List of Australian women writers

This is a list of women writers born in Australia or closely associated with it in their writings. As with other Wikipedia page lists, writers need a page before inclusion.

A

 * Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930), short story writer
 * Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991), academic, translator and author
 * Glenda Adams (1939–2007), novelist and short story writer
 * Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001), historian
 * Jane Alison (born 1961), novelist and memoir writer
 * Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), poet, essayist, novelist and painter
 * Jessica Anderson (1916–2010), fiction writer
 * Diane Armstrong (born 1939), novelist, biographer and freelance journalist and travel writer
 * Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973), playwright and farmer
 * Keri Arthur, writer of fantasy, horror and romance novels
 * Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004), novelist
 * Melissa Ashley (born 1973), novelist
 * Asphyxia (living), puppeteer and children's author
 * Thea Astley (1925–2004), novelist
 * Tilly Aston (1873–1947), blind poet and prose writer
 * Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), novelist, botanist and illustrator
 * Karen Attard (born 1958), fantasy and short fiction writer
 * Bunty Avieson (living), journalist and novelist

B

 * Van Badham (born 1974), playwright and novelist
 * Kate Baker (1861–1953), critic, editor and biographer
 * Margaret Balderson (born 1935), children's writer
 * Gina Ballantyne (1919–1973), poet
 * Faith Bandler (1918–2015), writer and civil rights activist
 * Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987), novelist and historian collaborating with Flora Eldershaw as M. Barnard Eldershaw
 * Charlotte Barton (1797–1867), children's writer and educationalist
 * Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909), poet
 * Marnie Bassett (1890–1980), historian and biographer
 * Daisy Bates (1859–1951), journalist and anthropologist
 * Catherine Bateson (born 1960), novelist and poet
 * Barbara Baynton (1857–1929), fiction writer
 * Jean Bedford (born 1946), fiction writer
 * Ruth Bedford (1882–1963), poet, playwright and children's writer
 * Larissa Behrendt (born 1969), legal academic and novelist
 * Diane Bell (born 1943), anthropologist
 * Hilary Bell (born 1966), playwright
 * Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961), biographer and civil rights advocate
 * Patricia Bernard (born 1942), writer of speculative fiction
 * Barbara Biggs (born 1956), journalist, writer and campaigner
 * Carmel Bird (born 1940), fiction writer
 * Winifred Birkett (1887–1966), novelist and poet
 * Dora Birtles (1903–1992), fiction writer, poet and travel writer
 * Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969), novelist
 * Georgia Blain (1964–2016), novelist, journalist and biographer
 * Capel Boake, pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr (1889–1944), novelist
 * Jenny Boult (born 1951), poet
 * Tess Brady (born 1948), fiction, non-fiction, radio drama and children's books
 * Mona Brand (1915–2007), poet, playwright and non-fiction writer
 * Doris Brett (born 1950), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Hilda Bridges (1881–1971), novelist and short story writer
 * Annie Bright (1840–1913), journalist, non-fiction writer and spiritualist
 * Hesba Brinsmead (1922–2003), novelist
 * Anne Brooksbank (born 1943), scriptwriter and playwright
 * Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911), novelist, travel writer and children's writer
 * Pam Brown (born 1948), poet and prose writer
 * Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958), children's author and journalist
 * Alyssa Brugman (born 1974), author of fiction for young adults
 * Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899), novelist
 * J. C. Burke (born 1965), novelist
 * Janine Burke (born 1952), art critic, historian and novelist
 * Joanne Burns (born 1945), poet and prose writer
 * Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979), travel and non-fiction writer

