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Lists of women writers by nationality.
This is a list of notable women writers.
Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adults')
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Ma–Mc
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Rozena Maart (b. 1962, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
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Sharon Maas (b. 1951, Guyana/England), nv.
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Catherine Maberly (1805–1875, Ireland/England), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Lindiwe Mabuza (1938–2021, South Africa), poet & academic
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Aifric Mac Aodha (b. 1979, Ireland), poet
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Dorothy Macardle (1889–1958, Ireland), nv., pw. & historian
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Bridget G. MacCarthy (1904–1993, Ireland), wr. & academic
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Ethna MacCarthy (1903–1959, Ireland), poet & pediatrician
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Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy (1849–1897, Ireland), poet, educator & nun
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Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England), wr.
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Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007, Italy), wr. & politician
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Doireann MacDermott (b. 1923, Ireland), wr. & philologist
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Ann-Marie MacDonald (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., pw. & actor
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Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, United States), wr.
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Charlotte Macdonald (living, New Zealand), historian
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Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, Canada) poet, ch. wr., ss. wr. & non-f. wr.
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Helen Macdonald (b. 1970, England), wr., naturalist & academic
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Lilou Macé (b. 1977, France/United States), wr.
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Mirta Macedo (1939–2012, Uruguay), social wr.
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Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
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Rebecca Macfie (living, New Zealand), non-f. wr. & col.
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Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015, England/Kenya), poet & nv.
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Ana Maria Machado (b. 1941, Brazil), ch. wr.
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Gilka Machado (1893–1980, Brazil), poet & activist
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Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001, Brazil), pw. & ch. wr.
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Dorothea Macheiner (b. 1943, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
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Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia), ch. wr.
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Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia), poet & nv.
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Catherine Julia Mackay (1864–1944, New Zealand), cookery wr.
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Jessie Mackay (1864–1938, New Zealand), poet & animal rights activist
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Margaret Mackay (1802–1887, Scotland), wr. & hymn wr.
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Shena Mackay (b. 1944, Scotland), nv.
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Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia), poet & fiction wr.
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Anna Mackenzie (b. 1963, New Zealand), fiction & YA wr.
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Serena Mackesy (b. 1960s, England), nv.
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Mary Mackey (b. 1945, United States), nv., poet & academic
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Mary Mackie (b. early 1940s, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Marisa Mackle (b. c. 1973, Ireland), nv. & ch. wr.
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Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022, United States), ch. nv.
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Mary MacLane (1881–1929, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), wr.
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Hester Maclean (1859–1932, Australia/New Zealand), nursing wr. & autobiographer
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Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/Newfoundland/United States), nv. & mystery wr.
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Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Eleanor MacMahon (1864–1956, Ireland/England), nv.
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Kathleen MacMahon (living, Ireland), wr. & broadcaster
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Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland), nv.
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Máire MacNeill (1904–1987, Ireland), folklorist
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Debbie Macomber (b. 1948, United States), nv.
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Katharine Sarah Macquoid (1824–1917, England), nv. & travel wr.
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Rina Macrelli (1929–2020, Italy), screenwriter & es.
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Catherine Mary MacSorley (1848–1929, Ireland), YA & religious wr.
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Marie MacSweeney (living, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
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Okky Madasari (b. 1984, Indonesia), nv., es. & ch. wr.
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Deirdre Madden (b. 1960, Ireland), nv.
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Heidrun E. Mader (b. 1977, Germany), non-fiction
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Ruth Mader (b. 1974, Austria/Austria-Hungary), screenwriter
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Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020, United States), poet
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Malika Madi (b. 1967, Belgium), nv. in French
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Maga Magazinović (1882–1968, Serbia), wr.
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Perihan MaÄŸden (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
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Audrey Magee (living, Ireland), nv.
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Melba Padilla Maggay (b. 1950, Philippines), wr. & social anthropologist
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Kellie Magnus (b. 1970, Jamaica), ch. & parenting wr.
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Guðrún KristÃn Magnúsdóttir (b. 1939, Iceland), ch. & nature wr.
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Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995, Iceland), nv.
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Sindiwe Magona (b. 1943, South Africa), fiction wr. & autobiographer in English
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Nilah Magruder (living, United States), wr.
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Akka Mahadevi (c. 1130–1160, India), poet
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Sabrina Mahfouz (living, England), poet & pw
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Han Mahlsook (í•œë§ìˆ™, b. 1931, Korea), nv.
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BrÃd Mahon (1922–2008, Ireland), nv. & folklorist
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Florence Mahoney (b. 1929, Gambia), wr. & historian
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Mahsati Ganjavi (c. 1089 – post-1159, Iran/Persia), poet
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Margaret Mahy (1936–2012, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr.
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Circe Maia (b. 1939, Uruguay), poet & es.
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Jennifer Maiden (b. 1949, Australia), poet
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Ruth Maier (1920–1942, Austria/Austria-Hungary), diarist & Hc. victim
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Chantal Maillard (b. 1951, Spain), poet & philosopher
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Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland), travel wr. in French
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Antonine Maillet (b. 1929, Canada/Newfoundland), nv., pw. & scholar
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Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia), arachnologist
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Marie Majerová (1882–1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
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Marianne Majerus (b. 1956, Luxembourg), garden wr.
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Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945, Italy), poet & wr.
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Maria Majocchi (1864–1917, Italy), wr. & poet
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Megha Majumdar (b. 1987/1988, India), nv.
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Tilottama Majumdar (b. 1966, India), fiction wr., poet & es.
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Svetlana MakaroviÄ (b. 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & YA wr.
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Jean Said Makdisi (b. 1940, Palestine), non-f. wr.
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Barbara Makhalisa (b. 1949, Zimbabwe), nv. & editor
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Anju Makhija (living, India/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, pw. & col.
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Angela Makholwa (living, South Africa), fiction wr.
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Miyako Maki (牧美也å, b. 1935, Japan), manga creator
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Eudokia Makrembolitissa (c. 1021–1096, Byzantium), poet in Greek & empress
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Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993, Serbia), poet
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Rima Maktabi (b. 1977, Lebanon), col. Ad
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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (b. 1960s, Uganda), fiction wr.
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Ana MarÃa Llona Málaga (b. 1936, Peru), poet
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Ezza Agha Malak (b. 1942, Lebanon/France), nv., poet & critic
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Natalia Malakhovskaia (b. 1948, Soviet Union/Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr.
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Battista Malatesta (c. 1384–1448, Italy), poet
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Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1746–1766, France), poet, pw. & naturalist
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Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905, England/New Zealand), domestic wr.
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Wanda Malecka (1800–1860, Poland), poet & nv.
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Rosie Malek-Yonan (b. 1965, Assyria), nv. & actor
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Oriel Malet (Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan, 1923–2014, England), nv. & biographer
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Amita Malik (1921–2009, India), critic
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Nicole Malinconi (b. 1946, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
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Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary), wr. of dialogues
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Ana Caro de Mallén (1590–1646, Spain), poet & pw.
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Nathalie Mallet (living, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
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Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930–2016, Belgium), nv. & es. in French
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Heather Mallick (b. 1959, Canada/Newfoundland), col., wr. & lecturer
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Clare Mallory (1913–1991, New Zealand), ch. wr.
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Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden), poet & nv.
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Amina Mama (b. 1958, Scotland/Nigeria), social wr.
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Tatiana Mamonova (b. 1943, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & politician
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Angela Manalang-Gloria (1907–1995, Philippines), poet in English
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Becky Manawatu (b. 1982, New Zealand), nv. & col.
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Laura Beatrice Mancini (1821–1969, Italy), poet
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Emily St. John Mandel (b. 1979, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Lisa Mandel (b. 1977, France), comics book wr.
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Zindzi Mandela (1960–2020, South Africa), poet
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Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
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Jane Mander (1887–1949, New Zealand/England), nv. & col.
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Slavka Maneva (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/North Macedonia), ch. wr. & poet
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Edda Manga (b. 1969, Sweden), historian of ideas
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Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England), schoolbook wr.
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Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865, Denmark), cookery wr.
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Rani Manicka (living, Malaysia/England), nv.
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Salmi Manja (b. 1937, Malaysia), fiction wr.
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Irshad Manji (b. 1968, Uganda/United States), religious wr.
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Delarivier Manley (c. 1670–1724, England), nv., pw. & pamphleteer
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Edna Manley (1900–1987, England/Jamaica), sculptor & diarist
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Rachel Manley (b. 1955, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & fiction wr.
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Alana Mann (fl. 2000s, Australia), wr. on food
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Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany), wr., screenwriter & actor
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MarÃa Emma Mannarelli (b. 1954, Peru), non-f. wr., historian, professor
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Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995, Finland), poet & pw.
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Catherine Gray, Lady Manners (1766–1852, Ireland/England), poet
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Emily Manning (Australie, 1845–1890, Australia), poet & col.
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Mary Manning (1905–1999, Ireland/United States), nv., pw. & critic
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Olivia Manning (1908–1980, England), nv.
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Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England), poet, wr. & ch. wr.
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Kiran Manral (b. 1971, India), nv. & parenting wr.
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Chris Mansell (b. 1953, Australia), poet
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Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923, New Zealand/England), fiction wr.
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Eduarda Mansilla (1834–1892, Argentina), nv., pw. & critic
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Fadhma Aït Mansour, (c. 1882–1967, Algeria), poet & singer
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Latifa Ben Mansour (b. 1950, Algeria/France), nv., linguist & psychoanalyst
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Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869, England/Ireland), ch. wr.
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Lisa Mantchev (living, United States), fantasy nv.
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Hilary Mantel (1952—2022, England), fiction wr., mem. & es.;
Wolf Hall
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Réka Mán-Várhegyi (b. 1979, Russia/Hungary), fiction & ch. wr.
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Sarah Ladipo Manyika (b. 1968, Nigeria/England), fiction wr. & es.
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Gianna Manzini (1896–1974, Italy), fiction wr.
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Mokbula Manzoor (1938–2020, India/Bangladesh), nv. & wr.
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Lee Maracle (1950–2021, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & storyteller
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Carmen Marai (Carmen MarÃa Bassa RodrÃguez, living, Chile), poet & nv.
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Dacia Maraini (b. 1936, Italy), nv., pw. & poet
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Faustina Maratti (c. 1679–1745, Italy), poet & painter
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Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998, Spain), poet & wr. in Catalan
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Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England), salonnière & popular science wr.
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Melina Marchetta (b. 1965, Australia), nv.
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Andrea Marcolongo (b. 1987, Italy), es. & wr.
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Emilie Maresse-Paul (1838–1900, Trinidad), feminist
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Inés Marful (b. 1961, Spain), nv. & literature wr.
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Anna Margolin (1887–1952, Russia/United States), Yiddish poet
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Silvana De Mari (b. 1953, Italy), nv.
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Juliet Marillier (b. 1948, New Zealand/Australia), nv. & YA writer
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Guadalupe MarÃn (1895–1983, Mexico), nv. & model
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Katarina MarinÄiÄ (b. 1968, Slovenia), fiction wr. & literary historian
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Lucrezia Marinella (1571–1653, Italy), poet & wr.
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Alexandra Marinina (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
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MarÃa Mariño (1907–1967, Spain), wr.
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Kamala Markandaya (1924–2004, India), nv.
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Beryl Markham (1902–1986, England/Kenya), aviator & wr.
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Liza Marklund (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
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Maria Markova (b. 1982, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
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Daphne Marlatt (b. 1942, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
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Olga Marlin (b. 1934, United States/Kenya), autobiographer
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E. Marlitt (1825–1887, Germany), nv.
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Nilgün Marmara (1958–1987, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
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Jeanne Marni (1854–1910, France), nv. & pw.
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Monika Maron (b. 1941, Germany), es. & political wr.
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Leïla Marouane (b. 1960, Algeria/France), nv.
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Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887, Serbia), poet & painter
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Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993, England/Portugal), travel wr.
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Anne de Marquets (b. c. 1533–1588, France), poet & nun
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Manuela Antonia Márquez GarcÃa-Saavedra (1844–1890, Peru), wr., poet
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Paula Contreras Márquez (1911–2008, Spain), nv. & wr.
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Paz Márquez-BenÃtez (1894–1983, Philippines), fiction wr. & editor
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Ellen Marriage (1865–1946, England), translator
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Janice Marriott (b. 1946, England/New Zealand), ch. & YA wr., poet & gardener
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Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982, New Zealand), mystery wr.
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Selina Tusitala Marsh (b. 1971, New Zealand), poet & academic
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Catherine Marshall (1914–1983, United States), nonfiction & fiction wr.
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Paule Marshall (1929–2019, United States), nv.
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Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica), radio producer & poet
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Patricia De Martelaere (1957–2009, Belgium), philosopher & es. in Flemish
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Esperanza Brito de Martà (1932–2007, Mexico), col.
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Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937, Australia), nv.
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Faith Martin (living, England), thriller wr.
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Harriet Evans Martin (died 1846, Ireland), nv.
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Harriet Letitia Martin (1801–1891, England/Ireland), nv.
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Mary Letitia Martin (1815–1850, Ireland/Belgium), nv.
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Ros Martin (b. 1960s, England), pw., poet & activist
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Violet Florence Martin (1862–1915, Ireland), co-wr. of fiction
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Agnès Martin-Lugand (b. 1979, France), nv.
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Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England), nv. & theorist
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Nela MartÃnez (1912–2004, Ecuador), political wr. & activist
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Sanjuana MartÃnez (b. 1963, Mexico), social analyst
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Susana Martinez-Conde (b. 1969, Spain), science wr.
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Raquel MartÃnez-Gómez (b. 1973, Spain/Uruguay), nv.
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Tânia Martins (b. 1957, Brazil), poet
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Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden), nv. & es.
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Kati Marton (b. 1949, Hungary/United States), political wr.
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Olga Martynova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Germany), poet, es. & nv.
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Margaret Maruani (1954–2022, Tunisia/France), wr.
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Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands), ch. wr.
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Barbara Masekela (b. 1941, South Africa), poet & activist in English
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Mohale Mashigo (b. 1983, South Africa), nv. & songwriter in English
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Lebogang Mashile (b. 1979, South Africa), actor, wr. & poet
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Emma Mashinini (1929–2017, South Africa), autobiographer in English & politician
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Dorota Masłowska (b. 1983, Poland), nv. & pw.
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Amelia Gere Mason (1831–1923 United States), es. & author
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Bobbie Ann Mason (b. 1940, United States), fiction wr., es. & critic
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Judi Ann Mason (1955–2009, United States), pw. & screenwriter
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MarÃa Josefa Massanés (1811–1887, Spain), poet in Catalan & Spanish
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Janine Massard (b. 1939, Switzerland), fiction & non-f. wr. in French
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Renée Massip (1907–2002, France), nv.
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Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales), wr. & academic
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Dada Masiti (c. 1810s–15 July 1919) poet
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Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia), fiction wr. & col.
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Jenny Mastoraki (b. 1949, Greece), poet & translator
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Ãngeles Mastretta (b. 1949, Mexico), fiction wr. & mem.
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KÄterina Mataira (1932–2011, New Zealand), exponent of Maori
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Julijana Matanović (b. 1959, Yugoslavia/Croatia), fiction wr.
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Pilar Mateos (b. 1942, Spain), ch. wr.
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Beverly Matherne (b. 1946, United States), wr. & poet
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Petra Mathers (b. 1945, Germany/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Mary Mathew (1724–1777, Ireland), diarist
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Sarah Mathew (c. 1805–1890, England/New Zealand), diarist
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Peta Mathias (living, New Zealand), food wr.
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Nicole-Claude Mathieu (1937–2014, France), anthropologist & feminist
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Manana Matiashvili (b. 1978, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & philologist
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Maria Matios (b. 1959, Ukraine), poet & nv.
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Kopano Matlwa (b. 1985, South Africa), nv. in English
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Sanami Matoh (真æ±ç ‚æ³¢, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator
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Chiara Matraini (1515–1604, Italy), poet & prose wr.
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Larisa Matros (b. 1938, Soviet Union/United States), philosopher & fiction wr.
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Nina Matsumoto (b. 1984, Japan/Canada/Newfoundland), cartoonist & nv.
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Temari Matsumoto (æ¾æœ¬ãƒ†ãƒžãƒª, living, Japan), manga creator & illustrator
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Akemi Matsunae (æ¾è‹—ã‚ã‘ã¿, b. 1956, Japan), manga creator
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Akimoto Matsuyo (秋元æ¾ä»£, 1911–2001, Japan), pw. & scriptwriter
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Dalene Matthee (1938–2005, South Africa), nv. in English
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Olga Elena Mattei (b. 1933, Puerto Rico/Comoros), poet
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Tina Matthews (b. 1961, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & illustrator
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Gill Matthewson (living, New Zealand), wr. on architecture
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Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia), ch. wr.
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Ellen Mattson (b. 1962, Sweden), fiction wr.
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Ana MarÃa Matute (1925–2014, Spain), nv.
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Genoveva Matute (1915–2009, Philippines), fiction wr. in Tagalog
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CaitlÃn Maude (1941–1982, Ireland), poet & activist
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Mary Fawler Maude (1819-1913, England), religious wr. & hymn wr.
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Neža Maurer (b. 1930, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. & YA writer
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Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England), fiction wr.
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Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978, Latvia), biographer & fiction wr. in Latvian & German
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Novella Matveyeva (1934–2016, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, screenwriter & pw.
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Vera Matveyeva (1945–1976, Soviet Union), poet & songwriter*
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Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?, United Kingdom), wr. & nv.
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Constantia Maxwell (1886–1962, Ireland), historian & academic
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Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell (living, Trinidad), pw. & poet
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Megan Maxwell (b. 1965, Spain), romance nv.
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Julia Harris May (1833–1912, United States), poet
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Muriel May (1897–1982, New Zealand), wr.
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Patricia Mayayo (born 1967, Spain), non-f. wr.
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Jane Mayhall (1918–2009, United States), poet
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Katherine Mayfield (born 1958, United States), non-f. wr.
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Antonia Maymón (1881–1959, Spain), anarchist wr. & nv.
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Olga Maynard (1913–1994, Brazil/United States), non-f. wr.
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Cath Mayo (living, New Zealand), fiction, ch. & YA wr. & musician
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DeBarra Mayo (b. 1953, United States), fitness wr.
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Eleanor Mayo (1920–1981, United States), nv.
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Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr.
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Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & pw.
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Katarina Mazetti (b. 1944, Sweden), wr.
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Alice La Mazière (1880–1962, France), non-f. wr.
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Margaret Mazzantini (b. 1961, Italy), wr. & actor
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Melania Mazzucco (b. 1966, Italy), screenwriter & nv.
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Penda Mbow (b. 1955, Senegal), historian & activist
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Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda), pw. & academic
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Imbolo Mbue (b. 1981, Cameroon), fiction wr.
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Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892, United States), poet
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Constance Jane McAdam (Constance Clyde, 1872–1951, Australia), wr. & suffragette
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Rachel McAlpine (b. 1940, New Zealand), poet, pw. & nv.
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Maxine McArthur (b. 1962, Australia), science fiction wr.
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Joan McBreen (b. 1947, Ireland), poet
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Bunny McBride (b. 1950, United States), wr. & anthropologist
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Eimear McBride (b. 1976, Ireland), nv.
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Kate McCabe (living, Ireland), nv.
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Lida Rose McCabe (1865–1938, United States), author, journalist, lecturer
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Nell McCafferty (b. 1944, Ireland), pw. & campaigner
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Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, United States), science fiction nv.
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Felicity McCall (living, Ireland), nv., pw. & non-f. wr.
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Mary McCallum (b. 1961, Zambia/New Zealand), fiction wr., es. & poet
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Mary McCarthy (1912–1989, United States), nv., critic & mem.
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Mary McCarthy (b. 1946, United States), screenwriter
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Mary McCarthy (1951–2013, Ireland), nv. and critic
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Mary Eunice McCarthy (1899–1969, United States), pw. & screenwriter
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Karen McCarthy Woolf (b. 1966, England), poet
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Sue McCauley (b. 1941, New Zealand), fiction & screenwriter & pw.
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Shirla R. McClain (1935–1997, United States), educator
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Jen McClanaghan (living, United States), poet
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Letitia McClintock (1835–1917, Ireland), nv. & story collector
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Nellie McClung (1873–1951, Canada/Newfoundland), feminist, wr. & activist
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Joanna McClure (b. 1930, United States), poet
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Lyn McConchie (b. 1946, New Zealand), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
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Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?, United States), ss. wr.
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Elizabeth McCracken (b. 1966, United States), nv. & editor
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Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890, Australia), diarist & painter
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Sharyn McCrumb (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
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Jenny McCudden (living, Ireland), non-f. wr., poet & col.
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Carson McCullers (1917–1967, United States), nv.
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Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia), nv.
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Carolyn McCurdie (b. 1947, England/New Zealand), YA and fiction wr. & poet
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Alice McDermott (b. 1953, United States), fiction wr.
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Mary McDermott (fl. 1832, Ireland), poet
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Mary McDonagh (b. 1849, Ireland/United States), poet
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Mercia MacDermott (1927–2023, England), wr. & historian
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Rosaleen McDonagh (living, Ireland), pw. & activist
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Jill McDonald (1927–1982, New Zealand/England), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia), poet & editor
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Melanie McFadyean (1950–2023, England), journalist, broadcaster & lecturer
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Ella May McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia), poet & ch. wr.
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Fiona McFarlane (b. 1978, Australia), nv.
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Shona McFarlane (1929–2001, New Zealand), non-f. wr.
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Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978, United States), ch. wr. & poet
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Michelle McGrane (b. 1974, Zimbabwe), poet
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Fiona McGregor (b. 1965, Australia), wr. & artist
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Medbh McGuckian (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), poet
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Maura McHugh (living, Ireland), fiction wr., pw. & screenwriter
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Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia), wr. & documentary maker
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Lisa McInerney (b. 1981, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Ami McKay (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & pw.
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Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia), fiction wr.
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Suzy McKee Charnas (1939–2023, United States), nv. & short story wr.
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Alecia McKenzie (living, Jamaica), YA wr.
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Elizabeth McKenzie (b. 1958, United States), wr. & editor
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Patricia A. McKillip (1948–2022, United States), science fiction & fantasy wr.
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Tamara McKinley (b. 1948, Australia), nv.
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Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983, United States), col. & wr.
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Emma McLaughlin (b. 1974, United States), nv.
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Ella N. McLean, Countess Norraikow (1849-1913, Canada), non-f. wr.
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Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890, United States), nv. & ss. wr.
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Rosemary McLeod (b. 1949, New Zealand), wr. on domestic skills
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Pauline McLynn (b. 1962, Ireland), author & actor
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Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (1850–1941, Ireland), historian & nv.
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Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, Canada), poet, author, and educator
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Liz McManus (b. 1947, Ireland), nv. & politician
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Rhyll McMaster (b. 1947, Australia), poet & nv.
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Terry McMillan (b. 1951, United States), nv.
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Linda McNabb (b. 1963, England/New Zealand), ch. & YA writer
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Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Australia), pamphleteer
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Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia), diarist & nurse
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Donna McNeil (1948, Germany/United States) wr
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Esther Lord McNeill (1812–1907, United States), travel wr.
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Janet McNeill (1907–1994, Ireland/England), nv. & pw.
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Anna McPartlin (b. 1972, Ireland), nv.
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Martha McPhee (b. 1965, United States), nv.
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Cilla McQueen (b. 1949, England/New Zealand), poet
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Dionyse McTair (b. 1950, Trinidad), poet
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Dervla McTiernan (b. 1977, Ireland), crime wr.
Me–Mi
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Richelle Mead (b. 1976, United States), nv.
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L. T. Meade (1844–1914, Ireland), girls' writer
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Teresa Meana Suárez (born 1952, Spain), feminist activist, teacher, philologist & non-f. wr.
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Roisin Meaney (b. 1959, Ireland), nv.
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A. Garland Mears (1842–1920, Ireland), nv.
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Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia), fiction wr.
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Meavenn (1911–1992, France), poet, nv. & pw. in Breton
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Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1500, Wales), poet
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Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282–1294, Germany), mystic wr. in Low German
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Marina Ripa di Meana (1941–2018, Italy), nv.
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Saint Mechtilde of Hackeb. (1240/1241–1298, Germany), religious wr. in Latin
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Máighréad Medbh (b. 1959, Ireland), wr. & poet
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Elena Medel (b. 1985, Spain), poet
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Nia Medi (living, Wales), nv. & actor
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Susana Medina (b. 1966, England/Spain), wr. in Spanish & English
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Paula Meehan (b. 1955, Ireland), poet & pw.
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C. K. Meena (b. 1957, India), nv. & col.
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Fatima Meer (1928–2010, South Africa), sociologist in English
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Vonne van der Meer (b. 1952, Netherlands), fiction wr. & pw.
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Meera (1498–1556, India), poet & mystic
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K. R. Meera (b. 1970, India), fiction & ch. wr.
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Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Germany), poet
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Mariella Mehr (1947–2022, Switzerland), nv. in French
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Marsha Mehran (1977–2014, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Rama Mehta (1923–1978, India), nv. & sociologist
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Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands), col. & ch. wr.
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Doeschka Meijsing (1947–2012, Netherlands), nv.
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CecÃlia Meireles (1901–1964, Brazil), wr. & educator
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Isa Meireles (c. 1932–2008, Portugal), ch. wr.
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Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949, Mexico), wr. & autobiographer
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Tsehay Melaku (b. c. 1952, Ethiopia), nv. in Amharic
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Tamta Melashvili (b. 1979, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv.
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Gaby Melian (b. 1969/1970, Argentina), wr.
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Ekaterine Melikishvili (1854–1928, Georgia (Caucasus)), translator & ch. wr.
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Melinno (fl. 2nd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet
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Anastasia Melnichenko (b. 1984, Ukraine), social wr.
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Rosita Melo (1897–1981, Argentina), poet & composer
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Maile Meloy (b. 1972, United States), fiction wr.
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Jean Meltzer (fl. 2000s), Jewish American wr.
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Pauline Melville (b. 1948, Guyana/England), wr. & actor
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Velma Caldwell Melville (1858–1924, United States), editor & wr.
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Eva Menasse (b. 1970, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & col.
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Rigoberta Menchú (b. 1959, Guatemala), political wr.
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Jane Mendelsohn (b. 1965, United States), wr.
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Charlotte Mendelson (b. 1972, England), nv. & editor
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Concha Méndez (1898–1968, Spain), poet & pw.
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Lucrecia Méndez (b. 1943, Guatemala), academic & critic
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Mariana Cox Méndez (1871–1914, Chile), fiction wr. & es.
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Armine Rhea Mendoza (living, Philippines), nv. in Tagalog
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Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942, Mexico), activist & poet
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Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614, Spain), religious poet
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Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896–1954, Mexico), wr. on motherhood
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MarÃa Luisa Mendoza (1930–2018, Mexico), nv. & politician
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Susan Mendus (b. 1951, Wales), political philosopher
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Saida Menebhi (1952–1977, Morocco), poet & activist
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Amparo Menendez-Carrion (b. 1949, Uruguay/Ecuador), political wr.
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Maaza Mengiste (b. 1974, Ethiopia/United States), nv.
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Teresa Meniru (1931–1994, Nigeria), YA & ch. wr.
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Indu Menon (b. 1980, India), fiction wr., screenwriter & sociologist
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A. L. Mentxaka (d. 2022, Ireland), modernist scholar
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Wolla Meranda, (1863–1951, Australia), nv.
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Martha Mercader (1926–2010, Argentina), fiction & ch. wr.
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Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931, Mexico),
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Tununa Mercado (b. 1939, Argentina), fiction wr. & es.
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Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany), nv. & poet
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Courtney Sina Meredith (b. 1986, New Zealand), political wr. & pw.
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Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia), pw., scriptwriter & nv.
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Louisa Meredith (1812–1895, Australia), non-f. wr., poet & nv.
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Edna Merey-Apinda (b. 1976, Gabon), wr.
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Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986, Estonia), poet & ch. wr.
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Marguerite Merington (1875–1951, England/United States), pw. & fiction & non-f. wr.
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Alda Merini (1931–2009, Italy), wr. & poet
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Ana Merino (b. 1971, Spain), poet
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Louise Meriwether (1923–2023, United States), nv. & es.
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Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015, Morocco), sociologist
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Helen Maud Merrill (1865–1943, United States), woman of letters & poet
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Jenny B. Merrill (1854–193b. 19494, United States), educator, non-f. wr.
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Catherine Merriman (living, Wales), fiction wr.
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Nuray Mert (b. 1960, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political scientist
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Lina Meruane (b. 1970, Chile), wr. & academic
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Sara Mesa (b. 1976, Spain), fiction wr. & poet
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Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965, New Zealand), cookery wr. & nv.
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Maria Messina (1887–1944, Italy), social wr. & nv.
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Claire Messud (b. 1966, United States), nv. & academic
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Grace Metalious (1924–1964, United States), nv.
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Antigone Metaxa-Krontera (1905–1971, Greece), ch. wr.
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Joan Metelerkamp (b. 1956, South Africa), poet in English
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Ida Mett (1901–1973, Russia/France), political wr.
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Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, England), poet
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Johanne Meyer (1838–1915, Denmark), suffragist & pacifist
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Stephenie Meyer (b. 1973, United States), nv.
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Miriam Meyerhoff (b. 1964, United States/New Zealand), sociolinguist
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Alice Meynell (1847–1922, England), critic & poet
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Esther Meynell (1878–1955, England), wr. & historian
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Isabel Meyrelles (b. 1929, Portugal/France), poet & sculptor
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Malwida von Meysenbug (1816–1903, Germany), political wr. & mem.
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Samar Samir Mezghanni (b. 1988, Tunisia), ch. wr.
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Malika Mezzane (born 1960), Moroccan poet and novelist
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Nontsizi Mgqwetho (fl. 1920s, South Africa), poet in isiXhosa
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Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021, Ireland), poet, wr. and scholar
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Gcina Mhlophe (b. 1958, South Africa), storyteller in 4 languages
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Mian Mian (棉棉, b. 1970, China), fiction wr.
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Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007, Netherlands), poet
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Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950, Denmark), fiction & ch. wr. & autobiographer
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Anne Michaels (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
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Concha Michel (1899–1990, Mexico), pw., songwriter & activist
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Natacha Michel (b. 1941, France), nv. & critic
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Margarita Michelena (1917–1998, Mexico), poet & critic
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Sólrún Michelsen (b. 1948, Faroe Islands), fiction & ch. wr. & poet
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Michitsuna's mother (藤原é“綱æ¯, 935–995, Japan), poet
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Veronica Micle (1850–1889, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), poet
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Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany), col., wr. & poet
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Helene Migerka (1867–1928, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & prose wr.
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Cécile Miguel (1921–2001, Belgium), poet, pw. & nv. in French
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Annabel Miguelena (b. 1984, Panama), fiction wr.
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Aksinia Mihaylova (b. 1963, Bulgaria), poet & translator
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Jasmina Mihajlović (b. 1960, Serbia), wr. & critic
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Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany), diarist, nv. & dancer
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Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, b. 1970, Japan), manga wr. & artist
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Mira MiheliÄ (1912–1985, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv.
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Ene Mihkelson (1944–2017, Estonia), poet & nv.
