National Conservatory of ...

(b. 1924, France), nv. *

Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé (née, de Ségur; known as the Comtesse d'Armaillé; 8 January 1830 – 7 December 1918) was a French writer, biographer, and historian. In 1887, she was a recipient of the Montyon Prize from the Académie Fran� ...

(1830–1918, France), wr., biographer & historian *

Ayşe Arman Ayşe Arman (born 9 December 1969) is a Turkish journalist and columnist of German descent. She is best known for her interviews. Arman is the author of two books, one of which is a compilation of best moments of her interviews made over the past ...

(b. 1969, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), social wr. *

Rae Armantrout Rae Armantrout (born April 13, 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the Language poets. She has published ten books of poetry and has also been featured in a number of major anthologies. Armantrout currently teaches at the Univers ...

(b. 1947, United States), wr., language poet & academic *

Concepción Cabrera de Armida Concepción Cabrera de Armida (December 8, 1862, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico – March 3, 1937, in Mexico City) was a Mexican Catholic mystic and writer. She is also referred to as ''María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida, sometimes as'' ...

(1862–1937, Mexico), wr. & mystic *

Rebecca Agatha Armour Rebecca Agatha Armour (25 October 1845 – 24 April 1891) was a Canadian teacher and novelist born in Fredericton, New Brunswick.''The Feminist Companion to Literature in English'', eds Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy (London: ...

(1845–1891, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *

Karen Armstrong Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and m ...

(b. 1944, England), wr. on religion; ''

A History of God ''A History of God'' is a book by Karen Armstrong that was published by Knopf in 1993. It details the history of the three major monotheistic traditions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, along with some details on Buddhism and Hinduism. The evol ...

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Kelley Armstrong Kelley Armstrong (born 14 December 1968)Bio for school projects Louise Armstrong Louise Armstrong (March 17, 1937 – August 10, 2008) was a published author of numerous adult and children books. A staunch feminist and activist, Armstrong had spoken widely for two decades in the United States, Canada, and England, on t ...

(1937–2008, United States), wr. & feminist *

Millicent Armstrong Millicent Sylvia Armstrong (1 May 1888 – 18 November 1973) was an Australian playwright and farmer who wrote primarily about the experiences of country life in early 20th century Australia. Early life and education Armstrong was born in Wav ...

(1888–1973, Australia), pw. & farmer * Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland), pw., poet & nv. * Bergljót Arnalds (b. 1968, Iceland), ch. wr. *

Angélique Arnaud Angélique Arnaud (1797, Gannat – 1884) was a French novelist and feminist writer. Arnaud travelled to Paris from the provinces, and involved herself in feminist circles around Henri de Saint-Simon. As well as her novels, she wrote articles and ...

(1797–1884, France), nv. & feminist wr. *

Elena Arnedo Elena Arnedo Soriano (25 November 1941 – 7 September 2015) was a Spanish gynecologist, writer, and women's rights activist. Biography The daughter of feminist writer Elena Soriano, Arnedo was born in Madrid. Arnedo was the cousin of Leopoldo ...

(1941–2015, Spain), non-f. wr. & activist *

Bettina von Arnim Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 178520 January 1859), born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist. Bettina (or Bettine) Brentano was a writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual art ...

(1785–1859, Germany), wr. & nv. *

Elizabeth von Arnim Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess v ...

(1866–1941, Australia/England), nv. wr. * Elizabeth Arnold (b. 1958, United States), poet *

Sarah Louise Arnold Sarah Louise Arnold (February 15, 1859 – February 26, 1943) was an American educator, author, and suffragist. She was better known in the schoolroom and among teachers than any other woman connected with education in her day. In 1902, she became ...

(1859–1943, United States), textbook wr. *

Joanne Arnott Joanne Arnott (born 16 December 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian writer. She has conducted writing workshops across much of Canada and in Australia, including a series at the Carnegie Centre, sponsored by SFU, and has written for the Lite ...

(b. 1960, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. in

Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...

Harriette Arnow Harriette Simpson Arnow (July 7, 1908 – March 22, 1986) was an American novelist and historian, who lived in Kentucky and Michigan. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but she herself loved citie ...

(1908–1986, United States), nv. *

Franciszka Arnsztajnowa Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (; in full: ''Franciszka Hanna Arnsztajnowa''; 19 February 1865 – August 1942) was a Polish poet, playwright, and translator of Jewish descent.So ''Słownik biograficzny miasta Lublina'' (see Bibliography). Much of her ...

(1865–1942, Poland), poet, pw. & translator * Tuuve Aro (b. 1973, Finland), fiction wr. & film critic *

Geraldine Aron Geraldine Aron (born 1951) is an Irish playwright. She was born in Galway, Ireland, has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and now lives in London. Aron's first play ''Bar and Ger'' was performed at the Space Theatre in Cape Town in ...

(b. 1951, Ireland), pw. *

Stina Aronson Stina Aronson (1892–1956) was a Swedish writer. Considered a modernist, she gained fame with her novel ''Hitom himlen'' (This Side of Heaven) (1946) in which she portrayed women farmers in the north of Sweden. Bibliography * ''En bok om goda ...

(1892–1956, Sweden), fiction wr. * Jyoti Arora (b. 1977, India), fiction wr. *

Rosa Maria Arquimbau Rosa Maria Arquimbau i Cardil (pen name, Rosa de Sant Jordi; 27th March,1909 – 28th February, 1992) was a Catalan writer, journalist, feminist, and suffragist. Together with Maria Teresa Vernet i Real, Carme Montoriol i Puig, Anna Murià, E ...

(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 Celinda Arregui de Rodicio (July 25, 1864April 1941) was a Chilean feminist politician, writer, teacher and suffrage activist best known for her work in favor of the rights of women in the political, social and civil spheres in Chile.Gaviola Artiga ...

(1864–1941, Chile), feminist wr. *

Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 19 May 1944) is a contemporary Paraguayan poet and novelist. She is Secretary General of the Board of Governors of the twenty-member Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española. Her novel ''Los nudos del silencio' ...

(b. 1944, Paraguay), poet & nv. *

Mary Arrigan Mary Arrigan (born 15 February 1943) is an Irish people, Irish illustrator, artist and novelist, focusing on children's books. Life Arrigan was born Mary Nolan in Newbridge, County Kildare on 5 February 1943 to Brendan Nolan and Marian Maher. ...

(b. 1943, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator *

Pat Arrowsmith Pat Arrowsmith (born 2 March 1930) has been a prolific English author and peace campaigner. She was a co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1957. Early life Arrowsmith was born into a clerical family in Leamington Spa as the youn ...

(b. 1930, England), nv. & politician *

Suzanne Arruda Suzanne Arruda is the author of the Jade del Cameron mystery series, which follows the protagonist through her adventures on safari in Africa. She has also written some children's and young adult titles as well as writing for newspapers and magaz ...

(living, United States), mystery nv. *

Eustahija Arsić Eustahija Arsić ( sr-cyr, Еустахија Арсић; 14 March 1776, in Irig, Serbia, Irig – 17 February 1843, in Arad, Romania, Arad) was a Serbian writer, translator, and salonist. She was the first female member of Matica srpska and cont ...

(1776–1843, Serbia), wr. *

Antonia Arslan Antonia Arslan ( hy, Անտոնիա Արսլան, born 1938) is an Italian writer and academic of Armenian origin. Biography Arslan was born in Padua in 1938 to Michele Arslan and Vittoria Marchiori. Her paternal grandfather Yerwant Arslanian w ...

(b. 1938, Italy), critic & nv. * Tita Kovač Artemis (1930–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), biographer & chemist *

Keri Arthur Keri Arthur (born 4 December 1967) is a writer of fantasy, horror fiction, and romance novels from Melbourne, Australia. She began writing at the age of twelve and has finished twenty-six novels as of July 2012. Her books have received many nomi ...

(b. 1967, Australia), nv. * Portia Arthur (b. 1990, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & educator *

Inga Arvad Inga Marie Arvad Petersen (6 October 1913 – 12 December 1973) was a Danish-American journalist who was a guest of Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Summer Olympics and also had a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy in 1941 and 1942. The juxta ...

(1913–1973, Denmark/United States), col. *

Akram Monfared Arya Akram Monfared Arya is an Iranian-born Swedish aircraft pilot, the second woman to earn a pilot's license to fly aircraft in Iran, after Princess Fatemeh Pahlavi. She is a writer, artist and politician based in Stockholm, Sweden. However, the fir ...

(b. 1946, Iran/Persia/Sweden), social wr. *

Mariko Asabuki is a Japanese writer. Her novels have won the Akutagawa Prize and the Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize, and she was named one of Vogue Japan's 2011 Women of the Year. Early life Asabuki was born in 1984 in Tokyo, Japan, into a literary family that ...

(朝吹真理子, b. 1984, Japan), nv. & es. *

Yū Asagiri , better known by the pen name Yū Asagiri ( or ''Asagiri Yū''), was a female Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. She made her professional manga debut in 1976. Asagiri received the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for ''Nanairo Magic' ...

(朝霧夕, 1956–2018, Japan), manga creator *

Makate Asai is a Japanese writer of historical fiction. She has won the Naoki Prize and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and two of her novels have been adapted for television by NHK. Early life and education Asai was born in 1959 in Habikino, Osaka, Japan. Af ...

(朝井まかて, b. 1959, Japan), nv. *

George Asakura is a Japanese manga artist. She took her pen name from one of the title characters in ''Gatchaman'' and made her debut in 1995 with ''Punky Cake Junkie'', which was published in the magazine ''Bessatsu Friend DX Juliet''. She is best known for ' ...

(ジョージ朝倉, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator *

Amma Asante Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received ...

(b. 1969, England), filmmaker & screenwriter *

Devorà Ascarelli Devorà Ascarelli was a 16th-century Italian poet living in Rome, Italy. Ascarelli may have been the first Jews, Jewish woman to have a book of her own work published. Biography Little is known about Devorà Ascarelli, and some of what is known ...

(fl. 16th century, Italy), poet *

Duygu Asena Duygu Asena (19 April 1946 – 30 July 2006) was a Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist for women's rights. Biography She was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Nihal and Muhtar Asena. His father was in the sesame business. His g ...

(1946–2006, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), non-f. wr. *

Julia de Asensi Julia de Asensi (4 May 1859 – 7 November 1921) was a Spanish journalist, translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language d ...

(1859–1921, Spain), fiction & ch. wr. *

Matilde Asensi Matilde Asensi Carratalá (born 1962) is a Spanish journalist and writer, specialised mainly in historical novels. Biography Asensi was born at Alicante. She studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and she later worked fo ...

(b. 1962), nv. * Ranjana Ash (1924–2015, India/England), wr., critic & academic *

Helen Asher Helen Asher (also known as Helen Ulrich, 1927 – 19 October 2001) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Biography Born Waltraud Helene Rosalie Ulrich, Asher migrated to Australia from Germany as a post-World War II refugee. Asher ...

(1927 – c. 2004, Australia), nv. *

Daisy Ashford Margaret Mary Julia Devlin (née Ashford; 3 April 1881 – 15 January 1972), known as Daisy Ashford, was an English writer who is most famous for writing ''The Young Visiters'', a novella concerning the upper class society of late 19th century ...

(1881–1972, England), child wr.; ''

The Young Visiters ''The Young Visiters'' or ''Mister Salteena's Plan'' is a 1919 novel by English writer Daisy Ashford (1881–1972). She wrote it when she was nine years old and part of its appeal lies in its juvenile innocence, and its unconventional grammar an ...

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Hinako Ashihara is a Japanese manga artist. She wrote and illustrated various manga series, including, ''Homemade Home'', ''Forbidden Dance'', ''Sand Chronicles'', '' Piece: Kanojo no Kioku'', ''Tennen Bitter Chocolate'', ''SOS'', and ''Chouchou Kumo''. Ashiha ...

(芦原妃名子, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator * Ashitha (1956–2019, India), fiction wr. & poet *

Melissa Ashley Melissa Ashley (born 1973) is an Australian novelist. In the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards, her novel ''The Birdman's Wife'' won the University of Queensland Fiction Book Award. It also received the Australian Booksellers Association Nielsen Bo ...

(b. 1973, Australia), nv. *

Anastasia Ashman Anastasia M. Ashman (born August 8, 1964) is an American author, a digital strategist, and co-founder of global personal branding startup GlobalNiche.net. Background Ashman was born in 1964 in Berkeley, California. She graduated from Berkeley ...

(b. 1964, United States), wr. & producer * Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England), nv. *

Sylvia Ashton-Warner Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner (17 December 1908 – 28 April 1984) was a New Zealand novelist, non-fiction writer, poet, pianist and world figure in the teaching of children. Her ideas for a child-based or organic approach to the teaching of ...

(1908–1984, New Zealand), nv., poet & educator *

Sara Ashurbeyli Sara Ashurbeyli, sometimes known as Sara Ashurbayli ( az, Sara Balabəy qızı Aşurbəyli), (27 January 1906 – 17 July 2001 in Baku) was an eminent Azerbaijani historian, orientalist and scholar. She was an expert in the early and medieval hist ...

(1906–2001, Azerbaijan), historian & orientalist *

Anne Askew Anne Askew (sometimes spelled Ayscough or Ascue) married name Anne Kyme, (152116 July 1546) was an English writer, poet, and Anabaptist preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She and Margaret Chey ...

(1520/1521–1546, England), poet & martyr *

Sekar Ayu Asmara Sekar Ayu Asmara is an Indonesian songwriter, director, and author. Biography Asmara was born in Jakarta to a diplomat and his wife. She accompanied her father to foreign countries when he received an assignment. While overseas with her family, sh ...

(living, Indonesia), screenwriter *

Nana Asma'u Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana (c ...

(1793–1864, Nigeria), poet & princess *

Izumi Aso is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist known for her ''Hikari no Densetsu'' series. Biography Izumi Aso at an early age was a very active young woman who enjoyed drawing. In her late teens she decided that she was going to become a manga artist ...

(麻生いずみ, b. 1960, manga creator * Isa Asp (1853–1872, Finland), poet *

Aspazija Aspazija was the pen name of Elza Johanna Emilija Lizete Pliekšāne (née Elza Rozenberga; 16 March 1865 – 5 November 1943), a Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia. Biography Aspazija was born ...

(1865–1943, Russia/Latvia), poet & pw. *

Asphyxia Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects primarily the tissues and organs. There are many circumstances that can i ...

(living, Australia), ch. wr. & puppeteer *

Marie Aspioti Maria-Aspasia (Marie) Aspioti ( el, Μαρία-Ασπασία Ασπιώτη; 29 September 1909 – 25 May 2000), was a distinguished Corfiote writer, playwright, poet, magazine publisher and cultural figure who influenced the literary and cultur ...

(1909–2000, Gk), wr. & poet * Ruth Aspöck (b. 1947, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & poet *

Cynthia Asquith Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris; 27 September 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an English writer and socialite, known for her ghost stories and diaries.Richard Dalby, ''The Virago Book of Ghost Stories''.Virago, London, , 1987 (p. 23 ...

(1887–1960, England), nv. & diarist * Ros Asquith (living, England), cartoonist, ch. wr. & illustrator *

Margot Asquith Emma Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (' Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite, author. She was married to H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1894 ...

(1864–1945, England), wr. *

Mina Assadi Mina Assadi ( fa, مینا اسدی; born March 12, 1943) is an Iranian-born poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden. Author She is known for writing about controversial and provocative subjects, especiall ...

(b. 1943, Iran/Persia), poet, wr. & songwriter *

Ludmilla Assing Rosa Ludmilla Assing (22 February 1821 in Hamburg – 25 March 1880 in Florence) was a German writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms ''Achim Lothar'' and ''Talora''. Life Ludmilla Assing was the second daughter of author Rosa Maria Varn ...

(1821–1880, Germany/Italy), editor & biographer * Leilah Assunção (b. 1943, Brazil), wr. & pw. *

Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi Bibi Khānoom Astarābādi ( fa, بی بی خانم استرآبادی)‎ (1858/9 – 1921) was a notable Iranian writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures in the women's movement of Iran. Biography Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi was born ...

(1858/1859–1921, Iran/Persia), wr. & satirist *

Judith Astelarra Judith Astelarra Bonomi (born 1943) is an Argentine sociologist based in Spain where she has specialized in gender studies. In Chile, she contributed to work on agricultural reform in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural ...

(b. 1943, Argentina/Spain), sociologist *

Mary Astell Mary Astell (12 November 1666 – 11 May 1731) was an English protofeminist writer, philosopher, and rhetorician. Her advocacy of equal educational opportunities for women has earned her the title "the first English feminist."Batchelor, Jennie ...

(1666–1731, England), feminist wr. & rhetorician *

Thea Astley Thea Beatrice May Astley (25 August 1925 – 17 August 2004) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin ...

(1925–2004, Australia), fiction wr. & poet *

Tilly Aston Matilda Ann Aston (11 December 1873 – 1 November 1947), better known as Tilly Aston, was a blind Australian writer and teacher, who founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers, and later went on to establish the Association for the ...

(1873–1947, Australia), blind poet & prose wr. * Elisa Hall de Asturias (1900–1982, Guatemala), nv. & biographer *

Cassandra Atherton Cassandra Atherton is an Australian prose-poet, critic, and scholar. She is an expert on prose poetry, contemporary public intellectuals in academia, and poets as public intellectuals, especially hibakusha poets. She is married to historian Glen ...

(living, Australia), prose-poet & academic *

Gertrude Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American author. Paterson, Isabel, "Gertrude Atherton: A Personality" The Bookman'', New York, February 1924, (pgs. 632-636) Many of her novels are set in her home sta ...

(1857–1948, United States), wr. *

Diana Athill Diana Athill (21 December 1917 – 23 January 2019) was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd. Early life ...

(1917–2019, England), editor, nv. & mem. * Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942, United States), wr., col. & teacher *

Louisa Atkinson Caroline Louisa Waring Calvert (; 25 February 1834 – 28 April 1872) was an early Australian writer, botanist and illustrator. While she was well known for her fiction during her lifetime, her long-term significance rests on her botanical work ...

(1834–1872, Australia), nv., botanist & illustrator *

Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson may refer to: * Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress * Kate Atkinson (writer) Kate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She is known for creating the Jac ...

(b. 1951, England), nv. *

M. E. Atkinson Mary Evelyn Frankau, née Atkinson (20 June 1899 in London – 20 July 1974), writing as M. E. Atkinson, was a prolific English children’s writer. She was best known for her series on the Lockett family Series - children's adventure stories ...

(1899–1974, Mary Evelyn Atkinson, England), ch. nv. *

Sarah Atkinson Sarah (née Gaynor) Atkinson (23 October 1823 – 8 July 1893) was an Irish writer, biographer, essayist and philanthropist. Biography She was the eldest daughter of John and Anne Gaynor, of Athlone, County Roscommon. At the age of fifteen she mo ...

(1823–1893, Ireland), biographer & es. *

Tiffany Atkinson Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972) is a British academic and award-winning poet. In 1993, she moved to Wales, where after completing her studies in Cardiff, she became a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. In 2014, she ...

(b. 1972, England/Wales), poet & academic *

Sefi Atta Sefi Atta (born January 1964) is a Nigerian-American novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her books have been translated into many languages, radio plays have been broadcast by the BBC, and her stage plays have been performe ...

(b. 1964, Nigeria), wr. & pw. *

Ayesha Harruna Attah Ayesha Harruna Attah (born December 1983) is a Ghanaian-born fiction writer. She lives in Senegal. Early years and education Ayesha Harruna Attah was born in Accra, Ghana, in the 1980s, under a military government, to a mother who was a journali ...

(b. 1983, Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr. *

Karen Attard Karen Attard (born 1958) is an Australian writer of fantasy and short fiction. Biography Attard's first work to be published was in 1975 with a poem published by Meuse Press, entitled ''Like an Omen''. In 1995 she published a poetry collection ...

(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 Amelia Holt Atwater-Rhodes (born April 16, 1984), known professionally as Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, is an American author of fantasy and young adult literature and a Language Arts/Literature teacher at Learning Prep School in West Newton, MA. She wa ...

(b. 1984, United States), nv. *

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...

(b. 1939, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet & critic * Madeleine de l'Aubépine (1546–1596, France), poet *

Penelope Aubin Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – 1738?) was an English novelist, poet, and translator. She published seven novels between 1721 and 1728. Aubin published poetry in 1707 and turned to novels in 1721; she translated French works in the 1720s, spoke publ ...

(c. 1679 – c. 1731, England), nv. & translator *

Gwenaëlle Aubry Gwenaëlle Aubry (born 2 April 1971) is a French novelist and philosopher. Biography After two years of preparatory classes at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris, Aubry began her studies at the École Normale Supérieure in 1989 at the age of eight ...

(b. 1971, France), nv. & philosopher *

Dorothy Auchterlonie Dorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green) (28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet. Life Auchterlonie was born in Sunderland, County Durham in England. In 1927 when s ...

(1915–1991, England/Australia), academic, critic & poet *

Aude Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Ca ...

(1947–2012, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *

Ashley Audrain Ashley Audrain (born 1982) is a Canadian writer. During a July 2019 interview with the ''Toronto Star'' Audrain described her debut novel, '' The Push'', as a ''"psychological drama told through the lens of motherhood."'' The story is about a wo ...