C

 * Caroline Caddy (born 1944), poet
 * Kathleen Caffyn, also pseudonym Iota (1853–1926), novelist
 * Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996), novelist
 * Ada Cambridge (1844–1926), novelist, poet, children's writer and autobiographer
 * Marion May Campbell (born 1948), novelist, performance writer and memoirist
 * Patricia Carlon (1927–2002), crime novelist
 * Jennings Carmichael, pseudonym of Grace Elizabeth Jennings Carmichael (1868–1904), poet
 * Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1910–1983), poet, librettist, biographer and memoirist
 * Deirdre Cash, pseudonym Criena Rohan (1924–1963), novelist
 * Lee Cataldi (born 1942), poet
 * Nancy Cato (1917–2000), historical novelist, poet and biographer
 * Nan Chauncy (1900–1970), children's writer
 * Connie Christie (1908–1989), children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artist
 * Ellen Clacy, pseudonym Cycla (1830–1901), novelist and nonfiction writer
 * Monica Clare, (1924–1973), novelist
 * Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999), nonfiction and children's writer
 * Coralie Clarke, later Coralie Clarke Rees (1908–1972), travel writer
 * Maxine Beneba Clarke (born 1979), poet and short story writer
 * Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016), author and historian
 * Charmian Clift (1923–1969), novelist, nonfiction and autobiography writer
 * Jennifer Compton (born 1949), poet
 * Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957), novelist
 * Anna Couani (1948), novelist, poet and visual artist
 * Emily Coungeau (1860–1936), poet
 * Jessie Couvreur, pseudonym Tasma (1848–1897), novelist
 * Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941), poet, novelist, short story writer and journalist
 * Alison Croggon (born 1962), poet, playwright, fantasy novelist and librettist
 * M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963), poet
 * Zora Cross (1890–1964), poet, novelist and journalist
 * Cecily Crozier (1911–2006), artist, poet and literary editor
 * Jean Curlewis (1898–1930), children's writer
 * Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981), novelist and playwright

D

 * Marguerite Dale (1883–1963), playwright and feminist
 * Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944), biographer, novelist and activist
 * Kathleen Dalziel (1881–1969), poet
 * Debra Dank, nonfiction writer
 * Eleanor Dark/Patricia O'Rane (1901–1985), novelist
 * Norma Davis (1905–1945), poet
 * Sarah Day (born 1958), English-born Australian poet
 * Alma De Groen (born 1941), New Zealand-born playwright
 * Michelle de Kretser (born 1957), novelist
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972), novelist, poet, journalist and actor
 * Enid Derham (1882–1941), poet and academic
 * Jessica Dettmann (living), novelist
 * Catherine Deveny (born 1968), journalist, comedian, author
 * Jean Devanny (1894–1962), novelist and nonfiction writer
 * Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), poet
 * Nance Donkin (1915–2008), children's writer and journalist
 * Sara Douglass (1957–2011), fantasy writer
 * Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980), novelist
 * Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901–1968), journalist and novelist
 * Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961), writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults
 * Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, memoir author
 * Susan Duncan (born 1951), memoirist and novelist
 * Alice Duncan-Kemp (1901–1988), writer and Indigenous rights activist
 * Mary Durack (1913–1994) novelist and historian
 * Vera Dwyer (1889–1967), novelist

E

 * Alice Eather (1988/89–2017), slam poet, environmental campaigner and teacher
 * Ali Cobby Eckermann (born 1963), poet
 * Robyn Eckersley (born 1958), political theorist
 * Arabella Edge (living), English-born short story writer and novelist
 * Harriet Edquist (living), architectural historian and curator
 * Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976), activist, author and lawyer
 * Anne Elder (1918–1976), poet and ballet dancer
 * Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956), novelist, critic and historian
 * M. Barnard Eldershaw, pseudonym of collaborators Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw
 * Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981), novelist and poet
 * Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969), novelist
 * June Epstein (1918–2004), author, musician, radio broadcaster, disability advocate
 * Rica Erickson (1908–2009), botanical and historical writer
 * Matilda Jane Evans, pseudonym Maud Jeanne Franc (1827–1886), novelist

