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Eleanor Hallowell Abbott () (1872–1958), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and educated in private schools and at Radcliffe College, was an American author of romantic fiction for young women, with some 14 books and 75 magazine stories published. ... Louise Abeita (E-Yeh-Shure Blue Corn) is an Isleta Pueblo writer and the author of I am a Pueblo Indian Girl (New York : William Morrow, 1939. ... Kathy Acker (18 April 1947 in Manhattan—30 November 1997 in Tijuana, Mexico) was an experimental novelist, prose stylist, playwright, essayist, poète maudit and sex-positive feminist writer. ... Juliette Adam (October 4, 1836 – 1936), French writer, known also by her maiden name of Juliette Lambert, was born at Verberie (Oise). ... Abigail Smith Adams she was (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States though that term was not coined until after her death. ... Stephanie Adams (born July 24, 1970 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American model, spirituality author, financial investor and the November 1992 Playboy Playmate, who continues to appear in Playboy[1] and be a spokesmodel for them. ... Fleur Adcock (born February 10, 1934) is a New Zealand born poet and editor of Irish ancestry who has lived much of her life in England. ... Yda H.Addis, American Western / Mexican 19th Century Writer Yda Hillis Addis, a. ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born in 1977) is a Nigerian writer. ... Renata Adler (born October 19, 1938 in Milan, Italy) is an American journalist and writer. ... Grace Aguilar (1816 - 1847), a novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion, was born at Hackney of Jewish parents of Spanish descent. ... Freda Ahenakew Freda Ahenakew SOM (born 1932) is a Canadian author and academic of Cree descent. ... Ilse Aichinger is (or was) an Austrian Jewish poet. ... Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanian author and playwright who was born Christina Ama Aidoo in Abeadzi Kyiakor in 1942. ... Lucy Aikin (November 6, 1781- January 29, 1864), born at Warrington, England, had some repute as a historical writer. ... Bella Akhmadulina Bella (Izabella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: Белла Ахмадулина) is a Russian poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. ... Akhmatova in the 1920s Anna Akhmatova (Russian: , real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко) (June 23, 1889 [O.S. June 11] — March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of St Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry in the course of half a century. ... Anne-Marie Albiach (born in 1937) is a contemporary French poet and translator. ... Jordie Albiston (born 1961) is a contemporary Australian poet and academic. ... Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. ... Isabella Macdonald Alden (November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author, writing under the pseudonym of Pansy. Alden was born in Rochester, New York, in addition to much fiction for older readers, her works include the Pansy Books. ... Claribel Alegría (born May 12, 1924 in Estelí, Nicaragua) is a writer from Nicaragua and El Salvador. ... Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir is an Icelandic writer who was born in Reykjavík on March 18, 1938. ... For the Chilean politician and daughter of Salvador Allende, see Isabel Allende Bussi. ... Phyllis Shand Allfrey, a notable name in West Indian literature, was born in 1908 in the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. ... Margery Louise Allingham (1904-1966) was born in London and attended The Perse High School for Girls in Cambridge, before returning to London and the Polytechnic for Speech-Training. ... Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. ... Julia Álvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a poet, novelist, and essayist. ... Jessica Anderson (born September 25, 1916) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. ... Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson April 4, 1928[1]) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. ... Jane Anger Jane Anger is the author of Her Protection for Women a pamphlet published in London in 1589, of which only one original copy survives. ... Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 - May 15, 2004) was a Chicana lesbian feminist writer, poet, scholar and activist. ... Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975) was a Jewish-German (later American) political theorist. ... Karen Armstrong (born November 14, 1944 in Wildmoor, Worcestershire, England) is an author who writes on Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. ... Kelley Armstrong Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian fantasy author. ... Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main – 20 January 1859, Berlin), born as Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist. ... Elizabeth von Arnim (August 31, 1866 - February 9, 1941) was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility. ... Joanne Arnott (born December 16, 1960, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian Métis writer. ... Harriette Arnow ( July 7, 1908 - March 22, 1986) was a novelist, claimed by both Kentucky and Michigan as a native daughter. ... Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964 in Berkeley, California) is a cultural essayist and editor specializing in tales of personal adventure. ... Pitseolak Ashoona, CM (1904 or 1907 - 1983;Inuktitut syllabics:ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ) was an Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious authenticity in her works. ... Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Asquith, Countess of Oxford & Asquith (neé Tennant) (February 2, 1864-July 28, 1945) was a British socialite, author and wit. ... Mary Astell (1666-1731) was a proto-feminist writer whose advocacy of equal educational opportunities for women earned her the title the first English feminist. ... Gertrude Atherton, American writer Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857–1948) was an American writer. ... Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863-1942) was an American author, journalist and teacher. ... Kate Atkinson (b. ... Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (April 16, 1984) is an American author of fantasy and young adult literature. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... The Handmaids Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1985. ... Penelope Aubin (c. ... Jean Marie Auel (born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer. ... Earths Children is a series of historical fiction novels written by Jean M. Auel, who has sold 34 million books worldwide. ... Rose Ausländer (May 11, 1901 - January 3, 1988), maiden name Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer, was a German writer. ... Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. ... Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868–August 13, 1934) was an American writer of fiction and non-fiction. ... Auvaiyar is a female icon of Tamil literature. ... Margaret Avison (born April 23, 1918) is a Canadian poet. ... Marilou Awiakta is a Native American author of the Cherokee tribe. ...

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Natalie Babbitt (b. ... Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (June 25, 1926 Klagenfurt, Austria - October 17, 1973 Rome, Italy) was an Austrian poet and author. ... Delia Bacon, a sister of Leonard Bacon, (February 2, 1811 - September 2, 1859), is best known for her work on Shakespearean authorship. ... Enid Bagnold, Lady Jones (October 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981) was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet, filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. ... Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poetess and dramatist. ... Dorothy Baker (April 21, 1907–June 17, 1968) was an American novelist. ... Faith Baldwin (born October 1st, 1893, New Rochelle, New York – died March 18, 1978, Norwalk, Connecticut) was a very successful U.S. author of light fiction, publishing over sixty novels. ... Toni Cade Bambara (March 25, 1939-December 9, 1995) was an American author, social activist, and college professor. ... Mary Ellen Bamford is an American author from Healdsburg, California. ... Ban Zhao (Chinese:班昭; Wade-Giles:Pan Chao, c. ... Categories: Articles that need to be wikified | Writers | American writers | California writers | Writer stubs ... Author Leslie Esdaile Banks Leslie Esdaile Banks (born December 11) is an African American. ... Helen Bannerman (1862--1946) was the author of a number of childrens books the most famous being Little Black Sambo. ... Anna Laetitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743—March 9, 1825) was an English poet and miscellaneous writer. ... Nicola Barker (born Ely 1966) is an English novelist and short story writer. ... Mary Barnard (1909-2001) is known for her clear translations of the works of Sappho. ... Djuna Barnes, ca. ... Margaret Ayer Barnes (b. ... Amelia E Barr Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (b. ... Lynne Barrett is an American writer and editor, best known for her short stories. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hedwig (Vicki) Baum (January 24, 1888 - August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. ... La Beauvoir redirects here; also see: Beauvoir (disambiguation). ... Béatrix Beck (Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland 14 July 1914) is a Belgian writer. ... Patricia Beer (1924?