List of Women Writers - W

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• Elizabeth Wagele (born 1939), American author and cartoonist.
• Diane Wakoski (born 1937), American poet.
• Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), American poet, translator and publisher.
• Anne Waldman (born 1945), American poet.
• Alice Walker (born 1944), American novelist, short story writer, and poet. The Color Purple.
• Margaret Walker (1915–1998), American poet and novelist.
• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080), Andalusian poet writing in Arabic.
• Ania Walwicz (born 1951), Australian poet.
• Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphrey Ward, 1851–1920), English novelist.
• Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979), American children's writer.
• Susan Warner (1819–1885), American children's writer and songwriter.
• Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006), American playwright.
• Sarah Waters (born 1966), Welsh-born novelist.
• Catherine Webb (born 1986), British novelist.
• Mary Webb (1881–1927), English novelist. Precious Bane
• Simone Weil (1909–1943), French mystic and philosopher.
• Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), American poet.
• Dorothy Wellesley (1889–1956), English poet.
• Martha Wells (born 1964), American novelist.
• Eudora Welty (1909–2001), American novelist, short story writer, and photographer.
• Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986), American poet and educator.
• Dorothy West (1907–1998), American novelist and short story writer.
• Jane West (1758–1852), English novelist, poet, playwright, and tract-writer.
• Rebecca West (1892–1983), British novelist, essayist, and travel writer. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
• Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet.
• Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist and short story writer. The Age of Innocence
• Leslie What (born 1955), American novelist and short story writer.
• Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), American poet.
• Evelyn Whitaker (1857–1903), British novelist.
• Antonia White (1899–1980), English novelist and short story writer.
• Dorothy White (c. 1630–1686), English religious writer.
• Ellen White (1827–1915), American evangelist and prophetess.
• Isabella Whitney (born c. 1540), English poet.
• Phyllis A. Whitney (born 1903), American mystery novelist.
• Anna Wickham (1884–1947), British poet.
• Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator.
• Elisabeth of Wied (pen name Carmen Sylva, 1843–1916), poet, playwright and queen consort of Romania.
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919), American poet.
• Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980), American poet.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American children's writer. Little House on the Prairie
• Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827), English novelist and poet.
• Connie Willis (born 1945), Indian poet and short story writer.
• Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), American poet, literary critic and professor.
• Kate Wilhelm (born 1928), American novelist and short story writer.
• Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945), English children's writer.
• Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), American novelist.
• Sarah Winnemucca (1841–1891), American lecturer and autobiographer.
• Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), English novelist.
• Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717), English poet and playwright.
• Monique Wittig (born 1935), French writer and feminist.
• Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poet.
• Gabriele Wohmann (born 1932), German novelist and story writer.
• Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German novelist, critic and essayist.
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), English novelist and feminist. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Jade Snow Wong (1922–2006), American ceramic artist and autobiographer.
• Nellie Wong (born 1934), Chinese-American feminist poet. Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park, The Death of Long Steam Lady
• Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood (1814–1887), English novelist. East Lynne
• Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English novelist and essayist. Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse
• Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894), American novelist and short story writer.
• Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), English poet and diarist.
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English letter-writer.
• C. D. Wright (born 1949), American poet.
• Judith Wright (born 1915), Australian poet.
• Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916), American novelist and short story writer.
• Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1652), English poet.
• Wu Zetian (624–705), Chinese poet, essayist and empress regnant.
• Audrey Wurdemann (1911–1960), American poet; won 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
• Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), American poet and novelist.