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• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
• Louise Abeita
• Kathy Acker
• Juliette Adam
• Abigail Adams
• Stephanie Adams b. 1970. American author.
• Fleur Adcock b. 1935.
• Yda Addis
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Renata Adler
• Grace Aguilar
• Freda Ahenakew
• Ilse Aichinger
• Ama Ata Aidoo
• Lucy Aikin
• Bella Akhmadulina
• Anna Akhmatova
• Anne-Marie Albiach
• Jordie Albiston
• Louisa May Alcott
• Isabella Macdonald Alden
• Claribel Alegría
• Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir
• Isabel Allende
• Phyllis Shand Allfrey
• Margery Allingham
• Dorothy Allison
• Julia Álvarez
• Jessica Anderson
• Maya Angelou
• Jane Anger
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa
• Hannah Arendt
• Karen Armstrong
• Kelley Armstrong b. 1968. Canadain author. Write of the Women Of The Otherworld Series.
• Bettina von Arnim
• Elizabeth von Arnim
• Joanne Arnott
• Harriette Arnow
• Anastasia Ashman
• Pitseolak Ashoona
• Margot Asquith
• Mary Astell
• Gertrude Atherton
• Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
• Kate Atkinson
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes b. 1984. American novelist.
• Margaret Atwood b. 1939. Canadian novelist, poet, and critic. The Handmaid's Tale
• Penelope Aubin c. 1679–c. 1731. English novelist and translator.
• Jean M. Auel b. 1936. American novelist. Earth's Children series.
• Ruthie Augustein b. 1965
• Rose Ausländer
• Jane Austen
• Mary Austin
• Auvaiyar
• Margaret Avison
• Marilou Awiakta
• Kiran Bashir Ahmad Pakistani short story writer. Parched Earth Plans In Pink

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. ...

B

• Natalie Babbitt
• Ingeborg Bachmann
• Delia Bacon
• Enid Bagnold
• Joanna Baillie 1762–1851. Scottish poet and dramatist.
• Dorothy Baker
• Faith Baldwin
• Toni Cade Bambara
• Mary Ellen Bamford
• Ban Zhao
• Helen Elliott Bandini
• Leslie Esdaile Banks
• Helen Bannerman
• Bette Bao-Lord
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld
• Nicola Barker
• Mary Barnard
• Djuna Barnes
• Margaret Ayer Barnes
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
• Lynne Barrett
• Allie Bates
• Vicki Baum
• Nathasha Beaulieu
• Simone de Beauvoir
• Béatrix Beck
• Patricia Beer 1919–1999.
• Mrs. Beeton
• Aphra Behn 1640–1689. British playwright, poet, and novelist. The Rover
• Victoria Benedictsson
• Juliana Berners
• Bertice Berry
• Betty Berzon
• Annie Besant
• Elizabeth Bibesco
• Marthe Bibesco
• Isabella Bird
• Anne Bishop
• Elizabeth Bishop
• Malorie Blackman
• Neltje Blanchan
• Countess of Blessington
• Francesca Lia Block b. 1962. Weetzie Bat series.
• Amelia Bloomer
• Judy Blume
• Louise Bogan
• Eavan Boland b. 1944.
• Sarah Knowles Bolton
• María Luisa Bombal
• Tanella Boni
• Geraldine Bonner
• Marita Bonner
• Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa)
• Mary Everest Boole
• Frances Boothby, active around 1669–1670. British playwright.
• Alice Borchardt
• Elizabeth Bowen
• Jane Bowles
• Mary Bowes 1749–1800. English playwright and botanist.
• Kay Boyle
• Leigh Brackett
• Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Anne Bradstreet
• Anna Hempstead Branch
• Hannah Brand 1754–1821. English actress and playwright.
• Lily Braun
• Angela Brazil
• Fredrika Bremer
• Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright
• Vera Brittain
• Anne Brontë
• Charlotte Brontë
• Emily Brontë
• Frances Brooke 1723–1789. English novelist, essayist, playwright, and translator.
• Anita Brookner
• Geraldine Brooks b. 1955. Pulitzer Prize winning author of March.
• Gwendolyn Brooks
• Rhoda Broughton
• Rebecca Brown b. 1956.
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• Pearl S. Buck
• Buffalo Bird Woman
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Frances Burney 1752–1840. English novelist, diarist, letter-writer, and playwright. Evelina
• Frances Burney 1776–1828. English governess and author of closet drama.
• Olivia Ward Bush
• Sharon Butala
• Octavia Butler
• Susan Bulkeley Butler
• Mary Butts
• A. S. Byatt

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. ...

C

• Caroline Caddy
• Florence Caddy
• Mona Caird
• Hortense Calisher
• Maria Callcott
• Bebe Moore Campbell
• Marion May Campbell
• Dorothy Canfield
• Minna Canth
• Lan Cao
• Jacqueline Carey
• Leonora Carrington
• Angela Carter
• Elizabeth Cary 1585–1639. English playwright. The Tragedy of Mariam
• Rosario Castellanos
• Ana Castillo
• Rosalía de Castro
• Willa Cather
• Jane Cavendish 1620/21–1669. English poet and playwright.
• Margaret Cavendish 1623–1673. English poet, philosopher, essayist, playwright, and writer of fiction. The Blazing World
• Susannah Centlivre 1667–1723. English playwright and poet. The Busybody
• Lorna Dee Cervantes b. 1954.
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
• Charlotte Charke 1713–1760. English actress, playwright, novelist, and autobiographer.
• Daína Chaviano
• Ying Chen
• C. J. Cherryh b. 1942. American sci-fi and fantasy author.
• Lydia Maria Child
• Paulina Chiziane
• Kate Chopin
• Agatha Christie
• Lady Mary Chudleigh
• Ismat Chughtai
• Caryl Churchill b. 1938.
• Sandra Cisneros
• Mary Higgins Clark
• Pearl Cleage
• Beverly Cleary
• Michelle Cliff
• Lucille Clifton
• Catherine Clive 1711–1785. English actress and dramatist.
• Wendy Coakley-Thompson
• Wanda Coleman
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
• Colette
• Anne Compton b. 1947. Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist.
• Marvel Cooke
• Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
• Patricia Cornwell
• Anita Cornwell
• Jayne Cortez
• Arlette Cousture
• Margaret Craven
• Hélisenne de Crenne
• M. T. C. Cronin
• Elsa Cross b. 1946. Mexican poet and essayist.
• Catherine Crowe 1800–1876. English dramatist, novelist, and author of children's books.
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651–1695. Mexican poet and playwright.
• Maria Susanna Cummins
• Isabella Valancy Crawford
• Dymphna Cusack
• Mary Crow Dog

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. (Hilda Doolittle)
• Edwidge Danticat
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton
• Amma Darko
• Marie Darrieussecq
• Helen Darville
• Kamala Das
• Madame d'Aulnoy
• Marcia Davenport
• Henriette Davidis
• Angela Davis
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis
• Rebecca Harding Davis
• Mary Davys 1674–1732. Irish novelist and playwright.
• Laura Day
• Shobha De
• Aurora de Albornoz
• Pamela Dean b. 1953. American novelist.
• Kathryn Deans
• Françoise d'Eaubonne
• E. M. Delafield
• Monique Deland
• Lucy Delaney
• Ella Cara Deloria
• Enid Derham
• Anita Desai
• Kiran Desai
• Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières
• Mahasweta Devi
• Ashapoorna Devi
• Caroline Dexter
• Emily Dickinson
• Joan Didion
• Annie Dillard b. 1945.
• Isak Dinesen
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• Assia Djebar
• Rosemary Dobson
• Mary Mapes Dodge
• Hilde Domin
• Emma Donoghue b. 1969. Irish novelist.
• O. Douglas, pen name of Anna Buchan. (1877-1948)
• Sara Douglass
• Rita Dove b. 1952.
• Unity Dow
• Margaret Drabble
• Hannah L. Drake
• Judith Drake
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
• Marilyn Dumont b. 1955. First Nations Canadian poet.
• Sarah Dunant
• Alice Dunbar-Nelson
• Elaine Dundy
• Dương Thu Hương
• Mary Durack
• Claire de Duras
• Marguerite Duras
• Edrea Davis

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 von Ebner-Eschenbach
• Leigh Eddings
• Maria Edgeworth
• Barbara Ehrenreich
• George Eliot
• Elizabeth Elstob
• Diamela Eltit
• Buchi Emecheta b. 1944. Nigerian novelist.
• Enchi Fumiko
• Marian Engel
• Nora Ephron
• Louise Erdrich
• Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria
• Laura Esquivel
• Clarissa Pinkola Estés
• Eleanor Estes
• Janet Evanovitch b. 1943. American novelist.
• Augusta Jane Evans
• Mari Evans
• Matilda Jane Evans

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
• Ursula Fanthorpe b. 1929. British poet.
• Nancy Farmer b. 1941. Young adult and children's novelist.
• Jesse Redmon Fauset
• Else Feldmann
• Edna Ferber
• Fanny Fern
• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga
• Rachel Field
• Helen Fielding b. 1958. English novelist.
• Sarah Fielding 1710–1768. English novelist. The Adventures of David Simple
• Sia Figiel
• Adelaide Filleul
• Anne Finch 1661–1720. English poet.
• M.F.K. Fisher
• Penelope Fitzgerald
• Louise Fitzhugh
• Fannie Flagg
• Mary Hallock Foote
• Esther Forbes
• Margaret Forster
• Hannah Webster Foster
• Janet Frame
• Anne Frank
• Miles Franklin
• Antonia Fraser
• Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
• Gayleen Froese
• Margaret Fuller
• Mary Eliza Fullerton

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
• Mary Gaitskill
• Zona Gale
• Mavis Gallant
• Helen Garner
• Elizabeth Gaskell
• Pauline Gedge
• Elizabeth George
• Kaye Gibbons
• Stella Gibbons
• Ellen Gilchrist
• ElizaBeth Gilligan
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Nikki Giovanni
• Diane Glancy
• Ellen Glasgow
• Susan Glaspell
• Louise Glück b. 1943.
• Emma Goldman
• Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda
• Nadine Gordimer
• Catherine Gore 1799–1861. British novelist and dramatist.
• Hiromi Goto
• Olympe de Gouges
• Posie Graeme-Evans
• Agnieszka Graff
• Sue Grafton
• Jorie Graham b. 1951.
• Anna Katharine Green
• Gael Greene
• Lady Gregory
• Elizabeth Griffith c. 1727–1793. Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist, and actress,
• Martha Grimes
• Charlotte Forten Grimké
• Angelina Weld Grimke
• Claudine Guérin de Tencin
• Guðrún Helgadóttir
• Judith Guest
• Germaine Guèvremont

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. ... Hiromi Goto (born 1966) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Olympe de Gouges (born Marie Gouze; May 7, 1748 – November 3, 1793) was a playwright and journalist whose feminist writings reached a large audience. ... Posie Graeme-Evans was born in England, the daughter of a novelist and an RAF pilot. ... Agnieszka Graff (born October 1, 1970), is a Polish writer, translator, publicist, feminist and womens and human rights activist. ... Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels. ... Jorie Pepper Graham-Galvin (born May 9, 1950), American poet and the editor of numerous volumes of poetry. ... Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 in Brooklyn, New York - April 11, 1935 in Buffalo) was an American author. ... Gael Greene is an American food critic and author of Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess (Warner Books, 2006). ... A photograph of Lady Gregory from her 1913 book Our Irish Theatre Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852–22 May 1932), née Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. ... Elizabeth Griffith, née Griffith (born 1727?, died 1793), was an eighteenth-century Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, best known for her edition of Shakespeares comedies published in 1775. ... Martha Grimes is a American author. ... Charlotte Forten Bridges Grimké (17 August 1837–1914) was an American antislavery activist, poet, educator and abolitionist. ... Angelina Weld Grimke (February 27, 1880 – June 10, 1958) was a prominent journalist and poet. ... Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin (1681 - 4 December 1749) was a French courtesan and author. ... Guðrún Helgadóttir is a prominent writer of childrens literature in Iceland. ... Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936), in Detroit, Michigan) is an American novelist and screenwriter. ...