(b. 1982, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *

Colette Audry Colette Audry (6 July 1906 – 20 October 1990) was a French novelist, screenwriter, and critic. Audry was born in Orange, Vaucluse. She won the Prix Médicis for the autobiographical novel Derrière la baignoire (Behind the Bathtub). As a screen ...

(1906–1990, France), nv., screenwriter & critic *

Jean M. Auel Jean Marie Auel (; ; born February 18, 1936) is an American writer who wrote the '' Earth's Children'' books, a series of novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores human activities during this time, and touches on the interactions of Cro-Mag ...

(b. 1936, United States), nv. *

Anita Augspurg Anita Theodora Johanna Sophie Augspurg (22 September 1857 – 20 December 1943) was a German jurist, actress, writer, activist of the radical feminist movement and a pacifist. Biography Augspurg was born the youngest daughter of the lawyer Wi ...

(1857–1943, Germany/Switzerland), wr. and activist *

Elisabeth Augustin Elisabeth Augustin (13 June 1903 – 14 December 2001) was a German-Dutch writer. The daughter of Eduard Joseph Glaser, a Roman Catholic, and Ella Cohn, a Jew, she was born Elisabeth Theresia Glaser in Friedenau, a suburb of Berlin, and grew u ...

(1903–2001, Germany/Netherlands), poet & fiction wr. in German & Dutch * Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda), fiction wr. & poet *

Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651 – 14 January 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales. When she termed her works ''contes de fées'' (fairy tales), sh ...

(c. 1650s – 1705, France), fairy-tale wr. * Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal), poet, nv. & ch. wr. *

Rose Ausländer Rose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian E ...

(1901–1988, Bukovina), poet in German & English *

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

(1775–1817, England), nv.; ''

Pride & Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

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Mary Austin Mary Austin may refer to: * Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934), American writer of fiction and non-fiction * Mary V. Austin (1900–1986), Australian community worker and political activist * Mary Brown Austin (1768–1824), mother of Texan pioneer S ...

(1868–1934, United States), wr. * Sarah Austin (1793–1867, England), translator * Violeta Autumn (1930–2012, Peru/United States), architect & cookery wr. *

Auvaiyar Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was the title of more than one female poet who were active during different periods of Tamil literature. They were some of the most famous and important female poets of the Tamil canon. Abidhana Chinta ...

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Tamil literature Tamil literature has a rich and long literary tradition spanning more than two thousand years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even longer period of evolution. Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from T ...

* Frau Ava (c. 1060–1127, Germany), first female wr. in German * Yekaterina Avdeyeva (1788–1865, Russia), domestic wr. *

Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda Gertrudis is a feminine given name. People with that name include: *Gertrudis Bocanegra (1765–1817), who fought in the Mexican War of Independence * Gertrudis de la Fuente (1921–2017), Spanish biochemist *Gertrudis Echenique (1849–1928), Firs ...

(1814–1873, Curaçao), nv., pw. & poet * Yevprime Avedisian (1872–1950), Armenian poet, sort story writer and autobiographer * Christine Aventin (b. 1971, Belgium), nv. & wr. in French *

Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery Catharine H. T. Avery (, Tilden; December 13, 1844 - December 22, 1911) was an American author, editor, and educator of the long nineteenth century. Of Revolutionary ancestry and hailing from Michigan, she was founder and regent of the Western Rese ...

(1844–1911, United States), wr., editor & educator *

Victoria Aveyard Victoria Aveyard (born July 27, 1990) is an American writer of young adult and fantasy fiction and screenplays. She is known for her fantasy novel '' Red Queen''. Aveyard wrote the novel a year after graduating from University of Southern Califor ...

(b. 1990, United States), YA fantasy wr. *

Tusiata Avia Donna Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. Background Avia was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father is Samoan and her mother is Palagi (New Zealand European). Avia graduated from the Unive ...

(b. 1966, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr. * Boni Avibus (b. 2002, Indonesia), pw., poet & actor *

Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz ( he, ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ; October 8, 1909 – March 20, 1998) was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children's literature. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, in 1909, she arrived i ...

(1909–1998, Lithuania/Israel), ch. wr. & educator *

Bunty Avieson Carolyn "Bunty" Avieson is an Australian journalist, feature writer, novelist and academic. Career Avieson has a PhD and a Master of Philosophy from Macquarie University, as well as an Associate Diploma of Journalism from RMIT University. I ...

(living, Australia), col. & nv. * Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984, Lithuania/United States), col. & diplomat *

Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávila, OCD (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada; 28 March 15154 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during th ...

(1515–1582, Spain), nun & mystic *

Margaret Avison Margaret Avison, (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.Michael Gnarowski,Avison, Margaret" ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig ...

(1918–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, editor & speaker *

Smilja Avramov Smilja Avramov ( sr-Cyrl, Смиља Аврамов; 15 February 1918 – 2 October 2018) was a Serbian academician, legal scholar, social activist and educator in international law. She was a member of the Senate of Republika Srpska from 199 ...

(1918–2018, Serbia), non-f. wr. *

Mona Awad Mona Awad is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer.music.html"_;"title="music.html"_;"title="nowiki/>music">nowiki/>music">music.html"_;"title="nowiki/>music">nowiki/>musicplaylist.html" ;"title="music">nowiki/>music.html" ;"title="music.htm ...

(b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (born 1949) is a New Zealand academic specialising in Māori cultural issues and a lesbian activist. In 1972, she was famously denied a visa to visit the United States on the basis of her sexuality. Biography Te Awekotuk ...

(b. 1949, New Zealand), academic * Diane Awerbuck (b. 1974, South Africa), fiction wr. in English * Marilou Awiakta (b. 1936, United States), wr. in Cherokee * Suzanne Axell (b. 1955, Sweden), medical wr. & TV presenter *

Celine Axelos Celine Axelos (née Tasso; 1902–1992) was an Egyptian poet, public speaker, and woman of letters. Her older brother, René Tasso (1897–1920), was also a poet of distinction who, however, died at the young age of twenty-two from tuberculosis. ...

(1902–1992, Egypt), poet & speaker *

Majgull Axelsson Majgull Axelsson (born 1947 in Landskrona) is a Swedish journalist and writer. She grew up in Nässjö and completed her education in journalism. Life and career Her first book was non-fiction, and focused on the problems of child prostituti ...

(b. 1947, Sweden), col. & nv. * Ángeles López de Ayala (1858–1926, Spain), pw & activist *

Cristina Ayala Maria Cristina Fragas (July 24, 1856 – April 20, 1936), known by her pen name, Cristina Ayala, was an Afro-Cuban writer and poet. Biography The daughter of a Creole mother who was enslaved and an unknown father, she was born free in Güi ...

(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 May Ayim (3 May 1960 in Hamburg – 9 August 1996 in Berlin) is the pen name of May Opitz (born Sylvia Andler); she was an Afro-German poet, educator, and activist. The child of a German student and Ghanaian medical student, she was adopted by a w ...

(1960–1996, Germany), poet * Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984, Spain), poet * Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria), poet & pw. *

Susanne Ayoub Susanne Ayoub (born 1956 in Baghdad) is an Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker. She is known primarily for her crime novels, such as '' Engelsgift'' (2004), published by Hoffmann und Campe in Hamburg, which became an international succ ...

(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 Samiha Ayverdi (25 November 1905 – 22 March 1993) was a Turkish writer and Sufi mystic. Biography Samiha Ayverdi was born in İstanbul to Fatma Meliha Hanim and İsmail Hakkı Bey, an Ottoman military official. She studied at Süleymaniye ...

(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 Azalais de Porcairagues (also ''Azalaïs'') or Alasais de Porcaragues was a trobairitz (woman troubadour), composing in Occitan in the late 12th century. The sole source for her life is her ''vida'', which tells us that she came from the country ...

(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 Margarita Azurdia (born April 17, 1931, in Antigua, Guatemala, died July 1, 1998, in Guatemala City, Guatemala), who also worked under the pseudonyms Margot Fanjul, Margarita Rita Rica Dinamita, and Anastasia Margarita, was a feminist Guatemalan sc ...

(1931–1998, Guatemala), poet & painter *

Samira Azzam Samira Azzam (13 September 1927 – 8 August 1967) was a Palestinian writer, broadcaster, and translator known for her collections of short stories. In 1948, Azzam fled Palestine with her husband and family in the Nakba. Her collections of stori ...

(1927–1967, Palestine/Lebanon), fiction wr. *

Trezza Azzopardi Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961) is a Welsh writer, who has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other literary prizes. Early life Azzopardi was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She studied creative writing ...

(b. 1961, Wales), fiction wr. & broadcaster

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Mariama Bâ Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim. Her frustration with the fate ...

(1929–1981, Senegal), nv. *

Sahar Baassiri Sahar Baassiri (also spelled Baasiri) ( ar, سحر بعاصيري) is currently Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to UNESCO in Paris. Prior to her move into diplomacy she was a trailblazing Lebanese people, Lebanese journalist. Ms. ...

(living, Lebanon), political wr. & col. * Mozhgan Babamarandi (living, Iran/Persia), ch. & YA wr. *

Alaviyya Babayeva Alaviyya Babayeva Hanifa Kizi (12 August 1921 – 23 September 2014) was a prose author, translator of contemporary Russian literature, and publicist. Early life and education Babayeva graduated from Baku State University. She began writing in 19 ...

(1921–2014, Soviet Union/Azerbaijan), prose wr. & publicist *

Natalie Babbitt Natalie Zane Babbitt (née Moore; July 28, 1932 – October 31, 2016) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel '' Tuck Everlasting'' was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received th ...

(1932–2016, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator *

Gabriela Babnik Gabriela Babnik (born 1979) is a Slovene writer, literary critic and translator. She has published three novels and her journalistic literary and film criticism regularly appears in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia. Babnik was bor ...

(b. 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & critic *

Yvonne Baby Yvonne Baby (18 August 1931 – 3 August 2022) was a French journalist, novelist, and critic. Life and career Yvonne was the daughter of historian and political activist and Ruta Assia, and the stepdaughter of writer and film historian Georges ...

(1931–2022, France), journalist, nv. & critic *

Elena Bacaloglu Elena A. Bacaloglu, also known as Bakaloglu, Bacaloglu-Densusianu, Bacaloglu-Densușeanu etc. ( Francized ''Hélène Bacaloglu''; December 19, 1878 – 1947 or 1949), was a Romanian journalist, literary critic, novelist and fascist militant. Her ...

(1878–1947/1949, Romania/Italy), novelist & politician * Ida Baccini (1850–1911, Italy), ch. wr. *

Ingrid Bachér Ingrid Bachér (pen name for Ingrid Erben, born 24 September 1930 as Ingrid Schwarze in Rostock) is a German writer, a former member of the Gruppe 47 and former president of the PEN Germany. Biography Ingrid Bachér is a great-granddaughter ...

(b. 1930, Germany), pw. & screenwriter *

Yamina Bachir Yamina Bachir (20 March 1954 – 3 April 2022) was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Rachida'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. According to Roy Armes, ''Rachida'' is 'the fi ...

(1954–2022, Algeria), screenwriter & film director * Maria Baciu (b. 1942, Romania), poet, novelist & ch. wr. *

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. Biography Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of Olga (née Haas) and Matthias Bachmann, a schoolteacher. Her fa ...

(1926–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, pw. & nv. * Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia), nv., scriptwriter & pw. *

Delia Bacon Delia Salter Bacon (February 2, 1811 – September 2, 1859) was an American writer of plays and short stories and Shakespeare scholar. She is best known for her work on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, which she attributed to social reformer ...

(1811–1859, United States), pw. & fiction wr. *

Anita Rau Badami Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent. Born in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family, she was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia Polytechnic in Bombay. She e ...

(b. 1961, India/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *

Charlotte Baden Charlotte Baden (21 November 1740 – 6 June 1824) was a Danish writer, feminist and letter-writer. Sophia Lovisa Charlotte Baden was the daughter of major Gustav Ludvig von Klenau (1703–72) and Bolette Cathrine From (1696-1788). She was b ...

(1740–1824, Denmark), wr. & correspondent *

Gabeba Baderoon Gabeba Baderoon (born 21 February 1969) is a South African poet and academic. She is the 2005 recipient of the Daimler Chrysler Award for South African Poetry. She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, and Pennsylvania, US, and serves as ...

(b. 1969, South Africa), poet in English *

Van Badham Vanessa "Van" Badham (born 1974) is an Australian writer and activist. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies. She is a regular columnist for the '' Guardian Australia'' website. Early life Badham was born in Sydney in 1974. ...

(b. 1974, Australia), pw. & nv. *

Yaba Badoe Yaba Badoe (born 1955) is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author. Career Yaba Badoe was born in Tamale, northern Ghana. She left Ghana to be educated in Britain at a very young age.Beti Ellerson"A Conversation with Y ...

(b. 1955, Ghana/Gold Coast/England), nv. & filmmaker *

Liana Badr Liana Badr (born 1950 in Jerusalem) is a Palestinian novelist, and short story writer. Life Badr is a novelist, story writer, journalist, poet and cinema director. She was raised in Jericho. She studied at the University of Jordan and graduated ...

(b. 1950, Palestine), fiction wr. *

Bertha Badt-Strauss Bertha Badt-Strauss (7 December 1885 – 20 February 1970) was a German writer and Zionist. She wrote for numerous Jewish publications in Berlin and the United States, and edited and translated the works of many other writers. Biography Bertha Bad ...

(1885–1970, Germany/United States), Zionist & biographer *

Bae Suah Bae Suah (born 1965) is a South Korean author and translator. Life Bae graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in chemistry. At the time of her debut in 1993, she was a government employee working behind the embarkation/disembar ...

(배수아, b. 1965, Korea), fiction wr. & poet *

Emma Baeri Emma Baeri (born July 11, 1942) is a Sicilian feminist historian and essayist. She has played an active role in organizing feminist political action and literary life in Italy along with her academic career. Biography Emma Baeri was born in Paler ...

(b. 1942, Italy), historian & es. *

Jasodhara Bagchi Jasodhara Bagchi (born 1937 in Kolkata – 9 January 2015) was a leading Indian feminist professor, author, critic and activist. She was the founder and director of the School of Women's Studies at Jadavpur University. Her books include ''Loved ...

(1937–2015, India), critic & activist *

Enid Bagnold Enid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones, (27 October 1889 – 31 March 1981) was a British writer and playwright known for the 1935 story ''National Velvet''. Early life Enid Algerine Bagnold was born on 27 October 1889 in Rochester, Kent, daught ...

(1889–1981, England), wr. & pw. * Anna Bagriana (b. 1981, Ukraine), nv., poet & pw. *

Elisaveta Bagryana Elisaveta Bagryana ( bg, Елисавета Багряна) (16 April, 1893 – 23 March, 1991), born Elisaveta Lyubomirova Belcheva ( bg, Елисавета Любомирова Белчева, links=no), was a Bulgarian poet who wrote her fi ...

(1893–1991, Bulgaria), poet *

Annette Baier Annette Claire Baier (née Stoop; 11 October 1929 – 2 November 2012) was a New Zealand philosopher and Hume scholar, focused in particular on Hume's moral psychology. She was well known also for her contributions to feminist philosophy and to ...

(1929–2012, New Zealand), philosopher * Maria Baiulescu (1860–1941, Romania), encyclopedist & pw. *

Joanna Baillie Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as ''Plays on the Passions'' (three volumes, 1798–1812) and ''Fugitive Verses'' (1840). Her work shows an interest in moral philoso ...

(1762–1851, Scotland), poet & pw. *

Alice Bailey Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 – December 15, 1949) was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects, and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. Bailey was born as Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchest ...

(1880–1949, England), mystic * Amy Bailey (1895–1990, Jamaica), social col. *

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (August 8, 1863September 22, 1948) was an American ornithologist, birdwatcher, and nature writer. Between 1890 and 1939, she published a series of field guides on North American bird life. These guides were often w ...

(1863–1948, United States), ornithologist *

Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey Margaret L. Bailey (, Shands; December 12, 1812 – 1888) was an American anti-slavery writer, poet, lyricist, as well as newspaper editor and publisher. She served as editor of ''The Youth's Monthly Visitor'', a children's magazine, and as the pu ...

(1812–1888, United States), wr., editor, publisher, poet, lyricist * Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/United States), non-f. wr., elocutionist, teacher *

Rosa Bailly Rosa Bailly (14 March 1890 – 14 June 1976), known also as Rosa Dufour-Bailly and Aimée Dufour was a French teacher, journalist and writer closely tied throughout her professional life to the cause of Poland and its literature. She was also a p ...

(1890–1976, France), academic & activist *

Beryl Bainbridge Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. Bainbridge won the ...

(1932–2010, England), nv. *

Doreen Baingana Doreen Baingana (born 1966) is a Ugandan writer and literary arts manager. Her short story collection, ''Tropical Fish,'' won the Grace Paley Award for Short Fiction in 2003 and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book, Africa Region ...

(b. 1966, Uganda), fiction wr. *

Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970)
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Fatima Surayya Bajia Fatima Surayya Bajia (; 1 September 1930 – 10 February 2016) was an Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer from Pakistan. She was awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works. ...

(1930–2016, India/Pakistan), pw. & nv. * Lidia Bajkowska (b. 1966, Poland), educator & nv. *

Latifa Baka Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories. Salim Jay, ''Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains'', Casablanca: Eddif, 2005, pp. 58-59 Publications ;Novel *''De Depuis ce temps-là'', Ministère de la culture, Rabat ...

(b. 1964, Morocco), fiction wr. * Deb Baker (b. 1953, United States), mystery wr. * Dorothy Baker (1907–1968, United States), nv. *

Hinemoana Baker Hinemoana Baker (born 1968) is a New Zealand poet, musician and recording artist, teacher of creative writing and broadcaster. Biography Baker was born in Christchurch in 1968 and grew up in Whakatane and Nelson, and descends from the Ngā ...

(b. 1968, New Zealand), poet & educator *

Louisa Alice Baker Louisa Alice Baker (pen names, Mrs. Louis Alien Baker, Louisa Alien Baker, and Alien; 13 January 1856 – 22 March 1926) was an English-born New Zealand journalist and novelist. Early years Louisa Alice Dawson was born in Aston, Warwickshir ...

(1856–1926, England/New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr. *

Khnata bent Bakkar Lalla Khanatha bint Bakkar () also known as Hinata binti Bakar al-Gul (1668–1754), was one of the four wives of Sultan Moulay Ismail (r. 1672–1727), and acted as his de facto First Minister and Secretary. After his death, she remained active ...

(d. 1754, Morocco), ruler & social analyst * Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, South Africa), fiction wr. in Afrikaans * Albena Bakratcheva (b. 1961, Bulgaria), transcendentalist *

Asma El Bakry Asma El Bakry (28 October 1947 – 5 January 2015) (something written as Asmaa El-Bakri and other variations) was an Egyptian film director, author and illustrator. She was born in Cairo, moving to Alexandria as a young girl with her mother and br ...

(1947–2015, Egypt), wr. & film director *

Layla Balabakki Layla Balabakki (also Leila/Laila/ Baalbaki/Baalbakki/Balabaki, ar, ليلى بعلبكي) is a Lebanese novelist, journalist, activist, and feminist. Among her most notable works is '' Ana Ahya (I Live)'' (1958) which tells the story of a woman' ...

(b. 1936), nv. & activist * Bettina Balàka (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr., poet & pw. * Margaret Balderson (b. 1935, Australia), ch. wr. *

Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir is an Icelandic writer born on 21 January 1949 in Hafnarfjörður. Background She received her degree in 1991 from the University of Iceland in the fields of German and Icelandic. Writing Her first novel ''T ...

(b. 1949, Iceland), nv. *

Faith Baldwin Faith Baldwin (October 1, 1893 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer of Romance novel, romance novels and other forms of fiction,

(1893–1978, United States), fiction wr. * Rowena Bali (b. 1977, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet * Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007, Lithuania), poet & painter *

Rabia Balkhi Rabia Balkhi, also known as Rabia al-Quzdari (or Khuzdari) was a 10th-century writer who composed poetry in Persian and Arabic. She is the first known female poet to write in Persian. A non- mystic poet, her imagery was later transformed into t ...

(10th century, Iran/Persia), poet *

Zsófia Balla Zsófia Balla (born 15 January 1949) is a Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist. She is considered to be one of the most prominent female poets in Hungary. Biography Balla was born in the Romanian city of Cluj to ethnic Hungarian parents. Her ...

(b. 1949, Romania/Hungary), poet & es. *

Philippa Ballantine Philippa Ballantine (born 8 August 1971), who also used the pen name Pip Ballantine, is a contemporary New Zealand author of speculative fiction and an avid podcaster. She now lives in Manassas, Virginia, with her husband and collaborator Tee M ...

(b. 1971, New Zealand/United States), fiction wr. * Solvej Balle (b. 1962, Denmark), nv. & radio pw. *

Inés Ballester María Inés Ballester Muñoz (born 28 September 1958) is a Spanish journalist and presenter. Biography With a licentiate in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Inés Ballester started her career at Cadena SER, and later wen ...

