List of Peruvian women writers

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

A

 * Katya Adaui (born 1977), writer
 * María Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971), novelist, playwright, journalist, women's rights activist
 * Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, journalist

B

 * Monica Brown (author) (born 1969), children's book author, literature professor

C

 * Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909), novelist, essayist
 * Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), novelist, essayist, travel writer, biographer
 * Clarinda (17th century), pen name of an anonymous poet, author of Discurso en loor de la poesía

F

 * Julia Ferrer (1925–1995), poet

G

 * Doris Gibson (1910–2008), journalist, magazine publisher
 * Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918), essayist, journalist, feminist writer, women's rights activist
 * Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), Argentine-born Peruvian freedom fighter, novelist, short story writer, newspaper founder

L

 * Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936), poet

M

 * María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), feminist writer, historian, professor
 * Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890), writer, poet, composer pianist
 * Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909), novelist, biographer, essayist, translator

N

 * María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947), novelist, short story writer

O

 * Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951), historian and university professor

P

 * Angélica Palma (1878–1935), novelist, biographer, journalist

S

 * Isabel Sabogal (born 1958), novelist, poet, translator
 * Claudia Salazar Jiménez (born 1976), writer, editor, academic

V

 * Ana Varela Tafur (born 1963), poet and educator
 * Gisela Valcárcel (born 1963), television host, actress, autobiographer, magazine publisher
 * Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist
 * Blanca Varela (1926–2009), widely translated poet
 * Chalena Vásquez (1950–2016), ethnomusicologist

W

 * Julia Wong Kcomt (1965–2024), poet, novelist, short story writer