List of Women Writers - J

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• Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885), American novelist. Ramona
• Shelley Jackson (born 1963), Filipino American novelist, short story writer and essayist. Patchwork Girl
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), American novelist and short story writer. "The Lottery"
• Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897), American memoir writer. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), American poet, short story writer, and critic; 21st US Poet Laureate.
• Frances Jacson (1754–1842), English novelist.
• Rona Jaffe (1932–2005), American novelist. The Best of Everything
• Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004), Icelandic playwright and short story writer.
• Alice James (1848–1892), American diarist.
• P. D. James (born 1920), English mystery novelist. Cover Her Face
• Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860), Irish-born English writer on art and literature.
• Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005), American novelist.
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), Hungarian author of children's books.
• Tama Janowitz (born 1957), American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Slaves of New York
• Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), American poet.
• Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), Austrian playwright, novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
• Gish Jen (born 1956), American writer.
• Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), English poet.
• Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), American novelist and short story writer.
• Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880), English novelist.
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born 1927), German-English-Indian-American novelist and screenwriter. Heat and Dust, A Room with a View, Howards End
• Jindeok of Silla (fl. 647–654), Korean poet and queen.
• Empress Jitō (645–702), Japanese poet and empress.
• Rita Joe (born 1932), Canadian poet.
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877–1966), American poet.
• Helene Johnson (1906–1995), American poet.
• Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian poet.
• Mary Johnston (1870–1936), American novelist.
• Diana Wynne Jones (born 1934), British novelist, primarily of fantasy.
• Sandy Jones (born 1943), American parenting writer.
• Erica Jong (born 1942), American novelist. Fear of Flying
• Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965), South African poet.
• Kishi Joō (929–985), Japanese poet.
• June Jordan (1936–2002), American poet, essayist, journalist, novelist, librettist and autobiography writer.
• Irena Jordanova (born 1980), Macedonian author.
• Jenny Joseph (born 1932), English poet.
• Heidi Julavits (born 1968), American journalist and novelist.
• Julian of Norwich (1342–1416), English mystic.
• Miranda July (born 1974), American writer and performance artist.
• Susannah Willard Johnson (1729–1810), American memoirist.