List of Women Writers - H

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• Maria Hack (1777–1844), English children's writer.
• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, translator and critic.
• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino American poet, playwright and novelist.
• Ida, Countess of Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880), German novelist.
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), American novelist and playwright.
• Gisèle Halimi (born 1927), French-Tunisian feminist essayist.
• Anna Maria (Mrs S. C.) Hall (1800–1881), Irish novelist.
• Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943), English novelist.
• Anne, Lady Halkett (1623–1699), English memoirist and religious essayist.
• Marion Rose Halpenny English Equestrian Writer and author of the pioneering book British Racing and Racecourses.
• Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002), American children's novelist. M. C. Higgins, the Great
• Beatrice Hammer (born 1963), French novelist and children's writer.
• Judith Hand (born 1940), American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
• Nathalie Handal, French-American poet and playwright of Palestinian descent.
• Sophie Hannah (born 1971), English poet and novelist. Little Face
• Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), American playwright. A Raisin in the Sun
• Thea von Harbou (1888–1954), German novelist and screenwriter.
• Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet.
• Frances Harper (1825–1911), American poet and novelist. Iola Leroy
• Alice Harriman (1861–1925), American poet, and publisher. A Man of Two Countries, Wilt Thou Not Sing.
• Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright; associated with the Language poets.
• Petra Hartmann (born 1970), German journalist, novelist and children's writer.
• Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet and librettist.
• Mihri Hatun (died 1506), female Ottoman poet.
• Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), Austrian novelist and children's author.
• Eliza Haywood (1693–1756), English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and translator.
• Shirley Hazzard (born 1931), American novelist, non-fiction and short-story writer.
• Bessie Head (1937–1986), Botswanan novelist, journalist and short story writer.
• Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian poet and novelist. Kamouraska
• Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), American poet, historian, philosopher and author.
• Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), American poet and writer.
• Ursula Hegi (born 1946), German American novelist.
• Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), American poet, essayist, translator and publisher.
• Héloïse d’Argenteuil (c. 1101–1164), French scholar and abbess writing in Latin.
• Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), American playwright.
• Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English-born Welsh poet writing in English.
• Beth Henley (born 1952), American playwright and screenwriter.
• Emmy Hennings (1885–1948), German poet and performer.
• Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious writer and poet.
• Heo Nanseolheon (1563–1589), Korean female poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty.
• Mary Sidney Herbert (1561–1621), English poet, translator, and patron.
• Judith Hermann (born 1970), German story writer.
• M. Miriam Herrera, American author and poet.
• Karen Hesse (born 1952), American children's novelist. Out of the Dust
• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist and playwright.
• Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993), English historical novelist (countless pseudonyms). Murder Most Royal
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), American crime novelist and short story writer. Strangers on a Train
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), German mystic, playwright and poet writing in Latin. Scivias
• Lorna Hill (1902–1991), English children's novelist.
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist.
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948), American children's novelist. The Outsiders
• Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), Vietnamese poet born at the end of the Lê Dynasty.
• Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986), American novelist.
• Karla Höcker (1901–1992), German novelist and biographer.
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American novelist and short story writer.
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), English children's writer and poet.
• Linda Hogan (born 1947), American poet, novelist and short story writer.
• Constance Holme (1880–1955), English novelist and playwright.
• Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), English novelist and journalist.
• Bell Hooks (born 1952), American feminist academic.
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet, member of the Transcendental Club.
• Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930), American novelist, journalist and playwright.
• Marya Hornbacher (born 1974), American author and freelance journalist.
• Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), Australian novelist and short story writer.
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, American author of Farewell to Manzanar.
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
• Fanny Howe (born 1940), American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
• Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist and critic; closely associated with the Language poets.
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian American poet.
• Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884), English writer and feminist.
• Mary Howitt (1799–1888), English poet and children's writer. The Spider and the Fly
• Hrotsvith von Gandersheim (c. 935–c. 1002), German dramatist and poet writing in Latin.
• Huang E (aka Huang Xiumei) (1498–1569), Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty.
• Huarui Furen (fl. mid-10th c.), Chinese poet.
• Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German historian, novelist and poet.
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960), English poet and painter.
• Constance Hunting (1925–2006), American poet and publisher.
• Fannie Hurst (1885–1968), American novelist.
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), American novelist.
• Nancy Huston (born 1953), Canadian novelist and essayist writing in French and English.
• Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681), English biographer.
• Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), English-Kenyan memoirist and journalist.
• Hypatia (ca. AD 350/70–415), Greek philosopher and mathematician.