Throughout history, there have been many women writers who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female authors such as Lucy Maud Montgomery, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, J. K. Rowling, Jamie Lee Curtis, Helen Keller.The women writers featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Toni Morrison18 February 1931, American
Novelist
Rashida Jones25 February 1976, American
Actress
Katherine Schwarzenegger13 December 1989, American
Author
Julie Andrews01 October 1935, British
Actress
Sylvia Plath27 October 1932, American
Poet, Novelist, and Writer
Jamie Lee Curtis22 November 1958, American
Actress, Author
Mary-Kate Olsen13 June 1986, American
Actress, Fashion Designer
J. K. Rowling31 July 1965, British
Author
Anne Frank12 June 1929, German
Writer
MacKenzie Bezos07 April 1970, American
Novelist, Journalist
Helen Keller27 June 1880, American
Writer, Member of Socialist Party of America,
Portia de Rossi31 January 1973, Australian, American
Actor, Writer, Model
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Sharon Osbourne09 October 1952, British
Television host
Adrianne Palicki06 May 1983, American
Actress
Jane Austen16 December 1775, British
Novelist
Jennifer Esposito11 April 1973, American
Actress, Ex-Wife of Bradley Cooper
Agatha Christie15 September 1890, British
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919, Indian
Writer
Rosanne Cash24 May 1955, American
Singer-Songwriter, author
Amanda Knox09 July 1987, American
Writer
Emily Dickinson10 December 1830, American
Poet
Laura Ingraham19 June 1964, American
Radio Host, Author and Political Commentator
Mary Shelley30 August 1797, British
Novelist
Mara Wilson24 July 1987, American
Writer, Actress
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Author
Virginia Woolf25 January 1882, British
Novelist
Joan Collins23 May 1933, British
Actress & Author
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Ayn Rand02 February 1905, American, Russian
Author, Screenwriter, Playwright, Developer of a
Patti Smith30 December 1946, American
Singer
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Gertrude Bell14 July 1868, British
Writer, Diplomat
Ann Coulter08 December 1961, American
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Gloria Vanderbilt20 February 1924, American
Artist, Actress
Hoda Kotb09 August 1964, Egyptian, American
Journalist, Author, TV Anchor
Candace Cameron Bure06 April 1976, American
Actress
Caroline Kennedy27 November 1957, American
Author
Carly Simon25 June 1945, American
Wendy Williams18 July 1964, American
TV Host, Actress, Fashion Designer, Author
Geri Halliwell06 August 1972, British
Singer
Lisa Brennan-Jobs17 May 1978, American
Daughter of Steve Jobs
Marie Kondo09 October 1984, Japanese
Organizing Expert
Joan Rivers08 June 1933, American
Actress
Nigella Lawson06 January 1960, British
Television Personality, Gourmet, Food Writer
Sarojini Naidu13 February 1879, Indian
Poet and Freedom Fighter
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Carice van Houten05 September 1976, Dutch
Actress
Padma Lakshmi01 September 1970, Indian
Model
Harper Lee28 April 1926, American
Novelist
Lynne Cheney14 August 1941, American
Author, Former Show Host
Sela Ward11 July 1956, American
Actress
Laura Ingalls Wilder07 February 1867, American
American writer
Asia Argento20 September 1975, Italian
Actress, Model, Writer
Donna Douglas26 September 1932, American
Actress
Danai Gurira14 February 1978, American, Zimbabwean
Actress
Ree Drummond06 January 1969, American
Blogger
Mackenzie Phillips10 November 1959, American
Actress
Justine Musk02 September 1972, Canadian
Author, Elon Musk’s Ex-wife
Amy Sedaris29 March 1961, American
Mary Berry24 March 1935, British
Food Writer, TV Presenter
Debi Mazar13 August 1964, American
Actress
P. L. Travers09 August 1899, Australian
Writer & Journalist
Jill Ireland24 April 1936, British, American
Actress
Shonda Rhimes13 January 1970, American
Television Producer
Sophie Hunter16 March 1978, British
Theatre Director
Olivia Olson21 May 1992, American
Actress
Diane Ladd29 November 1932, American
Actress
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Michelle McNamara14 April 1970, American
Freelance Writer, Blogger
Charlotte Casiraghi03 August 1986, Monacan
Editor-at-large, Equestrian Sports Ambassador
Enid Blyton11 August 1897, British
Writer
Loretta Swit04 November 1937, American
Actress
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
Lucy Hawking02 November 1970, British
Journalist, Novelist, Writer
Nora Ephron19 May 1941, American
Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Lashana Lynch27 November 1987, British
Actress
Taya Kyle04 September 1974, American
Activist, Author
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Shirley Jackson14 December 1916, American
Author
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
George Eliot22 November 1819, British
Author and Novelist
Assata Shakur16 July 1947, Cuban, American
Murder Convict
Louisa May Alcott29 November 1832, American
Writer
Holly Madison23 December 1979, American
Author, Model, Reality TV Star
Ellyse Perry03 November 1990, Australian
Sportswoman
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Zelda Fitzgerald24 July 1900, American
Novelist
Gertrude Stein03 February 1874, American
American novelist
Jill St. John19 August 1940, American
Actress
Sappho0630 BC, Greek
Poet
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie15 September 1977, Nigerian
Writer