List of Welsh women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Wales or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer
• Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet
• Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator
• Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of The Hiding Place

B

• Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
• Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editor
• Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writer
• Anna Maria Bennett (c.1750–1808), novelist
• Ruth Bidgood (born 1922), poet
• Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet, contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist, short story writer
• Fanny Mary Katherine Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, author

C

• Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poet
• Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist
• Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcaster
• Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, journalist
• Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelist

D

• Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and English
• Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translator
• Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist, educator
• Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet, scribe
• Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
• Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist, industrialist

E

• Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), novelist, short story writer
• Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), children's author, dramatist, school teacher
• Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
• Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), British-Egyption film director, screenwriter
• Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
• Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnnist, editor, poetry widely translated
• Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
• Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet, novelist

F

• Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet, broadcaster

G

• Menna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist, translator
• Isabella Gifford (1825–1891), marine botanist
• Annabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, best selling novelist, actress
• Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), Welsh-language poet, hymn writer
• Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer

H

• Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist, broadcaster
• Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English-born Welsh poet writing in English
• Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist, poet
• Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, poet, suffragist
• Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer

I

• Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), novelist
• Norah Isaac (1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright, travel writer

J

• Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
• Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), poet, editor
• Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer, teacher
• Sally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet, biographer

L

• Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalist
• Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also writes in English
• Martha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet, hymnist

M

• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet, children's writer
• Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher, non-fiction writer
• Gwerful Mechain (15th century), early Welsh-language poet
• Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist, actress
• Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, wrote in English and sign language
• Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer, translator
• Jan Morris (born James Morris, 1926), Welsh historian and travel writer
• Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer, singer
• Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright, columnist
• Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
• Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer, non-fiction writer
• Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), mayor, non-fiction writer
• Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer, novelist
• Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet, feminist

N

• Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), romantic novelist

O

• Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer, illustrator

P

• Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953) short story writer, novelist
• Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988), singer, writer
• Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer, magazine publisher
• Anne Penny (1729–1784), poet
• Ellis Peters (1913–1995), Welsh-English mystery novelist, short-story writer and translator; Brother Cadfael
• Pascale Petit (born 1953), poet
• Katherine Philips (1632–1664), poet, translator
• Angharad Price, novelist since 1999, academic
• Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), novelist, short story writer

R

• Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist, wrote in English and Welsh
• Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor, playwright
• Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet, temperance campaigner
• Deryn Rees-Jones, since 1994, poet, essayist
• Kate Roberts (1891–1985), leading Welsh-language novelist, short story writer
• Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), linguist, non-fiction writer, missionary
• Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist, author of The Elected Member

S

• Carole Seymour-Jones (born 1963), biographer, columnist, literary non-fiction writer
• Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novelist, crime-fiction writer
• Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer, critic
• Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), marathon runner, non-fiction writer

T

• Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968), novelist
• Hester Thrale (1741–1821), diarist
• Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelist

V

• Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985), novelist, short story writer, playwright, author of The Invader

W

• Jo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist, author of Tooth and Claw
• Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910), poet, hymnist
• Sarah Waters (born 1966), novelist, author of Fingersmith
• Susie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist, editor, strong connections with Wales
• Anna Williams (1706–1783), poet
• Jane Williams (1806–1885), biographer, non-fiction works, many about Wales

Y

• Paula Yates (1959–2000), television presenter, non-fiction writer

See also

• List of women writers