– 1999) was an English poet and critic. ... Mrs Beeton aged about 26 Isabella Mary Mayson (March 12, 1836 - 6 February 1865), universally known as Mrs Beeton, was the principal author of Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and is the most famous cookery writer in British history. ... A sketch of Aphra Behn by George Scharf from a portrait believed to be lost. ... The Rover may refer to: The Rover (novel) by Joseph Conrad The Rover (play) by Aphra Behn The Rover (song) by Led Zeppelin The Rover (privateering ship), out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia See also: Rover This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Photo Victoria Benedictsson (March 6, 1850 – July 21, 1888) was a Swedish author. ... Sketch of Juliana Berners Juliana Berners (or Barnes or Bernes) (b. ... Bertice Berry Dr. Bertice Berry is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Annie Besant Plaque on house in Colby Road, London SE19 where Annie Besant lived in 1874. ... Augustus John, Princess Antoine Bibesco, 1924 Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco (February 26, 1897 - April 7, 1945) was an English writer, active between 1921 - 1940. ... Marthe Bibesco, French version of Marta Bibescu (January 28, 1886, Bucharest-November 28, 1973, Paris), née Marta Lucia or Marthe Lucie Lahovary (also spelled Lahovari), was a Romanian-French writer. ... Isabella Bird (October 15, 1831 - October 7, 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveler and writer. ... Anne Bishop is a novelist of fantasy fiction. ... Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979), was an American poet and writer. ... Malorie Blackman (born 8 February 1962) is an award-winning British author of literature and television drama for children and young adults. ... Neltje Blanchan (pseud of Nellie Blanchan (De Graff) Doubleday) (October 23, 1865 - 1918) was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who wrote books on gardening and birds. ... Maguerite, Countess of Blessington Maguerite, Countess of Blessington (September 1, 1789 - 1849), Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer, daughter of Edmund Power, a small landowner, was born near Clonmel, Co. ... Francesca Lia Block (born January 3, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is the author of many highly original young adult books, most famously the Weetzie Bat series. ... Weetzie Bat is the first novel written by American author Francesca Lia Block and was originally published in 1989. ... Amelia Jenks Bloomer (May 27, 1818—December 30, 1894) was an American womens rights and temperance advocate. ... Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is a popular American author. ... Louise Bogan (August 11, 1879 - 1970) was an American poet. ... Eavan Boland (born 1944) is an Irish poet and essayist. ... Sarah Knowles Bolton, (September 15, 1841-February 21, 1916) was an American writer. ... María Luisa Bombal (8 June 1910 – 6 May 1980) was a Chilean author. ... Tannella Boni is an Ivorian poet and novelist. ... Geraldine Bonner (1870- ) was an American author, born on Staten Island, N. Y.. As a child, she moved to Colorado where she lived in mining camps. ... Marita Bonner (June 16, 1899-1971), an African American writer, essayist, and playwright who is commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance. ... Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (February 22, 1876 - January 26, 1938), better known under her pen name, Zitkala-Sa (Sioux: pronounced zitkala-ša, Red Bird), was a Native American writer and political activist. ... Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was a self-taught mathematician who is most well known as an author of didactic works on mathematics, such as Philosophy and Fun of Algebra, and as the wife of George Boole. ... Frances Boothby (fl. ... Alice Borchardt is a writer of historical fiction, fantasy, and horror. ... Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer. ... Jane Bowles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951 Jane Bowles, born Jane Auer, (February 22, 1917, died May 4, 1973) was an American writer and playwright. ... Mary Eleanor Bowes (Countess of Strathmore (1749–1800), also known as The Unhappy Countess) is one of the Queen Mothers ancestors. ... Kay Boyle Kay Boyle, born February 19, 1902 in St. ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... Mary Elizabeth Braddon British novelist (1837 – 1915) Mary Elizabeth Braddon (October 4, 1837 – February 4, 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. ... Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was a prolific author of largely feminist fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, and a steadfast encourager of equality (and quality) in writing. ... Anne Bradstreet (ca. ... Hannah Brand (1754–1821), actress and playwright, was born in Norwich where she ran a young Ladies Boarding School, No. ... Lily Braun (2 July 1865 - 8 August 1916), born Amalie von Kretschmann, was a German feminist writer. ... Angela Brazil, (pronounced brazzle), (November 30, 1868 - March 13, 1947), was the first of the British writers of modern School Girls Stories genre - written from the characters point of view. ... Fredrika Bremer Fredrika Bremer (August 17, 1801 - December 31, 1865) was a Swedish writer and feminist activist. ... Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (1859 – 1945), better known by her pen name George Egerton, was a British writer and feminist. ... Vera Mary Brittain, Lady Catlin (1893 – March 29, 1970) was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during the First World War and the growth of her ideology of specifically Anglican Christian pacifism. ... Anne Brontës grave at Scarborough Anne Brontë (IPA: ) (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest of the Brontë literary family. ... Charlotte Brontë (IPA: ) (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. ... Emily Jane Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. ... Frances Brooke Frances (Moore) Brooke (1724 - 1789) was an English author. ... Anita Brookner (born July 16, 1928) is an English novelist and art historian born in London. ... Geraldine Brooks is an Australian author, who grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... March is a novel by Geraldine Brooks. ... Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an award-winning African American woman poet. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... For the former Australian breaststroke swimmer, see Rebecca Brown (swimmer) Rebecca Julia Brown is the name of a child actress who starred in the film School of Rock. ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was a member of the Barrett family and one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era. ... Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was a prolific American writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... Buffalo Bird Woman (Maxidiwiac Waheenee) , 1839?-1932 Buffalo Bird Woman was a Hidatsa who experienced the traditional life of her people in what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. ... Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Burnetts blue plaque in central London Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. ... Fanny Burney later Madame DArblay (June 13, 1752-January 6, 1840) was an English novelist and diarist. ... Evelina: Or the History of a Young Ladys Entrance into the World is a novel written by English author Fanny Burney in 1778. ... Frances Burney (1776–1828), governess and author, was the niece of Frances Burney the well-known novelist. ... Olivia Ward Bush Banks (May 23, 1869 - 1944) was an American author, poet and journalist of both African and Montauk Native-American descent. ... Sharon Butala (born 1940 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Eastend, Saskatchewan. ... Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 — February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. ... Susan Bulkeley Butler is the founder and CEO of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders in Tucson, Arizona, and the author of the book (2006). ... Mary Franeis Butts (December 13, 1890 - March 5, 1937) was a British modernist writer. ... For A. Byatt, the director of French documentary films, see Andy Byatt. ...

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The poet Caroline Caddy was born in Western Australia in 1944, and spent part of her childhood in both the United States and Japan. ... Florence Caddy was born in Middlesex, England 1837, as Florence Tompson. ... Mona Caird (née Mona Alison, also called Alice Mona Henryson Caird) (1854?-1932) was a Scottish novelist and essayist whose feminist views sparked controversy in the late 19th Century. ... Hortense Calisher (born New York City December 20, 1911) is an American writer of fiction. ... Lady Maria Callcott (1786 - 1844), was an English writer. ... Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950- November 27, 2006) was the author of three New York Times bestsellers, Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001. ... Marion May Campbell (b. ... Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879-November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. ... Minna Canth (1844 - 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist. ... Lan Cao (1963 - ) is the author of the 1997 novel, Cao was born in Vietnam and experienced the Vietnam War as a civilian. ... Jacqueline Carey (born 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an author and novelist, primarily of fantasy fiction. ... Leonora Carrington (born April 6, 1917 in Clayton Green, Lancashire, England - ) is a British-born Mexican novelist and surrealist painter. ... Angela Carter (May 7, 1940 – February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist and science fiction works. ... Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, Lady Falkland (1585-1639) was a poet, translator, and dramatist. ... The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean era closet drama written by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, and first published in 1613. ... Rosario Castellanos (25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. ... Ana Castillo signing a copy of Massacre of the Dreamers, May 25, 2006 Ana Castillo (born 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, and essayist. ... Rosalía de Castro Rosalía Castro de Murguía better known as Rosalía de Castro (24 February 1837 – 15 July 1885) was a Galician writer and poet. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873[1] – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent American authors. ... Daughter of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and later the wife of Charles Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven, Lady Jane Cavendish (1621-1669) was a noted poet and playwright. ... Margaret Cavendish Segment of Frontispiece from The Blazing World The Blazing World Portrait Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-15 December 1673), was an English aristocrat and a prolific writer. ... The Blazing World is a work of prose fiction by the seventeenth century aristocratic writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published in 1666. ... Susanna Centlivre (c. ... Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (March 4, 1951 - November 5, 1982) was an American novelist most famous for her 1982 work, Dictee. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Daína Chaviano is a Cuban author. ... Ying Chen (应晨) (born 1961) is a Chinese Canadian author. ... C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ... Lydia Maria Child (February 11, 1802, Medford - July 7, 1880, Wayland) was an American abolitionist, novelist, and journalist. ... Paulina Chiziane (born 4 June 1955, Manjacaze, Mozambique) is an author of novels and short stories in the Portuguese language. ... Kate Chopin (born Katherine OFlaherty on February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904), was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890—12 January 1976), also known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710) was part of an intellectual circle that included Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas, Judith Drake, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and John Norris. ... Ismat Chughtai1 (1915 – 1991) was an eminent Indian Urdu writer. ... Caryl Churchill (born September 3, 1938) is an English writer of stage plays known for her use of non-realistic techniques and feminist themes. ... Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954 in Chicago) is an American author and poet best known for her novel She is also the author of Caramelo, published by Knopf in 2002. ... Mary Higgins Clark (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels currently residing in New York City, New York. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. ... Michelle Cliff (1946 - ) is a Jamaican-American author whose notable works include No Telephone To Heaven, Abeng, and Free Enterprise. ... Image:PoetLucilleClifton. ... Catherine Clive (1711-1785) was a British actress. ... Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born December 27, 1966, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is the author of Back to Life (September 2004) and What You Wont Do For Love (November 2005). ... Wanda Coleman (1946 - ) is an American poet. ... Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861 – 1907) was a British novelist and poet, who also wrote journalism and essays, and taught. ... Colette Colette [1] [2] was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954). ... Anne Compton is a Canadian poet and critic. ... Marvel Cooke (April 4, 1903 - November 29, 2000) was a journalist, writer, and civil rights activist. ... Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930) is a Crow Creek Lakota Sioux novelist, poet and academic, whose trenchant views on Native American politics, particularly tribal sovereignty, have caused controversy. ... Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels on June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American author. ... Born September 23 1923, Anita Cornwell became one of the few black lesbians in the United States who were living out, speaking out, and writing out in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Jayne Cortez (b. ... Arlette Cousture (born April 3, 1948 in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec writer. ... Margaret Craven (March 13, 1901 – July 19, 1980) is an American author. ... Hélisenne de Crenne was the pseudonym of Marguerite Briet (c. ... M. T. C. Cronin (b. ... Elsa Cross, ( born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. ... Catherine Crowe (STEVENS) (1800 - 1876), wrote dramas, childrens books, and one or two novels, including Susan Hopley (1841), and Lilly Dawson (1847), but is chiefly remembered for her Night-side of Nature (1848), a collection of stories of the supernatural. ... Sor Juana (12 November 1651 (or 1648, according to some biographers) – 17 April 1695), also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or, in full, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asbaje y Ramírez, was a self taught Mexican scholar, nun, and writer of the... Maria Susanna Cummins (1827 - 1866), born at Salem, Massachusetts, was well-known as the authoress of The Lamplighter, a somewhat sentimental tale which had very wide popularity. ... Isabella Valancy Crawford (born December 25, 1850 in Dublin, Ireland; died February 12, 1887 in Toronto, Canada) was a poet. ... Dymphna Cusack (1902 in Wyalong, New South Wales - 1981) was a notable Australian author. ... Mary Crow Dog on the cover of her book Lakota Woman (ISBN 3-423-36104-2) Mary Crow Dog, also known as Mary Brave Bird (born 1953 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota), is a Native American writer and activist. ...

