List of Australian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Australia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Mena Abdullah (born 1930), short story writer.[1]
- Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991), academic, translator, author and editor.
- Glenda Adams (1939–2007), novelist and short story writer.
- Nancy Adams (1890–1968), autobiographical writer and illustrator.[1][2]
- 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), novelist and short story writer.
- Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973), playwright and farmer.
- Keri Arthur, writer of fantasy, horror and romance novels.
- Helen Asher (1927–c.2004), novelist.
- Melissa Ashley (born 1973), novelist.
- Asphyxia, 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, journalist and novelist.
B
- Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013), novelist, scriptwriter and playwright.
- Van Badham (born 1974), playwright and novelist.
- Elsie Marion Bailey, novelist.[1]
- Kate Baker (1861–1952), critic, editor and biographer.[1][3]
- Margaret Balderson (born 1935), children's writer.
- Gina Ballantyne (1916–1973), poet.[1]
- Faith Bandler (1918–2015), writer and civil rights activist.
- Sallie Bannister, novelist.[1]
- Margaret Barbalet (born 1949), novelist and historian.[1]
- Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987), novelist and historian, who collaborated with Flora Eldershaw to write 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.
- Annie Maria Baxter (1816–1905), diarist.[1][4]
- Barbara Baynton (1857–1929)
- Jean Bedford (born 1946), novelist and short story 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.
- Stefanie Bennet (born 1945), poet.[1]
- Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961), biographer and civil rights advocate.
- Patricia Bernard (born 1942), writer of speculative fiction.
- Beatrice Bevan (1876–1945), poet and missionary.[1]
- Barbara Biggs (born 1956), journalist, writer and campaigner.
- Carmel Bird (born 1940), novelist and short story writer.
- Winifred Birkett (1887–1966), novelist and poet.
- Dora Birtles (1903–1992), novelist, short story writer, poet and travel writer.
- Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969), novelist.
- Georgia Blain (1964–2016), novelist, journalist and biographer.
- Dorothy Blewett (1898–1965), playwright and novelist who also wrote as 'Ann Praize'.[1]
- Norma Bloom (born 1924), poet.[1]
- 'Capel Boake', pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr (1889–1944), novelist.
- Jenny Boult (born 1951), poet.
- Mona Brand (1915–2007), poet, playwright and non-fiction writer.
- Doris Brett (born 1950), poet.[1]
- Hilda Bridges (1881–1971), novelist and short story writer.[1][5]
- Hesba Brinsmead (1922–2003), novelist.
- Barbara Brooks (born 1947), prose and short story writer.[1]
- Anne Brooksbank (born 1943), scriptwriter and playwright.
- Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911), novelist, travel writer and children's writer.
- Lyn Ingoldsby Brown (1918–2011), poet.[1]
- 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.
- Emily Hemans Bulcock (1877–1969), poet.[1][6]
- Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899), novelist.
- Dora Burchill (1908–2003), non-fiction writer.[1][7]
- Colleen Burke (born 1943), poet and biographer.[1]
- 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 (1853–1926), novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Iota'.
- 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 for Grace Elizabeth Jennings Carmichael (1868–1904), poet.
- Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1910–1983), poet, librettist, biographer and memoirist.
- Deirdre Cash (1924–1963), novelist who used the pseudonym 'Criena Rohan'.
- Lee Cataldi (born 1942), poet.
- Nancy Cato (1917–2000), historical novelist, poet and biographer.
- Nan Chauncy (1900–1970), children's writer.
- Ellen Clacy (1830–1901), novelist and nonfiction writer who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Cycla'.
- Mona Matilda Clare (1924–1973), novelist who wrote under the pseudonym 'Monica Clare'.
- 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 (1848–1897), novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Tasma'.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, novelist
- Jean Devanny (1894–1962), novelist and nonfiction writer.
- Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), poet.
- 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.
- Susan Duncan (born 1951), memoirist and novelist.
- Alice Monkton Duncan-Kemp (1901–1988), novelist.[8]
- Mary Durack (1913–1994) novelist and historian.
E
- Alice Eather (1988/89–2017), slam poet, environmental campaigner and teacher.
- Robyn Eckersley (born 1958), political theorist.
