List of Women Writers - R

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• Rabia Balkhi (10th c.), Persian poet.
• Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English gothic novelist. The Mysteries of Udolpho
• Radegund (c. 520–586), Frankish princess and poet writing in Latin.
• Rajashree, Indian chick lit novelist. Trust Me
• Ayn Rand (1905–1982), Russian American novelist and philosopher. The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged
• Mary Randolph (1762–1828), American housekeeping book and cookbook author. The Virginia House-Wife.
• Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), Australian poet and playwright.
• Ellen Raskin (1928–1984), American children's writer and illustrator. The Westing Game
• Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright.
• Elsa Rautee (1897–1987), Finnish poet.
• Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005), Israeli poet, translator, and peace activist.
• Angela Rawlings (born 1978), Canadian poet, editor, and interdisciplinary artist.
• Angela Readman (born 1973), English poet.
• Pauline Réage (1907–1998), French erotic novelist. Story of O
• Elisa von der Recke (Elisabeth Recke, 1754–1833), German writer and poet from Courland.
• Jaclyn Reding (born 1966), American historical romance novelist.
• Ruth Reichl (born 1948), American food and memoir writer.
• Mirkka Rekola (born 1931), Finnish poet.
• Mary Renault (1905–1983), English historical novelist. Fire From Heaven, The Last of the Wine
• Ruth Rendell (born 1930), English mystery novelist. A Fatal Inversion
• Gabriele Reuter (1859–1941), German novelist, essayist and children's writer.
• Fanny zu Reventlow (Franziska, 1871–1918), political writer and feminist.
• Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Dominican novelist. Wide Sargasso Sea
• Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1714–1792), French novelist.
• Anne Rice (born 1941), American novelist. Vampire Chronicles
• Adrienne Rich (born 1929), American feminist poet.
• Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), English novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.
• Elizabeth Richardson (1576/7–1651), English religious writer.
• Henry Handel Richardson (real name Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, 1870–1946), Australian novelist. The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
• Jutta Richter (born 1955), German author of children's and youth literature.
• Lola Ridge (1873–1941), anarchist poet and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications.
• Laura Riding (1901–1991), American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer.
• Brigitte Riebe (also Laura Stern, born 1935), German novelist.
• Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996), Egyptian short story writer.
• Denise Riley (born 1948), English poet and philosopher.
• Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), American novelist, playwright, and poet. The Butler Did It
• Luise Rinser (1911–2002), German novelist, autobiographer and children's writer.
• Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), English novelist.
• Nora Roberts (pen name J. D. Robb, born 1959), American romance and fantasy novelist. In Death series
• E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961), English novelist.
• Lisa Robertson (born 1961), Canadian poet.
• Marilynne Robinson (born 1943), American novelist. Gilead
• Mary Robinson (1757–1800), English poet, novelist, and actress.
• Lucia St. Clair Robson birthdate missing. American novelist.
• Charlotte Roche (born 1978), English-born novelist in German. Feuchtgebiete
• Esther Rochon (born 1948), Canadian science fiction novelist.
• Ginny Rorby, American young adult novelist.
• Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet. Goblin Market and Other Poems
• Judith Rossner (1935–2005), American novelist. Looking for Mr. Goodbar
• Anne Rouse (born 1954), American-British poet.
• Mary Rowlandson (1635–1711), American memoirist.
• J.K. Rowling (born 1965), English novelist. Harry Potter series.
• Susanna Rowson (1762–1824), British-American novelist, poet and playwright. Charlotte Temple, Lucy Temple
• Susanna Roxman, English writer, poet and critic born in Sweden. Imagining Seals
• Arundhati Roy (born 1961), Indian novelist. The God of Small Things
• Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983), Canadian novelist and journalist. The Tin Flute
• Pascale Roze (born 1954), French playwright and novelist.
• Bernice Rubens (1928–2004), Welsh novelist.
• Dina Rubina (born 1953), Russian writer. The Blackthorn
• Anneli Rufus, American journalist.
• Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American feminist poet.
• Joanna Russ (born 1937), American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
• Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australian poet.
• Kay Ryan (born 1945), American poet and educator; 16th US Poet Laureate.
• Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934), American novelist specializing in western frontier and European-American Indian relationships.