List of feminist and female writers

Eleanor Arnason, (born 1942)

Margaret Atwood, (born 1939)

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

Leigh Brackett, (1915-1978)

Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999)

Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949)

Octavia E. Butler, (1947-2006)

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

Angela Carter, (1940-1992)

Suzy McKee Charnas, (born 1939)

C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942)

Janine Cross

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)

Jane Gaskell, (born 1941)

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)

Marie Jakober, (born 1941)

Gwyneth Jones, (born 1952)

Rosemary Kirstein

Ellen Kushner, (born 1955)

Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)

Tanith Lee, (born 1947)

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)

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)

Francine Pelletier, (born 1959)

Marge Piercy, (born 1936)

Doris Piserchia, (born 1928)

Kit Reed, (born 1932)

JK Rowling, (born 1965)

Joanna Russ, (born 1937)

Mary Doria Russell, (born 1950)

Margaret St. Clair, (1911-1995)

Pamela Sargent, (born 1948)

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)

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)