Index to Female Writers
In Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia:
18th Century to the Present

Notes
who counts as female, how do i decide, where do i get the names, etc.
also works consulted

See also:
Index to Women SF Writers of Color
Non-English-Language Feminist SF Writers
Women SF Writers by Nationality and Canadian Women SF Authors
Index to Lesbian SF Writers

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, 1948-

(pseudonym for Marilyn Lorraine Abbey), 1948-

Marilyn Lorraine Abbey, 1948-

(pseudonym: Lynn Abbey, 1948-)

Harriette S. Abels, 1926-

full name: Harriette Sheffer Abels, 1926-

Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen, 9/6/1916-

(used pseudonym Cristabel)

Kathy Acker, 1948-1997

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

Red Jordan Arobateau

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]

Jean M. Auel
Alicia Austin

Mary Austin (pseudonym: Gordon Stairs)

Mary Austin, 1868-1934

Catherine Aydy (pseudonym for Emma Tennant)

Kathleen de Azevedo

Camille Bacon-Smith
Patricia Baere
Patricia Goehner Baehr
Carolyn J. Bahr Hilary Bailey, 1936- (born Britain)
Meredith Suzanne Baird
Wilhelmina Baird
Alison Baker
Betty Baker
Kage Baker, 1952-
Linda Baker
Nikki Baker
Sharon Baker
Virginia Baker
Bee Baldwin
Margaret Baldwin (pseudonym for Margaret Weis)
Margaret Ball [see also: Web Page ]
Toni Cade Bambarra
Sara Banerji
Jo Bannister, 1951-
Isabel Barclay
A. M. Barnard (pseudonym for Louisa May Alcott)
May Barnard (publishing name for Marjorie Faith Barnard, 8/16/1897-)
Marjorie (May) Faith Barnard, 8/16/1897- (published as May Barnard)
K[aren] D. Barnes
Patricia Barnes-Svarney
Ada Barnett
Jill Barnett
Lisa [Anne] Barnett, 1958-
Elizabeth Barrette
Barbara Bartholomew
Lannah Battley
Gael Baudino
E. Susan Baugh
Grace A. Baughman
Carolyn Busey Bauman
Martha Bayless
Tanya Beaty
Helen Beauclerk
J. M. Beazer
Amy Bechtel
L(ily) Adams Beck, -1931
Christine Beckert
Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
Delores Goodrick Beggs
Thea Beckmann
Diane Schneider Belden
Clare Bell
Hilari Bell
Pamela Belle
Michele Belling
Hilaire Belloc, 1870-1953
Lisa Ben (pseudonym: an anagram of lesbian)
Cheryl Benard, 1953-
Gertrude Barrows Bennett (see Frances Stevens)
Gertrude R. Bennett
Marcia J(oanne) Bennett, 6/9/1945-
Margot Bennett, 1903- or 1912-
Nella Benson
Stella Benson, 1892-1933
Nancy Varian Berberick
Jessica Berens
Elisabeth Beresford
Marta Bergstresser (see Marta Randall)
Elaine Bergstrom
Judith Berman Ruth Berman
Joan Bernott
Louky Bersianik (French)
Joanne Bertin
eluki bes shahar (pseudonyms: Rosemary Edghill) [see also: http://liad.merrywing.com/eluki/eluki.htm ]
L. D. Biagi (pseudonym for Lottie F. Ambrose)
Ilsa J. Bick
Carmel Bird
Isobel Bird
Becky Birtha
Heather Woodard Bischoff
Anne Bishop
Zealia B(rown) Bishop
Marci Blackman
Charity Blackstock
Katherine Blake (pseudonym for Dorothy J. Heydt)
Kay Blake (pseudonym for Dorothy Walter ? or Dorothy J. Heydt)
Caroline Blanche-Agnet
Edith Bland (published as E. Nesbit; known as Edith Nesbit)
H(elene) P(etrovna) Blavatsky, 1831-1891
Lucy Jane Bledsoe Tippi Blevins
Judith L. Blish
Karen Dinesen Blixen (used pseudonym Isek Dinesen)
Francesca Lia Block, 1962-
Mabel Blodgett

Nina Boal, b. Illinois, USA
Nancy Bogen
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, 1954- . [see also: Web Page ]
Darlene D. Bolesny
Johanna M. Bolton
María Luisa Bombal, 1907- (b. Viña del Mar, Chile)
Margaret Wander Bonanno, 1950 -
Nancy Bond
Terry Nelsen Bonner (pseudonym for Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
Vanna Bonta
Kathrina Bood
Mary Borden
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Kate Bornstein
Lisa Jean Botell
Lisa Jean Bothell
Sandy Boucher
Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole) Bowen, 1899-1973 (born Ireland)
Marjorie Bowen (psuedonym for Gabrielle M. V. Long)
B. M. Bower (pseudonym for Mrs. Bertha Sinclair)
Karin Boye, 1900-1941 [see: Karin Boye Society]
Elizabeth Boyer

Leigh (Douglass) Brackett, 12/7/1915-3/24/1978; b. USA.

[see also: Web Page and web page ]

Marion (Eleanor) Zimmer Bradley, 6/3/1930-1999.

Pseudonyms: Lee Chapman, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, Morgan Ives, John J. Wells, Valerie Graves. Also wrote as Marion Astra Zimmer. [see also: Web Page and Web Page in French and selected bibliography ].

Lois McMaster Bujold, 1949- .

[see also: Web Page and Bujold FAQ and The Bujold Nexus ]

Emma Bull [Shetterley], 1954-

See also a bibliography

Anne Evelyn Bunting, 1928-

Eve Bunting

Katharine [Penelope] Burdekin, 1896-1963, England

(pseudonyms: Murray Constantine, Kay Burdekin; often misspelled as Katherine Burdekin). [see also: feministsf.org's Unofficial K. B. Web Page ]

Kay Burdekin

(pseudonym for Katharine Burdekin, 1896-1963

Barbara Burford, 1944-

Lolah Burford

Lauren P. Burka

Sheila Burnford

Linda E. Bushyager

Joan Butler, 1905-

Octavia (Estelle) Butler, 6/22/1947- (born USA).

[ see also: feministsf.org's Unofficial O. B. Web Page ]

Pat Cadigan

Karen Cadora

Janet Caird

Maya Caldecott

Moyra Caldecott

(Janet Miriam) Taylor Caldwell, 1900-

Patrick Califia-Rice, 1954-

Note: Patrick has transitioned from F to M and no longer identifies as a woman. Patrick is listed here for works written while identified as female and to clear up any confusion.

Hortense Calisher, 12/20/1911-

Anne Cameron

Eleanor Cameron, 3/23/1912-

Marion Campbell, 1919-

Lisa W. Cantrell

Judith Cape (pseudonym for Kathleen P. Page)

Mary Caraker

Jacqueline Carey

Lillian Stewart Carl, 6/22/1949-

Angela (Olive) (Stalker) Carter, 5/7/1940-1992. (born Britain)

[see also: feministsf.org's Unofficial A.C. Web Page ]

Carmen Carter, 1954-

Diana Carter

Elizabeth Eliot Carter (pseudonym for Cecelia Holland)

Mary Carter

Raphael Carter

Identifies as neither female nor male. That makes this page the women & non-men writers.