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• Jessica Hagedorn b. 1949. Filipino-American poet, playwright and novelist.
• Radclyffe Hall 1880-1943. English novelist.
• Gisèle Halimi b. 1927. French-Tunisian feminist essayist.
• Anne, Lady Halkett 1623-1699. English memoirist and religious essayist.
• Virginia Hamilton 1936-2002. American children's novelist. M. C. Higgins, the Great
• Lorraine Hansberry 1930-1965. American playwright. A Raisin in the Sun
• Thea von Harbou 1888-1954. Prussian-German novelist and screenwriter.
• Joy Harjo b. 1951. American poet.
• Frances Harper 1825-1911. American poet and novelist. Iola Leroy
• Gwen Harwood 1920-1995. Australian poet and librettist.
• Eliza Haywood 1693–1756. English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and translator. The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
• Bessie Head 1937-1986. Botswanan novelist, journalist and short story writer.
• Anne Hébert 1916-2000. Canadian poet and novelist. Kamouraska
• Ursula Hegi b. 1946. German-American novelist.
• Lillian Hellman 1905-1984. American playwright.
• Felicia Hemans 1793–1835. English-Welsh poet.
• Beth Henley b. 1952. American playwright and screenwriter.
• Mary Sidney Herbert 1561–1621. English poet, translator, and patron.
• Karen Hesse b. 1952. American children's novelist. Out of the Dust
• Patricia Highsmith 1921-1995. American crime novelist and short story writer. Strangers on a Train
• Hildegard of Bingen 1098-1179. German mystic, playwright and poet. Scivias
• S. E. Hinton b. 1948. American children's novelist. The Outsiders
• Laura Z. Hobson 1900-1986. American novelist.
• Linda Hogan b. 1947. American poet, novelist and short story writer.
• Winifred Holtby 1898-1935. English novelist and journalist.
• bell hooks b. 1952. American feminist academic.
• Pauline Hopkins 1859-1930. American novelist, journalist and playwright.
• Janette Turner Hospital b. 1942. Australian novelist and short story writer.
• Ada Verdun Howell 1902-1981. Australian-American poet.
• Fannie Hurst 1885-1968. American novelist.
• Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960. American novelist.
• Nancy Huston b. 1953. Canadian-French novelist and essayist.
• Lucy Hutchinson 1620-1681. English biographer.
• Elspeth Huxley 1907-1997. English-Kenyan memoirist and journalist.

Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn was born (and raised) in Manila, Philippines in 1949. ... Image:Radclyffe-hall-190x274. ... Gisèle Halimi (born 1927) is a Tunisian lawyer, activist, and author. ... Lady Anne Halkett (née Murray) (1623-1699) was a religious writer and autobiographer. ... Virginia Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was a prolific childrens author. ... M. C. Higgins, the Great is a book by Virginia Hamilton that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American childrens literature in 1975. ... Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and litigant in the United States Supreme Court case, Hansberry v. ... A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. ... Thea von Harbou (December 27, 1888 â€“ July 1, 1954) was a German actress and author of some noble Prussian descent. ... Joy Harjo (b. ... Frances Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland, was an African-American abolitionist and poet. ... Frances Harper Iola Leroy or, Shadows Uplifted is an 1892 novel by African-American author Frances Harper. ... Gwen Harwood (8 June 1920 - 9 December 1995), nee Gwendoline Nessie Foster, was an Australian poet and librettist. ... Playwright and novelist Eliza Haywood, by George Vertue, 1725. ... Bessie Emery Head (1937-1986) is usually considered Botswanas most important writer. ... Anne Hebert Anne Hébert (August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000) was a Canadian author and poet. ... Kamouraska is a novel written by Anne Hébert and published in 1970. ... Ursula Hegi, best selling fiction writer, was born in 1946, lived in Germany till she was 18. ... Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. ... Felicia Hemans Felicia Hemans (September 25, 1793 - 1835), was a British poet. ... Beth Henley (born May 8, 1952), of Jackson, Mississippi, is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. ... Portrait of Mary Herbert, by Nicholas Hilliard, c. ... Karen Hesse, born August 29, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is an author of childrens literature and literature for young adults. ... Out of the Dust is a novel written by Karen Hesse. ... 1962 publicity photo of Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations. ... Strangers on a Train is a thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith, who also wrote The Talented Mr. ... Illumination from the Liber Scivias showing Hildegard receiving a vision and dictating to her scribe Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – September 17, 1179), also known as Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard, was a German magistra and later, abbess. ... Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American author of novels for young adults. ... The Outsiders is a novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. ... Laura Kean Zametkin (June 19, 1900 – February 28, 1986), whose books appeared under the name Laura Z. Hobson, was an American novelist. ... Linda Hogan (born 1947) is a Native American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. ... Image:Holtby. ... bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins on September 25, 1952) is an African-American intellectual, feminist, and social activist. ... Pauline Hopkins (born Elizabeth Hopkins 1859 – August 13, 1930) was a prominent early African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, and editor. ... Janette Turner Hospital (née Turner) (born 1942) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. ... Ada Verdun Howell (19 July 1902–1981) was an Australian author and poet. ... Fannie Hurst in 1932, portrait by Carl Van Vechten. ... Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. ... Nancy Louise Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French and auto-translates, that is, she translates her own works into English. ... Mrs. ... Elspeth Joscelin Huxley (née Grant) (July 23, 1907 - January 10, 1997) - a woman of compelling personality and energy - was a polymath. ...

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• Nilima Ibrahim 1921-2002. Bangladeshi writer (details missing).
• Elizabeth Inchbald 1753–1821. English novelist, actress, and dramatist. A Simple Story
• Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867-1957. American novelist. Little House on the Prairie
• Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir b. 1942. Icelandic poet.
• Sylvia Iparraguirre b. 1947. Argentine novelist.
• Molly Ivins b. 1944. American columnist.

Nilima Ibrahim (Bangla: নীলিমা ইব্রাহীম) (1921-2002) was a Bangladeshi educationist, literateur and social worker. ... Mrs. ... Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American author. ... Little House on the Prairie is a childrens book by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1935. ... Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir is an Icelandic poetess and translator born on October 21, 1942. ... Sylvia Iparraguirre (b. ... Molly Ivins (born August 30, 1944, as Mary Tyler Ivins) is a newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. ...

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• Helen Hunt Jackson 1830-1885. American novelist. Ramona
• Rebecca Cox Jackson
• Shelley Jackson b. 1963. Filipino-American novelist, short story writer and essayist. Patchwork Girl (hypertext)
• Shirley Jackson 1916-1965. American novelist and short story writer. "The Lottery"
• Harriet Jacobs 1813-1897. American memoir writer. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• Rona Jaffe 1932-2005. American novelist. The Best of Everything
• Alice James 1848-1892. American diarist.
• P. D. James b. 1920. English mystery novelist. Cover Her Face
• Elizabeth Janeway 1913-2005. American novelist.
• Tama Janowitz b. 1957. American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Slaves of New York
• Sarah Orne Jewett 1849-1909. American novelist and short story writer.
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala b. 1927. German-English-Indian-American novelist and screenwriter. Heat and Dust, A Room with a View, Howards End
• Rita Joe b. 1932. Canadian poet.
• Georgia Douglas Johnson 1877-1966. American poet.
• Helene Johnson 1906-1995. American poet.
• Pauline Johnson 1861-1913. Canadian poet. Flint and Feather
• Mary Johnston 1870-1936. American novelist.
• Diana Wynne Jones b. 1934. British novelist, primarily of fantasy.
• Marcie Jones b. 1973. American journalist and parenting writer.
• Sandy Jones birthdate missing. American parenting writer.
• Erica Jong b. 1942. American novelist. Fear of Flying
• Ingrid Jonker 1933-1965. South African poet.
• June Jordan 1936-2002. American poet, essayist, journalist, novelist, librettist and autobiography writer.
• Heidi Julavits birthdate missing. American journalist and novelist.
• Julian of Norwich 1342-1416. English mystic.

Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1831-August 12, 1885) was an American writer. ... Ramona is a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson and published in 1884. ... Shelley Jackson Shelley Jackson (born 1963) is a writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments, including important contributions to electronic literature and hypertext. ... Patchwork Girl is an early form of hypertext fiction which is not linked to the internet. ... Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916 [1]– August 8, 1965) was an influential American author. ... The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in the June 28, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. ... Harriet Jacobs was an American author. ... Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is book that was published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, using the nom de plume Linda Brent. It is considered a work of feminist literature. ... Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1932 — December 30, 2005) was an American novelist. ... The Best of Everything (1958) by Rona Jaffe is the first novel by Rona Jaffe. ... Photograph of Alice James Alice James (August 7, 1848–March 6, 1892), U.S. diarist, only daughter of Henry James, Sr. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords, who writes as P. D. James. ... Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. ... Elizabeth Janeway (October 7, 1913 – January 15, 2005) was an American author and critic. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama starring Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi. ... Sarah Orne Jewett Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American author whose works were set in her native New England. ... Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born May 7, 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Book cover Heat and Dust is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala which won the Booker Prize in 1975. ... A Room with a View is a 1986 Merchant Ivory Productions Academy Award-winning feature film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ... Howards End is a 1991 (released in 1992) film adaptation of E.M. Forsters 1910 novel Howards End, a story of class struggle in turn-of-the-20th-century England. ... Rita Joe, PC , CM , LL.D (March 15, 1932 – March 20, 2007) was a Mikmaq-Canadian poet and song writer, called the Poet Laureate of the Mikmaq people. ... Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1877-1966) was an American Black poet. ... Helen Johnson, who was better known as Helene Johnson (1906-1995) was an African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Emily Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) (10 March 1861 - 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer. ... Mary Johnston Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 - May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and womens rights advocate. ... Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. ... Marcie Jones [1973- ] is a journalist, consultant and author who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Sandy Jones, MA, is an American pregnancy and parenting expert []. Her newest book, co-authored with her daughter, Marcie Jones, Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy & Childbirth was published by Sterling Publishing. ... Erica Jong (née Mann, born March 26, 1942, in New York City, New York) is an American author and educator. ... Fear of Flying is a 1973 novel by Erica Jong, which became famous for its then-controversial attitudes towards feminism and female sexuality. ... Ingrid Jonker Selected Poems Ingrid Jonker (19 September 1933 - 19 July 1965) (OIS) was a South African poet. ... June Jordan (July 9, 1936-June 14, 2002) was an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, and teacher, born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants. ... Heidi Julavits is an American author and co-editor of The Believer magazine. ... Julian of Norwich (c. ...

