List of female SF writers: A

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

• Lynn Abbey, (born 1948) (pseudonym for Marilyn Lorraine Abbey)
• Marilyn Lorraine Abbey, 1948- (pseudonym: Lynn Abbey, 1948-)
• Ruth N. Abello
• Harriette S. Abels, 1926- full name: Harriette Sheffer Abels, 1926-
• Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen, 9/6/1916- (used pseudonym Cristabel)
• Kathy Acker, (1948-1997)
• Glenda Adams
• Adriana Alarco de Zadra (Peru)
• Patricia Anthony, (born 1947)
• Kim Antieau, (born 1955)

• Olga Appiani de Linares
• Eleanor Arnason, (born 1942)
• Catherine Asaro
• Pauline Ashwell, (born 1928), also Paul Ash, real name Pauline Whitby
• Gertrude Atherton, (born 1857)
• Margaret Atwood, (born 1939)
• Jean M. Auel, (born 1936)
• Alicia Austin
• Mary Hunter Austin, 1868-1934 (Mary Austin; pseud. Gordon Stairs)
• Catherine Aydy (pseudonym for Emma Tennant)

• Kathleen de Azevedo
• Luisa Axpe

More: copied from FSF.org

• http://feministsf.org/authors/wsfwriters.html

Hazel Adair (pseudonym for Hazel Addis)
Ruth Adam
Nadia Adamant
Glenda Adams
Harriet S(tratemeyer) Adams, 1892-1982 (pseudonyms: Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Victor Appleton. These "house-names" were begun by her father Edward Stratemeyer)
Lynn Adams
Pamela Crippen Adams, 1961-
Sara Adamson (pseudonym for Laura Antoniou)
Hazel Addis (pseudonym: Hazel Adair)
Linda D. Addison

Joan (Delano) Aiken, 2/4/1924- (born Britain) 
Kathleen J. Alcala
Louisa May Alcott (pseudonym: A. M. Barnard) 
Gill Alderman
Ann Aldrich (pseudonym for Marijane Meaker)
Mary C. Aldridge 
Thea Alexander
Karen Jordan Allen 
Kate Allen
Judith Alguire
Lori Negridge Allen 
Isabel Allende, 1942- . b. Lima, Perú considers herself Chilean; lives in US
Dorothy Allison, b. Greenville, SC, USA 
Andrea M. Alton 
Liv Margareth Alver, Norway 
Emily Alward 
Zainab Amadahy, 1956- 
Lottie F. Ambrose (published as L. D. Biagi)
Mildred Ames
Colleen Anderson 
Karen Anderson 
Karen (Kruse) Anderson, 1932- 
Karen Anderson 
Margaret J(ean) Anderson, 1931- 
Susan Janice Anderson 
Katya Andreevna 
Patricia Anthony 
Kim Antieau, 1955-: web page
Laura Antoniou (pseudonym: Sara Adamson)
Toni Anzetti 
E. L. Arch (pseudonym for Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
Lynne Armstrong-Jones 
Eleanor [Atwood] Arnason, 1942- web page 
Red Jordan Arobateau 
Catherine Asaro 
Constance Ash 
Paul Ash (pseudonym for Pauline Ashwell)
Sarah Ash
Ellen Asher 
Pauline Ashwell (pseudonym: Paul Ash)
Janet O. (Jeppson) Asimov, 1926- (published as J. O. Jeppson) 
Nancy Asire 
Chrstina Askanis
Cynthia Asquith (Lady Mary), 1887-3/31/1960 
Hope Athearn 
Gertrude Franklin Atherton, 10/30/1857-6/14/1948 
Stella Atrium 
Margaret Atwood, 1939- (born Canada) [see also: discussion list at atwood-l@cariboo.bc.ca ... Margaret Atwood Information Web Site ... Atwood Society]