(b. 1958, Spain), col. & cookery wr. * Ada Ballin (1863–1906, England), wr. & col. * Ingmāra Balode (b. 1981, Latvia), poet *

Mary Balogh Mary Balogh (born Mary Jenkins on 24 March 1944) is a Welsh-Canadian novelist writing historical romance, born and raised in Swansea. In 1967, she moved to Canada to start a teaching career, married a local coroner and settled in Kipling, Sas ...

(b. 1944, Wales), nv. *

Jelena Balšić Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain origin. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka, and Alena. Not ...

(1365/1366–1443, Serbia), epistle wr. *

Toni Cade Bambara Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade (March 25, 1939 – December 9, 1995), was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor. Biography Early life and education Miltona Mirkin Cade was bor ...

(1939–1995, United States), wr., activist & academic *

Mary Ellen Bamford Mary Ellen Bamford (December 10, 1857 – May 21, 1946) was an American writer from Healdsburg, California. Early years and education Mary Ellen Bamford was born in Healdsburg, California, the daughter of Dr. William Bamford and Cornelia Elizabeth ...

(1857–1946, United States), wr. *

Consort Ban Consort Ban (c. 48 BCE – c. 2 BCE), or Ban Jieyu (), also known as Lady Ban (Pan), was a Chinese scholar and poet during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 23 CE). ''Jieyu'' (婕妤) was a title for a third-rank palace lady, one rank below the ...

(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 Ban Zhao (; 45 or 49 – c. 117/120 CE), courtesy name Huiban (), was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician. She was the first known female Chinese historian and, along with Pamphile of Epidaurus, one of the first known female hi ...

(班昭, 45–116 AD, China), first female Chinese historian *

Zsófia Bán Zsófia Bán (born September 23, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a writer, literary historian, essayist and art and literature critic. Personal life Zsófia Bán grew up in Rio de Janeiro as the child of Jewish parents. In 1969, she and her fa ...

(b. 1957, Brazil/Hungary), wr. & critic in Hungarian *

Carmen-Francesca Banciu Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born October 25, 1955) is a Romanian novelist and lecturer. Biography Born in Lipova, Arad County, she was the daughter of a high-ranking Romanian Communist Party and government official. Banciu studied church mural pa ...

(b. 1955, Romania), nv. & academic *

Marie-Claire Bancquart Marie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic. She was the recipient of the Grand prix de la Critique littéraire of the Académie Française, the premier authority o ...

(1932–2019, France), poet, es. & academic *

Ellen Banda-Aaku Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 6 May 1965) is a Zambian author, radio drama and film producer who was born in the UK and grew up in Africa.

(b. 1965, Zambia), fiction & ch. wr. * Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837, Italy), poet & ballerina *

Helen Elliott Bandini Helen Elliott Bandini (June 1854 – June 10, 1911) was an American writer, primarily of Californian history. Bandini was active in civic matters, the arts and a writer for newspapers and magazines. She authored two books. Bandini died on June 10, ...

(1854–1912, United States), history wr. *

Faith Bandler Faith Bandler (27 September 1918 13 February 2015; née Ida Lessing Faith Mussing) was an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander and Scottish-Indian heritage. A campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea ...

(1918–2015, Australia), wr. & activist *

Mariko Bando is a Japanese writer, critic, and former bureaucrat. Bando started her career in the Prime Minister's office, later becoming a consul general and the first director general of the Japanese Cabinet Office's Gender Equality Bureau. Her 2006 book ...

(坂東眞理子, b. 1946, Japan), social wr. & critic *

Sushmita Banerjee Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala (1963/1964 – 4/5 September 2013), was a writer and activist from India. Her works include the memoir ''Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou'' (''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife''; 1997 ...

(1963/1964–2013, India), wr. & activist *

Mary Jo Bang Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

(b. 1946, United States), poet *

Rakhshān Banietemad Rakhshān Banietemad ( fa, رخشان بنی‌اعتماد; born April 3, 1954 in Tehran, Iran) is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director and screenwriter who is widely considered a premier female director and her film ...

(b. 1954, Iran/Persia), screenwriter * Banine (1905–1992, Azerbaijan/France), current affairs wr. *

Zsuzsa Bánk Zsuzsa Bánk (born 24 October 1965, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer. Her parents moved to Germany after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian revolution of 1956 and she studied journalism, political science, and literature at the J ...

(b. 1965, Germany), nv. *

Leslie Esdaile Banks Leslie Esdaile Banks ( Peterson; December 11, 1959 – August 2, 2011) was an American writer under the pen names of Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, Leslie Esdaile Banks and L. A. Banks. She wrote in various genres, including Afri ...

(1959–2011, United States), wr. *

Maya Banks Maya Banks is an American bestselling author of erotic romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and Scottish historical romance novels. Career Banks has written over fifty novels. Her story, ''No Place to Run'', landed on ''The New Yo ...

(living, United States), romance wr. *

Anne Bannerman Anne Bannerman (31 October 1765 – 29 September 1829) was a Scottish poet. She was part of the Edinburgh literary circle which included John Leyden, Jessie Stewart, Thomas Campbell, and Robert Anderson. Her work was popular in her lifetime ...

(1765–1829, Scotland), poet *

Helen Bannerman Helen Brodie Cowan Bannerman (' Watson; 25 February 1862 – 13 October 1946) was a Scottish author of children's books. She is best known for her first book, ''Little Black Sambo'' (1899). Life Bannerman was born at 35 Royal Terrace, Edinbur ...

(1862–1946, Scotland), ch. wr.; ''

Little Black Sambo ''The Story of Little Black Sambo'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, ...

'' *

Tristane Banon Tristane Banon (born 13 June 1979) is a French journalist and writer. She is the daughter of Anne Mansouret and Gabriel Banon. She is a regular contributor on youth affairs at the French news website Atlantico. Early life and education Trista ...

(b. 1979, France), nv. & es. *

Rashmi Bansal Rashmi Bansal is an Indian non-fiction writer and entrepreneur. As of 2019, she is the author of nine books on entrepreneurship. Her first book, '' Stay Hungry Stay Foolish'', traced the progress of 25 MBA entrepreneurs and sold over 500,000 cop ...

(living, India), non-f. wr. *

Anna Banti Anna Banti (born Lucia Lopresti; 27 June 1895 – 2 September 1985) was an Italian writer, art historian, critic, and translator. Life and works Banti was born in Florence. In her youth she spent time in Rome, attending the University of R ...

(1895–1985, Italy), fiction wr. & autobiographer * Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, fl. late 8th century AD, China), poet *

Bao Linghui Bao Linghui (; fl. ca. 464) was a Chinese poet of the Southern Dynasties. A native of Donghai, Jiangsu Province, she was the younger sister of poet Bao Zhao, and, like her brother, wrote in the style of refined imitation of Han dynasty folksong ...

(鲍令晖, fl. mid-5th century AD, China), poet *

Anni Baobei Li Jie (), more commonly known by her pen name Anni Baobei or Annie Baby (), is a Chinese novelist, born 11 July 1974 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Her first work in print was the 2000 novella ''Goodbye Vivian''. She is nicknamed "Flower in the Dark" b ...

(励婕, b. 1974, China), nv. *

Iqbal Baraka Iqbal Baraka (born 1942) is an Egyptian journalist, women's rights activist, and writer. She served as editor in chief of the women's magazine ''Hawaa'' for over two decades. Baraka is known for her work to advance the role of women in Egyptian an ...

(b. 1942, Egypt), fiction & social wr. *

Hoda Barakat Hoda Barakat ( ar, هدى بركات) (born 1952) is an award-winning Lebanese novelist. She lived most of her early life in Beirut before moving to Paris, where she now resides. She has published six novels, two plays, a book of short stories, a ...

(b. 1952, Lebanon/France), nv. *

Ibtisam Barakat Ibtisam Barakat ( ar, ابتسام بركات) is a Palestinian-American bilingual author, poet, artist, translator, and educator. She was born in Beit Hanina-East Jerusalem. Barakat received her bachelor's degree from Bir Zeit University, near R ...

(b. 1962, Palestine), poet, mem. & ch. wr. *

Najwa Barakat Najwa Barakat ( ar, نجوى بركات, b. 1966, Beirut) is a Lebanese Arab novelist, journalist and film director. Career After achieving studies in theater (Beirut Fine Arts Institute) and cinema (French cinema Institution), she moves def ...

(b. 1966, Lebanon), nv. & film director *

Barbara Baraldi Barbara Baraldi is an Italian mystery and fantasy writer. Biography A native of Mirandola, she currently lives near Modena. Her debut novel is ''La ragazza dalle ali di serpente'', published in 2007, under the pseudonym of Luna Lanzoni. As a noi ...

(living, Italy), nv. * Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Poland), pw. & poet *

Jadwiga Barańska Jadwiga Barańska (born 21 October 1935) is a Polish actress and screenwriter. Jadwiga Barańska is married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak and the mother of Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964. Selected filmography * ''Wraki'' (1956) as Irena * '' ...

(b. 1935, Poland), screenwriter & actor *

Natalya Baranskaya Natalya Vladimirovna Baranskaya (russian: Наталья Владимировна Баранская; January 31, 1908 – October 29, 2004) was a Soviet Union, Soviet writer of short stories and novellas. Baranskaya wrote her stories in Russi ...

(1908–2004, Soviet Union), wr. *

Maria Barbal Maria Barbal i Farré ( Tremp, Pallars Jussà, 17 September 1949) is a Spanish writer. Career Even though she has lived in Barcelona from the 1960s onward, the literary world of her early work as an author concentrates on the Pallars county o ...

(b. 1949, Spain), nv. & ch. wr. *

Giuseppa Barbapiccola Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola (1702 – ca 1740) was an Italian natural philosopher, poet and translator. She is best known for her translation of René Descartes' ''Principles of Philosophy'' to Italian language, Italian in 1722. In her prefac ...

(1702 – c. 1740, Italy), natural philosopher & poet * Teresa Giménez Barbat (b. 1955, Spain), anthropologist *

Anna Laetitia Barbauld Anna Laetitia Barbauld (, by herself possibly , as in French, Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature. A " woman of letters" who published in mu ...

(1743–1825, England), poet, es. & ch. wr. *

Margaret Barber Margaret Fairless Barber (pseudonym, Michael Fairless; 7 May 1869 – 24 August 1901), was an English Christian writer. Her book of meditations, ''The Roadmender'' (1902), became a popular classic. Life Barber was born in Rastrick, Brighouse, W ...

(Michael Fairless, 1869–1901, England), nv. & ch. wr. * Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1765, Ireland), poet *

Ros Barber Rosalind Barber (born 1964) is an English novelist, poet and academic. Education She has a BSc in Biology, an MA in creative writing, the arts and education, and a PhD in English literature, all from the University of Sussex. She also has an Op ...

(b. 1964, England), nv. & poet *

Muriel Barbery Muriel Barbery (born 28 May 1969) is a French novelist and philosophy teacher. Her 2006 novel ''The Elegance of the Hedgehog'' quickly sold more than a million copies in several countries. Biography Barbery was born in Rabat, Morocco, but she and ...

(b. 1969, Morocco/France), nv. & academic * Maria Tore Barbina (1940–2007, Italy), poet & translator *

Elia Barceló Elia Barceló or Elia Eisterer-Barceló (born 29 January 1957) is a Spanish academic and author who lives in Austria. Life Barceló was born in Elda in 1957. She became an academic and earned her doctorate in Innsbruck, Austria in 1995. She rema ...

(b. 1957, Spain/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., ch. wr. & academic *Alex Barclay (b. 1974, Ireland), crime wr. *Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England), fiction wr. *Leigh Bardugo (b. 1974, United States), young adult & fantasy wr. *Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ireland), poet, nv. & pw. *Joan Barfoot (b. 1946, Canada), nv. *Serie Barford (living, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr. *Simone Le Bargy (1877–1985, France), woman of letters *Arvède Barine (1840–1908, France), wr. & historian *Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England), col. & poet *Nicola Barker (b. 1966, England), fiction wr. *Pat Barker (b. 1943, England), nv. *Susan Barker (b. 1978, England), nv. *Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Soviet Union), poet, pw. & fiction wr. *Jane Barlow (1856–1917, Ireland), nv. & poet *Marjorie Barnard (with M. Barnard Eldershaw, 1897–1987, Australia), nv. & historian *Mary Barnard (1909–2001, United States), poet & biographer *Maria Barnas (b. 1973, Netherlands), nv., poet & artist *Annie Maria Barnes (1857–?, United States), col., editor & wr. *Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, United States), wr. *Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886–1967, United States), wr. *Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, United States), wr. & poet *Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, United States/France), pw., poet & nv. *María Dámasa Jova Baró (1890–1940, Cuba), wr. & feminist *Carmen Baroja (1883–1950, Spain), wr. & poet *Ana Baron (1950–2015, Argentina), wr. & col. *Odile Baron Supervielle (1915–2016, Uruguay/Argentina), wr., journalist *Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda), ch. wr. *Linda Maria Baros (b. 1981, Romania/France), poet & critic in French *Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England), nv. *Miriam Barr (b. 1982, New Zealand), poet *Emma de la Barra (1861–1947, Argentina), nv. *Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006, Argentina), poet, storyteller & pw. *Sarah Maria Barraud (c. 1923–1995, England/New Zealand), homemaker & correspondent *Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016, Portugal), wr. *Beatriz Peniche Barrera (1893–1976, Mexico), poet & feminist *Andrea Barrett (b. 1954, United States), fiction wr. *Lynne Barrett (living, United States), fiction wr. & editor *Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales), editor & suffragette *Margaret Barrington (1896–1982, Ireland), fiction & social wr. *María Esperanza Barrios (1892–1932, Uruguay), political wr. *Nuria Barrios (b. 1962, Spain), poet, fiction & non-f. wr. *Pía Barros (b. 1956, Chile), fiction wr. *Rachel Barrowman (b. 1963, New Zealand), historian & biographer *Lalo Barrubia (b. 1967, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr. *Angela Barry (living, Bermuda), wr. & educator *Alicia Giménez Bartlett (b. 1951, Spain), nv. *Agniya Barto (1906–1981, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & ch. wr. *Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia), ch. wr. & educator *Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia), poet *Violet Barungi (b. 1943, Uganda), wr. & editor *Mildred Barya (living, Uganda), poet *Anabela Basalo (b. 1972, Serbia), fiction wr. *Ada Lee Bascom (d. 1928, United States), novelist & playwright *Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria), poet *Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884, Russia/France), diarist & artist *Talat Bassari (1923–2020, Iran/Persia), poet, feminist & academic *Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia), historian & biographer *Laura Bassi (1711–1778, Italy), physicist & academic *Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (b. 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada/Newfoundland), poet *Julia Bastin (1888–1968, Belgium), academic & nv. in French *Marjolein Bastin (b. 1943, Netherlands), nature & ch. wr. & illustrator *Bani Basu (b. 1939, India), es. & poet *Purabi Basu (b. 1949, Bangladesh), fiction wr. & activist *Fira Basuki (b. 1972, Indonesia), nv. *Felisa Batacan (living, Philippines), nv. *Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda), col. & wr. *Allie Bates (b. 1957, United States), wr. *Clara Nettie Bates (1876–1966, United States), ed. & wr. *Daisy Bates (activist), 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 *Carol S. Batey (b. 1955, United States), wr. *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 (b. 1945, Philippines), nv. *Sophie Bawr (1773–1860, France), wr., pw. & composer *Anna Dawbin (1816–1905, Australia), diarist *Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, United States), wr. & journalist *Oya Baydar (b. 1940, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & sociologist *Ada Ellen Bayly (Edna Lyall, 1857–1903, England), nv. *Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia), fiction wr. *Molly Baz (United States), chef & cookery wr. *Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921, Spain), es. & nv. *Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (b. 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr., poet & pw. *Lesley Beake (b. 1949, Scotland/South Africa), ch. wr. *Anne Beale (1816–1900, Wales), nv. & poet *Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish (1883–1969, Ireland/Switzerland), wr. & pw. *Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Netherlands), Cistercian & early wr. in Dutch *Louisa Beaufort (1781–1863, Ireland), wr. & antiquarian *Fanny de Beauharnais (1737–1813, France), lady of letters & salonnière *Aletta Beaujon (1933–2001, Curaçao), poet *Fleur Beale (b. 1945, New Zealand), YA wr. *Margaret Beames (1935–2016, New Zealand), ch. wr. *Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, United States), wr., compiler *Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892, England), wr. *Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France), story & non-f. wr. *Airini Beautrais (b. 1982, New Zealand), poet *Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan (1818–1897, Ireland/Australia), poet & fiction wr. *Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France), wr. & philosopher *Dany Bébel-Gisler (1935–2003, Guadeloupe), nv. *Bruna Beber (b. 1984, Brazil), poet & wr. *Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova (1879–1952, Russia/France), nv. & actor *Lola Beccaria (b. 1963, Spain), nv. & screenwriter *Ángela Becerra (b. 1957, Comoros), poet & nv. *Margaret Bechard (b. 1953, United States), ch. wr. *Alison Bechdel (b. 1960, United States), cartoonist & mem. *Mimí Bechelani (living, Mexico), TV screenwriter & poet *Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland/France), nv. in French *Alice Becker-Ho (b. 1941, China/France), non-f. wr. & poet *Mary Beckett (1926–2013, Northern Ireland), radio pw. & fiction wr. *Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands), ch. wr. *Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547, France), wr. & philosopher *Malati Bedekar (1905–2001, India), fiction wr. *Jean Bedford (b. 1946, Australia), fiction wr. *Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia), poet, pw. & ch. wr. *Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England), nv. *Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England), fiction & non-f. wr. *Yolanda Bedregal (1916–1999, Bolivia), poet & nv. *Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England), poet & critic *Isabella Beeton (1836–1865, England), domestic wr.; ''Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management'' *Anne Beffort (1880–1966, Luxembourg), critic & biographer *Jana Begum (fl. 17th century, India), scholar *Ruth Behar (b. 1956, Cuba/United States), anthropologist *Simin Behbahani (1927–2014, Iran/Persia), poet & activist *Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England), pw., poet & nv. *Mariam Behnam (1921–2014, Iran/Persia/Emirates), nv. & autobiographer *Larissa Behrendt (b. 1969, Australia), legal academic & nv. *Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany), nv. & educator *Géraldine Beigbeder (living, France), nv. & screenwriter *Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal), ch. & YA wr. & activist

