list of australian women writers

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      This is a list of women writers born in Australia or closely associated with it in their writings. As with other Wikipedia page lists, writers need a page before inclusion.


      A


      Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930), short story writer
      Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991), academic, translator and author
      Glenda Adams (1939–2007), novelist and short story writer
      Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001), historian
      Jane Alison (born 1961), novelist and memoir writer
      Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), poet, essayist, novelist and painter
      Jessica Anderson (1916–2010), fiction writer
      Diane Armstrong (born 1939), novelist, biographer and freelance journalist and travel writer
      Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973), playwright and farmer
      Keri Arthur (born 1967), writer of fantasy, horror and romance novels
      Helen Asher (1927–2001), novelist
      Melissa Ashley (born 1973), novelist
      Asphyxia (living), puppeteer and children's author
      Thea Astley (1925–2004), novelist
      Tilly Aston (1873–1947), blind poet and prose writer
      Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), novelist, botanist and illustrator
      Karen Attard (born 1958), fantasy and short fiction writer
      Bunty Avieson (living), journalist and novelist


      B


      Van Badham (born 1974), playwright and novelist
      Kate Baker (1861–1953), critic, editor and biographer
      Margaret Balderson (born 1935), children's writer
      Gina Ballantyne (1919–1973), poet
      Faith Bandler (1918–2015), writer and civil rights activist
      Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987), novelist and historian collaborating with Flora Eldershaw as M. Barnard Eldershaw
      Charlotte Barton (1797–1867), children's writer and educationalist
      Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909), poet
      Marnie Bassett (1890–1980), historian and biographer
      Daisy Bates (1859–1951), journalist and anthropologist
      Catherine Bateson (born 1960), novelist and poet
      Barbara Baynton (1857–1929), fiction writer
      Jean Bedford (born 1946), fiction writer
      Ruth Bedford (1882–1963), poet, playwright and children's writer
      Larissa Behrendt (born 1969), legal academic and novelist
      Diane Bell (born 1943), anthropologist
      Hilary Bell (born 1966), playwright
      Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961), biographer and civil rights advocate
      Patricia Bernard (born 1942), writer of speculative fiction
      Barbara Biggs (born 1956), journalist, writer and campaigner
      Carmel Bird (born 1940), fiction writer
      Winifred Birkett (1887–1966), novelist and poet
      Dora Birtles (1903–1992), fiction writer, poet and travel writer
      Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969), novelist
      Georgia Blain (1964–2016), novelist, journalist and biographer
      Capel Boake, pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr (1889–1944), novelist
      Jenny Boult (1951–2005), poet and playwright
      Tess Brady (born 1948), fiction, non-fiction, radio drama and children's books
      Mona Brand (1915–2007), poet, playwright and non-fiction writer
      Doris Brett (born 1950), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
      Hilda Bridges (1881–1971), novelist and short story writer
      Annie Bright (1840–1913), journalist, non-fiction writer and spiritualist
      Hesba Brinsmead (1922–2003), novelist
      Anne Brooksbank (born 1943), scriptwriter and playwright
      Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911), novelist, travel writer and children's writer
      Pam Brown (born 1948), poet and prose writer
      Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958), children's author and journalist
      Alyssa Brugman (born 1974), author of fiction for young adults
      Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899), novelist
      J. C. Burke (born 1965), novelist
      Janine Burke (born 1952), art critic, historian and novelist
      Joanne Burns (born 1945), poet and prose writer
      Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979), travel and non-fiction writer


