List of women writers (A–L)


 * See also Lists of women writers by nationality.

This is a list of notable women writers.

Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adult)

Aa–Ag

 * Karen Aabye (1904–1982, Denmark), nv. & travel wr.
 * Uma Aaltonen (1940–2009, Finland), YA wr.
 * Jane Aamund (1936–2019, Denmark), col. & nv.
 * Jane Aaron (b. 1951, Wales), wr. & scholar
 * Madiha Abdalla (fl 2010s), Sudanese newspaper editor
 * Masoumeh Abad (b. 1962, Iran/Persia), mem. & academic
 * Mercedes Abad (b. 1961, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Ines Abassi (b. 1982, Tunisia/UAE), poet & travel wr.
 * Florencia Abbate (b. 1976, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es.
 * Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, United States), poet & fiction wr.
 * Rachel Abbott (b. 1952, England), thriller wr.
 * Shaila Abdullah (b. 1971, Pakistan/United States), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Yassmin Abdel-Magied (b. 1991, Sudan/Australia), wr. & media person
 * Hafsat Abdulwaheed (b. 1952, Nigeria), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Rreze Abdullahu (b. 1990, Kosovo), wr. & war diarist
 * Louise Abeita (1926–2014, United States), wr.
 * Victorina A. Abellanosa (1903–1968, Philippines), Cebuano pw.
 * Josette Abondio (b. 1949, Ivory Coast), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Sara Aboobacker (1936–2023, India), Kannada wr.
 * Marguerite Abouet (b. 1971, Ivory Coast), comics wr.
 * Leila Aboulela (b. 1964, Sudan), wr.
 * Leila Abouzeid (b. 1950, Morocco), social wr.
 * Abiola Abrams (b. 1976, United States), wr. & filmmaker
 * Liliana Abud (b. 1948, Mexico), TV screenwriter
 * Umayya Abu-Hanna (b. 1961, Palestine/Finland), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Susan Abulhawa (b. 1970, Palestine/United States), nv.
 * Lama Abu-Odeh (b. 1962, Palestine/United States), wr. on Islamic law
 * Juliet Ace (b. 1938, Wales), pw. & scriptwriter
 * Nora Aceval (b. 1953, Algeria/France), story teller
 * Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909–1972, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr.
 * Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria), poet & social wr.
 * Kathy Acker (1947–1997, United States), nv., poet & pw.
 * Maximiliane Ackers (1896–1982, Germany), fiction wr.
 * Bertilda Samper Acosta (1856–1910, Comoros), poet & nun
 * Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900–1988, Comoros), suffragist
 * Soledad Acosta (1833–1913, Comoros), sociologist
 * Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England), cookery wr. & poet; Modern Cookery for Private Families
 * Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia), wr. & academic
 * Avis Acres (1910–1994, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Angelina Acuña (1905–2006, Guatemala), sonneteer
 * Dora Acuña (1903–1987, Paraguay), poet & col.
 * Rosario de Acuña (1850–1923, Spain), poet, pw. & es.
 * Alma Flor Ada (b. 1938, Cuba), ch. wr., poet & nv.
 * Barbara Adair (living, South Africa), nv. in English
 * Varsha Adalja (b. 1940, India), nv. & pw.
 * Juliette Adam (1836–1936, France), wr. & editor
 * Pip Adam (living, New Zealand), fiction wr.
 * Gabriela Adameșteanu (b. 1942, Romania), fiction wr. & es.
 * Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Serbia), poet
 * Abigail Adams (1744–1818, United States), First Lady of the United States, letter wr. & diarist
 * Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Lois Bryan Adams (1817–1870, United States), wr., journalist & ed.
 * Mary Mathews Adams (1840–1902, Ireland/United States), wr.
 * Patricia J. Adams (b. 1952, Anguilla), poet, wr. & broadcaster
 * Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805–1848, England), poet & lyricist
 * Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia), historian
 * Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, Australia/New Zealand), homemaker & diarist
 * Gil Adamson (b. 1961, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet
 * Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England), non-f. wr. & social historian
 * Fleur Adcock (b. 1934, New Zealand/England), poet & editor
 * Caroline Adderson (b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Yda Addis (1857–1902, United States), wr. & translator
 * Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919, United States), wr.
 * Kim Addonizio (b. 1954, United States), poet & nv.
 * Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (b. 1988, Nigeria), nv.
 * Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (b. 1963, Nigeria), wr. & policy advocate
 * Sade Adeniran (b. 1960s, Nigeria), nv.
 * Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951–1994, Ivory Coast), nv.
 * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (b. 1977, Nigeria), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (living, Nigeria), wr. & educator
 * Opal Palmer Adisa (b. 1954, Jamaica), poet, nv. & educator
 * Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & rights activist
 * Zoe Adjonyoh (b. late 1970s, England), wr. & cook
 * Carine Adler (b. 1948, Brazil), screenwriter
 * Emma Adler (1858–1935, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Renata Adler (b. 1938, United States), wr., col. & critic
 * Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895, Sweden), feminist editor & wr.
 * Etel Adnan (1925–2021, Lebanon/United States), poet, es. & artist
 * Wilna Adriaanse (b. 1958, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
 * Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), philosopher
 * Ethel Afamado (b. 1940, Uruguay), poet & songwriter
 * Gladys Afamado (b. 1925, Uruguay), poet & artist
 * Anastasia Afanasieva (b. 1982, Ukraine), physician, poet, writer & translator
 * Janet Afary (living, Iran/Persia/United States), historian & religious wr.
 * Mahnaz Afkhami (b. 1941, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & rights activist
 * Ishrat Afreen (b. 1956, Pakistan), poet
 * Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910, Italy), poet
 * Smita Agarwal (b. 1958, India), poet & academic
 * Sheetal Agashe (b. 1977, India), poet
 * Patience Agbabi (b. 1965, England), poet
 * Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France), poet
 * Charlotte Agell (b. 1959, Sweden/United States), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929–2020, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv., pw. & essayist
 * Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989, Azerbaijan/Turkey/Ottoman Empire), legal wr.
 * Pinky Agnew (b. 1955, New Zealand), pw.
 * Kelli Russell Agodon (b. 1969, United States), poet, wr. & editor
 * Marjorie Agosín (b. 1955, Chile), rights activist
 * Gerty Agoston (living, Hu/United States), pw. & nv.
 * Marie d'Agoult (1805–1876, France), fiction wr. & historian
 * Agripina Samper Agudelo (1833–1892, Comoros), poet
 * Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuba), poet
 * Silvia Agüero (born 1985, Spain), feminist wr.
 * Josefa Toledo de Aguerri (1866–1962, Nicaragua), social wr.
 * Grace Aguilar (1816–1847, England), nv. & wr.
 * Mila D. Aguilar (b. 1949, Philippines), poet & es.
 * Anna Aguilar-Amat (b. 1962, Spain), poet & es. in Catalan
 * Francisca Aguirre (1930–2019, Spain), poet
 * Mirta Aguirre (1912–1980, Cuba), poet & nv.
 * Milena Agus (b. 1959, Italy), nv.
 * Ucu Agustin (b. 1976, Indonesia), wr. & filmmaker
 * Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay), poet

Ah–An

 * Freda Ahenakew (1932–2011, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & academic
 * Cecelia Ahern (b. 1981, Ireland), nv.
 * Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800, Sweden), feminist wr., poet & editor
 * Rukhsana Ahmad (b. 1948, Pakistan/England), wr. & translator
 * Pegah Ahmadi (b. 1974, Iran/Persia), poet, scholar & critic
 * Mimoza Ahmeti (b. 1963, Albania), poet & wr.
 * Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (b. 1963, Denmark), wr. & academic
 * Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden), fiction wr.
 * Zeynep Ahunbay (b. 1946, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), conservation wr.
 * Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr.
 * Renate Aichinger (b. 1976, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & director
 * Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & pw.
 * Naja Marie Aidt (b. 1963, Denmark), poet & wr.cat
 * Victoria Aihar (b. 1978, Uruguay), nv.
 * Ginny Aiken (b. 1955, Cuba/United States), fiction wr.
 * Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England), nv.
 * Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece), poet
 * Sarona Aiono-Iosefa (b. 1962, New Zealand), ch. wr.
 * Ashia (died 1009/1010, Spain), poet in Arabic
 * Amanda Aizpuriete (b. 1956, Latvia), poet & translator
 * Tobiloba Ajayi (living, Nigeria), wr. & campaigner
 * Iris Akahoshi (1929–1987, United States), wr. for Amnesty International
 * Miriam Akavia (1927–2015, Poland/Israel), mem. & Hc. survivor
 * Akiko Akazome (赤染晶子, 1974–2017, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – post-1041), poet & historian
 * Miriam Akavia (1927–2015, Poland/Israel), wr. & translator
 * Grace Akello (b. 1950, Uganda), poet, es. & folklorist
 * Anna Åkerhjelm (1647–1693, Sweden), wr. & traveler
 * Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
 * Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden), poet, wr. & artist
 * Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
 * Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russia/Soviet Union), poet; Requiem
 * Shaheen Akhtar (b. 1962, Bangladesh), fiction wr.
 * Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865–1927, Azerbaijan), pw. & teacher
 * Gülten Akın (1933–2015, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
 * Risu Akizuki (秋月りす, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
 * Layla al-Akhyaliyya (7th century, Ancient Arabia), poet
 * Elena Akselrod (b. 1932, Soviet Union/Israel), poet
 * Seza Kutlar Aksoy (b. 1945, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), ch. wr.
 * Ogdo Aksyonova (1936–1995, Soviet Union/Russia), poet in Dolgan
 * Magaly Alabau (b. 1945, Cuba/United States), poet & theater director
 * Susanna Alakoski (b. 1962, Finland), nv. & lecturer in Swedish
 * Zuleika Alambert (1922–2012, Brazil), feminist wr.
 * Mathilde Alanic (1864–1948, France), nv. & ss.
 * Outi Alanne (b. 1967, Finland), autobiographer
 * Abimbola Alao (living, Nigeria), poet, fiction wr. & storyteller
 * Alev Alatlı (b. 1944, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), economist & nv.
 * Ave Alavainu (1942–2022, Estonia), poet
 * Suzanne Alaywan (b. 1974, Lebanon), poet & painter
 * Caterina Albert (1869–1966, Spain), modernist wr.
 * Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, United States) non-f. wr. & drama.
 * Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France), poet
 * Alice Albinia (b. 1976, England), non-f. wr.
 * Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia), poet & academic
 * Núria Albó (b. 1930, Spain), poet & nv.
 * Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990, Spain), poet
 * Martha Albrand (1914–1981, Germany/United States), nv.
 * Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Slovenia), poet & YA wr.
 * Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), political wr. & mem.
 * Florența Albu (1934–2000, Romania), poet
 * Erlinda K. Alburo (living, Philippines), Cebuano scholar
 * Isabel Alçada (b. 1950, Portugal), ch. wr.
 * Deborah Alcock (1835–1913, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Mary Alcock (c. 1742–1798, England), poet & philanthropist
 * Sinforosa Alcordo, Cebuano fiction writer.
 * Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, United States), nv.; Little Women
 * Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930, United States), ch. wr.
 * Julia Carter Aldrich (1834–1924, United States), wr.
 * Sarah Aldridge (1911–2006, Brazil/United States), feminist wr.
 * Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua), poet, es. & nv.
 * Georgia Alexander (1868–1928, United States), textbook wr. & edu.
 * Grace Alexander (1872–1951, United States), wr. & journalist
 * Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952, Spain), medical wr.
 * Marilar Aleixandre (b. 1947, Spain), nv. & poet in Galician
 * Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960, Italy), nv.
 * Tatiana Aleshina (b. 1961, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & musician
 * Brigitte Alexander (1911–1995, Germany/Mexico), pw. & screenwriter
 * Elizabeth Alexander (b. 1962, United States), poet, es. & pw.
 * Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895, Ireland/England), hymnist & poet
 * Eleanor Jane Alexander (1857–1939, Ireland), poet & nv.
 * Meena Alexander (1951–2018, India), poet & scholar
 * Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994, Sweden), wr. & translator
 * Elena Alexieva (b. 1975, Bulgaria), fiction wr. & poet
 * Svetlana Alexievich (b. 1948, Ukraine/Belarus), non-f. wr. & col.; 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Elli Alexiou (c. 1894–1986, Greece/Hungary), fiction wr. & educator
 * Munira Al-Fadhel (b. 1958, Bahrain), wr. & academic
 * Mirra Alfassa (The Mother, 1878–1973, France), mystic & wr.
 * Estrella Alfon (1917–1983, Philippines), fiction wr. in English
 * Edna Alford (b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & editor
 * María Luisa Algarra (1916–1957, Spain/Mexico), pw.
 * Asma al-Ghul (b. 1982, Palestine), political wr.
 * Mrs Meer Hassan Ali (fl.1832) British born writer about Muslim life in India
 * Monica Ali (b. 1967, Bangladesh/England), nv. & es.
 * Samina Ali (living, India/United States), nv. & activist
 * Florina Alías (1921–1999, Spain), wr.
 * Maria Dolors Alibés (1941–2009, Spain), ch. wr.
 * Margarita Aliger (1915–1992, Soviet Union), poet & es.
 * Bisera Alikadić (b. 1939, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
 * Margaret Alington (1920–2012, New Zealand), local historian
 * Jane Alison (b. 1961, Australia), nv. & memoir wr.
 * Dilshad Aliyarli (b. 1962, Azerbaijan), wr.
 * Dilara Aliyeva (1929–1991, Azerbaijan), philologist & activist
 * Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1947–1996, Iran/Persia), poet & fiction wr.
 * Laila al-Juhani (b. 1969, Serbia), fiction wr.
 * Zaynab Alkali (b. 1950, Nigeria), fiction wr. & poet
 * Al-Khansā (7th century, Ancient Arabia), poet
 * Jani Allan (b. 1952, South Africa/United States), col.
 * Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France), nv. & es.
 * Candace Allen (b. 1950, United States/England), nv., activist & screenwriter
 * Hannah Allen (b. 1638, England), wr.
 * Liz Allen (b. 1969, Ireland), wr. on crime & nv.
 * Pamela Allen (b. 1934, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Lisa Allen-Agostini (b. 1960s, Trinidad), journalist, fiction wr. & poet
 * Eliza Crosby Allen (1803-1848, United States), rel. ed.
 * Isabel Allende (b. 1942, Chile/United States), nv.; Eva Luna
 * Lauren K. Alleyne (b. 1979, Trinidad/United States), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908–1996, West Indies), wr.
 * Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011, Soviet Union), wr. & lecturer
 * Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England), crime wr.
 * Dorothy Allison (b. 1949, United States), wr. & speaker
 * Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn (1847–1916, United States), wr., correspondent & poet
 * Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862–1934, Brazil), nv.
 * Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil), fiction wr.
 * Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830–1880, Argentina/Uruguay), wr., nv., SS wr. & poet
 * Rita Almeida (b. 1974, Portugal), economist
 * Cora Almerino (living, Philippines), Cebuano poet
 * Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre-1184, France), poet
 * Fatin al-Murr (b. 1969, Lebanon), fiction wr. & academic
 * Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia), poet in Arabic
 * Dora Alonso (1910–2001, Cuba), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
 * Marianne Alopaeus (1918–2014, Finland), nv. & es. in Swedish
 * Concha Alós (1926–2011, Spain), nv.
 * Faouzia Aloui (b. 1957, Tunisia), poet & fiction wr.
 * Blanche d'Alpuget (b. 1944, Australia), biographer & nv.
 * Hanan al-Shaykh (b. 1945, Lebanon/England), fiction wr.
 * Fawziyya al-Sindi (b. 1957, Bahrain), poet & activist
 * Tove Alsterdal (born 1960, Sweden), journalist, pw. & crime fiction wr.
 * Al Altaev (1872–1959, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr.
 * Fatima al-Taytun (b. 1962, Bahrain), poet
 * Phyllis Altman (1919–1999, South Africa), political wr. in English
 * Mor Altshuler (b. 1957, Israel), scholar & wr.
 * Amparo Alvajar (1916–1998, Spain), wr. & pw.
 * Mia Alvar (living, Philippines/United States), fiction wr. in English
 * Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009, Mexico), poet & politician
 * Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia), poet in English
 * Julia Álvarez (b. 1950, Dominica/United States), poet, nv. & es.
 * María Álvarez de Guillén (1889–1980, El Salvador), nv.
 * Betti Alver (1906–1989, Estonia), poet
 * Miriam Alves (b. 1952, Brazil), wr. & poet
 * Moniza Alvi (b. 1954, Pakistan/England), poet & wr.
 * Barbro Alving (1909–1987, Sweden), col. & feminist
 * Fanny Alving (1874–1955, Sweden), nv.
 * Karin Alvtegen (b. 1965, Sweden), nv.
 * Encarnacion Alzona (1895–1901, Philippines), historian & suffragist
 * Ifi Amadiume (b. 1947, Nigeria), poet, anthropologist & es.
 * Narcisa Amália (1856–1925, Brazil), poet & activist
 * Akira Amano (天野明, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
 * Chihiro Amano (天野千尋, b. 1982, Japan), screenwriter
 * Kozue Amano (天野こずえ, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
 * Ana Luísa Amaral (1956–2022, Portugal), poet, nv. & es.
 * Maria Adelaide Amaral (b. 1942, Portugal/Brazil), pw. & screenwriter
 * Suzana Amaral (1932–2020, Brazil), screenwriter
 * Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France), wr. & poet
 * Gabriella Ambrosio (b. 1954, Italy), nv. & es.
 * Claudia Amengual (b. 1969, Uruguay), nv. & es.
 * Begoña Ameztoy (b. 1951, Spain), screenwriter & painter
 * Elizabeth Frances Amherst (c. 1716–1779, England), poet & naturalist
 * Adibah Amin (b. 1936, Malaysia), fiction wr. & radio pw.
 * Lady Amin (1886–1983, Iran/Persia), theologian & mystic
 * Mahshid Amirshahi (b. 1937, Iran/Persia), fiction wr. & critic
 * Balamani Amma (1909–2004, India), poet
 * K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1975, India), fiction wr.
 * Jo van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966, Netherlands), nv.
 * Regina Amollo (b. c. 1954, Uganda), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico), poet
 * Elisa S. Amore (b. 1984, Italy), nv.
 * Jaleh Amouzgar (b. 1939, Iran/Persia), scholar on Iran
 * Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Tunisia/Algeria), wr. & singer
 * Teresa Amy (1950–2017, Uruguay), poet
 * Loula Anagnostaki (1928–2017, Greece), pw.
 * Tahmima Anam (b. 1975, Bangladesh/England), fiction wr.
 * Valerie Anand (b. 1937, England), fiction wr.
 * Virginie Ancelot (1792–1875, France), wr., pw. & painter
 * Tamara De Anda (b. 1983, Mexico), social wr.
 * Andaiye (1942–2019, Guyana), non-f. wr. & activist
 * Annemette Kure Andersen (b. 1962, Denmark), poet & editor
 * Clara Andersen (1826–1995, Denmark), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Emilie Andersen (1895–1970, Denmark), historian & archivist
 * Ingrid Andersen (b. 1965, South Africa), poet in English
 * Marguerite Andersen (1924–2022, Germany/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., editor & academic
 * Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, New Zealand), fiction wr.
 * Deborah Anderson (b. 1970), wr., musician & filmmaker
 * Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia), poet, nv. & painter
 * Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Laurie Halse Anderson (b. 1961, United States), ch. & YA wr.
 * Lena Anderson (b. 1939, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Rachel Anderson (b. 1943, England), ch. & YA wr.
 * Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England), ch. wr., biographer & screenwriter
 * Gail Anderson-Dargatz (b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Pamela Andersson (b. 1965, Sweden), col.
 * Emma Andijewska (b. 1931, Ukraine), poet & fiction wr.
 * Agustina Andrade (1858–1891, Argentina), poet
 * Alix André (1909–2000, France), nv.
 * Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, Namibia), nv. & teacher
 * Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany), psychoanalyst & es.
 * Isabella Andreini (1562–1604, Italy), pw., poet & actor
 * Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Paraguay), poet & wr.
 * Blanca Andreu (b. 1959, Spain), poet
 * Eliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931, United States), nv. & wr.
 * Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, Scotland/New Zealand), pw., poet & nv.
 * Marie Louise Andrews (1849–1891, United States), fiction wr. & col.
 * Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998, Ukraine), Esperantist & autobiographer
 * Hana Andronikova (1967–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & pw.
 * Sofia Andrukhovych (b. 1982, Ukraine), non-f. wr.
 * Harriet Anena (living, Uganda), poet & col.
 * Albalucía Ángel (b. 1939, Comoros), fiction wr. & es.
 * Ángela María de la Concepción (1649–1690, Spain), mystical wr.
 * Maya Angelou (1928–2014, United States), autobiographer & poet
 * Jane Anger (late 16th century, England), wr.
 * Lola Anglada (1893–1984, Spain), wr. & illustrator
 * Maria Àngels Anglada (1930–1999, Spain), poet & nv.
 * Christine Angot (b. 1959, France), nv. & pw.
 * María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea), wr.
 * Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland), poet in Braid Scots & English
 * Loreta Anilionytė (living, Lithuania), philosopher & nv.
 * Joan Anim-Addo (living, Grenada/England), academic, poet, pw. & publisher
 * Domna Anisimova (c. 1810s – death date unknown, Russia), poet
 * Yu Anjin (유안진, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & academic
 * Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway), nv. & pw.
 * Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England), nv., wr. & musician
 * Threes Anna (b. 1959, Netherlands), nv. & producer
 * Varvara Annenkova (1795–1866, Russia), poet
 * Nina Pávlovna Annenkova-Bernár (c. 1862–1933, Russia), pw. & actor
 * Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya (1840–1915, Russia), YA wr.
 * Moyoco Anno (安野モヨコ, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
 * Núria Añó (b. 1973, Spain), wr. & nv. in Catalan
 * Noushafarin Ansari (b. 1939, India/Iran/Persia), wr. on librarianship
 * Olga Anstei (1912–1985, Soviet Union/United States), poet & Hc. survivor
 * Manana Antadze (b. 1945, Germany), wr. & translator
 * Ikram Antaki (1948–2000, Syria/Mexico), social wr.
 * Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909–1987, India), wr. & reformer
 * Süreyya Aylin Antmen (b. 1981, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & es.
 * Enriqueta Antolín (1941–2013, Spain), nv.
 * Dorila Antommarchi (1850s–1923, Comoros), poet
 * Elmira Antommarchi (19th century, Comoros), poet
 * Hortensia Antommarchi (1850–1915, Colombia), poet
 * Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, United States), wr., poet & activist

Ao–Az

 * Temsüla Ao (1945–2022, India), poet, fiction wr. & ethnographer
 * Colette Nic Aodha (b. 1967, Ireland), poet & wr.
 * Yasuko Aoike (青池保子, b. 1948, Japan), manga creator
 * Kotomi Aoki (青木琴美, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator
 * Ume Aoki (蒼樹うめ, b. 1981, Japan), manga creator
 * Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria), autobiographer
 * Nanae Aoyama (青山七恵, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Lisa Appignanesi (b. 1946, Poland/England), nv. & activist
 * Marta Aponte Alsina (b. 1945, Puerto Rico), nv. & academic
 * Elena Apreleva (1846–1923, Russia/France), fiction wr.
 * Iffat Ara (b. 1939, Bangladesh), fiction wr. & activist
 * Kiyoko Arai (あらいきよこ, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Motoko Arai (新井素子, b. 1960, Japan), science fiction & fantasy wr.
 * Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556, Italy), poet, wr. & philosopher
 * Diego Aramburo (b. 1971, Bolivia), pw. & director
 * Hiromu Arakawa (荒川弘, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
 * Marie Arana (living, Peru/United States), col. & critic
 * Consuelo Araújo (1940–2001, Comoros), wr. & politician
 * Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Comoros), wr. & academic
 * Reina Torres de Araúz (1932–1982, Panama), ethnographer & academic
 * Nezihe Araz (1920–2009, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), stage & TV pw.
 * Maria Arbatova (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), nv., pw. & poet
 * Azalaïs d'Arbaud (1834–1917, France), wr. in Occitan
 * Sophie d'Arbouville (1810–1850, France), fiction wr. & poet
 * Liwayway Arceo (1924–1999, Philippines), fiction wr. & scriptwriter
 * Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848, Iran/Persia), poet & historian
 * Elvia Ardalani (b. 1963, Mexico), wr., poet & storyteller
 * Jane Arden (1927–1982, Wales), film director, pw. & nv.
 * Clementina Arderiu (1889–1976, Spain), poet in Catalan
 * Karen Ardiff (living, Ireland), playwright & nv.
 * Araceli Ardón (b. 1958, Mexico), cultural wr.
 * Wani Ardy (b. 1984, Malaysia), poet & songwriter
 * Olga Arefieva (b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & musician
 * Concepción Arenal (1820–1893, Spain), poet, pw. & feminist
 * Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/England), political theorist The Human Condition
 * Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819–1901, United States), wr. & editor
 * Héloïse d'Argenteuil (c. 1101–1164, France), scholar & abbess in Latin
 * Mariana Sansón Argüello (1918–2002, Nicaragua), poet
 * Pilar Benejam Arguimbau (b. 1937, Spain), geographer & educator
 * Xela Arias (1962–2003, Spain), poet in Galician
 * Yemisi Aribisala (b. 1973, Nigeria), es., painter & mem.
 * Meltem Arıkan (b. 1968, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & pw.
 * Hiro Arikawa (有川浩, b. 1972, Japan), nv.
 * Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan), nv.
 * Lesley Nneka Arimah (b. 1983, Nigeria), fiction wr.
 * Catherine Arley (1922–2016, France), nv.
 * Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé (1830–1918, France), wr., biographer & historian
 * Ayşe Arman (b. 1969, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), social wr.
 * Rae Armantrout (b. 1947, United States), wr., language poet & academic
 * Concepción Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937, Mexico), wr. & mystic
 * Claire Armitstead (living, England), journalist & essayist
 * Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Karen Armstrong (b. 1944, England), wr. on religion; A History of God
 * Kelley Armstrong (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
 * Louise Armstrong (1937–2008, United States), wr. & feminist
 * Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia), pw. & farmer
 * Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland), pw., poet & nv.
 * Bergljót Arnalds (b. 1968, Iceland), ch. wr.
 * Angélique Arnaud (1797–1884, France), nv. & feminist wr.
 * Elena Arnedo (1941–2015, Spain), non-f. wr. & activist
 * Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany), wr. & nv.
 * Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941, Australia/England), nv. wr.
 * Elizabeth Arnold (b. 1958, United States), poet
 * Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, United States), textbook wr.
 * Joanne Arnott (b. 1960, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. in Métis
 * Harriette Arnow (1908–1986, United States), nv.
 * Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland), poet, pw. & translator
 * Tuuve Aro (b. 1973, Finland), fiction wr. & film critic
 * Geraldine Aron (b. 1951, Ireland), pw.
 * Stina Aronson (1892–1956, Sweden), fiction wr.
 * Jyoti Arora (b. 1977, India), fiction wr.
 * Rosa Maria Arquimbau (1909–1992, Spain), nv. & pw. in Catalan
 * Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta (b. 1947, Uruguay), essayist
 * Marina Arrate (b. 1957, Chile), poet & psychologist
 * Inés Arredondo (1928–1989, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr. & es.
 * Celinda Arregui (1864–1941, Chile), feminist wr.
 * Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (b. 1944, Paraguay), poet & nv.
 * Mary Arrigan (b. 1943, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England), nv. & politician
 * Suzanne Arruda (living, United States), mystery nv.
 * Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Serbia), wr.
 * Antonia Arslan (b. 1938, Italy), critic & nv.
 * Tita Kovač Artemis (1930–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), biographer & chemist
 * Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971, United States), poet, non-f. wr., short story wr.
 * Keri Arthur (b. 1967, Australia), nv.
 * Portia Arthur (b. 1990, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & educator
 * Inga Arvad (1913–1973, Denmark/United States), col.
 * Ingrid Arvidsson (1919–2023, Sweden), poet & diplomat
 * Akram Monfared Arya (b. 1946, Iran/Persia/Sweden), social wr.
 * Mariko Asabuki (朝吹真理子, b. 1984, Japan), nv. & es.
 * Yū Asagiri (朝霧夕, 1956–2018, Japan), manga creator
 * Makate Asai (朝井まかて, b. 1959, Japan), nv.
 * George Asakura (ジョージ朝倉, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
 * Amma Asante (b. 1969, England), filmmaker & screenwriter
 * Devorà Ascarelli (fl. 16th century, Italy), poet
 * Duygu Asena (1946–2006, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), non-f. wr.
 * Julia de Asensi (1859–1921, Spain), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Matilde Asensi (b. 1962), nv.
 * Ranjana Ash (1924–2015, India/England), wr., critic & academic
 * Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004, Australia), nv.
 * Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England), child wr.; The Young Visiters
 * Hinako Ashihara (芦原妃名子, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
 * Ashitha (1956–2019, India), fiction wr. & poet
 * Melissa Ashley (b. 1973, Australia), nv.
 * Anastasia Ashman (b. 1964, United States), wr. & producer
 * Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England), nv.
 * Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, New Zealand), nv., poet & educator
 * Sara Ashurbeyli (1906–2001, Azerbaijan), historian & orientalist
 * Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546, England), poet & martyr
 * Sekar Ayu Asmara (living, Indonesia), screenwriter
 * Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Nigeria), poet & princess
 * Izumi Aso (麻生いずみ, b. 1960, manga creator
 * Isa Asp (1853–1872, Finland), poet
 * Aspazija (1865–1943, Russia/Latvia), poet & pw.
 * Asphyxia (living, Australia), ch. wr. & puppeteer
 * Marie Aspioti (1909–2000, Gk), wr. & poet
 * Ruth Aspöck (b. 1947, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & poet
 * Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England), nv. & diarist
 * Ros Asquith (living, England), cartoonist, ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Margot Asquith (1864–1945, England), wr.
 * Mina Assadi (b. 1943, Iran/Persia), poet, wr. & songwriter
 * Ludmilla Assing (1821–1880, Germany/Italy), editor & biographer
 * Leilah Assunção (b. 1943, Brazil), wr. & pw.
 * Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (1858/1859–1921, Iran/Persia), wr. & satirist
 * Judith Astelarra (b. 1943, Argentina/Spain), sociologist
 * Mary Astell (1666–1731, England), feminist wr. & rhetorician
 * Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia), fiction wr. & poet
 * Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia), blind poet & prose wr.
 * Elisa Hall de Asturias (1900–1982, Guatemala), nv. & biographer
 * Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia), prose-poet & academic
 * Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948, United States), wr.
 * Mary Alderson Chandler Atherton (1849–1934, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Diana Athill (1917–2019, England), editor, nv. & mem.
 * Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942, United States), wr., col. & teacher
 * Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia), nv., botanist & illustrator
 * Kate Atkinson (b. 1951, England), nv.
 * M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, Mary Evelyn Atkinson, England), ch. nv.
 * Sarah Atkinson (1823–1893, Ireland), biographer & es.
 * Tiffany Atkinson (b. 1972, England/Wales), poet & academic
 * Sefi Atta (b. 1964, Nigeria), wr. & pw.
 * Ayesha Harruna Attah (b. 1983, Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
 * Karen Attard (b. 1958, Australia), fantasy & fiction wr.
 * Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco), poet in Shilha
 * Adaeze Atuegwu (b. 1977, Nigeria), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (b. 1984, United States), nv.
 * Margaret Atwood (b. 1939, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet & critic
 * Madeleine de l'Aubépine (1546–1596, France), poet
 * Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1731, England), nv. & translator
 * Gwenaëlle Aubry (b. 1971, France), nv. & philosopher
 * Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, England/Australia), academic, critic & poet
 * Aude (1947–2012, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Ashley Audrain (b. 1982, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Colette Audry (1906–1990, France), nv., screenwriter & critic
 * Jean M. Auel (b. 1936, United States), nv.
 * Anita Augspurg (1857–1943, Germany/Switzerland), wr. & activist
 * Elisabeth Augustin (1903–2001, Germany/Netherlands), poet & fiction wr. in German & Dutch
 * Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda), fiction wr. & poet
 * Madame d'Aulnoy (c. 1650s – 1705, France), fairy-tale wr.
 * Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
 * Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Bukovina), poet in German & English
 * Jane Austen (1775–1817, England), nv.; Pride & Prejudice
 * Mary Austin (1868–1934, United States), wr.
 * Sarah Austin (1793–1867, England), translator
 * Violeta Autumn (1930–2012, Peru/United States), architect & cookery wr.
 * Frau Ava (c. 1060–1127, Germany), first female wr. in German
 * Yekaterina Avdeyeva (1788–1865, Russia), domestic wr.
 * Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Curaçao), nv., pw. & poet
 * Yevprime Avedisian (1872–1950), Armenian poet, sort story writer & autobiographer
 * Christine Aventin (b. 1971, Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
 * Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery (1844–1911, United States), wr., editor & educator
 * Victoria Aveyard (b. 1990, United States), YA fantasy wr.
 * Tusiata Avia (b. 1966, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
 * Boni Avibus (b. 2002, Indonesia), pw., poet & actor
 * Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (1909–1998, Lithuania/Israel), ch. wr. & educator
 * Bunty Avieson (living, Australia), col. & nv.
 * Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984, Lithuania/United States), col. & diplomat
 * Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582, Spain), nun & mystic
 * Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, editor & speaker
 * Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Serbia), non-f. wr.
 * Avvaiyar (fl. 1st-century), Tamil poet
 * Avvaiyar (fl. 8th-century), Tamil poet
 * Avvaiyar (fl. 12th-century), Tamil poet
 * Mona Awad (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (b. 1949, New Zealand), academic
 * Diane Awerbuck (b. 1974, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
 * Marilou Awiakta (b. 1936, United States), Appalachian writer
 * Suzanne Axell (b. 1955, Sweden), medical wr. & TV presenter
 * Celine Axelos (1902–1992, Egypt), poet & speaker
 * Majgull Axelsson (b. 1947, Sweden), col. & nv.
 * Ángeles López de Ayala (1858–1926, Spain), pw & activist
 * Cristina Ayala (1856–1936, Cuba), poet & col.
 * Elysa Ayala (1879–1956, Ecuador), wr. & painter
 * Aydilge (b. 1979, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr., poet & songwriter
 * Margaret Ayer (died 1981, United States), wr. & illustrator
 * Güzide Sabri Aygün (1886–1946, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
 * May Ayim (1960–1996, Germany), poet
 * Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984, Spain), poet
 * Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria), poet & pw.
 * Susanne Ayoub (b. 1956, Iran/Persia/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & filmmaker
 * Pam Ayres (b. 1947, England), poet, songwriter & presenter
 * Djenar Maesa Ayu (b. 1973, Indonesia), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Samiha Ayverdi (1905–1993, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & mystic
 * Félicie d'Ayzac (1801–1881, France), poet & art historian
 * Shamim Azad (b. 1952, Bangladesh/England), poet & fiction wr.
 * Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. late 12th century), poet in Occitan
 * Shokoofeh Azar (b. 1972, Iran/Persia), nv. & journalist
 * Che Husna Azhari (b. 1955, Malaysia), fiction wr.
 * Hind Azouz (1926–2015, Tunisia), fiction wr. & es.
 * Margarita Azurdia (1931–1998, Guatemala), poet & painter
 * Samira Azzam (1927–1967, Palestine/Lebanon), fiction wr.
 * Trezza Azzopardi (b. 1961, Wales), fiction wr. & broadcaster