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• Molly Keane 1904-1996. Irish novelist.
• Elizabeth Keckley c. 1818-1907. American memoir writer.
• Antigone Kefala b. 1935. Romanian-Greek-Australian poet.
• Agnes Newton Keith 1901-1982. American memoir writer and novelist. Three Came Home
• Helen Keller 1880-1968. American lecturer, essayist, and autobiography writer. Light in my Darkness
• Margery Kempe c. 1373-1438. English autobiography writer.
• Irmgard Keun 1905-1982. German novelist.
• Sue Monk Kidd b. 1948. American writer. The Secret Life of Bees
• Anne Killigrew 1660-1685. English poet.
• Jamaica Kincaid b. 1949. Antiguan-American novelist. Annie John
• Grace King 1852-1932. American short story writer and historian.
• Tabitha King b. 1949. American novelist.
• Barbara Kingsolver b. 1955. American novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist.
• Maxine Hong Kingston b. 1940. Chinese-American novelist and academic.
• Carolyn Kizer b. 1925. American poet.
• Lina Kostenko b. 1930. Ukrainian poet.
• Elizabeth Kostova b. 1964. American novelist. The Historian
• Julia Kristeva b. 1941. Bulgarian-French critic, philosopher and novelist.
• Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir b. 1949. Icelandic novelist.
• Agota Kristof b. 1935. Hungarian-Swiss novelist.
• Maxine Kumin b. 1925. American poet and children's novelist.

Molly Keane (1904 - 1996) was an Irish novelist, born in County Kildare. ... Elizabeth Keckley was a former slave who became a seamstress for Mary Todd Lincoln, and subsequently the author of a controversial account of her life with the First Lady. ... Antigone Kefala is an Australian poet of Greek-Romanian origin. ... Agnes Newton Keith (6 July 1901 – 30 March 1982) was an American author best known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in North Borneo (now Sabah) before, during and after the Second World War. ... Three Came Home is a 1950 film based on the war memoirs of writer Agnes Newton Keith. ... Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. ... Light in My Darkness is a book, originally published in 1927 as My Religion, written by Helen Keller when she was 47 years old. ... Margery Kempe (ca. ... Irmgard Keun (February 6, 1905 - May 5, 1982) was a German author noteworthy both for her portrayals of life in the Weimar Republic as well as the early years of the Nazi era. ... Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948, in Sylvester, Georgia) is a southern American writer best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees. She graduated in 1970 from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing, and worked throughout her twenties as a Registered Nurse and college... The Secret Life of Bees is a 2002 novel by author Sue Monk Kidd that has received much critical acclaim. ... Anne Killigrew (1660 – 1685) was an English poet. ... Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan-American novelist. ... Annie John, a novel written by Jamaica Kincaid in 1985, details the growth of a girl in Antigua, an island in the Caribbean. ... Grace King, 1887 Grace Elizabeth King (1852-1932) was an American author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and a leader in historical and literary activities. ... Tabitha King (born Tabitha Spruce on March 24, 1949) is an American author, the wife of author Stephen King, and the mother of three children. ... Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American fiction writer. ... Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston (湯婷婷; born October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American writer. ... Carolyn Ashley Kizer (born December 10, 1925) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism. ... Lina Kostenko (Ukrainian: , born on March 19, 1930 in Rzhyshchiv, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine) is a leading representative of Ukrainian poets of the sixties known as Shestydesiantnyky (dissidents). ... Elizabeth Johnson Kostova (born December 26, 1964) is an American author. ... The Historian is a 2005 novel by Elizabeth Kostova about a quest, reaching through the past five centuries, for the historical Dracula. ... Julia Kristeva (Bulgarian: ) (born 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. ... Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir is an Icelandic writer born on January 21, 1949 in Hafnarfjörður. ... Agota Kristof is an Hungarian writer, who lives in Switzerland and writes in French. ... Maxine Kumin (b. ...

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• Marie Laberge
• Micheline Lachance
• Mercedes Lackey b. 1950. American fantasy novelist.
• Madame de La Fayette 1634-1693. French novelist. La Princesse de Clèves
• Jhumpa Lahiri b. 1967. Bengali-American short story writer and novelist. The Namesake
• Selma Lagerlof 1858-1940. Swedish novelist and children's novelist, and 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature-winner. Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The wonderful adventures of Nils Holgersson)
• Dilys Laing
• Laila Lalami b. 1968. Moroccan-American journalist, essayist and novelist. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
• Lalleshvari 1320-1392. Kashmiri poet.
• Margaret Landon 1903-1993. American novelist. Anna and the King of Siam
• Jane Lane historical novelist and biographer
• Eve Langley 1908-1974. Australian novelist.
• Aemilia Lanyer 1569-1645. English poet.
• Alda Lara 1930-1962. Angolan poet.
• Claudia Lars 1899-1974. El Salvadorean (?) poet.
• Nella Larsen 1891-1964. American novelist and short story writer.
• Margaret Laurence 1926-1987. Canadian novelist and short story writer. The Stone Angel
• Mary Lavin 1912-1996. Irish novelist and short story writer.
• Emma Lazarus 1849-1887. Portuguese-American poet. "The New Colossus"
• Jane Leade 1624-1704. English mystic.
• Louisa Leaman b. 1976. Education writer.
• Violette Leduc 1907-1972. French novelist.
• Ursula K. Le Guin b. 1929. American science fiction novelist, children's novelist, poet and essayist. Earthsea, Ekumen
• Harper Lee b. 1926. American novelist. To Kill a Mockingbird
• Harriet Lee 1757–1851. English novelist and playwright.
• Muna Lee 1895-1965. American poet and translator.
• Sophia Lee 1750–1824. English playwright and novelist.
• Tanith Lee b. 1947. British novelist, poet, and screenwriter.
• Joy Leftow birthdate missing. American poet.
• Madeleine L'Engle b. 1918. American novelist and children's novelist. A Wrinkle in Time
• Charlotte Lennox 1720–1804. English novelist, poet, and dramatist. The Female Quixote
• Donna Leon b. 1942. American-Italian mystery novelist.
• Ellen Lenneck 1851-1880. Pseudonym for Helene Weichardt. German author of novels and novellas.
• Doris Lessing b. 1919. English-Zimbabwean novelist. Canopus in Argos
• Meridel Le Sueur 1900-1996. American journalist and novelist.
• Denise Levertov 1923-1997. English-American poet and essayist.
• Janet Lewis 1899-1998. American novelist.
• Li Qingzhao 1084-1151. Chinese poet.
• Suzanne Lilar 1901-1992. Belgian playwright, essayist and novelist.
• Astrid Lindgren 1907-2002. Swedish children's novelist. Pippi Longstocking
• Elizabeth Linington 1921-1988. American mystery novelist.
• Clarice Lispector 1920-1977. Brazilian novelist. A Paixão segundo G.H.
• Dorothy Livesay 1909-1996. Canadian poet.
• Anita Loos 1888-1981. American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book)
• Audre Lorde 1934-1992. American poet
• Isabel Losada
• Amy Lowell 1874-1925. American poet.
• Lois Lowry b. 1937. American children's novelist. Number the Stars, The Giver
• Mina Loy 1882-1966. English poet and artist.
• Dulce María Loynaz 1902-1997. Cuban poet and novelist.
• Clare Booth Luce 1903-1987. American editor, playwright and journalist.
• Jane Lumley 1537–1578. English translator.
• Alison Lurie b. 1926. American novelist and academic. Foreign Affairs

Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey (born June 24, 1950) (also known as Misty Lackey) is a prolific American author of fantasy novels. ... Madame de La Fayette (baptized March 18, 1634 - May 25, 1693) was a French writer, the alleged author of La Princesse de Clèves, Frances first historical novel and often taken to be one of the earliest European novels of its day. ... La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel, regarded by many as one of the first European novels and a classic of its era. ... Jhumpa Lahiri Vourvoulias (born Nilanjana Sudeshna in 1967) (Bengali: ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী Jhumpa LahiÅ—i) is a contemporary Indian American author based in New York City. ... For the film of the same name, see The Namesake (film) The Namesake (2003) is the second book by author Jhumpa Lahiri. ... Selma Lagerlöf receives the Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish 20-krona bill, with Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (November 20, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a Swedish author, known internationally for Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (a story for children), and awarded the... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige book cover Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils) is a famous and high-quality work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, published in two parts 1906 and 1907. ... Laila Lalami is a Moroccan American author and essayist. ... Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits is a 2005 novel by Morrocan author Laila Lalami. ... In literature of India, Lalleshvari or Lalleshwari is also known as Lalla, and was a poet of the Kashmir valley. ... Margaret Landon (September 7, 1903 - December 4, 1993) was an American writer who became famous for Anna and the King of Siam, her 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens. ... Anna and the King of Siam is a 1944 book by Margaret Landon, a play and a 1946 movie directed by John Cromwell. ... Jane Lane is the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, a British historical novelist and biographer. ... Eve Langley (b. ... Emilia Lanier, also spelled Aemilia Lanyer, (1569-1645) was the first Englishwoman to assert herself as a professional poet through her single volume of poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611). ... Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque (born 9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola; died 30 January 1962, Cambambe, a large poetic output in the Portuguese language. ... Her true name was Carmen Brannon Vega. ... Nella Larsen in 1928 Nella Larsen (April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was a Mulatto novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels and a few short stories. ... Margaret Laurence (July 18, 1926–January 5, 1987) was a Canadian novelist. ... The Stone Angel, first published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart, is perhaps the best-known of Margaret Laurences series of novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba. ... Mary Josephine Lavin (June 10, 1912 - March 25, 1996) was a noted Irish short story writer and novelist. ... Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American poet born in New York City. ... The New Colossus is a sonnet by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), written in 1883, and, in 1903, engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the Statue of Liberty. ... Jane Leade (1624-1704) was a Christian Mystic born in Norfolk, England, whose spiritual visions, recorded in a series of publications, were central in the founding and philosophy of the Philadelphia Society in London at the time. ... Louisa Leaman (born 24 June 1976) is a writer and behaviour expert based in London UK. In 2004 she won a writing competition in the Times Educational Supplement. ... Violette Leduc (April 7, 1907 - May 28, 1972), French author, was born in Arras, Pas de Calais, France, the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl, Berthe. ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ... Cover to 1991 Bantam Books paperback edition of A Wizard of Earthsea, illustrated by John Jude Palencar Earthsea is a fictional realm created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story The Word of Unbinding, published in 1964, but that became more famous in her novel A Wizard of... The Ekumen is the fictional galactic federation of human-inhabited worlds mentioned in several of the science fiction novels of Ursula K. Le Guin. ... Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist, best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a Southern Gothic bildungsroman novel by Harper Lee. ... Harriet Lee (born in 1757 in London - died August 1, 1851 in Clifton, England) was a writer. ... Muna Lee (born October 30, 1981) is an American sprinter. ... Sophia Lee (1750 – 13 March 1824) was an English novelist and dramatist. ... Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (born September 19, 1947) is a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. ... Joy Leftow is a poet and writer born in Washington Heights where she grew up. ... Madeleine LEngle (born November 29, 1918) is an American writer best known for her childrens books, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters. ... For the movie adaptation, see A Wrinkle in Time (film) . A Wrinkle in Time is a childrens fantasy novel by Madeleine LEngle, written from 1959 to 1960[1] and published in 1962 after over forty rejections by publishers because it was, in LEngles words, too different. ... Charlotte Ramsey Lennox (c. ... Donna Leon, Warsaw (Poland), September 27, 2005 Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. ... // Helene Weichardts signature from her marriage certificate in 1879. ... Doris Lessing, CH, OBE (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ... Canopus in Argos is a series of science fiction novels written by Doris Lessing. ... Meridel Le Sueur (b. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Janet Lewis is an author. ... Li Qingzhao (Traditional Chinese: 李清照; Simplified Chinese: 李清照, pinyin: Lǐ QÄ«ngzhào; Wade-Giles: Li Ching-chao) (1084 - ca. ... Suzanne Lilar in the 1980 Suzanne Lilar (born Suzanne Verbist) (b. ... Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren ( , née Ericsson, November 14, 1907 – January 28, 2002) was a Swedish childrens book author, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. ... Cover for Astrid Lindgren original Do You Know Pippi Longstocking? Pippi Longstocking (Swedish Pippi LÃ¥ngstrump) is a fictional character in a series of childrens books created by author Astrid Lindgren. ... Barbara Elizabeth Linington (born March 11, 1921 in Aurora Kane, Illinois; died April 05, 1988 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California) was an American freelance novelist. ... Clarice Lispector (December 10, 1920 - December 9, 1977) was a Brazilian writer. ... A Paixão segundo G.H., translated into English as , is a 1964 novel by Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector. ... Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, OC , OBC , M.Ed , D.Litt , FRSC (October 12, 1909 - December 29, 1996) was a Canadian poet. ... Anita Loos (April 26, 1889 – August 18, 1981) was an acclaimed American screenwriter, playwright and author. ... Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book) is a comic novel written by Anita Loos first published in 1925. ... Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 in Harlem, New York City - November 17, 1992) was a writer and an activist. ... Isabel Losada is a British actress, singer, dancer, television producer and author. ... Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is an author of childrens literature who has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice: first for Number the Stars in 1990, and again in 1994 for The Giver, her most famous and controversial work. ... Number the Stars is a novel about the Holocaust of the Second World War by Lois Lowry. ... This article is about the novel by Lois Lowry. ... Image:Loy-Haweis1904. ... Dulce María Loynaz (December 10, 1902 - 1997) Born in Cuba. ... Categories: People stubs | U.S. dramatists and playwrights | Ambassadors of the United States | 1903 births | 1987 deaths ... Lumley [née Fitzalan], Jane, Lady Lumley (1537–1578), translator, was the first person to translate Euripides into English. ... Alison Lurie (born September 3, 1926) is an American novelist and academic. ... Foreign Affairs is a novel by Alison Lurie. ...