A. G. Cascone (pseudonym for Annette Cascone and Gina Cascone)

Annette Cascone

Gina Cascone

Penny Casdagli (b. Greece)

Amy Sterling Casil

Susan Casper

Nona M. Caspers

Mary Catelli

Willa Cather, 1873-1947

Margaret Cavendish

Sally Caves

Karen Rose Cercone

Elizabeth Chadwick

Ann Chamberlin

Joanne Dahme
Felicia Dale
Kara Dalkey
Annie Dalton
Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
Mary Danby
Mildred E. Danforth
Kate Daniel
Cora Linn Daniels
Dorothy Daniels
Karen Daniels
Max Daniels (see: Roberta Gellis)
Zoe Daniels
Gloria Rand Dank
Paula Danziger
Catherine Darby
Diana Darling
Ellen Datlow
Emily Davenport
Elizabeth Davis, 1936-
Grania Davis
Gwen Davis
Kathryn Davis
Pamela Dean
full name: Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet
The Annotated Dean
Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet. publishes as: Pamela Dean
Judy Dalghty
Lisa Deason
Catherine Crook de Camp, 11/6/1907-
Marion Deeds
Miriam Allen deFord, 8/21/1888-2/22/1975
Diane DeKelf-Rittenhouse
Reina Delacroix (pseudonym)
Terri de la Peña;
Alice Denham
Carol L. Dennis
Roxanne Dent
Barbara A. Denz
Linda Grant De Pauw
Jeanne Desy
Diane Detzer (De Reyna), 5/13/1930- (pseudonyms: Adam Lukens, Jorge)
Elizabeth DeVos
John Dexter. Pseudonym for Marion Zimmer Bradley
Susan Dexter
Charles Dey. Pseudonym for Katherine MacLean
Alina Diaconú, (1951-), b. Bucharest; age 12 migrated to Buenos Aires.
Marosa Di Giorgio, b. 1941 (lives in Montevideo)
Kay Dick, 1915-
Marilyn K. Dickerson
Jennifer DiMarco
Isak Dinesen, 1885-1962 (pseudonym for Karen Dinesen Blixen) (Denmark / Kenya)
Theresa C. Dintino
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Marjorie Dixon
Muriel Dobbin
Esme Dodderidge
Alcina Lubitch Domecq
Nina M. Doney Maxim Donne (pseudonym for Madelaine Duke)
Emma Donoghue (Irish)
Coleen Doran
Sonya (Hess) Dorman, 4/6/1924 - 2/14/2005
Candas Jane Dorsey, 1952- (b. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).
Carole Nelson Douglas, 1944-
Conda V. Douglas
Lauren Wright Douglas, b. Canada
Sara Douglass
Ann Downer (also known as Ann Downer-Hazell)
Ann Downer-Hazell (also known as Ann Downer)
Paula E. Downing, 1951-
Carole Nelson Douglas
Debra Doyle, 1952-
Sarah Dreher
June Drummond, 1923-
Diane (Elizabeth) Duane, 1952-
Theodora DuBois, 1890-
Maureen Duffy
Henrietta Dugdale (Australian)
Madelaine (Elizabeth) Duke, 8/21/1925- (pseudonyms: Maxim Donne)
Claudine Dumas is pseudonym for Barry Malzberg
Daphne du Maurier, 1907-1989 (born Britain)
Olivia Howard Dunbar
Lois Duncan, 1934-
Eileen Dunlop
Linda J. Dunn; see also www.lindajdunn.com/
Dorothy Dunnett
Doranna Durgan
Karen Duvall
Charles Dye. Pseudonym for Katherine MacLean
Marianne J. Dyson

Julia Ecklar
Leigh Eddings
Rosemary Edgehill - see eluki bes shahar
Teresa Edgerton
Rosemary Edghill (pseudonym for eluki bes shahar)
Helen Woods Edmonds, 1901-1968 (see Anna Kavan)
Amelia B(landford) Edwards, 1831-1892. (England)
Claudia J. Edwards
Doris Egan (pseudonym for Jane Emerson)
Phyllis (Kleinstein) Eisenstein, 2/26/1946-
Myrna Elana
George Eliot, 1819-1880. (pseudonym for Mary Anne Evans Cross) (England).
Kandis Elliot
Kate Elliott (pseudonym for Alis A. Rasmussen)
Sophie Wenzel Ellis
Margaret Elphinstone
Jane Emerson (pseudonym: Doris Egan)
Ru Emerson, 1944-
Carol (Fries) Emshwiller, 4/12/1921- (born USA)
Sarah Endacott (Australian)
Sylvia Louise Engdahl, 11/24/1933-
M(ary) J(ane) Engh, 1933-
E(loise Hopper) Engle, 1923-
Elizabeth Engstrom
Sharon Epperson
Barbara Erskine
Kelley Eskridge
Laura Esquivel
Alix Estacada
Rose Estes
Nancy Etchemendy, 1952-
Linda Evans

Zoe (Ann) Fairbairns, 12/20/1948- (born Britain)
Jane S. Fancher
Marie C. Farca, 1935-
Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965
Nancy Farmer
Penelope Farmer, 1939-
Christa Faust
Suzanne Feldman. Pseudonyms: Severna Park
Cynthia (Lindgren) Felice, 11/12/1942-
Audrey Ferber
Betty Ferm, 1926-
Helen Ferguson (see Anna Kavan)
Lucy Ferriss
Morgan Fields (pseudonym for Jill Meredith Morgan)
Gemma Files
Sheila Finch, 1935-
Marina Fitch
Gillian Fitzgerald

male or female ? --> Lynn Flewelling
Louise Folley
D(orothy) C. Fontana
Caroline Forbes
Edith Forbes
Lelia Rose Foreman
Elizabeth Forrest (pseudonym for Rhondi Vilott Salsitz)
Katherine V. Forrest, 1939-
Maryann Forrest
Kate Forsyth
Lisa Fosburgh
Karen Joy Fowler, 1950-
Janet Fox
Mary Fox (1800s)
Ellen Foxxe
Leanne Frahm (Australian)
Leanne Frahme (Australian)
Janet (Paterson) Frame, 1924- (born New Zealand)
Janrae Frank
Pamela Frankau, 1908-1967
Cheryl J. Franklin, 1955-
Laura Frankos
Marina Frants
Jessica Frasca
Nancy (Mars) Freedman, 7/4/1920-
Gail Freeman
Mary E Wilkins Freeman (published as Mary E. Wilkins), 1852-1930
Valerie J. Freireich
Celia Fremlin
Ellen Frey
Mary Frey
Gertrude (Tonkonogy) Friedberg, 3/17/1908
Esther Friesner, 1951-
Deborah H. Fruin
Maggie Furey