Ba–Bi

 * Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal), nv.
 * Sahar Baassiri (b. 1986, Lebanon), political wr. & col.
 * Mozhgan Babamarandi (living, Iran/Persia), ch. & YA wr.
 * Alaviyya Babayeva (1921–2014, Soviet Union/Azerbaijan), prose wr. & publicist
 * Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Gabriela Babnik (b. 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & critic
 * Yvonne Baby (1931–2022, France), journalist, nv. & critic
 * Elena Bacaloglu (1878–1947/1949, Romania/Italy), novelist & politician
 * Ida Baccini (1850–1911, Italy), ch. wr.
 * Ingrid Bachér (b. 1930, Germany), pw. & screenwriter
 * Yamina Bachir (1954–2022, Algeria), screenwriter & film director
 * Maria Baciu (b. 1942, Romania), poet, novelist & ch. wr.
 * Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia), nv., scriptwriter & pw.
 * Delia Bacon (1811–1859, United States), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Anita Rau Badami (b. 1961, India/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Charlotte Baden (1740–1824, Denmark), wr. & correspondent
 * Gabeba Baderoon (b. 1969, South Africa), poet in English
 * Van Badham (b. 1974, Australia), pw. & nv.
 * Yaba Badoe (b. 1954, Ghana/Gold Coast/England), nv. & filmmaker
 * Liana Badr (b. 1950, Palestine), fiction wr.
 * Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970, Germany/United States), Zionist & biographer
 * Bae Suah (배수아, b. 1965, Korea), fiction wr. & poet
 * Emma Baeri (b. 1942, Italy), historian & es.
 * Jasodhara Bagchi (1937–2015, India), critic & activist
 * Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England), wr. & pw.
 * Anna Bagriana (b. 1981, Ukraine), nv., poet & pw.
 * Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria), poet
 * Annette Baier (1929–2012, New Zealand), philosopher
 * Maria Baiulescu (1860–1941, Romania), encyclopedist & pw.
 * Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland), poet & pw.
 * Alice Bailey (1880–1949, England), mystic
 * Amy Bailey (1895–1990, Jamaica), social col.
 * Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863–1948, United States), ornithologist
 * Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812–1888, United States), wr., editor, publisher, poet, lyricist
 * Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/United States), non-f. wr., elocutionist, teacher
 * Rosa Bailly (1890–1976, France), academic & activist
 * Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, England), nv.
 * Doreen Baingana (b. 1966, Uganda), fiction wr.
 * Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (b. 1970, Ghana/Gold Coast), YA wr.
 * Fatima Surayya Bajia (1930–2016, India/Pakistan), pw. & nv.
 * Lidia Bajkowska (b. 1966, Poland), educator & nv.
 * Latifa Baka (b. 1964, Morocco), fiction wr.
 * Deb Baker (b. 1953, United States), mystery wr.
 * Dorothy Baker (1907–1968, United States), nv.
 * Hinemoana Baker (b. 1968, New Zealand), poet & educator
 * Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926, England/New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Khnata bent Bakkar (d. 1754, Morocco), ruler & social analyst
 * Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, South Africa), fiction wr. in Afrikaans
 * Albena Bakratcheva (b. 1961, Bulgaria), transcendentalist
 * Asma El Bakry (1947–2015, Egypt), wr. & film director
 * Layla Balabakki (1936–2023, Lebanon), nv. & activist
 * Bettina Balàka (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr., poet & pw.
 * Margaret Balderson (b. 1935, Australia), ch. wr.
 * Maria Baldó i Massanet (1884–1964, Spain), pedagogue, ethnologist, folklorist, non-f. wr.
 * Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (b. 1949, Iceland), nv.
 * Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, United States), fiction wr.
 * Rowena Bali (b. 1977, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet
 * Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007, Lithuania), poet & painter
 * Rabia Balkhi (10th century, Iran/Persia), poet
 * Zsófia Balla (b. 1949, Romania/Hungary), poet & es.
 * Philippa Ballantine (b. 1971, New Zealand/United States), fiction wr.
 * Solvej Balle (b. 1962, Denmark), nv. & radio pw.
 * Inés Ballester (b. 1958, Spain), col. & cookery wr.
 * Ada Ballin (1863–1906, England), wr. & col.
 * Ingmāra Balode (b. 1981, Latvia), poet
 * Mary Balogh (b. 1944, Wales), nv.
 * Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443, Serbia), epistle wr.
 * Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995, United States), wr., activist & academic
 * Mary Ellen Bamford (1857–1946, United States), wr.
 * Consort Ban (Ban Jieyu, Lady Pan, 班婕妤, c. 48 – c. 6 BC, China), scholar & poet
 * Linda Vero Ban (b. 1976, Hungary), wr. on Jewishness
 * Ban Zhao (班昭, 45–116 AD, China), first female Chinese historian
 * Zsófia Bán (b. 1957, Brazil/Hungary), wr. & critic in Hungarian
 * Carmen-Francesca Banciu (b. 1955, Romania), nv. & academic
 * Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932–2019, France), poet, es. & academic
 * Ellen Banda-Aaku (b. 1965, Zambia), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837, Italy), poet & ballerina
 * Helen Elliott Bandini (1854–1912, United States), history wr.
 * Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia), wr. & activist
 * Mariko Bando (坂東眞理子, b. 1946, Japan), social wr. & critic
 * Sushmita Banerjee (1963/1964–2013, India), wr. & activist
 * Mary Jo Bang (b. 1946, United States), poet
 * Rakhshān Banietemad (b. 1954, Iran/Persia), screenwriter
 * Banine (1905–1992, Azerbaijan/France), current affairs wr.
 * Zsuzsa Bánk (b. 1965, Germany), nv.
 * Dot Banks (United Kingdom), non-f. wr.
 * Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959–2011, United States), wr.
 * Maya Banks (living, United States), romance wr.
 * Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, Scotland), poet
 * Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland), ch. wr.; Little Black Sambo
 * Tristane Banon (b. 1979, France), nv. & es.
 * Rashmi Bansal (living, India), non-f. wr.
 * Anna Banti (1895–1985, Italy), fiction wr. & autobiographer
 * Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, fl. late 8th century AD, China), poet
 * Bao Linghui (鲍令晖, fl. mid-5th century AD, China), poet
 * Anni Baobei (励婕, b. 1974, China), nv.
 * Amina Baraka (b. 1942, United States), poet & activist
 * Iqbal Baraka (b. 1942, Egypt), fiction & social wr.
 * Hoda Barakat (b. 1952, Lebanon/France), nv.
 * Ibtisam Barakat (b. 1962, Palestine), poet, mem. & ch. wr.
 * Najwa Barakat (b. 1966, Lebanon), nv. & film director
 * Barbara Baraldi (living, Italy), nv.
 * Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Poland), pw. & poet
 * Jadwiga Barańska (b. 1935, Poland), screenwriter & actor
 * Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004, Soviet Union), wr.
 * Maria Barbal (b. 1949, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Giuseppa Barbapiccola (1702 – c. 1740, Italy), natural philosopher & poet
 * Bárbara de Santo Domingo (1842–1872, Spain), mystic wr.
 * Teresa Giménez Barbat (b. 1955, Spain), anthropologist
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England), poet, es. & ch. wr.
 * Margaret Barber (Michael Fairless, 1869–1901, England), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1765, Ireland), poet
 * Ros Barber (b. 1964, England), nv. & poet
 * Muriel Barbery (b. 1969, Morocco/France), nv. & academic
 * Teresita de Barbieri (1937–2018, Uruguay/Mexico),, non-f. wr., feminist sociologist
 * Maria Tore Barbina (1940–2007, Italy), poet & translator
 * Elia Barceló (b. 1957, Spain/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., ch. wr. & academic
 * Alex Barclay (b. 1974, Ireland), crime wr.
 * Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England), fiction wr.
 * Leigh Bardugo (b. 1974, United States), young adult & fantasy wr.
 * Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, Ireland), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Joan Barfoot (b. 1946, Canada), nv.
 * Serie Barford (living, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
 * Simone Le Bargy (1877–1985, France), woman of letters
 * Arvède Barine (1840–1908, France), wr. & historian
 * Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England), col. & poet
 * Nicola Barker (b. 1966, England), fiction wr.
 * Pat Barker (b. 1943, England), nv.
 * Susan Barker (b. 1978, England), nv.
 * Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Soviet Union), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
 * Jane Barlow (1856–1917, Ireland), nv. & poet
 * Marjorie Barnard (with M. Barnard Eldershaw, 1897–1987, Australia), nv. & historian
 * Mary Barnard (1909–2001, United States), poet & biographer
 * Maria Barnas (b. 1973, Netherlands), nv., poet & artist
 * Annie Maria Barnes (1857–?, United States), col., editor & wr.
 * Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, United States), wr.
 * Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886–1967, United States), wr.
 * Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, United States), wr. & poet
 * Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, United States/France), pw., poet & nv.
 * María Dámasa Jova Baró (1890–1940, Cuba), wr. & feminist
 * Carmen Baroja (1883–1950, Spain), wr. & poet
 * Ana Baron (1950–2015, Argentina), wr. & col.
 * Odile Baron Supervielle (1915–2016, Uruguay/Argentina), wr., journalist
 * Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda), ch. wr.
 * Linda Maria Baros (b. 1981, Romania/France), poet & critic in French
 * Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England), nv.
 * Lisa Barr (living, United States), historical fiction wr. & journalist
 * Miriam Barr (b. 1982, New Zealand), poet
 * Emma de la Barra (1861–1947, Argentina), nv.
 * Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006, Argentina), poet, storyteller & pw.
 * Sarah Maria Barraud (c. 1923–1995, England/New Zealand), homemaker & correspondent
 * Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016, Portugal), wr.
 * Beatriz Peniche Barrera (1893–1976, Mexico), poet & feminist
 * Andrea Barrett (b. 1954, United States), fiction wr.
 * Lynne Barrett (living, United States), fiction wr. & editor
 * Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales), editor & suffragette
 * Margaret Barrington (1896–1982, Ireland), fiction & social wr.
 * María Esperanza Barrios (1892–1932, Uruguay), political wr.
 * Nuria Barrios (b. 1962, Spain), poet, fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Pía Barros (b. 1956, Chile), fiction wr.
 * Rachel Barrowman (b. 1963, New Zealand), historian & biographer
 * Lalo Barrubia (b. 1967, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
 * Angela Barry (living, Bermuda), wr. & educator
 * Alicia Giménez Bartlett (b. 1951, Spain), nv.
 * Agniya Barto (1906–1981, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & ch. wr.
 * Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia), ch. wr. & educator
 * Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia), poet
 * Violet Barungi (b. 1943, Uganda), wr. & editor
 * Mildred Barya (living, Uganda), poet
 * Anabela Basalo (b. 1972, Serbia), fiction wr.
 * Ada Lee Bascom (d. 1928, United States), novelist & playwright
 * Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria), poet
 * Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884, Russia/France), diarist & artist
 * Talat Bassari (1923–2020, Iran/Persia), poet, feminist & academic
 * Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia), historian & biographer
 * Laura Bassi (1711–1778, Italy), physicist & academic
 * Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (b. 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Julia Bastin (1888–1968, Belgium), academic & nv. in French
 * Marjolein Bastin (b. 1943, Netherlands), nature & ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Bani Basu (b. 1939, India), es. & poet
 * Purabi Basu (b. 1949, Bangladesh), fiction wr. & activist
 * Fira Basuki (b. 1972, Indonesia), nv.
 * Felisa Batacan (living, Philippines), nv.
 * Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda), col. & wr.
 * Allie Bates (b. 1957, United States), wr.
 * Clara Nettie Bates (1876–1966, United States), ed. & wr.
 * Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia), anthropologist
 * Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, United States), songwriter
 * Margret Holmes Bates (1844–1927, United States), nv., poet, short story wr., non-f.
 * Octavia Williams Bates (1846–1911, United States), suffragist, clubwoman & wr.
 * Catherine Bateson (b. 1960, Australia), nv. & poet
 * Janet Bathgate (c. 1806–1898, Scotland), autobiographer
 * Najmieh Batmanglij (b. 1947, Iran/Persia/United States), chef & cookery wr.
 * Eileen Battersby (c. 1958–2018, Ireland), critic
 * Henrietta Battier (c. 1751–1813, Ireland), poet & satirist
 * Laura Battiferri (1523–1589, Italy), poet
 * Effie T. Battle (c. 1882 – post-1940, United States), poet & educator
 * Dawn-Michelle Baude (b. 1959, United States), poet, col. & educator
 * Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932, United States), nv.
 * Baudovinia (fl. c. 600, France), wr. in Latin
 * Blanche Baughan (1870–1958, New Zealand), poet & penal reformer
 * Marguerite Baulu (1870–1942, Belgium), nv. in French
 * Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
 * Sara Baume (b. 1984, Ireland), nv.
 * Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954, Germany), wr. & feminist
 * Josephine Penfield Cushman Bateham (1829–1901, United States), social reformer, ed. & wr.
 * Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023, Philippines), nv.
 * Sophie Bawr (1773–1860, France), wr., pw. & composer
 * Anna Dawbin (1816–1905, Australia), diarist
 * Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, United States), wr. & journalist
 * Oya Baydar (b. 1940, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & sociologist
 * Ada Ellen Bayly (Edna Lyall, 1857–1903, England), nv.
 * Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Molly Baz (United States), chef & cookery wr.
 * Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921, Spain), es. & nv.
 * Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (b. 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr., poet & pw.
 * Lesley Beake (b. 1949, Scotland/South Africa), ch. wr.
 * Anne Beale (1816–1900, Wales), nv. & poet
 * Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish (1883–1969, Ireland/Switzerland), wr. & pw.
 * Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Netherlands), Cistercian & early wr. in Dutch
 * Louisa Beaufort (1781–1863, Ireland), wr. & antiquarian
 * Fanny de Beauharnais (1737–1813, France), lady of letters & salonnière
 * Aletta Beaujon (1933–2001, Curaçao), poet
 * Fleur Beale (b. 1945, New Zealand), YA wr.
 * Margaret Beames (1935–2016, New Zealand), ch. wr.
 * Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, United States), wr., compiler
 * Mercedes Bengoechea (b. 1952, Spain), sociolinguist, non-f. wr.
 * Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892, England), wr.
 * Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France), story & non-f. wr.
 * Airini Beautrais (b. 1982, New Zealand), poet
 * Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan (1818–1897, Ireland/Australia), poet & fiction wr.
 * Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France), wr. & philosopher
 * Dany Bébel-Gisler (1935–2003, Guadeloupe), nv.
 * Bruna Beber (b. 1984, Brazil), poet & wr.
 * Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova (1879–1952, Russia/France), nv. & actor
 * Lola Beccaria (b. 1963, Spain), nv. & screenwriter
 * Ángela Becerra (b. 1957, Comoros), poet & nv.
 * Margaret Bechard (b. 1953, United States), ch. wr.
 * Alison Bechdel (b. 1960, United States), cartoonist & mem.
 * Mimí Bechelani (living, Mexico), TV screenwriter & poet
 * Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland/France), nv. in French
 * Alice Becker-Ho (b. 1941, China/France), non-f. wr. & poet
 * Mary Beckett (1926–2013, Northern Ireland), radio pw. & fiction wr.
 * Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands), ch. wr.
 * Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547, France), wr. & philosopher
 * Malati Bedekar (1905–2001, India), fiction wr.
 * Jean Bedford (b. 1946, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
 * Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England), nv.
 * Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Yolanda Bedregal (1916–1999, Bolivia), poet & nv.
 * Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England), poet & critic
 * Isabella Beeton (1836–1865, England), domestic wr.; Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
 * Anne Beffort (1880–1966, Luxembourg), critic & biographer
 * Jana Begum (fl. 17th century, India), scholar
 * Ruth Behar (b. 1956, Cuba/United States), anthropologist
 * Simin Behbahani (1927–2014, Iran/Persia), poet & activist
 * Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England), pw., poet & nv.
 * Mariam Behnam (1921–2014, Iran/Persia/Emirates), nv. & autobiographer
 * Larissa Behrendt (b. 1969, Australia), legal academic & nv.
 * Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany), nv. & educator
 * Géraldine Beigbeder (living, France), nv. & screenwriter
 * Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal), ch. & YA wr. & activist

Be–Bj

 * Hélé Béji (b. 1948, Tunisia), nv. & es.
 * Nazan Bekiroğlu (b. 1957, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & academic
 * Hafsa Bekri (b. 1948, Morocco), poet & fiction wr.
 * Maria Belakhova (1903–1969, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr. & educator
 * Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808–1871, Italy), political wr.
 * Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016, Trinidad), wr. & artist
 * Souhayr Belhassen (b. 1943, Tunisia), activist & biographer
 * Concepción Silva Belinzon (1903–1987, Uruguay), wr.
 * Diane Bell (b. 1943, Australia), anthropologist
 * Hilary Bell (b. 1966, Australia), pw.
 * Susan Groag Bell (1926–2015, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), women's studies and autobiographer
 * Vera Bell (1906 – post-1999, Jamaica/England), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Maud de Belleroche (1922–2017, France), nv.
 * Diana Bellessi (b. 1946, Argentina), poet & es.
 * Gioconda Belli (b. 1948, Nicaragua), revolutionary & wr.
 * Samira Bellil (1972–2004, France), autobiographer
 * Carolina Bello (b. 1983, Uruguay), fiction wr.
 * Louise Swanton Belloc (1796–1881, France), translator
 * Loleh Bellon (1925–1999, France), pw. & actor
 * Yannick Bellon (1924–2019, France), screenwriter & film director
 * Nassira Belloula (b. 1961, Algeria/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. in French
 * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. & ethnographer
 * Vizma Belševica (1931–2005, Latvia), poet & autobiographer
 * Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria/France), poet, fiction wr. & painter
 * Margot Benary-Isbert (1889–1979, Germany/United States), ch. wr. in German & English
 * Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco), poet & fiction wr.
 * Rajae Benchemsi (b. 1957, Morocco), poet
 * Esther Bendahan (b. 1964, Morocco/Spain), wr. in Spanish
 * Augusta Bender (1846–1924, Germany), writer, poet, activist
 * Karen E. Bender (living, United States), nv.
 * Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923, Denmark), biographer
 * Emma Lee Benedict (1857–1937, United States), editor, educator & wr.
 * Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, United States), poet & wr.
 * Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden), nv.
 * Maria Beneyto (1925–2011, Spain), poet
 * Božena Benešová (1873–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Sokhna Benga (b. 1967, Senegal), nv. & poet
 * Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England), nv. & biographer
 * Seyla Benhabib (b. 1950, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), political philosopher
 * Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (b. 1952, Algeria), sociologist & politician
 * Elisa Beni (b. 1965, Spain), social wr., col. & nv.
 * Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria), poet & pw.
 * Milena Benini (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Croatia), science fiction nv.
 * Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales), nv.
 * Louie Bennett (1870–1956, Ireland), wr. & suffragette
 * Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica), poet & educator
 * Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia), biographer & rights advocate
 * Veronica Bennett (b. 1953, England), ch. nv.
 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, United States), wr.
 * Louise Bennett (1919–2006, Jamaica), poet & folklorist
 * Khnata Bennouna (b. 1940, Morocco), fiction wr.
 * Nel Benschop (1918–2005, Netherlands), poet
 * Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921, United States), wr., newspaper pub. & ed.
 * Sihem Bensedrine (b. 1950, Tunisia),
 * Carol Bensimon (b. 1982, Brazil), fiction wr.
 * Nettie Lee Benson (1905–1993, United States), archivist & historian
 * Sally Benson (1897–1972, United States), screenwriter & fiction wr.
 * Caroline French Benton (died 1923, United States), cookery wr.
 * Juliette Benzoni (1920–2016, France), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Nina Berberova (1901–1993, Russia/France), fiction wr.
 * Lydia Berdyaev (1871–1945, Russia/France), poet
 * Amanda Berenguer (1921–2010, Uruguay), poet
 * Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969, Germany), nv.
 * Maimu Berg (b. 1945, Estonia), wr. & critic
 * Sibylle Berg (b. 1968, Switzerland), fiction wr., es. & pw. in German
 * Charlotta Berger (1784–1852, Sweden), fiction wr. & poet
 * Olga Bergholz (1910–1975, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
 * Tara Bergin (b. 1974, Ireland), poet
 * Anne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020, Sweden), poet, fiction wr. & artist
 * Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975, Finland), wr. & pw.
 * Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden), wr. & illustrator
 * Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Aimée Daniell Beringer (1856–1936, United States), pw. & nv.
 * Sara Berkeley (b. 1967, Ireland), poet
 * Alexandra Berková (1949–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & educator
 * Lucia Berlin (1936–2004, United States), short story wr.
 * Giuliana Berlinguer (1933–2014, Italy), screenwriter & nv.
 * Sabina Berman (b. 1955, Mexico), fiction wr. & col.
 * Mònica Bernabé (b. 1972, Spain), col. & wr.
 * Catherine Bernard (1662–1712, France), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Gabrielle Bernard (1893–1963, Belgium), poet in French
 * Patricia Bernard (b. 1942, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Tati Bernardi (b. 1979, Brazil), fiction & screenwriter
 * Paulette Bernège (1896–1973, France), household & non-f. wr.
 * Juliana Berners (14th & 15th centuries, England), wr. on medieval pursuits
 * Emmanuèle Bernheim (1955–2017, France), screenplay wr. & nv.
 * Jovette Bernier (1900–1981, Canada/Newfoundland), col., nv., & poet
 * Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & account of Theresienstadt concentration camp
 * Rose Berryl (b. 1982, Belgium), fantasy wr. in French
 * Bertice Berry (b. 1960, United States), sociologist, wr. & educator
 * Julie Berry b. 1974, United States), ch. & YA wr.
 * Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, b. 1947, China/United States), poet & pw.
 * Louise Bertin (1905–1977, France), poet & composer
 * Michelle Suárez Bértora (b. 1983, Uruguay), social wr.
 * Aurora Bertrana (1892–1974, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Betty Berzon (1928–2006, United States), wr.
 * Annie Besant (1847–1933, England), theosophist & activist
 * Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Bessora (b. 1968, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
 * Eva Best (1851–1925, United States), ss. wr., poet, dramatist
 * Mireille Best (1943–2005, France), fiction wr.
 * Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England), diarist, poet & woman of letters
 * Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England), nv., poet & travel wr.
 * Marion Bethel (b. 1953, Bahamas), poet & activist
 * Nicolette Bethel (living, Bahamas), wr. & anthropologist
 * Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, England/New Zealand), poet
 * Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary), mem.
 * Doris Betts (1932–2012, United States), fiction wr. & es.
 * Jean Betts (living, England/New Zealand), pw. & actor
 * Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, South Africa), fiction & radio drama wr. in Afrikaans
 * Lauren Beukes (b. 1976, South Africa), fiction wr. & television screenwriter in English
 * Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
 * Cvetka Bevc (b. 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & prose & ch. wr.
 * Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–30, England), pamphleteer
 * L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England), poet, anarchist & es.
 * Maïssa Bey (b. 1950, Algeria), wr. & educator
 * Niloofar Beyzaie (b. 1967, Iran/Persia), pw.
 * Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Sheila Bhatia (1916–2008, India), poet & pw.
 * Sujata Bhatt (b. 1956, India), poet
 * Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya (b. 1927, India), poet & critic
 * Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950–2011, India), nv.
 * Fatima Bhutto (b. 1982, Afghanistan/Pakistan), nv. & social wr.
 * Ewa Białołęcka (b. 1967, Poland), fiction wr.
 * Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991, Uruguay), critic
 * Angela Bianchini (1921–2018, Italy), fiction wr. & critic
 * Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England), wr.
 * Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France), wr. in French
 * Nina Bichuya (b. 1937, Ukraine), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England), Quaker pamphleteer
 * Elizabeth Biddulph, Baroness Biddulph (1834–1916, England), non-f. w. & Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria
 * Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, Wales), poet
 * Agnieszka Biedrzycka (living, Poland), historian
 * Dorothea Biehl (1731–1788, Denmark), pw.
 * Nella Bielski (1930s–2020, Ukraine/France), wr. & actor
 * Gisèle Bienne (b. 1946, France), nv.
 * Linda Bierds (b. 1945, United States), poet & professor
 * Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands), ch. wr.
 * Alberta Bigagli (1928–2017, Italy), psychologist & poet
 * Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, United States), author
 * Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, United States), poet and author
 * Barbara Biggs (b. 1956, Australia), wr. & campaigner
 * Juana Bignozzi (1937–2015, Argentina), poet & translator
 * Anna Bijns (1493–1575, Flanders), humanism in Dutch & French
 * Elisheva Bikhovski (1888–1949, Russia/Israel), poet, critic & translator
 * Üstün Bilgen-Reinart (b. 1947, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. wr.
 * Shahbano Bilgrami (living, Pakistan/United States), poet & es.
 * S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland), nv. & poet in French
 * Raphaële Billetdoux (b. 1951, France), nv.
 * Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Natalka Bilotserkivets (b. 1954, Ukraine), poet
 * Maeve Binchy (1939–2012, Ireland), fiction wr., pw. & col.
 * Ama Biney (b. 1960s, England), historian & journalist
 * Bing Xin (冰心, 1900–1999, China), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179 Germany), mystic, pw. & poet in Latin
 * Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Dörthe Binkert (b. 1949, Germany), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Judith Binney (1940–2011, New Zealand), historian & academic
 * Carol Birch (b. 1951, England), nv.
 * Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (c. 1800–1868, Germany), pw. & actor
 * Christina Regina von Birchenbaum (fl. 17th century, Finland), poet
 * Carmel Bird (b. 1940, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Hera Lindsay Bird (b. 1987, New Zealand), poet
 * Isabella Bird (1831–1904, England), traveller & wr.
 * Poldy Bird (1941–2018), Argentina), poet & es.
 * Sandra Birdsell (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Anne Birk (1942–2009, Germany), nv., history wr. & pw.
 * Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia), nv. & poet
 * Becky Birtha (b. 1948, United States), poet & ch. wr.
 * Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia), fiction wr., poet & travel wr.
 * Anne Bishop (living, United States), fantasy nv.
 * Eleanor Bishop (director) (New Zealand), playwright
 * Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, United States), poet & wr.
 * Emily Montague Mulkin Bishop (1858–1916, United States), wr.
 * Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica), wr., artist & photographer
 * Yael Bitrán (b. 1965, Chile/Mexico), non-f. wr.
 * Zoubeida Bittari (b. 1939, Algeria) writer
 * Adriana Bittel (b. 1946, Romania), critic & fiction wr.
 * Isidora Bjelica (1967–2020, Serbia), wr. & pw.
 * Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia), nv.
 * Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (b. 1982, Iceland), wr. & folklorist
 * Christina Björk (b. 1938, Sweden), wr. & ch. book wr.
 * Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (b. 1948, Iceland), writer & educator
 * Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), writer & actor
 * Louise Bjørnsen (1824–1899, Denmark), fiction wr.

Bl–Br

 * Clementina Black (1853–1922, England), nv. & political wr.
 * Emily Lucas Blackall (1832–1892, United States), wr. & philanthropist
 * Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s–1660s, England), Quaker wr. & preacher
 * E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894, Ireland), wr. & nv.
 * Malorie Blackman (b. 1962, Barbados/England), ch. & YA fiction wr. & pw.
 * Anauta Blackmore (c. 1890–1965, Canada), memoirist, YA
 * Ellen Blackwell (1864–1952, England/New Zealand), botanist
 * Sara Blædel (b. 1964, Denmark), crime wr.
 * Isa Blagden (1816/1817–1873, England/Italy), nv. & poet
 * Marina Blagojević (1958–2020, Serbia), wr. on gender
 * Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia), nv., col. & biographer
 * Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932, United States), wr.
 * Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet, & pw.
 * Inés Joyes y Blake (1731–1808, Spain), Enlightenment wr.
 * Jan Blake (fl 1988, UK), storyteller and wr.
 * Anna Blaman (1905–1960, Netherlands), nv. & poet
 * Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England), poet
 * Neltje Blanchan (1865–1918, United States), nature wr.
 * Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte (1830–1897, France), poet
 * Carmen Blanco (b. 1954, Spain), feminist wr.
 * Yolanda Blanco (b. 1954, Nicaragua), poet
 * Ana Blandiana (b. 1942, Romania), poet & es.
 * Isabella Margaret Elizabeth Blandin (1838–1912, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Stella Blandy (1836–1925, France), woman of letters & feminist
 * Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank (1932–2002, New Zealand), poet & educator
 * Carla Blank (living, United States), wr., editor & educator
 * Clair Blank (1915–1965, United States), mystery wr.
 * Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1705, England), Quaker autobiographer
 * Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891, Russia), theosophist & mystic
 * Jaroslava Blažková (1933–2017, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK), nf. wr.
 * Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, United States), poet & correspondent
 * Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849, Ireland), nv. & hostess
 * Audrey Blignault (1916–2008, South Africa), es. in Afrikaans
 * Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009, Sweden), poet & mem. in Sami
 * Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England), nv. & poet
 * Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya), wr.
 * Francesca Lia Block (b. 1962, United States), wr.
 * Marion Bloem (b. 1952, Netherlands), wr. & film-maker
 * Barbara Bloemink (b. 1953, United States), art historian
 * Anni Blomqvist (1909–1990, Finland), nv. in Swedish
 * Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (1857–1911, Ireland), wr. & pw.
 * Amy Bloom (b. 1953, United States), nv., non-f. wr. & psychotherapist
 * Minerva Bloom (b. 1959, Mexico/United States), poet in Spanish & English
 * Valerie Bloom (b. 1956, Jamaica), poet & nv.
 * Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894, United States), wr. on women's rights & temperance
 * Andrée Blouin (1921–1986, Central African Republic), activist & wr.
 * Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England), nv.
 * Antonina Bludova (1813–1891, Russia), salonnière & mem.
 * Ana Cecilia Blum (b. 1972, Ecuador), wr.
 * Liliana V. Blum (b. 1974, Mexico), fiction wr.
 * Judy Blume (b. 1938, United States), nv.
 * Yde Schloenbach Blumenschein (Colombina, 1882–1963, Brazil), poet & chronicler
 * Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss (1899–1987, Germany/United States), poet & Hc. survivor
 * Louise Sophie Blussé (1901–1996, Netherlands), religious wr.
 * Enid Blyton (1897–1968, England), ch. wr.
 * Capel Boake, (Doris Boake Kerr, 1889–1944, Australia), nv.
 * Margarita Bobba (fl. 1560, Italy), wr. & poet
 * Marilyn Bobes (b. 1955, Cuba), poet, nv. & critic
 * Merlinda Bobis (b. 1959, Philippines/Australia), wr. & academic
 * Irena Bobowska (1920–1942, Poland), poet & wartime victim
 * Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal), nv. & col.
 * Cecil Bødker (1927–2020, Denmark), YA wr. & poet
 * Imma von Bodmershof (1895–1982, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
 * Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018, Argentina), nv.
 * Milica Bodrožić (living, Serbia), political history wr.
 * Anna Böeseken (1905–1997, South Africa), historian in English
 * Janka Boga (1886–1963, Hungary), wr. & pw.
 * Louise Bogan (1897–1970, United States), poet
 * Henrietta Boggs (1918–2020, United States/Costa Rica), author & activist
 * Graciela Bográn (1896–2000, Honduras), es.
 * Katalin Bogyay (b. 1956, Hungary), biographer & politician
 * Helene Böhlau (1859–1940, Germany), nv.
 * Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany), nv.
 * Laura Papo Bohoreta (1891–1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Yugoslavia), wr. on Judaism
 * Lucie Boissonnas (1839–1877, France), biog.
 * Montserrat Boix (b. 1960, Spain), feminist wr.
 * Barbara Bojarska (living, Poland), historian
 * Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & nv.
 * Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland/United States), poet & academic
 * Sophie Bolander (1807–1869, Sweden), nv.
 * Anna Bolavá (b. 1981), nv. & poet
 * Emily Bold (b. 1980), adult & YA nv.
 * Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463, Italy), religious wr. & saint
 * Isabel Bolton (1883–1975, United States), nv.
 * Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916, United States), wr.
 * Natella Boltyanskaya (b. 1965, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
 * María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile), wr.
 * Erma Bombeck (1927–1996, United States), humorist
 * Son Bo-mi (선보미, b. 1980, Korea), nv.
 * Simona Bonafé (b. 1973, Italy), politician
 * Marie Bonaparte-Wyse (1831–1902, France), wr. & hostess
 * Annie B. Bond (b. 1953, United States), wr. & editor
 * Chrystelle Trump Bond (1938–2020), United States), dance historian
 * Cynthia Bond (b. 1961, United States), nv.
 * Pilar Bonet (b. 1952, Spain), political wr.
 * Maria Boniecka (1910–1978, Poland), educator & political wr.
 * Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham (1840–1907, United States), traveler & col.
 * Tanella Boni (b. 1954, Ivory Coast), poet & nv.
 * Veronica Bonilla (b. 1972, Ecuador), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Laudomia Bonanni (1907–2002, Italy), fiction wr.
 * Elizabeth Anne Bonner (1924–1981, United States), fiction wr. & poet
 * Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930, United States), wr.
 * Marita Bonner (1899–1971, United States), wr., es. & pw.
 * Piedad Bonnett (b. 1951, Comoros), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland/Italy), political wr. & diarist in Italian
 * Cedella Booker (1926–2008, Jamaica), biographer & singer
 * Malika Booker (b. 1970, England), poet, wr. & artist
 * Paula Boock (b. 1964, New Zealand), fiction & screenwriter
 * Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England), wr.
 * Frances Boothby (fl. c. 1669–1670, England), pw.
 * Alice Borchardt (1939–2007, United States), fiction wr.
 * Ivonne Bordelois (b. 1934, Argentina), poet & es.
 * Miriam Borgenicht (1915−1992, United States), mystery nv.
 * Norah Borges (1901–1998), poet & illustrator
 * Martina Barros Borgoño (1850–1944, Chile), feminist wr.
 * Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933–2004, India), poet & folklorist
 * Maria Selvaggia Borghini (1656–1731, Italy), poet
 * Alicia Borinsky (fl. since 1975, Argentina), nv., poet & critic
 * Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina), ch. wr.
 * Jenny Bornholdt (b. 1960, New Zealand), poet & anthologist
 * Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka (1921–2012), Polish-born Israeli writer
 * Marina Boroditskaya (b. 1954, Soviet Union/Russia), ch. poet
 * Rosario Ustáriz Borra (1927–2009, Spain), poet in Aragonese
 * Juana Borrero (1877–1896, Cuba), juvenile poet & painter
 * Paloma Gómez Borrero (1934–2017, Spain), wr.
 * Inés Bortagaray (b. 1975, Uruguay), screenwriter
 * Marianne Boruch (b. 1950, United States), poet & professor
 * Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Dalmatia/Ragusa/Serbia), wr. & poet
 * Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1912–1986, Netherlands), nv.
 * Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales), archaeologist
 * Louise de Bossigny (died 1700, France), salonnière & fairy-tale wr.
 * Tania Boteva-Malo (b. 1950, Bulgaria/Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
 * Nuria C. Botey (b. 1977, Spain), nv.
 * Calypso Botez (1880–1933, Romania), feminist wr.
 * Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, United States), poet, wr. & teacher
 * Vera Botterbusch (b. 1942, Germany), wr. & poet
 * Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England), fiction wr.
 * Messaouda Boubaker (b. 1954, Tunisia), fiction wr.
 * Tereza Boučková (b. 1957, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
 * Laurence Bougault (1970–2018), poet, travel wr.
 * Martha Arnold Boughton (1857–1928, United States), wr., poet
 * Iana Boukova (b. 1968, Bulgaria), poet, nv. & es.
 * Mousse Boulanger (1926–2023, Switzerland), poet
 * Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954, Mexico), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Jenny Boult (1951–2005, Australia), poet
 * Nina Bouraoui (b. 1967, Algeria/France), nv. & songwriter
 * Catherine de Bourbon (1559–1604, France), sonneteer & princess
 * Louise Bourbonnaud (c. 1847–1915), travel wr. in French
 * Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906–1996, Belgium), nv. in French
 * Angela Bourke (b. 1952, Ireland), fiction wr. & historian
 * Eva Bourke (b. 1946, Germany/Ireland), poet in English
 * Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, United States), ch. fiction wr.
 * Jeanne Bouvier (1865–1964, France), political wr. & feminist
 * Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968, France), wr. & film director
 * Dounia Bouzar (b. 1964, France), anthropologist & educator
 * Marie-Anne de Bovet (1855 – post-1935, France), nv. & travel wr.
 * Louise Bovie (1810–1870, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
 * Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, New Zealand), domestic wr.
 * Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England), poet & es.
 * Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
 * Mary Bowes (1749–1800, England), pw. & botanist
 * Sarah Bowie (living, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator)
 * Jane Bowles (1917–1973, United States), wr. & pw.
 * Mary D. R. Boyd (1809–?, United States), ch. wr.
 * Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden), poet & nv.
 * Clare Boylan (1948–2006, Ireland), fiction wr. & critic
 * Helen Boyle (1899–1988, England/Ireland), activist & garden wr.
 * Kay Boyle (1902–1992, United States), wr., educator & activist
 * Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938, United States), wr. & poet
 * Ágota Bozai (b. 1965, Hungary), nv. & translator
 * Zuzana Brabcová (1959–2015, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
 * Coral Bracho (b. 1951, Mexico), poet & academic
 * Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, United States), science fiction wr.
 * Paula Brackston (living, England), nv.
 * Brada (writer) (1847–1938, France), wr., nv.
 * Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915, England), nv.
 * Anna Braden (1858–1939, United States), wr. & poet
 * Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, United States), fantasy & science fiction wr.
 * Máire Bradshaw (b. 1943, Ireland), poet
 * Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, United States), poet & wr.
 * Eva Brag (1829–1913, Sweden), social wr.
 * Anne Bragance (b. 1945, France), wr.
 * Sophia Brahe (1559 or 1556–1643, Denmark), horticulturalist & scientist
 * Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (b. 1947, Philippines), nv. & editor
 * Oyinkan Braithwaite (b. 1988, Nigeria/England), nv.
 * Shannon Bramer (b. 1973, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Mae Bramhall (c. 1861–1897, United States), actress, writer
 * Dolors Bramon (b. 1943, Spain), philologist & academic
 * Tatiana Niculescu Bran (living, Romania), nv.
 * Dionne Brand (b. 1953, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & es.
 * Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England), actor & pw.
 * Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia), poet, pw. & non-f. wr.
 * Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779–1868, Brazil), poet & educator
 * Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1928–2007, Portugal), poet, pw. & es.
 * Angelika Brandt (b. 1961), oceanographer
 * Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, South Africa), political wr. in Afrikaans
 * Adelia Pope Branham (1861–1917, United States), poet, short story wr.
 * Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil), diarist
 * Giannina Braschi (b. 1953, Paraguay), wr.
 * Ann Brashares (b. 1967, United States), YA wr.
 * Anne-Sophie Brasme (b. 1984, France), nv.
 * Anneke Brassinga (b. 1948, Netherlands), wr. & translator
 * Lily Braun (1865–1916, Germany), feminist wr.
 * Virginia Braun (living, New Zealand), psychologist
 * Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England), nv.
 * Libba Bray (b. 1964, United States), YA nv.
 * Teresa Brayton (1868–1943, Ireland/United States), poet & col.
 * Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England), YA wr.
 * Freda Bream (1918–1996, New Zealand), teacher & autobiographer
 * Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica), poet & storyteller
 * Marie Bregendahl (1867–1940, Denmark), fiction wr.
 * Kirstin Breitenfellner (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., critic & yoga teacher
 * Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden), nv. & feminist
 * Kristina Brenk (1911–2009, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), ch. wr. & poet
 * Maeve Brennan (1917–1993, Ireland/United States), fiction & social wr.
 * Sarah Rees Brennan (b. 1983, Ireland/United States), YA nv.
 * Anita Brenner (1905–1974, Mexico/United States), cultural wr. in English
 * Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden), wr., poet & feminist
 * Bridget Brereton (b. 1946, Trinidad & Tobago), non-f., historian
 * Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales), poet
 * Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, United States/Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr. & poet
 * Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, United States), poet & wr.; first named American-born woman to publish
 * Yvonne Brewster (b. 1938, Jamaica), mem. & actor
 * Melitta Breznik (b. 1961, As/Switzerland), fiction wr.
 * Bub Bridger (1924–2009, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
 * London Bridgez (b. 1982, United States), poet & wr.
 * Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland), cookery wr.
 * Anna Brigadere (fl. 1890–1920s, Latvia), pw.
 * Patricia Briggs (b. 1965, United States), fantasy wr.
 * Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (1859–1945, Australia/England), wr. & feminist
 * Eliza Brightwen (1830–1906, Scotland), wr. & naturalist
 * Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes (living, Philippines), wr. in Spanish
 * Hesba Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia), nv.
 * Geneviève Brisac (b. 1951, France), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England), wr., feminist & pacifist
 * Victoria Brittain (b. 1942, England), journalist & author
 * Sarah Britten (b. 1974, South Africa), social and YA wr. in English
 * Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama), fiction wr. & physician
 * Dragana Kršenković Brković (living, Montenegro), wr.
 * Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), ch. wr.
 * Adele Broadbent (b. 1968, New Zealand), ch. wr.
 * Chris Broadribb (living, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Renée Brock (1912–1980, Belgium), poet & fiction wr. in French
 * Sybil le Brocquy (1892–1973, Ireland), pw. & patron
 * Molly Brodak (1980–2020, United States), poet
 * Erna Brodber (b. 1940, Jamaica), nv. & sociologist
 * Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827, United Kingdom/Jamaica) non-f. wr. & social observer
 * Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, England/Canada/United States), wr. & journalist
 * Therese Brummer (1833–1896), Danish children's writer and biographer
 * Patricia Burke Brogan (1926–2022), Ireland), pw. & poet
 * Suzanne Brøgger (b. 1944, Denmark), nv. & poet
 * Vera Broido (1907–2004, Soviet Union/England), social wr.
 * Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England), nv. & poet; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
 * Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England), nv. & poet; Jane Eyre
 * Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England), nv. & poet; Wuthering Heights
 * Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740–1793, Ireland), translator from Irish
 * Emma Brooke (1844–1926, England), nv.
 * Frances Brooke (1723–1789, England), nv., es. & pw.
 * Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England), non-f. wr. & illustrator
 * Susan Brookes (b. c. 1943/44),, England), non-f.
 * Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England), nv. & art historian
 * Geraldine Brooks (b. 1955, Australia/United States), nv.
 * Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, United States), poet & wr.
 * Anne Brooksbank (b. 1943, Australia), scriptwriter & pw.
 * Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia), nv., travel & ch. wr.
 * Nicole Brossard (b. 1943, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
 * Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930, United States), poet & wr.
 * Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England), nv.
 * Olga Broumas (b. 1949, Gk/United States), poet
 * Flora Brovina (b. 1949, Kosovo), poet & pediatrician
 * Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968, Finland/Sweden), fiction wr.
 * Edith Brower (1848–1931, United States), reformer, non-f. wr.
 * Annie Greene Brown (1855–1923, United States), nv.
 * Babette Brown (1931–2019, South Africa/England), socio-political wr.
 * Cindy Lynn Brown (b. 1973, Denmark/United States), poet
 * Deidre Brown (b. 1970, New Zealand), art historian
 * Diane Brown (b. 1951, New Zealand), nv. & poet
 * Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917, United States), reformer, activist & legal wr.
 * Helen Brown (b. 1954, New Zealand/Australia), wr. & col.
 * Lily Brown (b. 1981, United States), poet & wr.
 * Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012, United States), wr.
 * Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952, United States), ch. wr.
 * Monica Brown (b. 1969, Peru/United States), ch. wr.
 * Pam Brown (b. 1948, Australia), poet & prose wr.
 * Pat Brown (b. 1955, United States), wr. on crime
 * Rebecca Brown (b. 1956, United States), wr.
 * Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944, United States), nv., poet & screenwriter
 * Riwia Brown (b. 1957, New Zealand), pw.
 * Audrey Brown-Pereira (b. 1975, New Zealand), poet & civil servant
 * Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890, United States), poet
 * Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland), poet & nv., ch. fiction wr.
 * Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, Scotland/New Zealand), salonnière & correspondent
 * Mary Bonaventure Browne (post-1610 – post-1670, Ireland), abbess & historian
 * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England), poet; Aurora Leigh
 * Josette Bruce (1920–1996, Poland/France), nv.
 * Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia), ch. wr. & col.
 * Edith Bruck (b. 1932, Hungary/Italy), fiction wr. & pw. in Italian
 * Mary Brück (1925–2008, Ireland/Scotland), astronomer & science historian
 * Christine Brückner (1921–1996, Germany), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Máire MacSwiney Brugha (1918–2012, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
 * Alyssa Brugman (b. 1974, Australia), YA wr.
 * Til Brugman (1888–1958, Netherlands), fiction wr. & poet
 * Eliane Brum (b. 1966, Brazil), current affairs wr.
 * Herminia Brumana (1897–1954, Argentina), nv. & pw.
 * Olga Broumas (b. 1949, Greece/United States), poet in English
 * Friederike Brun (1765–1835, Denmark), wr. & salonnière
 * Elisa Brune (1966–2018, Belgium), wr. in French
 * Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile), fiction wr.
 * Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France), poet
 * Giuliana Bruno (living, England), environmentalist
 * Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & poet
 * Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland), nv.
 * Sara Cone Bryant (1873–1956, United States), lecturer, teacher, wr.
 * Colette Bryce (b. 1970, Northern Ireland/England), poet
 * Jane Bryce (b. 1951, Tanzania/England), non-f. wr, critic, academic
 * Bryher (1894–1983, England), nv., poet & mem.
 * Annika Bryn (b. 1945, Sweden), fiction wr.
 * Anna Brzezińska (b. 1971, Poland), fiction wr.