- Suzanne Edgar (born 1939), writer of fiction, feature articles, poetry and reviews.[9]
- Arabella Edge, English-born short story writer and novelist.
- Harriet Edquist, 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 for collaboration of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw
- Marian Eldridge (1936–1997), short story writer.[1][10]
- Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981), novelist and poet.
- Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969), novelist.
- Velia Ercole (1903–1978), novelist who wrote under the pseudonym 'Margaret Gregory'.[1]
- Rica Erickson (1908–2009), botanical and historical writer.
- Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886), novelist who wrote under the pseudonym 'Maud Jeanne Franc'.
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.
- Beatrice Faust (1939–2019), women's activist and non-fiction writer.
- Minnie Agnes Filson (1898–1971), poet who wrote under the pseudonym 'Ricketty Kate'.[1]
- Mary Finnin (1906–1992), poet.[1]
- 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.
- Bethia Foott, novelist and non-fiction writer.[1]
- Mrs James Foott, non-fiction writer.[1]
- Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918), poet and editor.
- Mabel Forrest (1872–1935), novelist and poet.
- Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995), short story writer and reviewer.
- Mary Fortune (c.1833–1911), detective story writer, under the pseudonym 'Waif Wander'.
- Lynn Foster (1914–1985), playwright and novelist.
- Miles Franklin (1879–1954), novelist and journalist, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym 'Brent of Bin Bin'.
- Robyn Friend (born 1942), fiction writer and biographer.[1]
- Mary Fullerton (1868–1946), poet and novelist who published under several pseudonyms ('E', 'Alpenstock', etc.).
G
- Katherine Gallagher (born 1935), poet.
- Helen Garner (born 1942), novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist.
- Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009), romance novelist.
- Sulari Gentill, writer of historical crime and other fiction, who also uses the pseudonym 'S.D. Gentill'.
- Doris Gentile (1894–1972), novelist and short story writer.
- May Gibbs (1877–1969), children's author, illustrator and cartoonist.
- Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, teacher and classical pianist.
- Charmaine Papertalk Green (born 1962), poet and artist.
- Kate Grenville (born 1950), writer of fiction, non-fiction, biography and about the writing process.
- Margot Goyder (1896-1975), novelist who, with Neville Joske, published under the pseudonym Margot Neville
H
- Rosalie Ham (born 1955), author of The Dressmaker.
- Susan Hampton (born 1949), poet.
- Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), novelist and artist.
- Lesbia Harford (1891–1927), poet, novelist and political activist.
- Beverley Harper (1943–2002), author of novels set in Africa.
- Jennifer Harrison (born 1955), poet.
- Elizabeth Harrower (born 1928), 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), writer of fiction and nonfiction, poet, and publisher.
- Anita Heiss (born 1968), writer of non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary, travel and on contemporary Aboriginal life.
- Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), playwright and poet.
- Ernestine Hill (1900–1972), journalist, travel writer and novelist.
- Helen Hodgman (born 1945), novelist and screenwriter.
- Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949), journalist, novelist and nonfiction writer.
- Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer (born 1967), scholar, writer of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry.
- Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), novelist and short story writer.
I
- Anne Bower Ingram (1937–2010), children's author and publisher
J
- Linda Jaivin (born 1955), novelist and nonfiction writer.
- Barbara James (1943–2003), historian.
- Florence James (1902–1993), author and literary agent.
- Rebecca James (born 1970), writer of young adult fiction.
- 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 (1919–1996), pseudonym of Geraldine Halls, mystery writer.
- Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004), radio dramatist and novelist.
- Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948), feminist scholar and writer.
- Grace Jennings-Edquist (born 1988), feminist writer and journalist.
- Kate Jennings (born 1948), poet, essayist, memoirist and novelist.
- Helen Jerome (1883–1958), poet, playwright and nonfiction writer.
- Alexandra Joel, fiction and nonfiction writer.
- Rebecca Johnson (born 1966), children's writer, including nonfiction.
- Susan Johnson (born 1956), novelist and short story 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), journalist, writer of political thrillers and nonfiction.
- Toni Jordan (born 1966), novelist.
- Neville Joske (1887-1966), novelist who, with Margot Goyder, published under the pseudonym Margot Neville.