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*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 (anthropologist), Diane Bell (b. 1943, Australia), anthropologist *Hilary Bell (writer), Hilary Bell (b. 1966, Australia), pw. *Susan Groag Bell (1926–2015, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), women's studies and autobiographer *Vera Bell (1906 – post-1999, Jamaica/England), poet, fiction wr. & pw. *Maud de Belleroche (1922–2017, France), nv. *Diana Bellessi (b. 1946, Argentina), poet & es. *Gioconda Belli (b. 1948, Nicaragua), revolutionary & wr. *Samira Bellil (1972–2004, France), autobiographer *Carolina Bello (b. 1983, Uruguay), fiction wr. *Louise Swanton Belloc (1796–1881, France), translator *Loleh Bellon (1925–1999, France), pw. & actor *Yannick Bellon (1924–2019, France), screenwriter & film director *Nassira Belloula (b. 1961, Algeria/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. in French *Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. & ethnographer *Vizma Belševica (1931–2005, Latvia), poet & autobiographer *Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria/France), poet, fiction wr. & painter *Margot Benary-Isbert (1889–1979, Germany/United States), ch. wr. in German & English *Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco), poet & fiction wr. *Rajae Benchemsi (b. 1957, Morocco), poet *Esther Bendahan (b. 1964, Morocco/Spain), wr. in Spanish *Karen Bender, Karen E. Bender (living, United States), nv. *Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923, Denmark), biographer *Emma Lee Benedict (1857–1937, United States), editor, educator & wr. *Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, United States), poet & wr. *Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden), nv. *Maria Beneyto (1925–2011, Spain), poet *Božena Benešová (1873–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet, fiction wr. & pw. *Sokhna Benga (b. 1967, Senegal), nv. & poet *Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England), nv. & biographer *Seyla Benhabib (b. 1950, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), political philosopher *Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (b. 1952, Algeria), sociologist & politician *Elisa Beni (b. 1965, Spain), social wr., col. & nv. *Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria), poet & pw. *Milena Benini (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Croatia), science fiction nv. *Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales), nv. *Louie Bennett (1870–1956, Ireland), wr. & suffragette *Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica), poet & educator *Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia), biographer & rights advocate *Veronica Bennett (b. 1953, England), ch. nv. *Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, United States), wr. *Louise Bennett (1919–2006, Jamaica), poet & folklorist *Khnata Bennouna (b. 1940, Morocco), fiction wr. *Nel Benschop (1918–2005, Netherlands), poet *Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921, United States), wr., newspaper pub. & ed. *Sihem Bensedrine (b. 1950, Tunisia), *Carol Bensimon (b. 1982, Brazil), fiction wr. *Nettie Lee Benson (1905–1993, United States), archivist & historian *Sally Benson (1897–1972, United States), screenwriter & fiction wr. *Caroline French Benton (died 1923, United States), cookery wr. *Juliette Benzoni (1920–2016, France), fiction wr. & screenwriter *Nina Berberova (1901–1993, Russia/France), fiction wr. *Lydia Berdyaev (1871–1945, Russia/France), poet *Amanda Berenguer (1921–2010, Uruguay), poet *Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969, Germany), nv. *Maimu Berg (b. 1945, Estonia), wr. & critic *Sibylle Berg (b. 1968, Switzerland), fiction wr., es. & pw. in German *Charlotta Berger (1784–1852, Sweden), fiction wr. & poet *Olga Bergholz (1910–1975, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr. *Tara Bergin (b. 1974, Ireland), poet *Anne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020, Sweden), poet, fiction wr. & artist *Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975, Finland), wr. & pw. *Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden), wr. & illustrator *Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator *Aimée Daniell Beringer (1856–1936, United States), pw. & nv. *Sara Berkeley (b. 1967, Ireland), poet *Alexandra Berková (1949–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & educator *Lucia Berlin (1936–2004, United States), short story wr. *Giuliana Berlinguer (1933–2014, Italy), screenwriter & nv. *Sabina Berman (b. 1955, Mexico), fiction wr. & col. *Mònica Bernabé (b. 1972, Spain), col. & wr. *Catherine Bernard (1662–1712, France), poet, pw. & nv. *Gabrielle Bernard (1893–1963, Belgium), poet in French *Patricia Bernard (b. 1942, Australia), fiction wr. *Tati Bernardi (b. 1979, Brazil), fiction & screenwriter *Paulette Bernège (1896–1973, France), household & non-f. wr. *Juliana Berners (14th & 15th centuries, England), wr. on medieval pursuits *Emmanuèle Bernheim (1955–2017, France), screenplay wr. & nv. *Jovette Bernier (1900–1981, Canada/Newfoundland), col., nv., & poet *Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & account of Theresienstadt concentration camp *Rose Berryl (b. 1982, Belgium), fantasy wr. in French *Bertice Berry (b. 1960, United States), sociologist, wr. & educator *Julie Berry (author), Julie Berry b. 1974, United States), ch. & YA wr. *Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, b. 1947, China/United States), poet & pw. *Louise Bertin (1905–1977, France), poet & composer *Michelle Suárez Bértora (b. 1983, Uruguay), social wr. *Aurora Bertrana (1892–1974, Spain), fiction wr. *Betty Berzon (1928–2006, United States), wr. *Annie Besant (1847–1933, England), theosophist & activist *Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator *Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal), fiction & non-f. wr. *Bessora (b. 1968, Belgium), fiction wr. in French *Mireille Best (1943–2005, France), fiction wr. *Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England), diarist, poet & woman of letters *Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England), nv., poet & travel wr. *Marion Bethel (b. 1953, Bahamas), poet & activist *Nicolette Bethel (living, Bahamas), wr. & anthropologist *Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, England/New Zealand), poet *Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary), mem. *Doris Betts (1932–2012, United States), fiction wr. & es. *Jean Betts (living, England/New Zealand), pw. & actor *Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, South Africa), fiction & radio drama wr. in Afrikaans *Lauren Beukes (b. 1976, South Africa), fiction wr. & television screenwriter in English *Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German *Cvetka Bevc (b. 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & prose & ch. wr. *Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–30, England), pamphleteer *L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England), poet, anarchist & es. *Maïssa Bey (b. 1950, Algeria), wr. & educator *Niloofar Beyzaie (b. 1967, Iran/Persia), pw. *Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction & non-f. wr. *Sheila Bhatia (1916–2008, India), poet & pw. *Sujata Bhatt (b. 1956, India), poet *Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya (b. 1927, India), poet & critic *Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950–2011, India), nv. *Anuradha Bhattacharyya (b. 1975, India), wr. *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 Philippa 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. *Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, United States), poet & wr. *Emily Montague Mulkin Bishop (1858–1916, United States), wr. *Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica), wr., artist & photographer *Adriana Bittel (b. 1946, Romania), critic & fiction wr. *Isidora Bjelica (1967–2020, Serbia), wr. & pw. *Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia), nv. *Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (b. 1982, Iceland), wr. & folklorist *Christina Björk (b. 1938, Sweden), wr. & ch. book wr. *Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (b. 1948, Iceland), writer & educator *Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), writer & actor *Louise Bjørnsen (1824–1899, Denmark), fiction wr.

Bl–Br

*Clementina Black (1853–1922, England), nv. & political wr. *Emily Lucas Blackall (1832–1892, United States), wr. & philanthropist *Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s–1660s, England), Quaker wr. & preacher *E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894, Ireland), wr. & nv. *Malorie Blackman (b. 1962, Barbados/England), ch. & YA fiction wr. & pw. *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. *Anna Blaman (1905–1960, Netherlands), nv. & poet *Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England), poet *Neltje Blanchan (1865–1918, United States), nature wr. *Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte (1830–1897, France), poet *Carmen Blanco (b. 1954, Spain), feminist wr. *Yolanda Blanco (b. 1954, Nicaragua), poet *Ana Blandiana (b. 1942, Romania), poet & es. *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 *Beverly Gray#Clair Blank, Clair Blank (1915–1965, United States), mystery wr. *Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1705, England), Quaker autobiographer *Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891, Russia), theosophist & mystic *Jaroslava Blažková (1933–2017, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), fiction & ch. wr. *Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK), nf. wr. *Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, United States), poet & correspondent *Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849, Ireland), nv. & hostess *Audrey Blignault (1916–2008, South Africa), es. in Afrikaans *Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009, Sweden), poet & mem. in Sami *Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England), nv. & poet *Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya), wr. *Francesca Lia Block (b. 1962, United States), wr. *Marion Bloem (b. 1952, Netherlands), wr. & film-maker *Barbara Bloemink (b. 1953, US), art historian *Anni Blomqvist (1909–1990, Finland), nv. in Swedish *Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (1857–1911, Ireland), wr. & pw. *Amy Bloom (b. 1953, United States), nv., non-f. wr. & psychotherapist *Minerva Bloom (b. 1959, Mexico/United States), poet in Spanish & English *Valerie Bloom (b. 1956, Jamaica), poet & nv. *Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894, United States), wr. on women's rights & temperance *Andrée Blouin (1921–1986, Central African Republic), activist & wr. *Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England), nv. *Antonina Bludova (1813–1891, Russia), salonnière & mem. *Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972, Ecuador), wr. *Liliana V. Blum (b. 1974, Mexico), fiction wr. *Judy Blume (b. 1938, United States), nv. *Yde Schloenbach Blumenschein (Colombina, 1882–1963, Brazil), poet & chronicler *Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss (1899–1987, Germany/United States), poet & Hc. survivor *Louise Sophie Blussé (1901–1996, Netherlands), religious wr. *Enid Blyton (1897–1968, England), ch. wr. *Capel Boake, (Doris Boake Kerr, 1889–1944, Australia), nv. *Margarita Bobba (fl. 1560, Italy), wr. & poet *Marilyn Bobes (b. 1955, Cuba), poet, nv. & critic *Merlinda Bobis (b. 1959, Philippines/Australia), wr. & academic *Irena Bobowska (1920–1942, Poland), poet & wartime victim *Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal), nv. & col. *Cecil Bødker (1927–2020, Denmark), YA wr. & poet *Imma von Bodmershof (1895–1982, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet *Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018, Argentina), nv. *Milica Bodrožić (living, Serbia), political history wr. *Anna Böeseken (1905–1997, South Africa), historian in English *Janka Boga (1886–1963, Hungary), wr. & pw. *Louise Bogan (1897–1970, United States), poet *Henrietta Boggs (1918–2020, United States/Costa Rica), author & activist *Graciela Bográn (1896–2000, Honduras), es. *Katalin Bogyay (b. 1956, Hungary), biographer & politician *Helene Böhlau (1859–1940, Germany), nv. *Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany), nv. *Laura Papo Bohoreta (1891–1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Yugoslavia), wr. on Judaism *Lucie Boissonnas (1839–1877, France), biog. *Montserrat Boix (b. 1960, Spain), feminist wr. *Barbara Bojarska (living, Poland), historian *Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & nv. *Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland/United States), poet & academic *Sophie Bolander (1807–1869, Sweden), nv. *Anna Bolavá (b. 1981), nv. & poet *Emily Bold (b. 1980), adult & YA nv. *Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463, Italy), religious wr. & saint *Isabel Bolton (1883–1975, United States), nv. *Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916, United States), wr. *Natella Boltyanskaya (b. 1965, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter *María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile), wr. *Erma Bombeck (1927–1996, United States), humorist *Son Bo-mi (선보미, b. 1980, Korea), nv. *Simona Bonafé (b. 1973, Italy), politician *Marie Bonaparte-Wyse (1831–1902, France), wr. & hostess *Annie B. Bond (b. 1953, United States), wr. & editor *Chrystelle Trump Bond (1938–2020), United States), dance historian *Cynthia Bond (b. 1961, United States), nv. *Pilar Bonet (b. 1952, Spain), political wr. *Maria Boniecka (1910–1978, Poland), educator & political wr. *Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham (1840–1907, United States), traveler & col. *Tanella Boni (b. 1954, Ivory Coast), poet & nv. *Veronica Bonilla (b. 1972, Ecuador), ch. wr. & illustrator *Laudomia Bonanni (1907–2002, Italy), fiction wr. *Elizabeth Anne Bonner (1924–1981, United States), fiction wr. & poet *Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930, United States), wr. *Marita Bonner (1899–1971, United States), wr., es. & pw. *Piedad Bonnett (b. 1951, Comoros), poet, pw. & nv. *Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland/Italy), political wr. & diarist in Italian *Cedella Booker (1926–2008, Jamaica), biographer & singer *Malika Booker (b. 1970, England), poet, wr. & artist *Paula Boock (b. 1964, New Zealand), fiction & screenwriter *Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England), wr. *Frances Boothby (fl. c. 1669–1670, England), pw. *Alice Borchardt (1939–2007, United States), fiction wr. *Ivonne Bordelois (b. 1934, Argentina), poet & es. *Miriam Borgenicht (1915−1992, United States), mystery nv. *Norah Borges (1901–1998), poet & illustrator *Martina Barros Borgoño (1850–1944, Chile), feminist wr. *Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933–2004, India), poet & folklorist *Maria Selvaggia Borghini (1656–1731, Italy), poet *Alicia Borinsky (fl. since 1975, Argentina), nv., poet & critic *Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina), ch. wr. *Jenny Bornholdt (b. 1960, New Zealand), poet & anthologist *Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka (1921–2012), Polish-born Israeli writer *Marina Boroditskaya (b. 1954, Soviet Union/Russia), ch. poet *Rosario Ustáriz Borra (1927–2009, Spain), poet in Aragonese *Juana Borrero (1877–1896, Cuba), juvenile poet & painter *Paloma Gómez Borrero (1934–2017, Spain), wr. *Inés Bortagaray (b. 1975, Uruguay), screenwriter *Marianne Boruch (b. 1950, United States), poet & professor *Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Dalmatia/Ragusa/Serbia), wr. & poet *Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1912–1986, Netherlands), nv. *Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales), archaeologist *Louise de Bossigny (died 1700, France), salonnière & fairy-tale wr. *Tania Boteva-Malo (b. 1950, Bulgaria/Belgium), nv. & wr. in French *Nuria C. Botey (b. 1977, Spain), nv. *Calypso Botez (1880–1933, Romania), feminist wr. *Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, United States), poet, wr. & teacher *Vera Botterbusch (b. 1942, Germany), wr. & poet *Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England), fiction wr. *Messaouda Boubaker (b. 1954, Tunisia), fiction wr. *Tereza Boučková (b. 1957, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. *Laurence Bougault (1970–2018), poet, travel wr. *Martha Arnold Boughton (1857–1928, United States), wr., poet *Iana Boukova (b. 1968, Bulgaria), poet, nv. & es. *Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954, Mexico), poet, nv. & pw. *Jenny Boult (1951–2005, Australia), poet *Nina Bouraoui (b. 1967, Algeria/France), nv. & songwriter *Catherine de Bourbon (1559–1604, France), sonneteer & princess *Louise Bourbonnaud (c. 1847–1915), travel wr. in French *Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906–1996, Belgium), nv. in French *Angela Bourke (b. 1952, Ireland), fiction wr. & historian *Eva Bourke (b. 1946, Germany/Ireland), poet in English *Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, United States), ch. fiction wr. *Jeanne Bouvier (1865–1964, France), political wr. & feminist *Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968, France), wr. & film director *Dounia Bouzar (b. 1964, France), anthropologist & educator *Marie-Anne de Bovet (1955 – post-1930, France), nv. & travel wr. *Louise Bovie (1810–1870, Belgium), fiction wr. in French *Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, New Zealand), domestic wr. *Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England), poet & es. *Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England), fiction wr. *Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Mary Bowes (1749–1800, England), pw. & botanist *Sarah Bowie (living, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator) *Jane Bowles (1917–1973, United States), wr. & pw. *Mary D. R. Boyd (1809–?, United States), ch. wr. *Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden), poet & nv. *Clare Boylan (1948–2006, Ireland), fiction wr. & critic *Helen Boyle (1899–1988, England/Ireland), activist & garden wr. *Kay Boyle (1902–1992, United States), wr., educator & activist *Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938, United States), wr. & poet *Ágota Bozai (b. 1965, Hungary), nv. & translator *Zuzana Brabcová (1959–2015, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. *Coral Bracho (b. 1951, Mexico), poet & academic *Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, United States), science fiction wr. *Paula Brackston (living, England), nv. *Brada (writer) (1847–1938, France), wr., nv. *Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915, England), nv. *Mrs. Findley Braden, Anna Braden (1858–1939, United States), wr. & poet *Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, United States), fantasy & science fiction wr. *Máire Bradshaw (b. 1943, Ireland), poet *Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, United States), poet & wr. *Eva Brag (1829–1913, Sweden), social wr. *Anne Bragance (b. 1945, France), wr. *Sophia Brahe (1559 or 1556–1643, Denmark), horticulturalist & scientist *Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (b. 1947, Philippines), nv. & editor *Oyinkan Braithwaite (b. 1988, Nigeria/England), nv. *Shannon Bramer (b. 1973, Canada/Newfoundland), poet *Mae Bramhall (c. 1861–1897, United States), actress, writer *Dolors Bramon (b. 1943, Spain), philologist & academic *Tatiana Niculescu Bran (living, Romania), nv. *Dionne Brand (b. 1953, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & es. *Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England), actor & pw. *Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia), poet, pw. & non-f. wr. *Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779–1868, Brazil), poet & educator *Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1928–2007, Portugal), poet, pw. & es. *Angelika Brandt (b. 1961), oceanographer *Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, South Africa), political wr. in Afrikaans *Adelia Pope Branham (1861–1917, United States), poet, short story wr. *Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil), diarist *Giannina Braschi (b. 1953, Paraguay), wr. *Ann Brashares (b. 1967, United States), YA wr. *Anne-Sophie Brasme (b. 1984, France), nv. *Anneke Brassinga (b. 1948, Netherlands), wr. & translator *Lily Braun (1865–1916, Germany), feminist wr. *Virginia Braun (living, New Zealand), psychologist *Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England), nv. *Libba Bray (b. 1964, United States), YA nv. *Teresa Brayton (1868–1943, Ireland/United States), poet & col. *Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England), YA wr. *Freda Bream (1918–1996, New Zealand), teacher & autobiographer *Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica), poet & storyteller *Marie Bregendahl (1867–1940, Denmark), fiction wr. *Kirstin Breitenfellner (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., critic & yoga teacher *Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden), nv. & feminist *Kristina Brenk (1911–2009, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), ch. wr. & poet *Maeve Brennan (1917–1993, Ireland/United States), fiction & social wr. *Sarah Rees Brennan (b. 1983, Ireland/United States), YA nv. *Anita Brenner (1905–1974, Mexico/United States), cultural wr. in English *Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden), wr., poet & feminist *Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales), poet *Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, United States/Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr. & poet *Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, United States), poet & wr.; first named American-born woman to publish *Yvonne Brewster (b. 1938, Jamaica), mem. & actor *Melitta Breznik (b. 1961, As/Switzerland), fiction wr. *Bub Bridger (1924–2009, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr. *London Bridgez (b. 1982, United States), poet & wr. *Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland), cookery wr. *Anna Brigadere (fl. 1890–1920s, Latvia), pw. *Patricia Briggs (b. 1965, United States), fantasy wr. *Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (1859–1945, Australia/England), wr. & feminist *Eliza Brightwen (1830–1906, Scotland), wr. & naturalist *Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (living, Philippines), wr. in Spanish *Hesba Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia), nv. *Geneviève Brisac (b. 1951, France), nv. & ch. wr. *Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England), wr., feminist & pacifist *Victoria Brittain (b. 1942, England), journalist & author *Sarah Britten (b. 1974, South Africa), social and YA wr. in English *Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama), fiction wr. & physician *Dragana Kršenković Brković (living, Montenegro), wr. *Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), ch. wr. *Adele Broadbent (b. 1968, New Zealand), ch. wr. *Chris Broadribb (living, Australia), fiction wr. *Renée Brock (1912–1980, Belgium), poet & fiction wr. in French *Sybil le Brocquy (1892–1973, Ireland), pw. & patron *Molly Brodak (1980–2020, United States), poet *Erna Brodber (b. 1940, Jamaica), nv. & sociologist *Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, England/Canada/United States), wr. & journalist *Therese Brummer (1833–1896), Danish children's writer and biographer *Patricia Burke Brogan (1926–2022) , Ireland), pw. & poet *Suzanne Brøgger (b. 1944, Denmark), nv. & poet *Vera Broido (1907–2004, Soviet Union/England), social wr. *Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England), nv. & poet; ''The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'' *Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England), nv. & poet; ''Jane Eyre'' *Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England), nv. & poet; ''Wuthering Heights'' *Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740–1793, Ireland), translator from Irish *Emma Brooke (1844–1926, England), nv. *Frances Brooke (1723–1789, England), nv., es. & pw. *Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England), non-f. wr. & illustrator *Susan Brookes (b. c. 1943/44),, England), non-f. *Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England), nv. & art historian *Geraldine Brooks (writer), Geraldine Brooks (b. 1955, Australia/United States), nv. *Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, United States), poet & wr. *Anne Brooksbank (b. 1943, Australia), scriptwriter & pw. *Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia), nv., travel & ch. wr. *Nicole Brossard (b. 1943, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv. *Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, United States), poet & wr. *Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England), nv. *Olga Broumas (b. 1949, Gk/United States), poet *Flora Brovina (b. 1949, Kosovo), poet & pediatrician *Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968, Finland/Sweden), fiction wr. *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 (author), 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 (author), Monica Brown (b. 1969, Peru/United States), ch. wr. *Pam Brown (b. 1948, Australia), poet & prose wr. *Pat Brown (criminal profiler), Pat Brown (b. 1955, United States), wr. on crime *Rebecca Brown (author), Rebecca Brown (b. 1956, United States), wr. *Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944, United States), nv., poet & screenwriter *Riwia Brown (b. 1957, New Zealand), pw. *Audrey Brown-Pereira (b. 1975, New Zealand), poet & civil servant *Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890, United States), poet *Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland), poet & nv., ch. fiction wr. *Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, Scotland/New Zealand), salonnière & correspondent *Mary Bonaventure Browne (post-1610 – post-1670, Ireland), abbess & historian *Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England), poet; ''Aurora Leigh'' *Josette Bruce (1920–1996, Poland/France), nv. *Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia), ch. wr. & col. *Edith Bruck (b. 1932, Hungary/Italy), fiction wr. & pw. in Italian *Mary Brück (1925–2008, Ireland/Scotland), astronomer & science historian *Christine Brückner (1921–1996, Germany), fiction & ch. wr. *Máire MacSwiney Brugha (1918–2012, Ireland), poet & fiction wr. *Alyssa Brugman (b. 1974, Australia), YA wr. *Til Brugman (1888–1958, Netherlands), fiction wr. & poet *Eliane Brum (b. 1966, Brazil), current affairs wr. *Herminia Brumana (1897–1954, Argentina), nv. & pw. *Olga Broumas (b. 1949, Greece/United States), poet in English *Friederike Brun (1765–1835, Denmark), wr. & salonnière *Elisa Brune (1966–2018, Belgium), wr. in French *Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile), fiction wr. *Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France), poet *Giuliana Bruno (living, England), environmentalist *Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & poet *Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland), nv. *Sara Cone Bryant (1873–1956, United States), lecturer, teacher, wr. *Colette Bryce (b. 1970, Northern Ireland/England), poet *Jane Bryce (b. 1951, Tanzania/England), non-f. wr, critic, academic *Bryher (novelist), Bryher (1894–1983, England), nv., poet & mem. *Annika Bryn (b. 1945, Sweden), fiction wr. *Anna Brzezińska (writer), 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 *Maritza M. Buendía (b. 1974, Mexico), social es. *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, 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 Mary Katherine Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales), historian *Margaret Bullock (journalist), 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 (writer), 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), Frances Burney (1776–1828, England), closet pw. *Frances Burney (1752–1840, England), nv., diarist & pw. *Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England), nv. *Clara Louise Burnham (1854–1827, United States), nv. *Andreas Burnier (1931–2002, Netherlands), poet & wr. *Anna Burns (b. 1962, Northern Ireland), nv. *Joanne Burns (b. 1945, Australia), art critic, historian & nv. *Deborah Burrows (b. 1959, Australia), nv. *Mary Towne Burt (1842–1898, United States), temperance reformer *Stephanie Burt (b. 1971, United States), poet & critic *Margaret Busby (b. 1944, Ghana/Gold Coast), publisher, critic & pw. *Penny Busetto (living, South Africa), nv. in English *Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944, United States), wr., poet & col. *Abena Busia (b. 1953, Ghana/Gold Coast), poet & academic *Akosua Busia (b. 1966, Ghana/Gold Coast), actor, nv. & screenwriter *Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy), poet, wr. & painter *Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & ch. wr. *Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972, Ecuador), wr. & feminist *María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947, Peru), wr. *Gabriela Bustelo (b. 1962, Spain), nv. & political wr. *Fatimah Busu (b. 1943, Malaysia), fiction wr. & academic *Sharon Butala (b. 1940, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *Amy Butcher (living, United States), es. & wr. *Ruby Bute (b. 1943, Aruba), fiction wr., poet & painter *Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, New Zealand), ch. wr. & mem. *Gwendoline Butler (also Jennie Melville; 1922–2013, England), nv. *Octavia Butler (1947–2006, United States), science fiction wr. *Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, United States), wr. *Urvashi Butalia (b. 1952, India), writer & activist *Julia Butschkow (b. 1978, Denmark), fiction wr. & poet *Miriam Butterworth (1918–2019, United States), pacifist & politician *Razia Butt (1924–2012, Pakistan), nv. & radio pw. *Mary Butts (1890–1937, England), modernist wr. *Rumena Bužarovska (b. 1981, Macedonia), wr. *A. S. Byatt (b. 1936, England), nv. & poet *Kim Byeol-ah (b. 1969, Korea), wr. *Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia), travel & non-f. wr. *Maj Bylock (1931–2019, Sweden), ch. wr. & educator *Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (b. 1972, United States), fiction wr. & anthologist *Ethna Byrne-Costigan (1904–1991, Ireland), academic & wr. *Catherine Byron (b. 1947, England/Northern Ireland), poet *Cheryl Byron (c. 1947–2003, Trinidad), poet & singer