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• Gwendolyn MacEwen 1941-1987. Canadian novelist and poet.
• Patricia MacLachlan birthdate missing. American children's novelist. Sarah, Plain and Tall
• Rosie Malek-Yonan birthdate missing. Assyrian novelist, actor and filmmaker.
• Françoise Mallet-Joris b. 1930. Belgian-French novelist and essayist.
• Delarivier Manley c. 1670–1724. British novelist, playwright, and political pamphleteer.
• Katherine Mansfield 1888-1923. New Zealand-English short story writer.
• Lee Maracle b. 1950. Canadian poet, novelist and storyteller.
• Marguerite de Navarre 1492-1549. French poet, playwright and short story writer. Heptameron
• Marie de France 12th century. French-English poet. The Lais of Marie de France
• Ngaio Marsh 1895-1982. New Zealand mystery writer. Roderick Alleyn
• Paule Marshall b. 1929. American novelist.
• Bobbie Ann Mason b. 1940. English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic.
• Daphne du Maurier 1907-1989. English novelist and short story writer. Rebecca
• DeBarra Mayo b. 1953. American bodybuilder and fitness writer.
• Eleanor Mayo 1920-1981. American novelist.
• Bunny McBride b. 1950. American writer, journalist, and anthropologist
• Anne McCaffrey b. 1926. American science fiction novelist. Dragonriders of Pern
• Mary McCarthy (author) 1912-1989. American novelist, critic and memoir writer.
• Sharyn McCrumb b. 1948. American novelist and short story writer.
• Carson McCullers 1917-1967. American novelist. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Cassidy McKay b. 1966. American romance novelist. Sometimes Murphy Wins, The Variance Series, A Candle in the Window
• Patricia A. McKillip b. 1948. American sci-fi and fantasy writer.
• Emma McLaughlin American novelist.
• Terry McMillan b. 1951. American novelist. Waiting to Exhale
• Kat Meads
• Fatema Mernissi b. 1940. Moroccan feminist academic.
• Grace Metalious 1924-1964. American novelist. Peyton Place
• Alice Meynell 1847-1922. English feminist essayist, critic and poet.
• Charlotte Mew 1869-1928. English poet. The Farmer's Bride
• Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892-1950. American poet.
• Caroline Miller 1903-1992. American novelist.
• Anchee Min b. 1957. Chinese-American novelist and memoir writer. Red Azalea
• Mirabai 1498-1547. Rajasthani mystical poet.
• Gabriela Mistral 1889-1957. Chilean poet and 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature-winner. Sonetos de la Muerte
• Gladys Mitchell 1901-1983. English mystery novelist.
• Margaret Mitchell 1900-1949. American journalist and novelist. Gone with the Wind
• Naomi Mitchison 1897-1999. Scottish novelist and poet.
• Mary Russell Mitford 1787–1855. English novelist and dramatist.
• Nancy Mitford 1904-1973. English novelist, biographer and letterwriter.
• Szilvia Molnar b. 1984. Swedish poet and writer of short prose
• Hélène Monette
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689–1762. English poet, essayist, diarist, and letter-writer.
• Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874-1942. Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. Anne of Green Gables
• Susanna Moodie 1803-1885. Canadian diarist, novelist, children's novelist and poet. Roughing It in the Bush
• Anne Moody b. 1940. American autobiographer. Coming of Age in Mississippi
• Lorrie Moore b. 1957. American short story writer.
• Marianne Moore 1887-1972. American poet.
• Ruth Moore 1903-1989. American novelist, poet and short story writer.
• Hannah More 1745–1833. English moralist, poet, and playwright.
• Jan Morris b. 1926. Welsh historian and travel writer.
• Toni Morrison b. 1931. American novelist, children's novelist and 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature-winner. Beloved
• Penelope Mortimer 1918-1999. Welsh-English novelist.
• Farnoosh Moshiri
• Thylias Moss b. 1954. American poet, children's novelist and playwright.
• Bharati Mukherjee b. 1940. Indian-American novelist and short story writer. Jasmine
• Alice Munro b. 1931. Canadian short story writer. Dance of the Happy Shades
• Murasaki Shikibu c. 973-1014 or 1025. Japanese novelist and poet. The Tale of Genji
• Iris Murdoch 1919-1999. Irish-English novelist and philosopher. The Sea, the Sea
• Mary Noailles Murfree 1850-1922. American novelist and short story writer.
• C. E. Murphy
• Margaret Murphy British crime novelist, author of The Dispossessed and Now You See Me.

Gwendolyn MacEwen (September 1, 1941-November 29, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and poet. ... Patricia MacLachlan is a bestselling childrens author, best known for winning the 1986 Newbery Medal for her book Sarah, Plain and Tall. ... Sarah, Plain and Tall is a childrens book written by Patricia MacLachlan, winner of the Newbery Medal and the basis for three television movies, starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. ... Kinu 22:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC) Category: ... Françoise Mallet-Joris (b. ... Mary Delarivier (sometimes spelt Delariviere, Delarivière or de la Rivière) Manley (1663 or c. ... Katherine Mansfield (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction. ... Lee Maracle (born 1950) is a Canadian Aboriginal poet and author from the Squamish Nation. ... Marguerite of Navarre (April 11, 1492 - December 21, 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre. ... The Gentlemans Spur catching in the Sheet Illustration from an 1894 edition of The Tales Of The Heptameron The Heptameron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549). ... Marie de France (Mary of France) was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. ... The Lais of Marie de France are a series of twelve short narrative poems in Anglo-Norman, generally focused on glorifying the concepts of courtly love through the adventures of their main characters. ... Ngaio Marsh DBE (April 23, 1895 - February 18, 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh was an author and theatre director from New Zealand. ... Roderick Alleyn is a fictional character: the hero and detective from Ngaio Marshs novels. ... Cover of Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959) Paule Marshall (April 9, 1929) is an American author. ... Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1940) is a modern American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic. ... Dame Daphne du Maurier DBE (13 May 1907–19 April 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for her short story The Birds and her classic novel Rebecca, published in 1938. ... Rebecca is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Eleanor Mayo (1920-1981) was an American novelist of the mid twenieth century. ... Carol Ann (Bunny) McBride born in Washington, DC, on 9 April 1950, is the daughter of retired CBS Executive and NBC anchor Robert J. McBride and Cynthia Martin. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... The Dragonriders of Pern is an extensive fantasy/science fiction series of novels and short stories primarily written by Anne McCaffrey. ... Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989) was an American author and critic. ... Sharyn McCrumb (born Sharyn Elaine Arwood February 26, 1948, Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. ... Carson McCullers, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959 Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American writer. ... The Heart is a Lonely Hunter book cover The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is a novel by Carson McCullers. ... Patricia A. McKillip (February 29, 1948—) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. ... Emma McLaughlin Co-Author of The Nanny Diaries and Biography McLaughlin graduated from New York Universitys Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with concentrations in Arts and Education. ... Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951 in Port Huron, Michigan) is an African-American author. ... Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Fatema Mernissi is a contemporary Moroccan feminist writer. ... Grace Metalious (1924 - 1964) was an American author, best known for the controversial novel Peyton Place. ... Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious. ... Alice Meynell (September 22, 1847 _ November 27, 1922) was an English writer and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. ... Charlotte Mary Mew (November 15, 1869 – March 24, 1928) was an English poet. ... The Farmers Bride is a collection of poetry by Charlotte Mew. ... Edna St. ... Caroline Pafford Miller (b. ... Anchee Min (閔安琪 born 1957) is a painter, photographer, musician, and author who lives in Los Angeles and Shanghai. ... Red Azalea is the memoir of Chinese-American Anchee Min (born 1957). ... Mirabai (मीराबाई) (1498-1547) (sometimes also spelled Meera) was a female Hindu mystical poet whose compositions are popular throughout India. ... Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... // Los Sonetos de la Muerte I Del nicho helado en que los hombres te pusieron, te bajaré a la tierra humilde y soleada. ... Gladys Mitchell (April 19, 1901 – July 27, 1983) was an English author best known for her creation of Mrs. ... For the Canadian politician see Margaret Mitchell (politician) Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was the American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, Gone with the Wind, which was published in 1936. ... For the film, see Gone with the Wind (film). ... Naomi Margaret Mitchison, CBE (nee Haldane; 1 November 1897 Edinburgh – 11 January 1999 at Carradale) was a Scottish novelist and poet. ... Mary Russell Mitford Mary Russell Mitford (December 16, 1787 - January 10, 1855), was an English novelist and dramatist. ... Nancy Mitford, 1957 The Hon. ... Szilvia Molnar (born 24 September 1984) is a writer and translator who has written both verse and short prose in Swedish and English. ... Short prose is a generic term for various kinds of very short fictional prose; short prose may or may not be narrative. ... Mary Wortley Montague, by Charles Jervas, after 1716. ... Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery, (always called Maud by family and friends) and publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ... Anne of Green Gables is a book written by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery; it was first published in 1908. ... Susanna Moodie, née Strickland (6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was a British author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada. ... Anne Moody (born September 15, 1940) is an African American author who has written about her experiences growing up poor and black in rural Mississippi, and then joining the Civil Rights Movement, which fought racism against blacks in the United States beginning in the 1950s. ... Coming of Age in Mississippi is the autobiographical account of Anne Moody, an African American girl growing up in rural Mississippi in the middle of the 20th century. ... Lorrie Moore is a novelist and writer of short stories. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (December 11, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Ruth Moore, April 1956, Photographer Unknown. ... Hannah More (February 2, 1745 - September 7, 1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist. ... Jan Morris CBE (born James Humphrey Morris on 2 October 1926, in Clevedon, Somerset, England, but by heritage and adoption Welsh) is a British historian and travel writer. ... For the Louisiana politician, see deLesseps Morrison, Jr. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Beloved is a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison about the legacy of slavery. ... Penelope Ruth Mortimer, born Penelope Fletcher 19 September 1918 in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, died 19 October 1999 in London, England was a British journalist, biographer and novelist. ... Thylias Moss (b. ... Bharati Mukherjee (born July 27, 1940) is an Indian-American fiction writer and university professor currently teaching at the English Department of the University of California, Berkeley. ... Jasmine (1989) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee set in the present about a young Indian woman in the United States who, trying to adapt to the American way of life in order to be able to survive, changes identities several times. ... Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw (born 10 July 1931) is an award-winning Canadian short story writer who is widely considered an important writer in that form. ... Dance of the Happy Shades is a 1968 book of short stories by Alice Munro. ... Murasaki Shikibu (紫 式部 Murasaki Shikibu, c. ... Ilustration of ch. ... Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999) was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ... The Sea, the Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch. ... Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 - July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. Mary Noailles Murfree was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 24, 1850, in the house later celebrated in her novel, Where the Battle... Catie Murphy C. E. Murphy is a writer of fantasy novels and short stories. ... Margaret Murphy. ...

