List of Women Writers - O

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• Ann Oakley (born 1944), English feminist academic and novelist.
• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), American novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and critic. We Were the Mulvaneys
• Charlotta Öberg (aka Lotta Öberg) (1818–1856), Swedish poet.
• Edna O'Brien (born 1930), Irish novelist and short story writer.
• Kate O'Brien (1897–1974), Irish novelist and playwright.
• Silvina Ocampo (1903–1994), Argentine poet and short story writer.
• Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964), American novelist and short story writer.
• Julia O'Faolain (born 1932), Irish novelist.
• Grace Ogot (born 1930), Kenyan novelist and short story writer.
• Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), Nigerian American novelist and short story writer.
• Sofi Oksanen (born 1977), Finnish novelist and playwright.
• Princess Ōku (661–702), Japanese poet.
• Sharon Olds (born 1942), American poet.
• Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Scottish novelist. Phoebe, Junior
• Mary Oliver (born 1935), American poet.
• Tillie Olsen (1913–2007), American feminist novelist and short story writer.
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1898–1957), Irish poet and dramatist.
• Ono no Komachi (825–900), Japanese poet.
• Amelia Opie (1769–1853), English novelist.
• Mary Oppen (1908–1990), American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer.
• Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), Hungarian-born English novelist, translator, and illustrator. The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Mathilda d'Orozco (aka Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm) (1796–1863), Swedish (originally Spanish-Italian) noble and salonist, composer, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordist.
• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), Polish writer.
• Maggie O'Sullivan (1908–1990), British poet, performer and visual artist associated with the British Poetry Revival.
• Alice Oswald (born 1966), English poet.
• Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (c. 700–750), Japanese poet.
• Ouida (1839–1908), English novelist and short story writer. Under Two Flags
• Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875), Japanese poet and calligrapher.
• Angelika Overath (born 1957), German author and journalist.
• Emine Sevgi Özdamar (born 1956), Turkish-born German novelist and playwright.
• Cynthia Ozick (born 1928), American critic and novelist.