List of feminist and female writers

Kathy Acker, (1948-1997)

Kim Antieau, (born 1955)

Eleanor Arnason, (born 1942)

Margaret Atwood, (born 1939)

Lisa Barnett, (1958-2006)

Gael Baudino, (born 1955)

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

Leigh Brackett, (1915-1978)

Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999)

E.M. Broner, (born 1930)

Rhoda Broughton, (1840-1920)

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)

Patrick Califia, (born 1954)

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

Angela Carter, (1940-1992)

Suzy McKee Charnas, (born 1939)

C.J. Cherryh, (born 1942)

Janine Cross

Miriam Allen deFord, (1888-1975)

Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)

Emma Donoghue, (born 1969)

Sonya Dorman, (1924-2005)

Candas Jane Dorsey, (born 1952)

L. Timmel Duchamp, (born 1950)

Suzette Haden Elgin (born 1936)

Carol Emshwiller, (born 1921)

Sylvia Louise Engdahl, (born 1933)

M.J. Engh, (born 1933)

Kelley Eskridge, (born 1960)

Zoe Ann Fairbairns, (born 1948)

Lynn Flewelling, (born 1958)

Katherine v. Forrest, (born 1939)

Karen Joy Fowler, (born 1950)

Valerie Freireich

Esther M. Friesner, (born 1951)

Jane Gaskell, (born 1941)

Sally Miller Gearhart, (born 1931)

Mary Gentle, (born 1956)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860-1935)

Molly Gloss

Jewelle Gomez

Phyllis Gotlieb, (born 1926)

Hiromi Goto

Judy Grahn, (born 1940)

Nicola Griffith, (born 1960)

Eileen Gunn, (born 1945)

Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)

Elizabeth Hand, (born 1957)

Anne Harris

Marlen Haushofer, (1920-1970)

Zenna Henderson, (1917-1983)

Sonya Dorman Hess, (born 1924)

P.C. Hodgell, (born 1951)

Cecilia Holland, (born 1943)

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)

Gwyneth Jones, (born 1952)

Rosemary Kirstein

Ellen Klages

Ellen Kushner, (born 1955)

Tanith Lee, (born 1947)

Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)

Stephen Leigh

Madeleine L'Engle, (born 1918)

Doris Lessing, (born 1919

Kelly Link

Anna Livia, (born 1955)

Jane Loudon, (1807-1858)

Rosaleen Love, (born 1940)

Elizabeth A. Lynn, (born 1946)

Katherine MacLean, (born 1925)

Laurie J. Marks, (born 1957)

Maureen F. McHugh, (born 1959)

Vonda N. McIntyre, (born 1948)

Robin McKinley, (born 1952)

Judith Merril, (1923-1997)

Hope Mirrlees, (1887-1978)

Naomi Mitchison, (1897-1999)

Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945)

C.L. Moore, (1911-1987)

Pat Murphy, (born 1955)

E. Nesbit, (1858-1924)

Alice Nunn

Margaret Oliphant, (1827 or 1828 - 1897)

Edith Olivier, (1872-1948)

Rebecca Ore, (born 1948)

Kate Orman, (born 1968)

Severna Park, (born 1958)

Francine Pelletier, (born 1959)

Marge Piercy, (born 1936)

Doris Piserchia, (born 1928)

Terry Pratchett

Kit Reed, (born 1932)

Diana Rivers, (born 1931)

Kim Stanley Robinson

J.K. Rowling, (born 1965)

Geoff Ryman

Joanna Russ, (born 1937)

Mary Doria Russell, (born 1950)

Margaret St. Clair, (1911-1995)

Pamela Sargent, (born 1948)

Josephine Saxton, (born 1935)

Melissa Scott, (born 1960)

Mary Shelley, (1797-1851)

Delia Sherman, (born 1951)

Wilmar H. Shiras, (born 1908)

Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)

Joan Slonczewski, (born 1956)

Stephanie A. Smith

Nancy Springer, (born 1948)

Lucy Sussex, (born 1957)

Sheri S. Tepper, (born 1929)

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

Lisa Tuttle, (born 1952)

Luisa Valenzuela, (born 1938)

Sydney J. Van Scyoc, (born 1939)

Joan D. Vinge, (born 1948)

Élisabeth Vonarburg, (born 1947)

Rebecca West, (1892-1983)

Kate Wilhelm, (born 1928)

Connie Willis, (born 1945)

Terri Windling, (born 1958)

Monique Wittig, (1935-2003)

Virginia Woolf, (1882-1941)

M.K. Wren

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, (born 1942)

Jane Yolen, (born 1939)

Sarah Zettel, (born 1966)

Pamela Zoline, (born 1941)