List of feminist and female writers

Important, Leading, Influential, Notable, Historical, Forgotten-but-Awesome Feminist and/or Women SF Writers

See List of female writers for comprehensive list of only women writes

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Lynn Abbey, (born 1948)

Kathy Acker, (1948-1997)

Glenda Adams

Patricia Anthony, (born 1947)

Kim Antieau, (born 1955)

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 Auel, (born 1936)

Hilary Bailey

Kage Baker

Lisa Barnett, (1958-2006)

Sandra Barret, (born 1963)

Gael Baudino, (born 1955)

Elizabeth Bear, (born 1971)

Lisa Ben

Louky Bersianik, (born 1930) (pseudonym of Lucille Durand)

Malorie Blackman, (born 1962)

Leigh Brackett, (1915-1978)

Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999)

E.M. Broner, (born 1930)

Charlotte Bronte, (1816-1855)

Emily Bronte, (1818-1848)

Rhoda Broughton, (1840-1920)

Mildred Downey Broxon, (born 1944)

Rosel George Brown, (1926-1967)

Mildred Downey Broxon, (born 1944)

Dorothy Bryant, (born 1930)

Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949)

Emma Bull, (born 1954)

Katharine Burdekin, (1896-1963)

Octavia E. Butler, (1947-2006)

Pat Cadigan

Patrick Califia, (born 1954)

Eleanor Cameron, (1912-1996)

Mary Caraker

Lillian Stewart Carl, (born 1949)

Jayge Carr, (born 1941), (pseudonym of Margery Krueger)

Leonora Carrington, (born 1917)

Angela Carter, (1940-1992)

Suzy McKee Charnas, (born 1939)

C.J. Cherryh, (born 1942)

Sybil Claiborne, (? - 1992)

Jo Clayton, (1939)

Brenda Clough

Storm Constantine

Janine Cross

Juanita Coulson, (born 1933)

Julie E. Czerneda

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Miriam Allen deFord, (1888-1975)

Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, (born 1956)

Esme Dodderidge

Emma Donoghue, (born 1969)

Sonya Dorman, (1924-2005) (pen name of Sonya Dorman Hess)

Candas Jane Dorsey, (born 1952)

Diane Duane, (born 1952)

L. Timmel Duchamp, (born 1950)

Maureen Duffy, (born 1933)

Phyllis Eisenstein, (born 1946)

Suzette Haden Elgin (born 1936)

Kate Elliott

Carol Emshwiller, (born 1921)

Sylvia Louise Engdahl, (born 1933)

M.J. Engh, (born 1933)

Kelley Eskridge, (born 1960)

Zoë Ann Fairbairns, (born 1948)

Nancy Farmer, (born 1941)

Cynthia Felice, (born 1942)

Sheila Finch

Lynn Flewelling, (born 1958)

Carolyn Forbes

Katherine V. Forrest, (born 1939)

Karen Joy Fowler, (born 1950)

Valerie Freireich

Esther M. Friesner, (born 1951)

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Jane Gaskell, (born 1941)

Sally Miller Gearhart, (born 1931)

Mary Gentle, (born 1956)

Carolyn Ives Gilman,

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860-1935)

Inez Haynes Gilmore, (1873-1970)

Mirra Ginsburg

Molly Gloss

Lisa Goldstein

Jewelle Gomez

Kathleen Ann Goonan

Phyllis Gotlieb, (born 1926)

Hiromi Goto, (born 1966)

Judy Grahn, (born 1940)

Nicola Griffith, (born 1960)

Eileen Gunn, (born 1945)

Andrea Hairston

Sandi Hall

Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)

Elizabeth Hand, (born 1957)

Anne Harris

Clare Winger Harris, (1891-1968)

Marlen Haushofer, (1920-1970)

Zenna Henderson, (1917-1983)

Natalie Henneberg, (born 1917)

P.C. Hodgell, (born 1951)

Cecilia Holland, (born 1943)

Joan Carol Holly, (born 1932) pseudonym: J. Hunter Holly

Nalo Hopkinson, (born 1960)

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, (1880-1932)

Tanya Huff, (born 1957)

E. Mayne Hull, (1905-1975)

Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin, (1873-1970)

Marie Jakober, (born 1941)

Tatjana Jambrišak

Gwyneth Jones, (born 1952)

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Anna Kavan, (1901-1968), pseudonym of Helen Woods Edmonds

Lee Killough, (born 1942)

Rosemary Kirstein

Ellen Klages

Nancy Kress

Ellen Kushner, (born 1955)

Mercedes Lackey

Sue Lange

Tanith Lee, (born 1947)

Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)

Stephen Leigh

Madeleine L'Engle, (born 1918)

Doris Lessing, (born 1919

Fanny Lewald, born 1811, German writer of fairy tales and fantastic fiction

Jacqueline Lichtenberg, (born 1942)

Kelly Link, (born 1969)

Anna Livia, (born 1955)

Jean Lorrah

Jane Loudon, (1807-1858)

Rosaleen Love, (born 1940)