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H.D. in the mid 1910s Hilda Doolitle(September 10, 1886, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States – September 27, 1961, Zürich, Switzerland), prominently known only by her initials H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. ... Edwidge Danticat (pronunciation Ed-WEEDJ Dan-tih-CAH) (b. ... Cecilia Dart-Thornton is an Australian author of fantasy novels, most notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy. ... Amma Darko, May 2004 Amma Darko (1956 - ) is an African writer. ... Marie Darrieussecq (born Bayonne, 1969) is a French writer. ... Helen Darville (born 7 January 1971) is an Australian journalist and writer. ... Kamala Suraiya, better known as Kamala Das, is a well-known female Indian writer writing in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. ... Marie-Catherine le Jumelle de Barneville, Baronne dAulnoy (1650/1651–4 January 1705) was a French writer known for her fairy tales. ... American author and music critic Marcia Davenport was born Marcia Glick in New York City on June 9, 1903, the daughter of opera singer Alma Gluck and Bernard Glick, and she became the step-daughter of violinist Efrem Zimbalist when Gluck remarried. ... Henriette Davidis (March 1, 1801 - April 3, 1876) is the most famous classic cookbook author in Germany, and the German cuisine culture is decisively marked by her contributions. ... Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American socialist organizer and philosopher who was periodically a member of, the Black Panther Political Party (BPPP), SNCC and later for a brief period of time The Black Panther Party (BPP) doing political education work with youth. ... Dorothy Salisbury Davis (born April 26, 1916) is a American crime fiction writer. ... Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis (1831-1910; born Rebecca Blaine Harding) was an American author and journalist. ... Mary Davys (1674-1732), novelist and playwright. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Shobha De Shobhaa Dé (b. ... Aurora de Albornoz was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain, in 1926. ... Pamela Dean (Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet) is a fantasy author whose most notable book is Tam Lin, based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on Carleton College in Minnesota. ... Kathryn Deans is an Australian author working in a number of genres. ... Françoise dEaubonne (March 12, 1920 in Paris - August 3, 2005 in Paris), French feminist, introduced the term ecofeminism (écologie-féminisme, éco-féminisme or écoféminisme) in 1974. ... Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (born 9 June 1890 in Steyning, Sussex – died 2 December 1943), commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific author who is best-known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a... Lucy Ann Delaney Lucy Delaney (c. ... Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971), also called Anpetu Waste Win (Beautiful Day Woman), was an educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist of Yankton Sioux background. ... Enid Derham (March 24, 1882 - November 13, 1941) was an Australian poet She was born at Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria. ... Anita Desai (b. ... Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) [1] is a South Asian American author. ... Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (June 20, 1786 - July 23, 1859) was a French poet. ... Antoinette Deshoulières Antoinette Du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1 January 1638–1694) was a French poet born in Paris. ... Mahasweta Devi (born 1926 in Dacca now known as Bangladesh) is an Indian writer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Photo of Joan Didion by Robert Birnbaum Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. ... Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American author. ... Blixen in Kenya, 1918 Isak Dinesen (April 17, 1885-September 7, 1962) was a pen name for the Danish author Karen Blixen. ... Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956 - ) is an Indian-American author, poet, and professor of English at The University of Houston Creative Writing Program. ... Assia Djebar is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born August 4, 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. ... Rosemary Dobson (born 1920) is an award winning Australian poet. ... Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) was an American childrens writer and editor. ... Hilde Domin (27 July 1909 – 22 February 2006), whose real name was Hilde Palm, was a German lyric poet and writer. ... Emma Donoghue is an Irish-born playwright, literary historian and novelist now living in Canada. ... O. Douglas is the pen name of Anna Masterton Buchan (1877-1948), a Scottish novelist. ... Sara Douglass (Born 2 June 1957 in Penola, South Australia) is the pen name of Australian fantasy writer Dr. Sara Warneke, who lives in Hobart, Tasmania. ... Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA) is an African American United States poet and author. ... Unity Dow (born 1959) is a judge, human rights activist, and writer from Botswana. ... Margaret Drabble (born June 5, 1939) is an English novelist. ... Judith Drake was an intellectual and author who was active in the last decade of the 17th century. ... Annette von Droste-Hülshoff on the Twenty Deutsche Mark banknote House of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff in Meersburg (Germany). ... Marilyn Dumont (born 1955) is a Canadian poet of Cree/Métis descent. ... Sarah Dunant is the author of many international bestsellers, most recently The Birth of Venus and In the company of the courtesan. ... Alice Dunbar-Nelson (July 19, 1875 - September 18, 1935) was an African American poet, journalist and political activist. ... Elaine Dundy Elaine Dundy (born Elaine Brimberg in 1927 in New York City, New York) is an American, actress, journalist, novelist, biographer, and playwright. ... Dương Thu Hương (1947 - present) is a Vietnamese author and political dissident. ... Dame Mary Durack (born February 20, 1913, died December 16, 1994) was an accomplished Australian author and historian. ... Claire, duchesse de Duras, was a reluctant writer. ... Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras, (April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French writer and film director. ...

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Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach (September 13, 1830 - March 12, 1916) was an Austrian writer. ... Leigh Eddings is the wife of science fiction author David Eddings. ... Maria Edgeworth (January 1, 1767-May 22, 1849) was an Irish novelist. ... Barbara Ehrenreich (born August 26, 1941 Ehrenreich was born Barbara Alexander to Isabelle Oxley and Ben Alexander. ... George Eliots birthplace at South Farm, Arbury Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. ... Elizabeth Elstob (1674 or 1683 - 1752 or 1756) was an English scholar of Anglo-Saxon, known for her 1715 book An Apology for the Study of Northern Antiquities. ... Diamela Eltit (Santiago de Chile, 1949) is a writer and a Spanish teacher from Chile. ... Buchi Emecheta (born July 21, 1944) is a Nigerian novelist. ... Enchi Fumiko (円地文子) (October 2, 1905- November 12, 1986) was one of the prominent women writers of twentieth century Japan. ... Marian Engel (May 24, 1933–February 16, 1985) was a Canadian novelist whose feminist approach made her one of Canadas foremost modern writers. ... Nora Ephron Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. ... Karen Louise Erdrich (born June 7, 1954) is a Native American (Chippewa) author of novels, poetry, and childrens books. ... Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (Georgian: ) (February 3, 1868 – May 1, 1951) was a Georgian woman novelist. ... Laura Esquivel (born September 30, 1950) is a Mexican author. ... Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph. ... Cover of Ginger Pye, written and illustrated by Eleanor Estes Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 - July 15, 1988) was an American childrens author. ... Augusta Jane Evans (Wilson) (1835-1909) was an American novelist, born in Columbus, Georgia. ... Mari Evans (born July 16, 1923 in Toledo, Ohio) is an African-American poet, best known for her poem When In Rome, which is taught in many high school and college English classes. ... Matilda Jane Evans (1827 - 1886) (née Congreve) was as Australian novelist,who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc. ...

