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  • Nawal el-Saadawi (born 1931), Egyptian feminist writer, novelist, and short story writer.
  • Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), German poet and playwright.
  • Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), writer, poet and gardener.
  • Elif Safak (born 1971), Turkish writer.
  • Françoise Sagan (1935–2004), French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.
  • Mamta Sagar (born 1966), Kannada poet and playwright living in Bangalore.
  • Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956), Indian feminist writer, novelist and short story writer.
  • Nandini Sahu (born 1973), Indian poet who writes in English.
  • Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830), novelist, playwright and children's writer.
  • Pirkko Saisio (born 1949), Finnish author, actress and director.
  • Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959), Irish poet, dramatist, actor and salon hostess.
  • Lydie Salvayre (born 1948), French writer.
  • Jessica Amanda Salmonson (born 1950), American novelist, essayist, editor, and short story writer.
  • Samina Raja (born 1961), Pakistani poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster.
  • Fiona Sampson (born 1968), British poet and editor.
  • Sonia Sanchez (born 1934), American poet, playwright, and children's writer.
  • George Sand (1804–1876), French novelist and playwright. Indiana
  • Mari Sandoz (1896–1966), American novelist, biographer, and short story writer.
  • Sappho (c. 630 – 570 BC), Greek poet.
  • Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and journalist.
  • Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999), Russian-French novelist and essayist.
  • May Sarton (1912–1995), Belgian American poet, novelist, and memoirist.
  • Marjane Satrapi (born 1969), Iranian graphic novelist.
  • Robin Sax (born c. 1971), American true crime author, commentator, and former prosecutor.
  • Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), English mystery novelist, translator, essayist, and short story writer. Whose Body?
  • Oda Schaefer (1900–1988), German poet and journalist.
  • Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German essayist, critic and correspondent.
  • Dorothea von Schlegel (1764–1839), German novelist and translator.
  • Elke Schmitter (born 1961), German novelist.
  • Pat Schneider (born 1934), American writer, poet and editor.
  • Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), American Indian writer of poetry and fiction.
  • Elizabeth of Schönau (1129–1165), German visionary writing in Latin.
  • Amalie Schoppe (1791–1858), German children's writer.
  • Olive Schreiner (1855–1920), South African novelist, allegorist, and political writer.
  • Ossip Schubin (real name Aloisia Kirschner, 1854–1934), Austrian novelist.
  • Ann Scott (born 1965), French novelist.
  • Cathy Scott, American true crime author, biographer, and journalist. The Killing of Tupac Shakur
  • Jane Scott (c. 1779–1839), English theatre manager, performer, and playwright.
  • Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701), French novelist.
  • Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916), American essayist, novelist, and short story writer.
  • Alice Sebold (born 1963), American novelist. The Lovely Bones
  • Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), American novelist.
  • Lisa See (born 1955), Chinese-American novelist. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
  • Anna Seghers (1900–1983), German novelist. The Seventh Cross
  • Comtesse de Ségur (1799–1874), Russian-French novelist.
  • Danzy Senna (born 1970), American novelist.
  • Nina Serrano (born 1934), American poet, writer, storyteller, and independent media producer.
  • Diane Setterfield (born 1964), English novelist. The Thirteenth Tale
  • Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696), French letter-writer.
  • Anna Seward (1747–1809), English poet.
  • Anna Sewell (1820–1887), English novelist. Black Beauty
  • Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet.
  • Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484), Italian writer also in Latin.
  • Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Soviet writer and political activist. Mess-Mend
  • Ntozake Shange (born 1948), American playwright and novelist.
  • Shangguan Wan'er (c. 664–710), Chinese poet and prose writer.
  • Jo Shapcott (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer.
  • Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952), Russian writer and dramatist. Deborah
  • Alice Sheldon (1915–1987), American novelist and short story writer.
  • Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English novelist. Frankenstein
  • Nan Shepherd (1893–1981), Scottish novelist and poet.
  • Frances Sheridan (1724–1766), Irish novelist and playwright.
  • Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851), English children's writer.
  • Carol Shields (1935–2003), American-Canadian novelist. The Stone Diaries
  • Murasaki Shikibu (973–1025), Japanese novelist and poet. The Tale of Genji
  • Shikishi Naishinnō (died 1201), Japanese poet.
  • Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator.
  • Sharon Shinn (born 1957), American novelist.
