This list of women writers includes women writers with individual entries in biographical or biobibliographical dictionaries devoted to the subject.
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- Malak 'Abdel 'Aziz.[Buck]
- Mena Abdullah (born 1930).[Sage]
- Leila Abouzeid (born 1950), Moroccan novelist and journalist.[Miller]
- Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès (1784-1838), French non-fiction writer.[Buck]
- Fawziyya Abū Khālid (born 1955), Saudi Arabian poet and essayist.[Miller]
- Frances Aburgavennie.[Buck]
- Evelyne Accad (born 1943), Lebanese-Swiss-US novelist.[Miller]
- Doña Angela de Acevedo.[Buck]
- Catherine Acholonu (born 1950), Nigerian poet, dramatist, essayist and fiction writer.[Buck] [Miller]
- Kathy Acker (1947–1997), US novelist and short-story writer.[Buck] [Miller] [Sage]
- Louise Ackermann (1813-1890), French poet.[Buck]
- Valentine Ackland (1906-1969), English poet.[Buck] [Sage]
- Soledad Acosta de Samper (1833-1913), Colombian poet and journalist.[Buck]
- Eliza Acton (1799-1859), English cookery writer.[Sage]
- Dora Acuña (1903-1987), Paraguayan poet and journalist.[Buck]
- Juliette Adam (1836-1936), French author and feminist.[Buck]
- Abigail Adams (1744-1818), American First Lady and letter-writer.[Buck] [Mulford] [Sage]
- Alice Adams (1926-1999), American novelist, short story writer and academic.[Champion]
- Anna Adams (born 1926), British poet.[Sage]
- Glenda Adams (1939–2007), Australian novelist.[Buck] [Miller] [Sage]
- Hannah Adams (1755-1831), American Christian author and historian.[Buck] [Mulford] [Sage]
- Jane Adams (1710-1765), British poet and teacher.[Sage]
- Patsy Adam-Smith (1924-2001), Australian author and historian.[Buck] [Sage]
- Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848), English poet.[Buck] [Sage]
- Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand-born poet and translator.[Buck][Miller] [Sage]
References
edit- [Buck] Buck, Claire, ed. The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature. Prentice Hall, 1992.
- [Champion] Champion, Laurie and Austin, Rhonda, eds. Contemporary American women fiction writers: an A-to-Z guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.
- [Gonzalez] Gonzalez, Alexander G., ed. Irish women writers: an A-to-Z guide. Greenwood Press, 2006.
- [Harris] Harris, Sharon M., ed., American women prose writers, 1870-1920. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 221.
- [Hudock] Hudock, Amy E. & Rodier, Katharine, eds. American women prose writers: 1820-1870. Gale Group, 2001. Dictionary of Literary Biography.
- [Klein] Klein, Kathleen G., ed. Great women mystery writers: classic to contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
- [Miller] Miller, Jane Eldridge, ed., Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Routledge, 2001.
- [Mulford] Mulford, Carla, et al., eds. American women prose writers to 1820. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. Dictionary of Literary Biography.
- [Pollack] Pollack, Sandra, et al., eds. Contemporary lesbian writers of the United States: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1993.
- [Sage] Sage, Lorna, ed. The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-49525-3
- [Showalter] Showalter, Elaine, et al., eds. Modern American women writers. Maxwell Macmillan International, 1991.
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