C

Ca–Ch

*Fernán Caballero (1796–1877, Spain), nv. *Meg Cabot (b. 1967, United States), wr. *Astrid Cabral (b. 1936, Brazil), nv. & poet *Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (b. 1959, Uruguay), poet & researcher *Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991, Cuba), ethnographer *Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958, Peru), nv., es. & travel wr. *Esther de Cáceres (1903–1971, Uruguay), poet *Lydia Cacho (b. 1963, Mexico), social writer *Caroline Caddy (b. 1944, Australia), poet *Florence Caddy (1837–1923, England), wr. *Elizabeth Cadell (1903–1989, India/England), wr. *Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979, Wales), poet *Kathleen Mannington Caffyn, 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 *Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985, England/United States), nv. *Hortense Calisher (1911–2009, United States), wr. *Margaret Callan (writer), Margaret Callan (c.1817–c.1883), Ireland/Australia), poet *Maria Callcott (1785–1842, England), ch. & travel wr. *Nina de Callias (1843–1884, France), poet *Carmen Callil (1938–2022, Australia/UK), wr. & critic *June Callwood (1924–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & activist *Marie Calm (1832–1887, Germany), poet, nv. and household wr. *Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996, Australia), nv. *Paola Calvetti (b. 1948, Italy), nv. & col. *María Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968, Mexico), poet & fiction wr. *Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, Australia), nv., poet & autobiographer *Joan Cambridge (living, Guyana), nv. & journalist *María Cambrils (1878–1939, Spain), feminist wr. *Charlotte Cameron (c. 1872–1946, United States), travel writer *Margaret Cameron (author), Margaret Cameron (1867–1947, United States), nv., pw., & non-f. wr. *Duccia Camiciotti (1928–2014, Italy), poet and es. *Roser Caminals-Heath (living, Spain), nv. in Catalan *Kate Camp (b. 1972, New Zealand), poet *Manuela Campanelli (science journalist), Manuela Campanelli (b. 1962, Italy), science wr. *Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006, United States), nv. *Bonnie Jo Campbell (b. 1962, United States), fiction wr. *Hazel Campbell (1940–2018, Jamaica), fiction & ch. wr. *Shirley Campbell Barr, 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. *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. *Jacqueline Carey (b. 1964, United States), nv. *Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909, England), nv. & ch. wr. *Mary Jane Goodson Carlisle (1835–1905, United States), cookbook wr. *Patricia Carlon (1927–2002), nv. *Gunnel Carlson (b. 1956, Sweden), gardening wr. *Kristina Carlson (b. 1949, Finland), fiction & YA wr. & poet *Gladys Carmagnola (1939–2015, Paraguay), poet & ch. wr. *Amy Carmichael (1867–1951, Ireland/India), wr. & missionary *Jennings Carmichael (1868–1904, Australia), poet *María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987, Argentina), poet & col. *Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962, England), wr. & socialist campaigner *Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 – 1901, France), nv. *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 (author), Caroline Carver (b. 1959, England/Australia), nv. *Lisa Crystal Carver (b. 1968, United States), wr. *Alice Cary (1820–1871, United States), poet *Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, 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 *

(c. 1140 – pre–1184, France), poet in Occitan *Gladys Castelvecchi (1922–2008, Uruguay), poet & academic *Ana Castillo (b. 1953, Mx/United States), fiction wr., poet & es. *Claire Castillon (b. 1975, France), fiction & ch. wr. *Agnes Castle (c. 1860–1922, Ireland), fiction wr. *Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975, Germany), ch. wr. in German & English *Inga-Brita Castrén (1919–2003, Finland), theologian *Luisa Castro (b. 1966, Spain), poet & fiction wr. *Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal), scholar & nun *Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885, Spain), wr. & poet in Galician *Willa Cather (1873–1947, United States), wr. *Catherine of Siena (1347–1380, Italy), religious writer & saint *Christine Cole Catley (1922–2011, New Zealand), col. & biographer *Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia), nv., poet & biographer *Eleanor Catton (b. 1985, Canada/Newfoundland/New Zealand), nv. *Joyce Cavalccante (living, Brazil), fiction wr. *Nadia Cavalera (b. 1950, Italy), nv., poet & critic *Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992, Ivory Coast), ch. wr. *Jane Cavendish (1620/1621–1669, England), poet & pw. *Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England), poet, pw. & fiction wr. *Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill (1834–1897, England/New Zealand), diarist & homemaker *Rosina Cazali (b. 1960, Guatemala), art critic *Anne-Marie Cazalis (1920–1988, France), poet & col. *Otilia Cazimir (1894–1967, Romania), poet & prose wr. *Mercedes Cebrián (b. 1971, Spain), fiction wr. & poet *Martha Cecilia (b. 1953, Philippines), nv. *Siv Cedering (1939–2007, Sweden/United States), poet & fiction wr. in Swedish & English *Peride Celal (1916–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. *Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723, England), pw. & poet *Natividad Cepeda (living, Spain), poet & col. *Laura Cereta (1469–1499, Italy), humanist *Anica Černej (1900–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr., poet & concentration camp victim *Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (b. 1976, Lithuania), pw. & nv. *Annabel Cervantes (b. 1969, Spain), geographer in Catalan *Marie Červinková-Riegrová (1854–1895, Austria/Austria-Hungary), librettist *Isabella Cervoni (1575–1600, Italy), poet *Ruxandra Cesereanu (b. 1963, Romania), poet, fiction wr. & critic *Alba de Céspedes (1911–1997, Cuba/Italy), nv. *Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874, Cuba), wr. & educator *Ana Cristina Cesar (1952–1983, Brazil), poet & critic *Fethiye Çetin (b. 1950, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political biographer *Violante do Céu (fl. 17th century, Portugal), poet *Margaret Cezair-Thompson (living, Jamaica), fiction wr. & screenwriter *Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982, United States), nv. & artist *Dulce Chacón (1954–2003, Spain), poet, nv. & pw. *Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003, Poland), nv. *Nadia Chafik (b. 1962, Morocco), fiction wr. in French *Arlene J. Chai (b. 1955, Philippines/Australia), nv. *Brenda Chamberlain (artist), Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971, Wales), poet, nv. & artist *Anne Chambers (author), 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 *Hester Chapone (1727–1801, England), wr. & Bluestocking *Madeleine Chapsal (b. 1925, 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 (novel), Girl with a Pearl Earring'' *Corinne Chevallier (b. 1935, Algeria), nv. & historian *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. *Cecile Cilliers (1933–2018, South Africa), es. in Afrikaans *Irma Chilton (1930–1990, Wales), ch. wr. *Mei Chin (b. 1977, United States), wr. & food critic *Luz Argentina Chiriboga (b. 1940, Ecuador), fiction wr. *Toriko Chiya (稚野鳥子, living, Japan), manga creator *Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775, Japan), haiku poet *Paulina Chiziane (b. 1955, Mozambique), fiction wr. *Youmna Chlala (living, Lebanon/United States), political wr. & artist *Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013, Poland), nv. & screenwriter *Zen Cho (b. 1986, Malaysia/England), fiction wr. *Sonia Chocrón (b. 1961, Venezuela), poet, nv. & pw. *Kunzang Choden (b. 1952, Bhutan), nv. *Pema Chödrön (b. 1936, United States), Buddhist wr. *Choe Yun (최윤, b. 1953, Korea), fiction wr. *Choi Jeong-rye (최정례, 1955–2021, Korea), poet *Susan Choi (b. 1969, United States), nv. & editor *Maryse Choisy (1903–1979, France), philosophical wr. & nv. *Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925, England), nv. *Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century, Ireland), poet *Denise Chong (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), mem. & non-f. wr. *Kate Chopin (1851–1904, United States), fiction wr. *Lynda Chouiten (living, Algeria), non-f. wr. *Prem Chowdhry (b. 1944, India), social scientist *Rita Chowdhury (b. 1960, India), poet & nv. *Helene Christaller (1872–1953, Germany), ch. nv. *Linda Christanty (b. 1970, Indonesia), fiction wr. & es. *Ada Christen (1839–1901, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr. *Inger Christensen (1935–2009, Denmark), poet & prose wr. *Kate Christensen (b. 1962, United States), nv. *Autumn Christian (living, United States), horror & science fiction wr. *Yvette Christiansë (b. 1954, South Africa/United States), poet & nv. in English *Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England), crime wr. & pw.; ''The Mousetrap'' *Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933, Ireland/Serbia), wr., poet & translator *Nanae Chrono (黒乃奈々絵, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator *Chrystos (b. 1946, United States), Menominee rights activist & poet *Daria Chubata (b. 1940, Ukraine), physician, wr., poet *R. Chudamani (1931–2010, India), fiction wr. *Elena Chudinova (b. 1959, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & non-f. wr. *Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, England), poet, es. & wr. *Leila Chudori (b. 1962, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr. & screenwriter *Rain Chudori (b. 1994, Indonesia), fiction wr. & screenwriter *Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991, India), wr. *Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996, Soviet Union), political wr. & poet *Eugenia Chuprina (b. 1971, Ukraine), poet, wr., nv., & pw. *Caryl Churchill (b. 1938, England), pw. *Sarah Churchwell (b. 1977, United States), academic *Sylwia Chutnik (b. 1979, Poland), nv. & activist

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*Fausta Cialente (1898–1994, Italy), nv. & activist *Maria Luisa Cicci (1760–1794, Italy), woman of letters & poet *Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (b. 1914, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), archaeologist *Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (1929–2017, Lithuania/United States), linguist & critic *Zehra Çırak (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), fiction wr. in German *Victoria Cirlot (b. 1955, Spain), medievalist *Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954, United States), fiction wr. *Aïssatou Cissé (b. 1970/1971, Senegal), nv. *Lana Citron (b. 1969, Ireland/England), fiction wr, screenwriter & poet *Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893–1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr. *Gabrielle Civil (living, United States), performance artist, poet, & educator *Hélène Cixous (b. 1937 Algeria/France), poet, pw. & philosopher *Ellen Clacy (1830–1901, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr. *Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (living, Bolivia/Sweden), linguist & researcher *Daphne Clair (b. 1939, New Zealand), nv. & poet *Paula Clamp (b. 1967, England), nv. & pw. *Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, United States), poet & wr. *Fanny Clar (1875-1944, France), journalist & wr. *Cassandra Clare (b. 1973, United States), young-adult fiction wr. *Monica Clare (1924–1973, Australia), nv. *Clarinda (poet), Clarinda (fl. early 17th century, Peru), poet *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 (American writer), Margaret Clark (b. 1964, United States), historian, wr. & educator *Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), United States), nv. *Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, England), mystical poet, wr. & teacher *Anna Clarke (1919–2004, England), mystery wr. *Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860-1924, United States), educator, wr., & anthologist *Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke (1865–1953, Ireland), nv. *Maxine Beneba Clarke (living, Australia), wr. *Breena Clarke (living, United States), scholar & wr. of fiction *Cheryl Clarke (b. 1947, United States), poet, es. & activist *Coralie Clarke (Coralie Clarke Rees, 1908–1972, Australia), travel wr. *Gillian Clarke (b. 1937, Wales), poet, pw. & broadcaster *Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England), fiction & ch. wr. *Mary H. Gray Clarke (1835–1992, United States), wr., correspondent & poet *Maude Clarke (1892–1935, Northern Ireland/England), historian *Susanna Clarke (b. 1959, England), nv. *Patricia Clapp (1912–2003, United States), ch. wr. *Margareta Clausdotter (died 1486, Sweden), wr. & abbess *Ana Clavel (b. 1961, Mexico), fiction wr. *Beverly Cleary (1916–2021, United States), ch. wr. *Kate McPhelim Cleary (1863–1905, United States), fiction wr. *Joceline Clemencia (1952–2011, Curaçao), wr. & linguist *Catherine Clément (b. 1939, France), philosopher, nv. & critic *Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016, Australia), wr. & historian *Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BC, Ancient Greece), poet *Agnes Mary Clerke (1942–2007, Ireland), astronomer *Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543–1603, France), scholar & courtier *Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, Jamaica/United States), fiction wr., poet & critic *Charmian Clift (1923–1969, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr. *Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, United States), poet, wr. & educator *Gloria Griffen Cline (1929–1973, United States), historian *Michelle T. Clinton (b. 1955, United States), poet. *Caroline Clive (1801–1872, England), poet & nv. *Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England), actor & pw. *Bente Clod (b. 1946, Denmark), poet & prose wr. *Amal Clooney (b. 1978, Lebanon/England), legal & political wr. *Marie Closset (Jean Dominique, 1873–1952, Belgium), poet in French *Anne Cluysenaar (1936–2014, Belgium/Ireland), poet & wr. in English *Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011, Wales), es. & educator *Constance Clyde (1872–1951, New Zealand/Australia), nv. & political wr. *Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (1847–1920, United States), poet & actor *Nellie Euphemia Coad (1883–1974, New Zealand/England), textbook wr. *Lynn Coady (b. 1970, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & col. *Wendy Coakley-Thompson (b. 1966, United States), nv. *Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, United States), poet *Carola Cobo (1909–2003, Bolivia), cookery wr. *Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Ireland/England), poet *Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904, Ireland), wr. & suffragist *Sofia Cocea (1839–1861, Romania), es. & poet *Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865-1944, United States), wr. & mem. *Patricia Cockburn (1914–1989, Ireland/England), writer & conchologist *Grace Coddington (b. 1941, Wales), fashion wr. & mem. *Mariana Codruț (b. 1956, Romania), poet, es. & fiction wr. *Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), wr. *Mariana Coelho (1857–1954, Portugal/Brazil), poet & es. *Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990, Portugal), radio pw. & fiction & ch. wr. *Ana Cofiño (b. 1955, Guatemala), anthropologist & historian *Yolande Cohen (b. 1950, Morocco/Canada) historian & professor *Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586, France), religious poet *Virginia Coigney (1917–1997, United States), civic leader & wr. *Allison Hedge Coke (b. 1958, United States), poet & wr. *Marina Colasanti (b. 1937, Eritrea/Brazil), wr. & poet *Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946, United States), col. & fiction wr. *H. Maria George Colby (1844–1910, United States), col. & suffragist *Emma Shaw Colcleugh (1846–1940, United States), col., lecturer & traveler *Joanna Cole (author), 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 (novella), Gigi'' *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. *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 (b. 1937, 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 (b. 1920, Philippines/Australia), es., critic & poet *Ana Conta-Kernbach (1865–1921, Romania), wr. & educator *Dorothea Conyers (1869–1949, Ireland), nv. *Diane Cook (living, United States), fiction wr. *Eliza Cook (1818–1889, England), poet *Selma Cook (b. 1961, England), editor *Kay McKenzie Cooke (b. 1953, New Zealand), poet *Marvel Cooke (1903–2000, United States), col. & wr. *Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (b. 1930, United States), Sioux poet, nv. & academic *Ina Coolbrith (b. Josephine Anna Smith, 1841–1928, United States), poet *Deborah Coonts (living, United States), nv. & lawyer *Carolyn Cooper (b. 1950, Jamaica), wr. & critic *J. California Cooper (1931–2014, United States), pw. & fiction wr. *Wendy Cope (b. 1945, England), poet *Esther Copley (1786–1851, England), religious & ch. wr. *Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931, Belgium), poet & nv. in French *Cora Coralina (1889–1985, Brazil), wr. & poet *Judy Corbalis (living, New Zealand/England), fiction wr. *Helena Corbellini (b. 1959, Uruguay), fiction wr. & poet *Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1932–2020, Philippines), fiction & food wr. *Leonor López de Córdoba (1362/1363–1430, Spain), mem. *Marie Corelli (1855–1924, England), nv. *Corinna (Κόριννα, 6th century BC, Ancient Greece), poet *Cornificia (c. 85–c. 40 BC, Ancient Rome), poet & epigram wr. *Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858, England), wr. on education, philosophy & science *Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659, England), correspondent *Anita Cornwell (b. 1923, United States), wr. *Patricia Cornwell (b. 1956, United States), crime wr. *Carolina Coronado (1820–1911, Spain), poet, nv. & pw. *Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938, Cuba), biographer & anthologist *Celia Correas de Zapata (1933–2022, Argentina), poet & academic *Hélia Correia (b. 1949, Portugal), nv., pw. & poet *Natália Correia (1923–1993, Portugal), poet & activist *Cecilia K Corrigan (b. 1987, United States), poet & wr. *Sarah Cortez (living, United States), poet, editor & es. *Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, United States), poet & artist *Maria Corti (1915–2002, Italy), philologist, critic & nv. *Mary Corylé (1894–1976, Ecuador), wr. & poet *Giselle Cossard (1923–2016, Morocco/Brazil), anthropologist *Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928, Ecuador), poet & nv. *Lola Costa (1903–2004, England), painter, wr. & poet *Margherita Costa (c. 1600 – post-1657, Italy), poet & pw. *Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020, Portugal), wr. *Mary Costello (writer), 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. *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 *Hannah Cowley (writer), Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England), pw. & poet *Joy Cowley (b. 1936, New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr. *Roz Cowman (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & critic *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 *Mary Craig (writer), 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 Craik, Dinah Mulock Craik (1826–1887, England), nv. *Helen Craik (1751–1825, Scotland), nv. *Harriet L. Cramer (1847-1922, United States), editor, publisher *Hazel Crane (1951–2003, Ireland/South Africa), mem. *Nathalia Crane (1913–1998, United States), poet & nv. *Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851-1902, United States), educator, composer, non-f. wr. *Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), poet & fiction wr. *Margaret Craven (writer), Margaret Craven (1901–1980, United States), nv. *Pauline Marie Armande Craven (1808–1891, France), wr. & autobiographer *Rachael Craw (living, New Zealand), nv. & YA wr. *Emily Crawford (1841–1915, Ireland/France), col. & biographer *Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887, Canada/Newfoundland), poet *Mabel Sharman Crawford (1820–1912, Ireland), travel wr. *Susan P. Crawford (b. 1963, United States), law professor *Máirín Cregan (1891–1975, Ireland), pw., nv. & ch. wr. *Jane Tapsubei Creider (b. 1940s, Kenya), autobiographer, nv, fiction and non-f. wr *Hélisenne de Crenne (c. 1510–1552, France), nv. & correspondent *Jasmine Cresswell (b. 1941, Wales), nv. *Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886, United States), poet, nv *Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941, Australia), poet, fiction wr. & col. *Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, England), poet *Maria Sonia Cristoff (b. 1965, Argentina), fiction & non-f. wr. *Alison Croggon (b. 1962, Argentina), poet, pw. & nv. *Bithia Mary Croker (1849–1920, Ireland/India), travel wr. *May Crommelin (1850–1930, Ireland/England), nv. & travel wr. *M. T. C. Cronin (b. 1963, Australia), wr. *Judy Croome (b. 1958, Zimbabwe/South Africa), fiction wr. & poet *Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, England), wr. & poet *Elsa Cross (b. 1946, Mexico), poet & es. *Fiona Cross (living, New Zealand), arachnologist *Zora Cross (1890–1964, Australia), poet & prose wr. *Sarah Crossan (living, Ireland), YA wr. *Julia Crottie (1853 – c. 1930, Ireland/United States), nv. *Karen Crouse (living, United States), wr. *Alev Croutier (b. 1954, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), non-f. wr. *Catherine Crowe (1800–1876, England), pw., nv. & ch. book wr. *Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, Scotland), poet in Braid Scots & English *Coralie van den Cruyce (1796–1858, Belgium), pw. in French *Aixa de la Cruz (b. 1988, Spain), fiction wr. *Conchitina Cruz (living, Philippines), poet & academic *Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695, Mexico), poet, pw. and nun *Gabriella Csire (b. 1938, Romania), ch. wr. in Hungarian *Cristina Fernández Cubas (b. 1945, Spain), fiction wr. *María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790-1854, Bolivia), letter writer *Mireya Cueto (1922–2013, Mexico), wr. & puppeteer *Briceida Cuevas (b. 1969, Mexico), poet in Mayan *Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857-1918, United States), poet, wr. *Belle Caldwell Culbertson (1857–1934, United States), non.f. wr. *Diana Çuli (b. 1951, Albania), wr. & politician *Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ireland), poet *Majella Cullinane (living, Ireland/New Zealand), nv. & poet *Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978, Trinidad/Bahamas), poet, pw. & activist *Jackie Cumming (living, New Zealand), health-care wr. & academic *Alissandra Cummins (b. 1958, Barbados), non-f. wr. *Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969, Ireland), spiritualist, nv. & pw. *Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866, United States), nv. *Anne Cuneo (1936–2015, Switzerland), nv. in French *Margaret Cunningham (autobiographer), Lady Margaret Cunningham (died c. 1622, Scotland), mem. & correspondent *Pat Cumper (b. 1954, England), pw. *Helena Parente Cunha (b. 1929, Brazil), wr. & educator *Maria Renee Cura (died 2007, Argentina), non-f. wr. *Cecilia Curbelo (b. 1975, Uruguay), wr. & col. *Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794, Switzerland/France), social mem. in French *Jean Curlewis (1898–1930, Argentina), ch. wr. *Judi Curtin (b. 1960s, Ireland), ch. wr. *Nannie Webb Curtis (1861-1920, United States), non-f. wr. & ed. *Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981, Australia), nv. & pw. *Margaret Anna Cusack (1829–1999, Ireland), biographer, social wr. & nun *Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (b. 1949, Bolivia), historian & feminist *Rachel Cusk (b. 1967, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *Sheila Cussons (1922–2004, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans *Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England), nv. *Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet *Eunice P. Cutter (1819-1898), American, anatomy textbooks *Aleksandra Čvorović (b. 1976, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr. & librarian *Ptolemais of Cyrene (3rd century BC or later, Ancient Greece), wr. on music *Izabela Czartoryska (1846–1935, Poland), Enlightenment wr. *Julie E. Czerneda (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction & fantasy wr. *Sidney Czira (1889–1974, Ireland/United States), wr. & broadcaster