F

 * Diane Fahey (born 1945), poet and short story writer
 * Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952), novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Beverley Farmer (1941–2018), novelist and short story writer
 * Tracy Farr (born 1962), novelist and short story writer
 * Beatrice Faust (1939–2019), women's activist and non-fiction writer
 * Minnie Agnes Filson, pseudonym Rickety Kate (1898–1971), poet
 * Mary Finnin (1906–1992), artist, art teacher and poet
 * Lala Fisher (1872–1929), poet and editor
 * Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian, biographer and critic
 * Jane Ada Fletcher (1870–1956), nature writer and children's writer
 * Pat Flower (1914–1977), writer of plays, TV plays and novels
 * Mandy Foot, children's picture book writer and illustrator
 * Bethia Foott (1907–1995), nonfiction writer
 * Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918), poet and editor
 * Mabel Forrest (1872–1935), novelist and poet
 * Elaine Forrestal (born 1941), children's writer
 * Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995), fiction writer and reviewer
 * Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937), newspaper editor; short stories, poems
 * Mary Fortune, pseudonym Waif Wanter (c. 1833–1911), detective story writer
 * Lynn Foster (1914–1985), playwright and novelist
 * Miles Franklin, pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin (1879–1954), novelist and journalist
 * Mary Fullerton, pseudonyms include E and Alpenstock (1868–1946), poet and novelist

G

 * Katherine Gallagher (born 1935), poet
 * Helen Garner (born 1942), fiction writer, screenwriter and journalist
 * Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009), romance novelist
 * Sulari Gentill, pseudonym S. D. Gentill (living), writer of historical crime and other fiction
 * Doris Gentile (1894–1972), fiction writer
 * Katrina Germein (born 1974), children's author and early childhood educator
 * May Gibbs (1877–1969), children's author, illustrator and cartoonist
 * Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, teacher and classical pianist
 * Sophie Gonzales (born 1993), writer of young adult romantic comedies
 * Heather Goodall (living), historian
 * Charmaine Papertalk Green (born 1962), poet and artist
 * Kate Grenville (born 1950), fiction and non-fiction writer and biographer

H

 * Lyndall Hadow (1903–1976), short story writer and journalist
 * Rosalie Ham (born 1955), novelist and stage writer
 * Susan Hampton (born 1949), poet
 * Eunice Hanger (1911–1972), playwright and educator
 * Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), novelist and artist
 * Lesbia Harford (1891–1927), poet, novelist and activist
 * Beverley Harper (1943–2002), author of novels set in Africa
 * Jennifer Harrison (born 1955), poet
 * Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020), novelist and short story writer
 * Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), poet and librettist
 * Libby Hathorn (born 1943), poet, librettist, children's author
 * Susan Hawthorne (born 1951), fiction and non-fiction writer, poet and publisher
 * Anita Heiss (born 1968), non-fiction and fiction writer, poet and commentator
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), playwright and poet
 * Ernestine Hill (1900–1972), journalist, travel writer and novelist
 * Helen Hodgman (born 1945), novelist and screenwriter
 * Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949), journalist, novelist and nonfiction writer
 * Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), fiction writer

I

 * Anne Bower Ingram (1937–2010), children's author and publisher

J

 * Linda Jaivin (born 1955), novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Barbara James (1943–2003), historian
 * Florence James (1902–1993), author and literary agent
 * Rebecca James (born 1970), young adults' fiction writer
 * Wendy James (born 1966), crime novelist
 * Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941), novelist and travel writer
 * Emma Jane (born 1969), novelist and media commentator
 * Charlotte Jay, pseudonym of Geraldine Halls (1919–1996), mystery writer
 * Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004), radio dramatist and novelist
 * Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948), feminist scholar and writer
 * Grace Jennings-Edquist (born 1988), journalist and non-fiction writer
 * Kate Jennings (1948–2021), poet, essayist, memoirist and novelist
 * Helen Jerome (1883–1958), poet, playwright and nonfiction writer
 * Alexandra Joel, fiction and nonfiction writer
 * Rebecca Johnson (born 1966), children's fiction and non-fiction writer
 * Susan Johnson (born 1956), fiction writer
 * Dorothy Johnston (born 1948), writer of literary fiction and crime novelist
 * Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007), novelist
 * Gail Jones (born 1955), novelist and academic
 * Jill Jones (born 1951), poet
 * Laura Jones (born 1951), screenwriter
 * Margaret Jones (1923–2006), writer of political thrillers and non-fiction
 * Toni Jordan (born 1966), novelist
 * Mireille Juchau (born 1969), novelist

