List of feminist and female writers
- Eleanor Arnason, (born 1942)
- Margaret Atwood, (born 1939)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999)
- Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949)
- Octavia E. Butler, (1947-2006)
- Angela Carter, (1940-1992)
- Suzy McKee Charnas, (born 1939)
- Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)
- Candas Jane Dorsey (born 1952)
- L. Timmel Duchamp
- Suzette Haden Elgin (born 1936)
- Carol Emshwiller, (born 1921)
- Kelley Eskridge, (born 1960)
- Karen Joy Fowler, (born 1950)
- Sally Miller Gearhart, (born 1931)
- Mary Gentle, (born 1956)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860-1935)
- Molly Gloss
- Phyllis Gotlieb, (born 1926)
- Hiromi Goto
- Nicola Griffith, (born 1960)
- Eileen Gunn, (born 1945)
- Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Hand, (born 1957)
- Zenna Henderson, (1917-1983)
- Sonya Dorman Hess, (born 1924)
- P. C. Hodgell, (born 1951)
- Nalo Hopkinson, (born 1960)
- Gwyneth Jones, (born 1952)
- Rosemary Kirstein
- Ellen Kushner, (born 1955)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)
- Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
- Kelly Link
- Katherine MacLean, (born 1925)
- Laurie Marks
- Maureen F. McHugh, (born 1959)
- Vonda N. McIntyre, (born 1948)
- Judith Merril, (1923-1997)
- Naomi Mitchison, (1897-1999)
- Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945)
- C.L. Moore, (1911-1987)
- Pat Murphy, (born 1955)
- Alice Nunn
- Rebecca Ore, (born 1948)
- Marge Piercy, (born 1936)
- Kit Reed, (born 1932)
- Joanna Russ, (born 1937)
- Mary Doria Russell, (born 1950)
- Margaret St. Clair, (1911-1995)
- Pamela Sargent, (born 1948)
- Delia Sherman, (born 1951)
- Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
- Joan Slonczewski, (born 1956)
- 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)
- Joan D. Vinge, (born 1948)
- Élisabeth Vonarburg, (born 1947)
- Kate Wilhelm, (born 1928)
- Connie Willis, (born 1945)
- Terri Windling, (born 1958)
- Monique Wittig, (1935-2003)
- Jane Yolen, (born 1939)
- Sarah Zettel, (born 1966)
- Pamela Zoline, (born 1941)