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Diane Fahey (1945-) is an Australian poet. ... UA Fanthorpe. ... Nancy Farmer (born 9 July 1941 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an acclaimed childrens author from the United States. ... Jessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961) was an African American editor, poet, essayist and novelist. ... Else Feldmann was a notable Austrian writer and journalist, victim of the Nazi Holocaust. ... Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968), Jewish-American novelist, author, and playwright. ... Fanny Fern (1811-1872) was the pseudonym of Sara Willis Parton. ... Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga, (1944 - ) is a contemporary Paraguayan poet and novelist. ... Rachel Field (born September 19, 1894; died March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and author of childrens fiction. ... Helen Fielding (born February 19, 1958 in Morley, West Yorkshire) is a British author, best known as the author of the novel Bridget Joness Diary and its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason The Bridget Jones books had their origins in a column published in The Independent and... Sarah Fielding (November 8, 1710 – 1768) was a British author and sister of Henry Fielding. ... Sia Figiel (born 1967) is a contemporary Samoan novelist, poet and painter. ... Adélaïde-Emilie Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (May 14, 1761 - April 19, 1836) was a French writer She was born in Paris. ... Anne Kingsmill Finch (née Anne Kingsmill), countess of Winchilsea, 1661-1720, was an English poet, one of the first female English poets to be published. ... Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 - June 22, 1992) was a prolific and well-respected writer, writing more than 20 books during her lifetime and also publishing two volumes of journals and correspondence shortly before her death in 1992. ... Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 - 28 April 2000) was an English poet, novelist and biographer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fannie Flagg Fannie Flagg (born September 21, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American author and actress. ... Mary Foote Mary Hallock Foote (November 9, 1847 – June 25, 1938) was an American author and illustrator. ... Esther Forbes (June 28, 1891 - August 12, 1967) was an American biographer, novelist, and childrens writer who received both a Pulitzer Prize and a Newbery Medal. ... Margaret Forster (born 1938) is a British author. ... Hannah Webster Foster (September 10, 1758 - 1840) was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts. ... Janet Paterson Frame ONZ, CBE, (August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004) was the New Zealand author of eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, a childrens book, and a three volume autobiography. ... Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 – early March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during... Portrait of Franklin, circa 1940s. ... Lady Antonia Fraser, née Pakenham, (born August 27, 1932) is a British author of history and novels, best known for writing biographies. ... Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent female American writer of the Victorian era known for her short stories and novels of life in New England villages. ... Gayleen Froese (born 1972 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a mystery novelist and singer/songwriter from Western Canada. ... Margaret Fuller, by Marchioness Ossoli. ... Mary Eliza Fullerton (May 14, 1868 - February 23, 1946) was an Australian writer. ...

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Ekaterine Gabashvili (Georgian: ) née Tarkhnishvili (თარხნიშვილი) (16 June 1851 – 7 August 1938) was a Georgian female writer and public figure. ... Mary Gaitskill (born November 11, 1954 in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American author of essays, short stories and novels. ... Zona Gale (August 26, 1874-1938) was an American writer. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Helen Garner (born 1942 in Geelong, Australia) is a novelist and journalist. ... Elizabeth Gaskell — from the portrait by George Richmond Photograph taken late in Gaskells life Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson; 29 September 1810–12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. ... Pauline Gedge (born 1945) is an award-winning and best-selling Canadian novelist who lives in Edgerton, Alberta. ... Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is the American author of a number of mystery novels set in Great Britain. ... Kaye Gibbons (born 1960) is an American novelist. ... Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902—19 December 1989) was an English novelist and poet. ... Ellen Gilchrist (born February 20, 1935) was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. ... ElizaBeth Gilligan is a fantasy author who lives in San Francisco, California. ... Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935) was a prominent American non-fiction writer, short story writer, novelist, commercial artist, lecturer, and social reformer. ... Yolande Cornelia Nikki Giovanni (born June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a legendary Grammy-nominated American poet, activist and author. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Ellen Glasgow Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist from Richmond, Virginia. ... Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 27, 1948) was an American dramatist, theatrical producer, theatre owner/operator, and novelist. ... Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American poet. ... Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) aka Red Emma, was a Lithuanian-born anarchist known for her writings and speeches. ... Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (1814-1873) was a Cuban writer. ... Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize. ... Mrs. ...