Amelia G
Leslie Gadallah
Davida Gaida
Sara Gallardo, 1931-1988. (b. Buenos Aires).
Barbara Galler-Smith
Jane Gallion
Frances Gapper Lee Hawkins Garby
Jane Gardam
Nancy Garden
Miriam Gardner. Pseudonym for: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gwynne Garfinkle
Elena Garro (Mexico)
Sandra M. Gilbert
d. g. k. goldberg
Angélica Gorodischer, 1941- . (b. Buenos Aires).
Juana Manuela Gorriti (19th c. magical realism travels in Argentina)
Ellen Gruber Garvey
Elizabeth (Cleghorn) Gaskell, 1810-1865. (England)
Jane Gaskell, 7/7/1941- (pseudonym for Jane D. Gaskell Lynch)
Anne Gay
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Sally Miller Gearhart, 4/15/1931-
Patricia Geary
Pauline Gedge, 1945-
Robert L(eah Jacobs) Gellis, 1927-
Mary Gentle, 3/29/1956- (born Britain) Penelope Gilleatt, 1932-
Inez Haynes Gillmore (see Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin)
Diana (Pleasance) Gillon, 9/1/1915-
Sheila Gilluly
Carolyn Ives Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1860-1935
Greer Ilene Gilman
Laura Anne Gilman
Gail Gimberly
Mirra Ginsburg
Heather Gladney
Ellen Glasgow
Nancy Tyler Glenn, 1938-
Ruth Glick (pseudonym: Rebecca York)
Molly Gloss
Louise Gluck (poet)
Janet Gluckman, 1939-
Constance Gluyas, 1920-
(Alice) Coralie Glyn
Mary Gnaedinger, 1898-1976
Laura Goforth
Christie Golden
Kathleen Mckinney Goldin, 1943- (also known as Kathleen Sky)
Cele Goldsmith, 1933-
Lisa Goldstein, 1953-
Leona Gom
Jewelle Gomez
Alison M. Goodman (Australian)
Deborah Goodrich
Kathleen Ann Goonan, 1952-
Frances Gordon (pseudonym for Bridget Wood)
Linda Gordon
Paula Blais Gorgas
Adrienne Gormley
Judith (Katharine Allen) Gorog, 1938-
Hattie Gossett
Iris Gotchi, 1933-
Phyllis (Fay) (Bloom) Gotlieb, 5/25/1926-
Sherry Gotlieb
Elizabeth Goudge, 1900-
Joan Gould, 1927-
Lois Gould
Patricia Grace
Victoria Graham
Winifred Graham, 1896-
Judy Grahn, 1940-
Joan Grant, 1907-
Valerie Graves. Pseudonym for: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Muriel Gray
Kristine Grayson. Pseudonym for Kristine Kathryn Rusch, 1960- .
Edith Pinero Green
Jen Green, 1955-
Sharon Green, 1942-
Rosalind M. Greenberg
Gayle Greeno
Kerry Greenwood (Australian)
Joyce Ballou Gregorian
Lois H. Gresh
Julia Grice
Peni R(ae) Griffin, 1961-
Ann Warren Griffith
Mary Griffith
Mary Griffith, -1877
Nicola Griffith, 1960- (Nicola Griffith Web Page)
Cherry Barbara Grimm, 1930-
Maria Gripe, 1923-
Anne Lesley Groell
Bernice Grohskopf
Carol Guess
Elsie Guesswell (pseudonym)
Eileen Gunn
Elyse Guttenberg

Marilyn Hacker, 1942-
Karen Haber (b. Bronxville, New York)
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Isidore Haiblum
Johanna Hailey
Ann Halam (pseudonym for Gwyneth Jones)
Charlotte Haldane, 1894-1969
Linda Haldeman, 1935-
Anna Maria Hall
L. A. Hall (Leslie Ann Hall), 1949- (born Britain)
Melissa Mia Hall
Sandi Hall
Barbara Hambly, 1951-
Dale Colleen Hamilton
Joan Lesley Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton, c. 1963-
Virginia Hamilton
Elizabeth Hand, 1957-
Barbara Hanrahan
Annita Harlan (US)
Anne Harper (1996 - )
Tara K. Harper, 1961-
Jacqueline Harpman (French)
Anne Harris
Barbara S. Harris
Clare Winger Harris, 1891-
Deborah Turner Harris, 1951-
Geraldine Harris
Marilyn Harris
Rosemary Harris, 1923-
Sue Harrison, 1950-
Darlene Hartman (used pseudonym Simon Lang)
Shirley Hartwell, c. 1945-
Dorsie Hathaway
Marlen Haushofer, 4/11/1920-1970
Cathy Hinga Haustein
(Jessie) Jacquetta (Hopkins) Hawkes, 8/5/1910-
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Elizabeth Haydon
Julie Haydon
Inez Haynes (see Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin)
Mary Haynes
Wilton Hazzard (pseudonym for Margaret St. Clair)
Betsy Gould Hearne
Liliana Hecker, 1943- . (b. Buenos Aires).
Jean Hegland
Amanda Hemingway, 1955-
Hilary Hemingway
Zenna (Chlarson) Henderson, 11/1/1917-5/11/1983 (born USA)
Paula Hendrich
Patricia Henkin
Carra Dupuy Henley
Henneberg, N. C. (see Nathalie Henneberg)
Nathalie Henneberg, 1917-1977 (also wrote as N. C. Henneberg with her husband, Charles Henneberg)
Stephanie T. Heppe
Lea Hernandez or http://www.cris.com/~Akiyama/
Robyn Herrington
Karen Hesse
Vicki Ann Heydron
Vickie Ann Heydron, 1945-
Dorothy J. Heydt (pseudonym: Katherine Blake)
Carol Heyer, 1950-

Margaret Higgins
Lynn S. Hightower
Carol Hill
Beth Hiltgartner
Naomi A. Hintze
Connie Hirsch
Robin Hobb (pseudonym for Megan Lindholm)
P(atricia) C. Hodgell
Barbara Hodgson
Pamela Hodgson
Alice Hoffman
Lee Hoffman, 8/14/1932- (full name: Shirley Lee Hoffman)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Nancy Holder
Shirley Lee Hoffman. see Lee Hoffman, 8/14/1932-
Cecelia (Anastasia) Holland, 12/31/1943- (also used pseudonym Elizabeth Eliot Carter)

J. P. Hollerith (pseudonym for Caro Clarke)

Helen Hollick

Sheila Holligan

Joan C(arol) Holly, 9/25/1932-

(also as: J. Hunter Holly until 1970; Joan C. Hunter)

J(oan) Hunter Holly

(pseudonym for Joan C(arol) Holly, 1932-)

B. L. Holmes

Diane Holmes

Gwenyth Hood

Sarah Hood

(pseudonym for Lee Killough)

H(elen) M(ary) Hoover, 4/5/1935-

Akua Lezli Hope

Alice Hopf.

(Pseudonym: A. M. Lightner)

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, 1859-1930

Nalo Hopkinson

Stephanie T. Hoppe

E. E. Horlak

(pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper)

Andrea J. Horlcik

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, 1880-12/9/1932 (Bangladesh India)

Ann Miller House

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Susan Howatch

Jane Howes

(pseudonym for Wilmar H. Shiras)

Delia Huddy

Tanya (Sue) Huff, 1957-

Monica (Ince) Hughes, 11/3/1925-

E(dna) Mayne Hull, 5/1/1905-1/20/1975

Helen R. Hull

Keri Hulme

Anna Hunger

Laura Shellabarger Hunt

Joan C. Hunter (see: Joan C(arol) Holly, 1932-)

Mollie Hunter

Shelley Hyde (pseudonym for Kit Reed)

Janis Ian.