      C


      Caroline Caddy (born 1944), poet
      Kathleen Caffyn, also pseudonym Iota (1853–1926), novelist
      Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996), novelist
      Ada Cambridge (1844–1926), novelist, poet, children's writer and autobiographer
      Marion May Campbell (born 1948), novelist, performance writer and memoirist
      Patricia Carlon (1927–2002), crime novelist
      Jennings Carmichael, pseudonym of Grace Elizabeth Jennings Carmichael (1868–1904), poet
      Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1910–1983), poet, librettist, biographer and memoirist
      Deirdre Cash, pseudonym Criena Rohan (1924–1963), novelist
      Lee Cataldi (born 1942), poet
      Nancy Cato (1917–2000), historical novelist, poet and biographer
      Nan Chauncy (1900–1970), children's writer
      Connie Christie (1908–1989), children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artist
      Ellen Clacy, pseudonym Cycla (1830–1901), novelist and nonfiction writer
      Monica Clare, (1924–1973), novelist
      Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999), nonfiction and children's writer
      Coralie Clarke, later Coralie Clarke Rees (1908–1972), travel writer
      Maxine Beneba Clarke (born 1979), poet and short story writer
      Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016), author and historian
      Charmian Clift (1923–1969), novelist, nonfiction and autobiography writer
      Jennifer Compton (born 1949), poet
      Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957), novelist
      Anna Couani (1948), novelist, poet and visual artist
      Emily Coungeau (1860–1936), poet
      Jessie Couvreur, pseudonym Tasma (1848–1897), novelist
      Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941), poet, novelist, short story writer and journalist
      Alison Croggon (born 1962), poet, playwright, fantasy novelist and librettist
      M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963), poet
      Zora Cross (1890–1964), poet, novelist and journalist
      Cecily Crozier (1911–2006), artist, poet and literary editor
      Jean Curlewis (1898–1930), children's writer
      Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981), novelist and playwright


      D


      Marguerite Dale (1883–1963), playwright and feminist
      Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944), biographer, novelist and activist
      Kathleen Dalziel (1881–1969), poet
      Debra Dank (living), nonfiction writer
      Eleanor Dark/Patricia O'Rane (1901–1985), novelist
      Norma Davis (1905–1945), poet
      Sarah Day (born 1958), English-born Australian poet
      Alma De Groen (born 1941), New Zealand-born playwright
      Michelle de Kretser (born 1957), novelist
      Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972), novelist, poet, journalist and actor
      Enid Derham (1882–1941), poet and academic
      Jessica Dettmann (living), novelist
      Catherine Deveny (born 1968), journalist, comedian, author
      Jean Devanny (1894–1962), novelist and nonfiction writer
      Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), poet
      Nance Donkin (1915–2008), children's writer and journalist
      Sara Douglass (1957–2011), fantasy writer
      Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980), novelist
      Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901–1968), journalist and novelist
      Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961), writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults
      Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, memoir author
      Susan Duncan (1951–2024), memoirist and novelist
      Alice Duncan-Kemp (1901–1988), writer and Indigenous rights activist
      Mary Durack (1913–1994) novelist and historian
      Vera Dwyer (1889–1967), novelist


      E


      Alice Eather (1988/89–2017), slam poet, environmental campaigner and teacher
      Ali Cobby Eckermann (born 1963), poet
      Robyn Eckersley (born 1958), political theorist
      Arabella Edge (living), English-born short story writer and novelist
      Harriet Edquist (living), architectural historian and curator
      Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976), activist, author and lawyer
      Anne Elder (1918–1976), poet and ballet dancer
      Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956), novelist, critic and historian
      M. Barnard Eldershaw, pseudonym of collaborators Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw
      Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981), novelist and poet
      Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969), novelist
      June Epstein (1918–2004), author, musician, radio broadcaster, disability advocate
      Rica Erickson (1908–2009), botanical and historical writer
      Matilda Jane Evans, pseudonym Maud Jeanne Franc (1827–1886), novelist