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• Bahiyyih Nakhjavani birthdate missing. Persian novelist.
• Taslima Nasrin b. 1962. Bengali doctor, novelist and poet and essayist. Lajja
• Gloria Naylor b. 1950. American novelist. The Women of Brewster Place
• Irène Némirovsky 1903-1942. Ukrainian-French novelist.
• E. Nesbit 1858-1924. English children's novelist and short story writer. Five Children and It
• Florence Nightingale 1820-1910. English (?) nurse, statistician and feminist.
• Anaïs Nin 1903-1977. French eroticist, critic and diarist. Henry and June
• Anne de Noailles 1876-1933. Romanian-French novelist and poet.
• Kathleen Norris 1880-1966. American novelist.
• Amélie Nothomb b. 1967. Belgian novelist.
• Florence Atwater

Bahiyyih Nakhjavani is a Persian writer educated in the United Kingdom and the United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gloria Naylor (b. ... The Women of Brewster Place, (1982) is the first novel by noted American author Gloria Naylor. ... Irène Némirovsky at the age of 25 Irène Némirovsky (born February 11, 1903, Kiev, died August 17, 1942, Auschwitz, Poland) was a Jewish novelist and biographer born in the Ukraine, who lived and worked in France. ... Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; August 15, 1858 - May 4, 1924) was an English author and poet whose childrens works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. ... Five Children and It is a childrens book by Edith Nesbit, first published in 1902. ... Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician. ... Anaïs Nin in the mid-1970s. ... Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932) Henry and June (published 1986) is based on material expurgated from the first volume of Anais Nins published diaries, written between October 1931 and October 1932. ... Anne de Noailles, born November 1, 1876 (other sources say November 15) – died April 30, 1933, was a member of the exiled Romanian royalty and an accomplished writer. ... Kathleen Norris (1880 - 1966) was an American novelist, and wife of fellow writer, Charles Norris. ... Amélie Nothomb (born August 13, 1967) is a Belgian writer. ...

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• Ann Oakley b. 1944. English (?) feminist academic and novelist.
• Joyce Carol Oates b. 1938. American novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and critic. We Were the Mulvaneys
• Edna O'Brien b. 1930. Irish novelist and short story writer.
• Kate O'Brien 1897-1974. Irish novelist and playwright.
• Silvina Ocampo 1903-1994. Argentine poet and short story writer.
• Flannery O'Connor 1925–1964. American novelist and short story writer.
• Grace Ogot b. 1930. Kenyan novelist and short story writer.
• Sharon Olds 1942– . American poet.
• Tillie Olsen 1913-2007. American feminist novelist and short story writer.
• Ono no Komachi 825-900. Japanese poet.
• Baroness Orczy 1865-1947. Hungarian-English translator, illustrator and novelist. The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Ōtagaki Rengetsu 1791-1875. Japanese poet and calligrapher.
• Cynthia Ozick b. 1928. American critic and novelist.

Ann Oakley is a distinguished British sociologist, feminist and writer. ... Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author and the Roger S. Berlind 52 Professor in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978 ([1]). She serves as associate editor for the Ontario Review, a literary magazine, and... We Were the Mulvaneys book cover We Were the Mulvaneys is a novel written by Joyce Carol Oates and was published in 1996. ... Edna OBrien (born December 15, 1930) is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men. ... Irish stamp on the occasion of Kate OBriens birth centenary Kate OBrien (December 3, 1897 - August 13, 1974), was an Irish novelist and playwright. ... Silvina Ocampo (1903 - 1994) was a prominent Argentine intellectual and poet. ... Mary Flannery OConnor (b. ... Grace Ogot was born in May 15, 1930 in Asembo, Kenya. ... Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet and author of eight volumes of poetry. ... Tillie Lerner Olsen (b. ... Ono no Komachi drawn by Kikuchi Yosai Ono no Komachi (from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) Ono no Komachi (小野 小町 おののこまち approximate dates 825–900 A.D.) was a famous Japanese Waka poet, one of the Rokkasen—Six best Waka poets, in the early Heian period. ... Baroness Emma (Emmuska) Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. ... The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the French Revolution. ... Ōtagaki Rengetsu (太田垣蓮月)(1791-1875) was a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century. ... Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928, New York City), is an American writer, the daughter of William Ozick and Celia Regelson. ...

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• Karen A. Page birthdate missing. American (?) food writer.
• Camille Paglia b. 1947 American feminist essayist. Sexual Personae
• Grace Paley b. 1922. American short story writer, poet and activist.
• Emmeline Pankhurst 1858-1928. English feminist activist, speaker and autobiography writer.
• Emilia Pardo Bazán 1851-1921. Spanish essayist and novelist.
• Sara Paretsky b. 1947. American mystery novelist.
• Dorothy Parker 1893-1967. American poet, critic and short story writer.
• Suzan-Lori Parks b. 1964. American playwright and screenwriter.
• Anne Parrish 1888-1957. American children's novelist.
• Sarah Willis Parton 1811-1872. American novelist, columnist and children's short story writer.
• Marlys Pearson b. 1963. American gay romance writer and Lambda Award nominee. Also known as M.J. Pearson.
• Elizabeth Peters b. 1927. American mystery novelist. Amelia Peabody
• Ellis Peters 1913-1995. Welsh-English mystery novelist, novelist, short story writer and translator. Brother Cadfael
• Julia Peterkin 1880-1961. American short story writer and novelist.
• Ann Petry 1908-1997. American journalist, short story writer and novelist.
• Katherine Philips 1631–1664. British poet.
• Karoline Pichler 1769-1843. Austrian novelist. Agathocles
• Meredith Ann Pierce b. 1958. American fantasy writer.
• Tamora Pierce b. 1954. American children's novelist. Alanna of Trebond
• Ruth Pitter 1897-1992. English (?) poet.
• Mary Pix 1666–1709. English novelist and playwright.
• Christine de Pizan 1364-1430. Venetian feminist poet and rhetorician. The Book of the City of Ladies
• Sylvia Plath 1932-1963. Emrican poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist.
• Ann Plato c. 1820-?? American essayist.
• Karen Platt birthdate missing. English gardening writer.
• Anne Plumptre 1760–1818. English translator and fiction, travel, and political writer.
• Marie Helène Poitras
• Elizabeth Polack, active between 1830 and 1838. Anglo-Jewish playwright.
• Elizabeth Polwheele 1651–c. 1691. British playwright.
• Elena Poniatowska b. 1932. Polish-Mexican journalist, novelist and short story writer.
• Marie Ponsot b. 1921. American poet and essayist.
• Eleanor H. Porter 1868-1920. American children's writer. Pollyanna
• Jane Porter 1776–1850. English historical novelist.
• Katherine Anne Porter 1890-1980. American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist.
• Beatrix Potter 1866-1943. English children's writer and illustrator. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Emily Post 1873-1960. American journalist and novelist. Etiquette
• Dawn Powell 1896-1965. American novelist, playwright and short story writer.
• Katharine Susannah Prichard 1883-1969. Australian novelist, playwright and short story writer.
• E. Annie Proulx b. 1935. American novelist, short story writer and journalist. The Shipping News
• Barbara Pym 1913-1980. English novelist. Quartet in Autumn

