List of Women Writers - F

F

• Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australian poet.
• Diane Fanning, American true crime author and novelist.
• Ursula Fanthorpe (born 1929), English poet.
• Nancy Farmer (born 1941), American young adult and children's novelist. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
• Penelope Farmer (born 1939), English children's novelist. Charlotte Sometimes
• Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Iranian poet and film director.
• Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801) American poet.
• Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American poet, essayist and novelist. Plum Bun
• Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian playwright, poet and novelist.
• Edna Ferber (1885–1968), American novelist and playwright. Show Boat
• Charlene "Charlie" Fern (born 1968), American speechwriter to Laura Bush.
• Fanny Fern (1811–1872), American columnist, humorist, novelist, and children's writer. Ruth Hall
• Roberta Fernández, American novelist, scholar, critic and arts advocate.
• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), Paraguayan poet and novelist.
• Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854), Scottish novelist.
• Rachel Field (1894–1942), American novelist, poet, and children's writer. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
• Helen Fielding (born 1958), English novelist. Bridget Jones's Diary
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768), English novelist.
• Celia Fiennes (1662–1741), English travel writer.
• Sia Figiel (born 1967), Samoan poet and novelist.
• Adelaide Filleul (1761–1836), French novelist.
• Anne Finch (Countess of Winchilsea, 1661–1720), English poet.
• Annie Finch (born 1956), American poet, translator and critic.
• M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992), American food writer.
• Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer.
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974), American author and illustrator of children's books. Harriet the Spy
• Fannie Flagg (born 1944), American screenwriter and novelist. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
• Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974), German playwright.
• Marjorie (Marjory) Fleming (1803–1811), Scottish child diarist and poet.
• Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829–1890), French novelist.
• Lynn Flewelling (born 1958), American novelist. Nightrunner
• Winifred Foley (1914–2009), English autobiographer.
• Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), American novelist.
• Jolán Földes (1902–1963), Hungarian novelist.
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967), American novelist and children's writer. Johnny Tremain
• Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French novelist and poet.
• Olga Forsh (1873–1961), Russian/Soviet writer. Palace and Prison
• Margaret Forster (born 1938), English novelist and biographer.
• Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840), American novelist. The Coquette
• Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), American novelist and short story writer.
• Janet Frame (1924–2004), New Zealand novelist and autobiographer.
• Marie de France (fl. 12th century), poet in Anglo-Norman French.
• Annie Francé-Harrar (1886–1971), Austrian writer and scientist.
• Suzanne Francis (born 1959), English fantasy author.
• Julia Franck (born 1970), German novelist.
• Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan.
• Louise von François (1817–1893), German novelist.
• Anne Frank (Anna, 1929–1945), German-born Dutch diarist. The Diary of a Young Girl
• Miles Franklin (1879–1954), Australian feminist writer. My Brilliant Career
• Antonia Fraser (born 1932), English genre novelist and biographer. Mary, Queen of Scots, Quiet as a Nun
• Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), American novelist and short story writer.
• Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857), English diarist.
• Gayleen Froese (born 1972), Canadian mystery novelist and songwriter.
• Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692), Swedish writer.
• Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), American feminist journalist.
• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946), Australian feminist poet, short story writer, journalist and novelist.
• Alice Fulton (born 1952), American author, poet.
• Cornelia Funke (born 1958), German children's writer. The Thief Lord, Inkworld trilogy
• Bilkisu Funtuwa, Nigerian novelist.