K

 * Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998), novelist
 * Nancy Keesing (1923–1993), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Antigone Kefala (1935–2022), poet and fiction writer
 * Gwen Kelly (1922–2012), fiction writer and poet
 * Nora Kelly (born late 19th century in New Zealand) journalist, poet and playwright
 * Hannah Kent (born 1985), historical novelist
 * Jacqueline Kent (born 1947), biographer, non-fiction writer and journalist
 * Doris Boake Kerr, pseudonym Capel Boake (1899–1945), novelist
 * Gretel Killeen (born 1963), comedy writer
 * Robin Klein (born 1936), children's writer
 * Marion Knowles (1865–1949), poet, novelist and journalist
 * Sarah Krasnostein, American-Australian non-fiction writer and legal academic

L

 * Dulcie Dunlop Ladds (1906–1972), short stories and plays
 * Gertrude Langer (1908–1984), art critic
 * Eve Langley (1908–1974), novelist and poet
 * Coral Lansbury (1929–1991), novelist and academic
 * Justine Larbalestier (born 1967), young adults' fiction writer
 * Glenda Larke (living), fantasy novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Nel Law (1914–1990), artist, poet and diarist
 * Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), poet, writer and feminist
 * Sylvia Lawson (1932–2017), historian, journalist and critic
 * Simone Lazaroo (born 1961), novelist
 * Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881), poet and novelist
 * Ida Lee (1865–1943), historian and poet
 * Valentine Leeper (1900–2001), classicist, polemicist and correspondent
 * Julia Leigh (born 1970), novelist, screenwriter and film director
 * Constance Le Plastrier (1864–1938), writer, schoolteacher and botanist
 * Robin Levett (1925–2008), travel writer, novelist and philanthropist
 * Tanya Levin (born 1971), non-fiction writer and social worker
 * Wendy Lewis (born 1962), non-fiction writer and playwright
 * Bella Li (born 1983), poet and editor
 * Kate Lilley (born 1960), poet and academic
 * Lady Joan A'Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984), novelist
 * Rose Lindsay (1885–1978), biographer, artist's model and printmaker
 * Marie Lion (1855–1922), novelist
 * Carol Liston (living), historian
 * Ellen Liston (1838–1885), fiction writer and poet
 * Kate Llewellyn (born 1936), poet, diarist and travel writer
 * Lilian Locke (1869–1950), short story writer
 * Sumner Locke (1881–1917), fiction writer, dramatist and poet
 * Jeannie Lockett (1847–1890), schoolteacher and writer
 * Amanda Lohrey (born 1947), novelist and essayist
 * Joan London (born 1948), fiction writer and screenwriter
 * Abie Longstaff (living), children's writer
 * Gabrielle Lord (born 1946), crime novelist and short story writer
 * Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967), fiction, non-fiction and young adults' writer
 * Laura Bogue Luffman (1846–1929), English-born writer and journalist
 * Catharine Lumby (living), journalist and academic
 * Dame Enid Lyons (1897–1981), biographer and politician
 * Edith Joan Lyttleton, pseudonym G. B. Lancaster (1873–1945), novelist