Rachel Ingalls

Eleanor M(arie) Ingram, 1886-1921

Abbe Ireland

Beverley Ireland

Minna (Minnie Odell) Irving

Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin, 1873-1970, US - Unofficial Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin Page

Margaret Irwin

Sue Isle (Australian)

Morgan Ives. Pseudonym for Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Rosemary Jackson

Shirley Jackson, 1919-1965 (b. USA)

Rivka Jacobs, 1952- (b. Philadelphia, USA)

Lisa Jacobson (Australian)

Muriel Jaeger
DT>Bev Jafek

Linda Jaivin

Marie Jakober, 1941- (Canada)

Mary James

(pseudonym for Marijane Meaker)

P. D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James), 1920- (b. Britain)

M. Storm Jameson

(see Margaret Storm Jameson)

Margaret Storm Jameson, 1897-

(published as William Lamb, and M. Storm Jameson; possibly as Margaret Storm Chapman?)

Berni M. Janssen (Australian)

Julie Ann Jardine

(pseudonym: Howard L. Cory)

Berni M. Janssen (Australian)

Julie Ann Jardine (pseudonym: Howard L. Cory)

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Jan Jennings

J. O. Jeppson

(pseudonym for Janet O. Jeppson Asimov)

Sarah Orne Jewett, 1849-1909

H. H. Johanna, 1953-

(also as: Heidi Johanna)

Heidi Johanna

(see also H. H. Johanna)

S. Gwen Johnson, 1961-

Mary Johnston

Velda Johnston

Alice Eleanor Jones

Alice Ilgenfritz Jones, 1846-3/5/1906 (born Ohio; died Cuba)

Diana Wynne Jones, 1934-

Gwyneth Jones, 1952- (born Manchester, England)

(pseudonym: Ann Halam)

Heather Rose Jones

J.V. Jones, 1963- (b. Liverpool, England)

Jenny Jones

Lillian Jones

Lillian B. Jones

Margaret Jones

? Jorge

(pseudonym for Diane Detzer)

Cyril Judd

(pseudonym for Judith Merril and C. M. Kornbluth)

Cynthia Kadohata
Janet Kagan, 1946-
Jeanne Kalogridis
Phyllis Ann Karr
Judith Katz, 1951-
Anna Kavan, 1901-12/5/1968 (original name: Helen Woods; first married name Helen Ferguson; last legal name Helen Woods Edmonds) (b. France)
Sonia Keizs (poet)
Corrina Kellam
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg
Fiona Kelly (pseudonym for Sue Welford)
Carol Kendall, 1917-
Patricia Kennealy (Morrison) (name originally Patricia Kennely)
Leigh Kennedy, 1951-
Kay Kenyon
Susan Alice Kerby, 1907-
Eileen Kernaghan
Elizabeth Kerner
Katharine Kerr, 1944-
M. E. Kerr (pseudonym for Marijane Meaker)
Peg Kerr
Pamela Keesey
(Jocelyn) Pamela Kettle, 1924-
Virginia Kidd, 6/2/1921-
Lee (Karen) Killough, 5/5/1942- ( pseudonym: Sarah Hood)
Nancy Kilpatrick [pseudonym: Amarantha Knight]
Gail Kimberly
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Kathleen Kinder
Grace King, 1852-1932 Paula King (writes as P. K. McAllister)
Tabitha King
Margaret Kingery
Mary Kinkaid
Pauline Kirk
Jessica Kirkwood (pseudonym)
Ellen Klages
Mindy L. Klasky
Mary Conway Kloor
Amarantha Knight (pseudonym for Nancy Kilpatrick)
Anne Knight
Cleo Kocol
Kathe Koja
Barbara Krasnoff
H. C. Kreisheimer
Nancy Kress, 1948-
Christina Krueger
Margery Krueger (pseudonym: Jayge Carr, 7/28/1940- (Texas, USA)
Yumiko Kurahashi, 1935-
Katharine (Irene) Kurtz, 10/18/1944- (also as Katherine Kurtz)
Katherine Kurtz (see: Katharine (Irene) Kurtz, 1944-)
Elizabeth Kushner
Ellen Kushner

Mercedes R. Lackey, 1950-
Louisa Ladd
Larissa Lai
William Lamb (see Margaret Storm Jameson)
Claudia Lamperti
Kathryn Lance, 1943-
Jane Lane
Mary E. Bradley Lane
Mrs. Andrew Lang
Simon Lang (pseudonym for Darlene Hartman)
Sue Lange
Lydia Langstaff
Roberta Lannes
Justine Larbalestier
Jeanne (Louise) Larsen, 1950-
Marghanita Laski, 1915-
Joanne Latimer (pseudonym for Jill Phillips)
Aileen La Tourette, 1946-
Sanders Anne Laubenthal, 1943-
Adrienne Lauby
Alice Laurence
Josephine Lawrence
Judith A. Lawrence
Katherine Lawrence
Louise Lawrence (pseudonym for Elizabeth Rhoda Mace)
Margery Lawrence (pseudonym for: A. E. Towle)
Margery H. Lawrence, 1896-1969 (UK/England)
Martha Lawrence
Decima Leach
Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin, 10/21/1929- . (b. USA) Unofficial U.K.L.G. Web Page.
Mary Leader
Elise Lee
Mary Soon Lee
Sharon Lee
Tanith Lee, 9/19/1947- . (born London, England) Unofficial T.L. Web Page.
Sarah Lefanu, 1953-
Judith Fielder Leggett
Madeleine L'Engle, 11/29/1918- . Bonastra Fan Page and listserve
Carol Leonard
Rhoda Lerman
Elisabeth Leslie
Josephine Leslie, 1898-
Doris (May) Lessing, 10/22/1919- . b. Persia; citizenship England A D.L. Web Site. Pseudonyms: Jane Somers (non-sf 1983-1985).
Betty Levin
Donna Levin
Jennifer Levin
Luisa Mercedes Levinson, 1912-1987 (b. Buenos Aires).
Heather Lewis
S(hariann) N. Lewitt
Shariann (M.) Lewitt, 1954-
Sheri Lewitt
Olga Ley
Jacqueline Lichtenberg, 3/25/1942-
Evelyn Lief
A(lice). M(artha). Lightner, 10/11/1904- (pseudonym for Alice Hopf)
Megan Lindholm (pseudonym: Robin Hobb; also known as Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden)
Jane M. Lindskold
Mrs. H. H. Ling (used pseudonym Mary Ann Moore-Bentley)
Kelly Link
Holly Lisle
Jane Little
Penelope Lively, 1933-
Anna Livia, 1955- (Ireland/UK) (full name: Anna Livia Julian Brawn)
Marjorie Livingston, 1893-
Cathy Livoni, 1956-
Morgan Llywelyn, 1937-
Norah Lofts, 1904-
Anne Logston
Gabrielle M. V. Long (published as Marjorie Bowen)
Karawynn Long
Roxanne Longstreet
Gabrielle Lord (Australian)
Jean Lorrah
Lilith Lorraine (Mary Maude Dunne Wright)
Eileen Lottman
Jane (Webb) Loudon, 1807-1858
Rosaleen Love, 1940- (b. Sydney, Australia; lived Queensland and Melbourne)
Mrs. (Marie) Belloc Lowndes, 1868-1947 (UK)
Frances Lucas, 1956-
Kathleen Ludwick
Nancy Luenn, 1954-
Adam Lukens (pseudonym for Diane Detzer)
Catherine Lundoff
Janet Lunn
Jane D. Gaskell Lynch, 7/7/1941- . (used pseudonym Jane Gaskell)
Lee Lynch
Elizabeth A. Lynn, 6/8/1946-
Delphine C. Lyons (pseudonym for: Evelyn E. Smith)
Sonia Orin Lyris

