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This is a '''list of women writers''' who were born in [[India]] or whose writings are closely associated with that nation.
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==A==
*[[Varsha Adalja]] (born 1940), [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] novelist, playwright
*[[Smita Agarwal]] (born 1958), poet, educator
*[[Vinita Agrawal]] (born 1965), poet, editor
*[[Meena Alexander]] (1951–2018), poet, memoirist, essayist, novelist, critic, educator
*[[Samina Ali]], contemporary Indian-American novelist, feminist, author of ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]''
*[[Balamani Amma]] (1909–2004), poet, published many collections of poetry in [[Malayalam]]
*[[K. Saraswathi Amma]] (1919–1975), short story writer, novelist, feminist
*[[Lalithambika Antharjanam]] (1909–1987), Malayalam short story writer, poet, children's writer, novelist, author of ''[[Agnisakshi (novel)|Agnisakshi]]''
*[[Temsula Ao]] (born 1945), short story writer, poet, educator
*[[Ashitha (writer)|Ashitha]], since c.1986: Malayalam short story writer, poet

==B==
*[[Jasodhara Bagchi]] (1937–2015), leading feminist critic, essayist, activist
*[[Sushmita Banerjee]] (c.1963–2013), memoirist
*[[Rashmi Bansal]] (born 1985), non-fiction best-seller writer on entrepreneurship
*[[Bani Basu]] (born 1939), Bengali novelist, essayist, critic, poet
*[[Barkha Dutt]] (born 1971), TV [[journalist]]
*[[Malati Bedekar]] (1905–2001), Marathi feminist writer, short story writer, screenwriter
*[[Sheila Bhatia]] (1916–2008), poet, playwright, theatre director
*[[Sujata Bhatt]] (born 1956), Gujarati poet, also writing in [[English language|English]]
*[[Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya]], since the 1990s: poet in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and English
* [[Anuradha Bhattacharyya]] (born 1975), poet and novelist in English
*[[Suchitra Bhattacharya]] (1950–2015), Bengali novelist, short story writer
*[[Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi]] (1933–2003), Assamese poet, lyricist, children's writer
*[[Urvashi Butalia]] (born 1952), feminist, publisher, non-fiction writer

==C==
*[[Neelam Saxena Chandra]] (born 1969), poet, children's writer, novelist
*[[Chandramathi]] (born 1954), novelist writing in Malayalam and English
*[[Rimi B. Chatterjee]] (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, translator
*[[Jayasri Chattopadhyay]] (born 1945), Sanskrit poet, educator
*[[Anuja Chauhan]] (born 1970), advertiser, novelist, author of ''[[The Zoya Factor]]''
*[[Subhadra Kumari Chauhan]] (1904–1948), Hindi poet
*[[Prem Chowdhry]] (born 1944), social scientist, feminist, non-fiction writer, essayist
*[[Rita Chowdhury]] (born 1960), poet, novelist, educator
*[[Raghavan Chudamani]] (1931–2010), novelist, short story writer, writing in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and English
*[[Ismat Chughtai]] (1915–1991), Urdu novelist, screenwriter
*[[Ajit Cour]] (born 1934), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] novelist, short story writer
*[[C. S. Chandrika]] (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, essayist in Malayalam

==D==
*[[Esha Dadawala]] (born 1985), Gujarati poet, journalist
*[[Sukanya Datta]] (born 1961), [[scientist]] and science fiction writer
*[[Abha Dawesar]] (born 1974), novelist, short story writer, author of ''[[Babyji]]''
*[[Shobha De]] (born 1947), journalist, novelist
*[[Eunice de Souza]] (born 1940–2017), English-language poet, critic, novelist
*[[Anita Desai]] (born 1937), novelist, author of ''[[In Custody (novel)|In Custody]]''
*[[Kamal Desai]] (1928–c.2011), novelist, writing in Marathi
*[[Kiran Desai]] (born 1971), novelist, author of ''[[The Inheritance of Loss]]''
*[[Gauri Deshpande]]'' (1942–2003), novelist, short story writer, poet, wrote in Marathi and English
*[[Shashi Deshpande]] (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, children's writer
*[[Sunita Deshpande]] (1926–2009), Marathi memoirist, letter writer
*[[Nabaneeta Dev Sen]] (1938–2019), poet, novelist, educator
*[[Ashapoorna Devi]] (1909–1995), Bengali novelist, poet
*[[Leela Devi]] (1932–1998), novelist, non-fiction writer, playwright, translator, writing in Malayalam and English
*[[Mahasweta Devi]] (1926–2016), Bengali-Indian journalist, novelist
*[[Maitreyi Devi]] (1914–1989), Bengali poet, novelist
*[[M. K. Binodini Devi]] (1922–2011), Manipuri memoirist, essayist, short story writer, novelist
*[[Nalini Bala Devi]] (1898–1977), Assamese poet
*[[Nirupama Devi]] (1883–1951), novelist
*[[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]] (born 1956), Indian-American poet, novelist, short story writer, author of ''[[Mistress of Spices (novel)|The Mistress of Spices]]''
*[[Varsha Dixit]], novelist
*[[Nirupama Dutt]] (born 1955), Punjabi poet, journalist, translator
*[[Toru Dutt]] (1856–1877), poet, novelist, writing in English and French

