List of Nigerian women writers

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

A

 * Hafsat Abdulwaheed (born 1952), author, poet, writing in Hausa
 * Dadasare Abdullahi (1918–1984), first female journalist from Northern Nigeria, non-fiction writer, educator
 * Catherine Acholonu (1951–2014), researcher, author, playwright, socio-political activist, professor
 * Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988), novelist, short story writer
 * Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (born 1963), human rights activist, non-fiction writer
 * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
 * Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo
 * Abimbola Alao (active since the 1990s), non-fiction writer, short story writer, translator
 * Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 1983), short story writer
 * Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), princess, poet, teacher
 * Sefi Atta (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, playwright
 * Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
 * Ayo Ayoola-Amale (active since 2000), poet, lawyer, cultural educator

B

 * Simi Bedford (active since the 1990s), novelist

E

 * Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), novelist, children's writer, playwright, lived in Britain
 * Akwaeke Emezi
 * Rosemary Esehagu (born 1981), Nigerian-American novelist

F

 * Bilkisu Funtuwa (active since 1994), Hausa novelist

I

 * Jordan Ifueko (born 1997), fantasy writer
 * Bassey Ikpi (born 1976), spoken-word poet, writer, mental health advocate
 * Elizabeth Isichei (born 1939), non-fiction writer, historian, educator
 * Betty Irabor, website magazine columnist

K

 * Karen King-Aribisala (active since 1990), novelist, short story writer

M

 * Amina Mama (born 1958), non-fiction writer, educator
 * Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968), Anglo-Nigerian novelist, short story writer, essayist
 * Angela Miri (born 1959), academic and poet

N

 * Nkiru Njoku (born c. 1980), screenwriter
 * Martina Nwakoby (born 1937), children's writer, novelist
 * Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), novelist, short story writer, poet, children's writer, first African woman novelist published in Britain
 * Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976), novelist, humorist, essayist, journalist

O

 * Taiwo Odubiyi (born 1965), romance novelist, children's writer, religious columnist
 * Molara Ogundipe (born 1940), poet, critic, non-fiction writer
 * P. A. Ogundipe (1927–2020), educator and first Nigerian woman to be published in English
 * Chioma Okereke, Nigerian-born poet, author and short story writer
 * Julie Okoh (born 1947), playwright, feminist, educator
 * Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), science fiction and fantasy writer, Nigerian-American Nnedi Okorafor
 * Ifeoma Okoye (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, children's writer
 * Chinelo Okparanta (active since 2010), Nigerian-American short story writer, educator
 * Ukamaka Olisakwe (born 1982), feminist writer, short story writer, screenwriter
 * Ayodele Olofintuade, novelist and journalist
 * Nuzo Onoh (born 1962), African Horror writer
 * Osonye Tess Onwueme (born 1955), playwright, scholar, poet
 * Ifeoma Onyefulu (born 1959), children's writer, novelist, photographer
 * Bukola Oriola (born 1976), Nigerian American journalist, autobiographer
 * Ayisha Osori (active since the late 1990s), lawyer, journalist, business executive
 * Helen Ovbiagele (born 1944), romance novelist
 * Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984), novelist

P

 * Charmaine Pereira (active since the 1990s), feminist scholar, non-fiction writer

S

 * Abidemi Sanusi (active since 2000), novelist
 * Mabel Segun (born 1930), poet, children's writer
 * Taiye Selasi (born 1979), novelist, short story writer, photographer
 * Lola Shoneyin (born 1974), poet, novelist
 * Zulu Sofola (1935–1995), Nigeria's first published female playwright, educator

T

 * Grace Oladunni Taylor (fl.1970–2004), biochemist, non-fiction writer
 * Teresa Meniru (1931–1994), children's writer

U

 * Ada Udechukwu (born 1960), poet and artist
 * Purity Ada Uchechukwu (born 1971), academic
 * Adaora Lily Ulasi (born 1932), journalist, novelist
 * Rosina Umelo (born 1930), short story writer, children's writer
 * Chika Unigwe (born 1974), novelist, short story writer
 * Pauline Uwakweh or Pauline Onwubiko, writer and academic

W

 * Molara Wood (born 1969) journalist, short story writer
 * Myne Whitman (born 1977), romance novelist

Y

 * Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (born 1959), romance novelist