Bu–By

 * Bu Feiyan (步非烟, b. 1981, China), wuxia nv.
 * Mary K. Buck (1849–1901, Bohemia/United States), wr.
 * Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973, United States), fiction wr. & biographer; 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Catherine Buckle (b. 1957, Zimbabwe), ch. wr.
 * Ann Buckley (living, Ireland), musicologist
 * Klara Buda (living, Albania/France), wr. & col.
 * Zsuzsanna Budapest (b. 1940, Hungary/United States), non-f. wr. in English
 * Mariam Budia (b. 1970, Sp.), pw. & academic
 * Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England), nv., translator & ch. wr.
 * Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784, Dalmatia/Ragusa), poet
 * Andrea Hollander Budy (b. 1947, United States), poet
 * Aminta Buenaño (b. 1958, Ecuador), wr. & politician
 * Ken Bugul (b. 1947, Senegal), nv. in Wolof
 * Traude Bührmann (b. 1942, Germany), nv. & col.
 * Kanstantsia Builo (1893–1986, Soviet Union/Bulgaria), poet & pw.
 * Lela E. Buis (living, United States), fiction, non-f. and poetry
 * Ada Buisson (1839–1866), nv. and writer of ghost stories
 * Fanny Buitrago (living, Comoros), fiction wr. & pw.
 * NoViolet Bulawayo (b. 1981, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
 * Emily Hemans Bulcock (1877–1969, Australia), poet
 * Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales), historian
 * Victoria Adukwei Bulley (living, England), poet
 * Margaret Bullock (1845–1903, New Zealand), col. & nv.
 * Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990, Argentina), nv. & screenwriter
 * Anna Bülow (died 1519, Sweden), wr., translator & abbess
 * Selina Bunbury (1802–1882, Ireland), nv. & travel wr.
 * Delfina Bunge (1881–1952, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & es.
 * Anna Bunina (1774–1829, Russia), poet
 * Sevim Burak (1931–1983, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Adda Burch (1869–1929, United States), non-f. wr., teacher, missionary & activist
 * Elizabeth Burchill (1904–2003, Australia), wr., nurse & philanthropist
 * Catherine Dorothea Burdett (1784–1861, Ireland), nv.
 * Carmen de Burgos (1867–1932, Spain), wr. & activist
 * Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland), poet & wr. in German
 * Anne Burke (fl. 1780–1805, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Jan Burke (b. 1953, United States), nv. & short story wr.
 * Bonnie Burnard (1945–2017, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England), pw. & ch. wr.
 * Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th century), nv.
 * Frances Burney (1776–1828, England), closet pw.
 * Frances Burney (1752–1840, England), nv., diarist & pw.
 * Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England), nv.
 * Clara Louise Burnham (1854–1827, United States), nv.
 * Andreas Burnier (1931–2002, Netherlands), poet & wr.
 * Anna Burns (b. 1962, Northern Ireland), nv.
 * Joanne Burns (b. 1945, Australia), art critic, historian & nv.
 * Deborah Burrows (b. 1959, Australia), nv.
 * Mary Towne Burt (1842–1898, United States), temperance reformer
 * Stephanie Burt (b. 1971, United States), poet & critic
 * Margaret Busby (b. 1944, Ghana/Gold Coast), publisher, critic & pw.
 * Penny Busetto (living, South Africa), nv. in English
 * Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944, United States), wr., poet & col.
 * Abena Busia (b. 1953, Ghana/Gold Coast), poet & academic
 * Akosua Busia (b. 1966, Ghana/Gold Coast), actor, nv. & screenwriter
 * Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy), poet, wr. & painter
 * Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & ch. wr.
 * Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972, Ecuador), wr. & feminist
 * María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947, Peru), wr.
 * Gabriela Bustelo (b. 1962, Spain), nv. & political wr.
 * Fatimah Busu (b. 1943, Malaysia), fiction wr. & academic
 * Sharon Butala (b. 1940, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Amy Butcher (living, United States), es. & wr.
 * Ruby Bute (b. 1943, Aruba), fiction wr., poet & painter
 * Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, New Zealand), ch. wr. & mem.
 * Gwendoline Butler (also Jennie Melville; 1922–2013, England), nv.
 * Octavia Butler (1947–2006, United States), science fiction wr.
 * Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, United States), wr.
 * Urvashi Butalia (b. 1952, India), writer & activist
 * Julia Butschkow (b. 1978, Denmark), fiction wr. & poet
 * Miriam Butterworth (1918–2019, United States), pacifist & politician
 * Razia Butt (1924–2012, Pakistan), nv. & radio pw.
 * Mary Butts (1890–1937, England), modernist wr.
 * Rumena Bužarovska (b. 1981, Macedonia), wr.
 * A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England), nv. & poet
 * Kim Byeol-ah (b. 1969, Korea), wr.
 * Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia), travel & non-f. wr.
 * Maj Bylock (1931–2019, Sweden), ch. wr. & educator
 * Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (b. 1972, United States), fiction wr. & anthologist
 * Ethna Byrne-Costigan (1904–1991, Ireland), academic & wr.
 * Catherine Byron (b. 1947, England/Northern Ireland), poet
 * Cheryl Byron (c. 1947–2003, Trinidad), poet & singer

Ca–Ch

 * Fernán Caballero (1796–1877, Spain), nv.
 * Meg Cabot (b. 1967, United States), wr.
 * Astrid Cabral (b. 1936, Brazil), nv. & poet
 * Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (b. 1959, Uruguay), poet & researcher
 * Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991, Cuba), ethnographer
 * Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958, Peru), nv., es. & travel wr.
 * Esther de Cáceres (1903–1971, Uruguay), poet
 * Lydia Cacho (b. 1963, Mexico), social writer
 * Caroline Caddy (b. 1944, Australia), poet
 * Florence Caddy (1837–1923, England), wr.
 * Elizabeth Cadell (1903–1989, India/England), wr.
 * Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979, Wales), poet
 * Kathleen Caffyn (Iota, 1853–1926, Australia), nv.
 * Claude Cahun (1894–1954, France), wr. & photographer
 * Cai Yan (蔡琰, late 2nd–early 3rd centuries, China), poet & composer
 * Dominique Caillat (living, Switzerland/Germany), social wr.
 * Rachel Caine, pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad (1962–2020, United States), nv.
 * Mona Caird (c. 1854–1932, Scotland), nv. & es.
 * Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires (1873–1935, Portugal), poet & activist
 * Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & es.
 * Graciela Rincón Calcaño (1904–1987, Venezuela), wr. & poet
 * Moyra Caldecott (1927–2015, South Africa/England), fiction & non-f. Wr.
 * Laura Calder (living, Canada), wr.
 * Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985, England/United States), nv.
 * Hortense Calisher (1911–2009, United States), wr.
 * Margaret Callan (c.1817–c.1883), Ireland/Australia), poet
 * Maria Callcott (1785–1842, England), ch. & travel wr.
 * Nina de Callias (1843–1884, France), poet
 * Carmen Callil (1938–2022, Australia/UK), wr. & critic
 * June Callwood (1924–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & activist
 * Marie Calm (1832–1887, Germany), poet, nv. and household wr.
 * Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996, Australia), nv.
 * Paola Calvetti (b. 1948, Italy), nv. & col.
 * María Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968, Mexico), poet & fiction wr.
 * Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, Australia), nv., poet & autobiographer
 * Joan Cambridge (living, Guyana), nv. & journalist
 * María Cambrils (1878–1939, Spain), feminist wr.
 * Charlotte Cameron (c. 1872–1946, United States), travel writer
 * Margaret Cameron (1867–1947, United States), nv., pw., & non-f. wr.
 * Duccia Camiciotti (1928–2014, Italy), poet and es.
 * Roser Caminals-Heath (living, Spain), nv. in Catalan
 * Kate Camp (b. 1972, New Zealand), poet
 * Manuela Campanelli (b. 1962, Italy), science wr.
 * Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006, United States), nv.
 * Bonnie Jo Campbell (b. 1962, United States), fiction wr.
 * Hazel Campbell (1940–2018, Jamaica), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Shirley Campbell (b. 1965, Costa Rica), poet
 * Lady Colin Campbell (b. 1949, Jamaica/England), biographer
 * Marion May Campbell (b. 1948, Australia), nv. & academic
 * Meg Campbell (1937–2007, New Zealand), poet
 * Nellie Campobello (1900–1986, Mexico), poet & chronicler
 * Ana Barrios Camponovo (b. 1961, Uruguay/Spain), wr. & illustrator
 * Julieta Campos (1932–2007, Cuba/Mexico), nv.
 * María Teresa Campos (b. 1941, Spain), non-f. wr.
 * Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956, Spain/United States), wr & poet
 * Matilde Camus (1919–2012, Spain), poet & non-f. wr.
 * Lorea Canales (living, Mexico), nv. & lawyer
 * Amélie-Julie Candeille (1667–1734, France), librettist & composer
 * Eva Canel (1857–1932, Spain/Cuba), nv. & satirist
 * Marta Canessa (b. 1936, Uruguay), historian & academic
 * Yanitzia Canetti (b. 1967, Cuba/United States), nv., es. & ch. wr.
 * Emma Mieko Candon, American novelist
 * Dorothy Canfield (1879–1958, United States), wr.; Understood Betsy
 * May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, England), poet
 * Moya Cannon (b. 1956, Ireland), poet
 * Minna Canth (1844–1897, Finland), wr. & activist
 * Estela Canto (1919–1994, Argentina), nv., biographer & translator
 * Ludmilla Lacueva Canut (b. 1971, Andorra), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Lan Cao (b. 1961, Vietnam/United States), wr.
 * Úna-Minh Caomhánach (b. 1991, Ireland), travel & social wr.
 * Vahni Capildeo (b. 1973, Trinidad/Scotland), poet
 * Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918–1991, Spain), nv. & pw.
 * Jeanne Cappe (1895–1956, Belgium), YA wr. in French
 * Margarita Abella Caprile (1901–1960, Argentina), poet & fiction & travel wr.
 * Paola Capriolo (b. 1962, Italy), nv.
 * Marcelle Capy (1891–1962, France), nv. & feminist
 * Ethna Carbery (1864–1902, Ireland), wr. & poet
 * Teresa Gisbert Carbonell (1926–2018, Bolivia), art historian
 * Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909, Peru), nv. & es.
 * Hazel V. Carby (b. 1946, England/United States), academic & non-f. wr.
 * Lara Cardella (b. 1969, Italy), nv.
 * Nancy Cárdenas (1934–1994, Mexico), poet & pw.
 * Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938, Portugal), nv. & physician
 * Marie Cardinal (1929–2001, Algeria/France), nv.
 * Dulce Maria Cardoso (b. 1964, Portugal), fiction wr.
 * Bernadette Carey Smith (1939–2022, United States), journalist
 * Jacqueline Carey (b. 1964, United States), nv.
 * Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909, England), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Mary Jane Goodson Carlisle (1835–1905, United States), cookbook wr.
 * Patricia Carlon (1927–2002), nv.
 * Gunnel Carlson (b. 1956, Sweden), gardening wr.
 * Kristina Carlson (b. 1949, Finland), fiction & YA wr. & poet
 * Gladys Carmagnola (1939–2015, Paraguay), poet & ch. wr.
 * Amy Carmichael (1867–1951, Ireland/India), wr. & missionary
 * Jennings Carmichael (1868–1904, Australia), poet
 * María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987, Argentina), poet & col.
 * Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962, England), wr. & socialist campaigner
 * Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 – 1901, France), nv.
 * Jeanne C. Smith Carr (1825–1903, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Marina Carr (b. 1964, Ireland), pw.
 * Peggy Carr (b. c. 1955, Saint Vincent/Taiwan), poet & nv.
 * Maite Carranza (b. 1958, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Margarita Carrera (1929–2018, Guatemala), philosopher, poet and es.
 * Albertina Carri (b. 1973, Argentina), screenwriter & director
 * Leonora Carrington (1917–2011, England/Mexico), nv., artist & surrealist
 * Austin Carroll (1835–1909, Ireland/United States), religious wr. & nun
 * Claudia Carroll (b. c. 1969, Ireland), fiction wr. & actor
 * Anne Carson (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, ess., translator & academic
 * Rachel Carson (1907–1964, United States), marine biologist & conservationist
 * Esther Carstensen (1873–1955, Denmark), rights activist
 * Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland), wr.
 * Teresa de Cartagena (c. 1425–?, Spain), religious wr.
 * Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994), Dominican poet, fiction wr. & ess.
 * Angela Carter (1940–1992, England), nv. & col.
 * Anne Laurel Carter (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England), poet, wr. & Bluestocking
 * Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013, Argentina), wr. & poet
 * Candice Carty-Williams (b. 1989, England), nv. & col.
 * Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921, Portugal), biographer, fiction wr. & poet
 * Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921–1998, Portugal), fiction wr. & poet
 * Caroline Carver (b. 1959, England/Australia), nv.
 * Lisa Crystal Carver (b. 1968, United States), wr.
 * Alice Cary (1820–1871, United States), poet
 * Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639, England), pw.
 * Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, United States), poet
 * Selva Casal (1930–2020, Uruguay), poet
 * Fina Casalderrey (b. 1951, Spain), ch. wr. & gastronomer in Galician
 * María Andrea Casamayor (1720–1780, Spain), wr. & mathematician
 * Sofía Casanova (1861–1958, Spain), poet & nv.
 * Borita Casas (1911–1999, Spain), pw. & ch. wr.
 * Matilde Casazola (b. 1942, Bolivia), poet & songwriter
 * Nené Cascallar (1914–1982, Argentina), broadcast pw. & screenwriter
 * Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900, United States), poet
 * Maxine Case (b. 1976, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
 * Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960, Sierra Leone), fiction wr. & educator
 * Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950, Sierra Leone), poet
 * Anne-Marie Casey (b. 1965, Ireland), screenwriter & nv.
 * Kathryn Casey (living, United States), true crime wr. & nv.
 * Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1910–1983, Australia), poet, librettist & biographer
 * Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Australia), nv.
 * Kristin Cashore (b. 1976, United States), fantasy wr.
 * Linda Ty Casper (b. 1931, Philippines), nv.
 * Nina Cassian (1924–2014, Romania/United States), poet, ch. wr. & critic
 * P. C. Cast (b. 1960, United States), wr.
 * Cecilia Castaño (b. 1953, Spain), political scientist
 * Yolanda Castaño (b. 1977, Spain), poet, critic & painter
 * Sofía Castañón (b. 1983, Spain), poet
 * Adela Castell (1864–1926, Uruguay), es. & poet
 * Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974, Mexico), poet & wr.
 * Blanca Castellón (b. 1958, Nicaragua), poet
 * Castelloza (fl. early 13th century, France), troubadour poet
 * Josefina Castellví (b. 1935, Spain), oceanographer & biologist
 * Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre–1184, France), poet in Occitan
 * Gladys Castelvecchi (1922–2008, Uruguay), poet & academic
 * Ana Castillo (b. 1953, Mx/United States), fiction wr., poet & es.
 * Claire Castillon (b. 1975, France), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Agnes Castle (c. 1860–1922, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975, Germany), ch. wr. in German & English
 * Inga-Brita Castrén (1919–2003, Finland), theologian
 * Luisa Castro (b. 1966, Spain), poet & fiction wr.
 * Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal), scholar & nun
 * Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885, Spain), wr. & poet in Galician
 * Willa Cather (1873–1947, United States), wr.
 * Catherine of Siena (1347–1380, Italy), religious writer & saint
 * Christine Cole Catley (1922–2011, New Zealand), col. & biographer
 * Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia), nv., poet & biographer
 * Eleanor Catton (b. 1985, Canada/Newfoundland/New Zealand), nv.
 * Joyce Cavalccante (living, Brazil), fiction wr.
 * Nadia Cavalera (b. 1950, Italy), nv., poet & critic
 * Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992, Ivory Coast), ch. wr.
 * Jane Cavendish (1620/1621–1669, England), poet & pw.
 * Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
 * Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill (1834–1897, England/New Zealand), diarist & homemaker
 * Rosina Cazali (b. 1960, Guatemala), art critic
 * Anne-Marie Cazalis (1920–1988, France), poet & col.
 * Otilia Cazimir (1894–1967, Romania), poet & prose wr.
 * Mercedes Cebrián (b. 1971, Spain), fiction wr. & poet
 * Martha Cecilia (b. 1953, Philippines), nv.
 * Siv Cedering (1939–2007, Sweden/United States), poet & fiction wr. in Swedish & English
 * Peride Celal (1916–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr.
 * Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723, England), pw. & poet
 * Natividad Cepeda (living, Spain), poet & col.
 * Laura Cereta (1469–1499, Italy), humanist
 * Anica Černej (1900–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr., poet & concentration camp victim
 * Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (b. 1976, Lithuania), pw. & nv.
 * Annabel Cervantes (b. 1969, Spain), geographer in Catalan
 * Marie Červinková-Riegrová (1854–1895, Austria/Austria-Hungary), librettist
 * Isabella Cervoni (1575–1600, Italy), poet
 * Ruxandra Cesereanu (b. 1963, Romania), poet, fiction wr. & critic
 * Alba de Céspedes (1911–1997, Cuba/Italy), nv.
 * Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874, Cuba), wr. & educator
 * Ana Cristina Cesar (1952–1983, Brazil), poet & critic
 * Fethiye Çetin (b. 1950, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political biographer
 * Violante do Céu (fl. 17th century, Portugal), poet
 * Margaret Cezair-Thompson (living, Jamaica), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982, United States), nv. & artist
 * Dulce Chacón (1954–2003, Spain), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003, Poland), nv.
 * Nadia Chafik (b. 1962, Morocco), fiction wr. in French
 * Arlene J. Chai (b. 1955, Philippines/Australia), nv.
 * Annie Emma Challice (1821–1875, England), wr. & non-f. wr.
 * Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971, Wales), poet, nv. & artist
 * Anne Chambers (living, Ireland), biographer, nv. & screenwriter
 * Kátya Chamma (b. 1961, Brazil), poet & wr.
 * Tracy Chamoun (b. 1960, Lebanon), political wr. & diplomat
 * Élise Champagne (1897–1983, Belgium), educator & wr. in French
 * Ernestina de Champourcín (1905–1999, Spain), poet
 * Françoise Chandernagor (b. 1945, France), nv. & pw.
 * Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, United States), poet & wr.
 * Lynda Chanwai-Earle (living, Papua New Guinea/New Zealand), pw., poet & scriptwriter
 * Hester Chapone (1827–1901, England), wr. of conduct books
 * Corinne Chaponnière (b. 1954, Switzerland/Canada/Newfoundland), social wr. & biographer in French
 * Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands/France), fiction wr. & correspondent in French
 * Raquel Chaves (b. 1939, Paraguay), poet & nv.
 * Daína Chaviano (b. 1957, Cuba/United States), science fiction wr.
 * Neelam Saxena Chandra (b. 1969, India), poet & ch. wr.
 * Chandramathi (b. 1954, India), fiction wr. & critic
 * Chang Ch'ung-ho (張充和, 1914–2015, China/United States), poet & singer
 * Diana Chang (1934–2009, China/United States), nv. & poet
 * Eileen Chang (张爱玲, 1920–1995, China/United States), es., nv. & screenwriter
 * Jung Chang (b. 1952, China/United States), wr.; Wild Swans
 * Zeenat Abdullah Channa (1919–1974, India/Pakistan), wr. & educationist
 * Lynda Chanwai-Earle (living, Papua New Guinea/New Zealand), pw., poet & scriptwriter
 * Rose Woodallen Chapman (1875–1923, United States), non-f. wr. & ed.
 * Hester Chapone (1727–1801, England), wr. & Bluestocking
 * Madeleine Chapsal (1925–2024, France), nv., es. & ch. wr.
 * Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England), pw., nv. & autobiographer
 * Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920–2016, France), nv. & col.
 * Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (1652–1722, Germany), correspondent
 * Maureen Charlton (1930–2007, Ireland), pw. & poet
 * Janet Charman (b. 1954, New Zealand), poet
 * Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands), nv. in French
 * Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938, Russia), nv.
 * Victorine Chastenay (1771–1855), wr. & mem.
 * Noëlle Châtelet (b. 1944, France), es. & fiction wr.
 * Rimi B. Chatterjee (b. 1969, India), nv. & historian
 * Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England), wr. & traveler
 * Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England), garden wr.
 * Jayasri Chattopadhyay (b. 1945, India), poet & academic
 * Anuja Chauhan (b. 1970, India), nv. & screenwriter
 * Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948, India), poet & Hindi songwriter
 * Nan Chauncy (1900–1970, Australia), ch. wr.
 * Susana Chávez (1974–2011, Mexico), poet & activist
 * Daína Chaviano (b. 1960, Curaçao), wr.
 * Chantal Chawaf (b. 1943, France), social wr.
 * Dniprova Chayka (1861–1927, Russia/Ukraine), poet & fiction wr.
 * Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan (1619–1684, France), poet
 * Mavis Cheek (b. c. 1948, England), nv.
 * Isabel Cheix (1839–1899, Spain), nv., poet & pw.
 * Olena Chekan (1946–2013, Ukraine), screenwriter & actor
 * Saveria Chemotti (b. 1947, Italy), non-f., es. & nv.
 * Chen Danyan (陈丹燕, b. 1958, China), biographer
 * Chen Jingrong (陳敬容, 1917–1989, China), poet
 * Chen Xuezhao (陈学昭, 1906–1991, China), es. & col.
 * Ying Chen (应晨, b. 1961, China/Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
 * Aïcha Chenna (1941–2022, Morocco), social wr. & activist
 * Cheon Un-yeong (천운영, b. 1971, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Svetlana Chervonnaya (b. 1948, Soviet Union/Russia), political historian
 * Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648–1711, France), poet, painter & musician
 * Kelly Cherry (1940–2022, United States), nv., poet & es.
 * C. J. Cherryh (b. 1942, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr.
 * Anna Maria Chetwode (fl. 1827, Ireland), nv.
 * Angelica Cheung (张宇, China), fashion wr. & editor
 * Tracy Chevalier (b. 1962, United States/England), nv.; Girl with a Pearl Earring
 * Corinne Chevallier (b. 1935, Algeria), nv. & historian
 * Elizabeth Washington Foote Cheves (fl. 1840s; United States), wr. & poet
 * Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856, Germany), poet, pw. and col.
 * Catherine Chidgey (b. 1970, New Zealand), fiction wr.
 * Panashe Chigumadzi (b. 1991, Zimbabwe), col., es. & nv.
 * Sagawa Chika (左川ちか,1911–1936, Japan), poet
 * Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, United States), poet & nv.
 * Alice Childress (1916–1994, United States), pw. & nv.
 * Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864, United States). ss. wr. & poet
 * Cecile Cilliers (1933–2018, South Africa), es. in Afrikaans
 * Irma Chilton (1930–1990, Wales), ch. wr.
 * Mei Chin (b. 1977, United States), wr. & food critic
 * Luz Argentina Chiriboga (b. 1940, Ecuador), fiction wr.
 * Toriko Chiya (稚野鳥子, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775, Japan), haiku poet
 * Paulina Chiziane (b. 1955, Mozambique), fiction wr.
 * Youmna Chlala (living, Lebanon/United States), political wr. & artist
 * Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013, Poland), nv. & screenwriter
 * Zen Cho (b. 1986, Malaysia/England), fiction wr.
 * Sonia Chocrón (b. 1961, Venezuela), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Kunzang Choden (b. 1952, Bhutan), nv.
 * Pema Chödrön (b. 1936, United States), Buddhist wr.
 * Choe Yun (최윤, b. 1953, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Choi Jeong-rye (최정례, 1955–2021, Korea), poet
 * Susan Choi (b. 1969, United States), nv. & editor
 * Maryse Choisy (1903–1979, France), philosophical wr. & nv.
 * Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925, England), nv.
 * Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century, Ireland), poet
 * Denise Chong (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), mem. & non-f. wr.
 * Kate Chopin (1851–1904, United States), fiction wr.
 * Lynda Chouiten (living, Algeria), non-f. wr.
 * Prem Chowdhry (b. 1944, India), social scientist
 * Rita Chowdhury (b. 1960, India), poet & nv.
 * Helene Christaller (1872–1953, Germany), ch. nv.
 * Linda Christanty (b. 1970, Indonesia), fiction wr. & es.
 * Ada Christen (1839–1901, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr.
 * Inger Christensen (1935–2009, Denmark), poet & prose wr.
 * Kate Christensen (b. 1962, United States), nv.
 * Autumn Christian (living, United States), horror & science fiction wr.
 * Yvette Christiansë (b. 1954, South Africa/United States), poet & nv. in English
 * Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England), crime wr. & pw.; The Mousetrap
 * Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933, Ireland/Serbia), wr., poet & translator
 * Nanae Chrono (黒乃奈々絵, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator
 * Chrystos (b. 1946, United States), Menominee rights activist & poet
 * Daria Chubata (b. 1940, Ukraine), physician, wr., poet
 * R. Chudamani (1931–2010, India), fiction wr.
 * Elena Chudinova (b. 1959, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, England), poet, es. & wr.
 * Leila Chudori (b. 1962, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr. & screenwriter
 * Rain Chudori (b. 1994, Indonesia), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991, India), wr.
 * Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996, Soviet Union), political wr. & poet
 * Eugenia Chuprina (b. 1971, Ukraine), poet, wr., nv., & pw.
 * Caryl Churchill (b. 1938, England), pw.
 * Sarah Churchwell (b. 1977, United States), academic
 * Sylwia Chutnik (b. 1979, Poland), nv. & activist

Ci–Co

 * Fausta Cialente (1898–1994, Italy), nv. & activist
 * Maria Luisa Cicci (1760–1794, Italy), woman of letters & poet
 * Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (b. 1914, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), archaeologist
 * Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (1929–2017, Lithuania/United States), linguist & critic
 * Zehra Çırak (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), fiction wr. in German
 * Victoria Cirlot (b. 1955, Spain), medievalist
 * Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954, United States), fiction wr.
 * Aïssatou Cissé (b. 1970/1971, Senegal), nv.
 * Lana Citron (b. 1969, Ireland/England), fiction wr, screenwriter & poet
 * Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893–1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr.
 * Gabrielle Civil (living, United States), performance artist, poet, & educator
 * Hélène Cixous (b. 1937 Algeria/France), poet, pw. & philosopher
 * Ellen Clacy (1830–1901, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (living, Bolivia/Sweden), linguist & researcher
 * Daphne Clair (b. 1939, New Zealand), nv. & poet
 * Paula Clamp (b. 1967, England), nv. & pw.
 * Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, United States), poet & wr.
 * Myriam J. A. Chancy (b. 1970, Haiti/Canada), nv. & academic
 * Fanny Clar (1875–1944, France), journalist & wr.
 * Cassandra Clare (b. 1973, United States), young-adult fiction wr.
 * Monica Clare (1924–1973, Australia), nv.
 * Clarinda (fl. early 17th century, Peru), poet
 * Harriet E. Clark (1850–1945, US), teacher & wr.
 * Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999, Australia), non-f. & ch. wr.
 * Sue Cassidy Clark (living, United States), music col. & photographer
 * Joan Clark (b. 1934, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Margaret Clark (b. 1964, United States), historian, wr. & educator
 * Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), United States), nv.
 * Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980, England), mystical poet, wr. & teacher
 * Anna Clarke (1919–2004, England), mystery wr.
 * Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860–1924, United States), educator, wr., & anthologist
 * Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke (1865–1953, Ireland), nv.
 * Maxine Beneba Clarke (living, Australia), wr.
 * Breena Clarke (living, United States), scholar & wr. of fiction
 * Cheryl Clarke (b. 1947, United States), poet, es. & activist
 * Coralie Clarke (Coralie Clarke Rees, 1908–1972, Australia), travel wr.
 * Gillian Clarke (b. 1937, Wales), poet, pw. & broadcaster
 * Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Mary H. Gray Clarke (1835–1992, United States), wr., correspondent & poet
 * Maude Clarke (1892–1935, Northern Ireland/England), historian
 * Susanna Clarke (b. 1959, England), nv.
 * Patricia Clapp (1912–2003, United States), ch. wr.
 * Margareta Clausdotter (died 1486, Sweden), wr. & abbess
 * Ana Clavel (b. 1961, Mexico), fiction wr.
 * Beverly Cleary (1916–2021, United States), ch. wr.
 * Kate McPhelim Cleary (1863–1905, United States), fiction wr.
 * Joceline Clemencia (1952–2011, Curaçao), wr. & linguist
 * Catherine Clément (b. 1939, France), philosopher, nv. & critic
 * Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016, Australia), wr. & historian
 * Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BC, Ancient Greece), poet
 * Agnes Mary Clerke (1942–2007, Ireland), astronomer
 * Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543–1603, France), scholar & courtier
 * Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, Jamaica/United States), fiction wr., poet & critic
 * Charmian Clift (1923–1969, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, United States), poet, wr. & educator
 * Gloria Griffen Cline (1929–1973, United States), historian
 * Michelle T. Clinton (b. 1955, United States), poet.
 * Caroline Clive (1801–1872, England), poet & nv.
 * Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England), actor & pw.
 * Bente Clod (b. 1946, Denmark), poet & prose wr.
 * Amal Clooney (b. 1978, Lebanon/England), legal & political wr.
 * Marie Closset (Jean Dominique, 1873–1952, Belgium), poet in French
 * Anne Cluysenaar (1936–2014, Belgium/Ireland), poet & wr. in English
 * Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011, Wales), es. & educator
 * Constance Clyde (1872–1951, New Zealand/Australia), nv. & political wr.
 * Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (1847–1920, United States), poet & actor
 * Nellie Euphemia Coad (1883–1974, New Zealand/England), textbook wr.
 * Lynn Coady (b. 1970, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & col.
 * Wendy Coakley-Thompson (b. 1966, United States), nv.
 * Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927, United States), poet
 * Carola Cobo (1909–2003, Bolivia), cookery wr.
 * Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Ireland/England), poet
 * Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904, Ireland), wr. & suffragist
 * Sofia Cocea (1839–1861, Romania), es. & poet
 * Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865–1944, United States), wr. & mem.
 * Patricia Cockburn (1914–1989, Ireland/England), writer & conchologist
 * Grace Coddington (b. 1941, Wales), fashion wr. & mem.
 * Mariana Codruț (b. 1956, Romania), poet, es. & fiction wr.
 * Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), wr.
 * Mariana Coelho (1857–1954, Portugal/Brazil), poet & es.
 * Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990, Portugal), radio pw. & fiction & ch. wr.
 * Ana Cofiño (b. 1955, Guatemala), anthropologist & historian
 * Yolande Cohen (b. 1950, Morocco/Canada) historian & professor
 * Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586, France), religious poet
 * Virginia Coigney (1917–1997, United States), civic leader & wr.
 * Allison Hedge Coke (b. 1958, United States), poet & wr.
 * Marina Colasanti (b. 1937, Eritrea/Brazil), wr. & poet
 * Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946, United States), col. & fiction wr.
 * H. Maria George Colby (1844–1910, United States), col. & suffragist
 * Emma Shaw Colcleugh (1846–1940, United States), col., lecturer & traveler
 * Joanna Cole (1944–2020, United States), ch. wr.
 * Lois Dwight Cole (1903–1979, United States), editor & ch. wr.
 * Norma Cole (b. 1945, United States), poet, artist & translator
 * Alice Blanchard Coleman (1858–1936, United States), nf. wr.
 * Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, United States), poet
 * Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso (1821–1904, New Zealand), Bible translator & missionary
 * Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England), nv. & editor
 * Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, England), nv. & poet
 * Sara Coleridge (1802–1852, England), wr. & translator
 * Louise Colet (1910–1976, France), poet & wr.
 * Colette (1873–1954, France), nv.; Gigi
 * Isabel Colegate (1931–2023, England), nv.
 * Marcia Collazo (b. 1959, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
 * Lindsey Collen (b. 1948, South Africa/Mauritius), wr. in English & Creole
 * Camilla Collett (1813–1895, Norway), nv., critic & es.
 * Anne-Hyacinthe de Colleville (1761–1824, France), nv. & pw.
 * Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919, United States), poet & wr.
 * Catrin Collier (b. 1948, England), nv. & pw.
 * Jennie Collins (1828–1887, United States), activist & wr.
 * Daphné Collignon (b. 1977, France), comic book wr.
 * Mabel Collins (1851–1927, England), theosophist
 * Merle Collins (b. 1950, Grenada), poet & fiction wr.
 * Suzanne Collins (b. 1962, United States), nv.
 * Danielle Collobert (1940–1978, France), fiction wr. & poet
 * Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892, France), children's wr., lyricist & translator
 * Vittoria Colonna (1490–1547, Italy), poet
 * Mary Colum (1884–1957, Ireland/United States), critic & wr.
 * Mercedes Comaposada (1901–1994, Spain), non-f. wr.
 * Sigrid Combüchen (b. 1942, Sweden), nv. & critic
 * Cristina Comencini (b. 1956, Italy), screenwriter & nv.
 * Anna Manning Comfort (1845–1931, United States), fiction and non-f. wr.
 * Flavia Company (b. 1963, Argentina), nv. & poet
 * Mercè Company (b. 1947, Spain), ch. wr. in Catalan
 * Anne Compton (b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, critic & anthologist
 * Jennifer Compton (b. 1949, New Zealand/Australia), poet & pw.
 * Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969, England), nv.
 * Helen Field Comstock (1840–1930, United States), poet, philanthropist
 * Helena Concannon (1878–1952, Ireland), historian & politician
 * Francisca Josefa de la Concepción (1661–1742, Comoros), nun & mystic
 * Nieves Concostrina (b. 1961, Spain), history wr.
 * Carmen Conde (1907–1996, Spain), poet & nv.
 * Maryse Condé (1937–2024), Guadeloupe/France), nv.
 * Rosina Conde (b. 1954, Mexico), narrator, pw. & poet
 * Teresa del Conde (1935–2017, Mexico), critic & art historian
 * Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, United States), poet & professor
 * Sandra Coney (b. 1944, New Zealand), historian & health campaigner
 * Jane Elizabeth Dexter Conklin (1831–1914, United States), poet & religious wr.
 * Evelyn Conlon (b. 1952, Ireland), fiction wr. & es.
 * Marita Conlon-McKenna (b. 1956, Ireland), fiction and ch. wr.
 * Eliza Archard Conner (1838–1912, United States), lecturer & feminist
 * Elizabeth Marney Conner (1856–1941, United States), pw., educator & wr.
 * Susan E. Connolly (b. c. 1980, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * June Considine (living, Ireland), ch. wr.
 * Lena Constante (1909–2005, Romania), es., mem. & artist
 * Josefina Constantino (1920–2024, Philippines/Australia), es., critic & poet
 * Ana Conta-Kernbach (1865–1921, Romania), wr. & educator
 * Dorothea Conyers (1869–1949, Ireland), nv.
 * Diane Cook (living, United States), fiction wr.
 * Eliza Cook (1818–1889, England), poet
 * Selma Cook (b. 1961, England), editor
 * Kay McKenzie Cooke (b. 1953, New Zealand), poet
 * Marvel Cooke (1903–2000, United States), col. & wr.
 * Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (b. 1930, United States), Sioux poet, nv. & academic
 * Ina Coolbrith (b. Josephine Anna Smith, 1841–1928, United States), poet
 * Deborah Coonts (living, United States), nv. & lawyer
 * Carolyn Cooper (b. 1950, Jamaica), wr. & critic
 * J. California Cooper (1931–2014, United States), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Wendy Cope (b. 1945, England), poet
 * Esther Copley (1786–1851, England), religious & ch. wr.
 * Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931, Belgium), poet & nv. in French
 * Cora Coralina (1889–1985, Brazil), wr. & poet
 * Judy Corbalis (living, New Zealand/England), fiction wr.
 * Helena Corbellini (b. 1959, Uruguay), fiction wr. & poet
 * Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1932–2020, Philippines), fiction & food wr.
 * Leonor López de Córdoba (1362/1363–1430, Spain), mem.
 * Marie Corelli (1855–1924, England), nv.
 * Corinna (Κόριννα, 6th century BC, Ancient Greece), poet
 * Cornificia (c. 85–c. 40 BC, Ancient Rome), poet & epigram wr.
 * Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858, England), wr. on education, philosophy & science
 * Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659, England), correspondent
 * Anita Cornwell (1923–2023, United States), wr.
 * Patricia Cornwell (b. 1956, United States), crime wr.
 * Carolina Coronado (1820–1911, Spain), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938, Cuba), biographer & anthologist
 * Celia Correas de Zapata (1933–2022, Argentina), poet & academic
 * Hélia Correia (b. 1949, Portugal), nv., pw. & poet
 * Natália Correia (1923–1993, Portugal), poet & activist
 * Cecilia K Corrigan (b. 1987, United States), poet & wr.
 * Sarah Cortez (living, United States), poet, editor & es.
 * Jayne Cortez (1936–2012, United States), poet & artist
 * Maria Corti (1915–2002, Italy), philologist, critic & nv.
 * Mary Corylé (1894–1976, Ecuador), wr. & poet
 * Giselle Cossard (1923–2016, Morocco/Brazil), anthropologist
 * Alicia Yánez Cossío (b. 1928, Ecuador), poet & nv.
 * Lola Costa (1903–2004, England), painter, wr. & poet
 * Margherita Costa (c. 1600 – post-1657, Italy), poet & pw.
 * Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020, Portugal), wr.
 * Mary Costello (living, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Saskia De Coster (b. 1976, Belgium), wr. in Flemish
 * Sophie Ristaud Cottin (1770–1807, France), nv.
 * Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957, Australia), nv.
 * Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971, New Zealand), wr., poet & spiritualist
 * Anna Couani (b. 1948), nv., poet & artist
 * Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003, Ivory Coast/Mexico), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Emily Coungeau (1860–1936, Australia), poet
 * Ajeet Cour (b. 1934, India), nv. & social wr.
 * Dilly Court (b. 1940, England), hist. nv.
 * Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950, Germany), nv.
 * Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890, Belgium), poet & prose wr. in Flemish
 * Arlette Cousture (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
 * Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013, Brazil), fiction wr.
 * Dani Couture (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
 * Jessie Couvreur (1848–1897, Australia), nv.
 * Jeni Couzyn (b. 1942, South Africa/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & ch. wr. in English
 * Ena Fitzgerald (1889-1962, England), nv., poet, ss. wr.
 * Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England), pw. & poet
 * Joy Cowley (b. 1936, New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Roz Cowman (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & critic
 * E. E. Cowper (1859–1933, England), nv.
 * Josephine Cox (1938–2020, England), nv.
 * Martine Le Coz (b. 1955, France), nv.