Karen A. Page is half of the James Beard Award-winning author team of Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, co-authors of a number of culinary books. ... Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947[1] in Endicott, New York) is an American social critic, intellectual, author and teacher. ... Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990, Yale University Press, 718 pp. ... Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 - ) is an American short story writer, poet, and political activist whose work has won a number of awards. ... Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. ... Emilia Pardo Bazán (16 September 1851 – 12 May 1921) (also known as Emilia, countess de Pardo Bazán) was a Spanish author and scholar. ... Sara Paretsky (b. ... Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ... Suzan-Lori Parks (1964 - ) is an African-American playwright and novelist. ... Anne Parrish (November 12, 1888 - September 5, 1957) was an American novelist and author of childrens literature. ... Fanny Fern (1811-1872) was the pseudonym of Sara Willis Parton. ... Marlys Pearson, also known as M.J. Pearson, (b. ... Elizabeth Peters (a pen-name of Barbara Mertz) has written many books in the mystery genre, featuring strong female protagonists and many archaeological connections. ... Amelia Peabody (c. ... Edith Mary Pargeter (September 28, 1913 - October 14, 1995) was a prolific British author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honored for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. ... Brother Cadfael is the fictional detective in a series of murder mysteries by the late Edith Pargeter writing under the name Ellis Peters. ... Julia Peterkin (nee Mood, b. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Katherine Philips (January 1, 1631 – June 22, 1664), was an Anglo-Welsh poet. ... Karoline Pichler (7 September 1769 - 9 July 1843) was an Austrian novelist. ... For the grindcore band, see Agathocles (band) Agathocles (361 BC - 289 BC), tyrant of Syracuse (317 BC - 289 BC) and king of Sicily (304 BC - 289 BC). ... Meredith Ann Pierce (b. ... Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is a fantasy author who writes books for young adults. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The Song of the Lioness. ... Ruth Pitter (1897 - February 29, 1992) was a British poet. ... Mary Pix (1666-1709) was an English novelist and playwright. ... Christine de Pizan instructing her son. ... Picture from The Book of the City of Ladies The Book of the City of Ladies (1405) was Christine de Pizans response to Giovanni Boccaccios De mulieribus claris (On Famous Women), as well being part of a larger intellectual discussion in that era centered on works such as... Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. ... Ann Plato was a nineteenth century American Black educator and author. ... Karen Platt is a British gardening author and publisher, best known for the reference book Black Magic and Purple Passion. ... Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), writer and translator, was born in Norwich. ... Elizabeth Polack, playwright, the first Jewish woman melodramatist in England (Franceschina), was active in London between 1830 and 1838. ... Elizabeth Polewheele (ca. ... Elena Poniatowska Elena Poniatowska (born May 19, 1932 in Paris, France as Princess Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amelie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor) is a Polish-Mexican journalist and author. ... Image:MariePonsot. ... Eleanor Hodgeman Porter (December 19, 1868 - May 21, 1920) was a U.S. novelist. ... Pollyanna is a 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that has become a classic of childrens literature. ... Jane Porter (1776-1850) was an English novelist, the sister of Anna Maria Porter. ... Katherine Anne Porter (15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. ... (Helen) Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English childrens book author and illustrator, renowned for creating Peter Rabbit and other animal characters. ... The Tale of Peter Rabbit is the first of many childrens tales written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and which is perhaps her best-known work. ... Emily Post (27 October 1873-- 25 September 1960) was a United States author who promoted proper etiquette. ... It has been suggested that Office etiquette be merged into this article or section. ... Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American writer of satirical novels and stories that manage to be barbed and sensitive at the same time. ... Katharine Susannah Prichard was born in 1883 in Levuka, Fiji, but spent her childhood in Launceston, Tasmania, then Melbourne, where she won a scholarship to South Melbourne College. ... Edna Annie Proulx (pronounced ) (born August 22, 1935) is an American journalist and author. ... The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx which was published in 1993, and a film of the same name, released in 2001, set on the Canadian island of Newfoundland. ... Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (June 2, 1913 - January 11, 1980) was an English novelist. ... Quartet in Autumn is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1977 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ...

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Katheryn Quitlong b. 1976 - Dagupan City, Philippines. Notable Writer of Children's Books. "Pisil"

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• Ann Radcliffe 1764-1823. English gothic novelist. The Mysteries of Udolpho
• Ayn Rand 1905-1982. Russian-American novelist and philosopher. The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged
• Jennifer Rankin 1941-1979. Australian poet and playwright.
• Ellen Raskin 1928-1984. American children's writer and illustrator. The Westing Game
• Pauline Réage 1907-1998. French erotic novelist. Story of O
• Ruth Reichl b. 1948. American food and memoir writer.
• Ruth Rendell b. 1930. English mystery novelist. A Fatal Inversion
• Jean Rhys 1890-1979. Dominican novelist. Wide Sargasso Sea
• Marie Jeanne Riccoboni 1714-1792. French novelist.
• Anne Rice b. 1941. American novelist. Vampire Chronicles
• Adrienne Rich b. 1929. American feminist poet.
• Dorothy Richardson 1873-1957. English stream-of-consciousness novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.
• Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946. Australian novelist. The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
• Alifa Rifaat 1930-1996. Egyptian short story writer.
• Mary Roberts Rinehart 1876-1958. American mystery novelist, playwright, short story writer and poet. "The butler did it"
• Marilynne Robinson b. 1943. American novelist. Gilead
• Mary Robinson 1757–1800. English poet, novelist, and actress.
• Lucia St. Clair Robson birthdate missing. American novelist.
• Esther Rochon b. 1948. Canadian science fiction novelist.
• Ginny Rorby. American young adult novelist.
• Christina Rossetti 1830-1894. English poet. Goblin Market and Other Poems
• Judith Rossner 1935-2005. American novelist. Looking for Mr. Goodbar
• Mary Rowlandson 1635-1711. American memoir writer.
• J.K. Rowling b. 1965. English novelist. Harry Potter series.
• Arundhati Roy b. 1961. Indian novelist. The God of Small Things
• Gabrielle Roy 1909-1983. Canadian novelist and journalist. The Tin Flute
• Bernice Rubens 1928-2004. Welsh novelist.
• Anneli Rufus American Journalist.
• Muriel Rukeyser 1913-1980. American feminist poet.
• Gig Ryan b. 1956. Australian poet.

Ann Radcliffe (July 9, 1764 - February 7, 1823) was an English author, a pioneer of the gothic novel. ... The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe, was first published in 1784 by G. G. and J. Robinson of London. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. ... The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. ... Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the USA. It was Rands last work of fiction before concentrating her writings exclusively on philosophy, politics and cultural criticism. ... Jennifer Rankin (born Jennifer Mary Haynes) (18 November 1941 - 8 December 1979) was a 20th century Australian poet and playwright. ... Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American writer, illustrator, and designer. ... The Westing Game is a book by Ellen Raskin that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1979. ... Pauline Réage, pseudonym of Anne Desclos (September 23, 1907 - April 27, 1998), was a French author. ... One version of the Roissy triskelion ring described in the book Movie-style Ring of O, as sold in Europe Histoire dO (English title: Story of O) is an erotic novel published in 1954 about sadomasochism by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage. ... Ruth Reichl is the editor of Gourmet magazine. ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ... A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell (written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine). ... Jean Rhys (August 24, 1890 - May 14, 1979), originally Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a Caribbean novelist who wrote in the mid 20th century. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1714 - December 6, 1792), whose maiden name was Laboras de Mezières, was born at Paris in 1714. ... Anne Rice. ... The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century. ... Adrienne Rich (born May 16, 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American feminist, poet, teacher, and writer. ... Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 - 17 June 1957) was the first writer to publish an English-language novel using what was to become known as the stream-of-consciousness technique. ... Henry Handel Richardson (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson), born in 1870 in East Melbourne, Victoria, was an Australian author. ... The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a three-part novel by Australian writer Henry Handel Richardson. ... Alifa Rifaat (June 5, 1930 - 1996) was a controversial Egyptian author, whose short stories reflect on the life of traditional Muslim women in rural Egypt. ... Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was an American author and the source of the phrase The butler did it. ... The Butler did it is a running catchphrase that has unknown origins, but that is often used in a humorous context, with the presence of a butler in a murder mystery. ... Marilynne Robinson (born 1947) is an American author. ... Gilead is a novel written by Marilynne Robinson and published in 2004. ... Mary Robinson, nee Darby (1756 or 1758 - 26 December 1800) the English poet, was also known for her role as Perdita (heroine of Shakespeares A Winters Tale) in 1779. ... Lucia St. ... Esther Rochon (née Blackburn) (born 27 June 1948) is a Canadian science fiction writer. ... Ginny Rorby is an American young adult novelist. ... Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was an English poet. ... Goblin Market and Other Poems was Christina Rossettis first volume of poetry, published in 1862. ... Judith Rossner (March 31, 1935 - August 9, 2005) was an American novelist, best known for her 1975 novel Looking for Mr. ... Looking for Mr. ... Historical marker in Princeton, Massachusetts commemorating Mary Rowlandsons release Mary White Rowlandson (1636 – January 5, 1711) was a colonial American woman, who wrote a vivid description of the nearly three months she spent living with Native Americans. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Suzanna Arundhati Roy[1] (born November 24, 1961) is an Indian novelist, writer and activist. ... The God of Small Things (1997) is a semi-autobiographical, politically charged novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. ... Gabrielle-Roy is a French first language elementary and high school located in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. ... The Tin Flute (1947), Gabrielle Roy’s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. ... Bernice Rubens (July 26, 1928 - October 13, 2004) was a Welsh novelist and screenwriter. ... Anneli Rufus is an award-winning[1] American journalist and author of many books. ... Muriel Rukeyser Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913–February 12, 1980) was an American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. ... Gig Ryan from the cover of The Division of Anger Gig Ryan (born 1956) is an Australian poet. ...

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• Nawal el-Saadawi b. 1931. Egyptian feminist writer, novelist, and short story writer.
• Françoise Sagan 1935–2004. French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.
• Lydie Salvayre
• George Sand 1804–1876. French novelist and playwright.
• Sonia Sanchez b. 1934. American poet, playwright, and children's writer.
• Mari Sandoz 1896–1966. American novelist, biographer, and short story writer.
• Sappho c. 630–570 B.C. Greek poet.
• Dipti Saravanamuttu b. 1960. Sri Lankan-Australian poet and journalist.
• Nathalie Sarraute 1900–1999. Russian-French novelist and essayist.
• May Sarton 1912–1995. Belgian-American poet, novelist, and memoirist.
• Marjane Satrapi b. 1969. Iranian graphic novelist.
• Dorothy L. Sayers 1893– 1957. English mystery novelist, translator, essayist, and short story writer. Whose Body?
• Olive Schreiner 1855–1920. South African novelist, allegorist, and political writer.
• Jane Scott c. 1779–1839. English theatre manager, performer, and playwright.
• Madeleine de Scudéry 1607–1701. French novelist.
• Molly Elliot Seawell 1860–1916. American essayist, novelist, and short story writer.
• Alice Sebold b. 1963. American novelist. The Lovely Bones
• Catharine Sedgwick 1789–1867. American novelist.
• Comtesse de Ségur 1799–1874. Russian-French novelist.
• Diane Setterfield English author. The Thirteenth Tale
• Frances Sheridan 1724–1766. Irish novelist and playwright.
• Sharon Shinn b. 1957. American novelist.
• Sei Shōnagon 965–1010. Japanese writer. The Pillow Book
• Danzy Senna b. 1970. American novelist.
• Anne Sexton 1928–1974. American poet.
• Ntozake Shange b. 1948. American playwright and novelist.
• Mary Shelley 1797–1851. English novelist. Frankenstein
• Carol Shields 1935–2003. American-Canadian novelist. The Stone Diaries
• Shikishi Naishinnō c. 1201. Japanese poet.
• Aki Shimazaki
• Bapsi Sidhwa b. 1938. Pakistani novelist.
• Mary Sidney 1561–1621. English translator, playwright, and poet.
• Leslie Marmon Silko b. 1948. American novelist, poet, and short story writer.
• Ruth Simpson Lesbian author, founder of first Lesbian community center
• May Sinclair 1862–1946. English novelist, poet, and short story writer.
• Edith Sitwell 1887–1964. English poet.
• Maj Sjöwall b. 1935. Swedish mystery novelist.
• Jane Smiley b. 1949. American novelist.
• Ali Smith b. 1962. Scottish novelist.
• Amanda Smith 1837–1915. American evangelist and autobiographer.
• Betty Smith 1896–1972. American novelist. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Charlotte Smith 1749–1806. English poet and novelist.
• Dodie Smith 1896–1990. English novelist and playwright. I Capture the Castle
• Stevie Smith 1902–1971. English poet and novelist.
• Zadie Smith b. 1975. English novelist.
• Cathy Song b. 1955.
• Susan Sontag 1933–2004. American essayist and novelist.
• Muriel Spark 1918–2006. Scottish novelist. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
• Anne Spencer 1882–1975. American poet.
• Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford 1835–1921. American mystery novelist , poet, and short story writer.
• Johanna Spyri 1827–1901. Swiss children's writer. Heidi
• Madame de Staël 1766–1817. Swiss-French novelist.
• Jean Stafford 1915–1979. American novelist and short story writer.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815–1902. American feminist journalist and essayist.
• Freya Stark 1893–1993. British travel writer.
• Christina Stead 1902–1983. Australian novelist and short story writer.
• Danielle Steel b. 1947. American romance novelist.
• Gertrude Stein 1874–1946. American novelist, playwright, poet, librettist, and short story writer.
• Maria W. Stewart 1803–1897. American feminist lecturer.
• Mary Stewart b. 1916. English mystery/romance novelist.
• Ruth Stone b. 1915. American poet.
• Alfonsina Storni 1892–1938. Argentinian poet.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811–1836. American novelist. Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Jan Struther 1901–1953. English hymn writer and novelist. Mrs. Miniver
• Svava Jakobsdóttir 1930–2004. Icelandic playwright and short story writer.
• May Swenson 1913–1989. American poet and playwright.
• Magda Szabo