      F


      Diane Fahey (born 1945), poet and short story writer
      Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952), novelist and non-fiction writer
      Beverley Farmer (1941–2018), novelist and short story writer
      Tracy Farr (born 1962), novelist and short story writer
      Beatrice Faust (1939–2019), women's activist and non-fiction writer
      Minnie Agnes Filson, pseudonym Rickety Kate (1898–1971), poet
      Mary Finnin (1906–1992), artist, art teacher and poet
      Lala Fisher (1872–1929), poet and editor
      Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian, biographer and critic
      Jane Ada Fletcher (1870–1956), nature writer and children's writer
      Pat Flower (1914–1977), writer of plays, TV plays and novels
      Mandy Foot (living), children's picture book writer and illustrator
      Bethia Foott (1907–1995), nonfiction writer
      Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918), poet and editor
      Mabel Forrest (1872–1935), novelist and poet
      Elaine Forrestal (born 1941), children's writer
      Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995), fiction writer and reviewer
      Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937), newspaper editor; short stories, poems
      Mary Fortune, pseudonym Waif Wanter (c. 1833–1911), detective story writer
      Lynn Foster (1914–1985), playwright and novelist
      Miles Franklin, pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin (1879–1954), novelist and journalist
      Mary Fullerton, pseudonyms include E and Alpenstock (1868–1946), poet and novelist


      G


      Katherine Gallagher (born 1935), poet
      Helen Garner (born 1942), fiction writer, screenwriter and journalist
      Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009), romance novelist
      Sulari Gentill, pseudonym S. D. Gentill (living), writer of historical crime and other fiction
      Doris Gentile (1894–1972), fiction writer
      Katrina Germein (born 1974), children's author and early childhood educator
      May Gibbs (1877–1969), children's author, illustrator and cartoonist
      Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, teacher and classical pianist
      Sophie Gonzales (born 1993), writer of young adult romantic comedies
      Heather Goodall (living), historian
      Charmaine Papertalk Green (born 1962), poet and artist
      Kate Grenville (born 1950), fiction and non-fiction writer and biographer


      H


      Lyndall Hadow (1903–1976), short story writer and journalist
      Rosalie Ham (born 1954/55), novelist and stage writer
      Susan Hampton (born 1949), poet
      Eunice Hanger (1911–1972), playwright and educator
      Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), novelist and artist
      Lesbia Harford (1891–1927), poet, novelist and activist
      Beverley Harper (1943–2002), author of novels set in Africa
      Jennifer Harrison (born 1955), poet
      Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020), novelist and short story writer
      Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), poet and librettist
      Libby Hathorn (born 1943), poet, librettist, children's author
      Susan Hawthorne (born 1951), fiction and non-fiction writer, poet and publisher
      Anita Heiss (born 1968), non-fiction and fiction writer, poet and commentator
      Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), playwright and poet
      Ernestine Hill (1900–1972), journalist, travel writer and novelist
      Helen Hodgman (1945–2022), novelist and screenwriter
      Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949), journalist, novelist and nonfiction writer
      Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), fiction writer


      I


      Anne Bower Ingram (1937–2010), children's author and publisher


      J


      Linda Jaivin (born 1955), novelist and non-fiction writer
      Barbara James (1943–2003), historian
      Florence James (1902–1993), author and literary agent
      Rebecca James (born 1970), young adults' fiction writer
      Wendy James (born 1966), crime novelist
      Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941), novelist and travel writer
      Emma Jane (born 1969), novelist and media commentator
      Charlotte Jay, pseudonym of Geraldine Halls (1919–1996), mystery writer
      Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004), radio dramatist and novelist
      Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948), feminist scholar and writer
      Grace Jennings-Edquist (living), journalist and non-fiction writer
      Kate Jennings (1948–2021), poet, essayist, memoirist and novelist
      Helen Jerome (1883–1958), poet, playwright and nonfiction writer
      Alexandra Joel (born 1953), fiction and nonfiction writer
      Judy Johnson (born 1961), poet and novelist
      Rebecca Johnson (born 1966), children's fiction and non-fiction writer
      Susan Johnson (born 1956), fiction writer
      Dorothy Johnston (born 1948), writer of literary fiction and crime novelist
      Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007), novelist
      Gail Jones (born 1955), novelist and academic
      Jill Jones (born 1951), poet
      Laura Jones (born 1951), screenwriter
      Margaret Jones (1923–2006), writer of political thrillers and non-fiction
      Toni Jordan (born 1966), novelist
      Mireille Juchau (born 1969), novelist