D

Da–Dh

*Selma Dabbagh (b. 1970, Scotland/Palestine), fiction wr. *Emma Dabiri (living, 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. *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 (editor), Gwen Davies (b. 1964, Wales), translator & editor *Margaret Davies (writer), Margaret Davies (c. 1700–1778 or 1785, Wales), poet & scribe *Mary Davies (poet), 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 *Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916−2014, United States), mystery nv. *Jackie Davis (writer), 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 (author), 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 (Irish author), 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. *Nicole Dennis-Benn (b. 1982, Jamaica), nv. & story wr. *Márcia Denser (b. 1949, Brazil), wr. & academic *Laurence Deonna (b. 1937, Switzerland), political wr. in French *Maria Deraismes (1828–1894, France), feminist wr. *Raghida Dergham (b. 1953, Lebanon/United States), col. *Enid Derham (1882–1941, Australia), poet *Regina Derieva (1949–2013, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & wr. *Maria Dermoût (1888–1962, Netherlands), nv. *Jeanne Deroin (1805–1894, France), political wr. *Sophie Deroisin (1909–1994, Belgium), nv. in French *Toi Derricotte (b. 1941, United States), poet *Suat Derviş (1904 or 1905–1972, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & activist *Dominika Dery (b. 1975, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & mem. *Anita Desai (b. 1937, India), nv. *Kamal Desai (1928–2011, India), nv. *Kiran Desai (b. 1971, India), nv. *Dominique Desanti (1920–2011, France), nv., biographer & col. *Agnès Desarthe (b. 1966, France), nv. & ch. wr. *Maryline Desbiolles (b. 1959, France), wr. *Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859, France), poet *Anne Desclos, 1907–1998, France), col. & nv. *Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694, France), poet *Gauri Deshpande (1942–2003, India), fiction wr. & poet *Shashi Deshpande (b. 1938, India), nv. *Sunita Deshpande (1926–2009, India), wr. *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. *Jessica Dettmann (living, Australia), nv. *Babette Deutsch (1895–1982, United States), poet, critic, & nv. *Jean Devanny (1894–1962, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr. *Alexis De Veaux (b. 1948, United States), wr. & illustrator *Mary Deverell (1731–1805, England), religious wr. & poet *Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995, India), nv. & poet *Leela Devi (1932–1998, India), wr. & educator *Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016, India), nv. & wr. *Maitreyi Devi (1914–1990, India), poet & nv. *M. K. Binodini Devi (1922–2011, India), fiction wr. & pw. *Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977, India), poet & writer *Nirupama Devi (1883–1951, India), fiction wr. *Vimala Devi (b. 1932, Goa/Spain), *Martina Devlin (living, Ireland), nv. & col. *Polly Devlin (b. 1944, wr. & broadcaster *Caroline Dexter (1819–1884, England/Australia), feminist *Leena Dhingra (living, India/England), wr. & actor *Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction wr. *Christine D'haen (1923–2009), wr. & poet in French *Dhuoda (c. 803–c. 843, France), moralist in Latin; ''Liber Manualis''

Di–Dy

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

E

Ea–Em

*Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856, United States), wr. & poet *Marion Eames (1921–2007, Wales), nv. & translator *Mary Tracy Earle (1864–1955, United States), wr. *Beverley East (b. 1953, Jamaica), wr. *Alice Eather (1988/1989–2017, Australia), poet & environmentalist *Edith Maude Eaton (Sui Sin Far; 1865–1914, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *Winnifred Eaton (writer), Winnifred Eaton (Watanna Onoto; 1875–1954, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005, France), es. & nv. *Shirin Ebadi (b. 1947, Iran/Persia), activist; Nobel Peace Prize 2003 *Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904, Switzerland/Algeria), political wr. in French *Margareta Ebner (1291–1351, Germany), diarist & mystic *Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. *Charlotte O'Conor Eccles (1860–1911, Ireland), nv. & translator *Fadela Echebbi (b. 1946, Tunisia), poet *Robyn Eckersley (b. 1958, Australia), political theorist *Elaine Howard Ecklund (living, United States), academic *Bertha Eckstein-Diener (Sir Galahad, 1874–1948, Austria/Austria-Hungary), historian & travel wr. *Nydia Ecury (1926–2012, Curaçao), poet & translator *Leigh Eddings (1939–2007, United States), fantasy nv. *Reni Eddo-Lodge (b. 1989, England), col. & wr. *Inger Edelfeldt (b. 1956, Sweden), fiction & ch. wr. & illustrator *Aida Edemariam (fl. 2014–, Ethiopia/Canada/Newfoundland), col. & mem. *Dorothy Eden (1912–1982, New Zealand/England), fiction wr. *Emily Eden (1797–1869, England), nv. & poet *Arabella Edge (fl. 2000–, England/Australia), fiction wr. *Zee Edgell (1940–2020, Belize), nv. *Frances Anne Edgeworth (1769–1865, Ireland), mem. & botanical artist *Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849, England/Ireland), nv.; ''Castle Rackrent'' *May Edginton (1883–1957, England), nv. *Lauris Edmond (1924–2000, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr. *Harriet Edquist (fl. 1989–, Australia), architectural historian *Esi Edugyan (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & wr. *Summer Edward (b. 1986, Trinidad), wr. & activist *Amelia Edwards (1831–1892, England), fiction wr. & poet *Annie Edwards (c. 1830–1896, England), nv. *Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959, Wales), ch. wr. & teacher *Ruth Dudley Edwards (b. 1944, Ireland), historian, biographer & crime wr. *Yvvette Edwards (fl. 2011–, England), nv. *Zena Edwards (b. 1960s, England), poet *Françoise Ega (1920–1976, Martinique), nv. *Jennifer Egan (b. 1962, United States); fiction wr. *Susanna Eger (1640–1713, Germany), cookery wr. *Egeria (pilgrim), Egeria (Aetheria) (fl. AD 381–384, Algeria), pilgrim & correspondent in Latin *George Egerton (1859–1945, Ireland/England), fiction wr. *Helen Merrill Egerton (1866–1951, Canada), poet, non-f. wr. *Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976, Australia), wr., activist & lawyer *Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960, Denmark), crime wr. *Elen Egryn (Elin Evans, 1807–1876, Wales), poet *María Egual (1655–1735, Spain), poet & pw. *Alicia Eguren (1924–1977, Argentina), poet & es. *Barbara Ehrenreich (1941–2022, United States), feminist & activist *Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867, Sweden), wr. *Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795, Switzerland), nv. & publicist in German *Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (1815–1905, Finland), feminist & wr. in Swedish *Tamara Eidelman (living, Soviet Union/Russia), historian & educator *Eiki Eiki (影木栄貴, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator *Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922, Denmark), fiction wr. & pw. *Lena Einhorn (b. 1954, Sweden), mem., pw. & screenwriter *Paula Einöder (b. 1974, Uruguay), poet & wr. *Oddný Eir (b. 1972, Iceland), nv. *Kerstin Ekman (b. 1933, Sweden), fiction wr. *Margareta Ekström (1930–2021, Sweden), poet, nv. & ch. wr. *Elaine Eksvärd (b. 1981, Sweden), non-f. wr. *Nana Ekvtimishvili (b. 1978, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & film director *Naima El Bezaz (1974–2020, Morocco/Netherlands), wr. *Roza Eldarova (1923–2021, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. & politician *Anne Elder (1918–1976, Australia), poet & dancer *Olivia Elder (1735–1780, Ireland), poet *Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956, Australia), nv., critic & historian *Elephantis (fl. late 1st century BC, Ancient Greece), erotic poet *Ada María Elflein (1880–1919, Argentina), poet, col. & translator *Menna Elfyn (b. 1952, Wales), poet, pw. & editor *Laila el-Haddad (b. 1978, Palestine/United States), wr. on Palestine & food *Safia Elhillo (b. 1990, Sudan/United States), poet *Anilú Elías (b. 1937, Mexico), scholar & activist *María Luisa Elío (1926–2009, Spain/Mexico), screenwriter *George Eliot (Marian Evans, 1819–1880, England), nv. & poet; ''Middlemarch'' *Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916, Romania), Queen Consort & poet *Caroline Elkins (b. 1969, United States), prof. & non-f. wr. *Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877, United States), wr. & poet *Bina Sarkar Ellias (b. 1949, India), poet, wr. & editor *Anne Elliot (novelist), Anne Elliot (1856–1941, England), nv. *Lady Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, Scotland), poet *Janice Elliott (1931–1995, England), fiction & ch. wr. *Marianne Elliott (historian), Marianne Elliott (living, Ireland/England), historian *Lucy Ellmann (b. 1956, United States/Scotland), nv. *Alice Thomas Ellis (Anna Haycraft, 1932–3005, England), fiction & non-f. wr. *Ellen Elizabeth Ellis (1829–1895, England/New Zealand), nv. & activist *Keisha Lynne Ellis (fl. 2009 onward, Bahamas), political scientist *Lucy Ellmann (b. 1956, United States/Scotland), nv. *Nawal el-Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt), feminist & fiction wr. *Barbara Else (b. 1947, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & pw. *Gisela Elsner (1939–1992, Germany), nv. *Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756, England), feminist & translator *Diamela Eltit (b. 1949, Chile), wr. & academic *Lynn Emanuel (b. 1949, United States), poet *Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017, Nigeria), nv. *Claudia Emerson (1957–2014, United States), poet & academic *Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907, United States), wr. & ethnologist *Akwaeke Emezi (b. 1987, Nigeria), fiction wr. *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 *Tina Escaja (b. 1965, Spain/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw. *Ximena Escalante (b. 1964, Mexico), pw. *Alicia Escardó (b. 1963, Uruguay), fiction wr. & educator *Nataly von Eschstruth (1860–1939, Germany), fiction wr. and pw. *Edith Escombe (1866–1950, England), fiction wr. & es. *Gloria Escomel (b. 1941, Uruguay/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *Margaret Escott (1908–1977, New Zealand), nv., poet & educator *Rosemary Esehagu (b. 1981, Nigeria/United States), nv. *Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (1899–1979, Mexico), linguist & poet *Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897, United States), poet, wr., hymn wr. *Erminda Rentoul Esler (c. 1852–1924, Ireland), fiction wr. *Florbela Espanca (1894–1930, Portugal), poet *Teresa Espasa (living, Spain), poet, es. & professor *Kristin Espinasse (b. 1968, United States), wr. *Ileana Espinel (1933–2001, Ecuador), poet & wr. *Ramabai Espinet (b. 1948, Trinidad), poet, nv. & critic *Laura Esquivel (b. 1950, Mexico), nv. *Sofia Ester (b. 1978, Portugal), YA wr. *Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling (1857–1935, Ireland), nv. & educator *Eleanor Estes (1906–1988, United States), ch. wr. *Clarissa Pinkola Estés (b. 1945, United States), poet *Gisèle d'Estoc (1845–1894, France), non-f. wr. *Jenny Estrada (b. 1940, Ecuador), social wr. *Makiko Esumi (江角マキコ, b. 1966, Japan), non-f. wr. & lyricist *Eloísa García Etchegoyhen (1921–1996, Uruguay), education wr. *Claire Etcherelli (b. 1934, France), nv. *Gabriela Etcheverry (b. 1946, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & critic *Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941, Iran/Persia), poet *Mansoureh Ettehadieh (living, Iran/Persia), historian *Lucía Etxebarría (b. 1966, Spain), biographer & nv. *Luisa Etxenike (b. 1957, Spain), fiction wr., pw. & poet *Cecilia Eudave (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr. *Aelia Eudocia (c. 401–460, Byzantium), religious wr. in Greek *Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014, Philippines), wr. & academic *Eun Mihee (은미희, b. 1960, Korea), nv., col. & academic *Jang Eun-jin (장은진, b. 1976, Korea), wr. *Lolita Euson (1914–1994, Sint Eustatius), poet *Janet Evanovich (b. 1943, United States), nv. *Anne Evans (poet), Anne Evans (1820–1870, England), poet & composer *Augusta Jane Evans (1835–1909, United States), nv. *Christine Evans (poet), 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. *Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans *Leonora Eyles (1889–1960, England), feminist wr. & nv. *Regīna Ezera (1930–2002, Latvia), nv.

F

Fa–Fl

*Camilla Faà (c. 1599–1662, Italy), autobiographer & nun *Edda Fabbri (b. 1949, Uruguay), fiction wr. *Anne Faber (living, Luxembourg/England), cookery wr. *Michèle Fabien (1945–1999, Belgium), wr. & pw. in French *Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, United States), poet & illustrator *Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, Hungary), poet & es. *Paloma Fabrykant (b. 1981, Argentina), non-f. wr. & artist *Diane Fahey (b. 1945, Australia), poet *Jacqueline Fahey (b. 1929, New Zealand), mem. & painter *Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770, Italy), poet & composer *Elizabeth Fair (1908–1997, England), nv. *Lidia Falcón (b. 1935, Spain), pw. & es. *Suzanne Falkiner (b. 1952, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr. *Aminata Sow Fall (b. 1941, Senegal), nv. *Khadi Fall (b. 1948, Senegal), nv. *Kiné Kirama Fall (b. 1934, Senegal), poet *Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006, Italy), non-f. wr. *Amber Fallon (b. 1993, United States), horror wr. *Katie Fallon (b. 1976, United States), es. & non-f. wr. *Fan Xiaoqing (范小青, b. 1955, China), fiction wr. *Elena Fanailova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), poet *Fang Fang (方方, b. 1955, China), poet & nv. *Diane Fanning (b. 1950, United States), wr. on crime & nv. *Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918, Peru), nv. & col. *Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England), mem. *Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, England), poet *U. A. Fanthorpe, 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 *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. *Nancy Farmer (b. 1941, United States), YA & ch. nv. *Penelope Farmer (b. 1939, England), ch. nv.; ''Charlotte Sometimes (novel), 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 *Fanny Fern (1811–1872, United States), fiction & ch. wr. *María Luisa Fernández (writer), María Luisa Fernández (1870–1938, Chile), feminist wr. & poet *Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao (b. 1964, Spain), art wr. & academic *Roberta Fernández (living, United States), nv., scholar & critic *Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Sri Lanka), ch. wr. & academic *Vera Ferra-Mikura (1923–1997, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr. *Elena Ferrante (b. 1943, Italy), nv. *María del Carme Ribé i Ferré (1920–1991, Spain), nv. & autobiographer *Rosario Ferré (1938–2016, United States), nv., poet & biographer *Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924, Uruguay), poet & educator *Julia Ferrer (1925–1995, Peru), poet & wr. *Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland), nv. *Diana Ferrus (b. 1953, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans & English *Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852–1924, United States), wr. *Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England), nv. *Tina Fey (b. 1970, United States), screenwriter & autobiographer *Vera Feyder (b. 1949, Belgium/France), poet & nv. *Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867, Denmark), pw. & fiction wr. *Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872, Denmark), wr. on women's rights *Dorothea de Ficquelmont (1804–1863, Russia/Austria/Austria-Hungary), diarist in French *Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940, Ireland), nv. & literary critic *Michael Field (author), Michael Field, the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley (1846–1914, England) and Edith Cooper (1862–1913, England), poets, pw. *Rachel Field (1894–1942, United States), nv., poet & ch. wr. *Helen Fielding (b. 1958, England), nv. *Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England), nv. *Jennie Fields (b. 1953, United States), nv. *Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England), travel wr. *Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1936, Ecuador), poet, critic & academic *Eva Figes (1932–2012, Germany/England), nv., critic & feminist *N. P. Figgis (1939–2014, Ireland/Wales), archaeologist *Sia Figiel (b. 1967, Serbia), poet & nv. *Vera Figner (1852–1942, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. & political biographer *Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), social & ch. wr. *Amanda Filipacchi (b. 1957, France/United States), nv. *Lyudmila Filipova (b. 1977, Bulgaria), nv. & col. *Zlata Filipović (b. 1980, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Ireland), child war diarist *Adelaide Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (1761–1836, France), nv. *Clara Filleul (1822–1878, France), ch. wr. & painter *Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, 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 (grammarian), Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England), grammarian *Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, United States), nv., actor & screenwriter *Catherine Fisher (b. 1957, Wales), wr. & broadcaster *Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia), poet & editor *M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992, United States), food wr. *Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826, Poland), mem. *Fitnat Hanım (died 1780, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet *Sarah Mary Fitton (c. 1796–1874, Ireland), wr. & botanist *Barbara Fitzgerald (1911–1982, Ireland/England), nv. *Kitty Fitzgerald (b. 1946, Ireland/England), nv., poet & pw. *Mary Anne Fitzgerald (living, South Africa/England), political wr. *Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England), nv., poet & biographer *Theodora FitzGibbon (1916–1991, Ireland), cookery wr. *Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator *Becca Fitzpatrick (b. 1979, United States), nv. *Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Australian academic), Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian, biographer & critic *Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (b. 1962, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator *Ellen Fitzsimon (1805–1883, Ireland), poet *Fannie Flagg (b. 1944, United States), screenwriter & nv. *Jane Flanders (1940–2001, United States), poet *Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany), pw. *Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland), child diarist & poet *Kate Fleron (1909–2006, Denmark), wr. & resistance fighter *Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018, New Zealand), nv. *Jane Ada Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia), nature & ch. wr. *Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844-1905, United States), poet, correspondent *Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1850, England), religious wr. *Penelope Fletcher (b. 1988, England), YA & fantasy wr. *Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829–1890, France), nv. *Pierrette Fleutiaux (1941–2019, France), fiction wr. *Lynn Flewelling (b. 1958, United States), nv. *Lina Flor (1914–1976, Philippines), fiction & scriptwriter *Leona Florentino (1849–1884, Philippines), poet *Malva Flores (b. 1961, Mexico), poet, fiction wr. & es. *Paulina Flores (writer), Paulina Flores (b. 1988, Chile), fiction wr. *Nísia Floresta (1810–1885, Brazil/France), poet & feminist *Angela Flournoy (living, United States), nv. *Pat Flower (1914–1977, Australia), stage & TV pw. & nv. *Tui Flower (1925–2017, New Zealand), food wr. *Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892, Sw.), nv. *Carol Houlihan Flynn (b. 1945, United States), academic, critic & fiction wr. *Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964, United States), political wr. & activist *Gillian Flynn (b. 1971, United States), nv. & screenwriter

