List of Women Writers - D

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• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), American poet, novelist and memoirist.
• Jordan Dane (born 1953), American thriller writer.
• Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), Haitian-American novelist. Breath, Eyes, Memory
• Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550), French writer and poet.
• Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556), Italian writer, philosopher and courtesan.
• Tina Darragh (born 1950), American Language poet.
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Australian fantasy novelist and short story writer. Bitterbynde trilogy
• Amma Darko (born 1956), Ghanaian novelist.
• Marie Darrieussecq (born 1969), French-Basque novelist.
• Helen Darville (Helen Dale, Helen Demidenko) (born 1972), Australian journalist and novelist.
• Kamala Das (born 1932), poet and short story writer.
• Madame d'Aulnoy (c. 1650s–1705), French writer of fairy tales.
• Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), American novelist, biographer and memoirist. The Valley of Decision, My Brother's Keeper
• Henriette Davidis (1801–1876), German cookbook writer.
• Joy Davidman (born Helen Joy Davidman) (1915–1960), writer and poet, wife of C. S. Lewis.
• Angela Davis (born 1944), American philosopher and political activist.
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis (born 1916), American mystery novelist.
• Kyra Davis, American novelist
• Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910), American journalist and novelist. Life in the Iron Mills
• Mary Davys (1674–1732), Irish novelist and playwright.
• Laura Day (born 1959), American writer of self-help books.
• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965) Polish writer.
• Shobha De (born 1947), Indian journalist and novelist. Starry Nights
• Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spanish poet.
• Claude de Bectoz (fl. mid-16th c.), French writer and philosopher.
• Teresa de Cartagena (born c. 1425), Spanish religious writer.
• Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543–1603), French scholar and courtier.
• Hélisenne de Crenne (real name Marguerite Briet, c. 1510–post 1552), French novelist, letter writer and translator.
• Ana de Jesús (1545–1621), Spanish writer, poet and nun.
• Mazo de la Roche (1885–1961), Canadian novelist in English. Jalna series
• Christine de Pizan (1363–c. 1430), Venetian poet writing in French.
• Florencia del Pinar (15th c.), Spanish poet.
• Pamela Dean (born 1953), American novelist. Tam Lin
• Kathryn Deans, Australian children's writer.
• Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005), French feminist essayist and science fiction novelist. ecofeminism
• E. M. Delafield (1890–1943), English novelist and memoirist.
• Lucy Delaney (c. 1830 – c. 1890), American memoirist.
• Mary Delaney (1700–1788), English letter-writer and Bluestocking.
• Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945), French poet, novelist and journalist.
• Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971), American ethnographer, Sioux oral historian and novelist.
• Enid Derham (1882–1941), Australian poet.
• Regina Derieva (born 1949), Russian poet and writer.
• Anita Desai (born 1937), Indian novelist. In Custody
• Kiran Desai (born 1971), Indian novelist. The Inheritance of Loss
• Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859), French poet.
• Anne Desclos (writing as Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage, 1907–1998), French journalist and novelist.
• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet.
• Virginie Despentes (born 1969), French novelist.
• Babette Deutsch (1895–1982), American poet, critic, translator, and novelist.
• Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), Bengali novelist and poet.
• Mahasweta Devi (born 1926), Bengali-Indian journalist and novelist.
• Caroline Dexter (1819–1884), English-Australian feminist journalist.
• Dhuoda (c. 803–c. 843), Frankish moralist writing in Latin. Liber Manualis
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), American children's author.
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet.
• Joan Didion(born 1934), American journalist, essayist and novelist.
• Annie Dillard (born 1945), American nonfiction writer, poet, essayist and novelist. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
• Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003), Bulgarian poet and former Vice President of Bulgaria.
• Isak Dinesen (1885–1962), Danish novelist. Out of Africa
• Diane Di Prima (born 1934), American poet.
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956). Indian-American poet, novelist and short story writer. The Mistress of Spices
• Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905), Scottish feminist travel writer, war correspondent and novelist.
• Assia Djebar (born 1936), Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
• Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), Russian/Soviet writer. "Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman"
• Rosemary Dobson (born 1920), Australian poet.
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), American children's writer. Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
• Berlie Doherty (born 1943), English novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and children's writer.
• Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German poet.
• Emma Donoghue (born 1969), Irish-Canadian novelist. Hood
• Doris Dörrie (born 1955), German novelist and film director.
• Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), Russian writer. The Emigrant
• Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), English children's writer and poet.
• O. Douglas, pen name of Anna Buchan (1877–1948), Scottish novelist.
• Maro Douka (born 1947), Greek novelist.
• Sara Douglass (Sara Warneke) (born 1957), Australian fantasy novelist. The Axis Trilogy
• Rita Dove (born 1952), American poet. Thomas and Beulah
• Unity Dow (born 1959), Botswana human rights activist and novelist.
• Margaret Drabble (born 1939), English novelist and biographer. The Millstone
• Judith Drake (late 17th century), English feminist essayist.
• Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986), German playwright and novelist.
• Celia Dropkin (1887–1956), Berorussian-American Yiddish-language poet.
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German poet.
• Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scottish poet and playwright; first female and first Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
• Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), English novelist. Rebecca
• Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), First Nations Canadian poet.
• Sarah Dunant (born 1950), English genre novelist. The Birth of Venus
• Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist and political activist.
• Lois Duncan (born 1934), American young adult thriller writer. I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Elaine Dundy (1931–2008), American journalist, novelist and biographer.
• Dương Thu Hương (born 1947), Vietnamese dissident and novelist. Paradise of the Blind
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), American poet and essayist, known as a feminist critic and scholar.
• Mary Durack (1913–1994), Australian historical novelist and children's writer.
• Claire de Duras (1777–1828), French novelist. Ourika
• Marguerite Duras (Marguerite Donnadieu) (1914–1996), French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. L'Amant, Hiroshima mon amour
• Karen Duve (born 1961), German novelist and story writer.
• Guerguina Dvoretzka, Bulgarian poet and journalist.