List of female SF writers: A

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

• Lynn Abbey, (born 1948) (pseudonym for Marilyn Lorraine Abbey)
• Marilyn Lorraine Abbey, 1948- (pseudonym: Lynn Abbey, 1948-)
• Ruth N. Abello
• Harriette S. Abels, 1926- full name: Harriette Sheffer Abels, 1926-
• Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen, 9/6/1916- (used pseudonym Cristabel)
• Kathy Acker, (1948-1997)
• Glenda Adams
• Fleur Adcock (New Zealand)
• Adriana Alarco de Zadra (Peru)
• Nikki Alfar (Philippines)
• Patricia Anthony, (born 1947)
• Kim Antieau, (born 1955)

• Olga Appiani de Linares
• 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 M. Auel, (born 1936)
• Alicia Austin
• Mary Hunter Austin, 1868-1934 (Mary Austin; pseud. Gordon Stairs)
• Catherine Aydy (pseudonym for Emma Tennant)

• Kathleen de Azevedo
• Luisa Axpe

directory

Rachel Aaron
Lynn Abbey
Kathy Acker
Glenda Adams
Linda Addison
Margot Adler
Joan Aiken
Taibah Al-Ibrahim
Louisa May Alcott
Camille Alexa
Alma Alexander
Thea Plym Alexander
Dorothy Allison
Zainab Amadahy
Charlie Anders
C. L. Anderson
Patricia Anthony
Kim Antieau
Kelley Armstrong
Eleanor Arnason

Keri Arthur
Catherine Asaro
Constance Ash
Pauline Ashwell
Paul Ash
Alice Askew
Cynthia Asquith
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
Kate Atkinson
Margaret Atwood
Jean Auel
Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy
Jane Austen
M H Ayinde

More: copied from FSF.org

• http://feministsf.org/authors/wsfwriters.html

Hazel Adair (pseudonym for Hazel Addis)
Ruth Adam
Nadia Adamant
Glenda Adams
Harriet S(tratemeyer) Adams, 1892-1982 (pseudonyms: Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Victor Appleton. These "house-names" were begun by her father Edward Stratemeyer)
Lynn Adams
Pamela Crippen Adams, 1961-
Sara Adamson (pseudonym for Laura Antoniou)
Hazel Addis (pseudonym: Hazel Adair)
Linda D. Addison

Joan (Delano) Aiken, 2/4/1924- (born Britain) 
Kathleen J. Alcala
Louisa May Alcott (pseudonym: A. M. Barnard) 
Gill Alderman
Ann Aldrich (pseudonym for Marijane Meaker)
Mary C. Aldridge 
Thea Alexander
Karen Jordan Allen 
Kate Allen
Judith Alguire
Lori Negridge Allen 
Isabel Allende, 1942- . b. Lima, Perú considers herself Chilean; lives in US
Dorothy Allison, b. Greenville, SC, USA 
Andrea M. Alton 
Liv Margareth Alver, Norway 
Emily Alward 
Zainab Amadahy, 1956- 
Lottie F. Ambrose (published as L. D. Biagi)
Mildred Ames
Colleen Anderson 
Karen Anderson 
Karen (Kruse) Anderson, 1932- 
Karen Anderson 
Margaret J(ean) Anderson, 1931- 
Susan Janice Anderson 
Katya Andreevna 
Patricia Anthony 
Kim Antieau, 1955-: web page
Laura Antoniou (pseudonym: Sara Adamson)
Toni Anzetti 
E. L. Arch (pseudonym for Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
Lynne Armstrong-Jones 
Eleanor [Atwood] Arnason, 1942- web page 
Catherine Asaro 
Constance Ash 
Paul Ash (pseudonym for Pauline Ashwell)
Sarah Ash
Ellen Asher 
Pauline Ashwell (pseudonym: Paul Ash)
Janet O. (Jeppson) Asimov, 1926- (published as J. O. Jeppson) 
Nancy Asire 
Chrstina Askanis
Cynthia Asquith (Lady Mary), 1887-3/31/1960 
Hope Athearn 
Gertrude Franklin Atherton, 10/30/1857-6/14/1948 
Stella Atrium 
Margaret Atwood, 1939- (born Canada) [see also: discussion list at atwood-l@cariboo.bc.ca ... Margaret Atwood Information Web Site ... Atwood Society]