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Sevda Mikayilova (b. 1953, Azerbaijan), poet & philologist
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Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), commentator
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Marja-Leena Mikkola (b. 1939, Finland), wr.
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Jung Mi-kyung (ì •ë¯¸ê²½, 1960–2017, Korea), nv.
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Karlo Mila (b. 1974, New Zealand), poet
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Farzaneh Milani (b. 1947, Iran/Persia/United States), scholar & wr.
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Jana MilÄinski (1920–2007, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), science & ch. wr.
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Grace Mildmay (1552–1620, England), diarist
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Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales), poet & activist for deaf
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Josephine Miles (1911–1985, United States), poet & critic
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Leda Mileva (1920–2013, Bulgaria), wr. & diplomat
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Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia), poet
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Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008, Serbia), theater wr.
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MarÃa del Carmen Millán (1914–1882, Mexico), literature scholar
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Selena Millares (b. 1963, Spain), poet & nv.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, United States), poet
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Betty Miller (1910–1965, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Caroline Pafford Miller (1903–1992, United States), nv.
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Grażyna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy), poet & translator into Italian
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Isabel Miller (1924–1996, United States), nv.
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Dora Richards Miller (1842-1914, United States/England/Denmark), author and educator
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Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961, United States), nv.
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Jeannette Miller (1944, Dominican Republic), poetry, short story, novel.
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Kara Miller (living, Jamaica/England), screenwriter
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Kirsten Miller (b. 1973, United States), nv. in English
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Leslie Adrienne Miller (b. 1956, United States), poet
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Madeline Miller (b. 1978, United States), nv.
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Minnie Myrtle Miller (1842–1882, United States), wr.
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Rebecca Miller (b. 1962, United States), nv. & wr.
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Ruth Miller (1919–1969, South Africa), poet & pw. in English
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Mărgărita Miller-Verghy (1865–1953, Romania), fiction wr.
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Kate Millett (1934–2017, United States), feminist
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Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012, United States), poet and fiction wr.
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Alice Milligan (1865–1953, Ireland), poet & wr.
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Anna Millikin (1764 – post-1849, Ireland), nv.
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Sarah Millin (1889–1968, South Africa), fiction wr. & autobiographer in English
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Lia Mills (living, Ireland), nv.
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Anchee Min (閔安çª, b. 1957, Chile/United States), nv. & memoir wr.
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Denise Mina (b. 1966, Scotland), crime wr. & pw.
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Marijane Minaberri (1926–2017), France/Basque Country, wr.
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Haruka Minami (å—ã‹ãšã‹, living, Japan), manga creator
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Kanan Minami (水波風å—, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator
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Bridget Minamore (b. 1991, England), poet, journalist, critic
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Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012, Denmark/United States), ch. wr.
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Marga Minco (1920–2023, Netherlands), wr. & Hc. survivor
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Liliana DÃaz Mindurry (b. 1953, Argentina), poet & fiction wr.
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Kazuya Minekura (峰倉ã‹ãšã‚„, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
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Guðrún Eva MÃnervudóttir (b. 1976, Iceland), nv.
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Laura Mintegi (b. 1955, Spain), nv. & es. in Basque
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Mirabai (c. 1498 – c. 1547, India), poet
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Ana Miranda (b. 1951, Brazil), nv.
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Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia), nv.
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Heidi Safia Mirza (b. 1958, England), non-f. wr.
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Shazia Mirza (living, Pakistan/England), col. & comedian
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Jane Misme (1865–1935, France), col. & feminist
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Jaishree Misra (living, India/England), nv.
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Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, 1889–1957, Chile), poet; Nobel Prize in Literature
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Diana Mitchell (1932–2016, Zimbabwe), political wr.
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Dreda Say Mitchell (b. 1965, England), nv. & col.
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Elma Mitchell (1919–2000, Scotland), poet
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Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia), ch. wr.
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Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983, England), mystery nv.
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Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, United States), col. & nv.;
Gone with the Wind
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Susan Mitchell (b. 1944, United States), poet, es. & translator
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Susan Langstaff Mitchell (1866–1926, Ireland), writer, satirist & poet
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Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland), nv. & poet
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Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England/United States), wr. & rights activist
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Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England), nv. & pw.;
Our Village
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Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England), nv. & correspondent;
The Pursuit of Love
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Antonija Mitrović (living, Serbia/New Zealand), computer scientist
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Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
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Suzue Miuchi (美内ã™ãšãˆ, b. 1951, Japan), manga creator
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Shion Miura (三浦ã—ã‚’ã‚“, b. 1976, Japan), nv.
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Kim Mi-wol (김미월, b. 1977, Korea), fiction wr.
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Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本百åˆå, 1899–1951, Japan), fiction wr., critic & activist
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Minae Mizumura (æ°´æ‘ ç¾Žè‹—, b. 1951, Japan/United States), nv., critic & es.
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Hideko Mizuno (水野英å, b. 1939, Japan), manga creator
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Junko Mizuno (水野純å, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
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Setona Mizushiro (水城ã›ã¨ãª, b. 1971, Japan), manga creator
Mj–My
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Barbara Catharina Mjödh (1738–1776, Finland), poet
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Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989, Mexico), non-f. wr.
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Azadeh Moaveni (b. 1976, Iran/Persia/United States), wr.
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Janet Mock (b. 1983, United States), wr., rights activist & wr.
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Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917, Hungary), travel wr.
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Drusilla Modjeska (b. 1946, Australia), wr. & editor
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Moelona (Elizabeth Mary Jones, 1877–1953, Wales), nv., ch. wr. & translator
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Moero or Myro (3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet
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Lottie Moggach (living, England), nv.
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Moh Youn-sook (모윤숙, 1910–1999, Korea), poet
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Nadifa Mohamed (b. 1981, Saint Lucia/England), nv.
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Baisali Mohanty (b. 1994, India), wr., col. & dancer
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Elaine Mokhtefi (b. 1928, United States/France), mem. & col.
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Ana MarÃa Moix (1947–2014, Spain), poet & fiction wr.
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Tze Ming Mok (莫志明, b. 1978, China/New Zealand), fiction wr. & social commentator
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Malika Mokeddem (b. 1949, Algeria), fiction wr.
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Natalia Molebatsi (living, South Africa), poet in English
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Mary Louisa Molesworth (1839–1921, England), ch. nv.
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Rena Molho (b. 1946, Greece), historian
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Ursule Molinaro (1916–2000, France/United States), fiction wr., pw. & visual artist
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Empar Moliner (b. 1966, Spain), wr. in Catalan
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Grace Mera Molisa (1947–2002, Vanuatu), poet, politician & activist
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Atukuri Molla (1440–1530, India), poet
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Herdis Møllehave (1936–2001, Denmark), wr. & social worker
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Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, Ireland/Spain), poet, col. & artist
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Frances Molloy (1947–1991, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Marion Molteno (b. 1944, South Africa), nv. & education wr. in English
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Eva Moltesen (1871–1934, Finland/Denmark), fiction & political wr. & lexicographer
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Margareta Momma (1702–1772, Sweden), political wr.
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LÃlia Momplé (b. 1935, Mozambique), fiction wr.
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MarÃa Olivia Mönckeberg (b. 1944, Chile), es. & academic
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Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979, England/New Zealand), conservationist & ornithologist
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Patrocinio de Biedma y la Moneda (1858–1927, Spain), poet & nv.
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Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria), geographer & historian
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Aja Monet (b. 1987, United States), poet, wr. & activist
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LibuÅ¡e MonÃková (1945–1998, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Germany), wr. in German
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Mary Monck (c. 1677–1715, Ireland/England), poet & beauty
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Jenn Monroe (b. 1970, United States), poet & editor
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Beatrice Monroy (b. 1953, Italy), fiction wr. & nv.
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Dolors Monserdà (1845–1919, Spain), poet, pw. & es.
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Pilar Burgués Monserrat (b. 1958, Andorra), fiction wr.
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762, England), poet, diarist & correspondent
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Hilda Montaire (1922–2004, Philippines), fiction wr. in Cebuana
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Stephanie de Montalk (b. 1945, New Zealand), poet & biographer
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Danila Comastri Montanari (b. 1948, Italy), nv.
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Roza Montazemi (c. 1921–2009, Iran/Persia), cookery wr.
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Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, Australia), poet, autobiographer & suffragist
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Ana Montenegro (1915–2006, Brazil), wr., poet & activist
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SofÃa Montenegro (b. 1954, Nicaragua), social researcher
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Mayra Montero (b. 1952, Cuba/Puerto Rico), fiction wr. & col.
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Rosa Montero (b. 1951, Spain), fiction wr.
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Graciela Montes (b. 1947, Argentina), ch. wr. & translator
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Maria Montessori (1870–1952, Italy), education wr.
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Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England), ch. wr.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & poet;
Anne of Green Gables
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Ruth Montgomery (1912–2001, United States), nv.
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Selena Montgomery, pseudonym of Stacey Abrams (b. 1973, United States), nv.
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Amy Monticello (b. 1982, United States), es. & non-f. wr.
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Isabelle de Montolieu (1851–1932, Switzerland), nv. in French
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Federica Montseny (1905–1994, Spain), nv. & es.
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MarÃa de Montserrat (1913–1995, Uruguay), fiction wr.
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Teresa Wilms Montt (Tebal, 1893–1921, Chile), wr. & poet
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Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, Canada/Newfoundland), diarist, nv. & poet
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Anne Moody (1940–2015, United States), autobiographer
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Moon Chung-hee (ë¬¸ì •í¬, b. 1947, Korea), poet
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Marente de Moor (b. 1972, Netherlands), nv. & col.
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Alison Moore (b. 1971, England), nv.
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C. L. Moore (1911–1987, United States), fantasy wr.
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Lisa Moore (b. 1964, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Lorrie Moore (b. 1957, United States), fiction wr.
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Marianne Moore (1887–1972, United States), poet
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Ruth Moore (1903–1989, United States), fiction wr. & poet
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Elizabeth Moorhead (c. 1865–1955, United States), fiction wr.
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Finola Moorhead (b. 1947, Australia), nv., pw. & poet
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Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland), scholar & medic
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Shani Mootoo (b. 1957, Trinidad/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., artist & video maker
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Magdalena Mora (1952–1981, Mexico), scholar & social wr.
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Terézia Mora (b. 1971, Hungary/Germany), nv. & critic in German
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Barbara Moraff (b. 1939, United States), poet
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Cherrie Moraga (b. 1952), poet, pw. & es.
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Adelaida GarcÃa Morales (1945–2014, Spain), fiction wr.
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Aurora Levins Morales (b. 1954, Paraguay), es., poet & fiction wr.
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Karly Gaitán Morales (b. 1980, Nicaragua), wr. on film
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MarÃa Luz Morales (1889–1980, Spain), wr.
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Giuliana Morandini (1938–2019, Italy), social wr. & nv.
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Elsa Morante (1912–1985, Italy), nv.
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Maria Moravskaya (1890–1947, Russia/United States), poet & critic
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Ann Moray (1909–1981, Ireland/United States), nv. & singer
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Yolanda Morazzo (1928–2009, Cape Verde), poet
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Marta Morazzoni (b. 1950, Italy), nv.
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Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001, Denmark), travel & social wr. & artist
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Diana Mordasini (living, Senegal/Switzerland), col.
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Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England), wr. & traveler
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Pamela Mordecai (b. 1942, Jamaica/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, fiction wr. & scholar
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Hannah More (1745–1833, England), moralist, poet & pw.
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Helga Moreira (b. 1950, Paraguay), poet
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Nancy Morejón (b. 1944, Cuba), poet & es.
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Isabel Morel (1885–?, Chile), wr. & activist
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Mary L. Moreland (1859–1918, United States), minister, evangelist, suffragist, wr.
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MarÃa Victoria Moreno (1939–2005, Spain), ch. & YA wr. in Galician
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Virginia R. Moreno (1925–2021, Philippines), poet & pw.
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C. E. Morgan (b. 1976, United States), wr.
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Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales), pw. & anthropologist
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Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales), nv. & ch. wr.
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Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England), nv. & poet
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Erin Morgenstern (b. 1978, United States), artist & nv.
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Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany), nv.
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Sally Morgan (b. 1951, Australia), wr. & artist
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Liane Moriarty (b. 1966, Australia), nv.
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Sinead Moriarty (b. c. 1871, Ireland/England), nv.
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Milk Morinaga (森永ã¿ã‚‹ã, living, Japan), manga creator
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Akiko Morishima (森島明å, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
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Tama Morita (森田ãŸã¾, 1894–1970, Japan), es.
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Yunna Morits (b. 1937, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & activist
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Yoko Moriwaki (森脇瑤å, 1932–1945, Japan), diarist & Hiroshima victim
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Margarita Morozova (1873–1958, Russia), mem.
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Lisa Morpurgo (1923–1998, Italy), astrologer & nv.
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Isabella di Morra (c. 1520–1545/1546), poet
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Edita Morris (1902–1988, Sweden/United States), fiction wr. & mem.
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Jan Morris (James Morris, 1926–2020, Wales/England), historian & travel wr.
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Mary McGarry Morris (b. 1943, United States), nv.;
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Meaghan Morris (b. 1950, Australia), cultural wr.
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Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
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Paula Morris (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Sharon Morris (living, Wales), poet & lecturer
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Toni Morrison (1931–2019, United States), nv., ch. wr.; 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Di Morrissey (b. 1943, Australia), nv.
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Donna Morrissey (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & screenwriter
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Sinéad Morrissey (b. 1972, Northern Ireland), poet
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Sally Morrison (b. 1946, Australia), biographer & fiction wr.
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Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940, United States), nv., ss. wr.
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Petra Morsbach (b. 1956, Germany), nv.
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Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England), nv.
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Nelle Morton (1905–1987, United States), theologian and rights leader
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Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (b. 1975, England), non-f
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Stefania Mosca (1957–2009, Venezuela), wr.
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Myriam Moscona (b. 1955, Mexico/Canada/Newfoundland), academic & poet in Ladino & Spanish
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Claudia Moscovici (b. 1969, Romania/United States), nv. & critic
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Hannah Moscovitch (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
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Marie Moser (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Miriam Mosessohn (1839–1920, Russia/Lithuania), Hebraist
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Ottessa Moshfegh (b. 1981, United States), fiction wr. & es.
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Minoo Moshiri (living, Iran/Persia), critic & es.
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Tatyana Moskvina (1958–2022, Soviet Union/Russia), col., nv. & film critic
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Mieke Mosmuller (b. 1951, Netherlands), nv. & physician
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Mary Moss (1864–1914, United States), nv. & es.
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Rose Moss (b. 1937, South Africa/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Sarah Moss (b. 1975, England), wr. & academic
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Thylias Moss (b. 1954, United States), poet, ch. nv. & pw.
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Kate Mosse (b. 1961, England), fiction wr. & broadcaster
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Ahlam Mosteghanemi (b. 1953, Algeria), nv.
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Natasha Mostert (living, South Africa/England), nv.
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Nadežka Mosusova (b. 1928, Serbia), non-f. wr.
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Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003, South Africa), poet & actor in several languages
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Yukiko Motoya (本谷有希å, b. 1979, Japan), nv. & pw.
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Capucine Motte (b. 1971, Belgium), woman of letters in French
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Chantal Mouffe (b. 1943, Belgium), political theorist in French & English
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Touhfat Mouhtare (living, Comoros), wr.
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Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland), non-f. wr.
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Julia Moulden (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. wr. & speechwr.
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Jeanine Moulin (1912–1998, Belgium), poet & scholar
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Martha Moulsworth (1577–1646, England), poet & autobiographer
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Maria Lacerda de Moura (1887–1945, Brazil), anarcho-feminist wr.
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Kenizé Mourad (b. 1939, France), nv.
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Teresa Moure (b. 1969, Spain), es., nv. & ch. wr. in Galician
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Doula Mouriki (1934–1991, Greece), art historian
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Granaz Moussavi (b. 1976, Iran/Persia/Australia), poet
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Melissa Moustakis (fl. 2000s, USA), short story writer
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Elizabeth Moutzan-Martinegou (1801–1832, Greece), poet, pw. & economist
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Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia), diarist
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Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013, Argentina), nv.
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Isabel Moya (1961–2018, Cuba), communications professor
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Esther Moyal (1878–1948, Lebanon), Jewish wr. & feminist
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Elizabeth Moynihan (1929–2023, USA), historian and writer
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Fiona Mozley (b. 1988, England), nv. & medievalist
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Milena Mrazović (1863–1927, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. in Serbian
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Zorica Mršević (b. 1954, Serbia), wr. on gender rights
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Ingy Mubiayi (b. 1972, Egypt/Italy), wr.
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Cristina Mucci (b. 1949, Argentina), wr.
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Muddupalani (fl. mid-18th century, India), poet & nun
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Chitra Mudgal (b. 1943, India), nv.
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Lisel Mueller (1924–2020, Germany/United States), poet
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Amélia Muge (b. 1952, Mozambique/Portugal), lyricist & singer
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Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, Kenya), pw., poet & activist
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Hazel de Silva Mugot (b. 1947, Kenya), nv. & academic
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Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr.
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Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany), nv.
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Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv.
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Doris Mühringer (1920–2009, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
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Willa Muir (1890–1970, Scotland), wr.
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Hercilia Fernández de MujÃa (1860–1929, Bolivia), wr. & poet
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MarÃa Josefa MujÃa (1812–1888, Bolivia), poet
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Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017, India/United States), fiction wr.
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Lena Mukhina (1924–1991, Soviet Union), teenage diarist
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Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany), nv.
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Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), nv.
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Kathleen Mulchrone (1895–1973, Ireland), Celtic scholar
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Elisabeth Mulder (1904–1987, Spain), poet & critic
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Lale Müldür (b. 1956, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & fiction wr.
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Wendy Mulford (b. 1941, Wales), poet & feminist
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Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland), nv., pw., ch. wr.
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Rosa Mulholland (1841–1921, Ireland), nv., poet & pw.
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Val Mulkerns (1925–2018, Ireland), fiction wr. & col.
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Harryette Mullen (b. 1953, United States), poet, fiction wr. & scholar
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Henrietta Müller (1846–1906, Chile/England), activist & theosophist
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Herta Müller (b. 1953, Romania/Germany), nv. & poet; 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Inge Müller (1925–1966, Germany), poet, ch. wr. & radio pw.
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Melissa Müller (b. 1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. & biographer
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Sheila Mulloy (1922–2013, Ireland), wr. & historian
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Margaret Mulvihill (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Khadija Mumtaz (b. 1955, India), nv., es. & physician
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Hilda Mundy (1912–1980, Bolivia), wr., poet, journalist
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Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (b. 1964, Romania), political wr. & pw.
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Zorica Jevremović Munitić (b. 1948, Serbia), pw. & literary historian
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EstefanÃa Muñiz (b. 1974, Spain), screenwriter, poet & critic
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Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (b. 1936, Mexico), fiction wr. & poet
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Claudine Muno (b. 1979, Luxembourg), wr.
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Isabel Gómez Muñoz (b. 1959, Chile), poet
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Isabel Muñoz-Caravaca (1838–1915, Spain), education wr.
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Rosabetty Muñoz (b. 1960, Chile), poet & academic
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Alice Munro (1931–2024, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.; 2013
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Johanne Münter (1844–1921, Denmark), wr. & rights activist
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Rose Marie Muraro (1930–2014, Brazil), sociologist & feminist wr.
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Kiyoko Murata (æ‘田喜代å, b. 1945, Japan), fiction wr.
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Sayaka Murata (æ‘田沙耶香, b. 1979, Japan), nv.
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Yuka Murayama (æ‘山由佳, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
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Iris Murdoch (1919–1999, Ireland/England), nv. & philosopher;
The Sea, the Sea
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Nina Murdoch (1890–1976, Australia), biographer, travel wr. & poet
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Weronika Murek (b. 1989, Poland), pw., short story wr.
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Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922, United States), fiction wr.
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Michela Murgia (b. 1972, Italy), nv.
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Verónica MurguÃa (b. 1960, Mexico), nv. & ch. wr.
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Anna Murià (1904–2002, Spain), fiction & ch. wr. & es.
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Rosario Murillo (b. 1951, Nicaragua), poet
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Mayumi Muroyama (室山ã¾ã‚†ã¿, b. 1955, Japan) and Mariko Muroyama (室山真里å, b. 1957, Japan), joint manga creators
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Sallyann J. Murphey (living, England/United States), nv.
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Agnes G. Murphy (1865–1931, Ireland/England), col. & biographer
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C. E. Murphy (b. 1973, United States), wr.
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Dervla Murphy (1931–2022, Ireland), touring cyclist & travel wr.
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Elaine Murphy (living, Ireland), pw.
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Jill Murphy (1949–2021, England), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Kathleen M. Murphy (1879–1963, Ireland), poet
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Margaret Murphy (b. 1959, England), crime wr.
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Maura Murphy (1928–2005, Ireland/England), autobiographer
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Edmée Pardo Murray (b. 1965, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr.
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Ena Murray (1936–2015, South Africa), nv. & poet in Afrikaans
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Nora J Murray (1888–1955, Ireland), poet & schoolteacher
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Pauli Murray (1910–1985, United States), activist, lawyer, poet & mem.
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Sally-Ann Murray (b. 1961, South Africa), poet & nv. in English
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Shirley Murray (1931–2020, New Zealand), hymn wr.
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Joanna Murray-Smith (b. 1962, Australia), pw., screenwriter & nv.
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Sudha Murty (b. 1950, India), wr. & educator
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Eugénie Musayidire (b. 1952, Rwanda/Germany), wr.
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Inga Muscio (b. 1966, United States), wr.
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Susan Musgrave (b. 1951, Canada/Newfoundland), poet & ch. wr.
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Małgorzata Musierowicz (b. 1945, Poland), ch. & YA wr.
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Carol Muske-Dukes (b. 1945, United States), poet, nv. & academic
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Seema Mustafa (b. 1955, India), wr. & politician
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Sugawara no Takasue no musume (è…原å標女, c. 1008–post-1059, Japan), diarist
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Dagmar von Mutius (1919–2008, Germany), wr.
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Charlotte Mutsaers (b. 1942, Netherlands), wr. & painter
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Margaret Mutu (living, New Zealand), wr. on Maori
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Mwana Kupona (died c. 1865, Kenya), poet
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Beverle Graves Myers (b. 1951, United States), mystery wr.
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Elizabeth Myers (1912–1947, UK), novelist, short story writer
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Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (1724–1787, Germany/Finland), poet & writer in German & Latvian
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Alva Myrdal (1902–1976, Sweden), sociologist
N
Na–Ng
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Na Hye-sok (나혜ì„, 1896–1948, Korea), poet, educator & painter
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Asma Nabeel (1970s–2021, Pakistan), screenwriter & poet
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Farida Nabourema (b. 1990, Togo), wr. & activist
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Borbála Nádasdy (b. 1939, Hungary/France), nv. & cookery wr.
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Sofia Nădejde (1856–1946, Romania), fiction wr. & pw.
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Constance Naden (1858–1889, England), poet & philosopher
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Azar Nafisi (b. 1948, Iran/Persia), wr. & academic;
Reading Lolita in Tehran
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Ai Nagai (b. 1951, Japan), pw. & director
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Angela Nagle (b. 1984, Ireland), academic & non-f. wr.
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Maria de Naglowska (1883–1936, Russia/Switzerland), poet & occultist
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Beverley Naidoo (b. 1943, South Africa/England), ch. wr.
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Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1673–1716, Russia), pw.
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Vera Nazarian (b. 1966, Soviet Union), nv.
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Kishwar Naheed (b. 1940, India/Pakistan), poet & ch. wr.
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Alice Nahon (1896–1933, Belgium), poet in Flemish
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Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949, India), poet & activist
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Anita Nair (b. 1966, India), nv.
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Carolina Nairne (1766–1845, Scotland), songwriter
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Cheng Naishan (程乃çŠ, 1946–2013, China), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Layal Najib (1983–2006, Lebanon), col. & war victim
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Afsaneh Najmabadi (b. 1946, Iran/Persia), historian & gender theorist
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Marie von Najmajer (1844–1904, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
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Rieko Nakagawa (ä¸å·æŽæžå, b. 1935, Japan), ch. wr.
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Aya Nakahara (ä¸åŽŸã‚¢ãƒ¤, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
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Kyoko Nakajima (ä¸å³¶äº¬å, b. 1964, Japan), nv. & es.
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Hisaya Nakajo (ä¸æ¡æ¯”紗也, b. 1973, J., manga creator
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Hikaru Nakamura (ä¸æ‘å…‰, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
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Yoshiki Nakamura (仲æ‘佳樹, b. 1969, Japan), manga creator
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Midori Nakano (ä¸é‡Žç¿ , b. 1946, Japan), col. & es.
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Nakatsukasa (ä¸å‹™, 912–991, Japan), poet
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Kei Nakazawa (ä¸æ²¢ã‘ã„, Japan), fiction wr. & academic
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Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Anna Nakwaska (1781–1851, Poland), mem., nv. & ch. wr.
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Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954, Poland), nv. & pw.
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Beverley Nambozo (living, Uganda), poet, fiction wr. & biographer
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Suniti Namjoshi (b. 1941, India), poet & fable wr.
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Glaydah Namukasa (living, Uganda), fiction & YA wr.
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Madlen Namro (living, Poland), mem.
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Glaydah Namukasa (living, Uganda), nv. & midwife
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Kiriko Nananan (éšå–ƒã‚リコ, b. 1972, Japan), manga creator
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Meera Nanda (b. 1954, India/United States), religious wr. & science historian
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Rebecca Nandwa (living, Kenya), ch. wr.
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Elizabeth Nannestad (b. 1956, New Zealand), poet
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Heo Nanseolheon (허초í¬, 1563–1589, Korea), poet
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Claire Julie de Nanteuil (1834–1897, France), child wr.
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Elma Napier (1892–1973, Scotland/Dominica), wr. & politician
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Susan Napier (b. 1954, New Zealand), nv.
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Rafaela Chacón Nardi (1926–2001, Cuba), poet & educator
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Ruth Narramore (1923–2010, United States), wr., editor & musician
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Mary Nash (b. 1947, Ireland), historian
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Thirza Nash (1885–1962, South Africa), nv. in English
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Octavia Nasr (b. 1966, Lebanon), col.
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Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018, Lebanon), nv. & ch. wr.
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Taslima Nasrin (b. 1962, India), nv., poet & es.
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Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832–1897, Azerbaijan), poet in Azerbaijani & Persian
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Badam Natawan (1924–1988, India/Pakistan), wr.
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Sheila Natusch (1926–2017, New Zealand), natural history wr. & illustrator
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Benedikte Naubert (1752–1819, Germany), nv.
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Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (1669–1727, New Kingdom of Granada), autobiographer & Catholic religious
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Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549, France), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
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Marysa Navarro (b. 1934, Spain), es.
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Ofelia DomÃnguez Navarro (1894–1976, Cuba), wr. & activist
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Gloria Naylor (1950–2016, United States), nv.
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Sarwat Nazir (living, Pakistan), fiction wr., screenwriter & pw.
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Bongi Ndaba (b. 1972, South Africa), TV wr. & pw. in English
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Marie NDiaye (b. 1967, France), nv. & pw.
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Mariama Ndoye (b. 1953, Senegal/Tunisia), fiction wr.
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Emma Neale (b. 1969, New Zealand), nv. & poet
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Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922, England), nv.
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Barbara Neely (1941–2020, United States), nv.
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Ada Negri (1870–1945, Italy), poet & nv.
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MarÃa Negroni (b. 1951, Argentina), poet & wr.
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Samira Negrouche (b. 1988, Algeria), poet, wr. & physician
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Lino Nelisi (b. 1952, Niue/New Zealand), wr. in Pacific languages
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Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935, United States), poet, col. & activist
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Esther Nelson (1810–1843, Isle of Man), poet
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Marina Nemat (b. 1965, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), mem.
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Božena Němcová (1820–1862, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Hungary), Czech Revival wr.
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Cristina Nemerovschi (b. 1980, Romania), nv.
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Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942, Ukraine/France), nv.
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Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960, Wales), nv.
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Salomėja Nėris (1904–1945, Lithuania/Soviet Union), poet
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Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980, Brazil), poet & prose wr.
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E. Nesbit (1858–1924, England), ch. fiction wr.
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Bára Nesvadbová (b. 1975, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & col.
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Guadalupe Nettel (b. 1973, Mexico), fiction wr. & es.
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Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760, Germany), pw. & actor
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Jill Neville (1932–1997, Australia), nv., pw. & poet
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Kate Newmann (b. 1965, Ireland), poet
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil (b. 1974, United States), poet & es.
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Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi (living, Cameroon), wr. & academic
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Clara Ng (b. 1973, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr.
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Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015, South Africa), nv. & es. in English
Ni–Nz
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Brenda Niall (b. 1930, Australia), biographer & critic
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Cláir Nà Aonghusa (b. 1953, Ireland), nv. & poet
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Colette Nic Aodha (b. 1967, Ireland), poet & wr.
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Giulia Niccolai (1934–2021, Italy), poet & nv.
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SÃle Nà Chéileachair (1924–1985, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Dairena Nà Chinnéide (b. 1969, Ireland), poet
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CaitrÃona Nà ChléirchÃn (living, Ireland), wr. & academic
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Jill Nicholls (living, England), filmmaker & journalist
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Christine Nicholls (b. 1943, Kenya/England), lexicographer
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Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930, New Zealand), poet & educator
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Grace Nichols (b. 1950, Guyana/England), poet
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Josephine R. Nichols (1838–1897, United States), non-f. wr.
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Joyce Nicholson (1919–2001, Australia), wr.
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Mavis Nicholson (1930–2022, Wales), wr. & broadcaster
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EibhlÃn Dubh Nà Chonaill (c. 1743 – c. 1800, Ireland), poet
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Nuala Nà Chonchúir (b. 1970, Ireland), wr. & poet
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Eiléan Nà Chuilleanáin (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & academic
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Annemarie Nà Churreáin (living, Ireland), poet
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Paige Nick (living, South Africa), nv. & col. in English
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Nuala NÃc Con Iomaire (died 2010, Ireland), pw., poet & artist
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Nuala NÃ Dhomhnaill (b. 1952, Ireland), poet
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Máire Nà Dhonnchadha Dhuibh (c. 1702 – c. 1795, Ireland), poet
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ÉilÃs Nà Dhuibhne (b. 1954, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Ciara Nà É (living, Ireland), poet & wr.
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Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, United States), poet
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Aīda Niedra (1899–1972, Latvia), nv. & poet
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Marlene van Niekerk (b. 1954, South Africa), nv. in Afrikaans
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Henriette Nielsen (1815–1900, Denmark), pw. & nv.
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Charlotte Niese (1854–1935, Germany), wr. & poet
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Sandra RodrÃguez Nieto (living, Mexico), wr. on crime
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Audrey Niffenegger (b. 1963, United States), nv. & artist
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Zehra Nigah (b. 1937, India/Pakistan), poet & scriptwriter
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Nigâr Hanım (1856–1918, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet
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Ailbhe NÃ Ghearbhuigh (b. 1984, Ireland), poet
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Ãine NÃ Ghlinn (living, Ireland), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
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Máiréad Nà Ghráda (1896–1971, Ireland), poet & pw.
