List of Welsh women writers explained
This is a list of women writers who were born in Wales or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
B
- Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
- Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette and newspaper editor
- Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet and children's writer
- Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808), novelist
- Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022), poet
- Emily Rose Bleby (1849-1917), non-fiction writer and temperance activist
- Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh novelist
- Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet and contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine
- Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist and short story writer
- Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian and author
C
- Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel, poet
- Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist and poet
- Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist
- Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster
- Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator and journalist
- Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), novelist
D
- Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet and singer, in Welsh and English
- Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian and translator
- Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist and educator
- Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet and scribe
- Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
- Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist and industrialist
E
- Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), fiction writer
- Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), children's author, dramatist and schoolteacher
- Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
- Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), British-Egyptian film director and screenwriter
- Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
- Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist and editor
- Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
- Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet and novelist
F
G
H
I
J
L
M
- Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet and children's writer
- Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher and non-fiction writer
- Gwerful Mechain (15th century), Welsh-language poet
- Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist and actress
- Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, in English and sign language
- Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer and translator
- Jan Morris (born James Morris, 1926–2020), Welsh historian and travel writer
- Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer and singer
- Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright and columnist
- Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist and children's writer
- Elizabeth Morgan (born 1930), non-fiction writer
- Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer and non-fiction writer
- Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), non-fiction writer and mayor
- Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer and novelist
- Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet and feminist
N
O
- Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer and illustrator
P
R
- Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist in English and Welsh
- Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor and playwright
- Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet and temperance campaigner
- Deryn Rees-Jones (fl. since 1994), poet and essayist
- Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939), poet, children's writer and novelist in Welsh
- Kate Roberts (1891–1985), Welsh-language fiction writer
- Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), linguist, non-fiction writer and missionary
- Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist: The Elected Member
S
T
V
W
Y
- Paula Yates (1959–2000), non-fiction writer and television presenter
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