Cr–Cz

 * Ioana Crăciunescu (b. 1950, Romania), poet & actor
 * Fanny Cradock (1909–1994, England), cookery wr.
 * Sara Jane Crafts (1845–1930, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Christine Craig (b. 1943, Jamaica/United States), ch. wr. & poet
 * Cola Barr Craig (1861–1930, United States), nv. & ss. wr.
 * Mary Craig (1928–2019, England), journalist & wr.
 * Mary Lynde Craig (1834–1921, United States), wr., teacher & activist
 * Nicole Craig (b. 1974, Trinidad), poet & fiction wr.
 * Dinah Mulock Craik (1826–1887, England), nv.
 * Helen Craik (1751–1825, Scotland), nv.
 * Harriet L. Cramer (1847–1922, United States), editor, publisher
 * Hazel Crane (1951–2003, Ireland/South Africa), mem.
 * Nathalia Crane (1913–1998, United States), poet & nv.
 * Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851–1902, United States), educator, composer, non-f. wr.
 * Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), poet & fiction wr.
 * Margaret Craven (1901–1980, United States), nv.
 * Pauline Marie Armande Craven (1808–1891, France), wr. & autobiographer
 * Rachael Craw (living, New Zealand), nv. & YA wr.
 * Emily Crawford (1841–1915, Ireland/France), col. & biographer
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Mabel Sharman Crawford (1820–1912, Ireland), travel wr.
 * Susan P. Crawford (b. 1963, United States), law professor
 * Máirín Cregan (1891–1975, Ireland), pw., nv. & ch. wr.
 * Jane Tapsubei Creider (b. 1940s, Kenya), autobiographer, nv, fiction and non-f. wr
 * Hélisenne de Crenne (c. 1510–1552, France), nv. & correspondent
 * Jasmine Cresswell (b. 1941, Wales), nv.
 * Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886, United States), poet, nv
 * Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941, Australia), poet, fiction wr. & col.
 * Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, England), poet
 * Maria Sonia Cristoff (b. 1965, Argentina), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Alison Croggon (b. 1962, Argentina), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Bithia Mary Croker (1849–1920, Ireland/India), travel wr.
 * May Crommelin (1850–1930, Ireland/England), nv. & travel wr.
 * M. T. C. Cronin (b. 1963, Australia), wr.
 * Judy Croome (b. 1958, Zimbabwe/South Africa), fiction wr. & poet
 * Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, England), wr. & poet
 * Elsa Cross (b. 1946, Mexico), poet & es.
 * Fiona Cross (living, New Zealand), arachnologist
 * Zora Cross (1890–1964, Australia), poet & prose wr.
 * Sarah Crossan (living, Ireland), YA wr.
 * Julia Crottie (1853 – c. 1930, Ireland/United States), nv.
 * Karen Crouse (living, United States), wr.
 * Alev Croutier (b. 1954, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), non-f. wr.
 * Catherine Crowe (1800–1876, England), pw., nv. & ch. book wr.
 * Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, Scotland), poet in Braid Scots & English
 * Coralie van den Cruyce (1796–1858, Belgium), pw. in French
 * Aixa de la Cruz (b. 1988, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Conchitina Cruz (living, Philippines), poet & academic
 * Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695, Mexico), poet, pw. and nun
 * Gabriella Csire (b. 1938, Romania), ch. wr. in Hungarian
 * Cristina Fernández Cubas (b. 1945, Spain), fiction wr.
 * María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854, Bolivia), letter writer
 * Mireya Cueto (1922–2013, Mexico), wr. & puppeteer
 * Briceida Cuevas (b. 1969, Mexico), poet in Mayan
 * Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, United States), poet, wr.
 * Belle Caldwell Culbertson (1857–1934, United States), non.f. wr.
 * Diana Çuli (b. 1951, Albania), wr. & politician
 * Catherine Ann Cullen (living, Ireland), poet
 * Majella Cullinane (living, Ireland/New Zealand), nv. & poet
 * Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978, Trinidad/Bahamas), poet, pw. & activist
 * Jackie Cumming (living, New Zealand), health-care wr. & academic
 * Alissandra Cummins (b. 1958, Barbados), non-f. wr.
 * Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969, Ireland), spiritualist, nv. & pw.
 * Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866, United States), nv.
 * Anne Cuneo (1936–2015, Switzerland), nv. in French
 * Lady Margaret Cunningham (died c. 1622, Scotland), mem. & correspondent
 * Pat Cumper (b. 1954, England), pw.
 * Helena Parente Cunha (1929–2023, Brazil), wr. & educator
 * Maria Renee Cura (died 2007, Argentina), non-f. wr.
 * Cecilia Curbelo (b. 1975, Uruguay), wr. & col.
 * Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794, Switzerland/France), social mem. in French
 * Jean Curlewis (1898–1930, Argentina), ch. wr.
 * Judi Curtin (b. 1960s, Ireland), ch. wr.
 * Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920, United States), non-f. wr. & ed.
 * Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981, Australia), nv. & pw.
 * Margaret Anna Cusack (1829–1999, Ireland), biographer, social wr. & nun
 * Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (b. 1949, Bolivia), historian & feminist
 * Rachel Cusk (b. 1967, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Sheila Cussons (1922–2004, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
 * Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England), nv.
 * Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet
 * Eunice P. Cutter (1819–1898), American, anatomy textbooks
 * Aleksandra Čvorović (b. 1976, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr. & librarian
 * Ptolemais of Cyrene (3rd century BC or later, Ancient Greece), wr. on music
 * Izabela Czartoryska (1846–1935, Poland), Enlightenment wr.
 * Julie E. Czerneda (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
 * Sidney Czira (1889–1974, Ireland/United States), wr. & broadcaster

Da–Dh

 * Selma Dabbagh (b. 1970, Scotland/Palestine), fiction wr.
 * Emma Dabiri (b. 1979, Ireland/England), wr., academic & broadcaster
 * Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965, Poland), nv., es. & pw.
 * Anne Dacier (1645–1720, France), scholar & translator
 * Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015, Portugal), fiction wr., poet & diarist
 * Esha Dadawala (b. 1985, India), poet & fiction wr.
 * Aneta Dadeshkeliani (1872–1922, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & social reformer
 * Nino Dadeshkeliani (1890–1931, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & politician
 * Stella Dadzie (b. 1952, England), activist & historian
 * Emilia Dafni (1881–1941, Greece), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Catrin Dafydd (b. c. 1982, Wales), wr. & poet
 * Fflur Dafydd (b. 1978, Wales), nv. & musician
 * Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (1930–2021, Iceland), poet
 * Elizabeth Frances Dagley (1788–1853, England), ch. wr.
 * Marianna Debes Dahl (b. 1947, Faroe Islands), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Tora Dahl (1886–1983, Sweden), nv. & educator
 * Ulla Dahlerup (b. 1942, Denmark), wr. & rights activist
 * Dai Houying (戴厚英, 1938–1996, China), nv.
 * Tamaki Daido (大道珠貴, b. 1966, Japan), radio scriptwriter & nv.
 * Lois Daish (living, New Zealand), food & cookery wr.
 * Jocelyne Dakhlia (b. 1959, France), historian & anthropologist
 * Marguerite Dale (1883–1963, Australia), pw. & feminist
 * Debra Daley (living, New Zealand), nv. & screenwriter
 * Yrsa Daley-Ward (b. 1989, England), poet
 * Gilberte H. Dallas (1918–1960, France/Switzerland), poet
 * Ruth Dallas (1919–2008, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
 * Ann Dally (1929–2007, England), wr. & psychiatrist
 * Ita Daly (b. 1945, Ireland), fiction & ch. writer
 * Mary E. Daly (living, Ireland), historian & academic
 * Kathleen Dalziel (1881–1969, Australia), poet
 * Achta Saleh Damane (living, Chad), wr. & politician
 * Svetla Damyanovska (living, Bulgaria), poet & fiction wr.
 * Virgilia D'Andrea (1888–1933, Italy), poet & politician
 * Jordan Dane (b. 1953, United States), thriller wr.
 * Charlotte Daneau de Muy (1694–1759, Canada) ursuline & non-f. wr.
 * Utta Danella (1920–2015, Germany), fiction wr.
 * Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012, Iran/Persia), fiction wr. & academic
 * Tsitsi Dangarembga (b. 1959, Zimbabwe), wr. & filmmaker
 * Ana Daniel (1928–2011, Portugal), poet
 * Anna Dániel (1908–2003, Hungary), nv. & YA wr.
 * Cora Linn Daniels (1852–1934, United States), wr.
 * Tatyana Danilyants (b. 1971, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & film director
 * Mabel Dove Danquah (1910–1984, Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
 * Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (b. 1967, Ghana/Gold Coast/United States), wr. & editor
 * Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969, Haiti/United States), nv.
 * Zakya Daoud (b. 1937, France/Morocco), sociologist & historian
 * Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, pre-AD 340 – post-399, China), poet & calligrapher
 * Mildred Darby (1867–1932, Ireland), nv.
 * Ailbhe Darcy (b. 1981, Ireland), poet
 * Eleanor Dark (1901–1985, Australia), nv.
 * Amma Darko (b. 1956, Ghana/Gold Coast), nv.
 * Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907, United States), poet
 * Tina Darragh (b. 1950, United States), poet
 * Marie Darrieussecq (b. 1969, France), nv., biographer & ch. wr.
 * Cecilia Dart-Thornton (living, Australia), fantasy wr.
 * Helen Darville (Helen Dale, Helen Demidenko; b. 1972, Australia), col. & nv.
 * Kamala Das (1932–2009, India), poet & fiction wr.
 * Mahadai Das (1954–2003, Guyana), poet
 * Countess Dash (1804–1872, France), nv.
 * Filomena Dato (1856–1926, Spain), feminist, wr.
 * Sukanya Datta (b. 1961, India), zoologist & science wr.
 * Marcia Davenport (1903–1996, United States), nv., biographer & mem.
 * Selina Davenport (1779–1859, England), nv.
 * Gertrud David (1872–1936, Germany), screenwriter and col.
 * Henriette Davidis (1801–1876, Germany), cookery wr.
 * Joy Davidman (b. Helen Joy Davidman, 1915–1960, United States), wr. & poet
 * Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969, France), traveler, wr. & Buddhist
 * Nadia Davids (b. 1977, South Africa), wr. & pw. in English
 * MaryJanice Davidson (b. 1969, United States), poet
 * Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007, Wales), philosopher & historian
 * Gwen Davies (b. 1964, Wales), translator & editor
 * Margaret Davies (c. 1700–1778 or 1785, Wales), poet & scribe
 * Mary Davies (1846–1882, Wales), poet
 * Amparo Dávila (1928–2020, Mexico), fiction wr.
 * Delia Davin (1944–2016, England), wr. on Chinese society
 * Winnie Davin (1909–1995, New Zealand/England), wr. & editor
 * Angela Davis (b. 1944, United States), philosopher & activist
 * Bridgett M. Davis (living, United States), nv. & filmmaker
 * Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916−2014, United States), mystery nv.
 * Jackie Davis (b. 1963, New Zealand), nv., poet & pw.
 * Kyra Davis (b. 1972, United States), nv.
 * Lydia Davis (b. 1947, United States), fiction wr. & es.
 * Mary Hayes Davis (c.1884–1948, United States), folklore wr. & news editor
 * Norma Davis (1905–1945, Australia), poet
 * Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910, United States), nv. & col.
 * Annabel Davis-Goff (b. 1942, Ireland/United States), nv., screenwriter & academic
 * Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (b. 1965, Iceland), wr.
 * Hadiya Davletshina (1905–1954, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & pw.
 * Mary Davys (c. 1674–1732, Ireland), nv. & pw.
 * Elizabeth Dawbarn (died 1839, England), wr. on religion & child care
 * Abha Dawesar (b. 1974, India), nv. & artist
 * Pieretta Dawn (b. 1994, Thailand), wr. in English
 * Laura Day (b. 1959, United States), self-help wr.
 * Sarah Day (b. 1958, England/Australia), poet
 * Suzanne R. Day (1876–1964, Ireland), nv. & pw.
 * Tamasin Day-Lewis (b. 1953, England), cookery wr. & TV chef
 * Jean D'Costa (b. 1937, Jamaica), ch. wr. & linguist
 * Shobhaa De (b. 1947, India), col. & nv.
 * Janette Deacon (b. 1939, South Africa), archaeologist in English
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972, Australia), nv., poet & actor
 * Louise Dean (b. 1970, England)
 * Pamela Dean (b. 1953, United States), nv.
 * Kathryn Deans (living, Australia), ch. wr.
 * Alice Dease (1874–1949, Ireland), wr. & folklorist
 * Charlotte Dease (1873–1953, Ireland), prayer collector & hagiographer
 * Djamila Debèche (1926–2010, Algeria/France), nv. & es.
 * Nicole de Buron (1929–2019, France), wr.
 * Denise Deegan (b. 1966, Ireland), screenwriter & fiction wr.
 * Teresa Deevy (1894–1963, Ireland), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Charlotte Burgis DeForest (1879–1973, United States), wr.
 * Régine Deforges (1935–2014, France), nv. & es.
 * Ellen DeGeneres (b. 1958, United States), wr. & comedian
 * Sadia Dehlvi (1957–2020, India), activist, wr. & col.
 * Sabine Deitmer (1947–2020, Germany), crime wr.
 * Draga Dejanović (1840–1871, Serbia), poet
 * Aagje Deken (1701–1804, Netherlands), poet & correspondent
 * E. M. Delafield (1890–1943, England), nv. & mem.
 * Lucy Delaney (c. 1830–c. 1890, United States), mem.
 * Mary Delany (1700–1788, England), correspondent & Bluestocking
 * Alix Delaporte (b. 1969, France), screenwriter & film director
 * Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945, France), poet, nv. & col.
 * Elizabeth Delaval (c.1648–1717), British memoirist
 * Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991, Romania), fiction wr, mem. & musician
 * Florence Delay (b. 1941, France), academic & actor
 * Grazia Deledda (1871–1936, Italy), nv. & poet; 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature
 * Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976, France), poet, translator & nv.
 * Nieves Delgado (b. 1968, Spain), nv.
 * Susy Delgado (b. 1949, Paraguay), poet & wr. in Spanish & Guarani
 * Sahar Delijani (b. 1983, Iran/Persia), nv.
 * Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971, United States), ethnographer, historian & nv.
 * Jeanine Delpech (1905–1992, France), journalist, translator & nv.
 * Penelope Delta (1874–1941, Greece), ch. wr. & nv.
 * Gabriëlle Demedts (1909–2002, Belgium), poet in Flemish
 * Rita Demeester (1946–1993), Belgium), poet & wr. in Flemish
 * Esther Dendel (1910–2002), American non-fiction writer
 * Radka Denemarková (b. 1968, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & screenplay wr.
 * Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987, Hungary), critic & biographer
 * Irina Denezhkina (b. 1981, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
 * Marina Denikina (1919–2005, Russia/France), political historian
 * Sylvie Denis (b. 1963, France), science fiction wr.
 * Yvonne Denis Rosario (b. 1967, Puerto Rico), storyteller, poet, professor
 * Nicole Dennis-Benn (b. 1982, Jamaica), nv. & story wr.
 * Márcia Denser (b. 1949, Brazil), wr. & academic
 * Laurence Deonna (b. 1937, Switzerland), political wr. in French
 * Maria Deraismes (1828–1894, France), feminist wr.
 * Raghida Dergham (b. 1953, Lebanon/United States), col.
 * Enid Derham (1882–1941, Australia), poet
 * Regina Derieva (1949–2013, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & wr.
 * Maria Dermoût (1888–1962, Netherlands), nv.
 * Jeanne Deroin (1805–1894, France), political wr.
 * Sophie Deroisin (1909–1994, Belgium), nv. in French
 * Toi Derricotte (b. 1941, United States), poet
 * Suat Derviş (1904 or 1905–1972, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv. & activist
 * Dominika Dery (b. 1975, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & mem.
 * Anita Desai (b. 1937, India), nv.
 * Kamal Desai (1928–2011, India), nv.
 * Kiran Desai (b. 1971, India), nv.
 * Dominique Desanti (1920–2011, France), nv., biographer & col.
 * Agnès Desarthe (b. 1966, France), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Maryline Desbiolles (b. 1959, France), wr.
 * Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859, France), poet
 * Anne Desclos, 1907–1998, France), col. & nv.
 * Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694, France), poet
 * Gauri Deshpande (1942–2003, India), fiction wr. & poet
 * Shashi Deshpande (b. 1938, India), nv.
 * Sunita Deshpande (1926–2009, India), wr.
 * Roxane Desjardins (born 1991), Canada), wr.
 * Marie-Anne Desmarest (1904–1973, France), nv.
 * Pip Desmond (living, New Zealand), social wr.
 * Virginie Despentes (b. 1969, France), nv.
 * Marie Desplechin (b. 1959, France), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Madeleine Desroseaux (1873–1939, France), poet & nv.
 * Victoria de Stefano (1940–2023, Italy/Venezuela), nv. & es.
 * Jessica Dettmann (living, Australia), nv.
 * Babette Deutsch (1895–1982, United States), poet, critic, & nv.
 * Jean Devanny (1894–1962, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Alexis De Veaux (b. 1948, United States), wr. & illustrator
 * Mary Deverell (1731–1805, England), religious wr. & poet
 * Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995, India), nv. & poet
 * Leela Devi (1932–1998, India), wr. & educator
 * Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016, India), nv. & wr.
 * Maitreyi Devi (1914–1990, India), poet & nv.
 * M. K. Binodini Devi (1922–2011, India), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977, India), poet & writer
 * Nirupama Devi (1883–1951, India), fiction wr.
 * Vimala Devi (b. 1932, Goa/Spain),
 * Martina Devlin (living, Ireland), nv. & col.
 * Polly Devlin (b. 1944, wr. & broadcaster
 * Caroline Dexter (1819–1884, England/Australia), feminist
 * Leena Dhingra (living, India/England), wr. & actor
 * Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Christine D'haen (1923–2009), wr. & poet in French
 * Dhuoda (c. 803–c. 843, France), moralist in Latin; Liber Manualis

Di–Dy

 * Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté (1924–2001, Senegal), poet & educator
 * Nafissatou Niang Diallo (1941–1982, Senegal), social wr. & mem.
 * Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland (b. 1972, Senegal), nv. & lyricist
 * Anita Diamant (b. 1951, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Máirín Diamond (b. 1957, Ireland), poet
 * Olga Xirinacs Díaz (b. 1936, Spain), wr. & musician
 * Marta Yolanda Díaz-Durán (b. 1968, Guatemala), academic
 * Paloma Díaz-Mas (b. 1954, Spain), nv. & pw.
 * Juana Dib (1924-2015, Argentina) poet, journalist, teacher
 * Kate DiCamillo (b. 1964, United States), ch. wr.
 * Adelia Di Carlo (1883–1965, Argentina), wr., chronicler, founder
 * Monica Dickens (1915–1992, England), nv. & mem.
 * Emily Dickinson (1830–1886, United States), poet
 * Susan E. Dickinson (1842–1915, United States), correspondent
 * Joan Didion (1934–2021, United States), col., es. & nv.
 * Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego (living, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog
 * Alice Mangold Diehl (1844–1912, England), nv. & musician
 * Mame Younousse Dieng (1939–2016, Senegal), nv. & poet
 * Carole Dieschbourg (b. 1977, Luxembourg), writer & politician
 * Florence Carpenter Dieudonné (1850–1927, United States), fiction wr.
 * Jane Dieulafoy (1851–1916, France), archaeologist & nv.
 * Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838–1919, Colombia), historian, translator, genealogist
 * Annie Le Porte Diggs (1853–1916, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & wr.
 * Emilia Dilke (1840–1904, England), social wr. & art critic
 * Annie Dillard (b. 1945, United States), non-f. wr., poet & nv.
 * Eilís Dillon (1920–1994, Ireland), nv. & YA wr.
 * Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935, Wales), nv.
 * Ophelia Dimalanta (1932–2010, Philippines), poet, wr. & teacher
 * Lidija Dimkovska (b. 1971, North Macedonia/Slovenia), poet, nv. & translator
 * Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945, Serbia), fiction wr. & poet
 * Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003, Belgium), poet & politician
 * Kristin Dimitrova (b. 1963, Bulgaria), wr. & poet
 * Kiki Dimoula (1931–2020, Greece), poet
 * Theodora Dimova (b. 1960, Bulgaria), nv. & pw.
 * Isak Dinesen (1885–1962, Denmark), nv.; Out of Africa
 * Ding Ling (丁玲, 1904–1986, China), nv.
 * Güzin Dino (1910–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), scholar & political wr.
 * Fatou Diome (b. 1968, Senegal), nv.
 * Nafissatou Dia Diouf (b. 1973, Senegal), poet & fiction wr.
 * Farida Diouri (1953–2004, Morocco), nv. in French
 * Kelly DiPucchio (b. 1967, United States), ch. wr.
 * Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019, Croatia), journalist & wr.
 * Jenny Diski (1947–2016, England), wr.
 * Clotilde Dissard (1873–1919, France), journalist, feminist
 * Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976, Denmark), poet, nv. & autobiographer
 * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (b. 1956, India/United States), poet & fiction wr.
 * Margaret A. Dix (b. 1939, Channel Islands/Guatemala), botanist
 * Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905, Scotland), travel, war & fiction wr.
 * Varsha Dixit (living, India/United States), nv.
 * Isobel Dixon (b. 1969, South Africa), poet in English
 * Négar Djavadi (b. 1969, Iran/Persia/France), nv. & screenwriter
 * Assia Djebar (1936–2015, Algeria), nv. & filmmaker
 * Rabia Djelti (b. 1954, Algeria), poet, nv. & educator
 * Elena Djionat (1888 – post-1936, Romania), political wr. & activist
 * Anastasia Dmitruk (b. 1991, Ukraine), poet
 * Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947, Russia/Soviet Union), fiction wr.
 * Gillian Dobbie (living, New Zealand), computer scientist
 * Louisa Emily Dobrée (fl. ca. 1877–1917, France), nv., ss. wr., juvenile wr. & non-f. wr.
 * Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012, Australia), poet
 * Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929, United States), wr.
 * Lynley Dodd (b. 1941, New Zealand), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905, United States), ch. wr.; Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
 * Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878, United States), poet
 * Mary Diana Dods (David Lyndsay, 1790–1830, Scotland), fiction wr.
 * Anna Dodsworth (c. 1740–1801, Britain), poet
 * Thea Doelwijt (b. 1938, Suriname), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
 * Harriet Doerr (1910–2002, United States), nv.
 * Mary Crow Dog (1954–2013, United States), wr. & activist
 * Brenda DoHarris (living, Guyana), poet
 * Ann Doherty (c. 1786 – c. 1831–1832, England), nv. & pw.
 * Berlie Doherty (b. 1943, England), nv., poet & ch. wr.
 * Dorcas Dole (fl. later 17th century, England), Quaker pamphleteer
 * Veronika Dolina (b. 1956, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
 * Elvira Dolinar (1870–1961, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), col. in Slovenian
 * Emma Dolujanoff (1922–2013, Mexico), wr.
 * Janina Domanska (1913–1995, Poland/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Alcina Lubitch Domecq (b. 1953, Guatemala/Israel), fiction wr.
 * Maria Doménech (1877–1954, Spain), nv., poet & pw.
 * Hilde Domin (1909–2006, Germany), poet
 * Anni Domingo (b. 1950s, England), nv., poet & pw
 * Delia Domínguez (1931–2022, Chile), poet
 * María Domínguez (1882–1936, Spain), poet & politician
 * María Magdalena Domínguez (1922–2021, Spain), poet
 * Lady Margaret Domville (1840–1929, Ireland), religious wr.
 * Robyn Donald (b. 1940, New Zealand), nv.
 * Elvira Dones (b. 1960, Albania/Switzerland), nv. & screenwriter
 * Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002), col.
 * Maite Dono (b. 1969, Spain), poet & songwriter
 * Emma Donoghue (b. 1969, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), pw., nv. & literary historian
 * Darya Dontsova (b. 1952, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction & scriptwriter
 * Compiuta Donzella (fl. late 13th century, Italy), poet
 * Maria Doolaeghe (1803–1884, Belgium), wr. in Flemish
 * Aoife Dooley (b. 1991, Ireland), wr. & illustrator
 * Robyn Doolittle (b. 1984, Canada/Newfoundland), col.
 * Carolina Marcial Dorado (1889–1941, Spain/United States), textbook wr.
 * Mary Dorcey (b. 1950, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
 * Mara Đorđević-Malagurski (1894–1971, Serbia), wr. & ethnologist
 * Geneviève Dormann (1933–2015, France), fiction wr. & col.
 * Renate Dorrestein (1954–2018, Netherlands), fiction wr. & feminist
 * Mathilda d'Orozco (Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm; 1796–1863, Italy/Sweden), salonnière, poet & wr.
 * Doris Dörrie (b. 1955, Germany), fiction & ch. wr. & critic
 * Anna Dostoevskaya (1846–1918, Russia), mem. & philatelist
 * Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926, Russia/Italy), mem.
 * Sarah Doudney (1841–1926, England), ch. wr. & poet
 * Debbie Dougherty (fl 1880s, USA), academic, non-fiction wr.
 * Ellen Douglas (1921–2012, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Mona Douglas (1898–1987, Isle of Man), poet & folklorist
 * Myra Douglas (1844–?, United States), wr., poet
 * O. Douglas (1877–1948, Scotland), nv.
 * Sara Douglass (1957–2011, Australia), fantasy nv.
 * Maro Douka (b. 1947, Gk), nv.
 * Teresa Dovalpage (b. 1966, Cuba/United States), nv.
 * Nah Dove (b. 1940s, UK), non-f. wr.
 * Rita Dove (b. 1952, United States), poet
 * Ceridwen Dovey (b. 1980, South Africa/Australia), nv.
 * Beatrice von Dovsky (1866–1923, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, librettist & actor
 * Unity Dow (b. 1959, Botswana), activist & nv.
 * Mary Frances Dowdall (1876–1939, England), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Sediqeh Dowlatabadi (1882–1961, Iran/Persia), correspondent
 * Finuala Dowling (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & nv. in English
 * Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1969, Ireland), poet & nun
 * Mary Downing (c. 1815–1881, Ireland/England), poet
 * Margaret Drabble (b. 1939, England), nv. & biographer
 * Emmy Drachmann (1854–1928, Denmark), nv. & mem.
 * Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943, Poland), diarist & Hc. victim
 * Rajna Dragićević (living, Serbia), lexicographer & academic
 * Tonke Dragt (b. 1930, Netherlands), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Judith Drake (late 17th century, England), feminist es.
 * Slavenka Drakulić (b. 1949, Yugoslavia/Croatia), nv. & es.
 * Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823–1894, England), religious wr. & biographer
 * Camille Drevet (1881–1969, France), non-f. wr.
 * Catharine Drew (1832–1910, Ireland/England), nv. & col.
 * Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986, Germany), pw. & nv.
 * Paola Drigo (1876–1938, Italy), fiction wr.
 * Daša Drndić (1946–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia), nv. & pw.
 * Edwige-Renée Dro (living, Ivory Coast), wr. & activist
 * Celia Dropkin (1887–1956, Belarus/United States), poet in Yiddish
 * Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848, Germany), poet
 * Joan Druett (b. 1939, New Zealand), nv. & historian
 * Alison Edith Hilda Drummond (1903–1984, New Zealand), historian & farmer
 * Ree Drummond (b. 1969, United States), wr. & food wr.
 * Yulia Drunina (1924–1991, Soviet Union), poet & fiction wr.
 * Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912, England), poet & nv.
 * Helene von Druskowitz (1856–1918, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., critic & poet
 * Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695/1698–1765, Poland), poet
 * Svetlana Druzhinina (b. 1935, Soviet Union/Russia), screenwriter & actor
 * Nora Dryhurst (1856–1930, Ireland/England), wr. & translator
 * Duan Shuqing (端淑卿, c. 1510 – c. 1600, China), poet
 * Caitilin Dubh (fl. c. 1624, Ireland), poet
 * Caroline Dubois (b. 1960, France), poet
 * Dorothea Du Bois (1728–1774, Ireland), poet, autobiographer & pw.
 * Ursula Dubosarsky (b. 1961, Australia), ch. & YA fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Louis Dubrau (1904–1997, Belgium), fiction wr. & poet in French
 * Charlotte Dubreuil (b. 1940, France), nv. & filmmaker
 * Marilyn Duckworth (b. 1935, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
 * Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944, England), poet, nv., es., literary critic & translator
 * Diane Ducret (B), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Tessa Duder (b. 1940, New Zealand), YA, fiction & non-f. wr. & pw.
 * María Dueñas (b. 1964, Spain), nv.
 * Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon (1821–1869, England/Egypt), history wr. & Arabist
 * Bella Duffy (1849–1926, Ireland/Italy), writer
 * Carol Ann Duffy (b. 1955, Scotland), poet & pw.; first female & Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
 * Catherine Dufour (b. 1966, France), science fiction & fantasy nv.
 * Eileen Duggan (1894–1972, New Zealand), poet & col.
 * Kate Duignan (b. 1974, New Zealand), fiction wr. & educator
 * Yolanda Vargas Dulché (1926–1999, Mexico), cartoon wr.
 * Nurduran Duman (b. 1974, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & pw.
 * Firoozeh Dumas (b. 1965, Iran/Persia/United States), mem. & nv.
 * Bucura Dumbravă (1868–1926, Romania), nv. & theosophist
 * Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920–2006, Romania), political wr.
 * Marilyn Dumont (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Sarah Dunant (b. 1950, England), nv.
 * Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987, Ukraine/United States), philosopher
 * Andrea Dunbar (1961–1990, England), pw.
 * Lois Duncan (1934–2016, United States), YA wr.
 * Susan Duncan (b. 1951, Australia), mem. & nv.
 * Elaine Dundy (1931–2008, United States), col., nv. & biographer
 * Camille Dungy (b. 1972, United States), poet & professor
 * Mabel Dunham (1881–1957, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Kinga Dunin (b. 1954, Poland), nv. & sociologist
 * Clare B. Dunkle (b. 1964, United States), ch. fantasy wr. & librarian
 * Gloria Dünkler (b. 1977, Chile), poet & folklorist
 * Nell Dunn (b. 1936, UK), pw. & screenwriter
 * Katherine Dunn (1945–2016, United States), nv., col. & poet
 * Rachel Blau DuPlessis (b. 1941, United States), poet, es. & scholar
 * Maria José Dupré (1905–1984, Brazil), nv.
 * Mary Durack (1913–1994, Australia), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Ariel Durant (1898–1981, Ukraine/United States), social philosopher & mem.
 * Francesca Duranti (b. 1935, Italy), fiction wr.
 * Claire de Duras (1777–1828, France), nv.
 * Marguerite Duras (1914–1996, France), nv., pw. & screenwriter
 * Bohdana Durda (b. 1940, Ukraine), wr., poet & song wr.
 * Vanessa Duriès (1972–1993, France), nv.
 * Jessica Durlacher (b. 1961, Netherlands), critic & nv.
 * Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (b. 1953, Serbia), nv.
 * Tehmina Durrani (b. 1953, Pakistan), wr. & activist
 * Marie Dušková (1903–1968, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet
 * Nirupama Dutt (b. 1955, India), poet
 * Toru Dutt (1856–1877, India/England), poet
 * Yvette Duval (1931–2006, Morocco/France), historian
 * Karen Duve (b. 1961, Germany), fiction wr.
 * Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004, United States), poet
 * Gergina Dvoretzka (living, Belgium), poet & col.
 * Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko (b. 1968 & 1945–2022, Ukraine/United States), novelists
 * Xenia Dyakonova (b. 1985, Russia), poet, translator
 * Wanda Dynowska (1888–1971, Poland), theosophist & political wr.

Ea–Em

 * Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856, United States), wr. & poet
 * Marion Eames (1921–2007, Wales), nv. & translator
 * Mary Tracy Earle (1864–1955, United States), wr.
 * Beverley East (b. 1953, Jamaica), wr.
 * Alice Eather (1988/1989–2017, Australia), poet & environmentalist
 * Edith Maude Eaton (Sui Sin Far; 1865–1914, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Winnifred Eaton (Watanna Onoto; 1875–1954, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005, France), es. & nv.
 * Shirin Ebadi (b. 1947, Iran/Persia), activist; Nobel Peace Prize 2003
 * Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904, Switzerland/Algeria), political wr. in French
 * Margareta Ebner (1291–1351, Germany), diarist & mystic
 * Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
 * Charlotte O'Conor Eccles (1860–1911, Ireland), nv. & translator
 * Fadela Echebbi (b. 1946, Tunisia), poet
 * Robyn Eckersley (b. 1958, Australia), political theorist
 * Elaine Howard Ecklund (living, United States), academic
 * Bertha Eckstein-Diener (Sir Galahad, 1874–1948, Austria/Austria-Hungary), historian & travel wr.
 * Nydia Ecury (1926–2012, Curaçao), poet & translator
 * Leigh Eddings (1939–2007, United States), fantasy nv.
 * Reni Eddo-Lodge (b. 1989, England), col. & wr.
 * Inger Edelfeldt (b. 1956, Sweden), fiction & ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Aida Edemariam (fl. 2014–, Ethiopia/Canada/Newfoundland), col. & mem.
 * Dorothy Eden (1912–1982, New Zealand/England), fiction wr.
 * Emily Eden (1797–1869, England), nv. & poet
 * Arabella Edge (fl. 2000–, England/Australia), fiction wr.
 * Zee Edgell (1940–2020, Belize), nv.
 * Frances Anne Edgeworth (1769–1865, Ireland), mem. & botanical artist
 * Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849, England/Ireland), nv.; Castle Rackrent
 * May Edginton (1883–1957, England), nv.
 * Lauris Edmond (1924–2000, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
 * Harriet Edquist (fl. 1989–, Australia), architectural historian
 * Esi Edugyan (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & wr.
 * Summer Edward (b. 1986, Trinidad), wr. & activist
 * Amelia Edwards (1831–1892, England), fiction wr. & poet
 * Annie Edwards (c. 1830–1896, England), nv.
 * Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959, Wales), ch. wr. & teacher
 * Ruth Dudley Edwards (b. 1944, Ireland), historian, biographer & crime wr.
 * Yvvette Edwards (fl. 2011–, England), nv.
 * Zena Edwards (b. 1960s, England), poet
 * Françoise Ega (1920–1976, Martinique), nv.
 * Jennifer Egan (b. 1962, United States); fiction wr.
 * Susanna Eger (1640–1713, Germany), cookery wr.
 * Egeria (Aetheria) (fl. AD 381–384, Algeria), pilgrim & correspondent in Latin
 * George Egerton (1859–1945, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
 * Helen Merrill Egerton (1866–1951, Canada), poet, non-f. wr.
 * Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976, Australia), wr., activist & lawyer
 * Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960, Denmark), crime wr.
 * Elen Egryn (Elin Evans, 1807–1876, Wales), poet
 * María Egual (1655–1735, Spain), poet & pw.
 * Alicia Eguren (1924–1977, Argentina), poet & es.
 * Barbara Ehrenreich (1941–2022, United States), feminist & activist
 * Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867, Sweden), wr.
 * Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795, Switzerland), nv. & publicist in German
 * Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (1815–1905, Finland), feminist & wr. in Swedish
 * Tamara Eidelman (living, Soviet Union/Russia), historian & educator
 * Eiki Eiki (影木栄貴, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
 * Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922, Denmark), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Lena Einhorn (b. 1954, Sweden), mem., pw. & screenwriter
 * Paula Einöder (b. 1974, Uruguay), poet & wr.
 * Oddný Eir (b. 1972, Iceland), nv.
 * Kerstin Ekman (b. 1933, Sweden), fiction wr.
 * Margareta Ekström (1930–2021, Sweden), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
 * Elaine Eksvärd (b. 1981, Sweden), non-f. wr.
 * Nana Ekvtimishvili (b. 1978, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & film director
 * Naima El Bezaz (1974–2020, Morocco/Netherlands), wr.
 * Roza Eldarova (1923–2021, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. & politician
 * Anne Elder (1918–1976, Australia), poet & dancer
 * Olivia Elder (1735–1780, Ireland), poet
 * Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956, Australia), nv., critic & historian
 * Elephantis (fl. late 1st century BC, Ancient Greece), erotic poet
 * Ada María Elflein (1880–1919, Argentina), poet, col. & translator
 * Menna Elfyn (b. 1952, Wales), poet, pw. & editor
 * Laila el-Haddad (b. 1978, Palestine/United States), wr. on Palestine & food
 * Safia Elhillo (b. 1990, Sudan/United States), poet
 * Anilú Elías (b. 1937, Mexico), scholar & activist
 * María Luisa Elío (1926–2009, Spain/Mexico), screenwriter
 * George Eliot (Marian Evans, 1819–1880, England), nv. & poet; Middlemarch
 * Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916, Romania), Queen Consort & poet
 * Caroline Elkins (b. 1969, United States), prof. & non-f. wr.
 * Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877, United States), wr. & poet
 * Bina Sarkar Ellias (b. 1949, India), poet, wr. & editor
 * Anne Elliot (1856–1941, England), nv.
 * Lady Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, Scotland), poet
 * E. S. Elliott (1836-1897, England), poet, hymn wr., nv., ed.
 * Janice Elliott (1931–1995, England), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Marianne Elliott (living, Ireland/England), historian
 * Lucy Ellmann (b. 1956, United States/Scotland), nv.
 * Alice Thomas Ellis (Anna Haycraft, 1932–3005, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Ellen Elizabeth Ellis (1829–1895, England/New Zealand), nv. & activist
 * Keisha Lynne Ellis (fl. 2009 onward, Bahamas), political scientist
 * Lucy Ellmann (b. 1956, United States/Scotland), nv.
 * Nawal el-Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt), feminist & fiction wr.
 * Barbara Else (b. 1947, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
 * Gisela Elsner (1939–1992, Germany), nv.
 * Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756, England), feminist & translator
 * Diamela Eltit (b. 1949, Chile), wr. & academic
 * Lynn Emanuel (b. 1949, United States), poet
 * Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017, Nigeria), nv.
 * Claudia Emerson (1957–2014, United States), poet & academic
 * Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907, United States), wr. & ethnologist
 * Akwaeke Emezi (b. 1987, Nigeria), fiction wr.
 * Lelia Dromgold Emig (1872-1957, United States), genealogist & non-f. wr.
 * Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019, United States), fiction wr.
 * Angella Emurwon (living, Uganda), pw.