      K


      Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998), novelist
      Nancy Keesing (1923–1993), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
      Antigone Kefala (1935–2022), poet and fiction writer
      Gwen Kelly (1922–2012), fiction writer and poet
      Nora Kelly (born late 19th century in New Zealand) journalist, poet and playwright
      Lorraine Kember (born 1950), author, blogger, caregiver advocate, and speaker
      Hannah Kent (born 1985), historical novelist
      Jacqueline Kent (born 1947), biographer, non-fiction writer and journalist
      Doris Boake Kerr, pseudonym Capel Boake (1899–1945), novelist
      Gretel Killeen (born 1963), comedy writer
      Robin Klein (born 1936), children's writer
      Marion Knowles (1865–1949), poet, novelist and journalist
      Sarah Krasnostein (living), American-Australian non-fiction writer and legal academic


      L


      Dulcie Dunlop Ladds (1906–1972), short stories and plays
      Gertrude Langer (1908–1984), art critic
      Eve Langley (1908–1974), novelist and poet
      Coral Lansbury (1929–1991), novelist and academic
      Justine Larbalestier (born 1967), young adults' fiction writer
      Glenda Larke (living), fantasy novelist and non-fiction writer
      Nel Law (1914–1990), artist, poet and diarist
      Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), poet, writer and feminist
      Sylvia Lawson (1932–2017), historian, journalist and critic
      Simone Lazaroo (born 1961), novelist
      Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881), poet and novelist
      Ida Lee (1865–1943), historian and poet
      Valentine Leeper (1900–2001), classicist, polemicist and correspondent
      Julia Leigh (born 1970), novelist, screenwriter and film director
      Constance Le Plastrier (1864–1938), writer, schoolteacher and botanist
      Robin Levett (1925–2008), travel writer, novelist and philanthropist
      Tanya Levin (born 1971), non-fiction writer and social worker
      Wendy Lewis (born 1962), non-fiction writer and playwright
      Bella Li (born 1983), poet and editor
      Kate Lilley (born 1960), poet and academic
      Lady Joan A'Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984), novelist
      Rose Lindsay (1885–1978), biographer, artist's model and printmaker
      Marie Lion (1855–1922), novelist
      Carol Liston (living), historian
      Ellen Liston (1838–1885), fiction writer and poet
      Kate Llewellyn (born 1936), poet, diarist and travel writer
      Lilian Locke (1869–1950), short story writer
      Sumner Locke (1881–1917), fiction writer, dramatist and poet
      Jeannie Lockett (1847–1890), schoolteacher and writer
      Amanda Lohrey (born 1947), novelist and essayist
      Joan London (born 1948), fiction writer and screenwriter
      Abie Longstaff (living), children's writer
      Gabrielle Lord (born 1946), crime novelist and short story writer
      Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967), fiction, non-fiction and young adults' writer
      Laura Bogue Luffman (1846–1929), English-born writer and journalist
      Catharine Lumby (living), journalist and academic
      Dame Enid Lyons (1897–1981), biographer and politician
      Edith Joan Lyttleton, pseudonym G. B. Lancaster (1873–1945), novelist


