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
A-C
- 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
D-F
- 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)
G-J
- 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)
K-M
- 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)
- Susan R. Matthews
- 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)
N-P
- 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)
R-T
- 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)
U-Z
- 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 T ([Peru]) [1]
- Tanya Tynjälä ([Peru)] [2]
- Soledad Véliz Córdoba
- Ileana Vicente Armenteros (Cuba)