En–Ez

 * Amanda Enayati (living, Iran/Persia/United States), health wr.
 * Fumiko Enchi (円地文子, 1905–1986, Japan), pw. & fiction wr.
 * María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908–1949, Spain/Mexico), social wr.
 * Alberthiene Endah (living, Indonesia), biographer & nv.
 * Chuah Guat Eng (蔡月英, b. 1943, Malaysia), fiction wr. in English
 * Marian Engel (1933–1985, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634–1716, Norway), poet & hymn wr.
 * Helene von Engelhardt (1850–1910, Germany), poet, wr. & linguist
 * Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981, Australia), nv. & poet
 * Isobel English (1920–1994, England), nv.
 * Françoise Enguehard (b. 1957, Canada/Newfoundland), prose wr. in French
 * Enheduanna (2285–2250 BC, Ancient Sumeria), poet & royal priestess
 * Maki Enjōji (円城寺マキ, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Nariko Enomoto (榎本ナリコ, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
 * Anna Enquist (b. 1945, Netherlands), poet & nv.
 * Anne Enright (b. 1962, Ireland), fiction writer
 * Kalilah Enríquez (b. 1983, Belize/Jamaica), col. & poet
 * Mariana Enríquez (b. 1973, Algeria), fiction wr. & col.
 * Anne Enright (b. 1962, Ireland), fiction wr. & es.
 * José Ensch (1942–2008, Luxembourg), poet
 * Riemke Ensing (b. 1939, Netherlands/New Zealand), poet & academic
 * Camelia Entekhabifard (b. 1973, Iran/Persia/United States), wr.
 * Fotini Epanomitis (b. 1969, Australia), nv.
 * Nora Ephron (1941–2012, United States), nv. & screenwriter
 * Pamphile of Epidaurus (1st century AD, Ancient Greece), historian
 * Muzi Epifani (1935–1984, Italy), nv., poet & pw.
 * Helen Epstein (b. 1947, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), biographer & mem.
 * Noura Erakat (b. 1980, United States), wr. on Palestine
 * Ruth Erat (b. 1951, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
 * Leyla Erbil (1931–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
 * Aslı Erdoğan (b. 1967, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr. and activist
 * Louise Erdrich (b. 1954, United States), nv., poet & ch. wr.
 * Rica Erickson (1908–2009, Australia), botany & history wr.
 * Helena Eriksson (b. 1962, Sweden), poet
 * Erinna (Ἤριννα, fl. c. 600 BC, Ancient Greece), poet
 * Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (1868–1951, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv.
 * Dominika Eristavi (1864–1929, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & prose wr.
 * Annie Ernaux (b. 1940, France), nv. & autobiographer
 * Maria Ernestam (b. 1959, Sweden), fiction wr.
 * Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (b. 1926, Senegal), poet & ch. wr.
 * Henrica van Erp (c. 1480–1548, Netherlands), chronicler & abbess
 * Jenny Erpenbeck (b. 1967, Germany), fiction wr. and pw.
 * María de los Ángeles Errisúriz (b. 1966, Mexico), wr. on education
 * Kelcey Ervick (fl. 2013, USA), wr., creative writing
 * Tina Escaja (b. 1965, Spain/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Ximena Escalante (b. 1964, Mexico), pw.
 * Alicia Escardó (b. 1963, Uruguay), fiction wr. & educator
 * Nataly von Eschstruth (1860–1939, Germany), fiction wr. and pw.
 * Edith Escombe (1866–1950, England), fiction wr. & es.
 * Gloria Escomel (b. 1941, Uruguay/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Margaret Escott (1908–1977, New Zealand), nv., poet & educator
 * Rosemary Esehagu (b. 1981, Nigeria/United States), nv.
 * Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (1899–1979, Mexico), linguist & poet
 * Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897, United States), poet, wr., hymn wr.
 * Erminda Rentoul Esler (c. 1852–1924, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Florbela Espanca (1894–1930, Portugal), poet
 * Teresa Espasa (living, Spain), poet, es. & professor
 * Kristin Espinasse (b. 1968, United States), wr.
 * Ileana Espinel (1933–2001, Ecuador), poet & wr.
 * Ramabai Espinet (b. 1948, Trinidad), poet, nv. & critic
 * Laura Esquivel (b. 1950, Mexico), nv.
 * Sofia Ester (b. 1978, Portugal), YA wr.
 * Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling (1857–1935, Ireland), nv. & educator
 * Eleanor Estes (1906–1988, United States), ch. wr.
 * Clarissa Pinkola Estés (b. 1945, United States), poet
 * Gisèle d'Estoc (1845–1894, France), non-f. wr.
 * Jenny Estrada (b. 1940, Ecuador), social wr.
 * Makiko Esumi (江角マキコ, b. 1966, Japan), non-f. wr. & lyricist
 * Eloísa García Etchegoyhen (1921–1996, Uruguay), education wr.
 * Claire Etcherelli (b. 1934, France), nv.
 * Gabriela Etcheverry (b. 1946, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & critic
 * Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941, Iran/Persia), poet
 * Mansoureh Ettehadieh (living, Iran/Persia), historian
 * Lucía Etxebarría (b. 1966, Spain), biographer & nv.
 * Luisa Etxenike (b. 1957, Spain), fiction wr., pw. & poet
 * Cecilia Eudave (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr.
 * Aelia Eudocia (c. 401–460, Byzantium), religious wr. in Greek
 * Damiana Eugenio (1921–2014, Philippines), wr. & academic
 * Eun Mihee (은미희, b. 1960, Korea), nv., col. & academic
 * Jang Eun-jin (장은진, b. 1976, Korea), wr.
 * Lolita Euson (1914–1994, Sint Eustatius), poet
 * Janet Evanovich (b. 1943, United States), nv.
 * Anne Evans (1820–1870, England), poet & composer
 * Augusta Jane Evans (1835–1909, United States), nv.
 * Christine Evans (b. 1943, Wales), poet
 * Diana Evans (b. c. 1971, England), nv., col. & critic
 * Mari Evans (1923–2017, United States), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
 * Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886, Australia), nv.
 * Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell (1836–1922, United States), fiction wr.
 * Bernardine Evaristo (b. 1959, England), wr.
 * Conceição Evaristo (b. 1946, Brazil), social wr.
 * Marjorie Evasco (b. 1953, Philippines), poet
 * Maria Louise Eve (1842–1900, United States), poet
 * Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857–1940, United States), editor, wr
 * Zdravka Evtimova (b. 1959, Bulgaria), fiction wr.
 * Barbara Ewing (b. 1939, New Zealand/England), nv., actor & pw.
 * Emma Pike Ewing (1838–1917, United States), wr. & educator
 * Eve Ewing (b. 1986, United States), wr., poet & artist
 * Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885, England), ch. wr.
 * Catherine Exley (1779-1857, England), non-f. wr.
 * Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
 * Leonora Eyles (1889–1960, England), feminist wr. & nv.
 * Regīna Ezera (1930–2002, Latvia), nv.

Fa–Fl

 * Camilla Faà (c. 1599–1662, Italy), autobiographer & nun
 * Edda Fabbri (b. 1949, Uruguay), fiction wr.
 * Anne Faber (living, Luxembourg/England), cookery wr.
 * Michèle Fabien (1945–1999, Belgium), wr. & pw. in French
 * Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, United States), poet & illustrator
 * Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, Hungary), poet & es.
 * Paloma Fabrykant (b. 1981, Argentina), non-f. wr. & artist
 * Diane Fahey (b. 1945, Australia), poet
 * Jacqueline Fahey (b. 1929, New Zealand), mem. & painter
 * Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770, Italy), poet & composer
 * Elizabeth Fair (1908–1997, England), nv.
 * Lidia Falcón (b. 1935, Spain), pw. & es.
 * Suzanne Falkiner (b. 1952, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Aminata Sow Fall (b. 1941, Senegal), nv.
 * Khadi Fall (b. 1948, Senegal), nv.
 * Kiné Kirama Fall (b. 1934, Senegal), poet
 * Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006, Italy), non-f. wr.
 * Amber Fallon (b. 1993, United States), horror wr.
 * Katie Fallon (b. 1976, United States), es. & non-f. wr.
 * Fan Xiaoqing (范小青, b. 1955, China), fiction wr.
 * Elena Fanailova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
 * Fang Fang (方方, b. 1955, China), poet & nv.
 * Diane Fanning (b. 1950, United States), wr. on crime & nv.
 * Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918, Peru), nv. & col.
 * Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England), mem.
 * Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, England), poet
 * Ursula Fanthorpe (1929–2009, England), poet
 * Elena Farago (1878–1954, Romania), poet & ch. wr.
 * Najwa Kawar Farah (1923–2015, Palestine/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction & ch. wr. & autobiographer
 * Marthe Fare (b. 1985, Togo), nv. & educator
 * Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010, Portugal), nv., poet & actor
 * Lily Yulianti Farid (b. 1971, Indonesia), fiction wr.
 * Beverley Farmer (1941–2018, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Hannah Tobey Farmer (1823-1891, United States), wr. & poet
 * Nancy Farmer (b. 1941, United States), YA & ch. nv.
 * Penelope Farmer (b. 1939, England), ch. nv.; Charlotte Sometimes
 * Fadhila El Farouk (b. 1967, Algeria/Lebanon), nv.
 * Fiona Farrell (b. 1947, New Zealand), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967, Iran/Persia), poet & film director
 * Pooran Farrokhzad (1933–2016, Iran/Persia), poet, pw. & encyclopedist
 * Angie Farrow (b. 1951, England/New Zealand), academic & wr. for theater & radio
 * Bushra Farrukh (b. 1957, Pakistan), poet
 * Leila Farsakh (b. 1967, Palestine/United States), political economist
 * Lilian Faschinger (b. 1950, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & poet
 * Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Adélaïde Fassinou (b. 1955, Benin), fiction wr.
 * Nazila Fathi (b. 1970, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), political mem.
 * Altaf Fatima (1927–2018, India/Pakistan), fiction wr.
 * Geneviève Fauconnier (1886–1969, France), nv.
 * Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801, United States), poet
 * Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961, England), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961, United States), poet, es. & nv.
 * Beatrice Faust (1939–2019, Australia), non-f. wr. & activist
 * Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England/India), correspondent
 * Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693, France), nv.
 * Samira Fazal (living, Pakistan), screenwriter & pw.
 * Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén (1829–1893, Ecuador), wr. & poet
 * Astrid Stampe Feddersen (1852–1930, Denmark), wr. & activist
 * Etta Federn (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & translator
 * Elaine Feeney (living, Ireland), nv. & pw.
 * Klára Fehér (1919–1996, Hungary), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014, United States), wr. & activist
 * Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England), poet, nv. & translator
 * Else Feldmann (1884–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., poet & nv.
 * Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830, France), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
 * Mary Fels (1863–1953, Germany/United States), wr. & ed.
 * Zuo Fen (左芬, c. 255–300, China), poet
 * Feng Yuanjun (冯沅君, 1900–1974, China), wr. & scholar
 * Edna Ferber (1885–1968, United States), nv. & pw.
 * Kate Lee Ferguson (1841–1928, United States), nv., poet & composer
 * Nathalie Ferlut (born 1968, France), comic book wr., artist
 * Fanny Fern (1811–1872, United States), fiction & ch. wr.
 * María Luisa Fernández (1870–1938, Chile), feminist wr. & poet
 * Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao (b. 1964, Spain), art wr. & academic
 * Roberta Fernández (living, United States), nv., scholar & critic
 * Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Sri Lanka), ch. wr. & academic
 * Vera Ferra-Mikura (1923–1997, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr.
 * Elena Ferrante (b. 1943, Italy), nv.
 * María del Carme Ribé i Ferré (1920–1991, Spain), nv. & autobiographer
 * Rosario Ferré (1938–2016, United States), nv., poet & biographer
 * Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924, Uruguay), poet & educator
 * Julia Ferrer (1925–1995, Peru), poet & wr.
 * Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland), nv.
 * Diana Ferrus (b. 1953, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans & English
 * Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852–1924, United States), wr.
 * Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England), nv.
 * Tina Fey (b. 1970, United States), screenwriter & autobiographer
 * Vera Feyder (b. 1949, Belgium/France), poet & nv.
 * Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867, Denmark), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872, Denmark), wr. on women's rights
 * Dorothea de Ficquelmont (1804–1863, Russia/Austria/Austria-Hungary), diarist in French
 * Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940, Ireland), nv. & literary critic
 * Michael Field, the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley (1846–1914, England) and Edith Cooper (1862–1913, England), poets, pw.
 * Rachel Field (1894–1942, United States), nv., poet & ch. wr.
 * Helen Fielding (b. 1958, England), nv.
 * Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England), nv.
 * Jennie Fields (b. 1953, United States), nv.
 * Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England), travel wr.
 * Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1936, Ecuador), poet, critic & academic
 * Eva Figes (1932–2012, Germany/England), nv., critic & feminist
 * N. P. Figgis (1939–2014, Ireland/Wales), archaeologist
 * Sia Figiel (b. 1967, Serbia), poet & nv.
 * Vera Figner (1852–1942, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. & political biographer
 * Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), social & ch. wr.
 * Amanda Filipacchi (b. 1957, France/United States), nv.
 * Lyudmila Filipova (b. 1977, Bulgaria), nv. & col.
 * Zlata Filipović (b. 1980, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Ireland), child war diarist
 * Adelaide Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (1761–1836, France), nv.
 * Clara Filleul (1822–1878, France), ch. wr. & painter
 * Anne Finch (1661–1720, England), poet
 * Annie Finch (b. 1956, United States), poet, translator & critic
 * Anne Fine (b. 1947, England), wr.
 * Manuela Fingueret (1945–2013, Argentina), poet, nv. & es.
 * Ida Fink (1921–2011, Poland/Israel), Hc. wr.
 * Nikky Finney (b. 1957, United States), poet
 * Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710, Iceland), poet
 * Carmen Firan (b. 1958, Romania/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842, Germany), wr. & rights activist
 * Margery Fish (1892–1969, England), gardening wr.
 * Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England), grammarian
 * Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, United States), nv., actor & screenwriter
 * Catherine Fisher (b. 1957, Wales), wr. & broadcaster
 * Elizabeth Fisher (journalist) (1924 – 1982) was the US editor of the magazine Aphra
 * Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia), poet & editor
 * M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992, United States), food wr.
 * Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826, Poland), mem.
 * Fitnat Hanım (died 1780, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
 * Sarah Mary Fitton (c. 1796–1874, Ireland), wr. & botanist
 * Barbara Fitzgerald (1911–1982, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Kitty Fitzgerald (b. 1946, Ireland/England), nv., poet & pw.
 * Mary Anne Fitzgerald (living, South Africa/England), political wr.
 * Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England), nv., poet & biographer
 * Theodora FitzGibbon (1916–1991, Ireland), cookery wr.
 * Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Becca Fitzpatrick (b. 1979, United States), nv.
 * Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian, biographer & critic
 * Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (b. 1962, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Ellen Fitzsimon (1805–1883, Ireland), poet
 * Fannie Flagg (b. 1944, United States), screenwriter & nv.
 * Jane Flanders (1940–2001, United States), poet
 * Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany), pw.
 * Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland), child diarist & poet
 * Kate Fleron (1909–2006, Denmark), wr. & resistance fighter
 * Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018, New Zealand), nv.
 * Jane Ada Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia), nature & ch. wr.
 * Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844-1905, United States), poet, correspondent
 * Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1850, England), religious wr.
 * Penelope Fletcher (b. 1988, England), YA & fantasy wr.
 * Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829–1890, France), nv.
 * Pierrette Fleutiaux (1941–2019, France), fiction wr.
 * Lynn Flewelling (b. 1958, United States), nv.
 * Lina Flor (1914–1976, Philippines), fiction & scriptwriter
 * Leona Florentino (1849–1884, Philippines), poet
 * Malva Flores (b. 1961, Mexico), poet, fiction wr. & es.
 * Paulina Flores (b. 1988, Chile), fiction wr.
 * Nísia Floresta (1810–1885, Brazil/France), poet & feminist
 * Angela Flournoy (living, United States), nv.
 * Pat Flower (1914–1977, Australia), stage & TV pw. & nv.
 * Tui Flower (1925–2017, New Zealand), food wr.
 * Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892, Sw.), nv.
 * Carol Houlihan Flynn (b. 1945, United States), academic, critic & fiction wr.
 * Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964, United States), political wr. & activist
 * Gillian Flynn (b. 1971, United States), nv. & screenwriter

Fo–Fu

 * Marnie Fogg (living, England), fashion wr.
 * Éva Földes (1914–1981, Hungary), wr. & Hc. survivor
 * Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary), nv.
 * Mária Földes (1925–1976, Romania), pw. in Hungarian and Hc. survivor
 * Winifred Foley (1914–2009, England), autobiographer
 * Mary Alice Fonda (1837–1897, United States), musician, linguist, wr., critic
 * Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913–2004, Spain), wr. & col. in Catalan
 * Brigitte Fontaine (b. 1939, France), wr. & singer
 * Moderata Fonte (1555–1592, Italy), feminist & poet; The Worth of Women
 * Pascale Fonteneau (b. 1963, France/Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
 * Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England), philosopher
 * Donna Foote (b. 1950, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938, United States), nv.
 * Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, Australia), poet & editor
 * Alaíde Foppa (1914 – c. 1980, Spain), poet
 * Curdella Forbes (living, Jamaica), science fiction wr.
 * Frances Forbes-Robertson (1866–1956, United Kingdom), nv.
 * Esther Forbes (1891–1967, United States), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724, France), nv. & poet
 * Margot Forde (1935–1992, New Zealand), botanist & taxonomist
 * Patricia Forde (b. c. 1960, Ireland), ch. wr.
 * Honor Ford-Smith (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), pw., scholar & poet
 * Meta Forkel-Liebeskind (1765–1853, Germany), academic
 * Aminatta Forna (b. 1964, Scotland), wr.
 * María Irene Fornés (1930–2018, Cuba/United States), pw.
 * Francesca Forrellad (1927–2013, Spain), wr. in Catalan
 * Lluïsa Forrellad (1927–2018, Spain), nv. & pw. in Spanish & Catalan
 * Anne Marie Forrest (living, Ireland), nv.
 * Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, Australia), nv. & poet
 * Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, Scotland), poet & critic
 * Ellen Forrester (1823–1883, Ireland), poet
 * Viviane Forrester (1825–1913, France), es., nv. & critic
 * Olga Forsh (1873–1961, Russia/Soviet Union), novelist, pw. & mem.
 * Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995, Australia), fiction wr. & reviewer
 * Tua Forsström (b. 1947, Finland), poet in Swedish
 * Margaret Forster (1938–2016, England), nv. & biographer
 * Mary Forster (c. 1620–1687, England), Quaker polemicist
 * Michelanne Forster (b. 1953, New Zealand), pw. & scriptwriter
 * Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937, England/United States/Australia), temperance advocate
 * Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971, Germany), nv., poet & es.
 * Laudomia Forteguerri (1515–1555, Italy), poet
 * Susana Fortes (b. 1959, Spain), nv. & col.
 * Elena Fortún (1886–1952, Spain), ch. wr.
 * Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth, 1890–1946, Wales), nv. & wr.
 * Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911, Australia), crime wr.
 * E. M. Foster (fl. late 18th – early 19th centuries, England), nv.
 * Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840, United States), nv.
 * Lydia Mary Foster (1867–1943, Ireland), social writer & poet
 * Lynn Foster (1914–1985, Australia), pw. & nv.
 * Corlia Fourie (b. 1944, South Africa), fiction & ch. wr. in Afrikaans
 * Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993, Mexico), biographer & medical wr.
 * Dorothy Fowler (living, New Zealand), nv.
 * Harriet Putnam Fowler (1842–1901, United States), wr., poet
 * Karen Joy Fowler (b. 1950, United States), fiction wr.
 * Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England), archaeologist
 * Mamita Fox (b. 1943, Curaçao), autobiographer
 * Biancamaria Frabotta (1946–2022, Italy), poet & critic
 * Esther G. Frame (1840–1920, United States), autobiographer
 * Janet Frame (1924–2004, New Zealand), fiction & YA wr. & autobiographer
 * Isabel Franc (b. 1955, Spain), fiction wr. & es.
 * Marie de France (fl. 12th century, France), poet in Anglo-Norman
 * Ruth France (1913–1968, New Zealand), poet & nv.
 * Annie Francé-Harrar (1886–1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & scientist
 * Lorraine Francis (b. 1958, Ireland), ch. wr.
 * Louise E. Francis (1869–1932, United States), wr., ed., pub.
 * M. E. Francis (1859–1930, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Suzanne Francis (b. 1959, England), fantasy wr.
 * Julia Franck (b. 1970, Germany), fiction wr. and es.
 * Veronica Franco (1546–1591, Italy), poet
 * Jocelyne François (b. 1933, France), nv.
 * Louise von François (1817–1893, Germany), nv.
 * Justine Frangouli-Argyris (b. 1959, Greece), fiction wr. & biographer
 * Anne Frank (Anna, 1929–1945, Netherlands), diarist & Hc. victim; The Diary of a Young Girl
 * Lone Frank (b. 1966, Denmark), science wr.
 * Miles Franklin (1879–1954, Australia), feminist wr.
 * Abby Franquemont (b. 1972, United States), wr.
 * Rebecca Fransway (b. 1953, United States), wr. & poet
 * Agnes Franz (1794–1843, German), writer
 * Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998, Germany/Switzerland), psychologist
 * Antonia Fraser (b. 1932, England), nv. & biographer
 * Bashabi Fraser (b. 1954, India), non-f. and ch. wr., poet, and translator
 * Pauline Fréchette (1889-1943, Canada), poet, dr., jour.; nun
 * Kirstine Frederiksen (1845–1903, Denmark), educationist & activist
 * Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007, Sweden), nv.
 * Lynn Freed (living, South Africa), fiction wr. & es. in English
 * Gillian Freeman (1929–2019, England), nv. & pw.
 * Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930, United States), fiction wr.
 * Celia de Fréine (b. 1948, Ireland), poet, pw. & librettist
 * Espido Freire (b. 1974, Spain), nv.
 * Raquel Freire (b. 1973, Paraguay), screenwriter, nv. & film director
 * Anna Freixas (b. 1946, Spain), wr. & academic
 * Laura Freixas (b. 1958, Spain), fiction wr. & col.
 * Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857, England), diarist
 * Anne French (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet
 * Dawn French (b. 1957, Wales/England), wr. & comedian
 * Katy French (1983–2007, Ireland), writer & model
 * Lucy Virginia French (1825–1881, United States), wr.
 * Marilyn French (1929–2009, United States), feminist wr. & academic
 * Tana French (b. 1973, United States/Ireland), nv. & actor
 * Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004, Mexico), poet & Hispanist
 * Maud Frère (1923–1979, Belgium), fiction & ch. wr. in French
 * Patricia Fresen (b. 1940, South Africa), religious wr. in English
 * Yvonne du Fresne (1929–2011, New Zealand), fiction wr. & radio pw.
 * Anna Freud (1895–1982, As/England), psychoanalyst
 * Milagros Frías (b. 1955, Spain), nv. & critic
 * Maikki Friberg (1861–1927, Finland), educator & peace activist
 * Betty Friedan (1921–2006, United States), wr., activist & feminist
 * Violeta Friedman (1930–2000, Russia/Spain), wr. & Hc. survivor
 * Inger Frimansson (b. 1944, Sweden), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
 * Barbara Frischmuth (b. 1941, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
 * Marianne Fritz (1948–2007, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
 * Francisca Praguer Fróes (1872–1931, Brazil), health wr. & activist
 * Gayleen Froese (b. 1972, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & songwriter
 * Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692, Sweden), wr.
 * Elena Frolova (b. 1969, Latvia/Russia), songwriter & poet
 * Bella Fromm (1890–1972, Germany/United States), wartime journalist
 * Katarina Frostenson (b. 1953, Sweden), poet
 * Ruth Frow (1922–2008, England), wr. & historian
 * Linda Frum (b. 1963, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & politician
 * Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955, England), Quaker social wr.
 * Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920, United States), wr.
 * Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939, United States), music wr.
 * Camilla Frydan (1887–1949, Austria/Austria-Hungary), lyricist & musician
 * Fu Shanxiang (傅善祥, 1833–1864, China), scholar
 * Fu Tianlin (傅天琳, b. 1946, China), poet
 * Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998, Spain), poet & ch. wr.
 * Lisa Fugard (living, South Africa/United States), fiction wr. & actor
 * Sheila Meiring Fugard (b. 1932, England/South Africa), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Mihona Fujii (藤井みほな, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
 * Kaori Fujino (藤野可織, b. 1980, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Kazuko Fujita (藤田和子, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
 * Cocoa Fujiwara (藤原ここあ, 1983–2015, Japan), manga creator
 * Hiro Fujiwara (藤原ヒロ, b. 1981, Japan), manga creator
 * Yvonne K. Fulbright (living, Iceland/United States), sexologist
 * Anne Fuller (died 1790, Ireland), nv.
 * Janice Moore Fuller (b. 1951, United States), poet & pw.
 * Claire Fuller (b. 1967, England), nv.
 * Alexandra Fuller (b. 1969, Zimbabwe/United States), mem. & nv.
 * Margaret Fuller (1810–1850, United States), feminist
 * Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia), feminist poet, fiction wr. & col.
 * Alice Fulton (b. 1952, United States), wr. & poet
 * Catherine Fulton (1829–1919, England/New Zealand), diarist & philanthropist
 * Cornelia Funke (b. 1958, Germany), ch. wr.
 * Bilkisu Funtuwa (living, Nigeria), nv.
 * Huarui Furen (花蕊夫人, 940–976, China), poet
 * Alice Furlong (1866–1946, Ireland), story wr. & poet
 * Eva Furnari (b. 1948, Italy/Brazil), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Füruzan (b. 1932, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Felícia Fuster (1921–2012, Spain), poet in Catalan & painter
 * Luisa Futoransky (b. 1939, Argentina), poet, nv. & academic

Ga–Gl

 * Diana Gabaldon (b. 1952, United States), fiction wr.
 * Patrícia Gabancho (1952–2017, Argentina/Spain), wr. in Catalan
 * Anneli Ute Gabanyi (b. 1942, Romania/Germany), critic & philologist
 * Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851–1938, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & feminist
 * Dora Gabe (1888–1983, Bulgaria), poet & travel wr.
 * Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928, Russia/Soviet Union), poet
 * Belén Gache (b. 1960, Argentina/Spain), nv. & electronic wr.
 * Emma Gad (1852–1921, Denmark), wr. & pw.
 * Gertrude Gaffney (?-1959, Ireland), col.
 * Maureen Gaffney (b. 1947, Ireland), psychologist
 * Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884, United States), wr. & poet
 * Nina Gagen-Torn (1900–1986, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & ethnographer
 * Eva Roe Gaggin (1879–1966, United States), ch. wr.
 * Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832–1902, France), fiction wr., es. & activist
 * Jeannine Hall Gailey (b. 1973, United States), poet & critic
 * Abby Gaines (living, New Zealand), nv.
 * Sigri Mitra Gaïni (b. 1975, Faroe Islands), poet & educator
 * Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000, Spain), fiction wr., es. & screenwriter
 * Mary Gaitskill (b. 1954, United States), es. & fiction wr.
 * Nora Gal (1912–1991, Russia/Soviet Union), critic & translation theorist
 * Ana Galán (b. 1964, Spain/United States), ch. wr. & humorist
 * Rhea Galanaki (b. 1947, Greece), fiction wr., es. & poet
 * Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980, United States), poet
 * Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015, Spain), poet & cartoonist
 * Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990, Lithuania/Germany), poet & nun
 * Kate Gale (b. 1965, United States), poet & librettist
 * Zona Gale (1874–1938, United States), nv. & pw.
 * Azucena Galettini (b. 1981, Argentina), wr.
 * Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989, Hungary), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Adela Galiana (1825 – late 19th/early 20th century, Spain), wr.
 * Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534, Sp.), Latinist & educator
 * Hermila Galindo (1886–1954, Mexico), political wr.
 * María Galindo (b. 1964, Bolivia), psychologist
 * Katherine Gallagher (b. 1935, Argentina), poet
 * Kathleen Gallagher (b. 1957, New Zealand), pw., poet & nv.
 * Margaret Gallagher (living, Ireland/England), gender researcher
 * Miriam Gallagher (b. 1940, Ireland), pw.
 * Rhian Gallagher (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet
 * Tess Gallagher (b. 1943, United States), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Fatima Gallaire (1944–2020, Algeria/France), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Mavis Gallant (1922–2014, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., pw. & es. in French
 * Sara Gallardo (1931–1988, Argentina), fiction wr.
 * Menna Gallie (1919–1990, Wales), nv. & translator
 * Karina Galvez (b. 1964, Ecuador), poet
 * María Rosa de Gálvez (1768–1806, Spain), poet & pw.
 * Jeanne Galzy (1883–1977, France), nv. & biographer
 * Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586, Portugal), nun & wr. on aphorisms
 * Veronica Gambara (1485–1550, Italy), poet & politician
 * Griselda Gambaro (b. 1928, Argentina), fiction wr., pw. & es.
 * Anna Rosina Gambold (1762-1821, United States), missionary & diarist
 * Mary Ninde Gamewell (1858–1947, United States), missionary & wr.
 * Gangadevi (fl. 14th century, India), poet & princess
 * Alisa Ganieva (b. 1985, Russia), fiction wr. & es.
 * Petina Gappah (b. 1971, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
 * Anne-Marie Garat (b. 1946, France), nv.
 * Nicole Garay (1873–1928, Panama), poet
 * Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (b. 1949, Cuba/United States), fiction wr. in English
 * Cristina García (b. 1958, Cuba/United States), nv.
 * R. S. A. Garcia (living, Trinidad), science fiction wr.
 * María Esther García López (b. 1948, Spain), poet, wr.
 * Jane Gardam (b. 1928, England), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Delphine Gardey (b. 1967, France), non-f. wr.
 * Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849, Ireland), nv. & col.
 * Elizabeth Gard'ner (1858–1926, Sweden/New Zealand), domestic science wr.
 * Malwina Garfeinowa-Garska (1870–1932, Poland), nv. & es.
 * Mridula Garg (b. 1938, India), fiction wr. & es.
 * Francesca Gargallo (1956–2022, Italy/Mexico), poet & nv.
 * Mariam Garikhuli (1883–1960, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014, Australia), nv.
 * Tatiana Garmash-Roffe (b. 1959, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
 * Helen Garner (b. 1942, Australia), nv. & col.
 * Constance Garnett (1861–1946, England), translator
 * Anne F. Garréta (b. 1962, France), nv.
 * Carlota Garrido de la Peña (1870–1958, Argentina), journalist, wr.
 * Fanny Garrido (1846–1917, Spain), nv. & col.
 * Francisca Herrera Garrido (1869–1950, Spain), poet & nv. in Galician
 * Marissa Garrido (1926–2021, Mexico), telenovela pw. & wr.
 * Harriet E. Garrison (1848–1930, United States), medical wr.
 * Elena Garro (c. 1916–1998, Mexico), screenwriter & fiction wr.
 * Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968, England), archaeologist
 * Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973, Jamaica), journalist & activist
 * María Luisa Garza (1887–1980, Mexico), nv.
 * Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (1813–1883, England), poet & nv.
 * Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865, England), nv.; Cranford
 * Whitney Gaskell (b. 1972, United States), nv.
 * Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009, Australia), nv.
 * Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894, Switzerland), social wr. in French
 * Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979, Italy), nv.
 * Nathalie Gassel (b. 1964, Belgium), feminist wr.
 * Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919–1995, France), poet & nun
 * Liudmila Gatagova (living, Soviet Union/Russia), historian & es.
 * Zélia Gattai (1916–2008, Brazil), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Margaret Gatty (1809–1873, England), ch. wr. & biologist
 * Delores Gauntlett (b. 1949, Jamaica), poet
 * Judith Gautier (1845–1917, France), poet & nv.
 * Anna Gavalda (b. 1970, France), nv.
 * Jamila Gavin (b. 1941, India/England), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Roxane Gay (b. 1974, United States), wr., ed. & social commentator
 * Sophie Gay (1776–1852, France), nv. & librettist
 * Alessia Gazzola (b. 1982, Italy), nv.
 * Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (living, Benin), ch. wr.
 * Ivone Gebara (b. 1944, Brazil), philosopher & nun
 * Miriam Gebhardt (b. 1962, Germany), historian
 * Pauline Gedge (b. 1945, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Vera Gedroits (1870–1932, Russia/Soviet Union), medical wr.
 * Maggie Gee (b. 1948, England), nv.
 * Angela Gegg (b. 1979, Belize), wr. & artist
 * Luisa Geisler (b. 1991, Brazil), fiction wr.
 * Naira Gelashvili (b. 1947, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & activist
 * Edith Mary Gell (1860–1944, England), wr. & activist
 * Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998, United States), nv, travel wr. & journalist
 * Charley Genever (living, England), poet
 * Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830, France), nv. & education theorist
 * Empress Genmei (元明天皇, 660–721, Japan), monarch & poet
 * Louise Boije af Gennäs (b. 1971, Sweden), nv.
 * Catherine of Genoa (St Catherine, 1447–1510, Italy), wr. & mystic
 * Doris Gentile (1894–1972, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Sulari Gentill (living, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Elizabeth George (b. 1949, United States), mystery nv.
 * Ella M. George (1850-1938, United States), non-f. wr. & newspaper editor
 * Frances Shayle George (1828–1890, England/New Zealand), poet, es. & educator
 * Margaret George (b. 1943, United States), nv.
 * Nina George (b. 1973, Germany), wr.
 * Danielle Legros Georges (living, Haiti/United States), poet, es. & academic
 * Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953, France), poet & pw.
 * Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933, Hungary), poet & nv.
 * Ida Gerhardt (1905–1997, Netherlands), classicist & poet
 * Doris Gercke (b. 1937, Germany), nv.
 * Sylvie Germain (b. 1954, France), nv. & es.
 * Teolinda Gersão (b. 1940, Portugal), fiction wr.
 * Marina Gershenovich (b. 1960, Russia/Germany), poet
 * Karen Gershon (1923–1993, Germany/England), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, fiction wr. & es.
 * Amy Gerstler (b. 1956, United States), poet
 * María Elena Gertner (1932–2013, Chile), poet, nv. & screenwriter
 * Gertrude the Great (1256 – c. 1302, Germany), saint & mystic in Latin
 * Masha Gessen (b. 1967, Soviet Union/United States), political wr.
 * Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), ch. wr.
 * Geum Hee (금희, b. 1979, Korea), wr.
 * Yi Geun-hwa (이근화, b. 1976, Korea), poet
 * Marie Gevers (1893–1975, Belgium), nv. in French
 * Amélie Gex (1835–1883, France), poet & wr. also in Provençal
 * Zarah Ghahramani (b. 1981, Iran/Persia/Australia), mem.
 * Randa Ghazy (b. 1987, Egypt/Italy), wr.
 * Salima Ghezali (b. 1958, Algeria), wr. & activist
 * Sagarika Ghose (b. 1964, India), col. & nv.
 * Maureen Gibbon (living, United States), fiction wr.
 * June & Jennifer Gibbons (b. 1963, Jennifer died 1993, Wales), fiction wr.
 * Kaye Gibbons (b. 1960, United States), nv.
 * Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, England), nv. & short story wr.
 * Angelica Gibbs (1908–1955, United States), fiction wr. & col.
 * Eleanor Churchill Gibbs (1840-1925, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Ivy Gibbs (c. 1886–1966, Australia/New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
 * May Gibbs (1877–1969, Australia), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Doris Gibson (1910–2008, Peru), political wr.
 * Suzanne Giese (1946–2012, Denmark), wr. & rights activist
 * Robyn Gigl (b. 1952/1953, United States), thriller wr. & lawyer
 * Eve Gil (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet
 * Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016, New Zealand), poet
 * Elizabeth Gilbert (b. 1969, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912, United States), fiction, non-f. wr. & poet
 * Ellen Gilchrist (b. 1935, United States), fiction wr. & poet
 * Betty Gilderdale (1923–2021, New Zealand), ch. wr.
 * Annabel Giles (b. 1959, Wales), nv. & broadcaster
 * Olivia Aroha Giles (living, New Zealand), ch. & fiction wr.
 * María Esther Gilio (1922–2011, Uruguay), biographer & col.
 * Elizabeth Gilligan (1962–2017, United States), nv.
 * Ruth Gilligan (b. 1988, Ireland), nv. & academic
 * Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, United States), sociologist & poet
 * Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881–1945), religious wr., nv., translator
 * Mary Gilmore (1865–1962, Australia), poet & col.
 * Beryl Gilroy (1924–2001, Guyana), nv.
 * Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994, Lithuania/United States), archaeologist & anthropologist
 * Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2001, Australia), historian & non-f. wr.
 * Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945, Poland), poet & Hc. victim
 * Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990, Russia/Soviet Union), critic & historian
 * Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991, Italy), fiction & social wr.
 * Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977, Russia/Soviet Union), mem. & political prisoner
 * Cinzia Giorgio (b. 1975, Italy), nv. & academic
 * Marosa di Giorgio (1932–2004, Uruguay), poet & nv.
 * Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943, United States), poet, wr. & activist
 * Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Delphine de Girardin (1804–1855, France), es., nv. & pw.
 * Banira Giri (1946–2021, Nepal), poet & wr.
 * Lady Blanche Girouard (1898–1940, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
 * Hallgerður Gísladóttir (1952–2007, Iceland), ethnologist & poet
 * Þórdís Gísladóttir (b. 1965, Iceland), ch. wr., poet & nv.
 * Moraa Gitaa (living, Kenya), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015, Romania), researcher
 * Stanka Gjurić (b. 1956, Yu/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & es.
 * Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda), pw. & performer
 * Evi Gkotzaridis (living, Greece), historian
 * Diane Glancy (b. 1941, United States), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Margo Glantz (b. 1930, Mexico), fiction wr., autobiographer & es.
 * Henny Glarbo (1884–1955, Denmark), archivist
 * Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945, United States), nv.
 * Maude Glasgow (1876–1955, Ireland/United States), preventive medicine wr.
 * Susan Glaspell (1876–1948, United States), nv. & pw.
 * Julia Glass (b. 1956, United States), nv.
 * Madeline Gleason (1903–1979, United States), poet & pw.
 * Esther Glen (1881–1940, New Zealand), ch. wr., nv. & activist
 * Mar Gómez Glez (b. 1977, Spain), pw. & nv.
 * Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (b. 1950, Bahamas), wr., critic & educator
 * Barbara Gloudon (1935–2022, Jamaica), journalist, pw.
 * Louise Glück (b. 1943, United States), poet
 * Glückel of Hameln (c. 1646–1724), diarist in Yiddish