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Doireann NÃ GhrÃofa (b. 1981, Ireland), poet
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Sorcha Nà Ghuairim (1911–1976, Ireland), wr. & singer
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Lady NijÅ (後深è‰é™¢äºŒæ¡, 1258–post-1307, Japan), poet & mem.
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Maria Nikolaeva (b. 1971, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. on yoga
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Milena Nikolova (b. 1984, Bulgaria), poet & wr.
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Deborah Niland (b. 1950, Australia), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Elly Niland (b. 1954, Guyana/England), poet, pw. & educator
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Máire Bhuà Nà Laoghaire (1774 – c. 1848, Ireland), poet
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BrÃd Nà Mhóráin (b. 1951, Ireland), poet
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Jenny Nimmo (b. 1944, Wales), ch. wr. & nv.
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Anaïs Nin (1903–1977, France), eroticist, critic & diarist
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Anupama Niranjana (1934–1991, India), fiction & non-f. wr. & physician
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AilÃs NÃ RÃain (b. 1974, Ireland), pw. & composer
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Esther Nirina (1932–2004, Malaysia), poet
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Siobhán Nà Shúilleabháin (1928–2013, Ireland), pw. & wr.
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Kanako Nishi (è¥¿åŠ å¥ˆå, b. 1977, Japan), fiction & ch. wr. & illustrator
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Keiko Nishi (西炯å, b. 1966, Japan), manga creator
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Yoshiko Nishitani (西谷祥å, b. 1943, Japan), manga creator
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Ana MarÃa MartÃnez de Nisser (1812–1872, Comoros), wr. & soldier
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Rosa Nissán (born 1939, Mexico), wr.
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Niu Yingzhen (8th century, China), poet
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Sister Nivedita (1867–1911, England), wr.
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Ketty Nivyabandi (b. 1978, Burundi), poet & activist
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Marie Nizet (1859–1922, Belgium), poet in French
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Lela B. Njatin (b. 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr. & artist
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Rebeka Njau (b. 1932, Kenya), pw. & nv.
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Nkiru Njoku (b. c. 1980, Nigeria), screenwriter
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Michelle Nkamankeng (b. c. 2008, South Africa), nv. in English
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Anna de Noailles (1876–1933, Romania/France), wr. in French
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Ellen Kyle Noel (1815–1873, Ireland/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Noh Cheonmyeong (노천명, 1912–1957, Korea), poet
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Florence Noiville (b. 1961, France), fiction & ch. wr.
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Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976, Australia), nv. & travel wr.
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Ingrid Noll (b. 1935, Germany), nv.
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker, 1920–1993, Australia), poet, activist & educator
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Saskia Noort (b. 1967, Netherlands), crime wr.
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Kerstin Norborg (b. 1961, Sweden), wr. & poet
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Cecily Norden (1918–2011, South Africa), wr. in English on horse riding
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Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763, Sweden), poet & salonnière
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Clara Nordström (1886–1962, Sweden/Germany), nv. in German
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Lise Nørgaard (1917–2023, Denmark), es. & fiction wr.
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Regine Normann (1867–1939, Norway), fiction wr.
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Dagmar Normet (1921–2008, Estonia), wr. & pw.
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Kathleen Norris (1880–1966, United States), nv.
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Marlene Norst (1930–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Australia), linguist & educator
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Marisela Norte (living, United States), poet & wr.
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Gail North-Saunders (b. 1944, Bahamas), historian & archivist
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Andre Norton (1912–2005, United States), fiction wr.
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Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England), wr., reformer & feminist
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Eva Norvind (1944–2006, Norway/Mexico), screenwriter
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Julian of Norwich (1342–1416, England), mystic
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Nossis (fl. c. 300 BC, Ancient Greece), epigrammist & poet
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Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018, Austria/Austria-Hungary), ch. wr.
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Amélie Nothomb (b. 1966, Belgium), nv. in French
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Alice Notley (b. 1945, United States), poet
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Joanne Nova (living, Australia), science wr. & speaker
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Helga M. Novak (1935–2013, Germany), poet & wr.
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Anna Novakov (b. 1959, Serbia), art historian & critic
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Mary Novik (b. 1945, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Lili Novy (1885–1958, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), poet in Slovenian
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Perpétue Nshimirimana (b. 1961, Burundi), wr.
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Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya (fl. 1990s, Lesotho), autobiographer
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Liz Nugent (b. 1967, Ireland), nv.
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Princess Nukata (é¡ç”°çŽ‹, fl. 7th century, Japan), poet
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Elizabeth Nunez (b. c. 1944, Trinidad/United States), nv. & academic
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Patricia Alvarado Nuñez (Pm/United States), screenwriter
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Minni Nurme (1917–1994, Estonia), nv. & poet
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Sevinj Nurugizi (b. 1964, Azerbaijan), ch. wr.
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Martina Nwakoby (b. 1937, Nigeria), ch. wr. & nv.
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Flora Nwapa (1931–1993, Nigeria), nv.
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Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (b. 1976, Nigeria), nv. & es.
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Julia Nyberg (1784–1854, Sweden), poet & songwriter
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Monica Arac de Nyeko (b. 1979, Uganda), fiction wr., poet & es.
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SaigÅ« no NyÅgo (霧賀ユã‚, 929–985, Japan), poet
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Colette Nys-Mazure (b. 1939, Belgium), poet & pw. in French
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Carita Nyström (1940–2019, Finland), wr. & poet in Swedish
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Sekai Nzenza (living, Zimbabwe), wr. & critic
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Ann Oakley (b. 1944, England), academic & nv.
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Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938, United States), fiction wr., poet & pw.
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MarÃa Olimpia de ObaldÃa (1891–1985, Panama), poet
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Kathy O'Beirne (1956–2019, Ireland), mem.
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Achy Obejas (b. 1956, Cg), wr. & poet
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Charlotta Öberg (also Lotta Öberg; 1818–1856, Sweden), poet
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Clara Obligado (b. 1950, Argentina), fiction wr.
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Trifonia Melibea Obono (b. 1982, Equatorial Guinea), nv. & political scientist
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Téa Obreht (b. 1985, Serbia/United States), fiction wr.
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Kathleen O'Brennan (1876–1948, Ireland), pw. & activist
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Lily O'Brennan (1878–1948, Ireland), writer, pw. & activist
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Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868, Serbia), Serbia's first woman wr.
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Charlotte Grace O'Brien (1845–1909, Ireland), writer, philanthropist & plant collector
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Edna O'Brien (b. 1930, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Frances O'Brien (1840–1883, Ireland), poet & nv.
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Kate O'Brien (1897–1974, Ireland), nv. & pw.
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Mary-Louise O'Callaghan (living, Australia), non-f. wr.
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Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
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Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979, Argentina), critic & autobiographer
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Raquel Ochoa (b. 1980, Portugal), nv., biographer & travel wr.
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Helen O'Clery (1910–2006, Ireland), ch. wr.
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Elizabeth O'Conner' (Anne Willard, 1913–2000, Australia), nv.
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Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964, United States), fiction wr.
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Gemma O'Connor (b. 1940, Ireland), mystery wr.
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Niamh O'Connor (fl. since 2000, Ireland), nv. & col.
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Tyne O'Connell (b. 1960, England), nv.
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Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014, Kenya), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
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Mary Barry O'Delaney (1862–1947, Ireland), story-teller & poet
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Cristina Odone (b. 1960, Kenya/England), nv. & col.
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Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897, United States), wr.
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Martha B. O'Donnell (1836–1925, United States), newspaper and magazine editor and publisher
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Mary O'Donnell (b. 1954, Ireland), nv., poet & educator
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Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001, Australia), food wr. & chef
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Mary O'Donoghue (b. 1975, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
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Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue (1843–1940, Ireland), poet & wr.
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Irina Odoyevtseva (1895/1901–1990, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, nv. & mem.
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Taiwo Odubiyi (b. 1965, Nigeria), nv. & ch. wr.
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Okwiri Oduor (b. 1988/1989, Kenya), wr.
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Marie Conway Oemler (1879–1932, United States), nv.
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Julia O'Faolain (1932–2020, Ireland/United States), fiction wr.
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Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008, Ireland), nv., critic & mem.
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Maggie O'Farrell (b. 1972, Northern Ireland/England), nv. & mem.
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Ursula O'Farrell (b. 1934, Ireland), psychologist
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Jenny Offill (b. 1968, United States), nv. & editor
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Catherine O'Flynn (b. 1970, England), fiction wr.
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Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana/Gold Coast), wr. & art historian
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Barbara Ogier (1648–1720, Flanders), pw.
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Anna Ogino (è»é‡Žã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒŠ, b. 1956, Japan), nv. & academic
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Nina Ognianova (living, Bulgaria), activist
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Vida Ognjenović (b. 1941, Serbia), pw. & wr.
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Margaret Ogola (1958–2011, Kenya), nv.
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Grace Ogot (1930–2015, Kenya), fiction wr.
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Molara Ogundipe (1940–2019, Nigeria), poet, critic & non-f. wr.
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P. A. Ogundipe (1927–2020, Nigeria), fiction wr. & mem.
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Birgül Oğuz (b. 1981, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & academic
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Ellen Oh, (living, United States), author
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Oh Jung-hee (ì˜¤ì •í¬, b. 1947, Korea), fiction wr.
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Oh Soo-yeon (오수연, b. 1964, Korea), fiction wr. & es.
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Sheila O'Hagan (d. 2017, Ireland), poet
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Mariko ÅŒhara (大原ã¾ã‚Šå, b. 1959, Japan), science fiction wr.
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Pixie O'Harris (Rhona Olive Harris, 1903–1991, Wales), wr. & artist
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Nanase Ohkawa (大å·ä¸ƒç€¬, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
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Jane Ohlmeyer (living, Northern Ireland/Ireland), historian & academic
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Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh (1967–2014, Ireland), historian & biographer
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Shinobu Ohtaka (大高å¿, b. 1983, Japan), manga creator
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Liisi Ojamaa (1972–2019, Estonia), poet & critic
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Mirta Ojito (b. 1964, Cuba), wr. & col.
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Yeo Ok (여옥, between 15th & 1st century BC, Korea), poet
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Mari Okada (岡田麿里, b. 1976, Japan), screenwriter & manga creator
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Reiko Okano (岡野 玲å, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
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Meral Okay (1959–2012, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), screenwriter
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Kyoko Okazaki (岡崎京å, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
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Adelaide O'Keeffe (1776–1865, Ireland), poet & nv.
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Chioma Okereke (living, Nigeria), poet & fiction wr.
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Susan Moller Okin (1946–2004, New Zealand), political wr.
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Julie Okoh (b. 1947, Nigeria), pw. & educator
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Irenosen Okojie (living, Nigeria/England), fiction wr.
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Nnedi Okorafor (b. 1974, Nigeria/United States), fiction wr.
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Juliane Okot Bitek (b. 1966, Kenya/Uganda), poet
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Ifeoma Okoye (b. c. 1937, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
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Chinelo Okparanta (b. 1981, Nigeria/United States), fiction wr.
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Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977, Finland), nv. & pw.
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Princess ÅŒku (大æ¥çš‡å¥³, 661–702, Japan), poet
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Mary Karooro Okurut (b. 1954, Uganda), fiction wr.
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Sevin Okyay (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), critic & col.
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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), art historian, nv. & poet
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Susana Olaondo (b. 1953, Uruguay), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Sharon Olds (b. 1942, United States), poet
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Annette K. Olesen (b. 1965, Denmark), screenwriter
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Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland), nv.
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Ukamaka Olisakwe (b. 1982, Nigeria), fiction & screenwriter
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Gloria Olive (1923–2006, United States/New Zealand), mathematician
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Mary Oliver (1935–2019, United States), poet
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Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), ch. wr. & artist
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Marly de Oliveira (c. 1938–2007, Brazil), poet
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Orlandina de Oliveira (b. 1943, Brazil/Mexico), social critic
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Véronique Olmi (b. 1962, France), pw. & nv.
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Ayodele Olofintuade (living, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
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Blanche Christine Olschak (1913–1989, Austria/Austria-Hungary), encyclopedist
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Tillie Olsen (1913–2007, United States), feminist fiction wr.
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Hagar Olsson (1893–1978, Finland), critic & pw. in Swedish
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Linda Olsson (b. 1948, Sweden/New Zealand), nv. in Swedish & English
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Lisa Olstein (b. 1972, United States), poet
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Gilda Olvidado (b. 1957, Philippines), screenwriter & nv.
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Nessa O'Mahony (living, Ireland), poet and wr.
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Mary O'Malley (b. 1954, Ireland), poet
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Bree O'Mara (1968–2010, South Africa), nv. in English
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KristÃn Ómarsdóttir (b. 1962, Iceland), nv., poet & pw.
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Kathleen O'Meara (1839–1888, Ireland), nv. & biographer
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Ghazal Omid (b. c. 1971, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), autobiographer
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Rita Omokha (living, United States), nonfiction
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Yewande Omotoso (b. 1980, Barbados/South Africa), nv.
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Emine Semiye Önasya (1864–1944, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political & education wr.
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Riku Onda (æ©ç”°é™¸, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
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Heather O'Neill (b. 1973, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., poet & screenwriter
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Louise O'Neill (b. 1985, Ireland), YA nv.
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Geraldine O'Neill (b. 1955, Scotland/Ireland), nv.
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Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967, Ireland), poet & pw.
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Moira O'Neill (Agnes Shakespeare Higginson, 1864–1955, Ireland/Can), poet
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Gabriela Onetto (b. 1963, Uruguay), poet & fiction wr.
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Makena Onjerika (b. 1980s, Kenya), wr.
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Fuyumi Ono (å°é‡Žä¸ç”±ç¾Ž, b. 1960, Japan), nv.
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Hiromu Ono (å°é‡Žå¼¥å¤¢, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
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Natsume Ono (オノナツメ, b. 1977, Japan), manga creator
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Nuzo Onoh (b. 1962, Nigeria/England), horror wr.
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Chibundu Onuzo (b. 1991, Nigeria), nv.
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Osonye Tess Onwueme (b. 1955, Nigeria), pw., scholar & poet
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Ifeoma Onyefulu (b. 1959, Nigeria), ch. wr. & nv.
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Amelia Opie (1769–1853, England), nv. & biographer
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Mary Oppen (1908–1990 United States), poet, wr. & artist
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Meaghan Oppenheimer (b. 1986, US), screen wr.
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Claudia Orange (b. 1938, New Zealand), historian
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Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, Hungary/England), nv. & illustrator;
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Patrice Ordas (1951–2019, France), nv. & comic wr.
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Caitriona O'Reilly (b. 1973, Ireland), poet & critic
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Emily O'Reilly (living, Ireland), col. & ombudsman
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Margie Orford (b. 1964, England/South Africa), fiction, non-f. & ch. wr.
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Doris Orgel (b. 1929, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), ch. & non-f. wr. in English
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Bukola Oriola (b. 1976, Nigeria/United States), col. & autobiographer
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Iza Orjonikidze (1938–2010, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & politician
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Raisa Orlova (1918–1989, Soviet Union), mem.
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Kate Orman (b. 1968, Australia), science fiction wr.
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Margarita Ormotsadze (b. 1981, Ukraine), col., poet & wr.
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Dorila Castell de Orozco (1845–1930, Uruguay), poet & educator
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Olga Orozco (1920–1999, Argentina), poet & col.
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Adela Orpen (1855–1927, United States/Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Elvira Orphée (1930–2018, Argentina), fiction wr.
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Sue Orr (b. 1962, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Hanne Ørstavik (b. 1969, Norway), nv.
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Virginia Elena Ortea (1866–1906, Dominica), col. & nv.
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Anna Maria Ortese (1914–1998, Italy), fiction & travel wr. & poet
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Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (b. 1940, Argentina), poet, fiction wr. & biographer
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Emilia Ortiz (1917–2012, Mexico), poet & cartoonist
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Helena Araújo Ortiz (1934–2015, Colombia), feminist wr. & critic
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Julia Anna Orum (1843–1904, United States), textbook wr.
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Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910, Poland), nv. & political wr.
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Joanne van Os (b. 1955, Australia), fiction & ch. wr. & mem.
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Beatrice Osborn (Margaret Fane, 1887–1962, Australia), nv. & poet
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Pat O'Shea (1931–2007, Ireland), ch. wr.
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Masumi Oshima (大島真寿美, b. 1962, Japan), nv.
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Yumiko ÅŒshima (大島弓å, b. 1947, Japan), manga creator
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Ayisha Osori (living, Nigeria), political wr.
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Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa (1886–1960, Chile), pw. & nv.
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Martha Ostenso (1900–1963, Norway/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & screenwriter
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Nan Inger Östman (1923–2015, Sweden), ch. wr.
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Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet, wr. & pw.
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Leanne O'Sullivan (living, Ireland), poet
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Maggie O'Sullivan (1908–1990, England), poet
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Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966, Ireland), historian & academic
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Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966, Ireland), educator & historian
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Suzanne O'Sullivan (living, Ireland), neurologist
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Alice Oswald (b. 1966, England), poet
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YÅko ÅŒta (大田 æ´‹å, 1906–1963, Japan), nuclear war nv.
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Ōtagaki Rengetsu (太田垣蓮月, 1791–1875, Japan), poet & calligrapher
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ÅŒtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (大伴å‚上郎女, c. 700–750, Japan), poet
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Julie Otsuka (b. 1962, United States), nv.
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Katrin Ottarsdóttir (b. 1957, Faroe Islands), poet & film director
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Elise Otté (1818–1903, Denmark/England), grammarian
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Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895, Germany), nv., poet & librettist
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Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (1909–1989, Ireland), historian & academic
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Malika Oufkir (b. 1953, Morocco), prison autobiographer
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Ouida (1839–1908, England), fiction wr.
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Touria Oulehri (b. 196271, Greece), theater critic
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Clementina DÃaz y de Ovando (1916–2012, Mexico), arts wr. & academic
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Helen Ovbiagele (b. 1944, Nigeria), nv.
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Angelika Overath (b. 1957, Germany), fiction and non-f. wr.
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Caroline Overington (b. 1970, Australia), wr.
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Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (1936–2011, Ghana/Gold Coast), ch. wr. & politician
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Jan Owen (b. 1940, Australia), poet
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Sue Owen (b. 1942, United States), poet
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Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke (1785–1845, Ireland), poet & pw.
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Martha Tracy Owler (1852–1916, United States), journalist & wr.
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (b. 1968, Kenya), fiction wr.
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Hiroko Oyamada (大伴å‚上郎女, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
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Helen Oyeyemi (b. 1984, England/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
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Aysel Özakın (b. 1942, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/England), fiction & ch. wr.
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Mari Ozawa (å°æ²¢çœŸç†, living, Japan), manga creator
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Emine Sevgi Özdamar (b. 1956, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), nv. & pw. in German
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Ruth Ozeki (b. 1956, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & academic
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Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928, United States), critic & nv.
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Tezer Özlü (1943–1986, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
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Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995, Poland), nv. & poet
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Mona Ozouf (b. 1931, France), historian & philosopher
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Henriette Paalzow (1788–1847, Germany), nv.
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Julia Tuñón Pablos (b. 1948, Mexico), historian and social wr.
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Joy Packer (1905–1977, South Africa), nv. and autobiographer in English
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Ruth Padel (b. 1946, England), poet, critic and naturalist
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Manjula Padmanabhan (b. 1953, India), pw. and ch. wr.
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Elvira Pagã (1920–2003, Brazil), wr. and actor
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Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821, Scotland), poet
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Susana Pagano (b. 1968, Mexico), fiction wr.
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Gertrude Page (1872–1922, England/Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
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Karen A. Page (b. 1962, United States), food wr.
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Elaine Pagels (b. 1943, United States), religious historian and wr.
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Camille Paglia (b. 1947, United States), es.
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Pagu, 1910–1962, Brazil), wr., poet and pw.
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Alina Paim (1919–2011, Brazil), fiction and ch. wr.
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Charlotte Painter (b. 1926, United States), nv. and wr.
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Pavlina Pajk (1854–1901, Italy/Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet, nv. and es. in Slovenian
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Imbi Paju (b. 1959, Estonia/Finland), wr. and filmmaker
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Pak Hwasong (박화성, 1904–1988, Korea), fiction wr. and es.
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Pak Kyongni (박경리, 1926–2008, Korea), nv.
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Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825–1880, Argentina), non-f. wr., storyteller, heroine
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Angela Palacious (b. 1953, Bahamas), Christian wr. and minister
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Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300–1355, Serbia), wr.
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Milkana G. Palavurova (b. 1974, Bulgaria), wr. on yoga and health
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Marina Palei (b. 1955, Soviet Union/Netherlands), fiction wr.
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Grace Paley (1922–2007, United States), fiction wr., poet and activist
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Angeliki Palli (1798–1875, Italy), fiction wr., pw. and poet
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Angélica Palma (1878–1935, Peru), wr. and biographer
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Annie Yellowe Palma (1962–2022, Northern Ireland/England), poet, author and social worker
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Connie Palmen (b. 1955, Netherlands), nv.
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Àngels Cardona Palmer (b. 1951, Spain), poet and activist
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Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923, United States), wr., poet, lecturer and activist
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Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia), educator and historian
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Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia), poet, es. and critic
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Kirsti Paltto (b. 1947, Finland), pw., fiction and ch. wr. in N. Sámi
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Laksmi Pamuntjak (b. 1971, Indonesia), poet, nv. and food wr.
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Lynn Pan (潘翎, b. 1945, China/England), non-f. wr.
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Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893, Russia), fiction wr. and mem.
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Melissa Panarello (b. 1985, Italy), nv.
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Mimà Panayotti (1938–2023, Honduras), wr. & journalist
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Katherine Pancol (b. 1954, France), nv.
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Mrinal Pande (b. 1946, India), broadcaster and fiction wr.
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Deanne Pandey (b. 1968, India), fitness wr.
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Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928, England), activist and autobiographer
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Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England), suffragist and poet
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Vera Panova (1905–1973, Soviet Union), nv. and pw.
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Meghna Pant (living, India), fiction wr.
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Yolanda Pantin (born 1954, Venezuela), poet and ch. wr.
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Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (b. 1944, Philippines), wr. and critic
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Katina Papa (1903–1959, Greece), poet and nv.
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Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania), nv.
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Makereti Papakura (1873–1930, New Zealand), guidebook wr.
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Maria Papayanni (b. 1964, Greece), ch. and YA wr.
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Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction and ch. wr., pw. and poet
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Intan Paramaditha (living, Indonesia), wr. and academic
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Loreto Paras-Sulit (1908–2008, Philippines), fiction wr. in English
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Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England), poet and nv.
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Gladys Parentelli (b. 1935, Uruguay), theologian
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Sara Paretsky (b. 1947, United States), nv.
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Aşıq Pəri (Ashiq Peri, c. 1811 – c. 1847, Azerbaijan), lyric poet
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Susan Parisi (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland/Australia), horror fiction wr.
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Paula Parisot (b. 1978, Brazil), wr. and illustrator
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Eeva Park (b. 1950, Estonia), poet and fiction wr.
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Ruth Park (1917–2010, New Zealand/Australia), nv. and ch. wr.
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Park Wan-suh (박완서, 1931–2011, Korea), fiction wr.
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Barbara Parker (1947–2009, United States), nv.
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Catherine Langloh Parker (c. 1855–1940, Australia), fiction wr. and folklorist
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Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, United States), poet, critic and fiction wr.
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Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913, United States), wr. and nv.
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Pat Parker (1944–1989, United States), poet and activist
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Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019, England), nv.
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Molly Parkin (b. 1932, Wales), nv. and painter
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Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, Canada), poet
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Siobhán Parkinson (b. 1954, Ireland), ch. wr.
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Adele Parks (b. 1969, England), fiction wr.
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Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1964, United States), pw. and screenwriter
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Peggy Parnass (b. 1927, Germany/Sweden), fiction and non-f. wr. and actor
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Fanny Parnell (1848–1882, Ireland), poet and nationalist
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Sophia Parnok (1885–1933, Russia/Soviet Union), poet
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Catherine Parr (1512–1548, England), Queen Consort
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Valeria Parrella (b. 1974, Italy), fiction wr. and pw.
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Anne Parrish (1888–1957, United States), ch. nv.
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Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia), fantasy wr.
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Lorae Parry (b. 1955, Australia/New Zealand), pw. and actor
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Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales), fiction wr.
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Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales), wr. and singer
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Mona Parsa (b. 1982, United States), wr.
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Shahrnush Parsipur (b. 1946, Iran/Persia), fiction and ch. wr.
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Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England), nv.
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Julie Parsons (b. 1951, New Zealand), crime wr.
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Alicia Partnoy (b. 1955, Argentina), poet, translator and activist
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Sarah Willis Parton (1811–1872, United States), nv., col. and ch. wr.
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Mrs F. C. Patrick (fl. 18th century, Ireland), nv.
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S. A. Partridge (b. 1982, South Africa), YA writer in English
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Vesna Parun (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Croatia), poet
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Magdalena Parys (b. 1971, Poland/Germany), wr.
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Jacqueline Pascarl (b. 1963, Australia), mem. and rights advocate
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Atena Pashko (1931–2012, Ukraine), chemical engineer, poet, social activist
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Nicoletta Pasquale (fl. 1540, Italy), poet
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Josefina Passadori (1900–1987, Argentina), wr. and educator
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Linda Pastan (1932–2023, United States), poet
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Ann Patchett (b. 1963, United States), nv.
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Dhiruben Patel (1926–2023, India), nv. and pw.
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Shailja Patel (living, Kenya), poet and pw.
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Elena Patron (1933–2021), Philippines), nv., poet and scriptwriter
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Jenny Pattrick (b. 1936, New Zealand), nv.
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Polly Pattullo (living, England), author, journalist, editor and publisher
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Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living, New Zealand), wr.
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Helena Patursson (1864–1916, Faroe Islands), wr., pw. and feminist
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Phyllis Paul (1903–1973, England), writer of supernatural fiction.
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Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885–1971, France), nv. & translator
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Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886–1955, France), nov. non-f. wr., plays & translator
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Hertha Pauli (1906–1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), ch. and non-f. wr. in German and English
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Irene Levine Paull (1908–1981, United States), wr. and labor activist
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Laline Paull (living, England), nv.
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Dora Pavel (b. 1946, Romania), fiction wr. and poet
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Laura Pavel (b. 1968, Romania), es. and critic
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Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893, Russia), poet and nv.
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Vera Pavlova (b. 1963, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
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Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia), poet
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Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945, Poland), poet and pw.
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Halina Pawlowská (b. 1955), pw. and fiction wr.
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Patricia Payne (living, Australia), screenwriter
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Marcela Paz (1902–1985, Chile), ch. wr.
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Olena Pchilka (1849–1930, Russia/Ukraine), poet and pw.
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Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973, New Zealand), nv. and broadcaster
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Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England), ch. wr.
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Sharrona Pearl (b. 1977, Canada/United States), historian
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Edith Pearlman (1936–2023, United States), fiction and non-f. wr.
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Mabel Cosgrove Wodehouse Pearse (b. 1872, death unknown), nv. and criminal
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Allison Pearson (b. 1960, Wales), col. and nv.
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Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923, United States), poet
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Amparo Cabanes Pecourt (b. 1938, Spain), historian
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Laura Pedersen (b. 1965, United States), wr., humorist and pw.
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Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, Australia), wr. and musician
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Erica Pedretti (1930–2022, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Switzerland), wr. in German
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Inês Pedrosa (b. 1962, Portugal), fiction wr. and pw.
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Margaret Bloodgood Peeke (1838–1908, United States), traveler, lecturer, wr.
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Janet Peery (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
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Amelia Blossom Pegram (1935–2022, South Africa), wr. and performer in English
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Annette Pehnt (b. 1967, Germany), academic wr. and critic
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Madeleine Pelletier (1874–1939, France), activist and physician
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Margarita Peña (1937–2018, Mexico), non-f. wr. and educator
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Margaret Pender (1848–1920, Ireland), poet and fiction wr.
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Eila Pennanen (1916–1994, Finland), nv., es. and pw.
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Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales), poet
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Louise Penny (b. 1958, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Ethel Penrose (1857–1938, Ireland), ch. wr.
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Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England), child diarist
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Mariana Percovich (b. 1963, Uruguay), pw. and educator
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Jennifer Percy (living, United States), wr.
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Jeanne Perego (b. 1958, Italy), ch. writer and biographer
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Ana Teresa Pereira (b. 1958, Portugal), nv.
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Charmaine Pereira (living, Nigeria), non-f. wr.
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Carina Perelli (b. 1957, Uruguay), political wr.
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Ana Mercedes Perez (1910–1994, Venezuela), poet, wr. and translator
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Eva DÃaz Pérez (b. 1971, Spain), nv.
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Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839–1875, Cuba), poet
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Narcisa Pérez Reoyo (1849–1876, Spain), writer
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Emily Perkins (b. 1970, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905, United States), ch. wr., social reformer, minister
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Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?, United States), educator, wr.
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Olga Perovskaya (1902–1961, Soviet Union), ch. wr.
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Perpetua (died AD 203, Ancient Rome), prison diarist in Latin
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Amelia Perrier (1841–1875, Ireland), nv. and travel wr.
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Kayla Perrin (b. c. 1970, Jamaica/Canada), nv. and ch. wr.
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Alice Perry (1885–1969, Ireland), poet and engineer
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Carlotta Perry (1839/1848–1914, United States), wr. and poet
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Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia), poet and editor
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Ingrid Persaud (living, Trinidad/England), fiction wr.
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Lakshmi Persaud (1937–2024), Trinidad/UK), nv.
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Margarita Perveņecka (b. 1976, Latvia), pw. and prose wr.
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Marisha Pessl (b. 1977, United States), YA nv.
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Meher Pestonji (b. 1946, India), nv., col. and social worker
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Julia Peterkin (1880–1961, United States), fiction wr.
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Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, United States), non-f. wr. and poet
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Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013, United States), nv.
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Ellis Peters (1913–1995, Wales/England), mystery wr. and translator
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Marie Petersen (1816–1859, Germany), story wr.
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Magdalena Petit (1903–1968, Chile), nv. and es.
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GabrielÄ— PetkeviÄaitÄ—-BitÄ— (1861–1943, Lithuania), fiction wr. and diarist
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Marta Petreu (b. 1955, Romania), philosopher, critic and poet
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Sandra Petrignani (b. 1952, Italy), fiction wr.
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Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, Hungary), wr. and poet
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Marine Petrossian (b. 1960, Armenia), poet, es. and col.
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Maria Petrovykh (1908–1979, Russia/Soviet Union), poet
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Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (b. 1938, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. and pw.
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Ann Petry (1908–1997, United States), fiction wr. and col.
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Aline Pettersson (b. 1938, Mexico), nv. and poet
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Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008, New Zealand), fiction wr. and poet
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Sophie Petzal (b. 1990, England), screenwriter
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Georges de Peyrebrune (1841–1917, France), nv.
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Giulietta Pezzi (1810–1878, Italy), poet, nv. and pw.
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858, Austria/Austria-Hungary), travel wr.
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Hoa Pham (living, Australia), fiction and ch. wr.
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Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, United States), professor, non-f. wr. and poet
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Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia), nv. and travel wr.
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M. Nourbese Philip (b. 1947, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, wr. and pw.