- Mireille Juchau (born 1969), novelist.
K
- Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998), novelist.
- Nancy Keesing (1923–1993), poet, novelist and nonfiction writer.
- Antigone Kefala (born 1935), poet and fiction writer.
- Gwen Kelly (1922–2012), novelist, short story writer and poet.
- Hannah Kent (born 1985), historical novelist.
- Jacqueline Kent (born 1947), journalist, biographer and non-fiction writer.
- Doris Boake Kerr, wrote under pseudonym Capel Boake (1899–1945), novelist.
- Robin Klein (born 1936), children's writer.
- Marion Miller Knowles (1865–1949), poet, novelist, journalist.[1][11]
L
- Isabel Ladds, short story writer and playwright.[1]
- Elizabeth Lambert (born 1918), poet.[1]
- Mary Lang (1914–1966), poet.[1]
- Gertrude Langer (1908–1984), art critic.
- Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2001), historian and non-fiction writer.
- Eve Langley (1908–1974), novelist and poet.
- Dorothy Langsford (1896–1992), novelist.[1]
- Coral Lansbury (1929–1991), novelist and academic.
- Justine Larbalestier (born 1967), writer of young adult fiction.
- Glenda Larke, fantasy novelist and non-fiction writer.
- Nel Law (1914–1990), artist, poet and diarist.
- Bertha Lawson (1876–1957), memoirist.[1]
- Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), poet, writer, publisher, suffragist 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.
- Joyce Lee (1913–2007), poet.[1][12]
- Valentine Leeper (1900–2001), classicist, polemicist and letter-writer.
- Julia Leigh (born 1970), novelist, film director and screenwriter.
- Constance Le Plastrier (1864–1938), novelist and non-fiction writer.[1]
- Robin Levett (1925–2008), travel writer, novelist, philanthropist, pilot and racehorse breeder.
- Tanya Levin (born 1971), social worker and non-fiction writer.
- Julia Ethel Levy, playwright, novelist and poet who sometimes published under the pseudonym 'Juliet'.[1]
- Wendy Lewis (born 1962), non-fiction writer and playwright.
- Kate Lilley (born 1960), poet and academic.
- Hilarie Lindsay (born 1922), children's writer, non-fiction writer and poet.
- Jane Lindsay (born 1920), novelist and biographer.[1]
- Lady Joan A'Beckett Lindsay (1896–1984), novelist.
- Rose Lindsay (1885–1978), artist's model, biographer and printmaker.
- Mary Lisle (1879–1973), poet.[1]
- Carol Liston, historian.
- Ellen Liston (1838–1885), novelist, poet and short story writer.
- Jessie Sinclair Litchfield (1883–1956), poet, non-fiction writer and editor.
- Agnes Littlejohn (1865–1944), poet, short story writer, novelist and children's writer.[1]
- Mary Rose Liverani (born 1939), biographer and journalist.[1]
- Kate Llewellyn (born 1936), poet, diarist and travel writer.
- Anne Lloyd (born 1954), poet.[1]
- Jessie Georgiana Lloyd (1843–1885), novelist, essayist and short story writer who published under the pseudonym 'Silverleaf'.[1]
- Lilian Locke (1869–1950), short story writer.
- Sumner Locke (1881–1917), novelist, dramatist, poet and short story writer.
- Amanda Lohrey (born 1947), novelist and essayist.
- Joan London (born 24 July 1948), short story writer, screenwriter and novelist.
- Abie Longstaff, children's writer.
- Gabrielle Lord (born 1946), crime novelist and short story writer.
- Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967), writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, and novels for teenagers.
- Laura Bogue Luffman (1846–1929), novelist and journalist.[1]
- Catharine Lumby, journalist and academic.
- Dame Enid Lyons (1897–1981), biographer and politician.
- Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873–1945), novelist who mostly published under the pseudonym 'G. B. Lancaster'.
M
- Constance Jane McAdam (1872–1951), writer and suffragette who wrote under the name 'Constance Clyde'.
- Maxine McArthur (born 1962), science fiction writer.
- Nora McAuliffe, New Zealand-born poet and journalist.[1]
- Dorothy Frances McCrae (1878–1937), poet. Also known as 'Mrs C. E. Perry'.[1]
- 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.