Nawal el-Saadawi (Arabic Nawal al-Sa3dâwi) (born October 27, 1931) is an Egyptian feminist writer and activist. ... Françoise Sagan (June 21, 1935–September 24, 2004), real name Françoise Quoirez, was a French playwright, novelist and screenwriter, best known for strong romantic themes involving middle-class characters. ... George Sand in 1864 (picture by Nadar). ... Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. ... Mari Sandoz (1896 — 1966) was a Nebraska author, historian and teacher of creative writing. ... Ancient Greek bust. ... Dipti Saravanamuttu (b. ... Nathalie Sarraute (French IPA: ) (born July 18, 1900 in Ivanovo, Russia – died October 19, 1999 in Paris, France) was a lawyer and a Francophone writer of Russian Jewish origin. ... May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist born in Wondelgem, Belgium. ... Marjane Satrapi self portrait Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجانه ساتراپی) (born November 22, 1969 in Rasht, Iran) is a contemporary graphic novelist and illustrator. ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 – Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Olive Schreiner (Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner) (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) was a South African writer. ... Jane M. Scott (ca. ... Madeleine de Scudéry (November 15, 1607 - June 2, 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. ... Molly Elliot Seawell (b. ... Alice Sebold (b. ... The Lovely Bones is a 2000 novel by Alice Sebold. ... Catharine Maria Sedgwick, born December 28, 1789 – died July 31, 1867, was an American novelist. ... The Comtesse de Ségur Sophie Feodorovna Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur (August 1, 1799, Saint Petersburg - February 9, 1874, Paris) was a French writer of Russian birth. ... Diane Setterfield (b. ... The Thirteenth Tale is a gothic suspense novel that was published in 2006. ... Frances Sheridan (1724-1766) was an Irish novelist and dramatist, and was the mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. ... Sharon Shinn (born 1957) is an American Novelist of books that combine the genres of fantasy, science fiction and romance. ... Sei Shonagon Sei Shōnagon (清少納言), (965-1010s?) was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Consort Teishi around the year 1000, known as the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子 makura no sōshi). ... The Pillow Book ) is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Sadako during the 990s in Heian Japan. ... Caucasia, book cover Danzy Senna, (1970 - ) is an American novelist. ... Anne Sexton, 1974 Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts – October 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. ... Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAK-kay SHONG-gay) (born October 18, 1948) is an African American playwright, performance artist, and writer who is best-known for her Obie Award winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. ... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... This article is about the 1818 novel. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. ... Shikishi Naishinnō in the Hyakunin Isshu. ... Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. ... Bapsi Sidhwa (1938 - ) is an important author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. ... Portrait of Mary Herbert, by Nicholas Hilliard, c. ... Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon on March 5, 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a Native American writer of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, and one of the key figures in the second wave of what Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. ... Ruth Simpson is a Gay rights activist from Cleveland, OH who served as President of Daughters of Bilitis New York Chapter in the 1970s. ... May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. ... Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic. ... Maj Sjöwall (born September 25, 1935 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and translator. ... Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. ... Ali Smith is a writer, born in 1962 in Inverness, Scotland, to working class parents. ... Amanda Berry Smith was a former slave who rose to worldwide leadership in Christian circles and became an inspiration to thousand of women both black and white. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is an American novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. ... Charlotte Turner Smith (May 4, 1749 - October 28, 1806) was an English poet and novelist whose works have been credited with influencing Jane Austen and particularly Charles Dickens. ... Dorothy Gladys Dodie Smith (May 3, 1896 - November 24, 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. ... I Capture the Castle was the first novel written by Dodie Smith, published in 1948. ... Stevie Smith was a British poet and radio personality (September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971). ... Zadie Smith (born October 27, 1975) is an English novelist. ... Cathy Song (b. ... Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was a well-known American essayist, novelist, intellectual, filmmaker, and activist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Annie Bethel Scales Bannister better known as Anne Spencer (1882-1975) was an American Black poet and active participant in the New Negro Movement. ... Harriet Prescott Spofford Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835–August 14, 1921) is a notable American writer remembered for her novels, poems and detective stories. ... Johanna Spyri Johanna Spyri (June 12, 1827 - July 7, 1901) was an author of childrens stories, and is best known for Heidi. ... For the German supermodel, see Heidi Klum. ... Madame de Staël Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817) was a French author who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. ... Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915 - March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her Collected Short Stories in 1970. ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist and leading figure of the early womens rights movement. ... Freya Madeleine Stark (1893-1993) was famous for writing of her travels in the Middle East. ... Christina Stead (1902 - 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer noted for her satirical wit and psychological penetration. ... Danielle Steel (born Danielle Fernande Schuelein-Steel on August 14, 1947 in New York City, New York) is one of the best-selling authors in the United States. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 29, 1946) was an American writer and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in France. ... Maria Stewart (Maria Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1897) was an African American public speaker, abolitionist, and feminist. ... Mary Stewart (born 12 September 1916 in Sunderland, County Durham) is a popular English novelist, best known for her trilogy about Merlin, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and the fantasy genre. ... Ruth Stone Ruth Stone (born June 8, 1915, in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American poet, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award for poetry. ... Alfonsina Storni was born in April of 1892 in the mountain village of Sala Capriasca. ... Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was a white American abolitionist and novelist, whose Uncle Toms Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential as well in Britain. ... Uncle Toms Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, is American author Harriet Beecher Stowes fictional anti-slavery novel. ... Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Anstruther Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Anstruther Placzek (June 6, 1901 – July 20, 1953), an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. ... Mrs. ... Svava Jakobsdóttir(born 1930) is one of Icelands leading short story writers. ... May Swenson (May 28, 1913 - December 4, 1989) was a United States poet and playwright. ... Magda Szabó (b. ...

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• Amy Tan b. 1952. American novelist. The Joy Luck Club
• Sooni Taraporevala b. 1957. Indian screenwriter and photographer.
• Judith Tarr
• Donna Tartt b. 1963. American novelist.
• Susie Taylor 1848–1912. American teacher and memoir-writer.
• Olena Teliha 1906-1942. Ukrainian poet.
• Teresa of Ávila 1515–1582. Spanish nun, monastic reformer, and mystic.
• Josephine Tey 1896–1952. Scottish mystery novelist.
• thalia b. 1952. Greek-Australian poet.
• Elizabeth Thomas 1770/71–1855. English Gothic novelist and religious poet.
• Tatyana Tolstaya b. 1951. Russian TV presenter, novelist, and essayist.
• Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir 1845–1918. Icelandic novelist and short story writer.
• Joanna Trollope b. 1943. English novelist.
• Catherine Trotter 1679–1749. Scots-English novelist, playwright, philosopher, and letterwriter.
• Sojourner Truth 1797–1883. American feminist.
• Marina Tsvetaeva 1892–1941. Russian poet.
• Megan Whalen Turner b. 1965. American fantasy writer.
• Anne Tyler b. 1941. American novelist.

Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Ēnměi; born February 19, 1952) is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and what it means to grow up as a first generation Asian American. ... For the film, see The Joy Luck Club (film) The Joy Luck Club (1989) is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. ... Sooni Taraporevala is best known as the screenwriter for the Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay! and Mississippi Masala, both directed by Mira Nair. ... Judith Tarr, (1955 - ) has a B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and Ph. ... Donna Tartt (born 23 December 1963) is an American novelist. ... Susie Baker King Taylor (1848-1912) was the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. ... Olena Teliha (Олена Теліга, July 21, 1907 - February 21, 1942), notable Ukrainian poet and activist. ... For other saints with similar names, please see Saint Teresa. ... Josephine Tey was a pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896-February 13, 1952), a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. ... thalia (born 1952) is a contemporary Greek-Australian poet. ... Elizabeth Thomas [née Wolferstan] (1770/71–1855), novelist and poet, is an ambiguous figure. ... Tatyana Tolstaya (also Tatiana Tolstaya) is a well-known modern Russian writer, TV-host, publicist, novelist, and essayist. ... Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir (2 February 1845 – 14 November 1918) was an Icelandic author, who lived for many years in Canada. ... Joanna Trollope OBE (born December 9, 1943, in Gloucestershire), is an English novelist. ... // Catharine Trotter Cockburn (16 August 1679 - 11 May 1749) was a novelist and dramatist. ... Sojourner Truth (c. ... Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: ) (October 9, 1892 – August 31, 1941) was a Russian poet and writer. ... Megan Whalen Turner (born 1965) is an American author of fantasy fiction for children. ... Anne Tyler (born on October 25, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. ...

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• Lesya Ukrainka 1871-1913. Ukrainian poet.
• Sigrid Undset 1882-1949. Norwegian novelist and 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature-winner.
• Jane Urquhart b. 1949. Canadian novelist and poet.

Lesya Ukrainka Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (Лариса Петрівна Косач-Квітка, February 23, 1871 – August 1, 1913) better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka (Лес&#1103... Sigrid Undset as photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1927. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Jane Urquhart (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian author. ...

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• Celestine Vaite b. 1966. Tahitian novelist.
• Luisa Valenzuela b. 1938. Argentinian novelist and short story writer.
• Jennifer Vanascob. 1971, American columnist and journalist
• Yvonne Vera 1964-2005. Zimbabwean novelist.
• Marie-Catherine de Villedieu 1640–1683. French playwright, novelist, and short story writer.
• Yolande Villemaire
• Louise Leveque de Vilmorin 1902–1969. French novelist, poet, and journalist.
• Élisabeth Vonarburg b. 1947. French science fiction novelist.
• Jurgen Vsych b. 1966. American director and screenwriter.

Célestine Hitiura Vaite (born 1966) is a Tahitian writer. ... Luisa Valenzuela (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dr. Yvonne Vera (September 19, 1964 - April 7, 2005) was an award-winning author from Zimbabwe. ... Marie-Catherine de Villedieu, born Marie-Catherine Desjardins and generally referred to as Madame de Villedieu (Alençon (Orne) 1640 - Saint-Rémy-du-Val (Sarthe) 1683) was a French writer of plays, novels and short fiction. ... Louise Levêque de Vilmorin (4 April 1904-26 December 1969) was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist. ... Élisabeth Vonarburg is a French science-fiction writer. ... Jürgen Vsych is the writer-director-producer of 30 films, including Son for Sail, Ophelia Learns to Swim, Tyrannosaurus Tex, and Pay Your Rent, Beethoven, which won the Prince Charles Trust Award. ...