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Monique Philippart (b. 1955, Luxembourg), ch. wr. in German
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Katherine Philips (1631–1664, England), poet
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Angela Phillips (living, England), journalist and academic
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April Phillips (b. 1965, England/New Zealand), pw. and actor
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Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales), bard and mem.
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Esther Phillips (b. 1950, Barbados), poet
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Jayne Anne Phillips (b. 1952, United States), fiction wr.
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J. J. Phillips (b. 1944, United States), poet, nv. and activist
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Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia), ch. wr.
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Savitribai Phule (1831–1897, India), poet and educator
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Phintys (or Phyntis, 4th or 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), philosopher
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Ife Piankhi (living, Uganda/England), poet, singer and educator
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Hester Sigerson Piatt (1870–1939, Ireland), poet and col.
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Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (died 1560, Italy), poet
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Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
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Hella Pick (1929–2024, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), non-f. wr. in English
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Jodi Picoult (b. 1966, United States), nv.
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Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001, Australia), fiction wr. and poet
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Mariyka Pidhiryanka (1881–1963, Russia/Ukraine), poet and ch. wr.
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Antoinette Pienaar (b. 1961, South Africa), writer in Afrikaans on folk medicine
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Meredith Ann Pierce (b. 1958, United States), fantasy wr.
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Nicola Pierce (living, Ireland), nv.
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Tamora Pierce (b. 1954, United States), ch. nv.
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Marge Piercy (b. 1936, United States), poet, nv. and activist
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Leonie Pihama (b. 1962, New Zealand), MÄori academic
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Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019, England), romance wr.
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Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750, Ireland), poet
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Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, England), nv., ch. wr. and poet
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Careen Pilo (fl. 2010s, Cameroon), wr. and diplomat
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Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1752–1799, Italy), poet
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Florencia del Pinar (15th century, Spain), poet
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Tillie S. Pine (1896–1999, Poland/United States), ch. wr.
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Andrea Davis Pinkney (b. 1965, United States), children's wr.
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Winsome Pinnock (b. 1961, England), pw.
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Nélida Piñon (1937–2022, Brazil), nv.
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Clara Pinto-Correia (b. 1960, Portugal), nv. and educator
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Gita Piramal (b. 1954, India), business wr.
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Zoya Pirzad (b. 1952, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004, Cuba/Mexico), historian
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Juana Rosa Pita (b. 1939, Cuba/United States), poet
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Bridget Pitt (living, Zimbabwe/South Africa), poet and fiction and non-f. wr. in English
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Marie E. J. Pitt (1869–1948, Australia), poet
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Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, England), poet
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Minnie A. Weeks Pittock (1862–1915), novelist
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Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009, Italy), wr.
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Mary Pix (1666–1709, England), nv. and pw.
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Christine de Pizan (1364–1430, Italy), poet and rhetorician in French
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Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972, Argentina), poet
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Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430, Italy), poet and advisor
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Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, Australia), poet
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Helgi Pjeturss (1872–1949, Iceland), geologist and philosopher
Pk–Py
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Tamri Pkhakadze (b. 1957, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & ch. wr.
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Josefina Pla (1903–1999, Spain/Paraguay), poet, pw. & painter
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Ana Plácido (1831–1895, Portugal), nv. & autobiographer
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Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, United States), poet, fiction wr. & es.
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Ann Plato (c. 1820–?, United States), es.
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Karen Platt (fl. 2004–present, England), garden wr.
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Polly Platt (1927–2008, United States), wr. on France
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Agneta Pleijel (b. 1940, Sweden), nv., poet & pw.
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Louise von Plessen (1725–1799, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Denmark), mem. & royal lady in waiting
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Anne Plichota (b. 1968, France), ch. wr.
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Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872, Germany), poet
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Vivienne Plumb (b. 1955, Australia/New Zealand), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
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Amélie Plume (b. 1943, Switzerland), nv. in French
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Anne Plumptre (1760–1818, England), fiction & political wr.
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Sophie Podolski (1953–1974, Belgium), poet in French
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Karla Poewe (b. 1941, Germany), anthropologist and historian
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Maria Pognon (1844–1925, France), col. and activist
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Aliénor de Poitiers (1444/1446–1509, France), wr. on etiquette
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Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830–1838, England), pw.
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Gillian Polack (b. 1961, Australia), fiction wr. & editor
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Marguerite Poland (b. 1950, South Africa), linguist & ch. wr. in English
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Susan Polgar (b. 1969, Hungary/United States), chess wr. & grandmaster
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Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006, Soviet Union/Russia), political wr.
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Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953, Australia), wr. & activist
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Rachel Pollack (1945–2023, United States), non-f & nv. wr.
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Madeleine A. Polland (1918–2005, Ireland), ch. wr.
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Velma Pollard (b. 1937, Japan), poet & fiction wr.
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Amalia Polleri (1909–1996, Uruguay), poet & critic
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Sarah Polley (b. 1979, Canada/Newfoundland), screenwriter & activist
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Katha Pollitt (b. 1948, United States), feminist poet, es. & critic
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Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & col.
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Maria Polydouri (1902–1930, Greece), poet
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Elena Poniatowska (b. 1932, France/Mexico), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Hana Ponická (1922–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Pv), political wr.
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Hannah Azieb Pool (b. 1974, England/Eritrea), wr. & col.
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Ida Margaret Graves Poore (1859–1941, Ireland/England), autobiographer & poet
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Gudibande Poornima (living, India), poet & nv.
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Olúmìdé Pópóá»lá (living, Nigeria/Germany), poet & nv.
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Elizabeth Polwheele (1651 – c. 1691, England), pw.
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Elena Poniatowska (b. 1932, Poland/Mexico), fiction wr. & col.
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Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, United States), poet & es.
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Elsa Pooley (b. 1947, South Africa), botanical wr. in English
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Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856–?, United States), pageant wr., activist
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Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin (1862–1940, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), non-f. wr. & activist
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Maria Popova (b. 1984, Bulgaria/United States), critic
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Adelheid Popp (1869–1939, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. & autobiographer
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Azalais de Porcairagues (late 12th century, France), poet in Occitan
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Alicia Porro (1908–1983, Uruguay), poet & musician
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Alice Hobbins Porter (1854–1926, England/United States), journalist & wr.
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Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, England), poet & nv.
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Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933, United States), wr.
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Dorothy Featherstone Porter (1954–2008, Australia), poet
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Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920, United States), ch. wr.;
Pollyanna
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Jane Porter (1776–1850, England), nv. & pw.
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Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980, United States), col. & nv.
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Marie Porter (b. 1939), wr. & welfare advocate
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Renada-Laura Portet (1927–2021, France) wr. & linguist
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Margarita López Portillo (1914–2006, Mexico), nv.
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Ethel Portnoy (1927–2004, United States/Netherlands), nv. in English
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Suzanne Portnoy (b. 1961, England), wr. & pw.
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Teresa Porzecanski (b. 1945, Uruguay), fiction wr. & anthropologist
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Dina Posada (b. 1946, Somalia/Guatemala), poet
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Carmen Posadas (b. 1963, Uruguay/Spain), ch. wr.
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Francesca Bortolotto Possati (living, Italy), wr.
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Birgitte Possing (b. 1952, Denmark), historian & biographer
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Emily Post (1873–1960, United States), nv.
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Sue-Ann Post (b. 1964, Australia), comedian & wr.
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Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967, Poland), poet & correspondent
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Beatrix Potter (1866–1943, England), ch. wr. & illustrator;
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, United States), non-f. wr.
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Alice Poulleau (1885–1960, France), geographer, historian & poet
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Kira Poutanen (b. 1974, Finland/France), nv. & actor
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Helvi Poutasuo (1914–2017, Finland), academic & wr. in Sámi
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Dawn Powell (1896–1965, United States), fiction wr. & pw.
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Patricia Powell (b. 1966, Jamaica), nv.
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Sidney Powell (b. 1955, United States), attorney, non-f. wr.
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Eileen Power (1889–1940, England), economic historian & medievalist
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Máire Wyse Power (1887–1916, Ireland), Celtic scholar
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Marguerite Agnes Power (1815–1867, Ireland/England), nv. & commentator
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Rhoda Power (1890–1957, England), educational & ch. wr.
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Eve Pownall (1901–1982, Australia), ch. wr. & historian
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Anne B. Poyntz (b. between 1701–1750, England/Ireland) poet
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Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020, Spanish), poet
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Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938, Italy), poet
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Manjiri Prabhu (b. 1964, India), pw. & TV producer
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Núria Pradas (born 1954, Spain), philologist & wr.
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Manasi Pradhan (b. 1962, India), poet, writer & activist
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Adélia Prado (b. 1935, Brazil), wr. & poet
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Rosa Praed (Mrs Campbell Praed, 1851–1935, Australia), nv.
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Katharina Prato (1818–1897, Austria/Austria-Hungary), cookery wr.
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Sofiya Pregel (1894–1972, Russia/France), poet
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Stefanie Preissner (b. 1988, Ireland), poet & pw.
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Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), pw. & fiction wr.
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Paula von Preradović (1887–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary), story wr. & poet
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Mary Newmarch Prescott (1849–1888, United States), wr. & poet
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Karen Press (b. 1956, South Africa), poet in English
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Jewel Prestage (1931–2014, United States), political scientist
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Angharad Price (living, Wales), nv. & academic
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Evadne Price (1888–1985, Australia), wr.
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Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969, Australia), fiction wr. & pw.
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Rebecca Priestley (living, New Zealand), science historian & academic
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Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989, Russia/Soviet Union), ch. wr. & critic
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Diane di Prima (1934–2020, United States), poet
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Althea Prince (b. 1945, Antigua/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., editor & professor
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Mary Prince (c. 1788 – post-1833, Bermuda), autobiographer
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Pauline Prior-Pitt (living, Scotland), poet
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Amrita Pritam (1919–2005, India), poet, nv. & es.
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Nalini Priyadarshni (living, India), poet & wr.
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Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/315 – c. 353/366, Ancient Rome), poet in Latin
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May Probyn (1856–1909, England), poet
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Lenka Procházková (b. 1951, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & radio pw.
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Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864, England), poet
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Elaine Proctor (b. 1960, South Africa), screenwriter & nv. in English
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Mary Virginia Proctor (1854–1927, United States), non-f. wr.
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Lilli Promet (1922–2007, Estonia), nv. & es.
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Francine Prose (b. 1947, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & critic
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Anne Provoost (b. 1964, Belgium), YA fiction wr. in French
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Annie Proulx (b. 1935, United States), fiction wr. & col.
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Florence Prusmack (1920–2013, United States), nv.
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Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976, England), fiction wr.
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Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Poland), pw.
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Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926, Lithuania), fiction wr.
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LucÃa Puenzo (b. 1976, Argentina), nv. & film director
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MarÃa Luisa Puga (1944–2004, Mexico), fiction & ch. wr.
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Esther Pugh (1834–1908, United States), editor
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Sheenagh Pugh (b. 1950, Wales), poet & nv.
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Alenka Puhar (b. 1945, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), social historian
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Marina Å ur Puhlovski (living, Croatia), nv. & es.
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Carmen Montoriol Puig (1893–1966, Spain), poet, wr. & pw.
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Odette du Puigaudeau (1894–1991, France), traveler & wr.
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Adriana Puiggrós (b. 1941, Argentina), non-f. wr. & educator
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Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006, New Zealand), wr. & weaver
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Rufina Pukhova (1932–2021, Soviet Union/Russia), mem.
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Paulina PukytÄ— (b. 1966, Lithuania), poet, critic & artist
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Antonia Tanini Pulci (1452/1454–1501, Italy), pw.
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Elizabeth Pulford (b. 1943, Canada/Newfoundland/New Zealand), ch., YA, fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
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Riikka Pulkkinen (b. 1980, Finland), nv.
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Benka Pulko (b. 1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), travel wr.
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Theresa Pulszky (1819–1866, Austria), historical and travel wr.
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Alice Pung (b. 1981, Australia), nv., mem. & lawyer
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Deirdre Purcell (b. 1945, Ireland), nv. & biographer
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Elizabeth Purbeck (fl. 1789–1802, England), novelist together with her sister Jane
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Katherine Purdon (1852–1920, Ireland), nv. & pw.
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Neel Kamal Puri (b. 1956, India), fiction wr. & educator
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Jennie Phelps Purvis (1831–1924, United States), wr., suffragist, reformer
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Luise F. Pusch (b. 1944, Germany), academic linguist
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Fanny Puyesky (1939–2010, Uruguay), social wr.
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Barbara Pym (1913–1980, England), nv.
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Helen Pyne-Timothy (1937–2015, Jamaica), critic & academic
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Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608, Flanders/Germany), correspondent in Flemish
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Svitlana Pyrkalo (b. 1976, Ukraine/England), nv. & es.
Q
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Najwa Qassem (1967–2020, Lebanon), col. & broadcaster
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Li Qingzhao (æŽæ¸…ç…§, 1084 – c. 1155 or 1081 – c. 1141, China), poet
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Qiu Jin (秋瑾, 1875–1907, China), revolutionary & feminist wr.
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Marjorie Quarton (b. 1930, Ireland), ch. wr. & nv.
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Ada Quayle (1920–2002, Jamaica), nv.
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Daisy May Queen (b. 1965, Argentina)
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Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911–1982, Brazil)
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Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003, Brazil)
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Catharina Questiers (1631–1669, Netherlands), poet & pw.
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Alison Quigan (fl. 1980s, New Zealand), pw. & actor
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Betty Quin (died 1993, Australia), scriptwriter
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Anna Quindlen (b. 1953, United States), nv. & col.
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Rebeca Quintáns (b. 1964, Spain), research wr.
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Elena Quiroga (1921–1995, Spain), nv.
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Christine Qunta (b. 1952, South Africa), poet & social wr. in English
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Anne Margrethe Qvitzow (1652–1700, Denmark), poet, translator & mem.
R
Ra–Ri
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Ra Heeduk (나í¬ë•, b. 1966, Korea), poet
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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696, France), correspondent
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Rachilde (1860–1953, France), nv. & pw.
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Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823, England), nv.;
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Radegund (c. 520–586, France), princess/poet in Latin
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Thérèse Radic (b. 1935, Australia), pw. & musicologist
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Valentina Dimitrova Radinska (b. 1951, Bulgaria), poet
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Giedra RadvilaviÄiÅ«tÄ— (b. 1960, Lithuania), fiction wr.
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UndinÄ— RadzeviÄiÅ«tÄ— (b. 1967, Lithuania), fiction wr.
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Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977, Wales), ch. wr.
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Janet Milne Rae (1844–1933, Scotland), fiction wr.
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Sophie Raffalovich (1860–1960, Ireland), nv.
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Nigar Rafibeyli (1913–1981, Azerbaijan), poet
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Orlaith Rafter (living, Ireland), pw. & nv.
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Mary Raftery (1957–2012, Ireland), wr. & filmmaker
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Marimo Ragawa (ç¾…å·çœŸé‡ŒèŒ‚, living, Japan), manga creator
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Jennifer Rahim (1963–2023, Trinidad), educator & wr.
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Bushra Rahman (1944–2022), Pakistan), nv. & politician
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Rizia Rahman (1939–2019, India/Bangladesh), fiction wr.
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Allen Raine (1836–1908, Wales), nv.
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Maggie Rainey-Smith (b. 1950, New Zealand), fiction wr., es. & poet
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Rita Rait-Kovaleva (1898–1989, Russia/Soviet Union), wr. & translator
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Samina Raja (1961–2012, Pakistan), poet, wr. & broadcaster
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Rajalakshmi (1930–1965, India), fiction wr. & poet
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Rajashree (living, India), nv.
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Maraea Rakuraku (living, New Zealand), pw.
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Hilda Ram (1858–1901, Belgium), poet & librettist in Flemish
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Anuradha Ramanan (1947–2010, India), fiction wr. & activist
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Ramanichandran (b. 1938, India), nv.
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Hanna Rambe (b. 1940, Indonesia), fiction wr. & biographer
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MarÃa Abella de RamÃrez (1863–1926, Uruguay), feminist wr.
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Fabrizia Ramondino (1936–2008, Italy), fiction wr., poet & mem.
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Adele Ramos (living, Belize), poet & wr.
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Consuelo González Ramos (1977 – unknown death year, Spain), nursing wr.
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Karolina Ramqvist (b. 1976, Sweden), fiction wr.
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Ayn Rand (1905–1982, Russia/United States), nv. & philosopher
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Charlotte Randall (living, New Zealand), nv.
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Marta Randall (b. 1948, Mexico/United States), science fiction wr.
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Beverley Randell (b. 1931, New Zealand), ch. wr.
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Jo Randerson (b. 1973, New Zealand), pw. & fiction wr.
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Ravinder Randhawa (b. 1952, India/England), fiction wr.
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Mary Randolph (1762–1828, United States), domestic wr.
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Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, Australia), poet & pw.
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Claudia Rankine (b. 1963, United States), poet & pw.
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Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008, India), fiction wr. & poet
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Malathi Rao (b. 1930, India), nv.
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Rao Xueman (饒雪漫, b. 1972, China), fiction wr.,
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Ãgnes Rapai (b. 1952, Hungary), poet & wr.
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Eva Ras (b. 1941, Serbia), poet & fiction wr.
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Huda al-Rasheed (b. c. 1950, Saudi Arabia), nv.
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Fawziya Rashid (b. 1954, Bahrain), fiction wr.
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Lea Ráskay (early 16th century, Hungary), scholar & nun
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Ellen Raskin (1928–1984, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Maria Rasputin (1898–1987, Russia/Soviet Union), mem.
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Patricia Ratto (b. 1962, Argentina), wr.
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Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017, Soviet Union/Russia), poet & fiction wr.
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Santha Rama Rau (1923–2009, India/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Elsa Rautee (1897–1987, Finland), poet
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Arlene Raven (1944–2006, United States), art historian, critic, and curator
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Lidia Ravera (b. 1951, Italy), nv., es. & screenwriter
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Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005, Israel), poet & activist
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Olga Ravn (b. 1986, Denmark), poet & nv.
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Angela Rawlings (b. 1978, Canada/Newfoundland), poet, editor & artist
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953, United States), nv.
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Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
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Claire Rayner (1931–2010, England), journalist, broadcaster, nv.
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Sarah Rayner (living, England), wr. & copywr.
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Helen Raynor (b. 1972, Wales), scriptwriter
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Angela Readman (b. 1973, England), poet
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Pauline Réage (1907–1998, France), nv.
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Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005, Switzerland), wr. on prostitution in French
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Elizabeth Reapy (living, Ir), fiction wr.
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Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953, Serbia), es., biographer & translator
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Elisa von der Recke (1754–1833, Germany), Courland wr. & poet in German
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Jayapraga Reddy (1947–1996, South Africa), pw. & short story wr.
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Jaclyn Reding (b. 1966, United States), nv.
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Marie Redonnet (b. 1948, France), poet, nv. & pw.
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Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937, Canada), poet & short story wr.
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Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, Australia), poet & wr.
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Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841, Sweden), diarist
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Annie Lee Rees (1864–1949, Australia/New Zealand), wr.
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Rosemary Frances Rees (c. 1875–1963, New Zealand/England), pw., nv. & actor
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Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916, Wales), poet & teacher
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Clara Reeve (1729–1807, England), nv.
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Amber Reeves (1887–1981, New Zealand), wr. & scholar
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Nell Regan (b. 1969, Ireland), poet & non-f. wr.
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Elisabeth Reichart (b. 1953, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. & pw.
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Ruth Reichl (b. 1948, United States), food wr. & mem.
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Eva Gabriele Reichmann (1897–1998, Germany), historian & sociologist
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Christina Reid (1942–2015, Ireland), pw.
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Gayla Reid (b. 1945, Australia/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Kiley Reid (b. 1987, United States), nv.
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Sue Reidy (living, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Brigitte Reimann (1933–1973, Germany), nv.
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Mercedes Rein (1930–2006, Uruguay), critic & pw.
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Lenka Reinerová (1916–2008, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. in German
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Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920, United States), wr.
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Annemarie Reinhard (1921–1976, Germany), nv. & ch. wr.
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Christa Reinig (1926–2008, Germany), poet, wr. & pw.
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Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825–1917, Brazil), nv. & activist
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Małgorzata Rejmer (b. 1985, Poland), fiction wr.
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Kati Rekai (1921–2010, Hungary/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. travel wr.
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Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014, Finland), poet
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Gail Renard (born c. 1951), Canadian/British children's and TV series writer
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Christine Renard (1929–1979, France), science fiction wr.
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Veronique Renard (b. 1965, Netherlands), wr. & artist
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Rosa de EguÃlaz y Renart (b. 1864, death date unknown, Spain), pw.
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Mary Renault (1905–1983, England), YA wr.
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Ruth Rendell (1930–2015, England), nv.
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Renée (1929–2023, New Zealand), pw.
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Juliette Rennes (b. 1976, France), non-f. wr.
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Céline Renooz (1840–1928, Belgium/France), science wr. in French
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Nuchhungi Renthlei (1914–2002, India), poet & educator
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Lola Taborga de Requena (1890 – c. 1950, Bolivia), poet
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Laura Restrepo (b. 1950, Comoros), nv. & col.
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Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová (1785–1845), cookery wr.
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Gabriele Reuter (1859–1941, Germany), fiction, es. & ch. wr.
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Gabrielle Réval (1869–1938, France), nv. &, es.
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Sandrine Revel (born 1969, France), comics wr. & illustrator
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Fanny zu Reventlow (1871–1918, Germany), political wr. & feminist
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Jytte Rex (b. 1942, Denmark), wr., artist & film director
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Ofelia Rey Castelao (born 1956, Spain) historian, wr., & professor
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Adela Calva Reyes (1967–2018, Mexico), wr. & pw. in Otomi
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Cristina Reyes (b. 1981, Ecuador), poet & politician
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Soledad Reyes (b. 1946, Philippines), scholar & critic
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Lorna Reynolds (1911–2003, Ireland), wr. & academic
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Yasmina Reza (b. 1959, France), pw., actor & nv.
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Regina Rheda (b. 1957, Brazil/United States), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Fouzia Rhissassi (b. 1947, Morocco), social scientist
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Najima Rhozali (b. 1960, Morocco), wr. on legends
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Grace Rhys (1865–1929, Ireland), fiction wr., poet & es.
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Jean Rhys (1890–1979, Dominica/England), nv.;
Wide Sargasso Sea
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Fahmida Riaz (1946–2018, Pakistan/India), poet & activist
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Mrs. Riazuddin (1928–2023, Pakistan), feminist & travel wr.
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Ana Ribeiro (b. 1955, Uruguay), nv. & historian
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Esmeralda Ribeiro (b. 1958, Brazil), poet & fiction wr.
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Catherine of Ricci (1522–1590, Italy), religious wr. & saint
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Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1713–1792, France), nv. and actor
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Anne Rice (1941–2021, United States), nv.
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Adrienne Rich (1929–2012, United States), feminist poet & es.
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Jo-Anne Richards (living, South Africa), col. & wr. in English
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Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957, England), fiction wr., poet & es.
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Elizabeth Richardson (1576/1577–1651, England), religious wr.
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Ethel Richardson (1870–1946, Australia), nv.
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Hester Dorsey Richardson (1862–1933, United States), wr.
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Paddy Richardson (living, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Jutta Richter (b. 1955, Germany), ch. & YA wr.
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Sylvie Richterová (b. 1945, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Italy), fiction wr. & es.
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E. J. Richmond (1825–1918, US), nv. & ch. wr.
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Jessie Louisa Rickard (1876–1963, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Elsie Alvarado de Ricord (1928–2005, Panama), linguist & academic
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Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906, Iran/Persia/England), fiction wr.
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Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, Australia), poet & col.
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Maria Riddell (1772–1808, West Indies/Scotland), poet, travel wr. & naturalist
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Lola Ridge (1873–1941, Australia/United States), poet & editor
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Laura Riding (1901–1991, United States), poet, critic & fiction wr.
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Brigitte Riebe (b. 1935, Germany), nv.
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Ane Riel (b. 1971, Denmark), ch. wr.
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Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996, Egypt), fiction wr.
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Anna Rankin Riggs (1835–1908, United States), non-f. ed.
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Catherine Rihoit (b. 1950, France), nv. & biographer
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Rikei (ç†æ…¶, 1530–1611, Japan), poet & calligrapher
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Denise Riley (b. 1948, England), poet & philosopher
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Lucinda Riley (1966–2021, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Joan Riley (b. 1958, Jamaica/England), nv.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958, United States), nv., pw. & poet
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Susanne Ringell (born 1955, Finland), wr. & actor
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Signe Rink (1936–2009, Denmark), wr. & ethnologist
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Luise Rinser (1911–2002, Germany), nv., autobiographer & ch. wr.
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Paloma del RÃo (b. 1960, Spain), sports wr.
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Dorothy Ripley (1767–1831, England/United States), religious wr.
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Mary A. Ripley (1831–1893, United States), wr.
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Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (1866–1949, Uruguay), ch. wr. & educator
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Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919, England), nv.
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Alice Rivaz (1901–1998, Switzerland), fiction wr. & es. in French
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MarÃa Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971, Peru), social activist
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Giovanna Rivero (b. 1972, Bolivia), fiction wr.
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Viviana Rivero (b. 1966, Argentina), wr. & nv.
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Christine de Rivoyre (1921–1919, France), nv.
Ro–Rz
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Marion Roach (fl. 1980s, United States), non-f. wr.
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Alba Roballo (1908–1996, Uruguay), poet & politician
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Nesca Robb (1905–1976, Northern Ireland), biographer & poet
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Sarah Fraser Robbins (1911–2002, United States), wr. & natural historian
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Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872, France), nv. & pw.
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Carolina de Robertis (b. 1975, England/United States), nv.
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Eigra Lewis Roberts (b. 1939, Wales), pw. & nv. in Welsh
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Emma Roberts (1794–1840, England), travel wr. & poet
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Kate Roberts (1891–1985, Wales), fiction wr. in Welsh
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Michèle Roberts (b. 1949, England), nv. & poet
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Margaret Roberts (1937–2017, South Africa), wr. & herbalist in English
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Nina Roberts (living, France), wr.
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Nora Roberts (pen name J. D. Robb, b. 1950, United States), nv.
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Catherine Robertson (b. 1966, New Zealand), nv. & broadcaster
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E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961, England), nv.
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Lisa Robertson (b. 1961, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
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Anne Isabella Robertson (c. 1830–1910, Ireland), nv. & suffragist
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Amber E. Robinson (1867-1961, United States), educator, postmaster, poet, reporter, social reformer
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Eden Robinson (b. 1968, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Hilary Robinson (b. 1972, Isle of Man), ch. wr.
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Leora Bettison Robinson (1840–1914, United States), wr. & educator
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Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943, United States), nv.
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Mary Robinson (1757–1800, England), poet, nv. & actor
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Kim Robinson-Walcott (b. 1956, Jamaica), poet & editor
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Aïcha Mohamed Robleh (b. 1965, Djibouti), wr.
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Mireya Robles (b. 1934, Cuba/United States), wr. & nv.
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Lucia St. Clair Robson (living, United States), nv.
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Lelia P. Roby (1848–1910, United States), wr.
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Charlotte Roche (b. 1978, England/Germany), nv.
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Mazo de la Roche (1885–1961, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845, Ireland), nv.
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Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807, Germany), nv.
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Anne de La Roche-Guilhem (1644–1707/1710, France), fiction wr.
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Christiane Rochefort (1917–1998, France), nv.
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Catherine Des Roches (1542–1587, France), poet
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Madeleine Des Roches (c. 1520–1587, France), poet
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Esther Rochon (b. 1948, Canada/Newfoundland), science fiction nv.
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Ana MarÃa Rodas (b. 1937, Guatemala), col. & poet
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Edith Rode (1879–1956, Denmark), nv. & col.
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Carolyn Rodgers (1940–2010, United States), poet
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Carmen RodrÃguez (b. 1948, Chile/Canada/Newfoundland), wr., poet & activist
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Debbie Rodriguez (living, United States), wr.
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Fátima RodrÃguez (b. 1961, Spain), wr., translator, professor
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Jesusa RodrÃguez (b. 1955, Mexico), stage wr.
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Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, Australia), poet
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Silvia RodrÃguez Villamil (1939–2003, Uruguay), historian, feminist, wr., activist
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Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944, Poland), political wr. & landowner
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Jill Roe (1940–2017, Australia), historian, academic & wr.
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Ruth Margarete Roellig (1878–1969, Germany), non-f. & travel wr.
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Astrid Roemer (b. 1947, Suriname/Netherlands), nv., pw. & poet
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Helena Roerich (1879–1955, Russia/Soviet Union), theosophist & mystic
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Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774–1840, Italy), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
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Else Roesdahl (b. 1942, Denmark), archaeologist & historian
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Monique Roffey (b. 1965, Trinidad), nv. & mem.
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RosamarÃa Roffiel (b. 1945, Mexico), poet & nv.
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Christina Rogberg (1832–1907, Sweden), court mem.
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Noëlle Roger (1874–1953, Switzerland), nv. & biographer in French
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Emma Winner Rogers (1855–1922, United States) – wr., speaker, suffragist
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Kathrin Röggla (b. 1971, Austria/Austria-Hungary), pw., es. & poet
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Begum Rokeya (1880–1932, India), wr. & activist
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Winétt de Rokha (1892–1951, Chile), poet
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Betty Roland (1903–1996, Australia), stage & ch. wr. & nv.
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Dominique Rolin (1913–2012, Belgium), nv. in French
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Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941, United States), wr., nv. & poet
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Eugenia Romanelli (b. 1972, Italy), nv. & biographer
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Lalla Romano (1906–2001, Italy), nv. & poet
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Sophia Romero (living, Philippines/United States), nv.
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Emma Romeu (living, Cuba/Mexico), nature & ch. wr.
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Robin Romm (living, United States), wr.
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Hanna Rönnberg (1862–1946, Finland/Denmark), painter & fiction wr. in Swedish
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Nathalie Ronvaux (b. 1977, Luxembourg), poet & pw. in French
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Daphne Rooke (1914–2009, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
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Sally Rooney (b. 1991, Ireland), fiction wr., poet & es.
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Margaret Roper (1505–1544, England), translator
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Ginny Rorby (b. 1944, United States), YA nv.
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Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860–1939, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), nv. & poet
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Emanuela Da Ros (living, Italy), ch. wr.
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Helvy Tiana Rosa (b. 1970, Indonesia), pw. & fiction wr.
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Amira de la Rosa, (1895–1974, Colombia), col., fiction wr., poet & pw.
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Ninotchka Rosca (b. 1946, Philippines), wr. & activist
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Heather Rose (b. 1964, Australia), nv.
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Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923, United States), non-f.
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Henrietta Rose-Innes (b. 1971, South Africa), fiction wr. in English
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Petrona Rosende (1797–1893, Argentina), poet & col.
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Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), poet, nv. & Hc. survivor
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Barbara Rosiek (1959–2020, Poland), wr., poet & psychologist
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Joan Rosier-Jones (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction & non-f. wr. & pw.
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Alice Grant Rosman (1887–1961, Australia), nv.
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Anna Rosmus (b. 1960, Germany), historian
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Tatiana de Rosnay (b. 1961, France/England), fiction wr. & biographer
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Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923, United States), non-f. wr., journalist, social reformer
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Anna Ross (1773–?, England), opera pw. & actor
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Leone Ross (b. 1969, England), fiction wr. & academic
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Orna Ross (b. 1960, Ireland), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
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Nancy Wilson Ross (1901–1986, United States), nv.