- Frances Margaret McGuire (1900–1995), journalist and novelist.[1]
- Siobhán McHugh, Irish-Australian author, podcaster and documentary-maker.
- Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), children's writer.
- Amy Mack (1876–1939), children's writer.[1]
- Louise Mack (1870–1935), poet, journalist and novelist.
- Edith McKay (1891–1963), novelist and short story writer.
- Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), poet and fiction writer.
- Jan McKemmish (1950–2007), novelist and short story writer.[1]
- Tamara McKinley (born 1948), novelist.
- Linda Macken, novelist.[1]
- Marjorie McLeod (1893–1988), playwright and poet.[1][13]
- Rhyll McMaster (born 1947), poet and novelist.
- Barbara McNamara, best known as 'Elizabeth O'Conner' (1913–2000), novelist who also wrote as 'Anne Willard'.
- 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 (born 1929), arachnologist.
- Agnes Newberry Maltby, best known as Peg Maltby (1899–1984), children's author and illustrator.[1]
- Alana Mann (fl. 2000s), non-fiction writer on food politics
- Doris Manners-Sutton (1895–1972), novelist and journalist.[1]
- Emily Manning (1845–1890), poet and journalist, wrote under pseudonym 'Australie'.
- Chris Mansell (born 1953), poet and publisher.
- Melina Marchetta (born 1965), novelist.
- Mary Marlowe (1892–1958), novelist and journalist who also wrote under the name 'Puck'.[1]
- Pauline Marrington (born 1921), historical novelist.[1]
- Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937), novelist and journalist.
- Harriet Patchett Martin, editor and short story writer.[1]
- Joan Mas (1926–1974), poet.[1]
- Nuri Mass (1918–1993), children's writer and novelist.[1][14]
- Olga Masters (1919–1986), journalist, novelist and short story writer.
- Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019), children's writer.
- Jan Mayman, journalist.
- Gillian Mears (1964–2016), short story writer and novelist.
- Wolla Meranda, (1863–1951), novelist.
- Gwen Meredith (1907–2006), playwright, scriptwriter and novelist.
- Louisa Meredith (1812–1895), non-fiction writer, poet, novelist and artist.
- Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002), children's writer.
- Mary Mitchell (1892–1973), novelist.[1]
- Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946), writer and editor.
- Dora Montefiore (1851–1933), poet, autobiographer, suffragist and socialist.
- Finola Moorhead (born 1947), novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and reviewer.
- Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942), writer and traveller.
- Musette Morell (1898–1950), playwright and children's writer.[1]
- Sally Morgan (born 1951), Aboriginal writer and artist.
- Liane Moriarty (born 1966), 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.
- Elizabeth Alicia Murray (1820–1877), novelist.[1]
- Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962), playwright, screenwriter, novelist, librettist and newspaper columnist.
N
- Joice NanKivell Loch, (1887–1982)), prose writer.
- Michele Nayman (born 1956), poet and fiction writer.[1]
- Jill Neville (1932–1997), novelist, playwright and poet.
- 'Margot Neville', the collaborative pseudonym for novelist sisters Margot Goyder and Anne Neville.[1]
- Ellen Newton (born 1896), journalist, critic and short story writer who wrote under the pseudonym 'Esther Levy'.[1]
- 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.
- Lilith Norman (1927–2017), children's writer.[1]
- Marlene Norst (1930–2010), Austrian-born linguist, pedagogue and philanthropist.
- Joanne Nova, science writer, blogger, and speaker.
O
- Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic book artist, book illustrator and fashion artist.
- Mary-Louise O'Callaghan, journalist and non-fiction author.
- Mary-Anne O'Connor, novelist.
- Eva O'Doherty (1826–1910), poet.[1]
- Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001), restaurateur, chef and food writer.
- Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), children's author and illustrator.
- Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), artist, printmaker and children's author-illustrator.
- Kate Orman (born 1968), science fiction writer.
- Beatrice Osborn (1887–1962), novelist and poet better known by her pseudonym 'Margaret Fane'.
- Sophie Osmond, novelist.[1]
- Caroline Overington (born 1970), journalist and author.
- Jan Owen (born 1940), poet.