  • Shirome (10th c.), Japanese poet.
  • Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), Soviet poet and journalist.
  • Sei Shōnagon (965–1010), Japanese writer. The Pillow Book
  • Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938), Pakistani novelist.
  • Mary Sidney (1561–1621), English translator, playwright, and poet.
  • Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), American novelist, poet, and short story writer.
  • Ruth Simpson (1926–2008), American lesbian author, founder of first lesbian community center.
  • Jo Sinclair (1913–1995), pen name of Ruth Seid, Jewish-American writer.
  • May Sinclair (1862–1946), English novelist, poet, and short story writer.
  • Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958), Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer.
  • Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), English poet.
  • Maj Sjöwall (born 1935), Swedish mystery novelist.
  • Vendela Skytte (1608–1627), Swedish writer.
  • Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), children's writer and broadcaster, Carbonel series
  • Jane Smiley (born 1949), American novelist.
  • Ali Smith (born 1962), Scottish novelist.
  • Amanda Smith (1837–1915), American evangelist and autobiographer.
  • Betty Smith (1896–1972), American novelist. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806), English poet and novelist.
  • Dodie Smith (1896–1990), English novelist and playwright. I Capture the Castle
  • Doris Buchanan Smith (1934–2002), American children's novelist. A Taste of Blackberries
  • Patti Smith (born 1946), American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist.
  • Stevie Smith (1902–1971), English poet and novelist.
  • Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), African American poet and educator.
  • Zadie Smith (born 1975), English novelist.
  • Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Finland-Swedish poet.
  • Somerville and Ross (Edith Somerville, 1858–1949, and Violet Florence Martin, 1862–1915, writing as Martin Ross), Irish novelists. The Irish R. M.
  • Cathy Song (born 1955), American poet.
  • Susan Sontag (1933–2004), American essayist and novelist.
  • Muriel Spark (1918–2006), Scottish novelist. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Terry Spear, American urban fantasy romance and medieval romance novelist.
  • Anne Spencer (1882–1975), American poet.
  • Leonora Speyer (1872–1956), American poet and violinist.
  • Erica Spindler (1957), Romantic-Thrillers, Mystery.
  • Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American mystery novelist, poet, and short story writer.
  • Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss children's writer. Heidi
  • Ilse von Stach (1879–1941), German playwright, novelist and poet.
  • Madame de Staël (1766–1817), Swiss-French novelist.
  • Jean Stafford (1915–1979), American novelist and short story writer.
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), American feminist journalist and essayist.
  • Freya Stark (1893–1993), British travel writer.
  • Lilian Staveley (1878–1928), Christian writer and mystic whose works were published anonymously.
  • Christina Stead (1902–1983), Australian novelist and short story writer.
  • Danielle Steel (born 1947), American romance novelist.
  • Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929), English novelist.
  • Charlotte von Stein, (1742–1827), German dramatist and friend of Goethe.
  • Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American novelist, playwright, poet, librettist, and short story writer.
  • Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954), American author of several vegan cookbooks and books on veganism.
  • Maria W. Stewart (1803–1897), American feminist lecturer.
  • Mary Stewart (born 1916), English mystery/romance novelist.
  • Susan Stewart (born 1952), American poet, university professor and literary critic.
  • Ruth Stone (born 1915), American poet.
  • Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), Argentinian poet.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1836), American novelist. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Barbra Joan Streisand (1942), American screenwriter and songwriter.
  • Hesba Stretton (1832–1911), English children's writer.
  • Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English history writer and poet.
  • Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011), German poet and children's writer.
  • Jan Struther (1901–1953), English hymn writer and novelist. Mrs. Miniver
  • Lady Louisa Stuart (1757–1851), English writer of memoirs and letters.
  • Sugawara no Takasue no musume (born 1008), Japanese diarist.
  • Sulpicia Two poets share the name, both of Ancient Rome:
    • Sulpicia I (fl. 1st century BC)
    • Sulpicia II (fl. 1st century AD)
  • Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974), American bestselling novelist.
  • Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Austrian novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
  • Anni Swan (1875–1958), Finnish author of children's books, journalist and translator.
  • May Swenson (1913–1989), American poet and playwright.
  • Magda Szabó (1917–2007), Hungarian novelist, poet, playwright. The Door
  • Mária Szepes (1908–2007), Hungarian author of esoteric and science fiction novels.
  • Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), Polish poet.


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