M

 * Constance Jane McAdam, pseudonym Constance Clude (1872–1951), writer and suffragette
 * Maxine McArthur (born 1962), science fiction writer
 * Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890), painter and diarist
 * Colleen McCullough (1937–2015), novelist
 * Nan McDonald (1921–1974), poet and editor
 * Ella May McFadyen (1887–1976), poet, journalist and children's writer
 * Fiona McFarlane (born 1978), novelist
 * Fiona McGregor (born 1965), writer and performance artist
 * Siobhán McHugh, Irish-Australian author, podcaster and documentary-maker
 * Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), children's writer
 * Louise Mack (1870–1935), poet, journalist and novelist
 * Edith McKay (1891–1963), fiction writer
 * Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), poet and fiction writer
 * Tamara McKinley (born 1948), novelist
 * Rhyll McMaster (born 1947), poet and novelist
 * Barbara McNamara, pseudonym Anne Willard (1913–2000), novelist
 * Bertha McNamara (1853–1931), socialist and feminist pamphleteer and bookseller
 * Kit McNaughton (c.1887–1953), nurse and diarist
 * Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), poet
 * Barbara York Main (born 1929), arachnologist
 * Alana Mann (fl. 2000s), non-fiction writer on food politics
 * Emily Manning, pseudonym Australie (1845–1890), poet and journalist
 * Chris Mansell (born 1953), poet and publisher
 * Melina Marchetta (born 1965), novelist
 * Mary Marlowe (1884–1962), actress, writer and journalist
 * Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937), novelist and journalist
 * Olga Masters (1919–1986), fiction writer and journalist
 * Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019), children's writer
 * Jan Mayman (died 2021), journalist
 * Gillian Mears (1964–2016), fiction writer
 * Wolla Meranda, (1863–1951), novelist
 * Gwen Meredith (1907–2006), playwright, scriptwriter and novelist
 * Louisa Meredith (1812–1895), fiction and non-fiction writer, poet and artist
 * Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002), children's writer
 * Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946), writer and editor
 * Dora Montefiore (1851–1933), poet, autobiographer, suffragist and socialist
 * Finola Moorhead (born 1947), fiction and non-fiction writer, playwright, essayist and poet
 * Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942), writer and traveller
 * Musette Morell (1898–1950), playwright, children's writer and poet
 * Sally Morgan (born 1951), Aboriginal writer and artist
 * Liane Moriarty (born 1966), novelist
 * Heather Morris (born 1953), novelist
 * Meaghan Morris (born 1950), cultural studies scholar
 * Myra Morris (1893–1966), poet, novelist and children's writer
 * Di Morrissey (born 1943), novelist
 * Sally Morrison (born 1946), biographer and fiction writer
 * Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857), diarist
 * Nina Murdoch (1890–1976), biographer, travel writer, journalist and poet
 * Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962), playwright, screenwriter, novelist and librettist

N

 * Joice NanKivell Loch (1887–1982), prose writer
 * Jill Neville (1932–1997), novelist, playwright and poet
 * Brenda Niall (born 1930), biographer, literary critic and journalist
 * Joyce Nicholson (1919–2001), author and businesswoman
 * Deborah Niland (born 1950), writer and illustrator of children's books
 * Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976), novelist and travel writer
 * Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993), Aboriginal political activist, artist and educator
 * Marlene Norst (1930–2010), Austrian-born linguist, pedagogue and philanthropist
 * Joanne Nova, science writer, blogger and speaker

O

 * Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic book artist, book illustrator and fashion artist
 * Mary-Louise O'Callaghan (living), journalist and non-fiction author
 * Mary-Anne O'Connor (living), novelist
 * Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001), food writer, restaurateur and chef
 * Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), children's author and illustrator
 * Audrey Oldfield (1925–2010), historian and children's writer
 * Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), artist, printmaker and children's author/illustrator
 * Kate Orman (born 1968), science fiction writer
 * Beatrice Osborn, pseudonym Margaret Fane (1887–1962), novelist and poet
 * Caroline Overington (born 1970), journalist and author
 * Jan Owen (born 1940), poet