Bertie MacAvoy see Roberta Ann MacAvoy, 1949-
Rose Macaulay (Macauley?), 1881-1958
R. A. MacAvoy see Roberta Ann MacAvoy, 1949-
Roberta Ann Macavoy, 1949- publishes as R. A. MacAvoy; also known as Bertie MacAvoy
Phyllis MacClennan
Elisabeth Mace, 1933-
Elizabeth Rhoda Mace, 1943- (uses pseudonym Louise Lawrence)
Ellen MacGregor
Mary Mackay (used pseudonym: Marie Corelli)
Nancy Mackenroth
Mary Mackey
Katherine (Anne) MacLean, b. Glen Ridge, NJ, 1/22/1925- (pseudonyms: Charles Dey, Charles Dye)
Phyllis MacLennan
Sheila MacLeod, 3/23/1939-
Pip (Philippa Catherine) Maddern, 8/24/1952- (Australian)
Rachel Maddux, 1913-
Rachel Maddux, 12/15/1912-
Rachel Maddux
Margaret Mahy
Sara Maitland
Jennifer Malik
Mabel Maney
Mary Manley, 1663-1724
Marya Mannes, 1904-
Linda Mannheim
Rosemary Manning
Katherine Mansfield, 1888-1923 (New Zealand)
Diane Mapes
Norma Marder, 1934-
Hyllus Maris (Australian)
Beryl Markham
Laurie J. Marks, 1957-
Louise Marley
Florence Marryat, 1838-1899 (England/India)
Sandra Marshak
Sondra Marshak
Jan Marshall
Ann Marston
Suzanne Martel
Jacqueline Marten
Lee Ann Martin
Lori Martin
Marcia Martin, 1918-
Marilyn K. Martin
Lee Martindale, circa 1950-
Adrienne Martine-Barnes, 1942-
Caroline Mason
Lisa Mason, 1953-
Elizabeth Massie, 1953-
Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch
Carol Matas
Joan Matheson (used pseudonym Jacob Transure)
Mary Ellen Mathews
Susan R. Matthews
Holly Wade Matter (also published as Holly Wade)
A. E. Maxwell (see Ann Elizabeth Maxwell, 1944-)
Ann (Elizabeth) Maxwell, 1944- (writes as A. E. Maxwell with Evan Maxwell)
Lisa Maxwell
Julian May, 1931-
Ardath (Hurst) Mayhar, 2/20/1930-
Anne Mazer
P. K. McAllister (see also Paula King)
Anne (Inez) McCaffrey, 4/1/1926- b. USA Sheila McCloud
Helen McCloy
Regan McClure
Sharyn McCrumb
Terry McGarry
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Robyn McGrew
Maureen F. McHugh, 1959-
Vonda N(eel) McIntyre, 8/28/1948- b. USA. (Vonda's official page and Vonda's friend's Vonda page, with story )
Claudia McKay
Bridget McKenna
Nancy McKenzie
Dixie McKeone
Patricia A(nne) McKillip, 1948-
Robin McKinley (robinmckinley.com)
Gwen M'Clatchey
Donna McMahon
Pearlie McNeill
Cynthia McQuillin
Glenna McReynold
Beth Meacham
L. T. (Elizabeth Thomasina) Meade (1854-1914UK/Ireland)
Marijane (Agnes) Meaker, 1927- (pseudonyms: M. J. Meaker, Ann Aldrich, Mary James, M. E. Kerr, Vin Packer)
Maurilia Meehan (Australian)
R(ebecca) M. Meluch, 10/24/1956-
Lianne Elizabeth Mercer
Ella (Robinson) Merchant, 9/26/1857-6/16/1916 (born Iowa; died Nebraska)
Eve Merriam, 1916-
Judith Merril, 1/21/1923- (originally: Josephine Judith Grossman or Josephine Juliet Grossman; pseudonym with C. M. Kornbluth: Cyril Judd; also Rose Sharon)
Deena Metzger
Lois Metzger
Francine Mezo
Barbara Michaels (pseudonym for Elizabeth Peters)
Melisa C. Michaels
Sandra (Louise) Miesel, 1941-
Leslie Ann Miller
Miranda Miller
Phyllis Miller
Sasha Miller
C. J. Mills
Cora Minnett
Karen Marie Christa Minns
Hope Mirrlees
Jay Mitchell (pseudonym for Jennifer Roberson)
Syne Mitchell
Naomi (Margaret) (Haldane) Mitchison, 11/1/1897-
Syne Mitchell
Laura J. Mixon
Linda Moesta
Rebecca Moesta
Judith Moffett, 1942-
Mary Anne Mohanraj
Mrs. (Mary Louisa Stewart) Molesworth, 1839/42-1921 (UK)
Francine Montpetit
Catherine Montrose (also known as Catherine Cooke)
Elizabeth Moon, 1945-
Sheila Moon
C. L. Moore (real name: Catherine Lucille Moore)
C(atherine). L(ucille). Moore, 1/24/1911-1987 (used pseudonyums Lawrence O'Donnell; and Lewis Padgett (with Henry Kuttner))
Raylyn (Raylin?) Moore
Susanna Moore
Lyda Morehouse
Shani Mootoo
Mary Ann Moore-Bentley (pseudonym for Mrs. H. H. Ling)
Maria Moravsky, 1859-1947
Cynthia Morgan
J(ill) M(eredith) Morgan, 1946- (used pseudonyms Morgan Fields and Meredith Morgan)
Chris Moriarty, 1968-
Alanna Morland
Anne Moroz
Rowena Morrill, 1944-
Janet (Ellen) Morris, 5/25/1946-
Susan Morris
Patricia Kennealy Morrison, 1946- (name originally Patricia Kennely)
Toni Morrison
Elizabeth Morton
Lisa Morton
Billie Sue Mosiman [see also: another BSM web page ]
Charmaine Mosteller
Lisel Mueller
Bharati Mukherjee
Patricia Mullen
M(elinda) S(eabrooke) Murdock, 1947-
Gloria Murphy
Pat Murphy, 1955-
Shirley Rousseau Murphy, 1928-
Jacqueline Murray
Merril Mushroom, 1942-
Francesca Myman

