List of Women Writers - A

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• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American poet, novelist and short story writer.
• Louise Abeita (born 1926), Native American Isleta Pueblo writer. I am a Pueblo Indian Girl
• Abiola Abrams (born 1976), American TV host, art filmmaker and author. Dare
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American novelist, poet, essayist and playwright. Blood and Guts in High School
• Juliette Adam (1836–1936), French author and magazine editor.
• Abigail Adams (1744–1818), former First Lady of the United States, letter writer and diarist.
• Fleur Adcock (born 1935), New Zealand born English poet and editor.
• Kim Addonizio (born 1954), American poet, novelist.
• Yda Addis (1857–1902), American writer and translator.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigerian novelist and short story writer. Purple Hibiscus
• Renata Adler (born 1938), American author, journalist and film critic.
• Aelia Eudocia (c. 401–460), Byzantine religious writer in Greek.
• Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd c. BC), Greek philosopher.
• Charlotte Agell (born 1959), American novelist and children's writer.
• Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), American poet, writer, and editor.
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion.
• Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), Uruguayan poet.
• Freda Ahenakew (born 1932), Canadian author and academic.
• Ilse Aichinger (born 1921), Austrian writer.
• Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942), Ghanaian author and playwright.
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004), English novelist. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
• Lucy Aikin (1781–1864), English historical writer.
• Nandini Sahu (born 1973), Indian English poet, folklorist and academic.
• Akazome Emon (956–1041), Japanese poet and historian.
• Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), Austrian Jewish poet writing in German.
• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Russian/Soviet poet.
• Anna Akhmatova (1899–1966), Russian/Soviet poet. Requiem
• Anna Åkerhjelm (1647–1693), Swedish writer and traveller.
• Anne-Marie Albiach (born 1937), French poet and translator.
• Jordie Albiston (born 1961), Australian poet and academic.
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), American novelist. Little Women
• Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), American children's writer.
• Claribel Alegría (born 1924), Nicaraguan-born author and poet.
• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic.
• Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 1938), Icelandic novelist.
• Al-Khansā (7th c.), Arab poet.
• Isabel Allende (born 1942), Chilean/American novelist. Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune
• Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908–1996), West Indian writer. The Orchid House
• Margery Allingham (1904–1966), English crime writer. Mystery Mile, Sweet Danger
• Dorothy Allison (born 1949), American writer and speaker. Trash: Short Stories, Cavedweller
• Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140–pre-1184), French poet writing in Occitan.
• Julia Álvarez (born 1950), Dominican-American poet, novelist and essayist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
• Valerie Anand (born 1937), British author of historical fiction.
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter.
• Laurie Halse Anderson (born 1961), American author, writes for children and young adults. Speak, Twisted
• Jessica Anderson (1916–2010), Australian novelist and short story writer. The Impersonators
• Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italian playwright, poet and actress.
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet and writer.
• Eliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931), American novelist and Civil War writer.
• Maya Angelou (born 1928), American autobiographer and poet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• Jane Anger (late 16th c.), English writer.
• Christine Angot (born 1959), French novelist and playwright.
• Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots and English.
• Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BC), Greek poet.
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004), American author, poet and activist. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
• Núria Añó (born 1973), Catalan writer and novelist.
• Helena Araújo Ortiz (born 1934), Colombian feminist author and literary critic.
• Maria Arbatova (born 1957), Russian novelist, playwright and poet.
• Elvia Ardalani, Mexican writer, poet, and storyteller.
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German Jewish political theorist. The Human Condition
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American writer, Language poet and professor.
• Karen Armstrong (born 1944), British author of numerous works on comparative religion. A History of God
• Kelley Armstrong (born 1968), Canadian writer, author of the Women of the Otherworld series.
• Louise Armstrong (1937–2008), American author and feminist.
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), German writer and novelist.
• Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), Australian-born British novelist. Mr. Skeffington
• Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944), English children's writer.
• Joanne Arnott (born 1960), Canadian Métis writer.
• Harriette Arnow (1908–1986), American novelist.
• Daisy Ashford (1881–1972), English writer. The Young Visiters
• Anastasia Ashman (born 1964), American author and cultural producer. Tales from the Expat Harem
• Anne Askew (1520/21–1546), English poet and Protestant martyr.
• Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994), English novelist.
• Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960), English novelist and diarist.
• Margot Asquith (1864–1945), English author.
• Mary Astell (1666–1731), English feminist writer.
• Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian novelist and short story writer; also some poetry.
• Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948), American writer.
• Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942), American author, journalist and teacher.
• Kate Atkinson (born 1951), English novelists. Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984), American novelist.
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian novelist, poet and critic. The Handmaid's Tale
• Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546–1596), French poet.
• Penelope Aubin (c. 1679–c. 1731), English novelist and translator.
• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991), English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.
• Jean M. Auel (born 1936), American novelist. Earth's Children series.
• Rose Ausländer (1901–1988), Bucovina-born poet writing in German and English.
• Jane Austen (1775–1817), English novelist. Pride and Prejudice
• Mary Austin (1868–1934), American writer. The Land of Little Rain
• Sarah Austin (1793–1867), English translator from German.
• Auvaiyar, name shared by several poets in Tamil literature.
• Frau Ava (c. 1060–1127), first female writer in German.
• Margaret Avison (1918–2007), Canadian poet, editor and speaker.
• Marilou Awiakta (born 1936), Native American Cherokee author.
• Pam Ayres (born 1947), English poet, songwriter and radio/TV presenter.
• Azalais de Porcairagues (late 12th c.), French poet writing in Occitan.