Fo–Fu

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

G

Ga–Gl

*Diana Gabaldon (b. 1952, United States), fiction wr. *Patrícia Gabancho (1952–2017, Argentina/Spain), wr. in Catalan *Anneli Ute Gabanyi (b. 1942, Romania/Germany), critic & philologist *Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851–1938, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & feminist *Dora Gabe (1888–1983, Bulgaria), poet & travel wr. *Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928, Russia/Soviet Union), poet *Belén Gache (b. 1960, Argentina/Spain), nv. & electronic wr. *Emma Gad (1852–1921, Denmark), wr. & pw. *Gertrude Gaffney (?-1959, Ireland), col. *Maureen Gaffney (b. 1947, Ireland), psychologist *Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884, United States), wr. & poet *Nina Gagen-Torn (1900–1986, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & ethnographer *Eva Roe Gaggin (1879–1966, United States), ch. wr. *Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832–1902, France), fiction wr., es. & activist *Jeannine Hall Gailey (b. 1973, United States), poet & critic *Abby Gaines (living, New Zealand), nv. *Sigri Mitra Gaïni (b. 1975, Faroe Islands), poet & educator *Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000, Spain), fiction wr., es. & screenwriter *Mary Gaitskill (b. 1954, United States), es. & fiction wr. *Nora Gal (1912–1991, Russia/Soviet Union), critic & translation theorist *Ana Galán (b. 1964, Spain/United States), ch. wr. & humorist *Rhea Galanaki (b. 1947, Greece), fiction wr., es. & poet *Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980, United States), poet *Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015, Spain), poet & cartoonist *Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990, Lithuania/Germany), poet & nun *Kate Gale (b. 1965, United States), poet & librettist *Zona Gale (1874–1938, United States), nv. & pw. *Azucena Galettini (b. 1981, Argentina), wr. *Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989, Hungary), fiction wr. & pw. *Adela Galiana (1825 – late 19th/early 20th century, Spain), wr. *Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534, Sp.), Latinist & educator *Hermila Galindo (1886–1954, Mexico), political wr. *María Galindo (b. 1964, Bolivia), psychologist *Katherine Gallagher (b. 1935, Argentina), poet *Kathleen Gallagher (New Zealand writer), 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. *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 (journalist), Cristina García (b. 1958, Cuba/United States), nv. *R. S. A. Garcia (living, Trinidad), science fiction wr. *María Esther García López (b. 1948, Spain), poet, wr. *Jane Gardam (b. 1928, England), fiction & ch. wr. *Delphine Gardey (b. 1967, France), non-f. wr. *Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849, Ireland), nv. & col. *Elizabeth Anne 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 (novel), Cranford'' *Whitney Gaskell (b. 1972, United States), nv. *Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009, Australia), nv. *Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894, Switzerland), social wr. in French *Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979, Italy), nv. *Nathalie Gassel (b. 1964, Belgium), feminist wr. *Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919–1995, France), poet & nun *Liudmila Gatagova (living, Soviet Union/Russia), historian & es. *Zélia Gattai (1916–2008, Brazil), nv. & ch. wr. *Margaret Gatty (1809–1873, England), ch. wr. & biologist *Delores Gauntlett (b. 1949, Jamaica), poet *Judith Gautier (1845–1917, France), poet & nv. *Anna Gavalda (b. 1970, France), nv. *Jamila Gavin (b. 1941, India/England), fiction & ch. wr. *Roxane Gay (b. 1974, United States), wr., ed. & social commentator *Sophie Gay (1776–1852, France), nv. & librettist *Alessia Gazzola (b. 1982, Italy), nv. *Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (living, Benin), ch. wr. *Ivone Gebara (b. 1944, Brazil), philosopher & nun *Miriam Gebhardt (b. 1962, Germany), historian *Pauline Gedge (b. 1945, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *Vera Gedroits (1870–1932, Russia/Soviet Union), medical wr. *Maggie Gee (novelist), Maggie Gee (b. 1948, England), nv. *Angela Gegg (b. 1979, Belize), wr. & artist *Luisa Geisler (b. 1991, Brazil), fiction wr. *Naira Gelashvili (b. 1947, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & activist *Edith Mary Gell (1860–1944, England), wr. & activist *Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998, United States), nv, travel wr. & journalist *Charley Genever (living, England), poet *Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830, France), nv. & education theorist *Empress Genmei (元明天皇, 660–721, Japan), monarch & poet *Louise Boije af Gennäs (b. 1971, Sweden), nv. *Catherine of Genoa (St Catherine, 1447–1510, Italy), wr. & mystic *Doris Gentile (1894–1972, Australia), fiction wr. *Sulari Gentill (living, Australia), fiction wr. *Elizabeth George (b. 1949, United States), mystery nv. *Ella M. George (1850-1938, United States), non-f. wr. & newspaper editor *Frances Shayle George (1828–1890, England/New Zealand), poet, es. & educator *Margaret George (b. 1943, United States), nv. *Nina George (b. 1973, Germany), wr. *Danielle Legros Georges (living, Haiti/United States), poet, es. & academic *Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953, France), poet & pw. *Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933, Hungary), poet & nv. *Ida Gerhardt (1905–1997, Netherlands), classicist & poet *Doris Gercke (b. 1937, Germany), nv. *Sylvie Germain (b. 1954, France), nv. & es. *Teolinda Gersão (b. 1940, Portugal), fiction wr. *Marina Gershenovich (b. 1960, Russia/Germany), poet *Karen Gershon (1923–1993, Germany/England), poet & fiction & non-f. wr. *Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, fiction wr. & es. *Amy Gerstler (b. 1956, United States), poet *María Elena Gertner (1932–2013, Chile), poet, nv. & screenwriter *Gertrude the Great (1256 – c. 1302, Germany), saint & mystic in Latin *Masha Gessen (b. 1967, Soviet Union/United States), political wr. *Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), ch. wr. *Geum Hee (금희, b. 1979, Korea), wr. *Yi Geun-hwa (이근화, b. 1976, Korea), poet *Marie Gevers (1893–1975, Belgium), nv. in French *Amélie Gex (1835–1883, France), poet & wr. also in Provençal *Zarah Ghahramani (b. 1981, Iran/Persia/Australia), mem. *Randa Ghazy (b. 1987, Egypt/Italy), wr. *Salima Ghezali (b. 1958, Algeria), wr. & activist *Sagarika Ghose (b. 1964, India), col. & nv. *Maureen Gibbon (living, United States), fiction wr. *June and Jennifer Gibbons, 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. *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 *Eve Gil (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet *Ruth Gilbert (poet), Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016, New Zealand), poet *Elizabeth Gilbert (b. 1969, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. *Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912, United States), fiction, non-f. wr. & poet *Ellen Gilchrist (b. 1935, United States), fiction wr. & poet *Betty Gilderdale (1923–2021, New Zealand), ch. wr. *Annabel Giles (b. 1959, Wales), nv. & broadcaster *Olivia Aroha Giles (living, New Zealand), ch. & fiction wr. *María Esther Gilio (1922–2011, Uruguay), biographer & col. *Elizabeth Gilligan (1962–2017, United States), nv. *Ruth Gilligan (b. 1988, Ireland), nv. & academic *Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, United States), sociologist & poet *Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881–1945), religious wr., nv., translator *Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, Australia), poet & col. *Beryl Gilroy (1924–2001, Guyana), nv. *Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994, Lithuania/United States), archaeologist & anthropologist *Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2001, Australia), historian & non-f. wr. *Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945, Poland), poet & Hc. victim *Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990, Russia/Soviet Union), critic & historian *Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991, Italy), fiction & social wr. *Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. & political prisoner *Cinzia Giorgio (b. 1975, Italy), nv. & academic *Marosa di Giorgio (1932–2004, Uruguay), poet & nv. *Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943, United States), poet, wr. & activist *Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & nv. *Delphine de Girardin (1804–1855, France), es., nv. & pw. *Banira Giri (1946–2021, Nepal), poet & wr. *Blanche Girouard (1898–1940, Ireland/England), fiction wr. *Hallgerður Gísladóttir (1952–2007, Iceland), ethnologist & poet *Þórdís Gísladóttir (b. 1965, Iceland), ch. wr., poet & nv. *Moraa Gitaa (living, Kenya), fiction & non-f. wr. *Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015, Romania), researcher *Stanka Gjurić (b. 1956, Yu/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & es. *Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda), pw. & performer *Evi Gkotzaridis (living, Greece), historian *Diane Glancy (b. 1941, United States), poet, nv. & pw. *Margo Glantz (b. 1930, Mexico), fiction wr., autobiographer & es. *Henny Glarbo (1884–1955, Denmark), archivist *Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945, United States), nv. *Maude Glasgow (1876–1955, Ireland/United States), preventive medicine wr. *Susan Glaspell (1876–1948, United States), nv. & pw. *Julia Glass (b. 1956, United States), nv. *Madeline Gleason (1903–1979, United States), poet & pw. *Esther Glen (1881–1940, New Zealand), ch. wr., nv. & activist *Mar Gómez Glez (b. 1977, Spain), pw. & nv. *Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (b. 1950, Bahamas), wr., critic & educator *Barbara Gloudon (1935–2022, Jamaica), journalist, pw. *Louise Glück (b. 1943, United States), poet *Glückel of Hameln (c. 1646–1724), diarist in Yiddish

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*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/Newfoundland), 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 (writer), Sophie Gonzales (b. 1993, Argentina), YA wr. *Aida González (b. 1962, Panama), fiction wr. & physician *Aurelia Castillo de González (1842–1920, Cuba), prose wr. & poet *Betina Gonzalez (b. 1972, Argentina), fiction wr. *Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935, Argentina), non-f. wr. & educator *Maria Lluïsa Borràs i Gonzàlez (1931–2010, Spain), art wr. *Dulce María González (1958–2015, Mexico), fiction wr., poet & academic *Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (b. 1958, Portugal), ch. & YA wr. *Enriqueta González Rubín (1832–1877, Spain), novelist in Asturian *Lorna Goodison (b. 1947, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr. *Allegra Goodman (b. 1967, United States), fiction wr. *Lavinia Stella Goodwin (1833–1911, United States), wr. & educator *Jeanne Goosen (1938–2020, South Africa), poet & fiction & ch. wr. in Afrikaans *Belén Gopegui (b. 1963, Spain), nv. *Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936–2013, Soviet Union/France), poet & activist *Viviana Gorbato (1950–2005, Argentina), wr. & academic *Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014, South Africa), nv. & pw.; 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature *Alice Mary Gordon (c. 1855–1929, England), wr. *Caroline Gordon (1895–1981, United States), nv. & critic *Jaimy Gordon (b. 1944, United States), nv. *Lyndall Gordon (b. 1941, South Africa/England), biographer *Mary Gordon (writer), Mary Gordon (b. 1949, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. *Sheila Gordon (1927–2013, South Africa/United States), fiction wr. *Catherine Gore (1799–1861, England), nv. & pw. *Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926, Ireland/England), poet, pw. & activist *Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979, Russia/Hungary), media historian & librarian *Nina Gorlanova (b. 1947, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr. *Amanda Gorman (b. 1998, United States), poet *Wangui wa Goro (b. (1961, Kenya/England), poet, fiction & non-f. wr. & academic *Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022, Argentina), fiction wr. *Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892, Argentina/Peru), fiction wr. & politician *Hedwig Gorski (b. 1949, United States), poet & artist *Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017, Switzerland), feminist wr. in German *Anastasia Gosteva (b. 1975, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & poet *Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942–2011, India), poet & scholar *Hiromi Goto (b. 1966, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. *Mélanie Gouby (living, France/England), wr., col. & filmmaker *Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984, England), fiction & ch. wr. *Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France), feminist & pw. *Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015, Tunisia), poet & ch. wr. *Neelum Saran Gour (b. 1955, India), fiction & non-f. wr. *Emilie Gourd (1879–1946, Switzerland), political wr. in French *Candy Gourlay (living, Philippines/England), nv. & ch. wr. in English *Marie de Gournay (1565–1645, France), wr. & nv. *Pregs Govender (b. 1960, South Africa), social wr. & col. in English *Katherine Govier (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & es. *Santhini Govindan (b. 1959, India), ch. wr. *Barbara Gowdy (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *Iris Gower (1935–2010, Wales), nv. *Kodagina Gowramma (1912–1939, India), wr. *María Goyri (1873–1955, Spain), critic & academic *Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013, Netherlands), nv. *Patricia Grace (b. 1937, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. *Annie Ryder Gracey (1836–1908, United States), wr. *Posie Graeme-Evans (b. 1952, England/Australia), nv. & screenwriter *Agnieszka Graff (b. 1970, Poland), feminist wr. & es. *Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758, France), nv. & pw. *Sue Grafton (1940–2017, United States), nv. *Jorie Graham (b. 1950, United States), poet & academic *Lauren Graham (b. 1967, United States), nv. & actor *Virginia Graham (English writer), Virginia Graham (1910–1993, England), poet & humorist *Winifred Graham (1873–1950, England), nv. *Natalie Grams (b. 1978, Germany), medical wr. *María Josefa García Granados (1796–1848, Guatemala), writer & poet *Reyna Grande (b. 1975, Mexico/United States), nv. & mem. in English *Almudena Grandes (b. 1960, Spain), nv. *Évelyne Grandjean (b. 1939, France), pw., screenwriter & actor *Lucie Grange (1839–1908, France), ed. *Linda Grant (b. 1951, England), nv. & wr. *Sybil Grant (1879–1955, England), wr. & artist *Lesley Grant-Adamson (b. 1942, England), mystery fiction wr. *Olga Grau (b. 1945, Chile), wr. *Shirley Ann Grau (1929–2020, United States), fiction wr. *Wilhelmina Gravallius (1807–1884, Sweden), nv. *Elsa Grave (1918–2003, Sweden), nv., poet & artist *Clotilde Graves (1863–1932, Ireland/England), pw. & nv. *Lucia Graves (b. 1943, England), wr. & translator *Caroline Gravière (Michel Fleury, 1821–1878, Belgium), nv. & wr. in French *Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926, US), nv. & religion *Dulcie Gray (1915–2011, Malaysia/England), wr. & actor *Elizabeth Caroline Gray (1800–1887, Scotland), archaeologist & travel wr. *Mary Tenney Gray (1833–1904, United States), col. *Maxwell Gray (1846–1923, England), nv. & poet *Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie (1864–1931, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, pw. & nv. *Áine Greaney (b. c. 1962, Ireland/United States), wr. *Alice Stopford Green (1847–1929, Ireland), historian & nationalist *Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935, United States), nv. *Charmaine Papertalk Green (b. 1962, Argentina), poet & artist *Eliza S. Craven Green (1803–1866, Isle of Man), poet *Miriam Green (b. c. 1950, South Africa/England), academic *Paula Green (poet), Paula Green, (b. 1955, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr. *Rosario Green (1941–2017, Mexico), economist & politician *Sarah Green (novelist), 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 *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 *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. *Wendy Guerra (b. 1970, Cuba), poet & nv. *Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749, France), nv. & patron *Soumaya Naamane Guessous (living, Morocco), sociologist & col. *Judith Guest (b. 1936, United States), nv. & screenwriter *Amalia Guglielminetti (1881–1941, Italy), poet & ch. wr. *Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992, Italy), poet & linguist *Beatriz Guido (1924–1988, Argentina), nv. & screenwriter *Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545, France), poet *Regina Guimarães (b. 1957, Portugal), poet & pw. *Ruth Guimarães (1920–2014, Brazil), fiction wr. & poet *Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018, United States), science fiction & ch. wr. & poet *Evelyn May Guinid (b. 1971, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog *Olga Guirao (b. 1956, Spain), nv. *Guji, Princess of Joseon (현주이구지, died 1489, Korea), wr., poet & dancer *Zumrud Gulu-zade (1932–2021, Azerbaijan), philosopher *Nataliya Gumenyuk (b. 1983, Ukraine), journalist, & wr. *Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806, Germany), poet *Eileen Gunn (b. 1945, United States), fiction wr. & editor *Elizabeth Gunn (author), 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 (writer), Madeleine Gustafsson (b. 1937, Sweden), poet, es. & critic *Aldona Gustas (1932–2022, Lithuania/Germany), poet & illustrator *Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855, Iceland), poet *Goya Gutiérrez (b. 1954, Spain), poet & wr. *Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (1846–1908, Mexico), poet & educator *Azmiye Hami Güven (1904–1954, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. *Rosa Guy (1922–2012, Trinidad/United States), fiction & YA wr. *Emma Jane Guyton (1825–1887, England), nv. & editor *Eulalia Guzmán (1890–1985, Mexico), archaeologist & educator *Maria Odulio de Guzman (fl. 20th century), wr. & educator *Viviana Guzmán (b. 1964, Chile), poet & musician *Yaa Gyasi (b. 1989, Ghana/Gold Coast/United States), nv. *Jeon Gyeong-rin (전경린, b. 1962, Korea), nv. *Althea Gyles (1867–1949, Ireland), poet & artist *Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd (1773–1856, Denmark), fiction wr. *Beth Gylys (b. 1964, United States), poet & academic

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Ha–He

*H.D., H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961, United States), poet, nv. & mem. *Ha Seong-nan (하성란, b. 1967, Korea), fiction wr. *Meredith Haaf (b. 1983, Germany), wr. *Francisca de Haan (living, Netherlands), social scientist *Hilja Haapala (1877–1958, Finland), wr. *Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Netherlands), nv. *Anna Haava (1864–1957, Estonia), poet & fiction & non-f. wr. *Huzama Habayeb (b. 1965, Palestine/Emirates), fiction wr. & poet *Maria Hack (1777–1844, England), ch. wr. *Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942, United States), poet, translator & critic *Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969, Ecuador/Mexico), fiction wr. & es. *Joumana Haddad (b. 1970, Lebanon), poet & es. *Tessa Hadley (b. 1956, England), nv. & non-f. wr. *Mimi Hafida (b. 1965, Algeria), poet & artist *Jessica Hagedorn (b. 1949, Philippines/United States), poet, pw. & nv. *Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903, United States), wr. & poet *Mandy Hager (b. 1960, New Zealand), fiction, non-f., YA and ch. wr. *Moto Hagio (萩尾望都, b. 1949, Japan), manga creator *Lucina Hagman (1853–1946, Finland), feminist & politician *Michitsuna no Haha (道綱, c. 935–995, Japan), diarist *Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880, Germany), nv., poet and social wr. *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 (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 (writer), Sarah Hall (b. 1974, England), nv. & poet *Guðný Halldórsdóttir (b. 1954, Iceland), screenwriter *Jean Halley (b. 1967, United States), sociologist *Marion Rose Halpenny (living, England), equestrian *Rosalie Ham (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & pw. *Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998, Finland), fiction wr. & poet *Joan Hambidge (b. 1956, South Africa), poet & academic in Afrikaans *Barbara Hambly (b. 1951, United States), nv. & screenwriter *Yasmeen Hameed (b. 1951, Pakistan), poet & educator *Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (b. 1958, Finland), nv. & non-f. wr. *Joan de Hamel (1924–2011, England/New Zealand), ch. wr. *Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1918–2000, India/Pakistan), poet, fiction & travel wr. *C. J. Hamilton (author), C. J. Hamilton (1841–1935, England/Ireland), pw., poet & ch. wr. *Jane Eaton Hamilton (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet *Jane Hamilton (b. 1957, United States), nv. *Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777–1861, Ireland), mem. & artist *Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002, United States), ch. nv. *Anna Hamilton Geete (1848–1913), Swedish translator and biographer *Suheir Hammad (b. 1973, Palestine/United States), poet, pw. & activist *Beatrice Hammer (b. 1963, France), fiction & ch. wr. *Marie Hammer (1907–2002, Denmark), zoologist & entomologist *Irène Hamoir (1906–1994, Belgium), nv. & poet in French *Janie Hampton (b. 1952, England), non-f. wr. & journalist *Susan Hampton (b. 1949, Australia), poet *Han Kang (한강, b. 1970, Korea), fiction wr. *Han Malsook (한말숙, b. 1931, Korea), fiction wr. *Han Moo-sook (한무숙, 1918–1993, Korea), nv. *Amira Hanafi (born 1979), American/Egyptian poet and artist active in electronic literature *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 *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 (novelist), Elizabeth Hardy (1794–1854, Ireland/England), nv. *Stacy Hardy (living, South Africa), fiction wr. & col. in English *Maud Cuney Hare (1874–1936, United States), wr. & pianist *Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, Australia), poet, nv. & activist *Githa Hariharan (b. 1954, India), nv. *Joy Harjo (b. 1951, United States), poet *Anna-Leena Härkönen (b. 1965, Finland), nv., stage & TV wr. *Saima Harmaja (1913–1937, Finland), poet & diarist *Beverley Harper (1943–2002, Australia), nv. *Frances Harper (1825–1911, United States), poet & nv. *Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012, Belgium), wr. in French *Alice Harriman (1861–1925, United States), poet *Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917, United States), wr. & critic *Dorothy Joan Harris (b. 1931, Japan/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr. *Emily Marion Harris (1844–1900, England), nv. & poet *Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931, United States), wr. *Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942, England/New Zealand), wr. & spiritualist *Joanne Harris (b. 1964, England), nv. *M. G. Harris (b. 1966, Mexico/England), ch. wr. *Nancy Harris (living, Ireland/England), pw. & screenwriter *Jennifer Harrison (b. 1955, Australia), poet *Juanita Harrison (1887–1967, United States), autobiographer *Sarah Harrison (novelist), Sarah Harrison (b. 1946, England), nv. & ch. wr. *Elizabeth Harrower (writer), Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020, Australia), fiction wr. *Carla Harryman (b. 1952, United States), poet, es. & pw. *Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (living, Ireland), poet, pw. & painter *Milka Hartman (1902–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet *Petra Hartmann (b. 1970, Germany), nv. & ch. wr. *Nanae Haruno (榛野なな恵, J, manga creator *Elisabeth Harvor (b. 1936, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet *Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, Australia), poet & librettist *Johanna Harwood (b. 1930, Ireland/England), screenwriter *Nigar Hasan-Zadeh (living, Azerbaijan), poet & philologist *Iulia Hasdeu (1869–1888, Romania/France), poet *Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川町子, 1920–1992, Japan), manga creator *Hasegawa Shigure (長谷川時雨, 1879–1941, Japan), pw. & editor *Dilara Hashem (1936–2022, India/Bangladesh), nv. *Sugako Hashida (橋田壽賀子, 1925–2021, Japan), scriptwriter *Khadijah Hashim (b. 1942, Malaysia), fiction & ch. wr. & poet *Eveline Hasler (b. 1933, Switzerland), fiction & ch. wr. *Shahida Hassan (b. 1953, Bangladesh/Pakistan), poet *Margaret Hasse (b. 1950, United States), poet & wr. *Satu Hassi (b. 1951, Finland), textbook wr. & politician *Pirjo Hassinen (b. 1957, Finland), nv. *Kirsten Hastrup (b. 1948, Denmark), anthropologist *Isoko Hatano (波多野勤子, 1905–1978, Japan), writer & psychologist *Mary R. P. Hatch (1848–1935, United States), poet, fiction wr. *Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990, India), social wr. *Ana Hatherly (1929–2015, Portugal), academic & poet *Libby Hathorn (b. 1943, Australia), poet, librettist & ch. wr. *Bisco Hatori (葉鳥ビスコ, b. 1975), manga creator *Miyuki Hatoyama (鳩山幸, b. 1943, Japan), cookery wr. & actor *Ann Hatton (1764–1838, England), nv. & poet *Mihri Hatun (c.1460–1506, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet *Mireille Havet (1898–1932, France), poet, diarist & nv. *Anne Haverty (b. 1959, Ireland), nv. & poet *Bettina Hauge (b. 1964, Denmark), anthropologist *Mila Haugová (b. 1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), poet *Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & translator *Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012, Belgium), nv. in French *Eva Hauserová (b. 1954, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), science fiction & non-f. wr. *Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. *Esther Hautzig (1930–2009, Poland/United States), mem. & ch. wr. *Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, Sri Lanka/New Zealand), poet *Paula Hawkins (author), 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 (novelist), Elizabeth Hay (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *Karyn Hay (b. 1959, New Zealand), nv. & broadcaster *Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, Wales), poet & broadcaster *Alice Thomas Ellis, Anna Haycraft (Alice Thomas Ellis, 1932–2005, Wales), wr. & es. *Mary Hayden (1862–1942, Ireland), historian *Renée Hayek (living, Lebanon), fiction wr. *Matilda Hays (1820–1897, England), wr., journalist & actress *Victoria Hayward (journalist), 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. *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. *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, 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 (living, 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