Magdalen Nabb
Maggie Nadler
Linda Nagata
Pati Nagle
Suniti Namjoshi, 1941- (b. India)
Yvonne Navarro
Gloria Naylor
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 1933-
Vera Nazarian
Cary (Carolyn) Neeper
Kris Nelscott. Pseudonym for Kristine Kathryn Rusch, 1960- .
Resa Nelson
E. Nesbit (publishing name for Edith Nesbit)
E(dith) Nesbit, 1858-1924 (UK/England) (original name: Edith Bland)
Lil Neville, 1924-
New Victoria Collective
Celeste Newbrough
Lewléa Newman
Cris Newport
Ruth Nichols, 1948-
Marjorie Hope Nicolson, 1894-
Jenny Nimmo
Atanielle Annyn Noel
Madeena Spray Nolan
Bode Noonan
Diana Norman
Elizabeth Norman, 1924-
Lisanne Norman
Kathleen Norris
Andrew North (pseudonym for Andre Norton)
Joan North
Andre Norton, 1912- (originally Alice Mary Norton; pseudonyms: Andrew North, Allen (Allan?) Weston)
Kate Novak-Grubb
Rhoda Gwylleth Nunes, 10/12/1938-
Alice Nunn
Jody Lynn Nye

Ann Oakley, 1944- b. Britain Joyce Carol Oates, 1938- b. USA
Lydiia (Alekseevna) Obukhova (Soviet Union)
Maxine O'Callaghan
Silvina Ocampo, 1903- (b. Buenos Aires).
Lawrence O'Donnell (pseudonym for C. L. Moore)
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (see: Megan Lindholm)
Jennifer O'Green (pseudonym for Jennifer Roberson)
Marybeth O'Halloran
Claudia O'Keefe Susan Torian Olan
Julia Older
Sharon Olds (poet)
Margaret Oliphant, 1827/28-1897 (UK/Scotland)
B. J. Oliphant (pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper)
Marty Olthuis, 1925- (Dutch/Flemish) Mary Dolling O'Malley, Lady, 1891-1974 (UK/Ireland) (pseudonyms: Ann Bridge)
Shulamith Oppenheim
A. J. Orde (pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper)
Rebecca (Brown) Ore (pseudonym for: Rebecca B. Brown) [see also: fan site ]
Carol Orlock
Olga Orozco, 1920- (b. Toay, Argentina; resides Buenos Aires).
Elvira Orpheé, 1930- . (b. Tucamán; resides in Buenos Aires)
Violet Orr
Cary G. Osborne
Pat O'Shea
Pilar de Ovalle
Cynthia Ozick

Carol Queen

Ann Ward Radcliffe, 1764-1823
Theresa Radcliffe
Irene Radford
Louise Radford
Lynda Rajan, 1946- (b. Britain) Anne Rampling (pseudonym for Anne Rice)
Katherine Ramsland, 1953-
Ayn Rand, 2/2/1905-3/6/1982
Florence Engel Randall, 1917-
Marta Randall, 4/26/1948- (also wrote under married name Marta Bergstresser)
Alicia Rasley
Alis A. Rasmussen, 1958- (pen name: Kate Elliott) (web pages: Kate Elliott) Melanie Rawn
Claire Rayner
Livia Reasoner
Judith M. Redding
Shar Rednour
Kit Reed, 6/7/1932- (originally Lillian Craig Reed; pseudonym: Shelley Hyde; pseudonym: Kit Craig)
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Dian Curtis Regan
Mickey Zucker Reichert (pseudonym for Miriam Zucker)
Miriam Zucker Reichert (pseudonym for Miriam S. Zucker)
Lynne Reid-Banks, 1929-
Katya Reimann

Trish Reinius, 1936-

Justine Rendal

Christine Renard (France)

Martha Kay Renfroe, 1938- (pseudonym: M. K. Wren)

Laura Resnick

Bonnie Jones Reynolds

Pamela Reynolds

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Barbara G. Ricci (see Barbara Guignon Ricci)

Barbara Guignon Ricci (publishes as Barbara G. Ricci)

Anne Rice, 1941- (originally: Howard Allen; pseudonym: Anne Rampling, A. N. Roquelaure)

Jane Rice

Louise Rice

Clelie Rich

Carrie Richerson

Leigh Richmond, 1941-

Leigh (Tucker) Richmond, 1920-

Mary Richmond

Mrs. J. H. (Charlotte Eliza Lawson) Riddell, 1832-1906 (N. Ireland / UK)

(several male pseudonyms)

Leona Train Rienow

Karen Rigley

Judith Merkle Riley

Karen Ripley

Diana Rivers, 1931-

J. F. Rivkin

(pseudonym for 2 women, sometimes joint and sometimes solo)

Jennifer Roberson, 1953-

(also uses: Jennifer O'Green, Jennifer Roberson O'Green, and Jay Mitchell)

Vita Sackville-West
Michelle Sagara West
Kiini Ibura Salaam
Cristina Salat
Georgia Sallaska, 10/15/1933-
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, 1950- . ... bibliography
Rhondi Vilott Salsitz (writing as Elizabeth Forrest)
Fay Sampson
Patrice E. Sarath
Rima Saret
Pamela Sargent, 3/20/1948-
Sarah Sargent, 1937-
May Sarton, 1912-
Hilary Saunders, 1898-1951
Felicity Savage
Josephine (Mary) (Howard) Saxton, 6/11/1935- (b. Halifax, England)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, 1947-
Lorraine Schein
Joan Schenkar
Ann Schlee
Shirley Schoonover
Deborah L. Schrader
Olive Schreiner, 1855-1920 (South Africa)
Sarah Schulman
Ann K. Schwader
Sheila (Ruth) Schwartz, 1929-
Pam Scobie
Jody Scott (England)
Mary Scott
Melissa Scott, 1960-
Peg O'Neill Scott
Sarah Scott
Ella Scrymsour
Madeleine de Scudery
Idris Seabright (aka Margaret St. Clair)
Anne Seale
Vickie L. Sears
Curt Selby (pseudonym for Doris Piserchia)
Aladra Septama (Judson W. Reeves)
Pamela F. Service, 1945-
Anya Seton
Carol Severance
Elizabeth Sewell
Anne Sexton

Vicki Shanamary

(publishes under "Vicki")

Doris Shannon, 8/24/1924-

Rose Sharon.

Pseudonym for Judith Merril.

Stephanie D. Shaver

Nisi Shawl

Maggie Shayne

Carolyn Sheehan

Marcy Sheiner

Alice Hastings Bradley Sheldon, 8/24/1915 (or 1916?) - 6/19/1987

(pseudonyms: James Tiptree, Jr., Raccoona Sheldon)
Raccoona Sheldon (pseudonym for Alice Sheldon)

Mary (Wollstonecraft) Shelley , 1797-1851 (England)

Zoe (Zoa?) Sherburne, 9/30/1912-

Charlotte Watson Sherman

Cordelia Sherman

(publishes as: Delia Sherman)

Delia Sherman

(full name: Cordelia Sherman)

Josepha Sherman

Ruth Shigezawa

Sharon Shinn

Wilmar H(ouse) Shiras, 9/23/1908-

(used pseudonym Jane Howes)

Evie Shockley

Ana María Shua, 1952- . (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Linda Lay Shuler

Sandra Shulman, 12/15/1944-

Susan Martha Shwartz, 1949-

Silvana Siddali (Austria, Massachusetts)

Kathleen M. Sidney

Jan Siegel

Leslie Marmon Silko

Mrs. William Silverbert, 6/8/1905-

(used pseudonym Leslie F. Stone)