P

 * Margaret Paice (1920–2016), children's writer and illustrator
 * Helen Palmer (1917–1979), publisher, educationalist and historian
 * Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), poet, essayist and literary critic
 * Laura Palmer-Archer (1864–1929), short story writer under the pseudonym Bushwoman
 * Susan Parisi (born 1958), Canadian-born writer of horror fiction
 * Ruth Park (1917–2010), novelist and children's writer
 * Catherine Langloh Parker (c.1855–1940), fiction writer and Aboriginal folklorist
 * Menie Parkes (1839–1915), poet and short story writer
 * Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985), fantasy writer
 * Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963), memoirist and parents' rights advocate
 * Ethel Pedley (1859–1898), author and musician
 * Olive Pell (1903–2002), librarian and poet
 * Grace Perry (1927–1987), poet, publisher and editor
 * Hoa Pham (living), fiction and children's writer
 * Nancy Phelan (1913–2008), novelist and travel writer
 * Joan Phipson (1912–2003), children's writer
 * Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), novelist, poet and short story writer
 * Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014), autobiographical novelist
 * Marie E. J. Pitt (1869–1948), poet
 * Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016), poet
 * Gillian Polack (born 1961), writer and editor of speculative fiction
 * Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953), women's activist and writer
 * Dorothy Featherstone Porter (1954–2008), poet
 * Marie Porter (born 1939), researcher, writer and welfare advocate
 * Sue-Ann Post (born 1964), comedian and writer
 * Elizabeth Powell (1898–1988), journalist and children's writer
 * Eve Pownall (1901–1982), children's writer and historian
 * Rosa Praed, also as Mrs Campbell Praed (1851–1935), novelist
 * Evadne Price (1888–1985) writer and media personality
 * Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969), novelist and playwright
 * Alice Pung (born 1981), novelist and memoir writer, editor and lawyer
 * Lillian Pyke (1881–1927), children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist

Q

 * Betty Quin (died 1993), theatre manager, playwright and screenwriter
 * Tarella Quin (1877–1934), children's writer

R

 * Thérèse Radic (born 1935), playwright and musicologist
 * Stephanie Radok (born 1954), artist and writer
 * Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), poet and playwright
 * Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019), poet and author
 * Elizabeth Julia Reid (1915–1974), Catholic journalist and author
 * Ethel Richardson, pseudonym Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946), novelist
 * Elizabeth Riddell, also Betty Riddell (1910–1998), poet and journalist
 * Sally Rippin, children's writer and illustrator
 * Mirandi Riwoe, novelist and short story writer
 * Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018), poet
 * Jill Roe (1940–2017), historian, academic and author
 * Betty Roland (1903–1996), playwright, novelist and children's writer
 * Heather Rose (born 1964), novelist
 * Agnes Rose-Soley, pseudonym Rose de Boheme (1847–1938), journalist and poet
 * Alice Grant Rosman (1887–1961), novelist
 * Jennifer Rowe, pseudonym Emily Rodda (born 1948), novelist
 * Gig Ryan (born 1956), poet

S

 * Eva Sallis, pseudonym Eva Hornung (born 1964), novelist
 * Dorothy Lucy Sanders, also Lucy Walker (1907–1987), novelist
 * Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic
 * Julianne Schultz (born 1956), non-fiction writer
 * Margaret Scott (1934–2005), poet, critic and academic
 * Rosie Scott (1948–2017), novelist
 * Jocelynne Scutt (born 1947), non-fiction writer and lawyer plus crime fiction and short stories under noms-de-plume
 * Catherine Shepherd (1901–1976), playwright
 * Helen Simpson (1897–1940), novelist, playwright and historian
 * Nardi Simpson (born 1975), novelist and musician
 * Sanu Sharma, Nepalese-Australian novelist, story writer, poet and lyricist
 * Tracy Sorensen, novelist and academic
 * Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910), novelist, journalist and social reformer
 * Eleanor Spence (1928–2008), children's author
 * Dale Spender (1943–2023), feminist scholar, writer and consultant
 * Lady Jean Maud Spender, also as J. M. Spender (1901–1970), crime novelist
 * Nicolette Stasko (born 1950), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Christina Stead (1902–1983), novelist
 * Amanda Stewart (born 1959), poet and sound/performance artist
 * Ethel Nhill Victoria Stonehouse (1883–1964), novelist and poet
 * Agnes L. Storrie (1865–1936), poet and writer
 * Jennifer Strauss (born 1933), poet and academic
 * Anne Summers (born 1945), writer and columnist
 * Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010), poet and author