Gm–Gy

 * Anna Gmeyner (1902–1991, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv. & scriptwriter in German & English
 * Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon (b. 1945, Benin), wr.
 * Elisabetta Gnone (b. 1965, Italy), ch. wr.
 * Charlotte Godley (1821–1907, Wales/New Zealand), correspondent
 * Gail Godwin (b. 1937, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & librettist
 * Helga Goetze (1922–2008, Germany), wr., poet and painter
 * Germaine Goetzinger (b. 1947, Luxembourg), historian, linguist & educator
 * Katerina Gogou (1940–1993, Greece), poet, wr. & actor
 * Christiane Gohl (b. 1958, Germany), ch. wr.
 * Namita Gokhale (b. 1956, India), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Hawa Jande Golakai (b. 1979, Liberia), wr. & scientist
 * Nora Gold (b. 1952, Canada), nv.
 * Kaarina Goldberg (b. 1956, Finland/Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr. & col.
 * Natalie Goldberg (b. 1948, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Goldie Goldbloom (b. 1964, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Marita Golden (b. 1950, United States), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Kate De Goldi (b. 1959, New Zealand), ch. & fiction wr.
 * Amy Goldin (1926–1978, United States), art critic
 * Emma Goldman (1869–1940, Lithuania/United States), anarchist
 * Júlia Goldman (b. 1974, Hungary), genre nv. & mathematician
 * Anna Goldsworthy (b. 1974, Australia), wr., teacher & pianist
 * Nilüfer Göle (b. 1953, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), academic
 * Padma Gole (1913–1998, India), poet
 * Alenka Goljevšček (1933–2017, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), mythologist & pw.
 * Claire Goll (1890–1977, Germany), poet & nv. in German & French
 * Berta Golob (b. 1932, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
 * Anne Golon (1921–2017, France/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Estela Golovchenko (b. 1963, Uruguay), pw. & actor
 * Luísa Costa Gomes (b. 1954, Portugal), librettist, nv. & pw.
 * Jewelle Gomez (b. 1948, United States), poet, critic & pw.
 * Lupe Gómez (b. 1972, Spain), wr. in Galician
 * Petronila Angélica Gómez (1883–1971, Dominica), feminist wr.
 * Eloísa Gómez-Lucena (living, Spain), non-f. wr.
 * Gong Ji-young (공지영, b. 1963, Korea), nv.
 * Gong Sun-ok (공선옥, b. 1963, Korea), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Ana Maria Gonçalves (b. 1970, Brazil), nv.
 * Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004, Portugal), poet & nv.
 * Sophie Gonzales (b. 1993, Argentina), YA wr.
 * Aida González (b. 1962, Panama), fiction wr. & physician
 * Aurelia Castillo de González (1842–1920, Cuba), prose wr. & poet
 * Betina Gonzalez (b. 1972, Argentina), fiction wr.
 * Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935, Argentina), non-f. wr. & educator
 * Maria Lluïsa Borràs i Gonzàlez (1931–2010, Spain), art wr.
 * Dulce María González (1958–2015, Mexico), fiction wr., poet & academic
 * Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (b. 1958, Portugal), ch. & YA wr.
 * Enriqueta González Rubín (1832–1877, Spain), novelist in Asturian
 * Lorna Goodison (b. 1947, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr.
 * Allegra Goodman (b. 1967, United States), fiction wr.
 * Lavinia Stella Goodwin (1833–1911, United States), wr. & educator
 * Jeanne Goosen (1938–2020, South Africa), poet & fiction & ch. wr. in Afrikaans
 * Belén Gopegui (b. 1963, Spain), nv.
 * Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936–2013, Soviet Union/France), poet & activist
 * Viviana Gorbato (1950–2005, Argentina), wr. & academic
 * Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014, South Africa), nv. & pw.; 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Alice Mary Gordon (c. 1855–1929, England), wr.
 * Caroline Gordon (1895–1981, United States), nv. & critic
 * Jaimy Gordon (b. 1944, United States), nv.
 * Lyndall Gordon (b. 1941, South Africa/England), biographer
 * Mary Gordon (b. 1949, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Sheila Gordon (1927–2013, South Africa/United States), fiction wr.
 * Catherine Gore (1799–1861, England), nv. & pw.
 * Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926, Ireland/England), poet, pw. & activist
 * Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979, Russia/Hungary), media historian & librarian
 * Nina Gorlanova (b. 1947, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
 * Amanda Gorman (b. 1998, United States), poet
 * Wangui wa Goro (b. (1961, Kenya/England), poet, fiction & non-f. wr. & academic
 * Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022, Argentina), fiction wr.
 * Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892, Argentina/Peru), fiction wr. & politician
 * Hedwig Gorski (b. 1949, United States), poet & artist
 * Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017, Switzerland), feminist wr. in German
 * Anastasia Gosteva (b. 1975, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & poet
 * Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942–2011, India), poet & scholar
 * Hiromi Goto (b. 1966, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Mélanie Gouby (living, France/England), wr., col. & filmmaker
 * Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984, England), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France), feminist & pw.
 * Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015, Tunisia), poet & ch. wr.
 * Neelum Saran Gour (b. 1955, India), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Emilie Gourd (1879–1946, Switzerland), political wr. in French
 * Candy Gourlay (living, Philippines/England), nv. & ch. wr. in English
 * Marie de Gournay (1565–1645, France), wr. & nv.
 * Pregs Govender (b. 1960, South Africa), social wr. & col. in English
 * Katherine Govier (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & es.
 * Santhini Govindan (b. 1959, India), ch. wr.
 * Barbara Gowdy (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Iris Gower (1935–2010, Wales), nv.
 * Kodagina Gowramma (1912–1939, India), wr.
 * María Goyri (1873–1955, Spain), critic & academic
 * Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013, Netherlands), nv.
 * Patricia Grace (b. 1937, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Annie Ryder Gracey (1836–1908, United States), wr.
 * Posie Graeme-Evans (b. 1952, England/Australia), nv. & screenwriter
 * Emma Graf (1865–1926, Switzerland), non-f. wr.
 * Agnieszka Graff (b. 1970, Poland), feminist wr. & es.
 * Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758, France), nv. & pw.
 * Sue Grafton (1940–2017, United States), nv.
 * Clementina Stirling Graham (1782–1877, Scotland) wr., translator
 * Jorie Graham (b. 1950, United States), poet & academic
 * Lauren Graham (b. 1967, United States), nv. & actor
 * Virginia Graham (1910–1993, England), poet & humorist
 * Winifred Graham (1873–1950, England), nv.
 * Natalie Grams (b. 1978, Germany), medical wr.
 * María Josefa García Granados (1796–1848, Guatemala), writer & poet
 * Reyna Grande (b. 1975, Mexico/United States), nv. & mem. in English
 * Almudena Grandes (b. 1960, Spain), nv.
 * Évelyne Grandjean (b. 1939, France), pw., screenwriter & actor
 * Lucie Grange (1839–1908, France), ed.
 * Linda Grant (b. 1951, England), nv. & wr.
 * Sybil Grant (1879–1955, England), wr. & artist
 * Lesley Grant-Adamson (b. 1942, England), mystery fiction wr.
 * Olga Grau (b. 1945, Chile), wr.
 * Shirley Ann Grau (1929–2020, United States), fiction wr.
 * Wilhelmina Gravallius (1807–1884, Sweden), nv.
 * Elsa Grave (1918–2003, Sweden), nv., poet & artist
 * Clotilde Graves (1863–1932, Ireland/England), pw. & nv.
 * Lucia Graves (b. 1943, England), wr. & translator
 * Caroline Gravière (Michel Fleury, 1821–1878, Belgium), nv. & wr. in French
 * Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926, US), nv. & religion
 * Dulcie Gray (1915–2011, Malaysia/England), wr. & actor
 * Elizabeth Caroline Gray (1800–1887, Scotland), archaeologist & travel wr.
 * Mary Tenney Gray (1833–1904, United States), col.
 * Maxwell Gray (1846–1923, England), nv. & poet
 * Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie (1864–1931, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Áine Greaney (b. c. 1962, Ireland/United States), wr.
 * Alice Stopford Green (1847–1929, Ireland), historian & nationalist
 * Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935, United States), nv.
 * Charmaine Papertalk Green (b. 1962, Argentina), poet & artist
 * Eliza S. Craven Green (1803–1866, Isle of Man), poet
 * Miriam Green (b. c. 1950, South Africa/England), academic
 * Paula Green, (b. 1955, New Zealand), poet & ch. wr.
 * Rosario Green (1941–2017, Mexico), economist & politician
 * Sarah Green (fl. 1790–1825, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Bette Greene (1934–2020, United States), ch. & YA wr.
 * Cordelia A. Greene (1831–1905, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Frances Nimmo Greene (1867–1937, United States), nv, pw. & wr.
 * Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene (1833–1891, Ireland), ch. wr.
 * Jessie Greengrass (b. 1982, England), fiction wr.
 * Lavinia Greenlaw (b. 1962, England), poet & nv.
 * Bonnie Greer (b. 1948, England/United States), pw., nv. & critic
 * Debora Greger (b. 1949, United States), poet & visual artist
 * Linda Gregg (1942–2019, United States), poet
 * Simonetta Greggio (b. 1961, Italy), nv. in French
 * Alyse Gregory (1884–1967, United States/England), suffragist & wr.
 * Doris Gregory (living, Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
 * Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852–1932, Ireland), folklorist & pw.
 * Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
 * Beatrice Greig (1869 – c. 1940s, Canada/Newfoundland/Trinidad), wr. & activist
 * Virginie Greiner (born 1969), French comic book scriptwriter
 * Anna Gréki (1931–1966, Algeria), poet, politician & educator
 * Kate Grenville (b. 1950, Australia), nv. & academic
 * Elsa Gress (1919–1988, Denmark), es., nv. & pw.
 * Manuela Gretkowska (b. 1964, Poland), screenwriter & politician
 * Frances Greville (c. 1724–1789, Ireland/England), poet
 * Henry Gréville (1842–1902, Russia/France), nv.
 * Constantia Grierson (c. 1705–1732, Ireland), poet & scholar
 * Sarah Maria Griffin (b. c. 1988), wr. & poet
 * Elizabeth Griffith (c. 1727–1793, Ireland), pw., fiction wr. & es.
 * Ann Griffiths (1776–1805, Wales), poet & hymnist
 * Delia Grigore (b. 1972, Romania), Romani rights activist
 * Lydia Grigorieva (b. 1945, Ukraine/England), poet & filmmaker
 * Tatiana P. Grigorieva (1929–2014, Russia), es. & Japan expert
 * Martha Grimes (b. 1931, United States), mystery nv.
 * Angelina Weld Grimke (1880–1958, United States), col. & poet
 * Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914, United States), anti-slavery activist & poet
 * Vigdís Grímsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), poet, fiction & ch. wr.
 * Beatrice Grimshaw (1870–1953, Ireland), travel wr.
 * Charlotte Grimshaw (b. 1968, New Zealand), nv. & col.
 * Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944, Russia/Soviet Union), nv., poet & pw.
 * Katherine Van Allen Grinnell (1839–1917, United States), wr., lecturer, reformer
 * Margareta Grip (1538–1586, Sweden), genealogist
 * Maria Gripe (1923–2007, Sweden), ch. & YA wr.
 * Eliza Griswold (b. 1973, United States), col. & poet
 * Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842–1909, United States), wr., poet
 * Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex (1920–2005, Greece), nv. & col.
 * Vona Groarke (b. 1964, Ireland/United States), poet & educator
 * Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949–2010, Switzerland), fiction wr., poet & col. in French
 * Katarzyna Grochola (b. 1957, Poland), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Alma De Groen (b. 1941, New Zealand/Australia), pw.
 * Els de Groen (b. 1949, Netherlands), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Lauren Groff (b. 1978, United States), fiction wr.
 * Paula Grogger (1892–1984, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr.
 * Alyona Gromnitskaya (b. 1975, Ukraine), poet & politician
 * Edith Searle Grossmann (1863–1931, Australia/New Zealand), nv. & educator
 * Benoîte Groult (1920–2016, France), wr. & activist
 * Henriette Grové (1922–2009, South Africa), fiction wr. & pw. in Afrikaans
 * Teji Grover (living, India), poet, fiction wr. & painter
 * Isabel Grubb (1881–1972, Ireland), Quaker historian
 * Anna Grue (b. 1957, Denmark), crime wr.
 * Sara Gruen (b. 1969, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), nv.
 * Kim Gruenenfelder (living, United States), nv.
 * Argula von Grumbach (1492 – c. 1555, Germany), religious wr. and poet
 * Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912, England), nv., poet & non-f. wr.
 * Olga Grushin (b. 1971, Soviet Union/United States), nv. in English
 * Wioletta Grzegorzewska (b. 1974, Poland), poet & fiction wr.
 * Gu Taiqing (顾太清, 799 – c. 1877, China), poet
 * Guan Daosheng (字仲姬, 1262–1319, China), poet, calligrapher & painter
 * Gloria Guardia (1940–2019, Panama), fiction wr. & critic
 * Carla Guelfenbein (b. 1959, Chile), nv.
 * Rosa Guerra (1834–1864, Argentina), educator, journalist, wr.
 * María José Guerra Palmero (born 1962, Spain), philosopher, non-f. wr., & feminist theorist
 * Wendy Guerra (b. 1970, Cuba), poet & nv.
 * Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749, France), nv. & patron
 * Soumaya Naamane Guessous (living, Morocco), sociologist & col.
 * Judith Guest (b. 1936, United States), nv. & screenwriter
 * Amalia Guglielminetti (1881–1941, Italy), poet & ch. wr.
 * Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992, Italy), poet & linguist
 * Beatriz Guido (1924–1988, Argentina), nv. & screenwriter
 * Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545, France), poet
 * Regina Guimarães (b. 1957, Portugal), poet & pw.
 * Ruth Guimarães (1920–2014, Brazil), fiction wr. & poet
 * Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018, United States), science fiction & ch. wr. & poet
 * Evelyn May Guinid (b. 1971, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog
 * Olga Guirao (b. 1956, Spain), nv.
 * Guji, Princess of Joseon (현주이구지, died 1489, Korea), wr., poet & dancer
 * Zumrud Gulu-zade (1932–2021, Azerbaijan), philosopher
 * Nataliya Gumenyuk (b. 1983, Ukraine), journalist, & wr.
 * Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806, Germany), poet
 * Eileen Gunn (b. 1945, United States), fiction wr. & editor
 * Elizabeth Gunn (1927–2022, United States), nv.
 * Kirsty Gunn (b. 1960, New Zealand), fiction wr.
 * Elín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir (b. 1953, Iceland), fiction wr.
 * Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir (b. 1963, Iceland), ch. wr. & nv.
 * Monica Gunning (b. 1930, Jamaica/United States), ch. wr. & poet
 * Susannah Gunning (c. 1740–1800, England), nv.
 * Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (b. 1938, Iceland), nv.
 * Shusha Guppy (1935–2008, Iran/Persia/England), wr. & singer
 * Tanika Gupta (b. 1963, England), pw. & screenwriter
 * Aysel Gürel (1929–2008, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), lyricist
 * Elena Guro (1877–1913, Russia), futurist wr.
 * Alice Gurschner (1869–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., pw. & poet
 * Madeleine Gustafsson (b. 1937, Sweden), poet, es. & critic
 * Aldona Gustas (1932–2022, Lithuania/Germany), poet & illustrator
 * Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855, Iceland), poet
 * Goya Gutiérrez (b. 1954, Spain), poet & wr.
 * Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (1846–1908, Mexico), poet & educator
 * Azmiye Hami Güven (1904–1954, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
 * Rosa Guy (1922–2012, Trinidad/United States), fiction & YA wr.
 * Emma Jane Guyton (1825–1887, England), nv. & editor
 * Eulalia Guzmán (1890–1985, Mexico), archaeologist & educator
 * Maria Odulio de Guzman (fl. 20th century), wr. & educator
 * Viviana Guzmán (b. 1964, Chile), poet & musician
 * Yaa Gyasi (b. 1989, Ghana/Gold Coast/United States), nv.
 * Jeon Gyeong-rin (전경린, b. 1962, Korea), nv.
 * Althea Gyles (1867–1949, Ireland), poet & artist
 * Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd (1773–1856, Denmark), fiction wr.
 * Minrose Gwin (b. 1945, United States), poet, fiction and non-fiction wr.
 * Beth Gylys (b. 1964, United States), poet & academic

Ha–He

 * H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961, United States), poet, nv. & mem.
 * Ha Seong-nan (하성란, b. 1967, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Meredith Haaf (b. 1983, Germany), wr.
 * Francisca de Haan (living, Netherlands), social scientist
 * Hilja Haapala (1877–1958, Finland), wr.
 * Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Netherlands), nv.
 * Anna Haava (1864–1957, Estonia), poet & fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Huzama Habayeb (b. 1965, Palestine/Emirates), fiction wr. & poet
 * Maria Hack (1777–1844, England), ch. wr.
 * Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942, United States), poet, translator & critic
 * Yanna Hadatty (b. 1969, Ecuador/Mexico), fiction wr. & es.
 * Joumana Haddad (b. 1970, Lebanon), poet & es.
 * Tessa Hadley (b. 1956, England), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Mimi Hafida (b. 1965, Algeria), poet & artist
 * Jessica Hagedorn (b. 1949, Philippines/United States), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Lucie Caroline Hager (1853–1903, United States), wr. & poet
 * Mandy Hager (b. 1960, New Zealand), fiction, non-f., YA and ch. wr.
 * Moto Hagio (萩尾望都, b. 1949, Japan), manga creator
 * Lucina Hagman (1853–1946, Finland), feminist & politician
 * Michitsuna no Haha (道綱, c. 935–995, Japan), diarist
 * Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880, Germany), nv., poet and social wr.
 * Sarah Rogers Haight (1808–1881, United States), traveler and writer
 * Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (b. 1938, United States), nv. & pw.
 * Seo Hajin (서하진, b. 1960, Korea), wr.
 * Roya Hakakian (b. 1966, Iran/Persia), poet & wr.
 * Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm (b. 1971, Finland), psychologist & textbook wr.
 * Baby Halder (b. 1973, India), autobiographer
 * Lucretia Peabody Hale (1820–1900, United States), fiction wr. & col.
 * Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020, Fr/Tunisia), es.
 * Lady Anne Halkett (1623–1699, England), mem. & es.
 * Anna Maria Hall (1800–1881, Ireland), nv.
 * Bernadette Hall (b. 1945, New Zealand), pw. & poet
 * Megan Hall (b. 1972, South Africa), poet in English
 * Pip Hall (b. 1971, New Zealand), scriptwriter & actor
 * Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, England), nv. & poet
 * Sarah Hall (b. 1974, England), nv. & poet
 * Guðný Halldórsdóttir (b. 1954, Iceland), screenwriter
 * Jean Halley (b. 1967, United States), sociologist
 * Marion Rose Halpenny (living, England), equestrian
 * Rosalie Ham (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & pw.
 * Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998, Finland), fiction wr. & poet
 * Joan Hambidge (b. 1956, South Africa), poet & academic in Afrikaans
 * Barbara Hambly (b. 1951, United States), nv. & screenwriter
 * Yasmeen Hameed (b. 1951, Pakistan), poet & educator
 * Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (b. 1958, Finland), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Joan de Hamel (1924–2011, England/New Zealand), ch. wr.
 * Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1918–2000, India/Pakistan), poet, fiction & travel wr.
 * C. J. Hamilton (1841–1935, England/Ireland), pw., poet & ch. wr.
 * Jane Eaton Hamilton (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet
 * Jane Hamilton (b. 1957, United States), nv.
 * Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777–1861, Ireland), mem. & artist
 * Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002, United States), ch. nv.
 * Anna Hamilton Geete (1848–1913), Swedish translator and biographer
 * Suheir Hammad (b. 1973, Palestine/United States), poet, pw. & activist
 * Beatrice Hammer (b. 1963, France), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Marie Hammer (1907–2002, Denmark), zoologist & entomologist
 * Irène Hamoir (1906–1994, Belgium), nv. & poet in French
 * Janie Hampton (b. 1952, England), non-f. wr. & journalist
 * Susan Hampton (b. 1949, Australia), poet
 * Han Kang (한강, b. 1970, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Han Malsook (한말숙, b. 1931, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Han Moo-sook (한무숙, 1918–1993, Korea), nv.
 * Amira Hanafi (born 1979), American/Egyptian poet and artist active in electronic literature
 * Nahema Hanafi (born 1983, France) historian & non-f. wr.
 * Judith Hand (b. 1940, United States), nv., es. & screenwriter
 * Nathalie Handal (b. 1969, Haiti/United States), poet & pw.
 * Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871–1955, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & nv.
 * Elizabeth Hands (1746–1815, England), poet
 * Khady Hane (b. 1962, Senegal/France), nv.
 * Helene Hanff (1916–1997, United States), wr. & screenwriter; 84, Charing Cross Road
 * Hani Motoko (羽仁もと子, 1873–1957, Japan), col. & autobiographer
 * Kristin Hannah (b. 1960, United States), nv.
 * Sophie Hannah (b. 1971, England), poet & nv.
 * Emma Hannigan (1972–2018, Ireland), wr.
 * Anne Hänninen (b. 1958, Finland), poet & es.
 * Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991, Australia), nv. & artist
 * Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965, United States), pw.
 * Bente Hansen (1940–2022, Denmark), wr. & activist
 * Anita Hansemann (1962–2019, Switzerland), fiction & social wr. in German
 * Carola Hansson (b. 1942, Sweden), nv. & pw.
 * Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (b. 1946, Faroe Islands), fiction wr.
 * Hao Jingfang (郝景芳, b. 1984, China), science fiction nv.
 * Volha Hapeyeva (b. 1982, Belarus), poet & linguist
 * Maha Harada (原田マハ, b. 1962, Japan), nv.
 * Anwara Syed Haq (b. 1940, India/Bangladesh), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942–2016, Iceland), poet
 * Nino Haratischwili (b. 1983, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & pw.
 * Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843–1925, United States), wr.
 * Thea von Harbou (1888–1954, Germany), nv. & screenwriter
 * Kerry Hardie (b. 1951, Singapore/Northern Ireland), poet & nv.
 * Ratih Hardjono (b. 1960, Indonesia), socio-political wr.
 * Elizabeth Hardy (1794–1854, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Stacy Hardy (living, South Africa), fiction wr. & col. in English
 * Maud Cuney Hare (1874–1936, United States), wr. & pianist
 * Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, Australia), poet, nv. & activist
 * Githa Hariharan (b. 1954, India), nv.
 * Joy Harjo (b. 1951, United States), poet
 * Anna-Leena Härkönen (b. 1965, Finland), nv., stage & TV wr.
 * Saima Harmaja (1913–1937, Finland), poet & diarist
 * Beverley Harper (1943–2002, Australia), nv.
 * Frances Harper (1825–1911, United States), poet & nv.
 * Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012, Belgium), wr. in French
 * Alice Harriman (1861–1925, United States), poet
 * Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917, United States), wr. & critic
 * Dorothy Joan Harris (b. 1931, Japan/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr.
 * Emily Marion Harris (1844–1900, England), nv. & poet
 * Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931, United States), wr.
 * Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942, England/New Zealand), wr. & spiritualist
 * Joanne Harris (b. 1964, England), nv.
 * M. G. Harris (b. 1966, Mexico/England), ch. wr.
 * Nancy Harris (living, Ireland/England), pw. & screenwriter
 * Jennifer Harrison (b. 1955, Australia), poet
 * Juanita Harrison (1887–1967, United States), autobiographer
 * Sarah Harrison (b. 1946, England), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Carla Harryman (b. 1952, United States), poet, es. & pw.
 * Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (living, Ireland), poet, pw. & painter
 * Milka Hartman (1902–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
 * Petra Hartmann (b. 1970, Germany), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Nanae Haruno (榛野なな恵, J, manga creator
 * Elisabeth Harvor (b. 1936, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
 * Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, Australia), poet & librettist
 * Johanna Harwood (b. 1930, Ireland/England), screenwriter
 * Nigar Hasan-Zadeh (living, Azerbaijan), poet & philologist
 * Iulia Hasdeu (1869–1888, Romania/France), poet
 * Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川町子, 1920–1992, Japan), manga creator
 * Hasegawa Shigure (長谷川時雨, 1879–1941, Japan), pw. & editor
 * Dilara Hashem (1936–2022, India/Bangladesh), nv.
 * Sugako Hashida (橋田 壽賀子, 1925–2021, Japan), scriptwriter
 * Khadijah Hashim (b. 1942, Malaysia), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
 * Eveline Hasler (b. 1933, Switzerland), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Shahida Hassan (b. 1953, Bangladesh/Pakistan), poet
 * Margaret Hasse (b. 1950, United States), poet & wr.
 * Satu Hassi (b. 1951, Finland), textbook wr. & politician
 * Pirjo Hassinen (b. 1957, Finland), nv.
 * Kirsten Hastrup (b. 1948, Denmark), anthropologist
 * Isoko Hatano (波多野勤子, 1905–1978, Japan), writer & psychologist
 * Mary R. P. Hatch (1848–1935, United States), poet, fiction wr.
 * Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990, India), social wr.
 * Ana Hatherly (1929–2015, Portugal), academic & poet
 * Libby Hathorn (b. 1943, Australia), poet, librettist & ch. wr.
 * Bisco Hatori (葉鳥ビスコ, b. 1975), manga creator
 * Miyuki Hatoyama (鳩山幸, b. 1943, Japan), cookery wr. & actor
 * Ann Hatton (1764–1838, England), nv. & poet
 * Mihri Hatun (c.1460–1506, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
 * Mireille Havet (1898–1932, France), poet, diarist & nv.
 * Anne Haverty (b. 1959, Ireland), nv. & poet
 * Bettina Hauge (b. 1964, Denmark), anthropologist
 * Mila Haugová (b. 1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), poet
 * Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & translator
 * Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012, Belgium), nv. in French
 * Eva Hauserová (1954–2023, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), science fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr.
 * Esther Hautzig (1930–2009, Poland/United States), mem. & ch. wr.
 * Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, Sri Lanka/New Zealand), poet
 * Paula Hawkins (b. 1972, Zimbabwe/England), wr.
 * Susan Hawthorne (b. 1951), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
 * Catherine Hay (1910–1995, New Zealand), nv.
 * Elizabeth Hay (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Karyn Hay (b. 1959, New Zealand), nv. & broadcaster
 * Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, Wales), poet & broadcaster
 * Anna Haycraft (Alice Thomas Ellis, 1932–2005, Wales), wr. & es.
 * Mary Hayden (1862–1942, Ireland), historian
 * Renée Hayek (living, Lebanon), fiction wr.
 * Alice Hayes (1657–1720, England) Quaker preacher, non-f. wr.
 * Matilda Hays (1820–1897, England), wr., journalist & actress
 * Victoria Hayward (1876–1956, Bermuda), col. & travel wr.
 * Eliza Haywood (1693–1756, England), nv., pw. & poet
 * Helen Haywood (1907–1995, England), ch. wr.
 * Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016, United States), nv. & fiction wr.
 * Bessie Head (1937–1986, Botswana), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Helen Heath (b. 1970, New Zealand), poet
 * Anne Hébert (1916–2000, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
 * Chantal Hébert (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), political col.
 * Jennifer Michael Hecht (b. 1965, United States), poet, historian & philosopher
 * Annie French Hector (1825–1902, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Evalena Fryer Hedley (1865-1943, United States), journalist & wr.
 * Barbro Hedvall (b. 1944, Sweden), education wr.
 * Geum Hee (금희, b. 1979, Korea/China), fiction wr. in Korean
 * Sylvia Vanden Heede (b. 1961, Belgium), ch. wr. in Flemish
 * Ra Heeduk (나희덕, b. 1966, Korea), poet
 * Marjorie van Heerden (b. 1949, South Africa), ch. wr. in Afrikaans & illustrator
 * Marié Heese (b. 1942, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
 * Ursula Hegi (b. 1946, Germany/United States), nv.
 * Marie Heiberg (1890–1942, England), poet
 * Uta-Maria Heim (b. 1963, Germany), crime wr., poet & pw.
 * Úrsula Heinze (b. 1941, Germany/Spain), poet & fiction and ch. wr. in Galician
 * Anita Heiss (b. 1968, Australia), fiction wr., poet & col.
 * Lyn Hejinian (b. 1941, United States), poet, es. & translator
 * Lin Van Hek (b. 1944, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Etelka Kenéz Heka (b. 1936, Hungary), wr. & poet
 * Liliana Heker (b. 1943, Argentina), fiction wr. & es.
 * Guðrún Helgadóttir (1935–2022, Iceland), ch. wr.
 * Adèle Hommaire de Hell (1819–1883, France), wr.
 * Cat Hellisen (b. 1977, South Africa/Scotland), nv.
 * Lillian Hellman (1905–1984, United States), pw.
 * Lucinda Barbour Helm (1839–1897, United States), wr. & editor
 * Guðrið Helmsdal (b. 1941, Faroe Islands), poet
 * Rakel Helmsdal (b. 1966, Faroe Islands), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, England/Wales), poet in English
 * Kristien Hemmerechts (b. 1955, Belgium), fiction wr. in Flemish & English
 * Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel (1919–2005, Paraguay), social wr.
 * Barbara Hemphill (died 1858, Ireland), nv.
 * Anna Minerva Henderson (1887-1987, Canada), poet in English
 * Beth Henley (b. 1952, United States), pw. & screenwriter
 * Nathalie Henneberg (1910–1977, France), science fiction wr.
 * Claire Hennessy (b. 1986, Ireland), YA wr.
 * Emmy Hennings (1885–1948, Germany), poet & performer
 * Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962, Denmark), fiction wr. & mem.
 * Georgina Henry (1960–2014, England), journalist
 * Marguerite Henry (1902–1997, United States), ch. wr.
 * Luise Hensel (1798–1876, Germany), wr. & poet
 * Rosa Henson (1927–1997, Philippines), autobiographer
 * Ebba Hentze (1930–2015, Faroe Islands), ch. wr. & poet
 * Heo Nanseolheon (허초희, 1563–1589, Korea), poet
 * Heo Su-gyeong (허수경, 1964–2018, Korea)
 * Sally Hepworth (b. 1980, Australia), wr.
 * Toeti Heraty (1933–2021, Indonesia), poet
 * Dorothea Herbert (c. 1767–1829, Ireland), diarist & poet
 * Jane Emily Herbert (1821–1882, Ireland), poet
 * Marie Herbert (b. 1941, Ireland/England), biographer & nv.
 * Mary Sidney Herbert (1561–1621, England), poet & patron
 * Sarah Herbert (1824–1846, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
 * Iva Hercíková (1935–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & screenplay wr.
 * María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (1899–1974, Mexico), nv. & pw.
 * Íeda Herman (1925–2019, Iceland), wr.
 * Judith Hermann (b. 1970, Germany), fiction wr.
 * Catherine Hermary-Vieille (b. 1943, France), nv.
 * Marie Hermanson (b. 1956, Sweden), nv.
 * Luisa Josefina Hernández (1928–2023, Mexico), nv. & pw.
 * Georgina Herrera (1936–2021, Cuba), poet
 * M. Miriam Herrera (b. 1963, United States), wr. & poet
 * Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000, Switzerland), philosopher in French
 * Stella K. Hershan (1915–2014, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), nv. & biographer
 * Judith Herzberg (b. 1934, Netherlands), poet & pw.
 * Karen Hesse (b. 1952, United States), ch. nv.
 * Juliette Heuzey (1865–1952, France), nv. & biog.
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Ellen Hewett (1843–1926, Channel Islands/New Zealand), wr.
 * Annie Hewlett (1887–1974), Canada, wr.
 * Maryam Heydarzadeh (b. 1977, Iran/Persia), poet & singer.
 * Elisabeth von Heyking (1861–1925, Germany), nv., travel wr. & diarist
 * Charlotte von Hezel (1755–1817, Germany), wr. & journalist

Hi–Hy

 * Grace Hibbard (ca. 1835 – 1911, United States), wr. & poet
 * Eleanor Hibbert (several pseudonyms, 1906–1993, England), nv.
 * Nienke van Hichtum (1860–1939, Netherlands), ch. wr. also in West Frisian
 * Elizabeth Hickey (1917–1999, Ireland), local historian
 * Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1924, Ireland/England), wr. & poet
 * Mary St Domitille Hickey (1882–1958, New Zealand), historian & nun
 * Mary Agnes Hickson (1821–1899, Ireland), antiquarian
 * Stefani Hid (b. 1985, Indonesia/Germany), fiction wr.
 * Akiko Higashimura (東村アキコ, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
 * F. E. Higgins (living, Ireland), ch. wr.
 * Rita Ann Higgins (b. 1955, Ireland), poet & pw.
 * Sarah Higgins (1830–1923, England/New Zealand), wr. & midwife
 * Colleen Higgs (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
 * Helen Burns Higgs (1897–1983, Bahamas), wr. & illustrator
 * Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995, United States), crime fiction wr.
 * Asa Higuchi (ひぐちアサ, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
 * Keiko Higuchi (樋口恵子, b. 1932, Japan), social wr. & activist
 * Ichiyō Higuchi (樋口一葉, 1872–1896, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Tachibana Higuchi (樋口橘, b. 1976, Japan), manga creator
 * Aoi Hiiragi (柊あおい, b. 1962, Japan), manga creator
 * Nadia Hijab (living, Palestine/United States), political wr.
 * Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179, Germany), wr. in Latin, composer & abbess
 * Ernestine Hill (1900–1972, Australia), travel wr. & nv.
 * Eva Hill (1898–1981, New Zealand), wr. & physician
 * Lorna Hill (1902–1991, England), ch. nv.
 * Rosemary Hill (b. 1957, England), wr. & historian
 * Rut Hillarp (1914–2003, Sweden), poet & nv.
 * Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836–1916, Germany), nv. and actor
 * Etty Hillesum (1914–1943, Netherlands), correspondent, diarist & Hc. victim
 * Joanne C. Hillhouse (b. 1970s, Antigua), wr., col. & educator
 * Hilda Hilst (1930–2004, Brazil), poet, pw. & nv.
 * Kaoruko Himeno (姫野カオルコ, b. 1958, Japan), nv.
 * Saeko Himuro (氷室冴子, 1957–2008, Japan), nv., es. & pw.
 * Zahida Hina (living, India/Pakistan), es., fiction wr. & pw.
 * Helen Hindpere, (Estonia), writer
 * Vera Hingorani (1924–2018, India), gynecologist & medical wr.
 * Pamela Hinkson (1900–1982, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Matsuri Hino (樋野まつ, Japan), manga creator
 * S. E. Hinton (b. 1948, United States), ch. nv.
 * Taiko Hirabayashi (平林たい子, 1905–1972, Japan), fiction wr. & es.
 * Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚らいちょう, 1886–1971, Japan), writer & activist
 * Rozalie Hirs (b. 1965, Netherlands), poet & composer
 * Afua Hirsch (b. 1981, England), wr. & broadcaster
 * Marianne Van Hirtum (1925–1988, Belgium), poet in French
 * Anna-Liisa Hirviluoto (1929–2000, Finland), archaeologist
 * Laila Hirvisaari (1938–2021, Finland), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Elina Hirvonen (b. 1975, Finland), wr. & film-maker
 * Sofia Hjärne (1780–1860, Finland), salonnière & nv. in Swedish
 * Hera Hjartardóttir (b. 1983, Iceland),
 * Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902, Denmark), educator & activist
 * Mary Hobhouse (1864–1901, Ireland/England), poet & nv.
 * Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986, United States), nv.
 * Karla Höcker (1901–1992, Germany), nv. & biographer
 * Merle Hodge (b. 1944, Trinidad), nv. & critic
 * Louise Manning Hodgkins (1846–1935, United States), wr. & educator
 * Helen Hodgman (1945–2022, Australia), nv. & screenwriter
 * Eva Hodgson (1924–1920, Bermuda), political wr.
 * Vere Hodgson (1901–1979), British diarist
 * Daniela Hodrová (b. 1946, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & scholar
 * Marjolijn Hof (b. 1956, Netherlands), ch. wr.
 * Alice Hoffman (b. 1952, United States), nv. & YA & ch. wr.
 * Nina Kiriki Hoffman (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr.
 * Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845, Poland), fiction & ch. wr. & activist
 * Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England), ch. wr. & poet
 * Linda Hogan (b. 1947, United States), poet & fiction wr.
 * Zita Holbourne (b. 1960s, England), poet and non-fic. wr.
 * Ann Catherine Holbrook (1780–1837, United Kingdom), actress and wr.
 * Margaret Holford (1778–1852, England), poet & nv.
 * Margaret Holford the Elder (1757–1834, England), nv, pw. & poet
 * Heidi Holland (1947–2012, South Africa), col. & wr. in English
 * Jane Holland (b. 1966, Isle of Man), poet, performer & nv.
 * Norah M. Holland (1876–1925, Canada), wr., poet
 * Sarah Holland (b. 1961, Isle of Man), wr., actor & singer
 * Xaviera Hollander (b. 1943, Netherlands), mem.
 * Gwen Hollington (1919–2014, England), translator
 * Liddy Holloway (1947–2004, New Zealand), TV scriptwriter & actor
 * Anne Holm (1922–1998, Denmark), col. & ch. wr.
 * Maria Holm (1845–1912, Latvia), poet & fiction wr. in German
 * Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Charlie N. Holmberg (b. 1988, United States), fantasy wr.
 * Constance Holme (1880–1955, England), nv. & pw.
 * Janet Holmes (b. 1947, New Zealand), socio-linguistics wr.
 * Margie Holmes (living, Philippines), psychologist
 * Mary Anne Holmes (1773–1805, Ireland), poet & wr.
 * Johanna Holmström (b. 1981, Finland), fiction wr. in Swedish
 * Lyubov Holota (b. 1949, Ukraine), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
 * Hanne-Vibeke Holst (b. 1959, Denmark), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952, Netherlands), poet & politician
 * Winifred Holtby (1898–1935, England), nv. & col.
 * Ani Hona (1938–1997, New Zealand) wr., poet
 * Xiao Hong (蕭紅, 1911–1942, China), fiction wr.
 * Hong Yun-suk (홍윤숙, 1925–2015, Korea), poet
 * Barbara Honigmann (b. 1949, Germany/France), pw.
 * Hong Ying (虹影, b. 1962, China), poet & fiction wr.
 * Lynley Hood (b. 1942, New Zealand), biographer
 * Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, Canada), poet & pw
 * bell hooks (pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins; 1952–2021, United States), feminist academic
 * Maryam Hooleh (b. 1978, Iran/Persia), wr. & poet
 * Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848, United States), poet
 * Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981, Panama), poet & activist
 * Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930, United States), nv., col. & pw.
 * Nalo Hopkinson (b. 1960, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Mererid Hopwood (b. 1964, Wales), poet
 * María Gertrudis Hore (1742–1801, Spain), poet
 * Jessica Horn (b. 1979, England), activist & poet
 * Marya Hornbacher (b. 1974, United States), wr. & col.
 * Amelia Horne (1839-1921, United Kingdom), memoir wr.
 * Isabel Hornibrook (1859–1952, Ireland/United States), ch. wr.
 * Maria Teresa Horta (b. 1937, Portugal), poet & activist
 * Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947, United States), non-f. wr., ed.
 * Ellen Hørup (1871–1953, Denmark), non-f. wr.
 * Sally El Hosaini (living, Wales), scriptwriter & film director
 * Tatsuko Hoshino (星野立子, 1903–1984, Japan), poet
 * Chieko Hosokawa (細川智栄子, b. 1935, Japan), manga creator
 * Janette Turner Hospital (b. 1942, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Selina Hossain (b. 1947, India/Bangladesh), nv.
 * Yumi Hotta (堀田由美, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
 * Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto (b. 1939, Benin), poet & educator
 * Norah Hoult (1898–1984, Ireland/England), fiction wr.
 * Gisèle Hountondji (b. 1954, Benin), nv. & es.
 * Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (b. 1934, United States), wr.
 * Annelise Hovmand (1926–2016, Denmark), screenwriter & film director
 * Maureen Howard (1930–2022, United States), nv., mem. & editor
 * Philippa Howden-Chapman (living, New Zealand), public health wr. & academic
 * Fanny Howe (b. 1940, United States), poet & fiction wr.
 * Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, United States), abolitionist, activist & poet; "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
 * Susan Howe (b. 1937, United States), poet, scholar & critic
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, Australia/United States), poet
 * Edith Howes (1872–1954, England/New Zealand), ch. wr. & educator
 * Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884, England), wr. & feminist
 * Mary Howitt (1799–1888, England), poet & ch. wr.; "The Spider and the Fly"
 * Ana María Vázquez Hoys (b. 1945, Spain), Anc. history professor
 * Elizabeth Hoyt (pen name Julia Harper, living, United States), nv.
 * Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt (pen name Aunt Libbie; 1828–1912, United States), philosopher, poet, wr., lecturer
 * Hrotsvith von Gandersheim (c. 935–c. 1002, Germany), pw. & poet in Latin
 * Hrytsko Hryhorenko (1867–1924, Ukraine), poet & col.
 * Maryna Hrymych (b. 1961, Ukraine), nv. & academic
 * Hu Lanqi (胡兰畦, 1901–1994, China), wr. & military commander
 * Ganggang Hu Guidice (胡剛剛, b. 1984, United States), writer & artist
 * Huang E (黄峨, 1498–1569, China), poet
 * Madame Huarui (花蕊夫人, c. 940–976, China), poet & imperial concubine
 * Therese Huber (1764–1829, Germany), fiction & travel wr.
 * Ricarda Huch (1864–1947, Germany), historian, nv. & poet
 * Anna Hude (1858–1934, Denmark), historian
 * Eva Hudečková (b. 1949, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & pw.
 * Kerry Hudson (b. 1980, Scotland), wr. & nv.
 * Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel (1959–2020, South Africa), pastor & academic
 * Arianna Huffington (b. 1950, Gk/United States), wr. & col.
 * Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901, England), religious wr.
 * Lynn Huggins-Cooper (b. 1964, England), fiction, non-f. & ch. wr.
 * Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan, 1852–1910, Wales), nv.
 * Babette Hughes (1906–1982, United States), pw.
 * Caoilinn Hughes (living, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Ellen Hughes (1867–1927, Wales), poet, es. & suffragist
 * Frieda Hughes (b. 1960, England), poet & painter
 * Shirley Fenton Huie (1924–2016, Australia), non-f. wr.
 * Hulda (1881–1946, Iceland), wr. & poet
 * Akasha Gloria Hull (b. 1944, United States), poet, educator & critic
 * Keri Hulme (1947–2021, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
 * Petra Hůlová (b. 1979, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
 * Maria Aletta Hulshoff (1781–1846, Netherlands), pamphleteer
 * Marie-Thérèse Humbert (b. 1940, Mauritius), fiction wr.
 * Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897, Ireland), nv.
 * Arlene Hunt (b. 1972, Ireland), crime wr.
 * Vilma Rose Hunt (1926–2012, Australia/United States), scientist
 * Bem Le Hunte (b. 1964, India/Australia), nv.
 * Anne Hunter (1742–1821, England), poet & salonnière
 * Kristin Hunter (1931–2008, United States), nv.
 * Constance Hunting (1925–2006, United States), poet
 * Florence Huntley (1861–1912, United States), editor & humorist
 * Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947, Vietnam), dissident & nv.
 * Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822, Vietnam), poet
 * Fannie Hurst (1885–1968, United States), nv.
 * Rosalind Hursthouse (b. 1943, England/New Zealand), moral philosopher
 * Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960, United States), fiction wr., folklorist & anthropologist
 * Shahrukh Husain (b. 1950, Pakistan/England), wr. of fiction, non-f. & screenwriter
 * Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866–1939, France/United States), non-f.
 * Fahmida Hussain (b. 1948, Pakistan), literary scholar
 * Saliha Abid Hussain (1913–1988, India), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Nancy Huston (b. 1953, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & es. in French & English
 * Genevieve L. Hutchinson (1883–1974, United States), poet
 * Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681, England), biographer
 * Krishna Hutheesing (1907–1967, India), biographer
 * Emily Huws (b. 1942, Wales), ch. wr.
 * Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997, England/Kenya), mem. & col.
 * Cornélie Huygens (1948–2002, Netherlands), nv. & political wr.
 * Hwang In-suk (황인숙, b. 1958, Korea), poet
 * Hwang Jini (황진이, c. 1506 – c. 1560, Korea), courtesan
 * Hwang Jung-eun (황정은, b. 1976, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Hwang Sun-mi (황선미, b. 1963, Korea), fable wr. & academic
 * Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872, United States), hymn wr.
 * Robin Hyde (1906–1939, South Africa/New Zealand), poet
 * Liz Hyder (b. 1976 or 1977, England), nv.
 * Lady Hyegyeong (헌경왕후, 1735–1816, Korea), mem.
 * Prue Hyman (b. 1943, New Zealand), economist
 * Hypatia (c. 350/370–415, Ancient Greece), philosopher & mathematician in Latin

