List of Ecuadorian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Ecuador or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

 * Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist
 * Elysa Ayala (1879–1956), short story writer, painter

B

 * Ana Cecilia Blum (born 1972), novelist, journalist
 * Veronica Bonilla (born 1962), prolific children's writer, publishes in Spanish and English
 * Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964), playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, feminist
 * Aminta Buenaño (born 1958), short story writer, journalist, politician

C

 * Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972), novelist, poet, journalist, suffragist, feminist
 * Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936), poet, critic, essayist, educator
 * María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888—1962), poet, journalist, suffragist
 * Luz Argentina Chiriboga (born 1940) Afro-Ecuadorian essayist, poet, novelist
 * Mary Corylé (1894–1976), journalist, poet
 * Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928), poet, novelist, journalist

E

 * Ileana Espinel (1933–2001), poet, journalist, magazine editor
 * Jenny Estrada (born 1940), historian, biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist

F

 * Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén (1829–1893), writer, poet

G

 * Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian-American poet, writes in Spanish and English

H

 * Yanna Hadatty (born 1969), short story writer, essayist
 * Catalina de Jesús Herrera (1717–1795), prioress, nun, autobiographer, mystical poet

I

 * Edna Iturralde (born 1948), acclaimed children's writer

L

 * Violeta Luna (born 1943), poet, novelist, essayist, critic, educator

M

 * Nela Martínez (1912–2004), politician, activist, poet, short story writer

O

 * Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991), teacher and writer

R

 * Cristina Reyes (born 1981), poet, lawyer, and politician
 * Sonia Romo Verdesoto, poet, author of Ternura del aire (1963)
 * Lupe Rumazo (born 1933), essayist, short story writer, novelist

T

 * Doménica Tabacchi (born 1973), politician, journalist

U

 * Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969), journalist, magazine editor, suffragist, feminist

V

 * Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet
 * Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907), first lady, non-fiction writer
 * Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999), poet, biographer, feminist
 * Eugenia Viteri (1928–2023), novelist, anthologist, teacher