      M


      Constance Jane McAdam, pseudonym Constance Clude (1872–1951), writer and suffragette
      Maxine McArthur (born 1962), science fiction writer
      Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890), painter and diarist
      Colleen McCullough (1937–2015), novelist
      Nan McDonald (1921–1974), poet and editor
      Ella May McFadyen (1887–1976), poet, journalist and children's writer
      Fiona McFarlane (born 1978), novelist
      Fiona McGregor (born 1965), writer and performance artist
      Siobhán McHugh (living), Irish-Australian author, podcaster and documentary-maker
      Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), children's writer
      Louise Mack (1870–1935), poet, journalist and novelist
      Edith McKay (1891–1963), fiction writer
      Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), poet and fiction writer
      Tamara McKinley (born 1948), novelist
      Rhyll McMaster (born 1947), poet and novelist
      Barbara McNamara, pseudonym Anne Willard (1913–2000), novelist
      Bertha McNamara (1853–1931), socialist and feminist pamphleteer and bookseller
      Kit McNaughton (c.1887–1953), nurse and diarist
      Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), poet
      Barbara York Main (1929–2019), arachnologist and non-fiction writer
      Alana Mann (fl. 2000s), non-fiction writer on food politics
      Emily Manning, pseudonym Australie (1845–1890), poet and journalist
      Chris Mansell (born 1953), poet and publisher
      Melina Marchetta (born 1965), novelist
      Mary Marlowe (1884–1962), actress, writer and journalist
      Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937), novelist and journalist
      Olga Masters (1919–1986), fiction writer and journalist
      Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019), children's writer
      Jan Mayman (died 2021), journalist
      Gillian Mears (1964–2016), fiction writer
      Wolla Meranda, (1863–1951), novelist
      Gwen Meredith (1907–2006), playwright, scriptwriter and novelist
      Louisa Meredith (1812–1895), fiction and non-fiction writer, poet and artist
      Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002), children's writer
      Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946), writer and editor
      Dora Montefiore (1851–1933), poet, autobiographer, suffragist and socialist
      Finola Moorhead (born 1947), fiction and non-fiction writer, playwright, essayist and poet
      Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942), writer and traveller
      Musette Morell (1898–1950), playwright, children's writer and poet
      Sally Morgan (born 1951), Aboriginal writer and artist
      Liane Moriarty (born 1966), novelist
      Heather Morris (born 1953), novelist
      Meaghan Morris (born 1950), cultural studies scholar
      Myra Morris (1893–1966), poet, novelist and children's writer
      Di Morrissey (born 1943), novelist
      Sally Morrison (born 1946), biographer and fiction writer
      Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857), diarist
      Nina Murdoch (1890–1976), biographer, travel writer, journalist and poet
      Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962), playwright, screenwriter, novelist and librettist


      N


      Joice NanKivell Loch (1887–1982), prose writer
      Margo Neale (fl. 2000), historian and curator
      Jill Neville (1932–1997), novelist, playwright and poet
      Brenda Niall (born 1930), biographer, literary critic and journalist
      Joyce Nicholson (1919–2001), author and businesswoman
      Deborah Niland (born 1950), writer and illustrator of children's books
      Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976), novelist and travel writer
      Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993), Aboriginal political activist, artist and educator
      Marlene Norst (1930–2010), Austrian-born linguist, pedagogue and philanthropist
      Joanne Nova (born 1967), science writer, blogger and speaker


      O


      Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic book artist, book illustrator and fashion artist
      Mary-Louise O'Callaghan (living), journalist and non-fiction author
      Mary-Anne O'Connor (living), novelist
      Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001), food writer, restaurateur and chef
      Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), children's author and illustrator
      Audrey Oldfield (1925–2010), historian and children's writer
      Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), artist, printmaker and children's author/illustrator
      Thuy On (living), poet and arts journalist
      Kate Orman (born 1968), science fiction writer
      Beatrice Osborn, pseudonym Margaret Fane (1887–1962), novelist and poet
      Caroline Overington (born 1970), journalist and author
      Jan Owen (born 1940), poet