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Somerville & Ross (
Edith Somerville, 1858–1949, &
Violet Florence Martin, 1862–1915, Ireland), fiction wr.s;
The Irish R. M.
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Mary Jane O'Donovan Rossa (1845–1916, Ireland), poet & activist
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Maria Rosseels (1916–2005, Belgium), nv. in Flemish
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Christina Rossetti (1830–1894, England), poet
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Cristina Peri Rossi (living, Uruguay/Spain), fiction wr. & poet
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Veronica Rossi (b. 1973, United States), YA nv.
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Judith Rossner (1935–2005, United States), nv.
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Evdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858, Russia), poet
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Stella Rotenberg (1916–2013, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet
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Friederike Roth (b. 1948, Germany), pw.
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Veronica Roth (b. 1988, United States), nv.
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Augustine De Rothmaler (1859–1942, Belgium), pedagogue, translator, non-f. wr.
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Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (1875–1975, South Africa), nv. & non-f. wr. in Afrikaans
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Hannah Rothschild (b. 1962, England), wr., philanthropist & filmmaker
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Angélique de Rouillé (1756–1840, Belgium), correspondent in French
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Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert (fl. 18th century), science fiction wr.
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Anne Rouse (b. 1954 United States/England), poet
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Alma Routsong (Isabel Miller, 1924–1996, United States), nv.
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Léonie Rouzade (1839–1916, France), nv. and feminist
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Jennifer Rowe (b. 1948, Australia), nv.
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Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955, Wales), scholar & evangelist
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Mary Rowlandson (1635–1711, United States), mem.
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Rosemarie Rowley (b. 1942, Ireland), poet & feminist
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J. K. Rowling (b. 1965, England/Scotland), nv.;
Harry Potter
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Susanna Rowson (1762–1824, England/United States), nv., poet & pw.
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Hannie Rouweler (b. 1951, Netherlands), poet
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Margaret Rowlett (1897–1963), children's book writer
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Tania Roxborogh (b. 1965, New Zealand), fiction & parenting wr.
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Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sweden/England), wr., poet & critic
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Anuradha Roy (b. 1967, India), nv.
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Anusree Roy (b. 1982, India/Canada/Newfoundland), pw. & librettist
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Arundhati Roy (b. 1961, India), nv.;
The God of Small Things
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Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & col.
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Kamini Roy (1864–1933, India), poet & feminist
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Lucinda Roy (b. 1955, United States/England), nv.
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Nilanjana Roy (b. c. 1971, India), fiction & food wr.
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KristÃna Royová (1860–1936, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv., poet & religious wr. in Slovak
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Heleen van Royen (b. 1965, Netherlands), nv.
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S. J. Rozan (b. 1950, United States), crime wr.
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Pascale Roze (b. 1954, Vietnam/France), pw. & nv.
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Ru Zhijuan (茹志鵑, 1925–1998, China), fiction wr.
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Isabel de los Ãngeles Ruano (b. 1945, Guatemala), poet & writer
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Bernice Rubens (1928–2004, Wales), nv.
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Baņuta Rubess (b. 1956, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
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Dina Rubina (b. 1953, Soviet Union/Russia), wr.
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Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990, Germany/Netherlands), wr. & col.
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Berta Ruck (1878–1978, Wales), nv. & mem.
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Jacqueline Rudet (b. 1962, England), pw.
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Margot Ruddock (1907–1951, Ireland), poet
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Anne Rudloe (1947–2012, United States), marine biologist & Buddhist
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Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016, Netherlands), wr.
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Alice Rühle-Gerstel (1894–1943, Germany/Mexico), wr. and psychologist
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Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008, Poland/Netherlands), poet & screenwriter
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Julia Nava de Ruisánchez (1883–1964, Mexico), es. & col.
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Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980, United States), feminist poet
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Siti Rukiah (1927–1996, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), poet & nv.
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Lupe Rumazo (b. 1933, Ecuador), fiction wr. & es.
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Katherine Rundell (b. 1987, England), ch. wr. & pw.
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Fredrika Runeberg (1807–1879, Finland), nv. in Swedish
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Eva Runefelt (b. 1953, Sweden), nv. & poet
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Kristina Rungano (b. 1963, Zimbabwe), poet & fiction wr.
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Rona Rupert (1934–1995, South Africa), ch. & YA, wr. in Afrikaans
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Prima Rusdi (b. 1967, Indonesia), screenwriter & arts writer
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Oka Rusmini (b. 1967, Indonesia), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
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Joanna Russ (1937–2011, United States), fiction wr. & es.
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Diana E. H. Russell (1938–2020, South Africa/United States), feminist wr. & activist
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Dora Isella Russell (1925–1990, Argentina/Uruguay) poet & journalist
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Frances Theresa Peet Russell (1873–1936, United States), English literature
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Karen Russell (b. 1981, United States), fiction wr.
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Doina Ruști (b. 1957, Romania), nv. & screenwriter
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Rose Rwakasisi (b. 1945, Uganda), editor, fiction wr. & educator
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Gig Ryan (b. 1956, Australia), poet
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Kay Ryan (b. 1945, United States), poet & educator
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Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934, United States), nv.
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Nan Ryan (1936–2017, United States), nv.
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Meda Ryan (living, Ireland), historian
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Roma Ryan (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), poet & lyricist
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Maria Rybakova (b. 1973, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
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Carina Rydberg (b. 1962, Sweden), nv.
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Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg (1905–1959, Finland), wr. & politician
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Elisabeth Rynell (b. 1954, Sweden), poet & nv.
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Elizabeth Ryves (1750–1797, Iran/Persia/England), poet
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Elena Rzhevskaya (1919–2017, Soviet Union/Russia), mem. & non-f. wr.
S
Sa–Se
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Astrid Saalbach (b. 1955, Belgium), pw. & nv.
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Carola Saavedra (b. 1973, Brazil), nv.
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Etelvina Villanueva y Saavedra (1897–1969, Bolivia), poet & educator
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Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra (1620–1670, Spain), nv.
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Kristina SabaliauskaitÄ— (b. 1974, Lithuania), nv. & art historian
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MarÃa Herminia Sabbia y Oribe (1883–1961, Uruguay), poet
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Isabel Sabogal (b. 1958, Peru), nv. & poet
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Irina Saburova (1907–1979, Latvia/Germany), fiction wr. in Russian
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Padma Sachdev (1940–2021, India), poet & nv.
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Lessie Sachs (1897–1942, Germany/United States), poet
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Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Germany), poet & pw.; 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England), wr., poet & gardener
- Mary Sadler (b. 1941, South Africa), nv.
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Anna T. Sadlier (1854–1932, Canada), wr. & translator
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Mary Anne Sadlier (1920–2003, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan (1870–1941, Romania), critic & poet
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Shadi Sadr (b. 1974, Iran/Persia), es. & lawyer
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Nina Mikhailovna Sadur (b. 1950, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr. & pw.
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Elif Safak (b. 1971, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), wr.
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Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936–2008, Iran/Persia), poet & academic
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Françoise Sagan (1935–2004, France), pw., nv. & screenwriter
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Mamta Sagar (b. 1966, India), Kannada poet & pw.
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Lorna Sage (1943–2001, England), academic, critic & author
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Ana MarÃa MartÃnez Sagi (1907–2000, Spain/France), poet & feminist
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Megumu Sagisawa (鷺沢è , 1968–2004, Japan), nv. & pw.
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Nayantara Sahgal (b. 1927, India), nv. & correspondent
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Sarojini Sahoo (b. 1956, India), feminist & fiction wr.
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Nandini Sahu (b. 1973, India), poet & folklorist in English
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Rieko Saibara (西原ç†æµå, b. 1964, Japan), manga creator
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SaigÅ« no NyÅgo (斎宮女御, 929–985, Japan), poet
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Amina Said (b. 1953, Tunisia/France), poet, fiction wr. & es.
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Titie Said (1935–2011, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), nv.
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Fumi Saimon (柴門ãµã¿, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
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Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830, France), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
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Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1870–1941, Belgium), nv. in French
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Vefa de Saint-Pierre (1872–1967, France), nv., poet & explorer
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Pirkko Saisio (b. 1949, Finland), wr. & actor
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Mayu Sakai (酒井ã¾ã‚†, b. 1982, Japan), manga creator
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Widad Sakakini (1913–1991, Syria), fiction wr. & es.
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Io Sakisaka (å’²å‚伊緒, living, Japan), manga creator
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Anna Sakse (1905–1981, Latvia/Soviet Union), fiction wr.
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Momoko Sakura (ã•ãらももã“, 1965–2018, Japan), manga creator
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Shino Sakuragi (桜木紫乃, b. 1965, Japan), fiction wr.
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Kanoko Sakurakoji (æ¡œå°è·¯ã‹ã®ã“, living, Japan), manga creator
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Erica Sakurazawa (桜沢エリカ, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
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Arja Salafranca (b. 1971, Spain/South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
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Nina Salaman (1877–1925, England), poet
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Minna Salami (b. 1978, Finland/Nigeria), non-f. wr., col.
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Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908–1958, Uruguay), , poet
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Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931, Belgium/Italy), social wr.
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Excilia Saldaña (1946–1999, Cuba), poet & ch. wr.
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Marta Salgado,(b. 1947, Chile), non-f. wr.
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Nino Salia (1898–1992, Georgia (Caucasus)/France), historian
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Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921, Denmark), philanthropist & feminist
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Zdena Salivarová (b. 1933, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, Ireland), poet, pw. & salonnière
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Lotte Salling (b. 1964, Denmark), ch. wr.
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Eva Sallis (Eva Hornung, b. 1964, Australia), nv.
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Sally Salminen (1906–1976, Finland/Denmark), nv. in Swedish
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson (b. 1950, United States), fiction wr. & es.
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Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra (b. 1946, Bolivia), feminist
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Lydie Salvayre (b. 1948, France), wr.
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Preeta Samarasan (living, Malaysia/United States), fiction wr.
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Cecilia Samartin (b. 1961, Cuba/United States), wr. & psychologist
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Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972, Poland), fiction wr.
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Fiona Sampson (b. 1968, England), poet & editor
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Fiona Samuel (b. 1961, Scotland/New Zealand), pw.
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Rhian Samuel (b. 1944, Wales), wr. on music
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MarÃa Anna Ãgueda de San Ignacio (1695–1756, Mexico), religious wr. & abbess
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MarÃa Josefa Acevedo Sánchez (1803–1861, Colombia), wr.
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MarÃa Teresa Sánchez (1918–1994, Nicaragua), poet & fiction wr.
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Matilde Sánchez (b. 1958, Argentina), wr. & col.
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Socorro Sánchez (1830–1899, DR), journalist
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Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934, United States), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
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Milcha Sanchez-Scott (b. 1953, United States), pw.
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George Sand (1804–1876, France), nv. & pw.
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Virginia Sandars (1828–1922, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987, Australia), nv.
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Carmen Barajas Sandoval (1925–2014, Mexico), biographer
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Mari Sandoz (1896–1966, United States), fiction wr. & biographer
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Elspeth Sandys (b. 1940, New Zealand), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
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Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791, Poland), poet & moralist
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Parinoush Saniee (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Indira Sant (1914–2000, India), poet
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Miêtta Santiago (1903–1995, Brazil), poet, lawyer & feminist
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Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016, Philippines), social science wr.
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Pura Santillan-Castrence (1905–2007, Philippines), es. in English
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Abidemi Sanusi (living, Nigeria/England), nv.
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Rahel Sanzara (1894–1936, Germany), nv. and dancer
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Sapphire, pen name of Ramona Lofton (b. 1950, United States), nv. & poet
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Sappho (c. 630–570 BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
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Graciela Sapriza (b. 1945, Uruguay), historian & educator
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Thouria Saqqat (1935–1952, Morocco), ch. wr.
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Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Yugoslavia), fiction wr.
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Cristina Saralegui (b. 1948, Cuba/United States),
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Dipti Saravanamuttu (b. 1960, Sri Lanka/Australia), poet & col.
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Tibors de Sarenom (c. 1130 – post-1198, France), poet in Occitan
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Georges Sari (1925–2012, Greece), nv. & ch. wr.
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Beatriz Sarlo (b. 1942, Argentina), critic & non-f. wr.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa (b. 1976, England/Nigeria), travel wr.
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Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russia/France), nv. & es.
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Albertine Sarrazin (1937–1967, France), nv.
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Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russia/France), mem. & biographer
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Homa Sarshar (living, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & feminist
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Ratna Sarumpaet (b. 1948, Indonesia), pw. & activist
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May Sarton (1912–1995, Belgium/United States), poet, nv. & mem.
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Sehba Sarwar (living, Pakistan/United States), es., poet & fiction wr.
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Tomoko Sasaki (ä½ã€…木知å, b. 1965, Japan), nv. & lawyer
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Marjane Satrapi (b. 1969, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Šatrijos Ragana (1877–1930, Lithuania), fiction wr.
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Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862–1894, India), nv.
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Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022, Norway), critic, nv. & hymnist
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Stephanie Saulter (living, Jamaica), science fiction wr.
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Henriette Sauret (1890–1976, France) poet, non-f. wr.
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Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944, Soviet Union), child diarist
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Sharon Savoy (living, United States), wr.
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Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, United States), nv. & ch. wr.
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Aline Sax (b. 1984, Belgium), ch. & YA wr. in Flemish
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Robin Sax (b. c. 1971, United States), crime wr. & col.
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England), mystery wr. & es.
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Isabelle Sbrissa (b. 1971, Switzerland), poet & pw. in French
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Alcira Soust Scaffo (1924–1997, Uruguay), poet & educator
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Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968, New Zealand), nv.
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Patricia Scanlan (b. 1956, Ireland), fiction wr. & poet
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Bente Scavenius (b. 1944, Denmark), art writer & critic
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Igiaba Scego (b. 1974, Italy), wr,, journalist & activist
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Oda Schaefer (1900–1988, Germany), poet & col.
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Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (1940–2011, United States), nv. & poet
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Margo Scharten-Antink (1868–1957, Netherlands), poet
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Riana Scheepers (b. 1957, South Africa), ch. & fiction wr. & poet in Afrikaans
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Caroline Schelling (1763–1809, Germany), es. & correspondent
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Els de Schepper (b. 1965, Belgium), wr. & actor in Flemish
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Sophie von Scherer (1817–1876, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
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Stacy Schiff (b. 1961, United States), non-f. wr. & col.
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Johanna Schipper (born 1967, Taiwan/France), fiction wr.
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Mineke Schipper (b. 1938, Netherlands), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Dorothea von Schlegel (1764–1839, Germany), nv.
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Sylvia Schlettwein (b. 1975, Namibia), wr., teacher & critic
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Eva Schloss (b. 1929, Austria/Austria-Hungary), mem. & Hc. survivor
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Anka Schmid (b. 1961, Switzerland/Germany), screenwriter in German
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Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995, Netherlands), songwriter & ch. wr.
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Elke Schmitter (b. 1961, Germany), nv. & poet
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Pat Schneider (1934–2020, United States), wr., poet & editor
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Diane Schoemperlen (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Elisabeth of Schönau (c. 1129–1164, Germany), visionary in Latin
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Patricia Schonstein (b. 1952, Zimbabwe/South Africa), nv., poet & ch. wr. in English
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Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842, United States), poet & fiction wr.
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Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858, Germany), ch. wr.
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Claudia Schoppmann (b. 1958, Germany), historian & social wr.
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Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996, Finland), poet, pw. & ch. wr. in Swedish
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Martina Schradi (b. 1972, Germany), writer and cartoonist
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Adele Schreiber-Krieger (1872–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary), feminist wr. & politician
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Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, South Africa), nv. & political wr. in English
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Angelika Schrobsdorff (1927–2016, Germany), pw., nv. & actor
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Rikke Schubart (b. 1966, Denmark), wr. & film scholar
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Helga Schubert (b. 1940, Denmark), ch. wr. and academic
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Ossip Schubin (1854–1934, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
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Julianne Schultz (b. 1956, Australia), non-f. wr. & academic
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Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678, Germany/Netherlands), poet, scholar & painter
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Barbara Schurz (b. 1973, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & pw.
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Jenefer Shute (living, South Africa/United States), nv.
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Christine Schutt (b. 1948, United States), fiction wr.
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Carolina Schutti (b. 1976, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Brigitte Schwaiger (1949–2010, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
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Amy Schwartz (1954–2023, United States), ch. wr.
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Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894, Sweden), nv.
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Sibylla Schwarz (1621–1638, Germany), poet
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Simone Schwarz-Bart (b. 1938, France), pw. & nv.
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Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942, Switzerland), travel wr. in German
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Samanta Schweblin (b. 1978, Argentina), fiction wr.
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Monique Schwitter (b. 1972, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
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Sandra Scofield (b. 1943 United States), nv., es. & critic
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Ann Scott (b. 1965, France), nv.
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Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England), nv. & religious wr.
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Cathy Scott (b. 1950s, United States), true crime wr. & biographer
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Jane Scott (c. 1779–1839, England), pw.
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Margaret Scott (1934–2005, Australia), poet, critic & academic
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Mary-anne Scott (living, New Zealand), ch. & YA wr. & musician
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Mary Scott (1888–1979, New Zealand), nv.
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Mary McKay Scott (1851-1932, Canada), nv., non-f. wr.
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Robyn Scott (b. 1981, England/New Zealand), mem.
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Rosie Scott (1948–2017, New Zealand/Australia), nv.
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Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701, France), nv.
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Jocelynne Scutt (b. 1947, Australia), non-f. wr. & lawyer
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Mary Seacole (1805–1881, England/Jamaica), autobiographer & nurse
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Nicole Sealey (b. 1979, US), poet
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Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916, United States), es. & fiction wr.
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Leïla Sebbar (b. 1941, Algeria/France), nv. & autobiographer
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Alice Sebold (b. 1963, United States), nv.
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Olga Sedakova (b. 1949, Soviet Union/Russia), poet
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Amy Sedaris (b. 1961, United States), screenwriter & actor
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Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867, United States), nv.
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Ekaterina Sedia (b. 1970, Soviet Union/United States), nv. & poet
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Lisa See (b. 1955, China/United States), nv.
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Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1866–1913, Canada/United States), wr, illustrator & art teacher
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Sara Sefchovich (b. 1949, Mexico), nv. & academic
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Edith Segal (1902–1997, United States), poet & songwriter
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Lore Segal (b. 1928), fiction & ch. wr.
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Marta Segarra (b. 1963, Spain), es.
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Nakisanze Segawa (living, Uganda), poet & nv.
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Anna Seghers (1900–1983, Germany), nv.
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Alinah Kelo Segobye (fl 2000s, Botswana), activist & archaeologist
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Mabel Segun (b. 1930, Nigeria), poet, pw., fiction & ch. wr.
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Countess of Ségur (1799–1874, Ru/France), nv.
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Anne de Seguier (fl. 1583, France), poet & salonnière
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Dubravka Sekulić (b. 1980, Serbia), wr. & architect
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Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Serbia), nv.
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Taiye Selasi (b. 1979, Nigeria/Ghana/Gold Coast), fiction wr.
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Pınar Selek (b. 1971, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/France), sociologist
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Esther Seligson (1941–2010, Mexico), fiction wr., es. & poet
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Yoshiko Sembon (ã›ã‚“ã¼ã‚“よã—ã“, b. 1928, China/Japan), screenwriter
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Odete Semedo (b. 1959, Guinea-Bissau), wr. & educator
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Mala Sen (1947–2011, India), biographer
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Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938–2019, India), poet, fiction wr. & academic
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Eulalie de Senancour (1791–1876, France), fiction wr.
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Fama Diagne Sène (b. 1969, Senegal), nv. & poet
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Mallika Sengupta (1960–2011, India), poet
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Poile Sengupta (b. 1948, India), pw. & ch. wr.
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Somini Sengupta (fl 2000s, b. India), journalism, non-fiction wr.
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Olive Senior (b. 1941, Jamaica), poet & fiction wr.
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Danzy Senna (b. 1970, United States), nv.
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Raquel Señoret (1922–1990, Chile), poet
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Iryna Senyk (1926–2009, Ukraine), poet
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Seo Hajin (서하진, b. 1960, Korea), fiction wr.
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Ha Seong-nan (하성란, b. 1967, Korea), wr.
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Kim Seon-wu (ê¹€ì„ ìš°, b. 1970, Korea), poet
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Ruta Sepetys (b. 1967, Lithuania/United States), fiction wr.
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Perla Serfaty (b. 1944, Morocco/France/Canada), non-f. wr.
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Dolores Gortázar Serantes (1872–1936, Sp.), nv. & non-f. wr.
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Matilde Serao (1856–1927, Greece/Italy), nv. in Italian
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Kate Seredy (1899–1975, Hungary/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Clara Sereni (1946–2018, Italy), autobiographer & fiction wr.
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Gitta Sereny (1921–2012, Austria/Austria-Hungary/England), biographer & non-f. wr. in German & English
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Cella Serghi (1907–1992, Romania), nv. & ch. wr.
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Anna Lidia Vega Serova (b. 1968, Russia/Cuba), poet & fiction & ch. wr.
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Namwali Serpell (b. 1980, Zambia), fiction wr.
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Elisa Serrana (1930–2012, Chile), nv. & feminist
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Marcela Serrano (b. 1951, Chile), nv.
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Nina Serrano (b. 1934, United States), poet, wr. & storyteller
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Yolanda GarcÃa Serrano (b. 1958, Spain), screenwriter
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Coline Serreau (b. 1947, France), screenwriter & pw.
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Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Soviet Union), political wr.
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Kadija Sesay (living, England), fiction wr., poet & editor
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Ruth Huntington Sessions (1859–1946), mem.
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Henriett Seth F. (b. 1980, Hungary), poet, wr. & musician
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Anya Seton (1904–1990, United States), nv.
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Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982, United States), nv. & es.
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Julia Seton (1862-1950, United States), wr. on religion
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Diane Setterfield (b. 1964, England), nv.
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Mary Lee Settle (1918–2005, United States), nv. & mem.
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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696, France), correspondent
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Anna Seward (1747–1809, England), poet
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Anna Sewell (1820–1887, England), nv.;
Black Beauty
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Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, England/United States), poet, nv. & academic
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Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England), wr. on religion & education
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Anne Sexton (1928–1974, United States), poet
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (living, United States), nv.
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Miranda Seymour (b. 1948, England), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, Wales), biographer & education wr.
Sf–Sk
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Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484, Italy), correspondent & poet
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Mary Ann Shaffer (1934–2008, United States), wr., editor & librarian
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Louisa Shafia (living, United States), food wr. & chef
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Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982, Russia/Soviet Union), fiction wr. & activist
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Sara Shagufta (1954–1984, Pakistan), poet
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Bina Shah (b. 1972, Pakistan), fiction wr. & col.
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Madhuri R. Shah (fl. 20th century, India), education wr. & poet
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Noorul Huda Shah (b. 1951, Pakistan), pw. & politician
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Ryhaan Shah (living, Guyana), nv.
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Husne Ara Shahed (living, Bangladesh), wr. & educator
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Salma Shaheen (b. 1954, Pakistan), poet & fiction wr.
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Shahnaz Fatmi (b. 1949, India), poet
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Qaisra Shahraz (living, Pakistan/England), nv. & scriptwriter
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Mahasti Shahrokhi (living, Iran/Persia), nv. & poet
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Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013, United States),
rebbetzin, wr. & teacher
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Siba Shakib (living, Iran/Persia/United States), wr. & activist
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Parveen Shakir (1952–1995, Pakistan), poet & civil servant
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Sepideh Shamlou (b. 1968, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Kamila Shamsie (b. 1973, Pakistan/England), fiction wr.
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Muneeza Shamsie (b. 1944, Pakistan), es.
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Shan Sa (山颯, b. 1972, China/France), nv. in Chinese & French
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Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979, Ireland), poet
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Elizabeth Shane (1877–1951, Ireland), poet, pw. & violinist
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Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, United States), pw. & nv.
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Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1824–1855, United States), poet
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Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉兒, c. 664–710, China), poet, wr. & imperial consort
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Shantichitra (b. 1978, India), nv. & academic
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Jo Shapcott (b. 1953, England), poet, editor & lecturer
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Olga Shapir (1850–1916, Russia), fiction wr. & feminist
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Chava Shapiro (1876–1943, Russia/Soviet Union), wr. in Ukrainian
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Laura Shapiro (b. 1946, United States), journalist & author
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Margarita Sharapova (b. 1962, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
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Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1802, United States), wr., col. & nv.
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Niamh Sharkey (living, Ireland), ch. writer & illustrator
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Jane Sharp (c. 1641–71, England), wr. on midwifery
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Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck (1850–1937, United States), wr.
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Elizabeth Shaw (1920–1992, Ireland), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
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Tina Shaw (b. 1961, New Zealand), nv. & travel wr.
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Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952, Russia), fiction wr, pw. & poet
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Nessa Nà Shéaghdha (1916–1993, Iran/Persia), academic
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Miranda Shearer (b. 1982, England), non-f. wr. & columnist
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Eileen Sheehan (b. 1963, Ireland), poet
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Helena Sheehan (b. 1944, Ireland), philosopher & historian
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Alice Sheldon (1915–1987, United States), fiction wr.
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Daphne Sheldrick (1934–2018, Kenya), wr. on animal husbandry
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Shanta Shelke (1922–2002, India), poet & nv.
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Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England), nv.;
Frankenstein
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Bonnie Shemie (b. 1949, United States/Canada/Newfoundland), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Shen Rong (谌容, b. 1936, China), nv. & mem.
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Shen Shanbao (沈善å®, 1808–1862, China), poet & biographer
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Preeti Shenoy (b. 1971, India), nv. & social wr.
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Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, Scotland), nv. & poet
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Verene Shepherd (b. 1951, Jamaica), academic
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Natalia Sheremeteva (1714–1771, Russia), mem.
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Betsy Sheridan (1758–1837, Ireland), diarist
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Frances Sheridan (1724–1766, Ireland), nv. & pw.
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Shahla Sherkat (b. 1956, Iran/Persia), feminist wr.
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Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990, United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914, United States), poet & col.
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Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851, England), ch. wr.
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Narmala Shewcharan (living, Guyana/England), nv. & poet
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Gamar Sheyda (1881–1933, Azerbaijan), poet
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Tomoka Shibasaki (柴崎å‹é¦™, b. 1973, Japan), fiction wr.
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Carol Shields (1935–2003 United States/Canada/Newfoundland), nv.;
The Stone Diaries
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Yoshiko Shigekane (é‡å…¼èŠ³å, 1927–1963, Japan), fiction wr.
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Karuho Shiina (椎å軽穂, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
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Izumi Shikibu (和泉å¼éƒ¨, b. c. 976, Japan), poet
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Murasaki Shikibu (ç´«å¼éƒ¨, c. 973–1014 or 1025, Japan), nv. & poet;
The Tale of Genji
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Princess Shikishi (å¼å内親王, died 1201, Japan), poet
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Michiru Shimada (島田満, 1959–2017, Japan), anime screenwriter
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Rio Shimamoto (島本ç†ç”Ÿ, b. 1983, Japan), fiction wr.
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Aki Shimazaki (ã‚¢ã‚シマザã‚, b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & academic
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Reiko Shimizu (清水玲å, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
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Takako Shimura (å¿—æ‘è²´å, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
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Kang Shin-jae (ê°•ì‹ ìž¬, 1924–2001, Korea), nv., es. & pw.
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Shin Kyeong-nim (ì‹ ê²½ë¦¼, b. 1936, Korea), wr.
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Shin Kyung-sook (ì‹ ê²½ìˆ™, b. 1963, Korea), fiction wr.
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Jan Shinebourne (b. 1947, Guyana/England), nv.
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Mayu Shinjo (æ–°æ¢ã¾ã‚†, b. 1973, Japan), manga creator
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Sharon Shinn (b. 1957, United States), nv.
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Setsuko Shinoda (ç¯ ç”° 節å, b. 1955, Japan), fiction wr.
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Chie Shinohara (ç¯ åŽŸåƒçµµ, living, Japan), manga creator
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Irma Shiolashvili (b. 1974, Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & col.
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Kazuko Shiraishi (白石ã‹ãšã“, b. 1931, Canada/Newfoundland), poet
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Zandokht Shirazi (1909–1953, Iran/Persia), poet & activist
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Warsan Shire (b. 1988, England), wr., poet & editor
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Tanya Shirley (b. 1976, Jamaica), poet
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Shirome (白女, 10th century, Japan), poet
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Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952, Russia/Soviet Union), poet & col.
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Susy Shock (b. 1968, Argentina), wr., singer & actor
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Ann Allen Shockley (b. 1927, United States), journalist & author
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Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, United States), poet & playwright
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Sei ShÅnagon (清少ç´è¨€, 965–1010, Japan), wr. & poet;
The Pillow Book
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Lola Shoneyin (b. 1974, Nigeria), nv. & poet
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Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1918, Ireland), poet & sculptor
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Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, England), poet
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Elaine Showalter (b. 1941, United States), critic, feminist wr.
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Shu Ting (舒婷, b. 1952, China), poet
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Ana MarÃa Shua (b. 1951, Argentina), fiction & ch. wr., poet & pw.
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Shunzei's daughter (藤原俊æˆå¥³, c. 1171 – c. 1252, Japan), poet
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Jenefer Shute (living, South Africa), nv.
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Marie-Louise Sibazuri (b. 1960, Burundi), wr.
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Gabriella Sica (b. 1950, Italy), poet
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Anja Sicking (b. 1965, Netherlands), fiction wr.
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Myra Sidharta (æ陽春梅, b. 1927, China/Indonesia), psychologist
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Bapsi Sidhwa (b. 1938, Pakistan/United States), nv.
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Mary Sidney (1561–1621, England), pw. & poet
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Gonnie Siegel (1928–2005, United States), wr.
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Raija Siekkinen (1953–2004, Finland), wr.
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Catherine of Siena (1347–1380, Italy), nun, philosopher & theologian
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Stella Sierra (1917–1997, Panama), poet and prose wr.
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Fatou Niang Siga (1932–2022, Senegal), social wr.
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Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (died 1271, Iceland), poet & politician
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FrÃða Ã. Sigurðardóttir (1940–2010, Iceland), fiction wr.
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JakobÃna Sigurðardóttir (1918–1994, Iceland), poet, nv. & ch. wr.
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Lilja Sigurdardottir (b. 1972, Iceland), crime wr. & pw.
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Ragna Sigurðardóttir (b. 1962, Iceland), wr. & artist
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Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (b. 1950, Iceland), poet & nv.
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Turið Sigurðardóttir (b. 1946, Faroe Islands), literary historian
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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (b. 1963), crime & ch. wr.
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Birte Siim (b. 1945, Denmark), political writer
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Joyce Sikakane (b. 1943, South Africa), col. & autobiographer in English
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Joan Silber (b. 1945, United States), fiction wr.
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Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861, Sweden), mem. & salonnière
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Melanie Silgardo (b. 1956, India), poet
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Leslie Marmon Silko (b. 1948, United States),
Laguna Pueblo descent fiction wr. & poet
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Jindeok of Silla (진ë•ì—¬ì™•, fl. 647–654, Korea), poet & queen
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Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911–1922, Brazil), nv., pw., es. & ch. wr.