I

 * Marcela Iacub (b. 1964, Argentina), nv. & es. in French
 * Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979, Uruguay), poet
 * Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv. in English
 * Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002, Bangladesh), wr.
 * Amelia Denis de Icaza (1836–1911, Panama), poet
 * Carmen de Icaza, 8th Baroness of Claret (1899–1979, Spain), nv.
 * Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880, Germany), nv.
 * Yumiko Igarashi (いがらしゆみこ, b. 1950, Japan), manga creator
 * Luisa Igloria (b. 1961, Philippines/United States), poet
 * Jung Ihyun (b. 1972, Korea), wr.
 * Lempi Ikävalko (1901–1994, Finland), poet & col.
 * Koi Ikeno (池野恋, b. 1959, Japan), manga creator
 * Gō Ikeyamada (池山田剛, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Bassey Ikpi (b. 1976, Nigeria), poet & mental health advocate
 * Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915–2000, India/Pakistan), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Ryo Ikuemi (いくえみ綾, b. 1964, Japan), manga/creator
 * Branislava Ilić (b. 1970, El Salvador), pw., prose & screenwriter
 * Maria Ilnicka (1825/1827–1897, Poland), poet, nv. & translator
 * Im Yunjidang (任允摯堂, 1721–1793, Korea), scholar & philosopher
 * Jahanara Imam (1929–1994, Bangladesh), non-f. wr., diarist & activist
 * Natsuko Imamura (今村夏子, b. 1980), fiction wr.
 * Saba Imtiaz (b. 1985, Pakistan), nv. & col.
 * Vera Inber (1890–1972, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & es.
 * Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821, England), nv., actor & pw.
 * Mirjam Indermaur (b. 1967, Switzerland), psychotherapy wr. in German
 * M. K. Indira (1917–1994, India), nv.
 * Marilla Baker Ingalls (1828–1902, United States/Burma), non-f. wr.
 * Rachel Ingalls (1940–2019, United States), nv.
 * Jean Ingelow (1820–1897, England), poet
 * Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994, Wales), nv. & biographer
 * Anne Bower Ingram (1937–2010, Australia), ch. wr.
 * Lotte Ingrisch (1930–2022, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., pw. & screenwriter
 * Catherine Lucy Innes (c. 1840–1900, England/New Zealand), wr.
 * Lyn Innes (b. 1940, England/Australia), academic & wr.
 * Bozenna Intrator (b. 1964, Poland/United States), nv., poet & pw. in German, Polish & English
 * Sylvia Iparraguirre (b. 1947, Argentina), nv. & activist
 * Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 700–750, Japan), poet
 * Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927, United States), wr., translator, poet
 * Fanny Irvine-Smith (1878–1948, New Zealand), col. & local historian
 * Inez Haynes Irwin (1873–1970, Brazil/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Norah Isaac (1914–2003, Wales), wr. & educator
 * Ulla Isaksson (1916–2000, Sweden), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Palmira Jaquetti i Isant (1895–1963, Spain), poet & ethnologist
 * Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz (1943–2012, Cuba/United States), theologian & non-f. wr.
 * Svetlana Ischenko (b. 1969, Ukraine), poet, translator & actor
 * Lady Ise (伊勢, c. 875–c. 938, Japan), poet
 * Ise no Taifu (伊勢大輔, fl. early 11th century, Japan), poet
 * Yuka Ishii (石井遊佳, b. 1953, Japan/India), fiction wr.
 * Aleksandra Ishimova (1805–1881, Russia), ch. wr. & translator
 * Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子, 1927–2018, Japan), wr. & activist
 * Farhat Ishtiaq (b. 1980, Pakistan), nv. & screenwriter
 * Elizabeth Isichei (b. 1939, Nigeria), wr. & academic
 * Kate Isitt (1876–1948, New Zealand/England), col. & nv.
 * Nina Iskrenko (1951–1995, Russia), poet
 * Sariamin Ismail (1909–1995, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), nv.
 * Siti Zainon Ismail (b. 1949, Malaysia), fiction wr., poet & academic
 * Rashidah Ismaili (b. 1941, Benin/United States), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Dora d'Istria (1828–1888, Romania/Italy), wr. on science & politics
 * Gerta Ital (1904–1988, Germany), non-f. wr.
 * Frances Itani (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., poet & es.
 * Keiko Itō (伊藤 敬子, 1935–2020, Japan), poet
 * Itō Noe (伊藤野枝, 1895–1983, Japan), wr. & social critic
 * Risa Itō (伊藤理佐, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator
 * Natsumi Itsuki (樹なつみ, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
 * Edna Iturralde (b. 1948, Ecuador), ch. wr.
 * Nora Iuga (b. 1931, Romania), poet and prose wr.
 * Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007, Lithuania), nv. & es.
 * Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), children's wr. & translator
 * Mirela Ivanova (b. 1962, Bulgaria), poet
 * Praskovya Ivanovskaya (1852–1935, Russia/Soviet Union), autobiographer
 * Rada Iveković (b. 1945, Yugoslavia/Croatia), philosopher
 * Nada Iveljić (1931–2009, Yugoslavia/Croatia), ch. wr.
 * Eowyn Ivey (living, United States), nv.
 * Molly Ivins (1944–2007, United States), col.
 * Helen Ivory (b. 1969, England), poet
 * Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, died 347, Japan), poet
 * Mariko Iwadate (岩館真理子, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
 * Margarita de Mayo Izarra (1889–1969, Spain), literature wr.
 * Mari Carmen Izquierdo (1950–2019, Spain), sports wr.
 * Kaneyoshi Izumi (和泉かねよし, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Izumi Shikibu (和泉式部, b. c. 976, Japan), poet

Ja–Jh

 * Noni Jabavu (1931–2008, South Africa), mem. & col. in English
 * Jožka Jabůrková (1896–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & translator
 * Annemarie Jacir (living, Palestine), fiction & screenwriter
 * Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885, United States), nv.; Ramona
 * Shelley Jackson (b. 1963, Philippines/United States), fiction wr. & es.
 * Shirley Jackson (1916–1965, United States), fiction wr.
 * Sandra Jackson-Opoku (b. 1953, United States), poet, nv. & screenwriter
 * Rosamond Jacob (1888–1960, Ireland), wr. & diarist
 * Violet Jacob (1863–1946, Scotland), poet & nv.
 * Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897, United States), mem.; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
 * Annie Jacobsen (b. 1967, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003, United States), poet, fiction wr. & critic
 * Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961, Denmark), philologist & archaeologist
 * Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991, United States), poet
 * Agnes E. Jacomb (1866–1949, England), nv.
 * Paula Jacques (b. 1949, Egypt/France), nv.
 * Frances Jacson (1754–1842, England), nv.
 * Doris Jadan (1925–2004, United States), natural historian & cookery wr.
 * Ann Jäderlund (b. 1955, Sweden), poet & pw.
 * Fleur Jaeggy (b. 1940, Switzerland), nv. in Italian
 * Kim Jae-Young (b. 1966, Korea), wr. & academic
 * Manorama Jafa (b. 1932, India), ch. wr.
 * Ada Jafarey (1924–2015, Pakistan), poet in Urdu
 * Aziza Jafarzade (1921–2003, Azerbaijan), wr. & philologist
 * Noemi Jaffe (b. 1962, Brazil), wr. & critic
 * Rona Jaffe (1932–2005, United States), nv.
 * Marie Jaffredo (b. 1966, France), comics wr.
 * Janet Jagan (1920–2009, United States/Guyana), poet, ch. wr. & politician
 * Dorta Jagić (b. 1974, Yugoslavia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & wr.
 * Annamarie Jagose (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction wr. & academic
 * Nasreen Jahan (b. 1966, Bangladesh), nv. & editor
 * Rashid Jahan (1905–1952, India), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Meenakshi Jain (living, India), historian
 * Sunita Jain (1940–2017, India), scholar, fiction wr. & poet
 * Linda Jaivin (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004, Iceland), pw. & fiction wr.
 * Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897, Latvia), fiction wr. in German
 * Ayesha Jalal (b. 1956, Pakistan/United States), historian
 * Magdalena Jalandoni (1891–1978, Philippines), feminist wr.
 * Rosa Jamali (b. 1977, Iran/Persia), poet, critic & pw.
 * Alice James (1848–1892, United States), diarist
 * Andrea James (b. 1967, United States), non-f wr. & transgender activist
 * Barbara James (1943–2003, Australia), historian
 * Christine James (b. 1954, Wales), poet & academic
 * Cynthia James (b. 1948, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), pw., fiction wr. & poet
 * Florence James (1902–1993, New Zealand/Australia), wr.
 * Maria James (1793–1868, Wales), poet
 * P. D. James (1920–2014, England), nv.
 * Rebecca James (b. 1970, Australia), YA wr.
 * Wendy James (b. 1966, Australia), nv.
 * Wendy James (b. 1940, England), anthropologist
 * Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941, Australia), nv. & travel wr.
 * Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860, Ireland/England), art & literature wr.
 * Vilma Jamnická (1906–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), astrologer & actor
 * Emma Jane (b. 1969, Australia), nv. & col.
 * Maria de la Pau Janer (b. 1966, Spain), nv. in Catalan & Spanish
 * Clara Janés (b. 1940, Spain), poet, fiction wr. & es.
 * Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005, United States), nv.
 * Jang Eun-jin (장은진, b. 1976, Korea)
 * Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003, Hungary), ch. wr.
 * Maria Janitschek (Marius Stein, 1859–1927, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr.
 * Tama Janowitz (b. 1957, United States), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Tove Jansson (1914–2001, Finland), nv. & ch. wr. in Swedish
 * Anja Jantschik (b. 1969, Germany), wr. & col.
 * Florence Page Jaques (1890–1972, United States), nature & travel wr.
 * Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015, England), fiction wr.
 * Dragojla Jarnević (1812–1875, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet in Croatian
 * Lisa Jarnot (b. 1967, United States), poet
 * Nada Awar Jarrar (living, Lebanon), nv.
 * Bella Jarrett (1926–2007, United States), romance wr. & actor
 * Delia Jarrett-Macauley (living, England), wr., academic & broadcaster
 * Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964, Wales), nv. & actor
 * Christine Maria Jasch (b. 1960, Austria/Austria-Hungary), economist & non-f. wr.
 * Vidmantė Jasukaitytė (1948–2018, Lithuania), poet, fiction wr. & es.
 * Florence Jaugey (b. 1959, France/Nicaragua), screenwriter
 * Fattaneh Haj Seyed Javadi (b. 1945, Iran/Persia), nv.
 * Aghabeyim agha Javanshir (Aghabaji, 1780–1832, Azerbaijan/Iran/Persia), poet
 * Charlotte Jay (Geraldine Halls, 1919–1996, Australia), mystery wr.
 * Pupul Jayakar (1915–1997, India), wr. & activist
 * Kirthi Jayakumar (b. 1987, India), activist & wr.
 * Salma Khadra Jayyusi (1926/1927–2023, Palestine/United States), fiction wr. & poet
 * Rula Jebreal (b. 1973, Israel/Italy), fiction wr. & Palestine analyst
 * Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004, Australia), radio pw. & nv.
 * Margo Jefferson (b. 1947, United States), wr. & academic
 * Sheila Jeffreys (b. 1948, Australia), feminist scholar & wr.
 * Jefimija (1349–1405, Serbia), poet
 * Andrea Jeftanovic (b. 1970, Chile), wr. & academic
 * Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932, England), garden wr.
 * Cynthia Jele (living, South Africa), nv. in English
 * Elfriede Jelinek (b. 1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw. & nv.; 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Joyce Angela Jellison (b. 1969, United States), wr.
 * N. K. Jemisin (b. 1972, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr.
 * Gish Jen (b. 1956, United States), wr.
 * Ida Jenbach (1868 – c. 1943, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., screenwriter & Hc. victim
 * Barbara Jenkins (living, Trinidad), fiction wr.
 * Biddy Jenkinson (b. 1949, Ireland), poet
 * Elizabeth B. Jenkins American spirituality writer
 * Rosemary Jenkinson (b. 1967, Northern Ireland), poet, pw. & fiction writer
 * Lynn Jenner (living, New Zealand), poet & es.
 * Theodora Robinson Jenness (1847–1935, United States), wr., editor
 * Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001, England), poet
 * Kate Jennings (1948–2021, Australia), poet, nv. & es.
 * Zoë Jenny (b. 1974, Switzerland), nv. in German & English
 * Kristine Marie Jensen (Frøken Jensen, 1858–1923, Denmark), domestic & cookery wr.
 * Thit Jensen (1876–1957, Denmark), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Helen Jerome (1883–1958, Australia), poet, pw. & non-f. wr.
 * Milena Jesenská (1896–1944, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & translator
 * Ana de Jesús (1545–1621, Spain), wr., poet & nun
 * Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914–1977, Brazil), diarist & activist
 * Jaqueline Jesus (b. 1978, Brazil), wr. & activist
 * Lisa Jewell (b. 1968, England), fiction wr.
 * Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909, United States), fiction wr.
 * Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880, England), nv.
 * Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013), Germany/United States), nv. & screenwriter

Ji–Ju

 * Jiang Biwei (蔣碧薇, 1899–1978, China), mem.
 * Pamela Jiles (b. 1960, Chile), col. & politician
 * Paulette Jiles (b. 1943, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
 * Rina Jimenez-David (b. 1955, Philippines), col. & non-f. wr.
 * Meiling Jin (b. 1956, Guyana/England), poet, fiction and social wr.
 * Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645–702, Japan), poet & empress
 * Jo Kyung-ran (조경란, b. 1969, Korea), nv.
 * Liesl Jobson (living, South Africa), poet in English & musician
 * Ann Henning Jocelyn (b. 1948, Sweden/Ireland), pw. & nv.
 * Rita Joe (1932–2007, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Alexandra Joel (b. 1953, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004, Finland), nv.
 * Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975, Faroe Islands), col. & teacher
 * Nadezhda Joffe (1906–1995, Soviet Union/United States), mem.
 * Khasnor Johan (living, Malaysia), historian
 * Kristine Martine Johannessen (1855-1933, Norway), magazine editor
 * Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863-1924, Iceland), non-f. wr.
 * Hanna Johansen (b. 1939, Germany/Switzerland), philology & ch. wr. in German
 * Oddvør Johansen (b. 1941, Faroe Islands), nv.
 * Klara Johanson (1875–1948, Sweden), critic & es.
 * Majken Johansson (1930–1993, Sweden), poet & Salvation Army member
 * Amryl Johnson (1944–2001, Trinidad/England), poet & travel wr.
 * Angela Johnson (b. 1961, United States), ch. wr. & poet
 * Catherine Johnson (b. 1962, England), wr. & screenwriter
 * Catherine Johnson (b. 1957, England), pw.
 * Daisy Johnson (b. 1990, England), fiction wr.
 * Diane Johnson (b. 1934, United States), nv. & es.
 * Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929, United States), es. & non-f. wr.
 * Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877–1966, United States), poet
 * Helene Johnson (1906–1995, United States), poet
 * Josephine Johnson (1910–1990, United States), nv., poet & es.
 * Kate Johnson (b. 1982, England), nv.
 * Mary Fitchett Johnson (died 1863, England), poet
 * Pauline Johnson (1861–1913, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Rebecca Johnson (b. 1966, Australia), ch. wr.
 * Sarah Johnson (b. 1980, South Africa), poet in English
 * Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899, United States), wr
 * Stephanie Johnson (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
 * Susan Johnson (b. 1939, United States), nv.
 * Susan Johnson (b. 1956, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Susannah Willard Johnson (1729–1810, United States), mem.
 * Alexa Johnston (living, New Zealand), biographer & food wr.
 * Christine Johnston (b. 1950, New Zealand), fiction wr.
 * Dorothy Johnston (b. 1948, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Jennifer Johnston (b. 1930, Ireland), nv.
 * Maria I. Johnston (1835–1921, United States), American nv., non-f. wr.
 * Mary Johnston (1870–1936, United States), nv.
 * Velda Johnston (1912–1997, United States), nv.
 * Elísabet Jökulsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
 * Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007, Australia), nv.
 * Jon Kyongnin (전경린, b. 1962, Korea), poet
 * Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943, Wales), wr. & editor
 * Cherie Jones (b. 1974, Barbados), wr.
 * Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011, England), nv.
 * Gail Jones (b. 1955, Australia), nv. & academic
 * Gayl Jones (b. 1949, United States), nv.
 * Jill Jones (b. 1951, Australia), poet
 * Laura Jones (b. 1951, Australia), screenwriter
 * Lauren-Shannon Jones (b. c. 1989, Ireland), pw. & screenwriter
 * Margaret Jones (1923–2006, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016, Trinidad), nv.
 * Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983, Wales), ch. wr. & educator
 * Patricia Spears Jones (b. 1951, United States), poet
 * Sandy Jones (b. 1943, United States), parenting wr.
 * Tayari Jones (b. 1970, United States), nv.
 * V. M. Jones (b. 1958, Zambia/New Zealand), ch. wr.
 * Erica Jong (b. 1942, United States), nv.
 * Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
 * Ágústína Jónsdóttir (b. 1949, Iceland), poet & educator
 * Áslaug Jónsdóttir (b. 1963, Iceland), ch. wr. & pw.
 * Auður Jónsdóttir (b. 1973, Iceland), nv.
 * Birgitta Jónsdóttir (b. 1967, Iceland), poet & politician
 * Pamela Jooste (living, South Africa), nv. in English
 * June Jordan (1936–2002, United States), poet, nv. & autobiographer
 * Kate Jordan (1862–1926, Ireland/United States), nv. & pw.
 * Sherryl Jordan (b. 1949, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr.
 * Toni Jordan (b. 1966, Australia), nv.
 * Lídia Jorge (b. 1946, Portugal), novelist
 * Lieve Joris (b. 1953, Belgium), travel wr. in Flemish
 * Barbare Jorjadze (1833–1895, Georgia (Caucasus)), wr. & princess
 * Isabel de Josa (c. 1508–1575, Spain), humanist & Latinist
 * Jenny Joseph (1932–2018, England), poet
 * Sarah Joseph (b. 1946, India), fiction wr.
 * Isha Basant Joshi (1908 – post-2004, India), fiction wr. & poet
 * Rebecca Richardson Joslin (1846–1934, United States), non-f. wr.
 * Gaëlle Josse (b. 1960, France), poet & nv.
 * Maria Jotuni (1880–1943, Finland), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Elsa Joubert (1922–2020, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
 * Irma Joubert (b. 1947, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
 * Leonie Joubert (living, South Africa), science wr. in English
 * Alice Jouenne (1873–1954, France), non-f. wr.
 * Carol Joynt (fl. 2010s, United States), wr., businesswoman
 * Mireille Juchau (b. 1969, Australia), nv.
 * Mary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s, United States), ch. wr. & non-f. wr.
 * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979, Spain), poet
 * Erna Juel-Hansen (1845–1922, Denmark), nv. & activist
 * Vanda Juknaitė (b. 1949, Lithuania), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Heidi Julavits (b. 1968, United States), col. & nv.
 * Conxita Julià (1920–2019, Spain), poet in Catalan
 * Lucie Julia (1927–2023, Guadeloupe), poet & nv.
 * Miranda July (b. 1974, United States), wr.
 * Anees Jung (b. 1944, India), biographer
 * Jung Eun-gwol (정은궐, living, Korea), nv.
 * Jung Ihyun (정이현, b. 1972, Korea), nv.
 * Jung Mikyung (정미경, 1960–2017, Korea), nv.
 * Mari Jungstedt (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
 * Cristina Jurado (b. 1972, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1903–2003, Poland), ch. & YA wr.
 * Dorothy Misener Jurney (1909–2002, United States), political wr.
 * Andrea Jutson (living, New Zealand), crime & YA wr.

Ka–Kh

 * Aminata Maïga Ka (1940–2005, Senegal), fiction wr.
 * Keri Kaa (1942–2020, New Zealand), TV & ch. wr.
 * Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960, Denmark), ch. & crime wr.
 * Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (b. 1964, Uganda/Kenya), mem. & ch. wr.
 * Naila Kabeer (b. 1950, Bangladesh/England), wr. & economist
 * Jane Kaberuka (b. 1956, Uganda), fiction wr. & autobiographer
 * Siddika Kabir (1931–2012, India/Bangladesh), nutrition & cookery wr.
 * Helena Kadare (b. 1943, Albania), fiction wr.
 * Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, Hungary), nv. & poet
 * Sirpa Kähkönen (b. 1964, Finland), nv.
 * Elina Kahla (b. 1960, Finland), philologist & academic
 * Elaine Kahn (living, United States), poet & wr.
 * Ivande Kaija (1876–1942, Latvia), political wr.
 * Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925, Switzerland), poet & fiction wr. in French & German
 * Hilda Käkikoski (1864–1912, Finland), ch. wr. & politician
 * Nyana Kakoma (living, Uganda), wr.
 * Maguy Kakon (b. 1953, Morocco), politician & wr
 * Mitsuyo Kakuta (角田光代, b. 1967, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Lejla Kalamujić (b. 1980, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), fiction wr.
 * Ana Kalandadze (1924–2008, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet
 * Sheema Kalbasi (b. 1972, Iran/Persia), poet & rights advocate
 * Zaruhi Kalemkaryan (1871–1971, Armenia), prose wr.
 * Elvy Kalep (1899–1989, Estonia), ch. wr. & aviator
 * Aino Kallas (1878–1956, Finland/Estonia), fiction wr. in Finnish
 * Leszli Kálli (living, Comoros/Canada/Newfoundland), kidnapped diarist
 * Laxmi Kallicharan (1951–2002, Guyana), wr.
 * Tuula Kallioniemi (b. 1951, Finland), ch. wr.
 * Iryna Kalynets (1940–2012, Ukraine), political wr.
 * Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 1968, Burkina Faso), poet & pw. in French
 * Sufia Kamal (1911–1999, India/Bangladesh), poet & activist
 * Ronelda Kamfer (b. 1981, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
 * Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986, Poland), poet & ch. & YA wr.
 * Androulla Kaminara (b. 1957), Cypriot EU official & ambassador
 * Yoko Kamio (神尾葉子, b. 1966, Japan), manga creator
 * Sissal Kampmann (b. 1974, Faroe Islands), poet
 * Vera Kamsha (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
 * Keturah Kamugasa (died 2017, Uganda), wr. & col.
 * Meena Kandasamy (b. 1984, India), poet & fiction wr.
 * Mare Kandre (1962–2005, Sweden), fiction wr. & poet
 * Julie Kane (b. 1952, United States), poet, scholar & editor
 * Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England), pw.
 * Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, b. 1983, Japan), nv.
 * Yadé Kara (b. 1965, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv.
 * Shakuntala Karandikar (1931–2018, India), nv.
 * Josiane Kartheiser (b. 1950, Luxembourg), poet, pw. & ch. wr. in German & Luxembourgeois
 * Miranda Kaufmann (b. 1982, England), historian, journalist & educator
 * Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833-1917, Belgium), ed.
 * Harriet B. Kells (1842–1913, United States), ed.
 * Beth Kelly, (b. ?, United States) university professor
 * Mirdza Ķempe (1907–1974, Latvia), poet & translator
 * Kang Hwa-gil (b. 1986, South Korea), fiction wr.
 * Agnès Kraidy (b. 1965), Ivorian journalist
 * Kang Kyeong-ae (강경애, 1906–1944, Korea), nv. & poet
 * Kang Sok-kyong (강석경, b. 1951, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Kang Young-sook (강영숙, b. 1967, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Maarja Kangro (b. 1973, Estonia), poet & fiction wr.
 * Aya Kanno (菅野文, b. 1980, Japan), manga creator
 * Fabienne Kanor (b. 1970, France), nv. & filmmaker
 * Anna Kańtoch (b. 1976, Poland), fiction wr.
 * Eva Kantůrková (b. 1930, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (1932–1995, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), ch. wr. & poet
 * Lila Rose Kaplan (b. 1980, United States), pw.
 * Nelly Kaplan (1931–2020, Argentina), nv., es. & scriptwriter in French
 * Kristina Kappelin (b. 1958, Sweden), wr. on Italian relations
 * Mehrangiz Kar (b. 1944, Iran/Persia), wr. & rights activist
 * Yadé Kara (b. 1965, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv., actor & educator
 * Ekaterina Karabasheva (b. 1989, Bulgaria), poet & fiction wr.
 * Teréz Karacs (1808–1892, Hungary), poet & mem.
 * Mina Karadžić (1828–1894, Serbia), wr. & painter
 * Margarita Karapanou (1946–2008, Greece), nv.
 * Anna Karima (1871–1949, Bulgaria), wr. & activist
 * Alma Karlin (1889–1950, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction & travel wr. & pw.
 * Ghada Karmi (b. 1939, Palestine/England), mem. & physician
 * Farida Karodia (b. 1942, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
 * Carmen Karr (1865–1943, Spain), feminist wr.
 * Anna Louisa Karsch (1722–1791, Germany), poet & correspondent
 * Junko Karube (軽部潤子, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Ugnė Karvelis (1935–2002, Lithuania/France), nv. & translator
 * Ioanna Karystiani (b. 1952, Greece), screenwriter
 * Lady Kasa (笠郎女, early 8th century, Japan), poet
 * Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974, Germany), nv. & poet
 * Maki Kashimada (鹿島田真希, b. 1976, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Anna Kashina (living, Russia/United States), nv.
 * Stoja Kašiković (1865 – post-1927, Serbia), wr.
 * Nina Kasniunas (b. 1972, United States), wr. & political scientist
 * Leila Kasra (1939–1989, Iran/Persia), poet & songwriter
 * Kapka Kassabova (b. 1973, Bulgaria/Scotland), wr. in English
 * Kassia (810 – pre-865, Byzantium), poet & composer in Greek
 * Lada Kaštelan (b. 1961, Yugoslavia/Croatia), pw. & screenwriter
 * Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998, Australia), nv.
 * Olivera Katarina (b. 1940, Serbia), poet
 * Hoda Katebi (هدی کاتبی, living, Iran/Persia/United States), fashion wr.
 * Marianne Katoppo (1943–2007, Indonesia), nv. & theologian
 * Kazuyo Katsuma (勝間和代, b. 1968, Japan), business wr.
 * Janina Katz (1939–2013, Poland/Denmark), poet in Danish
 * Suzan Emine Kaube (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), non-f. wr.
 * Gina Kaus (1893–1985, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), nv., screenwriter & autobiographer
 * Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877, Ireland), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Rose Kavanagh (1859 or 1860–1891, Ireland), wr. & poet
 * Joanna Kavenna (b. 1974, England), nv. & travel wr.
 * Catherine Samali Kavuma (b. 1960, Uganda/United States), nv.
 * Kazune Kawahara (河原和音, b. 1972, Japan), manga creator
 * Yumiko Kawahara (川原由美子, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
 * Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, b. 1958, Japan), nv. & poet
 * Kikuko Kawakami (川上喜久子, 1904–1985, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, b. 1976, Japan), fiction & non-f. writer & poet
 * Mizuki Kawashita (河下水希, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
 * Merata Kawharu (living, New Zealand), wr, & academic
 * Jackie Kay (b. 1961, Scotland), poet & nv.
 * M. M. Kaye (1908–2004, England), nv. & illustrator
 * Susanna Kaysen (b. 1948, United States), wr. & mem.
 * Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
 * Rabia Kazan (b. 1976, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/United States), political wr.
 * Elena Kazantseva (b. 1956, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
 * Irena Kazazić (b. 1972, Serbia), wr.
 * Kazumi Kazui (一井かずみ, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Ke Yan (柯岩, 1929–2011, China), pw., nv. & poet
 * Molly Keane (1904–1996, Ireland), nv. & pw.
 * Susanna Kearsley (b. 1966, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Annie Keary (1825–1879, England), nv. & poet
 * Henrietta Keddie (1827–1914, Scotland), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Janice Kulyk Keefer (b. 1952, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
 * Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, Australia), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, Australia), poet & prose wr.
 * Fatou Keïta (b. 1965, Ivory Coast), ch. wr.
 * China Keitetsi (b. 1976, Uganda), mem.
 * Anne Kellas (b. 1951, South Africa/Australia), poet
 * Yuko Takada Keller (高田ケラー有子, b. 1958, Japan), es. & artist
 * Cathy Kelly (b. 1966, Ireland), nv.
 * Gwen Kelly (1922–2012, Australia), fiction wr. & poet
 * Helen Keller (1880–1968, United States), es. & autobiographer
 * Linda Kelly (1936–2019, England), historian of romanticism
 * Lindy Kelly (b. 1952, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
 * Maeve Kelly (b. 1930, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
 * Mary Eva Kelly (1826–1910, Ireland/Australia), poet & es.
 * Rita Kelly (b. 1953, Ireland), poet & col.
 * Gene Kemp (1926–2015, England), ch. wr.
 * Jennie Murray Kemp (1858–1928, United States), editor, publisher, circulation manager, press superintendent
 * Oonya Kempadoo (b. 1966, England), nv.
 * Margery Kempe (c. 1373–1438, England), autobiographer & mystic
 * May Kendall (1861–1943, England), poet, nv. & satirist
 * Latofat Kenjaeva (b. 1950, Tajikistan), poet & wr.
 * Adrienne Kennedy (b. 1931, United States), pw
 * Anne Kennedy (b. 1959, New Zealand), nv., poet & screenwriter
 * Betty Kennedy (1926–2017, Canada/Newfoundland), broadcaster & wr.
 * Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England), nv.
 * Mary Olivia Kennedy (1880–1943, Ireland/England), critic & col.
 * Nina Kennedy (b. 1960, United States), memoirist & screenwriter
 * Pagan Kennedy (b. c. 1963, United States), wr. & col.
 * Hannah Kent (b. 1985, Australia), wr.
 * Jacqueline Kent (b. 1947, Australia), biographer & non-f. wr.
 * Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
 * Angela Kepler (b. 1943, New Zealand), naturalist & nature wr.
 * Maylis de Kerangal (b. 1967, France), nv.
 * Rivka Keren (b. 1946, Hungary/Israel), nv. in Hebrew
 * Amanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920, Sweden), nv. & pw.
 * Josephine Kermode (Cushag, 1852–1937, Isle of Man), poet & pw.
 * Joan Haverty Kerouac (1931–1990, United States), autobiographe
 * Doris Boake Kerr (Capel Boake, 1899–1945, Australia), nv.
 * Judith Kerr (1923–1919, Germany/England), ch. wr.
 * Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906, United Kingdom), wr., biog., nv., ch. wr.
 * Suzi Kerr (b. 1966, New Zealand), economist
 * Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (b. 1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & poet
 * Fatemeh Keshavarz (b. 1952, Iran/Persia), scholar & poet
 * Birhan Keskin (b. 1963, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
 * Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya (1908–1984, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
 * Marie Kessels (b. 1954, Netherlands), poet & prose wr.
 * Jessie Kesson (1916–1994, Scotland), wr.
 * Hedwig Kettler (1851–1937, Germany), fiction & non-f. wr. & activist
 * Yvonne Keuls (b. 1931, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands), nv.
 * Irmgard Keun (1905–1982, Germany), nv.
 * Ellen Key (1849–1926, Sweden), wr. on family life
 * Marian Keyes (b. 1963, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Eugénie De Keyser (1918–2012, Belgium), wr. on art in French
 * Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936, United States), nv. & biog.
 * Jennie Ellis Keysor (1860–1945, United States), non-f. wr.
 * 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012, Lesotho), poet & educator
 * Porochista Khakpour (b. 1978, Iran/Persia/United States), nv.
 * Sheila Khala (b. 1990/1991, Lesotho), poet
 * Farida Khalaf (b. c. 1995, Iraq), escapee & wr.
 * Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986, Palestine/Lebanon), political mem.
 * Sahar Khalifeh (b. 1941, Palestine), nv.
 * Hamda Khamis (b. 1945, Bahrain), poet & col.
 * Annie Ali Khan (1980–1918, Pakistan), social & religious wr.
 * Rabina Khan (b. 1972, Bangladesh/England), wr. & politician
 * Razia Khan (c. 1936–2011, India/Bangladesh), wr., poet & educator
 * Rukhsana Khan (b. 1962, Pakistan/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr.
 * Uzma Aslam Khan (living, Pakistan), nv.
 * Heyran Khanim (1790–1847, Azerbaijan/Iran/Persia), poet in Azerbaijani & Persian
 * Dalal Khario (b. c. 1997, Iraq), ISIS survivor & mem.
 * Dima Khatib (b. 1971, Palestine), col. & poet
 * Rabeya Khatun (1935–2021, India/Bangladesh), nv.
 * Rita El Khayat (b. 1944, Morocco), psychiatrist & anthropologist
 * Sabiha Al Khemir (b. 1959, Tunisia), fiction & art wr.
 * Babilina Khositashvili (1884–1973, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & feminist
 * Vénus Khoury-Ghata (b. 1937, Lebanon/France), nv. & poet
 * Mariam Khutsurauli (b. 1960, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & fiction wr.
 * Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (1824–1889, Russia), nv.

