List of Malaysian women writers

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

A

 * Suriani Abdullah (1924–2013), historian, memoirist
 * Adibah Amin (born 1936), novelist, playwright, columnist, translator
 * Wani Ardy (born 1984), poet, songwriter
 * Che Husna Azhari (born 1955), short story writer, educator

B

 * Fatimah Busu (born 1943), novelist, short story writer, critic, educator

C

 * Bernice Chauly, artist, photographer, poet, novelist, organiser of Georgetown Literary Festival for a number of years.
 * YZ Chin, novelist
 * Zen Cho (born 1986), bestselling fantasy novelist and short story writer
 * Yangsze Choo, fourth generation Malaysian writer, of Chinese descent, best-selling international novelist.
 * Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943), English-language novelist

F

 * Shamini Flint, bestselling mystery novelist of the Inspector Singh series.

G

 * Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright

H
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 * Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet
 * Ho Sok Fong, Malaysian Chinese short story writer

I

 * Siti Zainon Ismail (born 1949), novelist, short story writer, poet, educator

J

 * Khasnor Johan, historian, since 1974: non-fiction writer

K

 * Shih-Li Kow (born 1968), short story writer

L

 * Margaret Lim (1947-2011), children's writer

M

 * Rani Manicka, since 2003, best selling novelist
 * Salmi Manja, pen name of Saleha binti Abdul Rashid (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist

S

 * Anis Sabirin, short story writer and essayist
 * Preeta Samarasan, since early 2000s, English-language short story writer, novelist
 * Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), poet, photographer

T

 * Hilary Tham (1946–2005), Malaysian-American poet, memoirist, short story writer

Y

 * Felicia Yap, bestselling mystery novelist

Z

 * Dina Zaman (1969), short story writer, essayist, columnist