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Makeda Silvera (b. 1955, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (b. 1972, Brazil), art wr.
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Sim Yunkyung (심윤경, b. 1972, Korea), nv.
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Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850, UK), diarist
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Hazel Simmons-McDonald (b. 1947, Saint Lucia), poet & academic
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Ana MarÃa Simo (living, Cuba/United States), pw. & nv. in English
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Maria Simointytär (fl. late 17th century, Finland), poet
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Kate Simon (1912–1990, Poland/United States), autobiographer & non-f. wr.
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Germaine Simon (1921–2012, Luxembourg), nv. in German
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Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978, Lithuania), nv.
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Katherine Call Simonds (1865–?, United States), musician, singer, author, composer, social reformer
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Ifigenija ZagoriÄnik Simonović (b. 1953, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. wr.
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Paullina Simons (b. 1963, Soviet Union/United States), nv.
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Dorothy Simpson (b. 1933, Wales), nv.
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Helen Simpson (1897–1940, Australia), nv., pw. & historian
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Ruth Simpson (1926–2008, United States), wr.
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Laura Sims (living, United States), nv. & poet
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Salla Simukka (b. 1981, Finland), nv. & critic
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Hourya Benis Sinaceur (b. 1940, Morocco), philosopher
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Jo Sinclair (pen name of Ruth Seid, 1913–1995, United States), wr.
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May Sinclair (1862–1946, England), fiction wr. & poet
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Helena Sinervo (b. 1961, Finland), poet & nv.
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Ansuyah Ratipul Singh (1917–1978, South Africa), wr. in English & physician
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Nalini Singh (b. 1977, New Zealand), nv.
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Rajkumari Singh (1923–1979, Guyana), poet, pw. & activist
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Sunny Singh (b. 1969, India), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Sarah Singleton (b. 1966, England), nv. & ch. wr.
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Kabita Sinha (1931–1999, India), poet & nv.
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Mridula Sinha (1942–2020, India), nv. & public figure
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Shumona Sinha (b. 1973, India/France), nv.
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Johanna Sinisalo (b. 1958, Finland), science fiction & fantasy wr.
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Lyubov Sirota (b. 1956, Ukraine), poet, wr. & pw.
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Elinor Sisulu (b. 1958, Zimbabwe/South Africa), biographer & activist
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Lakambini Sitoy (b. 1969, Philippines), nv. & teacher
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Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England), poet
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Genet Sium (b. 1960s, Eritrea), novelist
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Sivasankari (b. 1942, India), nv.
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Rhoda Cosgrave Sivell (1874–1962, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet & rancher
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Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020, Sweden), mystery nv.
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Staka Skenderova (1830–1891, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. in Serbian
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Michelle Cruz Skinner (b. 1965, Philippines), wr. & educator
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Ann Masterman Skinn (1747–1789, England), nv.
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Rebecca Skloot (b. 1972, United States), science wr.
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Sofija Skoric (living, Serbia/Canada/Newfoundland), activist & wr.
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Simona Å krabec (b. 1968, Yugoslavia/Spain), critic & es.
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Amalie Skram (1846–1905, Norway), nv. & feminist
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Rūta Skujiņa (1907–1964, Latvia), poet
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Vendela Skytte (1608–1627, Sweden), wr.
Sl–Sz
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Cecylia Słapakowa, (ca.1900–ca.1942, Lithuania/Poland), journalist and translator
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Sharon Slater (living, Ireland), local historian
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Karin Slaughter (b. 1971, United States), crime wr.
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Olga Slavnikova (b. 1957, Soviet Union/Russia), nv. & critic
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Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982, England), ch. wr.
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Esphyr Slobodkina (1908–2002, Russia/United States), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Żanna Słoniowska (b. 1978, Ukraine/Poland), nv.
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Gillian Slovo (b. 1952, South Africa/England), nv., pw. & mem.
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Anna Smaill (b. 1979, New Zealand), poet & nv.
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Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
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Dorothea Smartt (b. 1963, England), poet
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Jane Smiley (b. 1948, United States), nv.
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Alexandra Smirnova (1809–1882, Russia/France), mem.
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Ali Smith (b. 1962, Scotland), nv.
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Amanda Smith (1837–1915, United States), evangelist & autobiographer
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Betty Smith (1896–1972, United States), nv.
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Charlene Leonora Smith (living, South Africa), biographer & social wr. in English
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Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806, England), poet & nv.
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Dodie Smith (1896–1990, England), nv. & pw.;
I Capture the Castle
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Doris Buchanan Smith (1934–2002, United States), ch. nv.
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Doris E. Smith (1919–pre–1994, Ireland), nv.
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Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933, England), ch. wr. & nv.
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Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925, United States), poet, romancist
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Lillian Smith (1897–1966, United States), nv. & critic
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Lura Eugenie Brown Smith (1864–?, United States), journalist, newspaper ed. & wr.
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Maggie Smith (b. 1977, United States), poet, editor & wr.
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Martha Pearson Smith (1836–?, United States), poet
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Mary Bell Smith (1818–1894, United States), educator, social reformer, & wr.
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Patti Smith (b. 1946, United States), poet, artist & songwriter
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Pauline Smith (1882–1959, South Africa), fiction wr. & pw. in English
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Stevie Smith (1902–1971, England), poet & nv.
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Tracy K. Smith (b. 1972, United States), poet & educator
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Zadie Smith (b. 1975, England), fiction wr. & es.
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Elizabeth Smither (b. 1941, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
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Annie M. P. Smithson (1873–1948, Ireland), fiction & nursing wr.
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Saundra Smokes (1954–2012, United States), col. & pw.
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Breda Smolnikar (b. 1941, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & ch. wr.
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Cherry Smyth (b. 1960, Iran/Persia/England), academic, critic & poet
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Ciara Elizabeth Smyth (living, Ireland), pw.
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Anja Snellman (b. 1954, Finland), nv. & poet
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Laura J. Snyder (b. 1964, United States), historian & biographer
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Yan-kit So (1933–2001, China/England), cookery wr.
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So Young-en (ì„œì˜ì€, b. 1943, Korea), fiction wr.
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Angelina Soares (1910–1985, Brazil), feminist wr.
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Alawiya Sobh (b. 1955, Lebanon), col. & fiction wr.
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Sofia Soboleva (1840–1884, Russia), fiction & ch. wr.
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Gaele Sobott (b. 1956, Australia), fiction, ch. & non-f. wr.
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Krishna Sobti (1925–2019, India), fiction wr. & es.
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Susana Soca (1906–1959, Uruguay), poet
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Edith Södergran (1892–1923, Finland), poet in Swedish
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Zulu Sofola (1935–1995, Nigeria), pw. & pw.
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Ružica Sokić (1934–2013, Serbia), wr. & actor
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Sara Solá de Castellanos (1890–after 1928, Argentina), poet, nv., pw., lyricist
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Adeola Solanke (living, England/Nigeria), pw. & screenwriter
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Amalia Domingo Soler (1835–1909, Spain), nv. & spiritist
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Carmen Soler (1924–1985, Paraguay/Argentina), politician & poet
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Frances-Anne Solomon (b. 1966, England/Canada/Newfoundland), broadcasting pw.
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Laura Solomon (1974–2019, New Zealand/England), nv., pw. & poet
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Elizabeth Solopova (b. 1965, England), philologist & academic
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Polyxena Solovyova (1867–1924, Russia), poet & illustrator
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ArmonÃa Somers (1914–1994, Uruguay), fiction wr. & educator
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Edith Somerville (1858–1949, Ireland), nv. & co-author
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Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (b. 1948, Germany), ch. wr.
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Son Bo-mi (ì„ ë³´ë¯¸, b. 1980, Korea), fiction wr.
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Cathy Song (b. 1955, United States), poet
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Susan Sontag (1933–2004, United States), es. & nv.
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Oh Soo-yeon (오수연, b. 1964, Korea), wr. & es.
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Pilar Sordo (b. 1965, Chile), psychologist & wr.
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Tracy Sorensen (living, Australia), nv. & academic
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Fuyumi Soryo (b. 1959, Japan), manga wr.
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Dido Sotiriou (1909–2004, Greece), nv. & pw.
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Carmelina Soto (1916–1994, Comoros), poet
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MarÃa de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1647 or 1661, Spain), nv.
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Marzieh Sotoudeh (b. 1957, Iran/Persia/Canada/Newfoundland), wr.
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Katariina Souri (b. 1968, Finland), nv., col. & artist
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Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002, Mozambique), poet
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Auta de Souza (1876—1901, Brazil), poet
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Eunice de Souza (1940–2017, India), poet, critic & nv.
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Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004, Senegal), poet & ch. wr.
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Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr.
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Edibe Sözen (b. 1961, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), sociologist
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Isabelle Spaak (b. 1960, Belgium/France), fiction & non-f. wr. in French
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Svetlana Spajić (b. 1971, Serbia), activist & translator
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Muriel Spark (1918–2006, Scotland/England), nv.
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Elisavet Spathari (living, Greece), archaeologist & wr.
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Maria Luisa Spaziani (1923–2014, Italy), poet
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Terry Spear (living, United States), romance nv.
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Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910, Australia), nv. & reformer
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Eleanor Spence (1928–2008, Australia), ch. wr.
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Vanessa Spence (b. 1961, Jamaica), nv.
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Anne Spencer (1882–1975, United States), poet
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Elizabeth Spencer (1921–2018, United States), fiction wr.
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Dale Spender (1943–2023, Australia), feminist wr. & scholar
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Jean Maud Spender (J. M. Spender, 1901–1970), crime wr.
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Vanessa Spence (b. 1961, Jamaica), nv.
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Leonora Speyer (1872–1956, United States), poet & violinist
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Hilde Spiel (1911–1990, Austria/Austria-Hungary), es. & critic
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Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942, Russia/Uganda), psychoanalyst
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Lina Spies (b. 1939, South Africa), poet in Afrikaans
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Erica Spindler (1957, United States), nv.
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Magdalena SpÃnola (1896–1991, Guatemala), poet & educator
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Dana Spiotta (b. 1966, United States), nv.
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Julia Spiridonova (Yulka, b. 1972, Bulgaria), nv. & screenwriter
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Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1891–1974, Serbia), poet & fiction wr.
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Lize Spit (b. 1980, Belgium), nv. in Flemish
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Andrea Spofford (b. 1986, United States), poet & es.
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Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921, United States), fiction wr. & poet
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Eintou Pearl Springer (b. 1944, Trinidad), poet & pw.
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Susan Spungen (living, United States), food wr., editor, &
food stylist
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Katja Špur (1908–1991, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), ch. wr. & poet
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Johanna Spyri (1827–1901, Switzerland), ch. wr. in German;
Heidi
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Biljana Srbljanović (b. 1970, Serbia), pw.
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Atima Srivastava (b. 1961, India), fiction wr. & film director
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Cornelia Laws St. John (?–1902, United States), poet, biographer
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Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919, United States), Wordsworthian, book collector, & wr.
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Lauren St John (b. 1966, Zimbabwe), ch. nv.
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Marilyn Stablein (b. 1946, United States), poet, es. & fiction wr.
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Ilse von Stach (1879–1941, Germany), pw., nv. & poet
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Eva Stachniak (b. 1952, Poland/Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Germaine de Staël (1766–1817, Switzerland/France), nv.
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Jean Stafford (1915–1978, United States), fiction wr.
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Pernilla Stalfelt (b. 1962, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Albena Stambolova (b. 1957, Bulgaria), psychologist & nv.
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Gaspara Stampa (1532–1554, Italy), poet
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902, United States), col. & es.
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Margarita StÄraste-BordevÄ«ka (1914–2014, Latvia), ch. wr.
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Freya Stark (1893–1993, England), travel wr.
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Nicolette Stasko (b. 1950, Australia), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
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Marie Šťastná (b. 1981, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), poet
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Lucienne Stassaert (b. 1936, Belgium), poet in Flemish
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Lilian Staveley (1878–1928, England), wr. & mystic
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Christina Stead (1902–1983, Australia), fiction wr.
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Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914, United States), non-f. wr.
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Margret Steckel (b. 1934, Germany/Luxembourg), nv. in German
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Irène Stecyk (b. 1937, Belgium), fiction wr. & poet
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Danielle Steel (b. 1947, United States), nv.
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Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, England), nv.
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Esther Baker Steele (1835–1911, United States), textbook wr. & editor
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Anja Å tefan (b. 1969, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), ch. wr.
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Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021, Serbia), wr.
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Erla Stefánsdóttir (1935–2015, Iceland), story wr.
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Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930, Luxembourg), fiction wr. & col. in German & French
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Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012, Argentina), fiction wr. & translator
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Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827, Germany), pw.
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Evaleen Stein (1863–1923, United States), poet, children's wr., limner
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Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, United States), fiction wr., pw. & poet
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Gisela Steineckert (b. 1931, Germany), radio pw. and screenwriter
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Clara Steinitz (1852–1931), wr.
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KristÃn Steinsdóttir (b. 1946, Iceland), ch. wr. & pw.
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Ginka Steinwachs (b. 1942, Germany), pw. and educator
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Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini (1634–1704, Italy), poet & pw.
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Carla Stellweg (living, Dutch East Indies/Mexico), art historian
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Eira Stenberg (b. 1943, Finland), pw. & poet
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Joanne Stepaniak (b. 1954, United States), vegan cookery wr.
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Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856–1925, United States), nv., poet & wr.
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MÄmari Stephens (living, New Zealand), social wr. & preacher
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Jadene Felina Stevens (1947–2013, United States), poet
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Augusta Stevenson (1869–1976, United States), ch. wr. & teacher
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Margo Taft Stever (living, United States), poet
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Anna Louise Stevnhøj (b. 1963, Denmark), health wr.
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Adela Blanche Stewart (1846–1910, England/New Zealand), autobiographer
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Amanda Stewart (b. 1959, Australia), poet & performer
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Jane Agnes Stewart (1860–1944, United States), wr., editor
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Maria W. Stewart (1803–1897, United States), lecturer & col.
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Mary Stewart (1916–2014, England), nv.
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Susan Stewart (b. 1952, United States), poet, professor & critic
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Maggie Stiefvater (b. 1981, United States), YA fiction wr.
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Isabel Stilwell (b. 1960, Portugal), fiction & ch. wr.
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Ilka Stitz (b. 1960, Germany), nv.
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Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902, United States), poet, biographer
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Wilma Stockenström (b. 1933, South Africa), poet & prose wr. in Afrikaans
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Cynthia Stockley (1873–1936, South Africa), nv. in English
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Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006, Netherlands), ch. wr. & artist
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Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878, Serbia), poet
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Ana Stojanoska (b. 1977, Yugoslavia/North Macedonia), wr. on theater & critic
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Missouri H. Stokes (1838–1910, United States), non-f. wr.
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Maša Stokić (b. 1966, Serbia), pw. & critic
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Maria Engelbrecht Stokkenbech (1759–post-1806, Denmark), wr.
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Catharine Stolberg (1751–1832, Denmark/Germany), countess & wr.
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Ruth Stone (1915–2011, United States), poet
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Sam Stone (b. 1965, England), fiction wr. & pw.
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Marie Stopes (1880–1958, England), wr., paleo-botanist & birth-control advocate
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Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938, Argentina), poet & pw.
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Agnes L. Storrie (1865–1936, Australia), poet & wr.
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Gertrude Story (1929–2014, Canada), poet & short story
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1836, United States), nv.;
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Mari Strachan (b. 1945, Wales), nv.
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Susan Straight (b. 1960, United States), fiction wr., es. & academic
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Ingela Strandberg (b. 1944, Sweden), poet, ch. wr. & novelist
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Jennifer Strauss (b. 1933, Australia), poet & academic
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Hesba Stretton (1832–1911, England), ch. wr.
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Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England), history wr. & poet
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Sara Stridsberg (b. 1972, Sweden), nv.
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Olga Stringfellow (b. 1923, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011, Germany), poet & ch. wr.
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Rashida Strober (living, United States), pw.
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Gertrude Strohm (1843–1927), American wr.
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Eva Ström (b. 1947, Sweden), poet, nv. & critic
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Margareta Strömstedt (1931−2023, Sweden), wr., journalist & translator
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Eithne Strong (1923–1999, Ireland), poet & fiction wr.
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Elizabeth Strout (b. 1956, United States), fiction wr.
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Flora E. Strout (1867–1962, United States), non-f. wr., lyricist
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Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c. 1408–1471, Italy), correspondent
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Antje Rávic Strubel (b. 1974, Germany), fiction & textbook wr.
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Karin Struck (1947–2006, Germany), fiction & social wr.
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Anna Strunsky (1877–1964, Russia/United States), nv. & mem.
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Amelie von Strussenfelt (1803–1847, Sweden), nv. & poet
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Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873, Sweden), nv.
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Jan Struther (1901–1953, Scotland/England), hymnist & nv.
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Andrea Stuart (b. 1968, Barbados/England), historian & biographer
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Lady Louisa Stuart (1757–1851, England), mem. & correspondent
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Sheila Stuart (1892–1974, Scotland), ch. wr.
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Toni Stuart (b. 1983, South Africa), poet in English
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Heloneida Studart (1932–2007, Brazil), nv., es. & pw.
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Lelde Stumbre (b. 1952, Latvia), pw. & politician
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Sarah Stup (b. 1983, United States), wr.
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Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (b. 1977, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), poet & fiction wr.
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Jacqueline Sturm (1927–2009, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Su Hui (蘇蕙, 4th century AD, China), poet
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Su Qing (è‹é’, 1914–1982, China), es.
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Su Xiaoxiao (蘇å°å°, c. 470–c. 501, China), poet & courtesan
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Su Xuelin (蘇雪林, 1897–1999, China), scholar
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SuAndi (b. 1951, England), performance poet, wr. & arts curator
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Karla Suárez (b. 1969, Cuba), wr.
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Margareta Suber (1892–1984, Sweden), nv., poet & ch. wr.
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Arundhathi Subramaniam (living, India), poet, biographer & critic
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Vidya Subramaniam (b. 1957, India), fiction wr.
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Lucreția Suciu-Rudow (1859–1900, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Romania), poet
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Olivia Sudjic (b. 1988, Serbia/England), nv.
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Keiko Suenobu (ã™ãˆã®ã¶ã‘ã„ã“, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator
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Yuki Suetsugu (末次由紀, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
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Meridel Le Sueur (1900–1996, United States), nv. & col.
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Tea Sugareva (b. 1989, Bulgaria), poet & drama director
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Sugathakumari (1934–2020, India), poet & activist
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Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto (æ‰æœ¬é‰žå, 1874–1950, Japan), autobiographer & nv.
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Heo Su-gyeong (허수경, 1964–2018, Korea), poet
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Azalia Suhaimi (b. 1985, Malaysia), poet & wr.
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Laurence Suhner (b. 1968, Switzerland), nv. in French & graphic artist
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Laura Jane Suisted (1840–1903, England/New Zealand), fiction wr., col. & poet
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Iliriana Sulkuqi (b. 1951, Albania/United States), poet & col.
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Sara Copia Sullam (1592–1641, Italy), poet & religious wr.
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Deirdre Sullivan (living, Ireland), ch. writer
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Jennifer Sullivan (b. 1945, Wales), ch. nv. & critic
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Florence Sulman (1876–1965, England/Australia), non-f. educator
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Sulpicia (fl. 1st century BC, Ancient Rome), poet in Latin
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Sulpicia (fl. 1st century AD, Ancient Rome), satirist in Latin
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Maud Sulter (1960–2008, Scotland), poet, artist & photographer
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Anne Summers (b. 1945, Australia), wr. & col.
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Barbara Summers (1944–2014, United States), wr., educator & model
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Essie Summers (1912–1998, New Zealand), fiction wr. & poet
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Merna Summers (b. 1933, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Barbara Sumner (living, New Zealand), mem. & screenwriter
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Kamala Surayya (1934–2009, India), poet & fiction wr.
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Julia Suryakusuma (b. 1954, India/Indonesia), social wr. & col.
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Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974, United States), nv.
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Astrid Susanto (1936–2006, Indonesia), social wr.
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Polina Suslova (1839–1918, Russia), autobiographer
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Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Ghana/Gold Coast), pw., ch. wr. & pw.
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Esi Sutherland-Addy (living, Ghana/Gold Coast), academician & activist
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Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. &
Nobel Prize winner
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Han Suyin (周光瑚, 1916–2012, Chile), nv., mem. & es.;
A Many-Splendoured Thing
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Henriette de Coligny de La Suze (1618–1673, France), poet
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Eva Švankmajerová (1940–2005, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & artist
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Annakarin Svedberg (b. 1934, Sweden), fiction wr.
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Maria Sveland (b. 1974, Sweden), social analyst
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Hanne Marie Svendsen (b. 1933, Denmark), wr. & broadcaster
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Karolina Světlá (1830–1899, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv. in Czech
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Alexandra Sviridova (b. 1951, Russia/United States), screenwriter & political wr.
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Anni Swan (1875–1958, Finland), ch. book wr.
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Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck (1744–1813, Sweden/Finland), pw. & poet in Swedish
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Elinor Sweetman (c. 1861–1922, Ireland), poet
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May Swenson (1913–1988, United States), poet & pw.
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Susie Forrest Swift (1862–1916, United States), editor & wr.
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Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984, Poland), poet
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Lucy Robbins Messer Switzer (1844–1922, United States), temperance activist
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Syang (Simone Dreyer Peres, b. 1968, Brazil), erotic wr.
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Karen Syberg (b. 1945, Denmark), wr. & gender researcher
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Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781–1859, Ireland), nv.
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Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, Australia), poet & wr.
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Khady Sylla (1963–2013, Senegal), nv. & screenwriter
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Vanda Symon (b. 1969, New Zealand), nv.
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Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary), nv., poet & pw.
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Anna Szatkowska (1928–2015, Poland/Switzerland), resistance fighter & autobiographer
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Noémi Szécsi (b. 1976, Hungary), nv.
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Júlia Székely (1906–1986, Hungary), nv. & biographer
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Madelon Szekely-Lulofs (1899–1958, Indonesia/Netherlands), fiction wr.
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Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Hungary), esoteric & science fiction nv.
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Małgorzata Szumowska (b. 1973, Poland), screenwriter
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Edina Szvoren (b. 1974, Hungary), nv., poet & musician
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Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012, Poland), poet
T
Ta–Th
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Marga T (b. 1943, Indonesia), fiction & ch. wr.
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Gladys Taber (1899–1980, United States), nv. & nature wr.
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Eileen Tabios (b. 1960, Philippines/United States), poet & fiction wr.
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Haruko Tachiiri (ãŸã¡ã„ã‚Šãƒãƒ«ã‚³, b. 1949, Japan), ch. manga creator
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Maria Tacu (1949–2010, Romania), poet & prose wr.
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Chimako Tada (多田智満å, 1930–2003, Japan), poet
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Kaoru Tada (多田ã‹ãŠã‚‹, 1960–1999, Japan), manga creator
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Tadano Makuzu (åªé‡ŽçœŸè‘›, 1763–1825, Japan), socio-political wr.
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Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955, Ivory Coast), poet, nv. & artist
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Pia Tafdrup (b. 1952, Denmark), poet, nv. & pw.
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Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil (living, Philippines), screenwriter
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Valerie Tagwira (living, Zimbabwe), nv.
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Táhirih (1814 or 1817–1852, Iran/Persia), poet & theologian
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Daina Taimiņa (b. 1954, Latvia), mathematician
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Ise no Taiu (伊勢大輔, early 11th century, Japan), poet
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Princess Tajima (但馬皇女, died 708, Japan), poet
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Judit Dukai Takách (1795–1836, Hungary), poet
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Nobuko Takagi (高樹ã®ã¶å, b. 1946, Japan), fiction wr.
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Rumiko Takahashi (高橋留美å, b. 1957, Japan), manga creator
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Takako Takahashi (高橋ãŸã‹å, 1932–2013, Japan), fiction wr.
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Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
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Kaoru Takamura (é«™æ‘è–«, b. 1953, Japan), fiction wr.
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Hinako Takanaga (高永ã²ãªã“, living, Japan), manga creator
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Mitsuba Takanashi (高梨ã¿ã¤ã°, b. 1975, Japan), manga creator
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Takasue's daughter (è…原å標女, c. 1008 – post-1059, Japan), travel wr.
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Haneko Takayama (é«˜å±±ç¾½æ ¹å, b. 1975, Japan), fiction wr.
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Kazumi Takayama (高山一実, b. 1994, Japan), fiction & self-help wr.
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Lisa Takeba (竹葉リサ, b. 1983, Japan), screenwriter
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Keiko Takemiya (ç«¹å®®æƒ å, b. 1950, Japan), manga creator
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Hiroko Takenishi (竹西寛å, b. 1929, Japan), fiction wr. & critic
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Kei Takeoka (竹岡åœ, b. 1969, Japan), motoring wr.
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Jill Talbot (b. 1970, United States), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
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Niloufar Talebi (living, England/United States), mem. & librettist
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Maila Talvio (1871–1951, Finland), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Tamairangi (fl. 1820s, New Zealand), Maori poet
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Susanna Tamaro (b. 1957, Italy), nv.
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Clotilde Tambroni (1758–1817, Italy), linguist & poet
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AltaÃr Tejeda de Tamez (1922–2015, Mexico), fiction wr., poet & pw.
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Leilani Tamu (living, New Zealand), poet & politician
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Yumi Tamura (ç”°æ‘由美, living, Japan), manga creator & nv.
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Wassyla Tamzali (b. 1941, Algeria), wr., feminist & politician
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Amy Tan (b. 1952, United States), nv.
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Yellow Tanabe (田辺イエãƒã‚¦, b. 1990s, Japan), manga creator
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Meca Tanaka (ç”°ä¸ãƒ¡ã‚«, b. 1976), manga wr.
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Mitsu Tanaka (ç”°ä¸ç¾Žæ´¥, b. 1945), feminist wr.
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Shelley Tanaka (living, Canada/Newfoundland), non-f. ch. wr.
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Suna Tanaltay (1933–2021, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet & wr.
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Shweta Taneja (living, India), fiction wr.
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Arina Tanemura (種æ‘有èœ, b. 1978, Japan), manga creator
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Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England), historian
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Lian Tanner (b. 1951, Australia), ch. wr.
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Goli Taraghi (b. 1939, Iran/Persia), fiction wr.
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Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968, Russia/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
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Sooni Taraporevala (b. 1957, India), screenwriter
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Violet Targuse (1884–1937, New Zealand), pw.
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Lisa Ysaye Tarleau (1885–1952, United States), fiction wr.
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Rosalia Tarnavska (1932–2020, Ukraine), poet
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Fanny Tarnow (1779–1862, Germany), journal & fiction wr.
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Judith Tarr (b. 1955, United States), wr.
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Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1912–1994, Philippines), linguist & poet
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SofÃa Tartilán (1829–1888, Spain), fiction wr., es, journalist, ed.
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Donna Tartt (b. 1963, United States), nv.
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Ana Tasić (b. 1978, Serbia), theater critic
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Afzal Tauseef (1936–2014, Pakistan), social wr. & col.
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Franziska Tausig (c. 1895–1989, Austria/Austria-Hungary/China), mem.
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Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893, Iran/Persia/Germany), nv.
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Malvina Tavares (1866–1939, Brazil), poet & anarchist
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Zora TavÄar (b. 1928, Yugoslavia/Italy), fiction wr., es. & poet in Slovenian
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YÅko Tawada (多和田葉å, b. 1960, Japan/Germany), poet & fiction wr.
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Raymonda Tawil (b. 1940, Palestine/Malta), mem.
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Alice Taylor (b. 1938, Ireland), mem. & ch. wr.
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Ann Taylor (1782–1866, England), poet & critic
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Anna Taylor (b. 1982, New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Cory Taylor (1955–2016, Australia), ch. wr. & mem.
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Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975, England), fiction wr.
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Glenda R. Taylor (b. 1955, United States), scholar & poet
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Grace Taylor (b. c. 1984, New Zealand), poet & academic
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Grace Oladunni Taylor (b. 1937, Nigeria), biochemist
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Jane Taylor (1783–1824, England), poet & nv.
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Jane Taylor (b. 1956, South Africa), political wr, nv. & librettist in English
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Kay Glasson Taylor (Daniel Hamline, 1893–1998, Australia), ch. wr.
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Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911, United States), poet, lyricist, textbook wr.
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Susie Taylor (1848–1912, United States), teacher & memoir wr.
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Teresia Teaiwa (1968–2017, Kiribati/United States), poet & academic
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Roma Tearne (b. 1954, Sri Lanka/England), nv. & artist
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Sara Teasdale (1884–1933, United States), poet
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Mrs. Bartle Teeling (1851–1906, United Kingdom), wr.
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Teffi (1872–1952, Ru/Soviet Union), poet, pw. & fiction wr.
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Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
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Nivaria Tejera (1929–2016, Cuba/France), nv.
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Sevim Tekeli (1924–2019, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), science historian
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Latife Tekin (b. 1957, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
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Sylviane Telchid (1941–2023, Guadeloupe), wr. & translator
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Telesilla (fl. 510 BC, Ancient Greece), poet in Greek
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Olena Teliha (1906–1942, Ru/Soviet Union), poet in Ukrainian
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Janne Teller (b. 1964, Denmark/United States), nv. & es. in English
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Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–1922, Brazil), fiction wr.
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Ece Temelkuran (b. 1973, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr. & poet
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Ana Tena (b. 1966, Spain), wr. in Aragonese
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Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749, France), nv. & salonnière
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Emma Tennant (1937–2017, England), nv.
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Kylie Tennant (1912–1988, Australia), nv., pw. & ch. wr.
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Margaret Tennant (living, New Zealand), historian
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Lourdes Teodoro (b. 1946, Brazil), poet & academic
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Lisa St Aubin de Terán (b. 1953, England), nv. & mem.
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Laura Terracina (1519 – c. 1577, Italy), poet
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Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954, United States), activist & col.
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Jasmina Tešanović (b. 1954, Serbia), es., fiction wr. & translator
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Josephine Tey (1896–1952, Scotland), mystery nv.
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Hilary Tham (1946–2005, Malaysia/United States), poet
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Najiya Thamir (1926–1988, Syria/Tunisia), fiction wr., es. & radio pw.
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Romila Thapar (b. 1931, India), historian
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Susie Tharu (b. 1943, India), writer & activist
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Celia Thaxter (1835–1894, United States), poet & story wr.
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Julia H. Thayer (1847-1944, United States), poet, hymnist, & educator
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Françoise Thébaud (born 1952, France), non-f. wr.
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Naseem Thebo (1948–2012, Pakistan), fiction wr. & educator
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Marcia Theophilo (b. 1941, Brazil), poet
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Rama Thiaw (b. 1978, Senegal), screenwriter
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Renata Thiele (living, Poland/Germany), fiction writer
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Marianne Thieme (b. 1972, Netherlands), wr. & politician
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Madeleine Thien (b. 1974, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Angela Thirkell (
Leslie Parker, 1890–1961), nv.
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Adrienne Thomas (1897–1980, Germany/Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv.
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Audrey Thomas (b. 1935, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr.
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Caitlin Thomas (1913–1994, Wales), mem.