Ki–Ky

 * Sue Monk Kidd (b. 1948, United States), nv.
 * Fiona Kidman (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction wr., poet & scriptwriter
 * Celine Kiernan (b. 1967, Ireland), YA wr.
 * Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (b. 1969, Uganda), poet & scholar
 * Toshie Kihara (木原敏江, b. 1948, Japan), manga creator
 * Emelihter Kihleng (living, Manchuria), poet in English
 * Lali Kiknavelidze (b. 1969, Georgia (Caucasus)), screenwriter & film director
 * Anne Killigrew (1660–1685, England), poet
 * Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836, England), ch. wr.
 * Eeva Kilpi (b. 1928, Finland), fiction wr. & poet
 * Ae-ran Kim (김애란, b. 1980, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Kim Byeol-ah (김별아, b. 1969, Korea), nv.
 * Kim Chae-won (김채원, b. 1946, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Kim Chi-won (김지원, 1943–2013, Korea/United States), fiction wr.
 * Kim Hu-ran (김후란, b. 1934, Korea), poet
 * Kim Hyesoon (김혜순, b. 1955, Korea), poet
 * Kim Insuk (김인숙, b. 1963, Korea/China), fiction wr.
 * Kim Myeong-sun (김명순, 1896–1951, Korea), nv. & poet
 * Myung Mi Kim (김명미, b. 1957, Korea/United States), poet in English
 * Kim Nam-jo (김남조, 1927–2023, Korea), poet & academic
 * Ronyoung Kim (1926–1987, United States), wr.
 * Kim Ryeo-ryeong (김려령, b. 1971, Korea), ch. & YA wr.
 * Kim Sagwa (김사과, b. 1984, Korea), fiction wr. & col.
 * Kim Seon-wu (김선우, b. 1970, Korea), feminist poet
 * Kim Seung-hee (김승희, b. 1952, Korea), poet, es. & nv.
 * Barbara Kimenye (1929–2012, Uganda), ch. wr.
 * Kodai no Kimi (小大君, fl. 9th or 10th century, Japan), poet
 * Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949, Antigua/United States), nv.
 * Annamária Kinde (b. 1956–2014, Russia), wr. & poet in Hungarian
 * Aby King (b. 1977, England), wr. & nv.
 * Carla King (living, Ireland), historian
 * Grace King (1852–1932, United States), fiction wr. & historian
 * Margaret King (1773–1835, Ireland/Italy), travel & medical wr.
 * Rachael King (b. 1970, New Zealand), fiction wr. & musician
 * Rosamond S. King (living, United States), poet & academic
 * Tabitha King (b. 1949, United States), nv.
 * Karen King-Aribisala (living, Guyana/Nigeria), fiction wr. & academic
 * Mary Kingsley (1862–1900, England), explorer & science wr.
 * Barbara Kingsolver (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr., poet & es.
 * Maxine Hong Kingston (b. 1940, Chile/United States), nv. & academic
 * Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858, Germany), wr., composer & educator
 * Elaine Kinsella (b. 1981, Ireland), wr. & radio pw.
 * Yuki Kiriga (霧賀ユキ, living, Japan), manga creator
 * Eleanor Kirk (1831–1908, United States), wr.
 * Lucy Kirkwood (b. 1983, UK)
 * Olga Kirsch (1924–1997, South Africa/Israel), poet in English & Hebrew
 * Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013, Germany), poet
 * Rio Kishida (岸田理生, 1946–2003, Japan), pw.
 * Madhu Kishwar (b. 1951, India), feminist wr.
 * Noémi Kiss (b. 1974, Hungary), fiction wr. & es.
 * Nadia Yala Kisukidi (b. 1978, France), wr. & academic
 * Yao Kitabatake (北畠八穂, 1903–1982, Japan), poet & ch. wr.
 * Nobori Kiuchi (木内昇, b. 1967), nv.
 * Iya Kiva (b. 1984, Ukraine), poet, translator, wr.
 * Ella Kivikoski (1901–1990, Finland), archaeologist
 * Karin Kiwus (b. 1942, Germany), poet & academic
 * Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014, United States), poet
 * Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (b. 1974, Faroe Islands), ch. & fiction wr. & poet
 * Nada Klaić (1920–1988, Yugoslavia/Croatia), historian
 * Elizabeth Klarer (1910–1994, South Africa), wr. in English on extraterrestrial visions
 * Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022, Poland/United States), mem. & activist
 * Naomi Klein (b. 1970, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & activist
 * Robin Klein (b. 1936, Australia), ch. wr.
 * Laureana Wright de Kleinhans (1846–1896, Mexico), poet & activist
 * Ellen Kleman (1867–1943, Sweden), women's rights activist
 * Irena Klepfisz (b. 1941, Poland/United States), linguist & activist
 * Marusya Klimova (b. 1961, Russia/Soviet Union), nv. & es.
 * Linde Klinckowström-von Rosen (1902–2000, Sweden), equestrian & travel wr.
 * Ekaterina Kniazhnina (1746–1797, Russia), poet
 * Anne Knight (1786–1862, England), social reformer
 * India Knight (b. 1965, England), journalist & author
 * Anne Knight (1792–1860, England), ch. wr.
 * Olivia Knight (1830–1908, Ireland/Australia), poet & es.
 * Sophie von Knorring (1797–1848, Sweden), nv.
 * Thekla Knös (1815–1880, Sweden), poet & ch. wr.
 * Lilian Knowles (1870–1926), economic historian
 * Marion Knowles (1865–1949, Australia), poet & nv.
 * Elizabeth Knox (b. 1959, New Zealand), fiction wr. & es.
 * Janette Hill Knox (1845–1920, United States), religious wr., editor, activist, teacher
 * Kathleen Knox (1847–1930, Ireland), ch. wr. & poet
 * Mary Norbert Körte (1934–2022, United States), poet, teacher & environmentalist
 * Miyuki Kobayashi (小林深雪, living, Japan), nv. & manga wr.
 * Nataliya Kobrynska (1851–1920, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Ukraine), fiction & political wr.
 * Olha Kobylianska (1863–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), wr. in Ukrainian
 * Shonagh Koea (b. 1939, New Zealand), fiction wr.
 * Yun Kōga (高河ゆん, b. 1965, Japan), manga creator
 * Joy Kogawa (b. 1935, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
 * Sheila Kohler (b. 1941, South Africa/United States), fiction wr.
 * Věra Kohnová (1929–1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), Hc. diarist
 * Lydia Koidula (1843–1886, Russia/England), poet in Estonian
 * Saradha Koirala (b. 1980, New Zealand/Australia), poet & YA wr.
 * Ingrid de Kok (b. 1951, South Africa), poet in English
 * Musine Kokalari (1918–1973, Albania), wr. & politician
 * Jana Kolarič (b. 1954, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction & ch. wr. & pw.
 * Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), nv. in Croatian
 * Nellie van Kol (1851–1930, Netherlands), feminist, educator, & ch. wr.
 * Annette Kolb (1870–1967, Germany), political wr., nv. & wr. on music
 * Margarete Kollisch (1893–1979, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & translator
 * Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952, Russia/Soviet Union), wr. & politician
 * Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943, Germany), poet & Hc. victim
 * Anise Koltz (1928–2023, Luxembourg), poet & ch. wr. in French & German
 * Ono no Komachi (825–900, Japan), poet
 * Anna Komnene (1083–1183, Byzantium), chronicler & emperor's daughter in Greek; Alexiad
 * Usher Komugisha (b. c. 1988, Uganda), sports journalist & commentator
 * Marie Kondo (近藤麻理恵, b. 1984, Japan), organization wr.
 * Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740, Sweden), painter, actor & poet
 * Fumiyo Kōno (こうの史代, manga creator
 * Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910, Poland), nv. & poet
 * Evgenia Konradi (1838–1898, Russia), wr., es. & col.
 * Ina Konstantinova (1924–1944, Soviet Union), diarist & war victim
 * Alicia Kopf (b. 1982, Spain), nv. & artist
 * Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili (b. 1968, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & col.
 * Alice Graeme Korff (1904–1975, United States), art critic
 * Rachel Korn (1898–1982, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & prose wr.
 * Barbara Korun (b. 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
 * Sonya Koshkina (b. 1985, Ukraine), journalist, & editor-in-chief
 * Birgithe Kosovic (b. 1972, Denmark), nv.
 * Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968, Poland), political wr. & Hc. survivor
 * Lina Kostenko (b. 1930, Soviet Union/Ukraine), poet
 * Elizabeth Kostova (b. 1964, United States), nv.
 * Rita Kothari (b. 1969, India), social & political wr.
 * Helene Kottanner (c. 1400 – post-1470, Hungary), mem. in German
 * Adjoua Flore Kouamé (b. 1964, Ivory Coast), nv.
 * Sofia Kovalevskaya (1859–1891, Russia), wr. & mathematician
 * Heda Margolius Kovály (1919–2010, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/United States), wr. & Hc. survivor
 * Shih-Li Kow (b. 1968, Malaysia), fiction wr.
 * Chana Kowalska (1899 – c. 1942, Poland/France), art wr. & Hc. victim
 * Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938, Poland), diarist, nun & religious wr.
 * Natsuki Koyata (古谷田 =奈月, b. 1981, Japan), nv.
 * Alicia Kozameh (b. 1953, Argentina), fiction wr. & poet
 * Nadezhda Kozhevnikova (b. 1949, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
 * Zoya Krakhmalnikova (1929–2008, Soviet Union/Russia), scholar & autobiographer
 * Hanna Krall (b. 1935, Poland), wr., nv. & Hc. survivor
 * Taja Kramberger (b. 1970, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet, es. & anthropologist
 * Clementine Krämer (1873–1942, Germany), poet, fiction wr. & Hc. victim
 * Judith Krantz (1928–2019, United States), wr. & col.
 * Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), feminist wr.
 * Nicole Krauss (b. 1974, United States), fiction wr. & es.
 * Helen Kleinbort Krauze (living, Poland/Mexico), travel wr. & col.
 * Ursula Krechel (b. 1947, Germany), poet, prose wr. & pw.
 * Katarzyna Krenz (b. 1953, Poland/Peru), nv., poet & painter
 * Maruša Krese (1947–2013, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & fiction wr.
 * Michelle de Kretser (b. 1957, Australia), nv.
 * Velga Krile (1945–1991, Latvia), poet & pw.
 * Uma Krishnaswami (b. 1956, India/United States), ch. wr.
 * Julia Kristeva (b. 1941, Bl/France), nv. & philosopher
 * Gerður Kristný (b. 1970, Iceland), poet & nv.
 * Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011, Hungary/Switzerland), nv. in French
 * Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia), nv.
 * Antjie Krog (b. 1952, South Africa), poet & academic in Afrikaans
 * Leena Krohn (b. 1947, Finland), fiction & ch. wr. & es.
 * Brigitte Kronauer (1940–2019, Germany), nv.
 * Yvonne Kroonenberg (b. 1950, Netherlands), non-f. wr.
 * Helen Aldrich De Kroyft (1818–1915, United States), wr.
 * Olga Kryuchkova (b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
 * Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe (1908–2010, Latvia/United States), poet & es.
 * Mina Kruseman (1839–1922, Netherlands), pw. & mem.
 * Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940, Sweden), nv.
 * Christina Krüsi (b. 1968, Bolivia/Switzerland), wr. on child abuse in German
 * Susanna Kubelka (b. 1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & col.
 * Žofia Kubini (fl. 17th century, Hungary), poet in Czech
 * Rohana Kudus (1884–1972, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), wr. on women's skills
 * Ayşe Kulin (b. 1941, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction & screenwriter
 * Annette Kullenberg (1939–2021, Sweden), nv. & broadcasting pw.
 * Mojca Kumerdej (b. 1964, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr. & critic
 * Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, United States), poet & ch. wr.
 * Xu Kun (徐坤, b. 1965, China), fiction wr.
 * Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989, Poland/United States), nv.
 * Kirsi Kunnas (1924–2021, Finland), poet & ch. wr.
 * Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (b. 1938, Cameroon/France), nv. & es.
 * İsmet Kür (1916–2013, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), ch. wr.
 * Maki Kureishi (1927–1995, India/Pakistan), wr.
 * Natsuko Kuroda (黒田 夏子, b. 1937, Japan), fiction wr.
 * Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (黒柳徹子, b. 1933, Japan), ch. wr. & actor
 * Irma Kurti (b. 1966, Albania), poet & wr.
 * Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989, Netherlands), history wr.
 * Isolde Kurz (1853–1944, Germany), poet & fiction wr.
 * Meta Kušar (b. 1952, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & es.
 * Rachel Kushner (b. 1968, United States), nv.
 * Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006, South Africa), activist & politician in English
 * Zofka Kveder (1878–1926, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), fiction wr. & pw. in Slovenian
 * Nestan Kvinikadze (b. 1980, Georgia (Caucasus)), scriptwriter & pw.
 * Jean Kwok (living, United States), nv.
 * Kwon Teckyoung (권택영, b. 1947, Korea), critic & academic
 * Kwon Yeo-sun (권여선, b. 1965, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Joanne Kyger (1934–2017, United States), poet
 * Goretti Kyomuhendo (b. 1965, Uganda), nv. & activist

La–Le

 * Esmeralda Labye (b. 1973, Belgium), journalist
 * Ángela Labordeta (b. 1964, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Carilda Oliver Labra (1922–2018, Cuba), poet
 * Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós (1841–1907, Spain), poet & novelist
 * María Elvira Lacaci (1916–1997, Spain), poet
 * María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006, Argentina), pedagogue, wr., es., poet, educator
 * Bernarda de Lacerda (1596–1644, Portugal), scholar & pw.
 * Vera Lachmann (1904–1985, Germany/United States), poet & educator
 * Djanet Lachmet (b. 1948, Algeria/France), nv. & actor
 * Minna Lachs (1907–1993, Austria/Austria-Hungary), educator & mem.
 * Camilla Läckberg (b. 1974, Sweden), nv.
 * Mercedes Lackey (b. 1950, United States), nv.
 * Anna Lacková-Zora (1899–1988, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet & fiction wr. in Slovak
 * Monique Laederach (1938–2004, Switzerland), poet, nv. & radio pw. in French
 * Ann-Helén Laestadius (b. 1971, Sweden), YA wr.
 * May Laffan (1849–1916, Ireland), nv.
 * Carmen Laforet (1921–2004, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Marcela Lagarde (b. 1948, Mexico), social wr. & politician
 * Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940, Sweden), nv. & ch. wr.; 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Magdalene Isadora La Grange (1864–1935, United States), poet
 * Margaret Rebecca Lahee (1831–1895, Ireland/England), dialect wr.
 * Shahla Lahiji (1942–2024, Iran/Persia), wr.
 * Jhumpa Lahiri (b. 1967, England/United States), fiction wr.
 * Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013, Argentina), poet, pw. & es.
 * Leila Lahlou (living, Morocco), autobiographer
 * Maria Chessa Lai (1922–2012, Italy), poet
 * Maria Laina (b. 1947, Greece), poet
 * Sinikka Laine (b. 1945, Finland), YA wr.
 * Sylvie Lainé (b. 1957, France), science fiction wr.
 * Olivia Laing (b. 1977, England), wr. & cultural critic
 * Sarah Laing (b. 1973, New Zealand), fiction wr., mem. & cartoonist
 * Angeliki Laiou (1941–2008, Greece/United States), historian of Byzantium
 * Elizabeth Laird (b. 1943, England), travel & ch. wr.
 * Natasha Lako (b. 1948, Albania), poet & nv.
 * Laila Lalami (b. 1968, Morocco/United States), es. & nv.
 * Nuray Lale (b. 1962, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), wr.
 * Ritu Lalit (b. 1964, India), fiction wr.
 * Lalleshwari (Lal Arifa; 1320–1392, India), mystic & poet in Kashmiri
 * Caitriona Lally (living, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Nikita Lalwani (living, India/Wales), nv.
 * Marta Lamas (b. 1947, Mexico), anthropologist & political scientist
 * Lady Caroline Lamb (1785–1828, England), nv.
 * Charlotte Lamb (Sheila Holland, 1937–2000, Isle of Man), nv.
 * Christina Lamb (b. 1965, England), wr. & columnist
 * Helen Lamb (1956–2017, Scotland), poet
 * Mary Lamb (1764–1847, England), co-wr. of Charles Lamb
 * Alice Elinor Lambert (1886–1981, United States), nv.
 * Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (b. 1991, Philippines), author and opinion columnist
 * Mitì Vigliero Lami (b. 1957, Italy), es. & poet
 * Regina de Lamo (1870–1947, Spain), political wr.
 * Elish Lamont (c. 1800/1816–1870, Ireland), wr. & miniaturist
 * Anne Lamott (b. 1954, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Astrid Lampe (b. 1955, Netherlands), poet & actor
 * Rachida Lamrabet (b. 1970, Morocco/Belgium), nv. & pw. in Flemish
 * Wafaa Lamrani (b. 1960, Morocco), poet
 * Beatrice Lamwaka (living, Uganda), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Luo Lan (1919–2015, Taiwan), wr. & radio personality.
 * Leena Lander (b. 1955, Finland), nv.
 * Fran Landesman (1927–2011, United States), poet & lyricist
 * Margarita Landi (1918–2004, Spain), nv. & screenwriter
 * Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969, Ecuador), wr. & suffragist
 * Salcia Landmann (1911–2002, Ukraine/Switzerland), writer in Yiddish
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L., 1802–1838, England), poet & nv.
 * Margaret Landon (1903–1993, United States), nv.
 * Liliane Landor (b. c. 1956, Lebanon), non-f. wr.
 * Michele Landsberg (b. 1939, Can), wr., feminist & activist
 * Ruth Landshoff (1904–1966, Germany/United States), poet & wr. in German & English
 * Anne Landsman (b. 1959, South Africa), nv. in English
 * Jane Lane (1905–1978, England), nv. & biographer
 * Margaret Lane (1907–1994, England), journalist, biographer & nv.
 * Fátima Langa (1953– 2017, Mozambique), wr., poet, & publisher
 * Annabel Langbein (b. 1958, New Zealand), food wr. & cook
 * Rosamond Langbridge (1880–1964, Ireland), poet, nv. & pw.
 * Dagmar Lange (1914–1991, Sweden), nv.
 * Norah Lange (1905–1972, Argentina), poet, nv. & autobiographer
 * Katja Lange-Müller (b. 1951, Germany), nv.
 * Gertrude Langer (1908–1984, Australia), art critic
 * Anna Langfus (1920–1966, Poland/France), pw., nv. & Hc. survivor
 * Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950, Germany), poet, nv. & Hc. survivor
 * Eve Langley (1908–1974, Australia/New Zealand), nv.
 * Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872–1949, United States), pw.
 * Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, England), poet
 * Coral Lansbury (1929–1991, Australia), nv. & academic
 * Sara Berenguer Laosa (1919–2010, Spain), feminist wr.
 * Jeanne Lapauze (1860–1920, France), poet & nv.
 * Paula Lapido (b. 1975, Spain), fiction wr.
 * Yvette Lapointe (1912–1994, Canada), comics wr.
 * Nadezhda Lappo-Danilevsky (1874–1951, Russia/France), poet & fiction wr.
 * Alda Lara (1930–1962, Algeria), poet
 * Justine Larbalestier (b. 1967), YA fiction wr.
 * Lucy Larcom (1824–1893, United States), poet & mill girl
 * Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855, United States), poet
 * Dalenda Larguèche (b. 1953, Tunisia), historian
 * Yasmeen Lari (b. c. 1941, India/Pakistan), wr. on architecture
 * Anna Larina (1914–1996, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
 * Glenda Larke (living, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Viveca Lärn (b. 1944, Sweden), ch. wr.
 * Claudia Lars (1899–1974, Somalia), poet
 * Hanna Astrup Larsen (1873–1945), writer, editor, translator
 * Marianne Nøhr Larsen (b. 1963, Denmark), anthropologist & social wr.
 * Nella Larsen (1891–1964, United States), fiction wr.
 * Trude Brænne Larssen (b. 1967, Norway), nv.
 * Åsa Larsson (b. 1966, Sweden), nv.
 * Guðrún Lárusdóttir (1880–1938, Iceland), wr. & politician
 * Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945, Germany), poet & pw.
 * Marghanita Laski (1915–1988, England), fiction wr., biographer & pw.
 * Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (b. 1955, Paraguay), poet, feminist & lawyer
 * Margrethe Lasson (1659–1738, Denmark), poet & nv. in Danish
 * Oriane Lassus (born 1987, France), wr., cartoonist, illustrator
 * Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957, Lithuania), fiction wr.
 * Agnes Latham (1905–1996, England), wr., editor & academic
 * Irene Latham (b. 1971, United States), poet & ch. wr.
 * Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1841–1913, United States), hymnist & poet
 * Lathóg of Tír Chonaill (fl. 9th century, Ireland), poet
 * Yulia Latynina (b. 1966, Russia), wr.
 * Evelyn Lau (b. 1971, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & nv.
 * Margaret Laurence (1926–1987, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Camille Laurens (b. 1957, France), nv.
 * Vivi Laurent-Täckholm (1898–1978), Sweden), botanist & ch. wr.
 * Dorianne Laux (b. 1952, United States), poet
 * Christine Lavant (1915–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), religious poet & nv.
 * Maura Laverty (1907–1966, Ireland), fiction & cookery wr. & broadcaster
 * Mary Lavin (1912–1996, Ireland), fiction wr.
 * Mónica Lavín (b. 1955, Mexico), fiction & YA wr.
 * Nel Law (1914–1990, Australia), poet, diarist & artist
 * Emily Lawless (1845–1913, Ireland), nv. & poet
 * Patrice Lawrence (living, England), fiction wr.
 * Alice Lawrenson (1841–1900, Ireland), botanist & gardener
 * Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, Australia), poet, wr. & feminist
 * Mary Lawson (b. 1946, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
 * Sylvia Lawson (1932–2017, Australia), historian & critic
 * Auður Laxness (1918–2012, Iceland), wr.
 * Jelena Lazarević (1365–1443, Serbia), wr.
 * Simone Lazaroo (b. 1961, Australia), nv.
 * Ruzha Lazarova (b. 1968, Bulgaria/France), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Emma Lazarus (1849–1887, United States), poet; "The New Colossus" (inscribed on Statue of Liberty)
 * Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942, Poland), poet & Hc. victim
 * Linda Lê (1963–2022, Vietnam/France), nv.
 * Sonya Lea (b. 1960, United States), ess., memoirist, & screenwr.
 * Mary Leadbeater (1758–1826, Ireland), poet & prose wr.
 * Jane Leade (1624–1704, England), mystic
 * Anna Leader (b. 1996, Luxembourg), poet & nv. in English
 * Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881, Australia), poet & nv.
 * Louisa Leaman (b. 1976, England), wr. on education
 * Sarah Lean (living, England), ch. wr.
 * Danuza Leão (1933–2022, Brazil), wr. & col.
 * Mary Leapor (1722–1746, England), poet
 * Ada Leask (1899–1987, Ireland), historian & antiquary
 * Diana Lebacs (1947–2022, Curaçao), ch. wr.
 * Marie Leblanc (1867–1915, Mauritius), editor, nv. & translator
 * Joanna Lech (b. 1984, Poland), poet & nv.
 * Katherine Leckie (1860 –1930, Canada/United States), journalist, editor & suffragist
 * Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898–1986, Mexico), es. & pw.
 * Violette Leduc (1907–1972, France), nv. & autobiographer
 * Andrea Lee (living, United States), nv. & mem.
 * Harper Lee (1926–2016, United States), nv.; To Kill a Mockingbird
 * Harriet Lee (1757–1851, England), nv. & pw.
 * Lee Hye-gyeong (이혜경, b. 1960, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Ida Lee (1865–1943, Australia), historian & poet
 * Lee Hye-gyeong (이혜경, b. 1960, Korea), poet
 * Muna Lee (1895–1965, United States), poet & translator
 * Sophia Lee (1750–1824, England), pw. & nv.
 * Tanith Lee (1947–2015, England), nv., poet & screenwriter
 * Sarah Leech (1809–1830, Ireland), poet
 * Sue Lees (1941–2002, England), academic, activist, feminist & wr.
 * Valentine Leeper (1900–2001, Australia), classicist & correspondent
 * Alicia Le Fanu (1791–1826, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
 * Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817, Ireland), wr.
 * Anne Charlotte Leffler (1849–1892, Sweden), fiction wr. & pw.
 * Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8–1804, England), wr. & poet
 * Joy Leftow (living, United States), poet
 * Květa Legátová (1919–2012, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & es.
 * Michele Leggott (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet & academic
 * Susana Molinari Leguizamón, (ff. from 1939, Argentina), poet
 * Ágnes Lehóczky (b. 1976, Hungary), poet & academic
 * Tuija Lehtinen (b. 1954, Finland), ch. wr. & nv.
 * Leena Lehtolainen (b. 1964, Finland), crime wr.
 * Nechama Leibowitz (1905–1997, Latvia/Israel), Bible scholar
 * Käthe Leichter (1895–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), politician & economist
 * Julia Leigh (b. 1970, Australia), nv. & screenwriter
 * Laura Leiner (b. 1985, Hungary), YA wr.
 * Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976) Austria) wr. & journalist
 * Adeline Leitzbach (1884–1968, United States), pw. & screenwr.
 * Vesna Lemaić (b. 1981, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr.
 * Katerina Lemmel (1466–1533, Germany), correspondent & nun
 * Aïcha Lemsine (b. 1942, Algeria), nv. & activist
 * Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007, United States), nv. & ch. nv.
 * Sue Lenier (b. 1957, England), poet & pw.
 * Lalitha Lenin (b. 1946, India), poet
 * Rebecca Lenkiewicz (b. 1968, England), pw.
 * Ellen Lenneck (Helene Weichardt, 1851–1880, Germany), nv. & story wr.
 * Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817, Sweden), wr. & poet
 * Biddy White Lennon (1946–2017, Ireland), food wr.
 * Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804 United States/England), wr., poet, & pw.
 * Elizabeth Emmet Lenox-Conyngham (1800 – c. 1889, Ireland), poet
 * Melosina Lenox-Conyngham (1941–2011, Ireland), wr.
 * Hélène Lenoir (b. 1955, France), wr.
 * Conchi León (b. 1973, Mexico), wr.
 * Magdalena León de Leal (b. 1939, Colombia), non-f. wr.
 * María Teresa León (1903–1988, Spain), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Mae Leonard (b. c. 1940), poet, wr. & broadcaster
 * Vange Leonel (1963–2014, Brazil), nv. & musician
 * Anne Leinonen (b. 1973, Finland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
 * Marie Lenéru (1875–1918, France), plw. & diarist
 * Donna Leon (b. 1942, United States), nv.
 * Marie Léopold-Lacour (1859–1942, France), feminist, journalist, wr.
 * Jónína Leósdóttir (b. 1954, Iceland), nv. & pw.
 * Marie Léra (1864–1958, France), journalist, nv. & translator
 * Samantha Leriche-Gionet (born 1985, Canada), animator, illustrator, & comic strip wr.
 * Gerda Lerner (1920–2013, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), pw. & non-f. wr. in English
 * Yva Léro (1912–2007, Martinique), wr. & artist
 * Katharyne Lescailje (1649–1711, Netherlands), poet
 * Doris Leslie (1891–1982, England), nv. & biographer
 * Mary Isabel Leslie (1899–1978, Ireland), nv.
 * May Sybil Leslie (1887–1937, England), chemist & wr.
 * Ľuba Lesná (b. 1954, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), col., nv. & pw.
 * Elsie Lessa (1912–2000, Brazil), wr.
 * Doris Lessing (1919–2013, England), fiction wr., poet & biographer; 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Dewi Lestari (b. 1976, Indonesia), wr. & songwriter
 * Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953, England/Canada), poet, ss. wr., non-f. wr.
 * Rosa Leveroni (1910–1985, Spain), poet & es. in Catalan
 * Ada Leverson (1862–1933, England). nv.
 * Denise Levertov (1923–1997, England), US poet & es.
 * Robin Levett (1925–2008, Australia), travel wr. & nv.
 * Celia Moss Levetus (1819–1873, England), poet & historian
 * Sonya Levien (1888–1960, Russia/United States), screenwriter
 * Tanya Levin (b. 1971, Australia), non-f. wr.
 * Gail Carson Levine (b. 1947, United States), YA nv.
 * June Levine (1931–2008, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & feminist
 * Olivia Levison (1847–1894, Denmark), Danish author and writer
 * Sonia Levitin (b. 1934, Germany/United States), nv., ch. wr. & Hc. survivor
 * Amy Levy (1861–1889, England), poet, es. & nv.
 * Andrea Levy (1956–2019, England), nv.
 * Deborah Levy (b. 1959, South Africa/England), pw., fiction wr. & poet
 * Fanny Lewald (1811–1889, Germany), nv. & feminist
 * Olive Lewin (1927–2013, Jamaica), social anthropologist & musicologist
 * Alethea Lewis (1749–1827, England), nv.
 * Corinth Morter Lewis (living, Belize), educator & poet
 * Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979, Wales), nv. & poet
 * Gwyneth Lewis (b. 1959, Wales), poet
 * Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England), historical & ch. wr.
 * Janet Lewis (1899–1998, United States), nv.
 * Wendy Lewis (b. 1962, Australia), non-f. wr. & pw.
 * Sibylle Lewitscharoff (b. 1954, Germany), nv. & radio pw.
 * Marina Lewycka (b. 1946, England), nv.
 * Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641, England), wr. & polemicist
 * Pauline de Lézardière (1754–1835, France), historian
 * Toti Martínez de Lezea (b. 1949, Spain), nv. & ch. wr.

Li–Ly

 * Li Qingzhao (李清照, fl. early 12th century, China), poet & es.
 * Li Ye (李冶, died 784, China)
 * Marita Liabø (b. 1971, Norway), wr.
 * Liadain (fl. 7th century, Ireland), poet & nun
 * Liang Desheng (梁德繩, 1771–1847, China), poet & wr.
 * Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958, Germany), poet, pw. & es.
 * Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, England), poet
 * J.S. Anna Liddiard (1773–1819, Ireland), poet
 * Sara Lidman (1923–2004, Sweden), nv. & political wr.
 * Lauren Liebenberg (b. 1972, Zimbabwe/South Africa), nv. in English
 * Erika Liebman (1738–1803, Sweden), poet & academic
 * Gemma Lienas (b. 1951, Spain), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Deborah Lifchitz (1907–1942, France), linguist
 * Muthoni Gachanja Likimani (b. 1926, Kenya), political wr.
 * Werewere Liking (b. 1950, Cameroon/Ivory Coast), wr. & pw.
 * Rosa Liksom (b. 1958, Finland), fiction & ch. wr.
 * Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992, Belgium), pw., es. & nv. in French
 * Irmelin Sandman Lilius (b. 1936 Finland), fiction & ch. wr. in Swedish
 * Kate Lilley (b. 1960, Australia), poet & academic
 * Birgitta Lillpers (b. 1958, Sweden), poet & nv.
 * Hayeon Lim (임하연, b. 1993, Korea), non-f. wr. & socialite
 * Margaret Lim (1947–2011, Malaysia/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr.
 * Rossy Evelin Lima (b. 1986, Mexico/United States), poet & academic
 * Lin Huiyin (林徽因, 1904–1955, China), architect & wr.
 * Lin Zongsu (林宗素, 1878–1942, China), wr. & suffragist
 * Olga F. Linares (1936–2014, Panama/United States), anthropologist & archaeologist
 * Martha D. Lincoln (1838–?, United States), wr. & journalist
 * Freda Linde (1915–2013, South Africa), ch. wr. in Afrikaans
 * Gunnel Linde (1924–2014, Sweden), ch. wr.
 * Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737, Netherlands), wr. & mem.
 * Gurli Linder (1865–1947, Sweden), ch. book critic
 * Madeline Linford (1895–1975), journalist & nv.
 * Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002, Sweden), ch. nv.; Pippi Longstocking
 * Barbro Lindgren (b. 1937, Sweden), ch. & YA wr.
 * Minna Lindgren (b. 1963, Finland), col. & nv.
 * Elvira Lindo (b. 1962, Spain), nv. & pw.
 * Marita Lindquist (1918–2016, Finland), ch. wr. in Swedish
 * Hilarie Lindsay (1922–2021, Australia), ch. & non-f. wr. & poet
 * Joan A'Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984, Australia), nv.
 * Rose Lindsay (1885–1978), biographer & print maker
 * Eva Lindström (b. 1939, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
 * Merethe Lindstrøm (b. 1963, Norway), fiction wr.
 * Ling Shuhua (凌叔华, 1904–1990, China), wr. & painter
 * Věra Linhartová (b. 1938, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & art historian
 * Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988, United States), nv.
 * Kelly Link (b. 1968, United States), fiction wr. & editor
 * Baik Sou Linne (백수린, b. 1982, Korea), fiction wr.
 * Olga Lipovskaya (1954–2021, Soviet Union), poet
 * Rosina Lippi (b. 1956, United States), wr.
 * Laura Lippman (b. 1958, United States), crime fiction wr.
 * Ewa Lipska (b. 1945, Poland), poet
 * Katri Lipson (b. 1965, Finland), nv.
 * Cvetka Lipuš (b. 1966, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), poet in Slovenian
 * Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985, Brazil), poet
 * Irene Lisboa (1892–1958, Portugal), fiction wr., poet & es.
 * Helena Lisická (1930–2009, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), ethnographer
 * Clarice Lispector (1920–1977, Ukraine/Brazil), fiction wr.
 * Elisa Lispector (1911–1989, Brazil), nv.
 * S. E. Lister (b. 1988, England), nv.
 * Carol Liston (living, Australia), historian
 * Ellen Liston (1838–1885, Australia), fiction wr. & poet
 * Jessie Sinclair Litchfield (1883–1956, Australia), poet & non-f. wr.
 * Lucía Lijtmaer (b. 1977, Argentina/Spain), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Angela Litschev (b. 1978, Bulgaria/Germany), poet & critic
 * Linda Little (b. 1959, Canada, fiction wr.
 * Heather Little-White (1952–2013, Jamaica), nutritionist & disabilities activist
 * Liu Rushi (柳如是, 1618–1664, China), poet & courtesan
 * Penelope Lively (b. 1933, England), nv. & ch. wr.
 * Sarah White Livermore (1789–1874, United States), poet, non-f. wr., hymn wr.
 * Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
 * Deborah Knox Livingston (1876–1923, Scotland/United States), non-f. wr.
 * Aurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908, Sweden), nv.
 * Eulàlia Lledó (b. 1952, Spain), philologist & critic
 * Luljeta Lleshanaku (b. 1968, Albania), poet & editor
 * Kate Llewellyn (b. 1936, Australia), poet, diarist & travel wr.
 * Pilar Molina Llorente (b. 1943, Spain), ch. wr.
 * Georgia Lloyd (1913–1999, USA), pacifist, writer
 * Martha Llwyd (1766–1845, Wales), poet & hymnist
 * Teresa Lo (living, United States), wr.
 * Guadalupe Loaeza (b. 1946, Mexico), social wr.
 * Aké Loba (1927–2012, Ivory Coast/France), wr. & politician
 * Mira Lobe (1913–1995, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr.
 * Joice NanKivell Loch, (1887–1982, Australia), prose wr.
 * Liz Lochhead (b. 1947, Scotland), poet & pw.
 * Attica Locke (b. 1974, United States), nv.
 * Elsie Locke (1912–2001, New Zealand), political wr. & historian
 * Lilian Locke (1869–1950, Australia), fiction wr.
 * Sumner Locke (1881–1917, Australia), fiction wr., poet & pw.
 * Patricia Lockwood (b. 1982, United States), poet, nv. & ess.
 * Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990, Netherlands), ch. wr.
 * Amanda Lohrey (b. 1947, Australia), nv. & es.
 * Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905, Russia), poet
 * Lesley Lokko (living, Ghana/Gold Coast/Scotland), nv. & academic
 * Joan London (1901–1971, United States), fiction wr. & biographer
 * Joan London (b. 1948, Australia), fiction wr. & screenwriter
 * Joan Long (1925–1999, Australia), screenwriter & producer
 * Ruth Frances Long (b. 1971, Ireland), fiction & YA wr.
 * Tessa de Loo (b. 1946, Netherlands), fiction wr.
 * Julienne van Loon (b. 1970, Australia), nv. & non-f. wr.
 * Anita Loos (1888–1981, United States), screenwriter, pw. & nv.
 * Abie Longstaff (living, Australia/England), ch. wr.
 * Josefina Lopez (b. 1969, United States), pw., screenwriter & nv.
 * Laia Martínez i López (b. 1984, Spain), poet & musician
 * Pura López Colomé (b. 1952, Mexico), poet & translator
 * Angelina M. Lopez (United States) romance wr.
 * Rosa María Cid López (b. 1956, Spain), geographer & historian
 * Rosaura Lopez (1932–2005, Spain/United States), mem.
 * Karen Lord (b. 1968, Barbados), fiction wr.
 * Gabrielle Lord (b. 1946, Australia), crime wr.
 * Audre Lorde (1934–1992, United States), poet
 * Emilie Loring (1864–1951, United States), singer
 * Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812–1889, United States), poet & wr.
 * Margracia Loudon (c.1788–1860, Ireland), novelist and political wr.
 * Laura Glen Louis (living, United States), wr., poet & es.
 * Regina Louise (b. 1963, United States), wr. & child advocate
 * Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
 * Anna M. Louw (1913–2003, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
 * Jennifer LoveGrove (living, Canada), nv.
 * Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875, Belgium), poet, nv. & es. in Flemish
 * Virginie Loveling (1836–1923, Belgium), poet, nv. & ch. wr. in Flemish
 * Mary Frances Lovell (1843–1932, England/United States), non-f. wr.
 * Carolyn Lovewell (fl 2020, United States), scholar, wr.
 * Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), fiction wr. & critic
 * Trisha Low (living, United States), poet
 * Helen Lowe (b. 1961, New Zealand), nv.
 * Amy Lowell (1874–1925, United States), poet
 * Mrs. I. Lowenberg (1845–1924, United States), nv. & essayist
 * Brigid Lowry (b. 1953, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & poet
 * Lois Lowry (b. 1937, United States), ch. wr.
 * Mina Loy (1882–1966, England), poet & artist
 * Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997, Cuba), poet & nv.
 * Irene Lozano (b. 1971, Spain), es. & politician
 * Orietta Lozano (b. 1956, Comoros), poet
 * Lü Bicheng (呂碧城, 1883–1943, China), wr., poet & activist
 * Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810, Poland), pw. & poet
 * Loreen Rice Lucas (1914–2011, Canada), humorous wr. & columnist
 * Melissa Lucashenko (b. 1967, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987, United States), editor, pw. & col.
 * Cornelia Lüdecke (b. 1954, Germany), wr. & polar researcher
 * Rosario Lufrano (b. 1962, Argentina), journalist, broadcaster & reporter
 * Lya Luft (1938–2021, Brazil), wr. & translator
 * Eleonora Luthander (1954–2021, Sweden/Servia), poet, col. & translator
 * Kristina Lugn (1948–2020, Sweden), poet & pw.
 * Maria Lugones (1944–2020), Argentina), feminist philosopher, wr. & academic
 * Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993, Soviet Union/Russia), diarist & artist
 * Viivi Luik (b. 1946, Estonia), poet & prose wr.
 * Valeria Luiselli (b. 1983, Mexico/United States), fiction wr.
 * Clotilde Luisi (1882–1969, Uruguay), lawyer & activist
 * Luisa Luisi (1883–1940, Uruguay), poet & critic
 * Tamara Lujak (b. 1976, Serbia), science fiction & fantasy wr.
 * Mária Bajzek Lukács (b. 1960, Hungary/Slovenia), wr. on language in Slovenian
 * Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Lithuania), cultural historian & educator
 * Kiba Lumberg (b. 1956, Finland), screenwriter & artist
 * Catharine Lumby (living, Australia), academic & col.
 * Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1578, England), translator
 * Violeta Luna (b. 1943, Ecuador), poet, es. & critic
 * Ulla-Lena Lundberg (b. 1947, Finland), travel wr., nv. & poet in Swedish
 * Guðrún frá Lundi (1887–1935, Iceland), fiction wr.
 * Luo Luo (落落, living, China), nv. & film director
 * Alison Lurie (1926–2020, United States), nv. & academic
 * Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967, Argentina), fiction & non-f. wr.
 * Masiela Lusha (b. 1985, Albania/United States), wr. & actor
 * Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908, Poland), poet & nv.
 * Elizabeth Lutyens (1874–1964, England), religious wr.
 * Emilie Luzac (1748–1788, Netherlands/Flanders), correspondent
 * Olga Luzardo (1916–2016, Venezuela), journalist, poet & activist
 * Hannah Lynch (1859–1904, Ireland), nv. & satirist
 * Marta Lynch (1925–1985, Argentina), fiction wr.
 * Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972, Ireland), ch. wr. & col.
 * Philomena Lynott (1930–2019, Ireland/England), wr. & mem.
 * Annabel Lyon (b. 1971, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
 * Anne Bozeman Lyon (1860–1936, United States), nv., poet, ss. wr., non-f. wr.
 * Elinor Lyon (1921–2008, Wales/England), ch. wr.
 * Enid Lyons (1897–1981, Australia), biographer & politician
 * Genevieve Lyons (1930–2018, Ireland/England), nv.
 * Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873–1945, Australia/New Zealand), nv.