P
- Margaret Paice (born 1920), children's writer.[1]
- Helen Palmer (1917–1979), publisher, educationalist, author, historian and communist.
- Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), poet, essayist and literary critic.
- Laura Palmer-Archer (1864–1929), short story writer who wrote under the pseudonym 'Bushwoman'.[1]
- 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.
- Anne Chapman Parratt (1926–2016), poet.[1]
- Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985), fantasy writer.
- Kate Partridge (1871–1953), novelist and poet who also used the pseudonym 'Sydney Partridge'.[1]
- Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963), memoirist and parents' rights advocate.
- Mary Elwyn Patchett (1897–1989), children's writer.[1]
- Patricia Payne, screenwriter and film producer.
- Marie Winifred Peacock, novelist.[1]
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898), author and musician.
- Lydia Pender (1907–2005), children's writer.[1][15]
- Barbara Pepworth (born 1955), writer.[1]
- Grace Perry (1927–1987), poet, publisher and editor.
- Barbara Petrie (born 1942), poet and children's writer.[1]
- Hoa Pham, novelist, children's writer and short story 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 advocate for women's and children's welfare.
- Sue-Ann Post (born 1964), comedian and writer
- Marguerite Helen Power (1870–1957), poet.[1]
- Muriel Faucett Power (1876–1951), poet and children's writer.[1]
- Eve Pownall (1901–1982), children's writer and historian.
- Rosa Praed (1851–1935), novelist who also wrote as 'Mrs Campbell Praed'.
- 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.
- Kathryn Purnell (1911–2006), poet and editor.[1][16]
- Lilian Maxwell Pyke (c.1881–1927), children's writer and novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Erica Maxwell'.[1]
Q
- Betty Quin (died 1993), script writer.
- Tarella Quinn (1877–1934), children's writer and novelist.[1]
R
- Therese Radic (born 1935), playwright and musician.[1]
- Elizabeth Ramsay-Laye, novelist and non-fiction writer who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Isabel Massary'.[1]
- Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), poet and playwright.
- Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019), poet and author.
- Rosemary Rees (1876–1963), novelist.[1][17]
- Annie Rattray Rentoul, (1882–1978), children's novelist and poet.[1][18]
- Ethel Richardson, known by her pseudonym Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946), novelist.
- Elizabeth Riddell / Betty Riddell (1910–1998), poet and journalist.
- Elizabeth Riley (writer), novelist.[1]
- Georgia Rivers / Georgia Rivers/Marjorie Clark (1897–) novelist and short story writer.[1]
- Annie Louisa Rixon / Annie Rixon-Suddert / Mrs Richard de Clare, novelist.[1]
- Marjorie Robertson, short story writer.[1]
- Mary Ann Robertson, poet.[1]
- Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018), poet.
- Jill Roe (1940–2017), historian, academic and author.
- Betty Roland (1903–1996), writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics.
- Heather Rose (born 1964), novelist.
- Agnes Rose-Soley / Rose De Boheme (c.1845–1938), journalist and poet.[1]
- Alice Grant Rosman (1887–1961), novelist.
- Jennifer Rowe (born 1948), novelist, who also writes under the pseudonym 'Emily Rodda'.
- Frances Emily Russell (1846–1899), novelist.[1]
- Gig Ryan (born 1956), poet.
- Liliana Rydzynski, poet, short story writer and essayist.[1]
S
- Eva Sallis (born 1964), novelist, who also writes as Eva Hornung.
- Elizabeth Salter (1918–1981), novelist, biographer and academic.[1]
- Dorothy Lucy Sanders / Lucy Walker (1907–1987)
- Effie Sandery / Elizabeth Powell (born c.1898), children's writer and journalist.[1]
- Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic.
- Georgia Savage, novelist.[1]
- Julianne Schultz (born 1956), non-fiction writer.
- Margaret Scott (1934–2005), poet, critic and academic.
- Maria J. Scott, novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Mist'.[1]
- Natalie Scott (born 1928), novelist, journalist and children's writer.[1][19]
- Rosie Scott (1948–2017), novelist.
- Jocelynne Scutt (born 1947), non-fiction writer and lawyer.