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Chantal Thomas (b. 1945, France), wr. and historian
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Édith Thomas (1909–1970, France), nv. and historian
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Elean Thomas (1947–2004, Jamaica), poet, nv. & activist
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Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855, England), nv. & religious poet
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Gilles Thomas (1929–1985, France), science fiction wr.
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Gladys Thomas (1934–2022, South Africa), poet & pw.
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Isabel Thomas (living, England), ch. non-f. wr.
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Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968, Wales), wr. & nv.
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Margaret Thomas (1843–1929, Australia), travel wr., poet & artist
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Ngaire Thomas (1943–2012, New Zealand), autobiographer
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Rosemary Thomas (1901–1961, United States), poet.
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Stephanie Thomas (living, United States), author, public speaker, voice actor, professor
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Clara M. Thompson (1830s–unknown, United States), nv.
- Mrs.
E. H. Thompson (fl. 1870s–1900s, United States), wr.
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E. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944, United States), poet, pw, shot story wr.
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Jeanne I. Thompson (living, Bahamas), pw. & lawyer
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Judith Thompson (b. 1954, Canada/Newfoundland), pw.
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Kirsten Moana Thompson (b. 1964, New Zealand), film scholar
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MarÃa Luisa Artecona de Thompson (1919–2003, Paraguay), poet & pw.
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Mette Thomsen (b. 1970, Denmark), nv.
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Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir (b. 1970, Iceland), ch. wr.
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Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903, Denmark/Norway), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
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Samantha Thornhill (living, Trinidad), poet & critic
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Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir (b. 1989, Iceland), poet
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Margaret Farrand Thorp (1891–1970, United States), wr. & academic
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Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850–1938, United States), poet & wr.
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Kirsten Thorup (b. 1942, Denmark), poet & fiction wr.
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Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir (1845–1918, Iceland), fiction wr.
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Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010, Sweden), nv.
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ÓlÃna Þorvarðardóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), poet & social scientist
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Hester Thrale (Mrs Piozzi, 1741–1821, Wales/England), diarist & wr.
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MarÃa Lilja Þrastardóttir (b. 1986, Iceland), col. & activist
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Holly Throsby (b. 1978, Australia), nv.
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Ketty Thull (1905–1987, Luxembourg), cookery writer in German
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Katherine Cecil Thurston (1874–1911, Ireland), nv.
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Martha L. Poland Thurston (1849–1898, United States), social leader, philanthropist, & wr.
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Johanna Thydell (b. 1980, Sweden), nv.
Ti–Tz
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Tian Yuan (田原, b. 1985, China), nv. & songwriter
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MarÃa Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987, Argentina), nv. & poet
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Jindra Tichá (b. 1937, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/New Zealand), fiction wr. & academic
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Anna-Clara Tidholm (b. 1946, Sweden), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Tie Ning (éµå‡, b. 1957, China), fiction wr.
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Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841, Germany), Shakespeare translator
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Edith Tiempo (1919–2011, Philippines), poet & wr. in English
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Mary Tighe (1772–1810, Iran/Persia/England), poet
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Eeva Tikka (b. 1939, Finland), wr.
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Märta Tikkanen (b. 1935, Finland), wr. in Swedish
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Stella Tillyard (b. 1957, England/United States), history wr. & academic
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Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915, United States), educator, activist, journalist, poet, lyricist
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Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786, Netherlands), poet & scientist
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Timrava (1867–1951, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr. & pw. in Slovak
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Lillian Tindyebwa (living, Uganda), wr.
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Annette Tison (b. 1942, France), wr. and architect
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Kata Tisza (b. 1980, Russia/Hungary), nv. in Hungarian
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Liudmila Titova (fl. 1940s, Ukraine), poet
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Manjit Tiwana (b. 1947, India), poet
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Maya Tiwari (b. 1952, Guyana/United States), social & religious writer
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Totilawati Tjitrawasita (1945–1982, Indonesia), fiction wr.
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Nino Tkeshelashvili (1874–1956, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), ch. wr. & suffragist
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Miriam Tlali (1933–2017), South Africa), nv. in English
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Fatima Tlisova (b. 1966, Soviet Union/Russia), political wr.
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Keiko Tobe (戸部ã‘ã„ã“, 1957–2010, Japan), manga creator
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Lily Tobias (1887–1984, Wales), nv., pw. & activist
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Yana Toboso (枢やãª, b. 1984, Japan), manga creator
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Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904, United States), wr.
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Ruth D. Todd (1878–?, United States), fiction wr.
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Miriam Toews (b. 1964, Canada/Newfoundland), nv.
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Ekaterine Togonidze (b. 1981, Georgia (Caucasus)), nv. & activist
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Laura Tohe (b. 1952, United States), wr.
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Marianne du Toit (b. 1970, South Africa), prose wr. in English
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Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962, Poland), wr. & poet; 2018 Nobel prizewinner
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Viktoriya Tokareva (b. 1937, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction & screenwriter
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Hari Tokeino (時計野ã¯, b. 1979, Japan), manga creator
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Arzu Toker (b. 1952, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), political wr. in German
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Aida Toledo (b. 1952, Guatemala), poet & fiction wr.
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Natalia Toledo (b. 1968, Mexico), poet in Spanish & Zapotec
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Natalia Tolstaya (1943–2010, Soviet Union/Russia), fiction wr.
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Sophia Tolstaya (1844–1919, Russia), diarist
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Tatyana Tolstaya (b. 1951, Soviet Union/Russia), wr. & TV presenter
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Velta Toma (1912–1999, Latvia/Canada/Newfoundland), poet
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Consuelo Tomás (b. 1957, Panama), pw., poet & nv.
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Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003, Australia), songwriter, nv. & poet
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Taeko Tomioka (1935–2023, Japan), nv. & poet
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Angharad Tomos (b. 1958, Wales), wr. & activist
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Canan Topçu (b. 1965, Turkey/Ottoman Empire/Germany), academic
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Angela Topping (b. 1954, England), poet, critic & wr.
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Elena Topuridze (1922–2004, Soviet Union/Georgia (Caucasus)), philosopher & non-f. wr.
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Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
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Cécile Tormay (1876–1937, Hungary), wr. & activist
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Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482, Italy), poet
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Rita Tornborg (b. 1926, South Africa/Sweden), fiction wr.
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Ana Rosa Tornero (1907–1984, Bolivia), wr. & reformer
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Malú Huacuja del Toro (b. 1961, Mexico), nv., pw. & screenwriter
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Anabel Torres (b. 1948, Comoros), poet
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Elena Torres (1893–1970, Mexico), political wr. & educator
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Raymunda Torres y Quiroga (?–?, Argentina), wr. & activist
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Wal Torres (b. 1950, Brazil), sexologist
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Gabriela Torres Olivares (b. 1982, Mexico), fiction
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Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (b. 1951, Philippines), poet, fiction wr. & es.
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Maria Antonietta Torriani (1840–1920, Italy), fiction & etiquette wr.
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Alcira Cardona Torrico (1926-2003, Bolivia), writer and poet
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Susana Richa de Torrijos (b. 1924, Panama), es. & educator
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Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427–1482, Italy), poet, pw. & politician
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Nicole Tourneur (1950–2011, France), nv.
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Jessica Townsend (b. 1985, Australia), ch. wr.
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Ema TÅyama (é å±±ãˆã¾, b. 1981, Japan), manga creator
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Marta Traba (1923–1983, Argentina), art critic & nv.
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Bahaa Trabelsi (b. 1966, Morocco), nv. in French
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Mona Innis Tracy (1892–1959, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
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Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899, England/Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & naturalist
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Barbara Trapido (b. 1941, South Africa/England), nv.
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Maria von Trapp (1905–1987, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), wr.
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Clara Augusta Jones Trask (1839–1905, United States), wr.
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P. L. Travers (1889–1996, Australia/England), ch. wr.
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Carmen Clemente Travieso (1900–1983, Venezuela), biographer & col.
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Maria Treben (1907–1991, Austria/Austria-Hungary), herbalist
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Catherine Tregenna (living, Wales), pw. & scriptwriter
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Melesina Trench (1768–1827, Ireland), wr, poet & diarist
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Ulla Trenter (1936–2019, Sweden), wr.
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Natasha Trethewey (b. 1966, United States), poet
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Jill Trevelyan (b. 1963, New Zealand), art scholar
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Rachel Trezise (b. 1978, Wales), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Soti Triantafyllou (b. 1957, Greece), nv. & col.
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Adriana Trigiani (living, Italy/United States), wr. & filmmaker
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Barbara Margaret Trimble (Margaret Blake, B. M. Gill, 1921–1995, Wales), thriller wr.
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Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810, England), ch. wr. & critic
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S. K. Trimurti (1912–2008, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia), writer & teacher
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Grace Hyde Trine (1874–1972, United States), pw.
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Nadine Trintignant (b. 1934, France), screenwriter & nv.
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Elsa Triolet (1896–1970, Russia/France), correspondent & nv. in Russian and French
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Geeta Tripathee (b. 1972, Nepal), poet, literary critic & wr.
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Flora Tristan (1803–1844, France), wr., feminist & activist
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Licia Troisi (b. 1980, Italy), fiction wr.
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Frances Trollope (1779–1863, England), nv. & travel wr.
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Joanna Trollope (b. 1943, England), nv.
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Catherine Trotter (1679–1749, Scotland/England), nv., pw. & philosopher
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Trotula (11th–12th century, Spain), wr. on medicine in Latin
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Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011, Sweden), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Jean Trounstine (b. 1946, United States), activist, wr. & academic
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Una Troy (1910–1993, Ireland), nv. & pw.
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Jagoda Truhelka (1864–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia), wr. & educator
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Meta Truscott (1917–2014, Australia), diarist & historian
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Sojourner Truth (1797–1883, United States), feminist
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Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021, Ireland), scholar & poet in Irish
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Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890, Denmark), mem. & painter
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To-wen Tseng (曾多èž, living, China/United States), wr., col. & ch. wr.
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Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (b. 1988, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
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Mariam Tsiklauri (b. 1960, Soviet Union/Georgia (Caucasus)), poet & ch. wr.
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Masami Tsuda (津田雅美, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
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Mikiyo Tsuda (ã¤ã ã¿ãよ, living, Japan), manga creator
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Kikuko Tsumura (æ´¥æ‘記久å, b. 1978, Japan), fiction wr.
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YÅ«ko Tsuno (津野 裕å, b. 1966, Japan), comics wr.
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YÅ«ko Tsushima (津島佑å, 1947–2016, Japan), fiction wr., es. & critic
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Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941, Soviet Union), poet
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Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1988, United States), wr. & historian
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Lily Tuck (b. 1938, United States), fiction wr.
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Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837–1902, United States), poet
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KateÅ™ina TuÄková (b. 1980, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv.
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Elizabeth Tudor (Lady Hasanova, b. 1978, Azerbaijan), nv.
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Nadia Tueni (1935–1983, Lebanon), poet in French
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Magdalena Tulli (b. 1955, Poland), nv.
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Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli (1849–1932, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), wr., educator & feminist
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Ayfer Tunç (b. 1964, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction wr. & researcher
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Leelo Tungal (b. 1947, Estonia), poet, librettist & ch. wr.
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Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, Iran/Persia/England), poet & ch. wr.
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Fadwa Tuqan (1917–2003, Palestine), poet
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Evgenia Tur (1815–1892, Ru), nv. & critic
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Nika Turbina (1974–2002, Ukraine), poet
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Roxane Turcotte (born 1952, Canada), ch. wr.
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Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909, Peru), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Ethel Turner (1872–1958, Australia), ch. wr.
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Jann Turner (b. 1964, South Africa), nv. & screenwriter in English
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Lilian Turner (1867–1956, Australia), ch. nv.
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Megan Whalen Turner (b. 1965, United States), fantasy wr.
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Telcine Turner-Rolle (1944–2012, Bahamas), pw., poet & educator
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Josipina Turnograjska (1833–1854, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet & fiction wr. in Slovenian
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Helene Tursten (b. 1954, Sweden), fiction wr.
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Agata Tuszynska (b. 1957, Poland), wr., poet & col.
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Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916, United States), wr. & poet
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Flora May Woodard Tuttle (1868–1931, United States), wr. & col.
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Diana Tutton (1915–1991, England), nv.
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Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925–2011, Philippines), fiction wr. & es.
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Violet Tweedale (1862–1936, Scotland), wr. & poet
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Chase Twichell (b. 1950, United States), poet & professor
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Lizzie Twigg (c. 1882–1933, Ireland), poet
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Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839–1920, United States), poet
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Hilda Twongyeirwe (living, Uganda), wr. & editor
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Anne Tyler (b. 1941, United States), fiction wr. & critic
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Katharine Tynan (1859–1931, Ireland), nv. & poet
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Aale Tynni (1913–1997, Soviet Union/Finland), poet
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Vasia Tzanakari (b. 1980, Greece), fiction writer
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Rosana Ubanell (b. 1958, Spain), nv.
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Bahriye Üçok (1919–1990, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), academic & activist
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Ada Udechukwu (b. 1960, Nigeria), poet & artist
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Miwa Ueda (上田美和, living, Japan), manga creator
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Toshiko Ueda (上田トシコ, 1917–2008, Japan), manga creator
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Kimiko Uehara (上原ãã¿å, b. 1946, Japan), manga creator
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Brenda Ueland (1891–1985 United States/Norway), wr. & teacher
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Zoila Ugarte de LandÃvar (1864–1969, Ecuador), editor & suffragist
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Jenny Uglow (b. 1940s, England), biographer
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Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023, Yugoslavia/Netherlands), fiction wr. in Croat
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Hebe Uhart (1936–2018, Argentina), fiction wr.
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Uhwudong (ì–´ìš°ë™, c. 1440–1480, Korea), wr. & poet
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Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913, Ukraine), poet
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Adaora Lily Ulasi (b. 1932, Nigeria), nv. & col.
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Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698, Denmark), prison autobiographer
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Anya Ulinich (b. 1973, Russia/United States), fiction wr.
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Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943, Russia), fiction wr.
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Linn Ullmann (b. 1966, Norway), nv. & critic
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Regina Ullmann (1884–1961, Switzerland), poet in German
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Rosina Umelo (b. 1930, Nigeria), fiction & ch. wr.
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Chica Umino (羽海野ãƒã‚«, living, Japan), manga creator
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Luz MarÃa Umpierre (b. 1947, Puerto Rico), poet, critic & activist
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Lily Unden (1908–1989, Luxembourg), poet, painter & concentration camp survivor
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Marie Under (1883–1980, Estonia), poet
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Terry Underwood (b. 1944, Australia), wr.
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Sigrid Undset (1882–1949, Norway), nv.; 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Chika Unigwe (b. 1974, Nigeria), fiction wr.
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Jane Unrue (living, United States), wr. & educator
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Makerita Urale (fl. 1990s, New Zealand), pw. & film director
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Azucena Grajo Uranza (1929–2012, Philippines), fiction wr. & pw.
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Ellen Urbani (b. 1968, United States), wr.
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Joan Ure (1918–1978, Scotland), poet & pw.
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Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900–1988, Colombia), suffragist
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Jane Urquhart (b. 1949, Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & poet
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Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948, Australia), nv. & col.
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Julia Urquidi (1926–2010, Bolivia), mem.
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Lourdes Urrea (b. 1954, Mexico), poet, fiction & YA wr.
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Arantxa Urretabizkaia (b. 1947, Spain), nv., screenwriter & poet in Basque
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Matilde Urrutia (1912–1985, Chile), mem.
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Mari Jose Urruzola (1940–2006, Spain), non-f. wr.
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Yuki Urushibara (漆原å‹ç´€, b. 1974, Japan), manga creator
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Shereen Usdin (b. 1962, South Africa), non-f. wr. in English
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Carmina Useros (1928–2017, Spain), wr. & artist
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O. V. Usha (b. 1948, India), poet & fiction wr.
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Ayu Utami (b. 1968, Indonesia), fiction wr.
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Kaari Utrio (b. 1942, Finland), nv.
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Sarah Elizabeth Utterson (1781–1851), gothic short story wr.
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Arja Uusitalo (b. 1951, Finland), poet & col.
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Bea Uusma (b. 1966, Sweden), ch. & non-f. wr.
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Uvavnuk (fl. early 20th century, Canada/Newfoundland), Inuit poet
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Pauline Uwakweh (living, Nigeria), ch. & feminist wr.
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Mellie Uyldert (1908–2009, Netherlands), astrologer & wr.
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Buket Uzuner (b. 1955, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), fiction & travel wr.
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Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947, Romania), poet, nv. & mem.
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Urvashi Vaid (1958–2022, India/United States), socio-political wr.
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Vaidehi (b. 1945, India), fiction wr., es. & pw.
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Aparna Vaidik (living, India), historian & educator
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Kaajal Oza Vaidya (b. 1966, India), fiction & screenwriter
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Gertrude Vaile (1878–1954, US), non-f. wr.
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Celestine Vaite (b. 1966, Tt), nv.
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Matrena Vakhrusheva (1918–2000, Soviet Union/Russia), Mansi poet & storyteller
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Katri Vala (1901–1944, Finland), poet
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Lobat Vala (b. 1930, Ireland), poet & activist
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Aline Valangin (1889–1986, Switzerland), fiction wr. in German
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IndrÄ— ValantinaitÄ— (b. 1984, Lithuania), poet
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Gisela Valcárcel (b. 1963, Peru), autobiographer
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Olvido GarcÃa Valdés (b. 1950, Spain), poet & es.
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Zoé Valdés (b. 1959, Cuba), nv. & poet
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (b. 1968, United States), nv. & screenwriter
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Mercedes Valdivieso (1924–1993, Chile), nv.
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Patrizia Valduga (b. 1953, Italy), poet
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Aline Valek (b. 1986, Brazil), wr., nv. & illustrator
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Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004, Austria/Austria-Hungary), nv., poet & ch. wr.
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Elcina Valencia (b. 1963, Colombia), poet & teacher
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Luize Valente (b. 1966, Brazil), nv. & filmmaker
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Elvira Farreras i Valentà (1913–2005, Spain), wr.
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Jean Valentine (1934–2020, United States), poet
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Jenny Valentine (b. 1970, Wales), ch. wr.
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Luisa Valenzuela (b. 1938, Argentina), fiction wr.
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Valérie Valère (1961–1981, France), autobiographer
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Leda Valladares (1919–2012, Argentina), poet & folklorist
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Estrella del Valle (b. 1971, Mexico), poet
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Virginia Vallejo (b. 1949, Comoros/United States), wr. & refugee
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Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016, Sweden), religious wr. & es.
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Elise Valmorbida (b. 1961, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
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P. Valsala (b. 1938, India), fiction wr. & activist
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Maria Valtorta (1897–1961, Italy), poet & religious wr.
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Jennifer Vanasco (b. 1971, United States), col.
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Jane Vandenburgh (b. 1948, United States), nv., mem. & non-f. wr.
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Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842–1893, United States), poet & hymn wr.
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Blanca Varela (1926–2009, Peru), poet
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Fred Vargas (b. 1957, France), historian & nv.
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Virginia Vargas (b. 1945, Peru), sociologist
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Galina Varlamova (1951–2019, Russia), Evenk philologist
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Mahadevi Varma (1907–1987, India), poet & educator
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Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833, Germany), es. & correspondent
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Marja-Liisa Vartio (1924–1966, Finland), poet & fiction wr.
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M. Vasalis (1909–1998, Netherlands), poet & psychiatrist
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Vibeke Vasbo (b. 1944, Denmark), wr. & activist
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Ana Vásquez-Bronfman (1931–2009, Chile/France), nv. & sociologist
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Elizabeth Vassilieff (1917–2007, Australia), wr. & critic
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Marie Vassiltchikov (1917–1978, Russia/Germany), diarist
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Ruth Vassos (1890s–1965), editor & non-f. wr.
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Ganga Bharani Vasudevan (living, India), fiction wr.
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Kapila Vatsyayan (1928–2020, India), arts wr.
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Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985, Wales), fiction wr.
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Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), screenwriter & nv.
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Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – post-1570, Portugal), humanist & poet
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Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003, India/United States), poet & educator
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Mâliâraq Vebæk (1917–2012, Gd), ethnographer & nv.
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Tatiana Vedenska (b. 1976, Soviet Union/Russia), nv.
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Cornelia van der Veer (1609–1674, Netherlands), poet
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Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006, Ecuador), poet & wr.
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Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010, United States), poet
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Luz Méndez de la Vega (1919–2012, Guatemala), wr., poet and actor
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Saša Vegri (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet & ch. wr.
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Amélia Veiga (b. 1932, Portugal/Angola), poet
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Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857, Ecuador), poet
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Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–2007, Ecuador), wr. & politician
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Helen Velando (b. 1961), ch. & YA wr.
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Jacoba van Velde (1903–1985, Netherlands), nv. & pw.
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Teresa Román Vélez (1925–2021, Comoros), wr. & chef
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Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014, Serbia), nv. & chronicler
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Socorro Venegas (b. 1972, Mexico), fiction wr.
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Aurora Venturini (1922–2015, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es.
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Yvonne Vera (1964–2005, Zimbabwe), fiction wr.
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Grazia Verasani (b. 1964, Italy), nv., pw. & songwriter
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Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928, Russia/Soviet Union), nv. & pw.
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Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999, Ecuador), wr., poet & activist
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Sonia Romo Verdesoto (living, Ecuador), poet
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Patricia Verdugo (1947–2008, Chile), wr. & activist
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Caroline Vermalle (b. 1973, France), nv.
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Seda Vermisheva (1932–2020, Soviet Union/Russia), poet, economist & activist
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MarÃa Sáez de Vernet (1800–1858), chronicler of Argentine Falkland settlers
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Barbara Vernon (1916–1978, Australia), pw. & scriptwriter
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Angela Veronese (1778–1847, Italy), poet
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Moira Verschoyle (1903–1985, Iran/Persia/England), nv. & pw.
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Octavia Walton Le Vert (1811–1877, United States), wr.
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Sonja Veselinović (b. 1981, Serbia), wr.
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Lidia Veselitskaya (1857–1936, Russia/Soviet Union), nv. & mem.
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Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002, Romania/Switzerland), nv. & circus performer
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Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974, Netherlands/Belgium), nv. in Dutch
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Noelle Vial (1959–2003, Ireland), poet
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Luz de Viana (1900–1995, Chile), wr. & painter
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Josefina Vicens (1911–1988, Mexico), nv. & screenwriter
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Ana Vicente (1943–2015, Portugal), social wr.
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Pilar de Vicente-Gella (1942–2016, Spain), wr.
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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697–1780, France), correspondent
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Patrizia Vicinelli (1943–1991, Italy), poet & col.
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Chiqui Vicioso (b. 1948, Dominican Republic), poet, wr.
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Soledad Fariña Vicuña (b. 1943, Chile), poet
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Mary Therese Vidal (1815–1873, Australia), nv.
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Maja Vidmar (b. 1961, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
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Clara Viebig (1862–1952, Germany), nv. & pw.
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Alice Vieira (b. 1943, Portugal), ch. wr.
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Marie Vieux-Chauvet (1916–1973, Haiti), nv., poet & pw.
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Delphine de Vigan (b. 1966, France), nv.
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Frida Vigdorova (1915–1965, Soviet Union/Russia), col. & nv.
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Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998, Australia), poet & prose wr.
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Elo Viiding (b. 1974, Estonia), poet
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Vijayalakshmi (b. 1960, India), poet
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Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga (b. 1937, Latvia), non-f. wr. & politician
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Božena Viková-Kunětická (1862–1934, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. & politician
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Monica Vikström-Jokela (b. 1960, Finland), scriptwriter & wr. in Swedish
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Maruxa Vilalta (1932–2014, Spain/Mexico), pw.
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Esther Vilar (b. 1935, Argentina), non-f. wr. & pw. in German
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Idea Vilariño (1920–2009, Uruguay), poet, es. & critic
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Iryna Vilde (1907–1982, Australia/Ukraine), fiction wr.
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Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir (b. 1958, Iceland), wr., poet & pw.
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Lettie Viljoen (b. 1948, South Africa), wr. in Afrikaans
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Muriel Villanueva i Perarnau (b. 1976, Spain), nv. ch. wr. & poet
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Andrea Villarreal (1881–1963, Mexico),
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Clara Villarosa (b. 1930, United States), wr.
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Marie-Catherine de Villedieu (1640–1683, France), pw. & fiction wr.
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Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685–1755, France), fiction wr.
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Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (b. 1966, South Africa), poet
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Hermine Villinger (1849–1917, Germany), nv. & short-story wr.
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Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902–1969, France), nv., poet & col.
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Elsa G. Vilmundardóttir (1932–2008, Iceland), geologist
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Carmen Villoro (b. 1958, Mexico), psychologist, poet & ch. wr.
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Nada Vilotijević (b. 1953, Serbia), wr. & professor
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Isabella Vincentini (b. 1954, Italy), poet, es. & critic
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Simona Vinci (b. 1970, Italy), nv. & ch. wr.
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Paulina Vinderman (b. 1944, Argentina), poet & translator
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Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992), ch. wr.
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Pinki Virani (b. 1959, India), wr. & activist
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Elene Virsaladze (1911–1977, Georgia (Caucasus)/Soviet Union), folklorist
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Anna Visscher (1583–1651, Netherlands), poet & artist
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Jenny Visser-Hooft (1888–1939, Netherlands), travel wr.
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Ida Vitale (b. 1923, Uruguay), art wr.
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Eugenia Viteri (1928–2023, Ecuador), nv. & anthologist
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DrÃfa Viðar (1920–1971, Iceland), wr. & artist
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Susan Visvanathan (b. 1957, India), social anthropologist & fiction wr.
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Annie Vivanti (1866–1942, England/Italy), poet & nv. in English & Italian
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Renée Vivien (1877–1909, England/France), poet
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MarÃa Argelia VizcaÃno (b. 1955, Cuba), col. & screenwriter
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Helen Vlachos (1911–1995, Gk), autobiographer & col.
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Simone van der Vlugt (b. 1966, Netherlands), adult & YA fiction wr.
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Angela Vode (1892–1985, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), feminist, concentration camp survivor & autobiographer
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Michelle Vogel (b. 1972, Australia), film historian, wr. & editor
- Clara Voghan (b. 1957, Argentina), romance wr.
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Ellen Bryant Voigt (b. 1943, United States), poet & es.
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Helene Voigt-Diederichs (1875–1961, Germany), fiction & travel wr.
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Marija VojskoviÄ (1915–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), fiction wr.
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Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862, Russia), poet, fiction wr. & pw.
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Hava Volovich (1916–2000, Soviet Union/Russia), mem., actor & Gulag survivor
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Élisabeth Vonarburg (b. 1947, France), science fiction wr.
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Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810, Russia), mem.
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Ornela Vorpsi (b. 1968, Albania/France), wr. & photographer
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Ida Vos (1921–2006, Netherlands), mem. & Hc. survivor
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Erika Vouk (b. 1941, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet
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Vira Vovk (1926–2022, Ukraine/Brazil), poet, nv. & pw.
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Marko Vovchok (1833–1907, Russia), nv. & translator
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Julia Voznesenskaya (1940–2015, Soviet Union/Russia), wr.
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Ethel Voynich (1864–1960, Iran/Persia/England), nv. & musician
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Susanna de Vries (b. 1936, Australia), biographer
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Jurgen Vsych (b. 1966, United States), director & screenwriter
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Beb Vuyk (1905–1991, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands), non-f. wr.
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Divna M. Vuksanović (b. 1965, Serbia), non-f. wr. & philosopher
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Kerttu Vuolab (b. 1951), wr. in Sámi & illustrator
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Anna Vyrubova (1884–1964, Russia/Finland), princess & mem.
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Marita van der Vyver (b. 1958, South Africa/France), es. & fiction wr. in Afrikaans
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Mira W (b. 1951, Indonesia), fiction wr.
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Kit de Waal (b. 1960, England/Ireland), nv.
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Elly de Waard (b. 1940, Netherlands), poet & critic
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Charity Waciuma (b. 1936, Kenya), nv. & YA wr.
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Natto Wada (和田å¤å, 1920–1983, Japan), scriptwriter & col.
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Helen Waddell (1889–1965, Ireland/England), poet & academic
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Elizabeth Wagele (1939–2017, United States), wr. & cartoonist
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Nora Wagener (b. 1989, Luxembourg), fiction & ch. wr. & pw. in German
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Elin Wägner (1882–1949, Sweden), fiction & non-f. wr. & biographer
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Alena Wagnerová (b. 1936, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), wr. in Czech & German
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Magdalena Wagnerová (b. 1960, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), ch. & screenplay wr.
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Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002, India), poet
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Bronisława Wajs (1908–1987, Poland), poet & singer
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Joanna Wajs (b. 1979, Poland), poet & prose wr.
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Paula Wajsman (1939–1995, Argentina), poet & psychologist
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Chisako Wakatake (若竹åƒä½å, b. 1954, Japan), fiction wr.
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Vikki Wakefield (b. 1970, Australia), YA wr.
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Diane Wakoski (b. 1937, United States), poet
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Kate Walbert (b. 1961, United States), fiction wr.
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Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (b. 1964, Trinidad), wr. & academic
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Anne Waldman (b. 1945, United States), poet
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Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843–1909, United States), wr., editor
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Rosmarie Waldrop (b. 1935, United States), poet & translator
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BrÃgida Walker (1863–1942, Chile), education wr.
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Alice Walker (b. 1944, United States), fiction wr. & poet
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Kath Walker (1920–1993, Australia), poet, fiction wr. & artist
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Lucy Walker (1907–1987, Australia), nv.
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Margaret Walker (1915–1998, United States), poet & nv.
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Mildred Walker (1905–1998, United States), nv.
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Rebecca Walker (b. 1968, United States), wr., feminist & activist
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Rosa Kershaw Walker (1840s–1909, United States), non-f. wr., editor, journalist
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Annie Russell Wall (1835–1920, United States), non-f. wr.
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Dorothy Wall (1894–1942, Australia), ch. wr. & illustrator
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Maureen Wall (1918–1972, Ireland), historian
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Doreen Wallace (1897–1989, England), nv.
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Louise Wallace (b. 1983, New Zealand), poet
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Michele Wallace (b. 1952, United States), feminist wr. & critic
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Effie Waller Smith (1879–1960, United States), poet
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Jeannette Walls (b. 1960, United States), wr. & col.
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Anne Walmsley (b. 1931, England), scholar, critic & wr.
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Carla Walschap (b. 1932, Belgium), wr. in Flemish
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Catherine Walsh (b. 1964, Ireland), poet
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Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020, England), nv. & ch. wr.
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MarÃa Elena Walsh (1930–2011, Argentina), poet, nv. & pw.
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Dolores Walshe (b. 1949, Ireland), fiction wr. & pw.
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Elizabeth Hely Walshe (1835–1869, Ireland), ch. wr. & historian
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Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947, United States), poet
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Silja Walter (1919–2011, Switzerland), poet & religious wr. in German
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Lettice D'Oyly Walters (1880–1940), poet and editor
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Vanessa Walters (b. 1978, England), nv. & pw.
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Amy Catherine Walton (1849–1939, England), ch. wr.
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Jo Walton (b. 1964, Wales), fantasy & science fiction wr.
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Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983, Argentina), non-f. wr. in English
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Ania Walwicz (1951–2020, Australia), poet
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Zuhur Wanasi (b. 1936, Algeria), fiction wr. & politician
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Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉兒, c. 664–710, China), poet & prose wr.