Lisa S. Silverthrone

Janni Lee Simner

Alison Sinclair

Mrs. Bertha Sinclair

(published as B. M. Bower)

May Sinclair, 1865-1946 (UK/England)

Marilyn Singer, 1948-

Rochelle Singer

(pseudonym of Shelley Singer)

Shelley Singer

(also uses Rochelle Singer)

Jacqui Singleton

Dorothy E. Skinkle

Kathleen Sky, 8/5/1943-

(pseudonym for Kathleen Mckinney Goldin) (US)

Joan Slonczewski, 1956-

Elaine McKay Smith

Lady Eleanor Smith

Evelyn E. Smith, 1927-

(pseudonym: Delphine C. Lyons)

Petrina Smith (Australian)

Sarah Smith

(see also the site about her books)

Sherwood Smith

Stephanie A. Smith (1959?-)

Susan Smith

Suzy Smith

Roberta Smoodin, 1952-

Linda Smukler

Melinda Snodgrass

Midori Snyder, 1954- [bio]

Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 1927-

Marcela Solá, 1936- . (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Armonia Somers

Jane Somers

(pseudonym for Doris Lessing)

Sharon Sosna

Martha Soukup, 1959-

Muriel (Sarah) Spark, 1918- (b. Scotland)

Susanna Sparrow

Heather Spears

Harriet (Prescott) Spofford, 1835-1921.

Nancy Springer, 1948-

Margaret (Neeley) St. Clair, 2/17/1911-

(pseudonyms: Idris Seabright, Wilton Hazzard

Gordon Stairs

(pseudonym for Mary Austin)

Sara Stamey

Wickie Stamps

Kathlyn S. Starbuck

Starhawk

Mary Staton

Christina Stead, 1902-1983 (Australia)

Mary Q. Steele

Marguerite Steen

Ellen Steiber

Alicia Steimberg, 1945- (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Judith Stein

D. T. Steiner

Frances (Francis?) Stevens, 9/18/1884-

(pseudonym for Gertrude Barrows Bennett; disappeared Sept 1939 in California)

Julie Stevens, 1947-

D(orothy) E(mily) Stevenson, 1892-1975

Florence Stevenson

Jennifer Stevenson

Caroline Stevermer

Jean Stewart

Mary Stewart, 1916-

Ramona Stewart, 1922-

Caroline Stevermer

Hank Stine, pseudonym of Jean Marie Stine, 1945-

Susan Stinson

Naomi Miller Stokes

Alma Stone

Beatrice Stone, 1952-

Josephine Rector Stone

Leslie F. Stone

(pseudonym for Mrs. William Silverbert)

Martha Stone

Merlin Stone

Sue Storm

Amy Stout

Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896

Gwen Strauss

Gwenn Strauss

Victoria Strauss

Anne Stuart

Kiel Stuart

Susanna J. Sturgis

Elizabeth Subercaseaux

Eunice (Eudice?) Sudak

Micole Sudberg

Caitlin Sullivan

Mary W. Sullivan

Sheila Sullivan

Tricia Sullivan

Jacqueline Susann

Lucy Sussex, 1957- (b. New Zealand)

Rosemary Sutcliff, 1920-1992

Jean Sutton, 7/5/1916-

Hanne Marie Svendsen, 1933-

Martha Swearingen

Robin Sweeney

Pamela Sykes

Ursula Synge

Robyn Tallis (pseudonym for Mary Frances Zambreno)
Cecilia Tan
Mary Tannen
Judith Tarr, 1955-
Deloris Lehman Tarzan
Anna Taylor, 1944-
Karen E. Taylor
L. A. Taylor
Louise Hansen Taylor
Lucy Taylor
Melanie Tem
Emma (Christina) Tennant, 10/20/1937- (pseudonyms: Catherine Aydy)
Sheri S. Tepper, 1929- (pseudonyms: E. E. Horlak, B. J. Oliphant, A. J. Orde)
Tiffany Thayer
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, 1931-
Gilles Thomas (pseudonym for Julia Verlanger)
Maggy Thomas

--> Sheree R. Thomas
Sue Thomas
Sue Thomason, 1956- (b. Louth, Lincs; later lived in Wales)
Joyce Thompson
Kathi Thompson
Amy Thomson, 1958-
Diann Thornley
Lois Tilton
Rosemary Timperley, 1920-
Mary Agnes Tinckner
James Tiptree, Jr. (pseudonym for Alice Sheldon)
Laura D. Todd
Tatyana Tolstoya
Angela Tonks
A. E. Towle (pseudonym: Margery Lawrence)
Jacob Transure (pseudonym for Joan Matheson)
P(amela) L. Travers, 1906-
Ada Trevanion
Elizabeth Borton Trevino, 1904-
Jacquelyn Trimble
Kitty Tsui
Karen X. Tulchinsky
Ann Turner
Delia Marshall Turner
Catherine Turney
Mary Turzillo
Lisa Tuttle, 9/16/1952-
Kathy Tyers

Laura J. Underwood
Daisy Utemorrah (Australian)
Alison Uttley

Rena Vale, 1898-
Luisa Valenzuela (Argentina)
Doris Vallejo
Luisa Valenzuela, 1938- (b. Buenos Aires; daughter of Luisa Mercedes Levinson)
S. J. Van Scyoc (see: Sydney J. Van Scyoc)
Sydney J(oyce) Van Scyoc, 7/27/1939- (also published as S. J. Van Scyoc)
Zaara (Rosealthea) Van Tuyl, 1901-
Vivian Vande Velde
Ruth Vassos
Julia Verlanger, 1929- (pseudonyms: Gilles Thomas)
Carolyn Vesser
Vicki (pseudonym for Vicki Shanamary)
Mam'selle Victoire
Mary Vigliante
Joan (Carol) D(ennison) Vinge, 4/2/1948-
Judith Viorst
Denise Vitola
Cynthia Voigt, 1942-
Paula Volsky
Elisabeth Vonarburg, 1947- (French Canadian)
Thea von Harbou, 1888-1954 (Germany)