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• Elizabeth Wagele b. 1939. American author and cartoonist
• Diane Wakoski b. 1937. American poet.
• Alice Walker b. 1944. American novelist, short story writer, and poet. The Color Purple.
• Margaret Walker 1915–1998. American poet and novelist.
• Henriette Walter
• Ania Walwicz b. 1951. Australian poet.
• Gertrude Chandler Warner 1890–1979. American children's writer.
• Susan Warner 1819–1885. American children's writer and songwriter.
• Wendy Wasserstein 1950–2006. American playwright.
• Sarah Waters b. 1966. English novelist.
• Catherine Webb b. 1986. British novelist.
• Simone Weil 1909–1943. French mystic and philosopher.
• Hannah Weiner 1928–1997. American poet.
• Michele Weiner-Davis b. 1952
• Martha Wells b. 1964. American novelist.
• Eudora Welty 1909–2001. American novelist, short story writer, and photographer.
• Dorothy West 1907–1998. American novelist and short story writer.
• Jane West 1758–1852. English novelist, poet, playwright, and tract-writer.
• Rebecca West 1892–1983. British novelist, essayist, and journalist.
• Edith Wharton 1862–1937. American novelist and short story writer. The Age of Innocence
• Phillis Wheatley 1753–1784. American poet.
• Evelyn Whitaker 1857–1903. British novelist.
• Antonia White 1899–1980. English novelist and short story writer.
• Ellen White 1827–1915. American evangelist and mystic.
• Isabella Whitney c. 1540s. English poet.
• Phyllis A. Whitney b. 1903. American mystery novelist.
• Anna Wickham 1884–1947. British Poet.
• Charlotte Wilder 1898–1980. American poet.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867–1957. American children's writer. Little House on the Prairie
• Helen Maria Williams 1762–1827. English novelist and poet.
• Amrit Kaur Willis b. 1953. American ??
• Harriet E. Wilson 1825–1900. American novelist.
• Jane Wiseman c. 1682–1717. English poet and playwright.
• Sarah Winnemucca 1841–1891. American lecturer and autobiographer.
• Jeanette Winterson b. 1959. English novelist.
• Monique Wittig b. 1935. French feminist.
• Mary Wollstonecraft 1759–1797. English novelist and feminist. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Nellie Wong b. 1934. Chinese American feminist poet. Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park, and The Death of Long Steam Lady
• Virginia Woolf 1882–1941. English novelist and essayist. Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse
• Constance Fenimore Woolson 1840–1894. American novelist and short story writer.
• Dorothy Wordsworth 1771–1855. English poet and diarist.
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689–1762. English letter-writer.
• Judith Wright b. 1915. Australian poet.
• Mary Wroth 1587–1652. English poet.
• Elinor Wylie 1885–1928. American poet and novelist.

Elizabeth Wagele (born 1939) is an American artist, musician, best-selling writer, and expert on personality types: the Enneagram and the MBTI. // Wagele was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, until she was ten, when her family moved to Berkeley, California. ... Diane Wakoski (born 1937) is an American poet who is associated with the deep image poets and the Beats. ... Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African-American author and feminist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for The Color Purple. ... The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker which received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ... Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander (July 7, 1915-November 30, 1998) was an American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. ... Ania Walwicz (born 1951) is a contemporary Australian poet and visual artist. ... Gertrude Chandler Warner (April 16, 1890 - August 30, 1979) was an American author, mainly of childrens stories. ... Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American writer of religious fiction for young people. ... Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. ... Sarah Waters (born in Wales, 1966) is a British novelist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hannah Weiner (November 4, 1928 - 1997) was an American poet who was a prominent member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E group of poets. ... Martha Wells (born 1964 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American fantasy author. ... Eudora Welty (b. ... Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 - August 16, 1998) was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Jane West (1758-1852), also known as Mrs. ... Dame Rebecca West, DBE (December 21, 1892–March 15, 1983), whose real name was Cicely (she later changed it to Cicily) Isabel Fairfield, was a British-Irish feminist and writer famous for her novels and for her relationship with H. G. Wells. ... Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... For other uses, see Age of innocence. ... Phillis Wheatley, as illustrated by Scipio Moorhead in the frontispiece to her book Poems on Various Subjects. ... Evelyn Whitaker (1857 - 1903) was a British woman novelist. ... Antonia White [1] (1899 – 1980) was a British writer, born in London March 1, 1899 under the name Eirine Bottling to parents Cecil and Christine Bottling. ... Ellen Gould Harmon White (November 26, 1827 - July 16, 1915) was co-founder of Seventh-day Adventism. ... Isabella Whitney (b. ... Phyllis Ayame Whitney (born September 9, 1903) is an American mystery writer. ... Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 -1947), a British poet with strong Australian connections. ... Charlotte Wilder (1898-1980) was an American poet and the eldest sister of author Thornton Wilder and Janet Wilder Dakin. ... Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American author. ... Little House on the Prairie is a childrens book by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1935. ... Helen Maria Williams (1761 or 1762–1827) was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works. ... Amrit Kaur Willis (born in 1953) is a contemporary US author. ... Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 - June 28, 1900) is tradionally considered the first female African-American novelist as well as the first African American of any gender to publish a novel on the North American continent, though literary historians in 2006 brought another contender to light. ... Jane Holt [née Wiseman] (fl. ... Sarah Winnemucca (NSHC statue) Sarah Winnemucca (born Thocmentony, Paiute: Shell Flower) (ca. ... Jeanette Winterson OBE (born August 27, 1959) is a British novelist. ... Monique Wittig (July 13, 1935 in Haut-Rhin, France – January 3, 2003 in Tucson, Arizona) was a French author and feminist theorist, particularly interested in overcoming gender. ... Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher and feminist. ... Mary Wollstonecraft. ... Nellie Wong (born 12 September 1934) is a poet and revolutionary feminist activist living in San Francisco. ... For the American childrens writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Mrs. ... To the Lighthouse (1927) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. ... Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840-January 24, 1894) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... Dorothy Wordsworth (December 25, 1771 – January 25, 1855) was an English poet and diarist and the sister of poet William Wordsworth. ... Mary Wortley Montague, by Charles Jervas, after 1716. ... Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915—26 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights. ... Lady Mary Wroth (1586–1652) was an English poet of the Renaissance. ... Elinor (Hoyt) Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and novelist who was popular before World War II. She was a contemporary of Edna St. ...

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• Xiao Hong 1911–1942. Chinese novelist and short story writer.

Xiao Hong Xiao Hong (June 2, 1911 – January 22, 1942), originally named Zhang Naiying, and with the pen names Xiao Hong and Qiao Yin, was a Chinese writer. ...

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• Hisaye Yamamoto 1921- . Japanese-American short-story writer.
• Ann Yearsley 1753-1806. English poet, novelist, and playwright.
• Anzia Yezierska 1883-1970. Polish-American novelist and short-story writer.
• Banana Yoshimoto b. 1964. Japanese novelist.
• Marguerite Yourcenar 1903-1987. French novelist.
• Yosano Akiko 1878-1942. Japanese poet.

Ann Yearsley née Cromartie (c. ... Anzia Yezierska (1881 - 1970) was born in Pinsk, Poland, and emigrated to New York City when she was a teenager. ... Banana Yoshimoto Banana Yoshimoto (Japanese: よしもと ばなな Yoshimoto Banana, born July 24, 1964) is the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本真秀子 Yoshimoto Mahoko), a Japanese contemporary writer. ... Marguerite Yourcenar was the pseudonym of French novelist Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour (June 8, 1903 - December 17, 1987). ... Yosano Akiko (与謝野 晶子 Yosano Akiko, December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942) was a Japanese author and poet. ...

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• María de Zayas y Sotomayor 1590-unknown. Spanish novelist.
• Zitkala-Sa 1876-1938. American writer.
• Unica Zürn 1916-1970. German poet and painter.
• Fay Zwicky b. 1933. Australian poet and academic.

María de Zayas y Sotomayor was a Spanish author of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-centuries. ... 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. ... Unica Zürn, German author and painter born in Berlin-Grunewald July 6, 1916 and died in Paris in 1970. ... Fay Zwicky (b. ...

See also

• Feminist literary criticism
• Feminist science fiction
• Feminist theory
• Gender in science fiction
• List of biographical dictionaries of women writers
• List of early-modern women playwrights (UK)
• List of early-modern women poets (UK)
• List of female detective/mystery writers
• List of female poets
• List of feminist literature
• List of women in Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature
• List of women in comics
• List of women novelists before Jane Austen
• List of women rhetoricians
• List of writers in Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing
• Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
• Women in science fiction
• Women science fiction authors
• Women Writers Project
• Women's writing in English

Feminist literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory, or by the politics of feminism more broadly. ... LeGuins Left Hand Of Darkness Feminist science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the examination of womens roles in society. ... Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. ... Science fiction and related genres (utopian literature, fantasy literature) have always offered the opportunity for writers to explore social conventions, including gender, gender roles, and beliefs about gender. ... There are a large and ever growing number of biographical dictionaries of women writers. ... . ... . ... // Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon) Catherine Aird Susan Wittig Albert Margery Allingham Donna Andrews Charlotte Armstrong Linda Barnes Nevada Barr (born 1952) M. C. Beaton Josephine Bell Laurien Berenson Francine Biere Enid Blyton (1897-1968), (The Famous Five and The Secret Seven) Leigh Brackett (1915-1978... . ... . ... The following women writers have an individual entry in the Bloomsbury Guide to Womens Literature, ed. ... The fields of American newspaper cartooning and comic book production have traditionally been male-dominated, although several women have been involved in the industry. ... Dale Spender listed 106 women novelists before Jane Austen in her classic Mothers of the Novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen (1986): Penelope Aubin Jane Barker Agnes Maria Bennett Elizabeth Bonhôte Elizabeth Boyd Sophie Briscoe Eliza Bromley Frances Brooke Indiana Brooks Mary Brunton Mrs Burke Fanny Burney... Within the field of rhetoric, the contributions of women rhetoricians have often been overlooked. ... Over 400 women writers are listed in Whos Who in Contemporary Womens Writing, edited by Jane Eldridge Miller, Routledge, 2001. ... The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English, published by W. W. Norton & Company, is one of the Norton Anthology series for use in English literary studies. ... Although women had always been represented among science fiction writers (Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has been called the first science fiction novel), it was not until the 1960s and 1970s that authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin and Joanna Russ began to consciously explore feminist themes in works such... Although the novel Frankenstein, written in 1818 by Mary Shelley, has been called the first science fiction novel, there is a persistent but false belief that women did not enter the field of science fiction writing until the 1960s and 1970s. ... Since 1986, the Women Writers Project at Brown University has worked to encode early literature by women writers in SGML. The eventual goal of the project is to include all English language works written or co-authored by women up to 1850. ... Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797 Womens writing as a discrete area of literary studies is based on the notion that the experience of women, historically, has been shaped by their gender, and so women writers by definition are a group worthy of separate study. ...

External links

• A Celebration of Women Writers
• SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork Bookshelf
• Victorian Women Writers Project
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color
• The Women Writers Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online