      P


      Margaret Paice (1920–2016), children's writer and illustrator
      Helen Palmer (1917–1979), publisher, educationalist and historian
      Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), poet, essayist and literary critic
      Laura Palmer-Archer (1864–1929), short story writer under the pseudonym Bushwoman
      Susan Parisi (born 1958), Canadian-born writer of horror fiction
      Ruth Park (1917–2010), novelist and children's writer
      Catherine Langloh Parker (c.1855–1940), fiction writer and Aboriginal folklorist
      Menie Parkes (1839–1915), poet and short story writer
      Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985), fantasy writer
      Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963), memoirist and parents' rights advocate
      Ethel Pedley (1859–1898), author and musician
      Olive Pell (1903–2002), librarian and poet
      Grace Perry (1927–1987), poet, publisher and editor
      Hoa Pham (living), fiction and children's writer
      Nancy Phelan (1913–2008), novelist and travel writer
      Joan Phipson (1912–2003), children's writer
      Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), novelist, poet and short story writer
      Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014), autobiographical novelist
      Marie E. J. Pitt (1869–1948), poet
      Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016), poet
      Gillian Polack (born 1961), writer and editor of speculative fiction
      Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953), women's activist and writer
      Dorothy Featherstone Porter (1954–2008), poet
      Marie Porter (born 1939), researcher, writer and welfare advocate
      Sue-Ann Post (born 1964), comedian and writer
      Elizabeth Powell (1898–1988), journalist and children's writer
      Eve Pownall (1901–1982), children's writer and historian
      Rosa Praed, also as Mrs Campbell Praed (1851–1935), novelist
      Evadne Price (1888–1985) writer and media personality
      Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969), novelist and playwright
      Alice Pung (born 1981), novelist and memoir writer, editor and lawyer
      Lillian Pyke (1881–1927), children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist


      Q


      Betty Quin (died 1993), theatre manager, playwright and screenwriter
      Tarella Quin (1877–1934), children's writer


      R


      Thérèse Radic (born 1935), playwright and musicologist
      Stephanie Radok (born 1954), artist and writer
      Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), poet and playwright
      Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019), poet and author
      Elizabeth Julia Reid (1915–1974), Catholic journalist and author
      Ethel Richardson, pseudonym Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946), novelist
      Elizabeth Riddell, also Betty Riddell (1910–1998), poet and journalist
      Sally Rippin (living), children's writer and illustrator
      Mirandi Riwoe (living), novelist and short story writer
      Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018), poet
      Jill Roe (1940–2017), historian, academic and author
      Betty Roland (1903–1996), playwright, novelist and children's writer
      Heather Rose (born 1964), novelist
      Agnes Rose-Soley, pseudonym Rose de Boheme (1847–1938), journalist and poet
      Alice Grant Rosman (1887–1961), novelist
      Jennifer Rowe, pseudonym Emily Rodda (born 1948), novelist
      Gig Ryan (born 1956), poet


      S


      Eva Sallis, pseudonym Eva Hornung (born 1964), novelist
      Dorothy Lucy Sanders, also Lucy Walker (1907–1987), novelist
      Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic
      Julianne Schultz (born 1956), non-fiction writer
      Margaret Scott (1934–2005), poet, critic and academic
      Rosie Scott (1948–2017), novelist
      Jocelynne Scutt (born 1947), non-fiction writer and lawyer plus crime fiction and short stories under noms-de-plume
      Catherine Shepherd (1901–1976), playwright
      Helen Simpson (1897–1940), novelist, playwright and historian
      Nardi Simpson (born 1975), novelist and musician
      Sanu Sharma (living), Nepalese-Australian novelist, story writer, poet and lyricist
      Tracy Sorensen (living), novelist and academic
      Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910), novelist, journalist and social reformer
      Eleanor Spence (1928–2008), children's author
      Dale Spender (1943–2023), feminist scholar, writer and consultant
      Lady Jean Maud Spender, also as J. M. Spender (1901–1970), crime novelist
      Nicolette Stasko (born 1950), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
      Christina Stead (1902–1983), novelist
      Amanda Stewart (born 1959), poet and sound/performance artist
      Ethel Nhill Victoria Stonehouse (1883–1964), novelist and poet
      Agnes L. Storrie (1865–1936), poet and writer
      Jennifer Strauss (born 1933), poet and academic
      Anne Summers (born 1945), writer and columnist
      Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010), poet and author