Elizabeth A. Lynn, (born 1946)

Sonia Orin Lyris

R. A. MacAvoy, (born 1949)

Mary Mackey

Katherine MacLean, (born 1925)

Laurie J. Marks, (born 1957)

Julian May, (born 1931)

Anne McCaffrey

Maureen F. McHugh, (born 1959)

Vonda N. McIntyre, (born 1948)

Claudia McKay

Robin McKinley, (born 1952)

R. M. Meluch

Ella Merchant, (1857-1916)

Judith Merril, (1923-1997)

Melisa C. Michaels

Hope Mirrlees, (1887-1978)

Naomi Mitchison, (1897-1999)

Laura J. Mixon

Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945)

C.L. Moore, (1911-1987)

Laura Moriarty

Janet Morris

Pat Murphy, (born 1955)

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Linda Nagata

E. Nesbit, (1858-1924)

Andre Norton

Alice Nunn (pseudonym of Alison Mackirdy)

Lydia Obdulkova

Margaret Oliphant, (1827 or 1828 - 1897)

Edith Olivier, (1872-1948)

Rebecca Ore, (born 1948)

Kate Orman, (born 1968)

Severna Park, (born 1958) (pseudonym of Suzanne Feldman)

Fiona Patton

Barbara Paul, (born 1931)

Diana L. Paxson, (born 1943)

Francine Pelletier, (born 1959)

Marge Piercy, (born 1936)

Doris Piserchia, (born 1928)

Teresa Plowright

Rachel Pollack

Terry Pratchett, (born 1948)

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Kit Reed, (born 1932)

Diana Rivers, (born 1931)

Kim Stanley Robinson

Justina Robson

J.K. Rowling, (born 1965)

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Geoff Ryman, (born 1951)

Joanna Russ, (born 1937)

Mary Doria Russell, (born 1950)

Margaret St. Clair, (1911-1995)

Pamela Sargent, (born 1948)

Josephine Saxton, (born 1935)

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Melissa Scott, (born 1960)

Mary Shelley, (1797-1851)

Delia Sherman, (born 1951)

Wilmar H. Shiras, (born 1908)

Susan Shwartz

Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)

Joan Slonczewski, (born 1956)

Stephanie A. Smith

Martha Soukup

Nancy Springer, (born 1948)

Neal Stephenson

Frances Stevens, (1884-1939)

Leslie F. Stone, (1905-1987)

Lucy Sussex, (born 1957)

Sheri S. Tepper, (born 1929)

Amy Thomson

Joyce Thompson

James Tiptree, Jr., (1915-1987) (pseudonym of Alice Sheldon)

Lisa Tuttle, (born 1952)

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Luisa Valenzuela, (born 1938)

Sydney J. Van Scyoc, (born 1939)

JoSelle Vanderhooft, (born 1980)

Joan D. Vinge, (born 1948)

Thea Von Harbou, (1888-1954)

Élisabeth Vonarburg, (born 1947)

Sylvia Townsend Warner, (1893-1978)

Rebecca West, (1892-1983)

Leslie What

Kate Wilhelm, (born 1928)

Cherry Wilder, (1930-2002)

Connie Willis, (born 1945)

Terri Windling, (born 1958)

Monique Wittig, (1935-2003)

Virginia Woolf, (1882-1941)

M.K. Wren, (born 1938)

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, (born 1942)

Jane Yolen, (born 1939)

Sarah Zettel, (born 1966)

Pamela Zoline, (born 1941)

Latin American/Spanish author list

Women in SF writing in Spanish & Portuguese Mujeres de CF

Ruth N. Abello

Adriana Alarco de Zadra (Peru)

Olga Appiani de Linares

Luisa Axpe

Doris Camarena

Susana J. Carletti

Tatiana Carsen

Libia Branda Castro

Daína Chaviano (Cuba/U.S.) dainachaviano.com

Claudia De Bella (Argentina) writer & translator, English/Portuguese -> Spanish

Gisela M. Del Río

Bárbara Din

Claudia Silvina Dorrego

Raquel Froilán García

Emma Gómez

Angelica Gorodischer (Argentina)

A. Graciela Parini

Sandra Huerta

Graciela Inés Lorenzo Tillard

Julia Marina Müller

Felicidad Martínez

Rebeca Montañez

Magdalena Mouján Otaño

Natalia Nancucchio

Laura Nuñez

Fran Ontanaya

Graciela Parini

Pilar Pedraza

Carla C. Pereira

Laura Ponce

Gina Picart Baluja (Cuba)

Gilda Pinarello

Yelinna Pulliti Carrasco (Peru)

Carmen Quirós

Lola Robles

Paula Ruggeri

Adelaida Saucedo

Judith Shapiro

Patricia Suárez

Susana Sussmann ([Venezuela])

Mónica Torres

Pamela Torres Penilla

Nastia Tynjälä ([Peru]) [1]

Tanya Tynjälä ([Peru)] [2]

Soledad Véliz Córdoba

Ileana Vicente Armenteros (Cuba)