List of Welsh women writers

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

A

 * Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher and non-fiction writer
 * Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright and poet
 * Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator
 * Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), novelist and short story writer: The Hiding Place

B

 * Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
 * Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette and newspaper editor
 * Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet and children's writer
 * Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808), novelist
 * Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022), poet
 * Emily Rose Bleby (1849-1917), non-fiction writer and temperance activist
 * Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh novelist
 * Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet and contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine
 * Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist and short story writer
 * Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian and author

C

 * Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel, poet
 * Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist and poet
 * Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist
 * Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster
 * Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator and journalist
 * Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), novelist

D

 * Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet and singer, in Welsh and English
 * Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian and translator
 * Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist and educator
 * Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet and scribe
 * Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
 * Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist and industrialist

E

 * Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), fiction writer
 * Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), children's author, dramatist and schoolteacher
 * Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
 * Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), British-Egyptian film director and screenwriter
 * Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
 * Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist and editor
 * Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
 * Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet and novelist

F

 * Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet and broadcaster

G

 * Menna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist and translator
 * Isabella Gifford (1825–1891), marine botanist
 * Annabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, novelist and actress
 * Beatrice Green (1894–1927), labour activist and feminist/socialist writer
 * Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), Welsh-language poet and hymn writer
 * Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist and children's writer

H

 * Ann Hatton (1764–1838), (Ann of Swansea) English-language novelist
 * Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist and broadcaster
 * Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English-born Welsh poet writing in English
 * Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist and poet
 * Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, poet and suffragist
 * Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer

I

 * Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), novelist
 * Norah Isaac (1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright and travel writer

J

 * Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
 * Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), poet, editor
 * Margaret Jones (1842–1902), travel writer
 * Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer and teacher
 * Sally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet and biographer

L

 * Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet and journalist
 * Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also in English
 * Martha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet and hymnist

M

 * Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet and children's writer
 * Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher and non-fiction writer
 * Gwerful Mechain (15th century), Welsh-language poet
 * Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist and actress
 * Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, in English and sign language
 * Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer and translator
 * Jan Morris (born James Morris, 1926–2020), Welsh historian and travel writer
 * Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer and singer
 * Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright and columnist
 * Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist and children's writer
 * Elizabeth Morgan (born 1930), non-fiction writer
 * Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer and non-fiction writer
 * Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), non-fiction writer and mayor
 * Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer and novelist
 * Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet and feminist

N

 * Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), romantic novelist

O

 * Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer and illustrator

P

 * Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953) fiction writer
 * Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988), singer and writer
 * Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer and magazine publisher
 * Anne Penny (1729–1784), poet
 * Ellis Peters (1913–1995), Welsh-English mystery fiction writer and translator: Brother Cadfael
 * Pascale Petit (born 1953), poet
 * Katherine Philips (1632–1664), poet and translator
 * Angharad Price (living), novelist and academic
 * Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), fiction writer

R

 * Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist in English and Welsh
 * Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor and playwright
 * Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet and temperance campaigner
 * Deryn Rees-Jones (fl. since 1994), poet and essayist
 * Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939), poet, children's writer and novelist in Welsh
 * Kate Roberts (1891–1985), Welsh-language fiction writer
 * Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), linguist, non-fiction writer and missionary
 * Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist: The Elected Member

S

 * Carole Seymour-Jones (born 1963), biographer, columnist and literary non-fiction writer
 * Norena Shopland author, historian in LGBTQ+ history and Welsh history
 * Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novelist and crime-fiction writer
 * Mari Strachan (born 1945), novelist and librarian
 * Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer and critic
 * Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), non-fiction writer and marathon runner

T

 * Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968), novelist
 * Hester Thrale (1741–1821), diarist
 * Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelist

V

 * Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985), fiction writer, playwright: The Invader

W

 * Jo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist: Tooth and Claw
 * Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910), poet and hymnist
 * Sarah Waters (born 1966), novelist: Fingersmith
 * Susie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist and editor
 * Sioned Wiliam (born 1962), novelist and broadcasting executive
 * Anna Williams (1706–1783), poet
 * Jane Williams (1806–1885), biographer and non-fiction writer

Y

 * Paula Yates (1959–2000), non-fiction writer and television presenter