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Lulu Wang (王露露, b. 1960, China/Netherlands), nv. in Dutch
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Ayeta Anne Wangusa (b. 1971, Uganda), wr. & activist
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Zukiswa Wanner (b. 1976, South Africa/Kenya), col. & nv.
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Lise Warburg (b. 1932, Denmark), tapestry wr. & weaver
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Harriet Ward (1808–1873, England), non-f. & fiction wr. in English
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Jesmyn Ward (b. 1977, United States), nv. & academic
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Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward, 1851–1920, England), nv.
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Sarah Ward (living, England), nv. & critic
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Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824, United States), poet
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Marie Warder (1927–2014, South Africa/Canada/Newfoundland), nv. & medical wr.
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Mary Ware (writer) (1828–1915, United States), poet, wr.
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Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, Wales), poet & hymnist
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Marilyn Waring (b. 1952, New Zealand), economist & politician
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Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1978, United States), ch. wr.
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Marion E. Warner (1839–1918, United States), poet, ss. wr.
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Sally Warner (living, United States), children & young adult fiction wr.
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Susan Warner (1819–1885, United States), ch. wr. & songwriter
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Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978, England), poet & nv.
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Maureen Warner-Lewis (b. 1943, Trinidad/Nigeria), wr. on linguistics
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Myriam Warner-Vieyra (1939–2017, Guadeloupe/Senegal), poet & nv.
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Blanche Warre-Cornish (1848–1922, England), nv., biographer & conversationalist
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Crystal Warren (living, South Africa), poet in English
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Dianne Warren (b. 1950, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr. & pw.
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Patricia Nell Warren (pen name Patricia Kilina, 1936–2019, United States), nv., poet & journalist
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Chloé Wary (b. 1995, France), comics. wr.
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Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006, United States), pw.
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Masako Watanabe (ã‚ãŸãªã¹ã¾ã•ã“, b. 1929, Japan), manga creator
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Taeko Watanabe (渡辺多æµå, b. 1960, Japan), manga creator
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Yuu Watase (æ¸¡ç€¬æ‚ å®‡, b. 1970, Japan), manga creator
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Risa Wataya (綿矢りã•, b. 1984, Japan), nv.
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Sarah Waters (b. 1966, Wales), nv.
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Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966, Wales), ch. wr.
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Jean Watson (1933–2014, New Zealand), nv. & humanitarian
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Joy Watson (1938–2021, New Zealand), ch. wr.
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Mary Watson (b. 1975, South Africa/Ireland), fiction wr.
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Fiona Watt (living, England), ch. wr.
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Monique Watteau (b. 1929, Belgium), fiction wr. in French
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Margaret Way (living, Australia), nv.
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Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (1918–2018, Soviet Union/United States), fiction & YA wr.
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Maria Webb (1804–1873, Ireland), religious wr. & Quaker historian
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Catherine Webb (b. 1986, England), nv.
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Mary Webb (1881–1927, England), nv.;
Precious Bane
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Delia Weber (1900–1982, Dominica), wr. & rights advocate
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Elizabeth Weber (b. 1923, no information after 1960s, South Africa), nv. & ch. wr. in Afrikaans
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Marianne Weber (1870–1954, Germany), sociologist & activist
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Augusta Webster (1837–1894, England), poet, pw. & es.
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Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980, Scotland/South Africa), novelist & poet
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Yvonne Weekes (b. 1958, England/Montserrat), pw. & poet
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Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg (1944–2000, Netherlands), Anc. historian
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Wei Hui (周衛慧, b. 1973), nv.
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Anna Weidenholzer (b. 1984, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. & col.
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Simone Weil (1909–1943, France), mystic & philosopher
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Hannah Weiner (1928–1997, United States), poet
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Liz Weir (b. 1950, Northern Ireland), ch. wr.
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Anna Elisabet Weirauch (1887–1970, Germany), nv. & lesbian wr.
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Ruth Weiss (1928–2020, Germany/United States), poet, pw. & performer
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Jane Meade Welch (1854–1931, United States), col. & lecturer
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Fay Weldon (1931–2023, England), wr., es. & pw.
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Dorothy Wellesley (1889–1956, England), poet
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Charlotte Fowler Wells (1814–1901, United States), phrenologist
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Ida B. Wells (1862–1931, United States), wr. & sociologist
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Martha Wells (b. 1964, United States), nv.
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Louise Welsh (b. 1965, England/Scotland), fiction wr.
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Eudora Welty (1909–2001, United States), fiction wr. & photographer
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Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986, United States), poet & educator
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Miriam Were (b. 1940, Kenya), public health wr. & academic
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Timberlake Wertenbaker (b. 1946, United States/England), pw. & screenwriter
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Sara Wesslin (b. 1991, Finland), wr. in Sámi
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Dorothy West (1907–1998, United States), fiction wr.
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Jane West (1758–1852, England), nv., poet & pw.
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Jessamyn West (1902–1984, United States), fiction wr.
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Joyce West (1908–1985, New Zealand), nv. & ch. wr.
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Rebecca West (1892–1983, England), nv. & travel wr.
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Anna Westberg (1946–2005, Sweden), nv. & non-f. wr.
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Helena Westermarck (1857–1938, Finland), nv., biographer & painter
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Elizabeth Jane Weston (1581/1582–1612, England/Bohemia), poet (in Latin)
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Amy Westervelt (b. 1978, United States), col. & wr.
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Elizabeth Wetmore (b. 1967/68, United States), fiction wr.
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Josefina Wettergrund (1830–1903, Sweden), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
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Lydia Wevers (1950–2021, New Zealand), wr. on literature
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Anne Wharton (1659–1685, England), poet
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Edith Wharton (1862–1937, United States), fiction wr.
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Leslie What (b. 1955, United States), fiction wr.
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Anne Wheathill (fl. 1584, England), poet & prayer wr.
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Nadia Wheatley (b. 1949, Australia), ch. nv. & wr.
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Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784, United States), poet
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Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852–1897, United States), poet, wr.
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Dorothy Whipple (1893–1966, England), nv.
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Evelyn Whitaker (1857–1903, England), nv.
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Agnes Romilly White (1872–1945, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), nv.
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Annabelle White (living, New Zealand), cookery wr.
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Antonia White (1899–1980, England), fiction wr.
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Dorothy White (c. 1630–1686, England), religious wr.
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Ellen G. White (1827–1915 United States), evangelist
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Emily White, (1839–1936, England/New Zealand), gardening wr.
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Ida L. White (fl. late 19th century, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), poet & feminist
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Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922, United States), wr., poet, editor
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Nettie L. White (c. 1850–1921, United States), stenographer, suffragist
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Stella Whitelaw (b. 1941) (UK), novelist, journalist
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Joan Whitrowe (
c. 1631–1707, England), religious wr., polemicist
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Lilian Whiting (1847–1942, United States), col. & wr.
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Margaret Whitlam (1919–2012, Australia), social wr. & autobiographer
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Myne Whitman (b. 1977, Nigeria), nv.
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Isabella Whitney (b. c. 1540–post-1624, England), poet
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Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008, United States), nv.
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Sarah J. C. Whittlesey (1824–1896), American nv, poet, hymn wr.
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Weam Namou (b. 1970), Iraqi-American
Wi–Wy
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Anne Wiazemsky (1947–2017, Germany/France), nv. and actor
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Nancy Wicker (living, United States), art historian
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Anna Wickham (1884–1947, England), poet
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Zoë Wicomb (b. 1948, South Africa/Scotland), fiction wr.
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Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978, United States), poet & nv.
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Ulrika Widström (1764–1841, Sweden), poet & translator
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Elisabeth of Wied (Carmen Sylva, 1843–1916, Romania), poet, pw. & Queen Consort
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Blanca Wiethüchter (1947–2004, Bolivia), wr. & historian
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Elsa Wiezell (1926–2014, Paraguay), poet & painter
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Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923, United States), educator & ch. wr.
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Marianne Wiggins (b. 1947, United States), nv.
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Susan Wiggs (b. 1958, United States), nv.
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Emma Howard Wight (1863–1935, United States), wr., novelist, playwr.
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Rosemary Wighton (1925–1994, Australia), wr. & editor
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Dora Wilcox (1873–1953, Australia), poet & pw.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1918, United States), poet
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Margaret Wild (b. 1948, South Africa/Australia), ch. wr.
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Sarah Wild (living, South Africa), science wr. in English
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Jane Wilde (1821–1896, Ireland), poet
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Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980, United States), poet
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Cherry Wilder (1930–2002, New Zealand), science fiction wr.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957, United States), ch. wr.;
Little House on the Prairie
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Lynn Wilder (b. 1952, United States), wr.
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Ottilie Wildermuth (1817–1877, Germany), fiction & ch. wr.
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Faith Wilding (b. 1943, Paraguay/United States), wr. in English & artist
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Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018, United States), fiction wr.
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Kim Wilkins (b. 1966, Australia), fiction wr.
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Verna Wilkins (b. 1940s, Grenada/England), ch. wr.
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Christine Wilks (born 1960), British digital writer and artist
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Marian Wilkinson (b. 1954, Australia), wr. & col.
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Alice Willard (1860–1936, United States), nonf. wr.
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Louise Collier Willcox (1865–1929, United States), wr., editor
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Sandrine Willems (b. 1968, Belgium/France), wr. in French
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Anna Williams (1706–1783, Wales/England), poet & companion to
Samuel Johnson
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Cathy Williams (b. 1957, Trinidad/England), romance wr.
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Donna Williams (1963–2017, Australia), wr., musician & sculptor
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Eley Williams (living, England), wr.
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Faldela Williams (1952–2014, South Africa), cookery wr. in English
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Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827, England), nv. & poet
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Jane Williams (Ysgafell, 1806–1885, Wales), poet & es.
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Liz Williams (b. 1965, England), science fiction wr.
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Margery Williams (1881–1944, England/United States), ch. wr.
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Maria Jane Williams (c. 1795–1873, Wales), folklorist & musician
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Ruth C. Williams (1897–1962, Australia), ch. wr.
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Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1998, United States), poet & nv.
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Mabel Williamson (fl. mid-20th century, United States), missionary
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Connie Willis (b. 1945, United States), science fiction wr.
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Elizabeth Willis (b. 1961, United States), poet, critic & professor
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Dorrit Willumsen (b. 1940, Denmark), fiction wr.
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Katherine Wilmot (c. 1773–1824, Iran/Persia/England), diarist & travel wr.
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Amrit Wilson (b. 1941, India/England), wr., journalist & activist
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Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946, United States/Canada) non-f. wr., poet & ed.
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Cynthia Wilson (b. 1934, Barbados), fiction wr. & educator
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Ella B. Ensor Wilson (1838–1913, United States), social reformer & non-f. writer
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Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946, Iran/Persia/Northern Ireland), poet
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Harriett C. Wilson (1916–2002, England), sociologist
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Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900, United States), nv.
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Hazel Hutchins Wilson (1898–1992, United States), ch. wr.
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Helen Wilson (1869–1957, New Zealand), autobiographer & community leader
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Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908, United States), poet
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Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945, England), ch. wr.
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Margaret Wilson (living, Australia), TV wr.
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Margaret Wilson (1882–1973, United States), nv.
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Krysty Wilson-Cairns (b. 1987, Scotland), screenwriter
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Évelyne Wilwerth (b. 1947, Belgium), poet & fiction wr. in French
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Tara June Winch (b. 1983, Australia), fiction wr.
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Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992, England/Ireland), poet
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Laurie Winkless (living, Iran/Persia/England), science wr.
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Dallas Winmar (living, Australia), pw.
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Sarah Winnemucca (1841–1891, United States), lecturer & autobiographer
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Eliza Winstanley (
Ariele, 1818–1882, Australia), wr. & actor
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Kathleen Winter (b. 1960, Canada/Newfoundland), fiction wr., col. & screenwriter
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Jeanette Winterson (b. 1959, England), nv.
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Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904, United States), poet, wr.
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Joëlle Wintrebert (b. 1949, France), science fiction and ch. wr.
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Maria Wirtemberska (1768–1864, Poland/France), wr. & philanthropist
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Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717, England), poet & pw.
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Eleanor Witcombe (1923–2018, Australia), screenwriter
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Carolinda Witt (b. 1955, Kenya), wr. on yoga
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Monique Wittig (1935–2003, France), wr. & feminist
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Amy Witting (Joan Austral Fraser, 1918–2001, Australia), nv. & poet
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Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830, Netherlands), poet
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Gabriele Wohmann (1932–2015, Germany), fiction wr.
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Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002, Poland/United States), ch. & YA wr.
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Sabina Wolanski (1927–2011, Australia), autobiographer & Hc. survivor
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Gunilla Wolde (1939–2015, Sweden), ch. wr. & caricaturist
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Cendrine Wolf (b. 1969, France), ch. wr.
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Christa Wolf (1929–2011, Germany), nv., critic & es.
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Ema Wolf (b. 1948, Argentina), wr. & col.
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Emma Wolf (1865–1932, United States), nv.
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Leslie Wolfe (b. 1967, United States), nv.
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Martha Wolfenstein (1869–1906, United States), nv.
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Betje Wolff (1738–1804, Netherlands), nv.
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Maryse Wolinski (1943–2021, Algeria/France), nv. & screenwriter
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797, England), nv. & feminist
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Claire Wolniewicz (b. 1966, France), wr. & col.
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Caroline von Wolzogen (1763–1847, Germany), nv. & biographer
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Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936, England), garden wr.
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Buffalo Bird Woman (1839–1932, United States), wr.
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Alison Wong (b. 1960, New Zealand), poet & nv.
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Elizabeth Wong (黃錢其濂, b. 1937, China/New Zealand), fiction wr.
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Jade Snow Wong (1922–2006, United States), autobiographer & ceramicist
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Nellie Wong (b. 1934, Chile/United States), feminist poet
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Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood (1814–1887, England), nv.
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Gaby Wood (b. 1971, England), col. & critic
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Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006, Jamaica), poet
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Julia A. Wood (1840–1927, United States), non-f. wr., composer
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Molara Wood (b. 1967, Nigeria), wr. & critic
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Susan Wood (1836–1880, Australia/New Zealand), poet & es.
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Susan Wood (b. 1946, United States), poet
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Wendy Wood (1892–1981, England/Scotland), political wr. & artist
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Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (1930–2012, Tonga/Australia), historian
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Denyse Woods (b. 1958, Ireland), fiction wr.
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Jacqueline Woodson (b. 1963, United States), ch. & YA wr.
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Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840–1924, United States), non-f. wr.
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Virginia Woolf (1882–1941, England), fiction wr. & es.;
Mrs. Dalloway
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Angela Woollacott (b. 1955, Australia), historian
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Abba Goold Woolson (1838–1921, United States), wr.
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Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894, United States), fiction wr.
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Chun Woon-young (천운ì˜, b. 1971, Korea), wr.
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Sue Wootton (b. 1961, New Zealand), poet & fiction wr.
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Anne Eyre Worboys (1920–2007, New Zealand/England), nv.
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Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855, England), poet & diarist
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Pauline Worm (1825–1883, Denmark), wr., poet & feminist
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Elizabeth Strong Worthington (1851–1916, United States), wr.
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Isabella Letitia Woulfe (1817–1870, Ireland), nv.
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Liliane Wouters (1930–2016, Belgium), poet, pw. & es. in French
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Maria Carratalà i Van den Wouver (1899–1984, Spain), pw. in Catalan & musician
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Maev-Ann Wren (living, Ireland), economist & health wr.
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Alexis Wright (b. 1950, Australia), fiction & non-f. wr.
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C. D. Wright (1949–2016, United States), poet
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Judith Wright (1915–2000, Australia), poet & environmentalist
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June Wright (1919–2012, Australia), crime & non-f. wr.
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Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916, United States), fiction wr.
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Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010, Australia), ch. wr.
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Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1652, England), poet
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Wu Chuntao (b. 1963), wr. & journalist
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Wu Zao (å³è—», 1799–1862, China), poet
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Hella Wuolijoki (1886–1964, Estonia/Finland), prose wr. & politician
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Audrey Wurdemann (1911–1960, United States), poet
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Mathilde Wurm (1874–1935, Germany/England), politician & activist
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Marguerite Wyke (1908–1995, United States/Trinidad), teacher, poet, artist & politician
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Elinor Wylie (1885–1928, United States), poet & nv.
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Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1885–1959, Australia), nv.
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Frances Wynne (1863–1893, Ireland), poet
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Grace Wynne-Jones (living, Ireland), wr. & radio pw.
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Sylvia Wynter (b. 1928, Jamaica), nv., pw. & critic
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Makhosazana Xaba (b. 1957, South Africa), poet & fiction wr. in English
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Xi Xi (西西, 1937–2022, China), nv. & poet
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Xia Jia (王瑶, b. 1984, China), science fiction & fantasy wr.
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Xiao Hong (è•ç´…, 1911–1942, China), wr.
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Xie Daoyun (è¬é“韞, pre-340 – post-399, China), poet & scholar
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Xinran (薛欣然, b. 1958, Chile/England), wr. & col.
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Bing Xin (è¬å©‰ç‘©, 1900–1999, China), wr.
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Empress Xu (å¾çš‡åŽ, 1362–1407, China), bibliographer & empress consort
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Xu Hui (å¾æƒ , 627–650, China), poet
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Xu Kun (å¾å¤, b. 1965), fiction wr.
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Lady Xu Mu (許穆夫人, fl. 7th century BC, China), poet
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Xu Zihua (å¾è‡ªåŽ, 1873–1935, China), poet
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Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947–2018, Uz), poet
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Xue Susu (è–›ç´ ç´ , c. 1564 – c. 1650, China), poet
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Xue Tao (薛濤, 768–831, China), poet
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Rao Xueman (饒雪漫, b. 1972, China), fiction wr. & es.
Y
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Rama Yade (b. 1976, Senegal), non-f. wr. & politician
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Elham Yaghoubian (living, Iran/Persia), nv.
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Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954, Ukraine), poet
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Margarita Yakovleva (b. 1981, Ukraine), poet
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Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (b. 1959, Nigeria), nv.
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Nanpei Yamada (山田å—å¹³, b. 1972, Japan), manga creator
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Ryoko Yamagishi (山岸凉å, b. 1947, Japan), manga creator
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Yamakawa Kikue (å±±å·èŠæ „, 1890–1980, Japan), es. & activist
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Hisaye Yamamoto (1921–2011, United States), fiction wr.
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Mika Yamamoto (山本美香, 1967–2012, Japan), col.
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Karen Tei Yamashita (b. 1951, United States), nv., pw. & academic
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Kazumi Yamashita (山下和美, b. 1959, manga creator
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Yamato Hime no ÅŒkimi (å€å§«çŽ‹, fl. later 7th century, Japan), poet
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YÅ«ki Yamato (山戸çµå¸Œ, b. 1989, Japan), screenwriter
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Wakako Yamauchi (1924–2018, United States), wr.
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Mari Yamazaki (ヤマザã‚マリ, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
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Hanya Yanagihara (b. 1974, United States), nv. & travel wr.
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MarÃa Flora Yáñez (1898–1982, Chile), fiction wr.
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Yang Gui-ja (ì–‘ê·€ìž, b. 1955, Korea), nv.
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Tiphanie Yanique (b. 1978, United States), fiction wr., poet & es.
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Lyubov Yanovska (1861–1933, Russia/Ukraine), fiction wr. & pw.
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Yevheniya Yaroshynska (1868–1904, Austria/Austria-Hungary), fiction wr. in Ukrainian
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Laura Yasán (1960–2021, Argentina), poet
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Chista Yasrebi (b. 1968, Iran/Persia), wr., critic
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Rie Yasumi (ã‚„ã™ã¿ã‚Šãˆ, b. 1972, Japan), poet
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Paula Yates (1959–2000, England), non-f. wr.
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Ai Yazawa (矢沢ã‚ã„, b. 1967, Japan), manga creator
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Yana Yazova (1912–1974, Bulgaria), poet & nv.
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Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964, Ecuador), wr., poet & pw.
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Year 24 Group (24年組, early 1970s), manga creators
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Ann Yearsley (1753–1806, England), poet, nv. & pw.
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Sonja Yelich (b. 1965, Croatia/New Zealand), poet
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Barbara Yelin (b. 1977, Germany), cartoonist, nv.
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Yeo Ok (여옥, 1st millennium BC, Korea), poet
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Tatyana Yesenina (1918–1992, Russia), nv. & mem.
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Anna Yevreinova (1844–1919, Russia), feminist & correspondent
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Anzia Yezierska (1883–1970, Poland/United States), fiction wr.
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Yi Bingheogak (빙허ê°ì´ì”¨, fl. c. 1809, Korea), encyclopedist
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Yi Geun-hwa (ì´ê·¼í™”, b. 1976, Korea), poet & educator
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Yi Kyoung-ja (ì´ê²½ìž, b. 1948, Korea), fiction wr.
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Gullu Yologlu (b. 1963, Azerbaijan), non-f. wr. & ethnologist
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Mari Yonehara (米原万里, 1950–2006, Japan), fiction & non-f. wr. & es.
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Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901, England), nv.
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Yoo An-jin (ìœ ì•ˆì§„, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & educator
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Yosano Akiko (与è¬é‡Žæ™¶å, 1878–1942, Japan), poet
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Akimi Yoshida (å‰ç”°ç§‹ç”Ÿ, b. 1956, Japan), manga creator
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Tomoko Yoshida (å‰ç”°çŸ¥å, b. 1934, Manchuria/Japan), wr.
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Banana Yoshimoto (å‰æœ¬ã°ãªãª, b. 1964, Japan), nv.
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Nobuko Yoshiya (å‰å±‹ä¿¡å, 1896–1973, Japan), nv.
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Wataru Yoshizumi (å‰ä½æ¸‰, b. 1963, Japan), manga creator
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Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (1941–2022, Bulgaria), es. & poet
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Ella Young (1867–1956, Ireland), poet & mythologist
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Kerry Young (b. 1955, Jamaica/England), nv.
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Marguerite Young (1908–1995, United States), nv., poet & academic
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Yoo An-jin (ìœ ì•ˆì§„, b. 1941, Korea), poet, es. & professor
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Rose Maud Young (1866–1947, Ireland), scholar
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Kang Young-sook (ê°•ì˜ìˆ™, b. 1966, Korea), wr.
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Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987, Belgium/United States), nv. & es. in French
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Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997, Pakistan/England), mem. & politician
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Yovanna (b. 1940, Greece), poet, nv. & songwriter
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Yu Xuanji (éšçŽ„æ©Ÿ, 844–869 or 871, China), poet
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Yun I-hyeong (윤ì´í˜•, b. 1976, Korea), fiction wr.
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Yuasa Yoshiko (湯浅芳å, 1896–1990, Japan), linguist & translator
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Kaori Yuki (由貴香織里, living, Japan), manga creator
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Shigeko Yuki (由起ã—ã’å, 1900–1969, Japan), ch. wr.
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Sumomo Yumeka (夢花æŽ, living, Japan), manga creator
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Yun-I Hyeong (윤ì´í˜•, b. 1976, Korea), wr.
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Mallika Yunis (living, India), nv.
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Sim Yunkyung (심윤경, b. 1972, Korea), nv.
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Asako Yuzuki (柚木麻å, b. 1981, Japan), fiction wr.
Z
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Pilar Zabala Aguirre (b. 1951, Spain), non-f. wr.
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Oksana Zabuzhko (b. 1960, Ukraine), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
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Rachel Zadok (b. 1972, South Africa), nv. in English
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Zafer Hanım (fl. 1877, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), nv.
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Jessica Zafra (b. 1965, Philippines), es. & col.
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Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873–1957, Austria/Austria-Hungary), wr. in Croat
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Helen Zahavi (b. 1966, England), wr.
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Rosemarie Said Zahlan (1937–2006, Palestine/United States), wr. on Arab affairs
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Anna Zahorska (1882–1942, Poland), poet, nv., pw. and Hc. victim
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Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961, Poland), nv. & non-f. wr.
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Shama Zaidi (b. 1938, India), art critic & screenwriter
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Zahida Zaidi (1930–2011, India), poet, pw. & educator
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Zaitoon Bano (1938–2021, India/Pakistan), fiction wr.
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Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008 Soviet Union/Russia), poet & songwriter
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Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889, Poland), fiction wr. & es.
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MÄra ZÄlÄ«te (b. 1952, Latvia), poet
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Dina Zaman (1969, Malaysia), fiction & non-f. wr. & poet
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Esperanza Zambrano (1901–1992, Mexico), poet
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MarÃa Zambrano (1904–1991, Spain), es. & philosopher
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Daisy Zamora (b. 1950, Nicaragua), poet
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Fatma Zohra Zamoum (b. 1967, Algeria), wr., filmmaker & educator
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Adela Zamudio (1854–1928, Bolivia), poet, feminist & educator
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Giovanna Zangrandi (1910–1988, Italy), nv.
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Giselda Zani (1909–1975, Italy), poet, fiction wr. & critic
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Maya Zankoul (b. 1986, Saudi Arabia/Lebanon), nv. & cartoonist
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Léontine Zanta (1872–1942, France), nv. & philosopher
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Celia Correas de Zapata (1935–2022), poet & non-f. wr.
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Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921, Poland), nv., pw. & naturalist
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Ayşe Nur Zarakolu (1946–2002, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), political wr.
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Carol Zardetto (living, Guatemala), nv. & critic
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Sumaira Zareen (1944–1977, Pakistan), fiction wr.
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Shaïda Zarumey (b. 1938, Nigeria), sociologist & poet
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Zyranna Zateli (b. 1951, Greece), fiction & non-f. wr.
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Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982 United States), poet
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Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (1711–1740, Germany), poet
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Iris Zavala (1936–2020, Paraguay), poet, nv. & non-f. wr.
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MarÃa de Zayas (1590–1661, Spain), feminist wr.
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Amina Zaydan (b. 1966, Egypt), fiction wr.
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Zaynab Fawwaz (c. 1860–1914, Lebanon/Egypt), nv., pw. & poet
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Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (b. 1979, Poland), poet & social scientist
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Jo Zebedee (b. 1971, Northern Ireland), science fiction wr.
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Zdenka Žebre (1920–2011, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), nv. & ch. wr.
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Fiona Zedde (b. 1976, Jamaica/United States), nv.
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Juli Zeh (b. 1974, Germany), nv.
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Alki Zei (1925–2020, Greece), nv. & ch. wr.
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Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler (1657 – c. 1706, Germany), poet
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Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny (b. 1973, Mexico), fiction wr.
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Hana Zelinová (1914–2004, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia), fiction wr. & pw.
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Eva Zeller (1923–2022, Germany), poet & nv.
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Žemaitė (1845–1921, Lithuania), fiction wr., es. & pw.
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Luisa Zeni (1896–1940, Italy), political wr.
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Zeng Baosun (曾寶蓀, 1893–1978, China), historian & feminist
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Irena Žerjal (b. 1940, Italy/Slovenia), poet and fiction wr.
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Wu Zetian (æ¦å‰‡å¤©, 624–705, China), poet, es. & Empress Regnant
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Zuzka Zguriška (1900–1984, Austria/Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv. & pw. in Slovak
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Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883, Russia), poet & nv.
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Zhai Yongming (翟永明, b. 1955, China), poet
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Zhang Haidi (å¼ æµ·è¿ª, b. 1955, China), wr.
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Zhang Jie (張潔, 1937–2022, China), fiction wr.
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Zhang Kangkang (å¼ æŠ—æŠ—, b. 1950, China), political wr.
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Lijia Zhang (å¼ ä¸½ä½³, b. 1964, China), wr. & nv.
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Zhang Ling (å¼ ç¿Ž, b. 1957, China), fiction wr.
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Zhao Luorui (趙蘿蕤, 1912–1998, China), poet & translator
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Zhang Xinxin (張辛欣, b. 1953, China), wr.
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Zhang Yaotiao (張窈窕, 9th century, China), poet
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Zhang Yueran (å¼ æ‚¦ç„¶, b. 1982, China), fiction wr.
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Empress Zhangsun (é•·å«çš‡åŽ, 601–636, China), moralist
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Zhao Luanluan (趙鸞鸞, fl. later 14th century, China), poet
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Vera Zhelikhovsky (1835–1896, Russia), wr.
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Zheng Min (郑æ•, 1920–2022, China), scholar & poet
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Zheng Yunduan (c. 1327–1336, China), poet
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Polina Zherebtsova (b. 1985, Russia), poet & diarist
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Yilin Zhong (é¾å®œéœ–, living, China/England), nv., poet & screenplay wr.
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Maria Zhukova (1804–1855, Russia), wr.
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Zhu Shuzhen (朱淑真, c. 1135–1180, China), poet
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Zhuo Wenjun (å“æ–‡å›, fl. 2nd century BC, China), poet
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Valentina Zhuravleva (1933–2004 Russia), science fiction nv.
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Iryna Zhylenko (1941–2013, Soviet Union/Ukraine), poet & es.
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May Ziadeh (1886–1941, Lebanon/Palestine), poet & es.
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Annejet van der Zijl (b. 1962, Netherlands), nv. & biographer
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Lydia Zimmermann (b. 1966, Spain), screenwriter & filmmaker
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Alice Zimmern (1855–1939, England), wr. & translator
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Helen Zimmern (1846–1934, Germany/England), critic
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Hedda Zinner (also Elisabeth Frank, 1905–1994, Germany), political wr.
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Marketa Zinnerová (b. 1942, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), nv., ch. & screenwriter
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Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907, Russia), wr.
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Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (1938–1979, Uganda), poet & pw.
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Zitkala-Sa (1876–1938, United States), wr. & editor
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Kathinka Zitz-Halein (1801–1877, Germany), poet and fiction wr.
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Nina ŽivanÄević (b. 1957, Serbia), pw., poet & nv.
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Bina Štampe Žmavc (b. 1951, Yugoslavia/Slovenia), poet, pw. & ch. wr.
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Narcyza Żmichowska (1818–1876, Poland), nv. & poet
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Inga Žolude (b. 1984, Latvia), fiction wr., pw. & translator
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Anna Zonová (b. 1962, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic), fiction wr.
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Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901–1984, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), poet, fiction wr. & autobiographer
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Birgit Zotz (b. 1979, Austria/Austria-Hungary), non-f. wr. & es.
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Vera Zouroff (1880–1967, China), poet, nv. & wr.
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Katarina Zrinska (c. 1625–1673, Austria/Austria-Hungary), poet in Croat
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Pilar de Zubiaurre (1884–1970, Spain), es. & letter wr.
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Svetlana Žuchová (b. 1976, Yu/Slovenia), fiction wr.
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Berta Zuckerkandl (1864–1945, Austria/Austria-Hungary), critic & non-f. wr.
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Zuo Fen (左芬, c. AD 255–300, China), poet
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Katka ZupanÄiÄ (1889–1967, Austria/Austria-Hungary/United States), ch. poet, fiction wr. & pw.
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Unica Zürn (1916–1970, Germany), poet & painter
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Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648, Dalmatia/Ragusa), poet in Italian & Croat
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Rose Zwi (1928–2018, South Africa/Australia), fiction wr.
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Fay Zwicky (1933–2017, Australia), poet & academic
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Rajzel Żychlińsky (1910–2001, Poland/United States), poet in Yiddish
See also
References
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