T

 * Lian Tanner (born 1951), children's author
 * Cory Taylor (1955–2016), children's author and memoirist
 * Kay Glasson Taylor, pseudonym Daniel Hamline (1893–1998), children's author
 * Kylie Tennant (1912–1988), novelist, playwright, historian and children's author
 * Angela Thirkell, also Leslie Parker (1890–1961), novelist
 * Margaret Thomas (1843–1929), travel writer, poet and artist
 * Holly Throsby (born 1978), novelist
 * Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003), singer-songwriter, novelist and poet
 * Jessica Townsend (born 1985), children's fantasy author
 * Pamela Lyndon Travers (1899–1996), children's author
 * Margaret Trist (1914–1986), short story writer and novelist
 * Ethel Turner (1872–1958), children's author and novelist
 * Lilian Turner (1867–1956), children's novelist

U

 * Terry Underwood (born 1944), author
 * Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948), novelist and journalist

V

 * Elise Valmorbida, fiction and non-fiction writer
 * Lin Van Hek (born 1944), fiction writer
 * Joanne van Os, writer of memoirs and children's and adult fiction
 * Elizabeth Vassilieff (1917–2007), non-fiction writer and critic
 * Barbara Vernon (1916–1978), playwright, scriptwriter and radio announcer
 * Julienne van Loon (born 1970), novelist and non-fiction writer
 * Mary Therese Vidal (1815–1873), novelist
 * Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998), poet and prose writer
 * Michelle Vogel (born 1972), film historian, author and editor

W

 * Vikki Wakefield (born 1970), young adult fiction writer
 * Kath Walker (1920–1993), Aboriginal poet, short story writer and artist
 * Lucy Walker, pseudonym of Dorothy Lucie Sanders (1907–1987), romance novelist
 * Dorothy Wall (1894–1942), children's author and illustrator
 * Ania Walwicz (1951–2020), poet, prose writer and visual artist
 * Nadia Wheatley (born 1949), children's novelist and freelance writer
 * Ellen Whinnett (born 1971), journalist
 * Margaret Whitlam (1919–2012), social campaigner and autobiographical writer
 * Anna Wickham, pseudonym of Edith Hepburn, (1883–1949), poet and playwright
 * Rosemary Wighton (1925–1994), literary editor, author and adviser on women's affairs
 * Dora Wilcox (1873–1953), poet and playwright
 * Kim Wilkins (born 1966), popular fiction writer
 * Marian Wilkinson (born 1954), journalist and author
 * Donna Williams (1963–2017), writer, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and sculptor
 * Justina Williams (1916–2008), journalist and poet
 * Ruth Williams (writer) (1897–1962), children's writer
 * Margaret Wilson, television writer
 * Tara June Winch (born 1983), novelist and short story writer
 * Dallas Winmar (living), playwright
 * Eliza Winstanley / Elizabeth Winstanley / Ariele (1818–1882), writer and stage actress
 * Eleanor Witcombe (1923–2018), screenwriter
 * Amy Witting, pseudonym of Joan Austral Fraser (1918–2001), novelist and poet
 * Sabina Wolanski (1927–2011), Holocaust survivor and autobiographer
 * Fiona Wood (born 1958), young adults' novelist and television scriptwriter
 * Susan Nugent Wood, (1836–1880), Australian-born New Zealand poet and essayist
 * Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (1930–2012), Tongan-born historian
 * Jena Woodhouse (born 1949), novelist and poet
 * Angela Woollacott (born 1955), historian
 * Alexis Wright (born 1950), fiction and non-fiction writer
 * Judith Wright (1915–2000), poet and environmental activist
 * June Wright (1919–2012), crime and non-fiction writer
 * Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010), children's writer
 * Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1885–1959), novelist

Z

 * Rose Zwi (1928–2018), Mexican-born South African-Australian fiction writer
 * Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet, short story writer, critic and academic