List of feminist and female writers
- 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
- Dorothy Bryant
- Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949)
- Emma Bull
- Katharine Burdekin, (1896-1963)
- Octavia E. Butler, (1947-2006)
- Jayge Carr, (born 1941), (pseudonym of Margery Krueger)
- Angela Carter, (1940-1992)
- Suzy McKee Charnas, (born 1939)
- C.J. Cherryh, (born 1942)
- Janine Cross
- Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)
- Emma Donoghue, (born 1969)
- Candas Jane Dorsey, (born 1952)
- L. Timmel Duchamp, (born 1950)
- Suzette Haden Elgin (born 1936)
- Carol Emshwiller, (born 1921)
- Kelley Eskridge, (born 1960)
- Lynn Flewelling, (born 1958)
- Karen Joy Fowler, (born 1950)
- 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
- Nicola Griffith, (born 1960)
- Eileen Gunn, (born 1945)
- Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Hand, (born 1957)
- Anne Harris
- Zenna Henderson, (1917-1983)
- Sonya Dorman Hess, (born 1924)
- P.C. Hodgell, (born 1951)
- Nalo Hopkinson, (born 1960)
- Tanya Huff, (born 1957)
- Marie Jakober, (born 1941)
- Gwyneth Jones, (born 1952)
- Rosemary Kirstein
- Ellen Klages
- Ellen Kushner, (born 1955)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)
- Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
- Stephen Leigh
- Doris Lessing
- Kelly Link
- Anna Livia, (born 1955)
- Jane Loudon, (1807-1858)
- Rosaleen Love
- Elizabeth A. Lynn, (born 1946)
- Katherine MacLean, (born 1925)
- Laurie J. Marks
- 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
- Edith Olivier, (1872-1948)
- Rebecca Ore, (born 1948)
- Kate Orman, (born 1968)
- Severna Park
- Francine Pelletier, (born 1959)
- Marge Piercy, (born 1936)
- Doris Piserchia, (born 1928)
- Terry Pratchett
- Kit Reed, (born 1932)
- Diana Rivers
- 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
- Melissa Scott, (born 1960)
- Mary Shelley, (1797-1851)
- Delia Sherman, (born 1951)
- 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)
- 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
- M.K. Wren
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
- Jane Yolen, (born 1939)
- Sarah Zettel, (born 1966)
- Pamela Zoline, (born 1941)