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 *Higuchi Keiko, 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. *Daniela Hodrová (b. 1946, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & scholar *Marjolijn Hof (b. 1956, Netherlands), ch. wr. *Alice Hoffman (b. 1952, United States), nv. & YA & ch. wr. *Nina Kiriki Hoffman (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr. *Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845, Poland), fiction & ch. wr. & activist *Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England), ch. wr. & poet *Linda Hogan (writer), Linda Hogan (b. 1947, United States), poet & fiction wr. *Zita Holbourne (b. 1960s, England), poet and non-fic. wr. *Margaret Holford (1778–1852, England), poet & nv. *Margaret Holford (the elder), 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 (linguist), 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. *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. *Maria Teresa Horta (b. 1937, Portugal), poet & activist *Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947, United States), non-f. wr., ed. *Ellen Hørup (1871–1953, Denmark), non-f. wr. *Sally El Hosaini (living, Wales), scriptwriter & film director *Tatsuko Hoshino (星野立子, 1903–1984, Japan), poet *Chieko Hosokawa (細川智栄子, b. 1935, Japan), manga creator *Janette Turner Hospital (b. 1942, Australia), fiction wr. *Selina Hossain (b. 1947, India/Bangladesh), nv. *Yumi Hotta (堀田由美, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator *Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto (b. 1939, Benin), poet & educator *Norah Hoult (1898–1984, Ireland/England), fiction wr. *Gisèle Hountondji (b. 1954, Benin), nv. & es. *Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (b. 1934, United States), wr. *Annelise Hovmand (1926–2016, Denmark), screenwriter & film director *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" *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 (poem), 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 *Hrotsvitha, 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 (:zh:胡剛剛, 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 (poet), Hulda (1881–1946, Iceland), wr. & poet *Akasha Gloria Hull (b. 1944, United States), poet, educator & critic *Keri Hulme (1947–2021, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet *Petra Hůlová (b. 1979, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. *Maria Aletta Hulshoff (1781–1846, Netherlands), pamphleteer *Marie-Thérèse Humbert (b. 1940, Mauritius), fiction wr. *Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897, Ireland), nv. *Arlene Hunt (b. 1972, Ireland), crime wr. *Vilma Rose Hunt (1926–2012, Australia/United States), scientist *Bem Le Hunte (b. 1964, India/Australia), nv. *Anne Hunter (1742–1821, England), poet & salonnière *Kristin Hunter (1931–2008, United States), nv. *Constance Hunting (1925–2006, United States), poet *Florence Huntley (1861–1912, United States), editor & humorist *Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947, Vietnam), dissident & nv. *Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822, Vietnam), poet *Fannie Hurst (1885–1968, United States), nv. *Rosalind Hursthouse (b. 1943, England/New Zealand), moral philosopher *Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960, United States), fiction wr., folklorist & anthropologist *Shahrukh Husain (b. 1950, Pakistan/England), wr. of fiction, non-f. & screenwriter *Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866–1939, France/United States), non-f. *Fahmida Hussain (b. 1948, Pakistan), literary scholar *Saliha Abid Hussain (1913–1988, India), nv. & ch. wr. *Nancy Huston (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & es. in French & English *Genevieve L. Hutchinson (1883–1974, United States), poet *Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681, England), biographer *Krishna Hutheesing (1907–1967, India), biographer *Emily Huws (b. 1942, Wales), ch. wr. *Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997, England/Kenya), mem. & col. *Cornélie Huygens (1948–2002, Netherlands), nv. & political wr. *Hwang In-suk (황인숙, b. 1958, Korea), poet *Hwang Jini (황진이, c. 1506 – c. 1560, Korea), courtesan *Hwang Jung-eun (황정은, b. 1976, Korea), fiction wr. *Hwang Sun-mi (황선미, b. 1963, Korea), fable wr. & academic *Robin Hyde (1906–1939, South Africa/New Zealand), poet *Liz Hyder (b. 1976 or 1977, England), nv. *Lady Hyegyeong (헌경왕후, 1735–1816, Korea), mem. *Prue Hyman (b. 1943, New Zealand), economist *Hypatia (c. 350/370–415, Ancient Greece), philosopher & mathematician in Latin

I

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

J

Ja–Jh

*Noni Jabavu (1931–2008, South Africa), mem. & col. in English *Jožka Jabůrková (1896–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & translator *Annemarie Jacir (living, Palestine), fiction & screenwriter *Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885, United States), nv.; ''Ramona'' *Shelley Jackson (b. 1963, Philippines/United States), fiction wr. & es. *Shirley Jackson (1916–1965, United States), fiction wr. *Sandra Jackson-Opoku (b. 1953, United States), poet, nv. & screenwriter *Rosamond Jacob (1888–1960, Ireland), wr. & diarist *Violet Jacob (1863–1946, Scotland), poet & nv. *Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897, United States), mem.; ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'' *Annie Jacobsen (b. 1967, United States), non-f. wr. *Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003, United States), poet, fiction wr. & critic *Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961, Denmark), philologist & archaeologist *Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991, United States), poet *Agnes E. Jacomb (1866–1949, England), nv. *Paula Jacques (b. 1949, Egypt/France), nv. *Frances Jacson (1754–1842, England), nv. *Doris Jadan (1925–2004, United States), natural historian & cookery wr. *Ann Jäderlund (b. 1955, Sweden), poet & pw. *Fleur Jaeggy (b. 1940, Switzerland), nv. in Italian *Kim Jae-young (author), 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. *Janet Jagan (1920–2009, United States/Guyana), poet, ch. wr. & politician *Dorta Jagić (b. 1974, Yugoslavia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & wr. *Annamarie Jagose (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction wr. & academic *Nasreen Jahan (b. 1966, Bangladesh), nv. & editor *Rashid Jahan (1905–1952, India), fiction wr. & pw. *Meenakshi Jain (living, India), historian *Sunita Jain (1940–2017, India), scholar, fiction wr. & poet *Linda Jaivin (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr. *Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004, Iceland), pw. & fiction wr. *Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897, Latvia), fiction wr. in German *Ayesha Jalal (b. 1956, Pakistan/United States), historian *Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978, Philippines), feminist wr. *Rosa Jamali (b. 1977, Iran/Persia), poet, critic & pw. *Alice James (1848–1892, United States), diarist *Andrea James (b. 1967, United States), non-f wr. & transgender activist *Barbara James (1943–2003, Australia), historian *Christine James (b. 1954, Wales), poet & academic *Cynthia James (b. 1948, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), pw., fiction wr. & poet *Florence James (1902–1993, New Zealand/Australia), wr. *Maria James (poet), Maria James (1793–1868, Wales), poet *P. D. James (1920–2014, England), nv. *Rebecca James (author), Rebecca James (b. 1970, Australia), YA wr. *Wendy James (author), Wendy James (b. 1966, Australia), nv. *Wendy James (anthropologist), 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 (b. 1926/1927, 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 (poet), 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 (journalist), 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 *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 (writer), Angela Johnson (b. 1961, United States), ch. wr. & poet *Catherine Johnson (novelist), Catherine Johnson (b. 1962, England), wr. & screenwriter *Catherine Johnson (playwright), Catherine Johnson (b. 1957, England), pw. *Daisy Johnson (writer), 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 (writer), Kate Johnson (b. 1982, England), nv. *Pauline Johnson (1861–1913, Canada/Newfoundland), poet *Rebecca Johnson (author), Rebecca Johnson (b. 1966, Australia), ch. wr. *Sarah Johnson (poet), Sarah Johnson (b. 1980, South Africa), poet in English *Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899, United States), wr *Stephanie Johnson (author), Stephanie Johnson (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet, pw. & fiction wr. *Susan Johnson (American novelist), Susan Johnson (b. 1939, United States), nv. *Susan Johnson (Australian author), 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 (writer), Christine Johnston (b. 1950, New Zealand), fiction wr. *Dorothy Johnston (b. 1948, Australia), fiction wr. *Jennifer Johnston (novelist), 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 *Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011, England), nv. *Gail Jones (writer), Gail Jones (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & academic *Gayl Jones (b. 1949, United States), nv. *Jill Jones (poet), Jill Jones (b. 1951, Australia), poet *Laura Jones (screenwriter), Laura Jones (b. 1951, Australia), screenwriter *Lauren-Shannon Jones (b. c. 1989, Ireland), pw. & screenwriter *Margaret Jones (journalist), 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. *Irena Jordanova (b. 1980, North Macedonia), fiction wr. *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 (author), Sarah Joseph (b. 1946, India), fiction wr. *Isha Basant Joshi (b. 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), writer, businesswoman *Mireille Juchau (b. 1969, Australia), nv. *Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979, Spain), poet *Erna Juel-Hansen (1845–1922, Denmark), nv. & activist *Vanda Juknaitė (b. 1949, Lithuania), fiction wr. & pw. *Heidi Julavits (b. 1968, United States), col. & nv. *Conxita Julià (1920–2019, Spain), poet in Catalan *Lucie Julia (b. 1927, Guadeloupe), poet & nv. *Miranda July (b. 1974, United States), wr. *Anees Jung (b. 1944, India), biographer *Jung Eun-gwol (정은궐, living, Korea), nv. *Jung Ihyun (정이현, b. 1972, Korea), nv. *Jung Mikyung (정미경, 1960–2017, Korea), nv. *Mari Jungstedt (b. 1962, Sweden), nv. *Cristina Jurado (b. 1972, Spain), fiction wr. *Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1903–2003, Poland), ch. & YA wr. *Dorothy Misener Jurney (1909–2002, United States), political wr. *Andrea Jutson (living, New Zealand), crime & YA wr.

K

Ka–Kh

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

Ki–Ky

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

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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 *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 (b. 1942, 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 (author), 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 (author), 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. *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 *Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957, Lithuania), fiction wr. *Agnes Latham (1905–1996, England), wr., editor & academic *Irene Latham (b. 1971, United States), poet & ch. wr. *Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1841–1913, United States), hymnist & poet *Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century, Ireland), poet *Yulia Latynina (b. 1966, Russia), wr. *Evelyn Lau (b. 1971, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv. *Margaret Laurence (1926–1987, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *Camille Laurens (b. 1957, France), nv. *Vivi Laurent-Täckholm (1898–1978), Sweden), botanist & ch. wr. *Dorianne Laux (b. 1952, United States), poet *Christine Lavant (1915–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), religious poet & nv. *Maura Laverty (1907–1966, Ireland), fiction & cookery wr. & broadcaster *Mary Lavin (1912–1996, Ireland), fiction wr. *Mónica Lavín (b. 1955, Mexico), fiction & YA wr. *Nel Law (1914–1990, Australia), poet, diarist & artist *Emily Lawless (1845–1913, Ireland), nv. & poet *Patrice Lawrence (living, England), fiction wr. *Alice Lawrenson (1841–1900, Ireland), botanist & gardener *Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, Australia), poet, wr. & feminist *Mary Lawson (novelist), 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 (author), Andrea Lee (living, United States), nv. & mem. *Harper Lee (1926–2016, United States), nv.; ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' *Harriet Lee (writer), Harriet Lee (1757–1851, England), nv. & pw. *Lee Hye-gyeong (이혜경, b. 1960, Korea), fiction wr. *Ida Lee (1865–1943, Australia), historian & poet *Lee Hye-gyeong (이혜경, b. 1960, Korea), poet *Muna Lee (writer), 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. *Joy Leftow (living, United States), poet *Květa Legátová (1919–2012, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & es. *Michele Leggott (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet & academic *Susana Molinari Leguizamón, (ff. from 1939, Argentina), poet *Ágnes Lehóczky (b. 1976, Hungary), poet & academic *Tuija Lehtinen (b. 1954, Finland), ch. wr. & nv. *Leena Lehtolainen (b. 1964, Finland), crime wr. *Nechama Leibowitz (1905–1997, Latvia/Israel), Bible scholar *Käthe Leichter (1895–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), politician & economist *Julia Leigh (b. 1970, Australia), nv. & screenwriter *Laura Leiner (b. 1985, Hungary), YA wr. *Adeline Leitzbach (1884–1968, United States), pw. & screenwr. *Vesna Lemaić (b. 1981, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr. *Katerina Lemmel (1466–1533, Germany), correspondent & nun *Aïcha Lemsine (b. 1942, Algeria), nv. & activist *Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007, United States), nv. & ch. nv. *Sue Lenier (b. 1957, England), poet & pw. *Lalitha Lenin (b. 1946, India), poet *Rebecca Lenkiewicz (b. 1968, England), pw. *Ellen Lenneck (Helene Weichardt, 1851–1880, Germany), nv. & story wr. *Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817, Sweden), wr. & poet *Biddy White Lennon (1946–2017, Ireland), food wr. *Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804 United States/England), wr., poet, & pw. *Elizabeth Emmet Lenox-Conyngham (1800 – c. 1889, Ireland), poet *Melosina Lenox-Conyngham (1941–2011, Ireland), wr. *Hélène Lenoir (b. 1955, France), wr. *Conchi León (b. 1973, Mexico), wr. *Magdalena León de Leal (b. 1939, Colombia), non-f. wr. *María Teresa León (1903–1988, Spain), fiction & ch. wr. *Mae Leonard (b. c. 1940), poet, wr. & broadcaster *Vange Leonel (1963–2014, Brazil), nv. & musician *Anne Leinonen (b. 1973, Finland), science fiction & fantasy wr. *Marie Lenéru (1875–1918, France), plw. & diarist *Donna Leon (b. 1942, United States), nv. *Marie Léopold-Lacour (1859–1942, France), feminist, journalist, wr. *Jónína Leósdóttir (b. 1954, Iceland), nv. & pw. *Marie Léra (1864–1958, France), journalist, nv. & translator *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 *Sonia Levitin (b. 1934, Germany/United States), nv., ch. wr. & Hc. survivor *Amy Levy (1861–1889, England), poet, es. & nv. *Andrea Levy (1956–2019, England), nv. *Deborah Levy (b. 1959, South Africa/England), pw., fiction wr. & poet *Fanny Lewald (1811–1889, Germany), nv. & feminist *Olive Lewin (1927–2013, Jamaica), social anthropologist & musicologist *Alethea Lewis (1749–1827, England), nv. *Corinth Morter Lewis (living, Belize), educator & poet *Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979, Wales), nv. & poet *Gwyneth Lewis (b. 1959, Wales), poet *Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England), historical & ch. wr. *Janet Lewis (1899–1998, United States), nv. *Wendy Lewis (b. 1962, Australia), non-f. wr. & pw. *Sibylle Lewitscharoff (b. 1954, Germany), nv. & radio pw. *Marina Lewycka (b. 1946, England), nv. *Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641, England), wr. & polemicist *Pauline de Lézardière (1754–1835, France), historian *Toti Martínez de Lezea (b. 1949, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.

Li–Ly

*Li Qingzhao (李清照, fl. early 12th century, China), poet & es. *Li Ye (poet), 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 Lindsay, 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. *Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996, Canada/Newfoundland), poet *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. *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. *Patricia Lockwood (b. 1982, United States), poet, nv. & ess. *Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990, Netherlands), ch. wr. *Amanda Lohrey (b. 1947, Australia), nv. & es. *Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905, Russia), poet *Lesley Lokko (living, Ghana/Gold Coast/Scotland), nv. & academic *Joan London (American writer), Joan London (1901–1971, United States), fiction wr. & biographer *Joan London (Australian author), 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 *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. *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 *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 *Brigid Lowry (b. 1953, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & poet *Lois Lowry (b. 1937, United States), ch. wr. *Mina Loy (1882–1966, England), poet & artist *Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997, Cuba), poet & nv. *Irene Lozano (b. 1971, Spain), es. & politician *Orietta Lozano (b. 1956, Comoros), poet *Lü Bicheng (呂碧城, 1883–1943, China), wr., poet & activist *Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810, Poland), pw. & poet *Loreen Rice Lucas (1914–2011, Canada), humorous wr. & columnist *Melissa Lucashenko (b. 1967, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr. *Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987, United States), editor, pw. & col. *Cornelia Lüdecke (b. 1954, Germany), wr. & polar researcher *Rosario Lufrano (b. 1962, Argentina), journalist, broadcaster & reporter *Lya Luft (1938–2021, Brazil), wr. & translator *Eleonora Luthander (1954–2021, Sweden/Servia), poet, col. & translator *Kristina Lugn (1948–2020, Sweden), poet & pw. *Maria Lugones (1944–2020), Argentina), feminist philosopher, wr. & academic *Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993, Soviet Union/Russia), diarist & artist *Viivi Luik (b. 1946, Estonia), poet & prose wr. *Valeria Luiselli (b. 1983, Mexico/United States), fiction wr. *Clotilde Luisi (1882–1969, Uruguay), lawyer & activist *Luisa Luisi (1883–1940, Uruguay), poet & critic *Tamara Lujak (b. 1976, Serbia), science fiction & fantasy wr. *Mária Bajzek Lukács (b. 1960, Hungary/Slovenia), wr. on language in Slovenian *Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Lithuania), cultural historian & educator *Kiba Lumberg (b. 1956, Finland), screenwriter & artist *Catharine Lumby (living, Australia), academic & col. *Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1578, England), translator *Violeta Luna (b. 1943, Ecuador), poet, es. & critic *Ulla-Lena Lundberg (b. 1947, Finland), travel wr., nv. & poet in Swedish *Guðrún frá Lundi (1887–1935, Iceland), fiction wr. *Luo Luo (落落, living, China), nv. & film director *Alison Lurie (1926–2020, United States), nv. & academic *Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967, Argentina), fiction & non-f. wr. *Masiela Lusha (b. 1985, Albania/United States), wr. & actor *Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908, Poland), poet & nv. *Elizabeth Lutyens (1874–1964, England), religious wr. *Emilie Luzac (1748–1788, Netherlands/Flanders), correspondent *Olga Luzardo (1916–2016, Venezuela), journalist, poet & activist *Hannah Lynch (1859–1904, Ireland), nv. & satirist *Marta Lynch (1925–1985, Argentina), fiction wr. *Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972, Ireland), ch. wr. & col. *Philomena Lynott (1930–2019, Ireland/England), wr. & mem. *Annabel Lyon (b. 1971, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. *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.

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A Celebration of Women WritersSAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork BookshelfVictorian Women Writers ProjectVoices from the Gaps: Women Artists & Writers of ColorSOPHIE: a digital library of works by German-speaking womenREBRA: a list of women writers from Brazil
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