Holly Wade (also published as Holly Wade Matter)
Susan Wade
Phyllis Marie Wadsworth
Joyce Wagner
Sharon Wagner
Lois Nichols Waisbrooker
Katie Waitman
Elizabeth Walker
Irma Walker, 1921-
Sage Walker
Victoria Walker, 1947-
Doreen Wallace, 1897-
Louise Waller
Joan Walsh
Dorothy Blake Walter, 1908- (pseudonyms: Kay Blake (maybe); Katherine Ross)
Elizabeth Walter
Evangeline Walton
Jo Walton
Ania Walwicz
Cynthia Ward
Cynthia L. Ward
Susan Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1893-1978, England
Rosalind A. Warren
Freda Warrington
Elisabeth Waters (b. 1950s)
Martha Waters
Sarah Waters, b. Wales 1966-
Jane Werner Watson, 1915-
Judy Watson (with Ian Watson) Sylvia Waugh
Brenda Weathers
Henrietta Weaver
Storm Weaver (Chalice Flame Press info)
Barbara J. Webb
Sharon Webb, 2/29/1936-
Wendy Webb
Elizabeth Wein
Batya Weinbaum
Margaret (Edith) Weis, 1948- (pseudonym: Margaret Baldwin)
Sarah Weiss
Jane Welch
Fay (Birkinshaw) Weldon, 1931- (b. Britain)
Valerie Weldrick
Sue Welford, 1942- (pseudonym: Fiona Kelly)
Jess Wells
John J. Wells. Pseudonym for: Marion Zimmer Bradley
John Jay Wells. Pseudonym for: Juanita Coulson
Martha Wells, 1964-
Lindsay Welsh
K. D. Wentworth
Mary Wesley
Jessamyn West
Julia West
Michelle West
Michelle Sagara West - see Michelle Sagara
Rebecca West
Allen (Allan?) Weston (pseudonym for Andre Norton)
Susan Weston
June Wetherell
Edith Wharton, 1862-1937
Leslie What
Nadia Wheatley
Deborah Wheeler
Susan Whitcher
Jane White, 1934-
Evelyn Whitell
Lois Wickstrom
Cherry Wilder, 9/3/1930-
Kate (Katie Gertrude Meredith) Wilhelm, 6/8/1928- (b. USA)
Mary E(leanor) Wilkins (Freeman), 1852-1930
Sarah (Scudgell) Wilkinson, - (after 1930). (UK)
Nancy Willard
Elizabeth Willey
Sherley Anne Williams (c 1980)
Tess Williams (Australian)
Ursula Moray Williams, 1911-
Lisa D. Williamson
Connie Willis, 12/31/1945-
Julia Willis
Ann Wilson
Anna Wilson, 1954-
Terri Windling
Jennifer Wingert
Pauline Glen Winslow
Jeanette Winterson (English)
Joelle Wintrebert (French)
Monique Wittig
Ellen Wobig, 1911-
Amy Wolf
Christa Wolf, 1929-
Chris Anne Wolfe
Meg Wolitzer
Bridget Wood (pseudonyms: Frances Gordon)
N. Lee Wood
Francine Woodbury
Elvira Woodruff, 1951-
Helen Woods (changed name to Anna Kavan)
Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941 (UK/England)
Sue Woolfe
Patricia C(ollins) Wrede, 3/27/1953-
M. K. Wren (pseudonym for Martha Kay Renfroe)
Linda K. Wright
Mary Maude Dunne Wright (Lilith Lorraine)
(Alice) Patricia Wrightson, 1921-
Janny Wurts
Elinor Wylie, 1885-1928
Laura Wylie
Madelene Yale Wynne, 1847-1918

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 9/15/1942- (pseudonyms: Terry Nelsen Bonner, Vanessa Pryor)
Jane (Hyatt) Yolen, 2/11/1939-
Pat York, -2005
Rebecca York (pseudonym for Ruth Glick)
Donna J. Young

Irene Zahava

Mary Frances Zambreno, 1954-

(pseudonym for Robyn Tallis)

Ann Zavala

Leah A. Zeldes

Chloe Zerwich

Chloe Zerwick

Sarah Zettel

Pat Zettner, 1940-

Valentina Nikolaevna Zhuravleva

Marion Astra Zimmer

(see: Marion Zimmer Bradley)

Pamela Zoline, 1941-

(born Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Miriam S. Zucker, 1962-

(pseudonym: Mickey Zucker Reichert)

Mary Kay Zuravleff

Notes:

• this page is wholly the fault of laura quilter - but could not have been done without the great work of editors, publishers, writers who self-promote, and friends & fans of writers who promote for them. errors are laura's responsibility.
• Why this page? I guess I was just frustrated with the constraints of the feminist science fiction pages. I wanted some way to recognize women writers who weren't addressing issues of gender. When people say: "but women don't write much science fiction" or "isn't science fiction all written by men?" or "I would read more sf if I could find more female authors," I point them here! No offense, guys -- but over the past 100+ years you've gotten lots of attention. This is a small attempt to fill in the gaps ...
• The intent of this page is to create an index to women writers in speculative fiction. Ideally the names will eventually link to online bibliographies or web pages for these women. If web pages or bibliographies for particular authors exist, I will link to them if I know about them. So please tell me about web pages! Pages done by the authors themselves are linked on the author's name; pages not authorized by the author (or not verified yet) have a separate link after the author's name.
• I compile these authors from several places. My bookshelves, anthologies, trade journals, reference books, bibliographies, cataloging manuals -- and, importantly, additions from people on the Net. If you send me an author please also send me a citation (published authors only, please). (A list of works consulted is below.)
• Who's included? It might seem fairly obvious but it's not! I will generally assume that names that are generally female, are, and names that are generally male, are. When in doubt (Lynn, Terry) I look for some other information to verify one way or the other. Transgender persons who identify as female during their publishing career will be included.
• I list all pseudonyms, variant names, and variant spellings, and cross-reference between them. No cross-reference exists unless I have some verification that there is a link between the names. Even when it seems really obvious, unless I know for sure, I list them separately.
• Names are listed as published. "Fill-in" of initials, other names, etc., is listed in parentheses.
• Dates in (parentheses) are dates that I know the author was publishing; dates directly after the name are year of birth - year of death.
• I'll include author's city of birth & other national origin info if known, as well as native language
• Unless otherwise noted, authors were published in U.S. in English. I would like to get writers from all countries, in all languages; that info is hard to come by, sometimes. Contributions in this area are particularly appreciated.
• Many authors who are perceived as mainstream nonetheless write or have written fantasy, ghost stories, magical realism, science fiction, etc. If an author writes in this genre, they will be included in this listing.
• I'm trying to be comprehensive! But new authors are coming out all the time. If you know of a female author -- published only, please -- in the fields of science fiction / fantasy / utopian literature, or even generally speculative fiction -- then please let me know her name. Thanks!

Works Consulted

• many of the anthologies listed in the anthologies page have been stripped for female writers -- too many to specifically credit them all but i'm especially crediting below some of the anthologies for non-US writers that have been helpful in the prefaces, editorial notes, etc., as well as their anthologized contents
• Contemporary Authors online (April 1996)
• LOCUS
• SFF-Net: Science Fiction & Fantasy Network: Author! Author! from Greyware
• known members of Science Fiction Writer's Association
• Stars Our Destination periodic catalog
• Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide authors page
• "Women Writers You Might Not Have Heard Of", WisCon XX, Madison, Wisconsin, 5/26/96, panel (and the succeeding panels)

• Agosin, Marjorie, editor. Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women of Argentina and Chile (1992)
• Burgess, Michael. A Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in the Library of Congress Classification Scheme (August 1984)
• Schlobin, Roger C. The Literature of Fantasy: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Fantasy Fiction (New York: Garland, 1979)
  --. "The Future Females: A Selected Checklist through 1979" in Future Females: A Critical Anthology edited by Marlene S. Barr (1981)
  --. Urania's Daughters: A Checklist of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1692-1982. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1983.
• Sussex, Lucy, and Judith Raphael Buckrich. She's Fantastical (August 1995, Sybylla Feminist Press) - anthology of Australian women's speculative fiction, magical realism, and fantasy
• Williams, A. Susan. The Lifted Veil (1992) anthology of fantastic literature by women 1800-WWII - especially helpful for older materials
• Yntema, Sharon. More Than 100 Woman Science Fiction Writers.