- Alexandra Seddon (born 1944), poet.[1]
- Winifred Maitland Shaw (born 1905), poet.[1]
- Jill Shearer (born 1935), playwright.[1][20]
- Robin Sheiner (born 1940), novelist and short story writer.[1]
- Catherine Shepherd (1912–1976), playwright.[1]
- Helen Simpson (1897–1940), novelist, playwright and historian.
- Mary Simpson (born 1884), short story writer and playwright who published under the pseudonym 'Weeroona'.[1]
- Millie Skinner (1876–1955), novelist.[1]
- Tracy Sorensen, novelist and academic.
- Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910), novelist, journalist and social reformer.
- Eleanor Spence (1928–2008), children's author.
- Dale Spender (born 1943), feminist scholar, writer and consultant.
- Lady Jean Maud Spender (1901–1970), crime novelist under the name J. M. Spender.
- Leonie Sperling (born 1937), novelist.[1]
- Mary Brodie Sproule (died 1936), essayist.[1][21]
- Nicolette Stasko (born 1950), poet, novelist and non-fiction writer.
- Christina Stead (1902–1983), novelist.
- Barbara Stellmach (born 1930), playwright.[1]
- Amanda Stewart (born 1959), poet and sound/performance artist.
- Patricia Stonehouse / Harlingham Quinn / Lindsay Russell (1883–1964, novelist.[1][22]
- 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 (1893–1998), also wrote as Daniel Hamline, children's author.
- Kylie Tennant (1912–1988), novelist, playwright, historian, critic and children's author.
- Angela Thirkell / 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.
- Christine Townsend (born 1944), novelist and animal welfare activist.[1]
- Jessica Townsend (born 1985), children's fantasy author.
- Pamela Lyndon Travers (1899–1996), children's author.
- Margaret Trist (1914–1986), novelist and short story writer.[1]
- Ethel Turner (1872–1958), children's author and novelist.
- Lilian Turner (1867–1956), children's novelist.
U
- Terry Underwood (born 1944), best-selling Australian author.
- Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948), novelist and journalist.
V
- Elise Valmorbida, writer of fiction and non-fiction.
- Lin Van Hek (born 1944), novelist and short story writer.
- Joanne van Os, writer of memoir, 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.
- Edith Vivian (1881–1903), poet.[1]
- Michelle Vogel (born 1972), Australian-born film historian, author and free-lance 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 (born 1951), poet, prose writer and visual artist.
- Elizabeth Russel Ward / Biff Ward (born 1942), non-fiction writer.[1]
- Kathleen Watson (1870–1926), novelist.[1]
- Marjorie Weatherly (1884–1967), novelist and poet.[1]
- Elizabeth Catherine Webb, journalist and novelist.[1]
- Sarah Welch / 'Europa', novelist and poet.[1]
- Kate Weston (1863–1929), novelist.[1]
- Nadia Wheatley (born 1949), children's novelist and freelance writer.
- Ellen Whinnett (born 1971), journalist.
- Myrtle Rose White (1888–1961), prose writer.[1]
- Susan Whiting (born 1947), poet.[1]
- 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, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and sculptor.
- Justina Williams, also known as Joan Williams (1916–2008), journalist, poet and historian.[1][23]
- Ruth Williams (writer) (1897–1962), children's writer.
- Helen Helga Wilson (1902–1991), novelist, short story writer, poet and historian.[1][24][25]
- Margaret Wilson, television writer.
- Tara June Winch (born 1983), novelist and short story writer.
- Dallas Winmar, 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 autobiographical writer.
- Susan Nugent Wood, (1836–1880), Australian-born New Zealand poet and essayist.
- Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (1930–2012), Tongan-born historian.
- Angela Woollacott (born 1955), historian.
- Alexis Wright (born 1950), novelist, short story writer and non-fiction writer.
- Judith Wright (1915–2000), poet and environmental activist.
- June Wright (1919–2012), crime novelist, short story writer and non-fiction writer.
- Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010), children's writer.
- Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1885–1959), novelist.
Z
- Jane Zageris (born 1948), poet and artist.[1]
- Rose Zwi (born 1928), Mexican-born South African-Australian novelist and short story writer.
- Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet, short story writer, critic and academic.
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