      T


      Lian Tanner (born 1951), children's author
      Cory Taylor (1955–2016), children's author and memoirist
      Kay Glasson Taylor, pseudonym Daniel Hamline (1893–1998), children's author
      Kylie Tennant (1912–1988), novelist, playwright, historian and children's author
      Angela Thirkell, also Leslie Parker (1890–1961), novelist
      Margaret Thomas (1843–1929), travel writer, poet and artist
      Holly Throsby (born 1978), novelist
      Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003), singer-songwriter, novelist and poet
      Jessica Townsend (born 1985), children's fantasy author
      Pamela Lyndon Travers (1899–1996), children's author
      Margaret Trist (1914–1986), short story writer and novelist
      Ethel Turner (1872–1958), children's author and novelist
      Lilian Turner (1867–1956), children's novelist


      U


      Terry Underwood (born 1944), author
      Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948), novelist and journalist


      V


      Elise Valmorbida (living), fiction and non-fiction writer
      Lin Van Hek (living), fiction writer
      Joanne van Os (born 1955), writer of memoirs and children's and adult fiction
      Elizabeth Vassilieff (1917–2007), non-fiction writer and critic
      Barbara Vernon (1916–1978), playwright, scriptwriter and radio announcer
      Julienne van Loon (born 1970), novelist and non-fiction writer
      Mary Therese Vidal (1815–1873), novelist
      Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998), poet and prose writer
      Michelle Vogel (born 1972), film historian, author and editor


      W


      Vikki Wakefield (born 1970), young adult fiction writer
      Kath Walker (1920–1993), Aboriginal poet, short story writer and artist
      Lucy Walker, pseudonym of Dorothy Lucie Sanders (1907–1987), romance novelist
      Dorothy Wall (1894–1942), children's author and illustrator
      Ania Walwicz (1951–2020), poet, prose writer and visual artist
      Nadia Wheatley (born 1949), children's novelist and freelance writer
      Ellen Whinnett (born 1971), journalist
      Margaret Whitlam (1919–2012), social campaigner and autobiographical writer
      Anna Wickham, pseudonym of Edith Hepburn, (1883–1949), poet and playwright
      Rosemary Wighton (1925–1994), literary editor, author and adviser on women's affairs
      Dora Wilcox (1873–1953), poet and playwright
      Kim Wilkins (born 1966), popular fiction writer
      Marian Wilkinson (born 1954), journalist and author
      Donna Williams (1963–2017), writer, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and sculptor
      Justina Williams (1916–2008), journalist and poet
      Ruth Williams (writer) (1897–1962), children's writer
      Margaret Wilson (living), television writer
      Tara June Winch (born 1983), novelist and short story writer
      Dallas Winmar (living), playwright
      Eliza Winstanley / Elizabeth Winstanley / Ariele (1818–1882), writer and stage actress
      Eleanor Witcombe (1923–2018), screenwriter
      Amy Witting, pseudonym of Joan Austral Fraser (1918–2001), novelist and poet
      Sabina Wolanski (1927–2011), Holocaust survivor and autobiographer
      Fiona Wood (living), young adults' novelist and television scriptwriter
      Susan Nugent Wood, (1836–1880), Australian-born New Zealand poet and essayist
      Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (1930–2012), Tongan-born historian
      Jena Woodhouse (born 1949), novelist and poet
      Angela Woollacott (born 1955), historian
      Alexis Wright (born 1950), fiction and non-fiction writer
      Judith Wright (1915–2000), poet and environmental activist
      June Wright (1919–2012), crime and non-fiction writer
      Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010), children's writer
      Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1885–1959), novelist


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      Rose Zwi (1928–2018), Mexican-born South African-Australian fiction writer
      Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet, short story writer, critic and academic


      References

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: list of australian women writers