==G==
*[[Gangadevi]] (14th century), Telugu princess, poet, author of ''[[Madura Vijayam]]''
*[[Mridula Garg]] (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, writing in Hindi and English
*[[Sagarika Ghose]] (born 1964), journalist, TV presenter, novelist
*[[Namita Gokhale]] (born 1956), English-language novelist, short story writer
*[[Padma Gole]] (1913–1998), Marathi poet
*[[Ellen Lakshmi Goreh]] (1853–1937), poet, Christian missionary, deaconess and nurse
*[[Nirmala Govindarajan]], English-language novelist, journalist
*[[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]] (1942–2011), Assamese poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, educator
*[[Santhini Govindan]] (born 1959), children's writer
*[[Kodagina Gowramma]], pen name of B. T. Gopal Krishna (1912–1939), short story writer, feminist
*[[Teji Grover]] (born 1955), poet, novelist, translator, painter
*[[Neelum Saran Gour]] (born 1955), writer, academic
*[[Ganga Bharani Vasudevan]] (born 1990), novelist, script writer

==H==
*[[Baby Halder]] (born 1973), domestic servant, autobiographer
*[[Githa Hariharan]] (born 1954), novelist
*[[Chandrakala A. Hate]] (1903–1990), feminist writer, educator
*[[Nistula Hebbar]] (born 1975), journalist, columnist, novelist
*[[Vera Hingorani]] (1924–2018), gynaecologist, medical writer
*[[Saliha Abid Hussain]], 20th-century Urdu-language novelist, children's writer
*[[Krishna Hutheesing]] (1907–1967), biographer, non-fiction writer

==I==
*[[M. K. Indira]] (1917–1994), Kannada novelist

==J==
*[[Manorama Jafa]] (born 1932), prolific children's writer
*[[Rashid Jahan]] (1905–1952), Urdi short story writer, playwright
*[[Jana Begum]] (17th century), early female writer of a commentary on the Qur'an
*[[Pupul Jayakar]] (1915–1997), biographer, non-fiction writer on handicrafts
*[[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]] (1927–2013), acclaimed German-born British novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, grew up in India
*[[Sarah Joseph (author)|Sarah Joseph]] (born 1946), Malayalam novelist, short story writer, author of ''[[Aalahayude Penmakkal]]''
*[[Isha Basant Joshi]] (born 1908, date of death unknown), poet, short story writer
*[[Anees Jung]] (born 1944), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer
*[[Kirthi Jayakumar]] (born 1987), author, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist, feminist
*[[Jyoti Arora]] (born 1977) Blogger, novelist

==K==
*[[Neha Kakkar]] (born 1988), singer
*[[Madhur Kapila]] (1942–2021), writer, journalist, art critic
*[[Meena Kandasamy]] (born 1984), poet, biographer, novelist, feminist
*[[Amita Kanekar]] (born 1965), novelist, educator
*[[Kanhopatra]] (15th century), Marathi saint-poet
*[[Kota Neelima]], writer, journalist, artist
*[[Lakshmi Kannan]] (born 1947), Tamil poet and novelist, translates her works into English
*[[Bhanu Kapil]] (born 1968), British-Indian novelist
*[[Manju Kapur]], since 1998: novelist
*[[Swati Kaushal]], since 2005: young adult novelist
*[[Girijabai Kelkar]] (1886–1890), Marathi-language playwright, feminist writer
*[[Sumana Kittur]] (active since 2007), journalist, film director, lyricist
*[[Habba Khatoon]] (1554–1609), Kashmiri mystic poet
*[[Mridula Koshy]] (born 1969), short story writer, novelist
*[[Sumati Kshetramade]] (1913–1997), novelist
*[[Rajam Krishnan]] (1925–2014), Tamil novelist, playwright, short story writer, feminist
*[[Priya Kumar]] (born 1974), novelist
*[[Twinkle Khanna]] (born 1973), author, columnist

==L==
*[[Jhumpa Lahiri]] (born 1967), British-born American-Indian short story writer, novelist, author of ''[[The Lowland]]''
*[[Lalleshwari]] (1320–1392), Kashmiri mystic poet
*[[Bem Le Hunte]] (born 1964), British-Indian novelist, now in Australia
*[[Lalitha Lenin]] (born 1946), acclaimed Malayalam poet, educator
* [[Ritu Lalit]] (born 1964), Indian novelist

==M==
*[[Akka Mahadevi]] (12th century), poet writing in Old [[Kannada]]
*[[Megha Majumdar]], novelist, ''[[A Burning]]''
*[[Tilottama Majumdar]] (born 1966), Bengali novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist
*[[Anju Makhija]], since 1990, poet, playwright, translator
*[[Amita Malik]] (1921–2009), film and television critic, radio journalist
*[[Kiran Manral]] (born 1971), novelist, blogger, non-fiction writer
*[[Kamala Markandaya]], pen name of Kamala Purnaiya Taylor (1924–2004), best selling novelist, journalist
*[[C K Meena]] (born 1957), novelist, journalist, educator
*[[Meera]] (15th century), Hindu mystic poet
*[[K. R. Meera]] (born 1970), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer
*[[Rama Mehta]] (1923–1978), sociologist, novelist, non-fiction writer
*[[Indu Menon]] (born 1980), Malayalam novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, sociologist
*[[Jaishree Misra]] (born 1961), best-selling novelist
*[[Baisali Mohanty]] (born 1994), author, columnist, non-fiction writer
*[[Molla (poet)|Molla]] (1440–1530), poet, translated the ''[[Ramayana]]'' into Telugu
*[[Muddupalani]] (18th century), Telugu poet
*[[Chitra Mudgal]] (born 1944), Hindi novelist
*[[Bharati Mukherjee]] (1940–2017), Indian-American novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, author of ''[[Jasmine (novel)|Jasmine]]''
*[[Khadija Mumtaz]] (born 1955), medical doctor, novelist, author of ''[[Barsa (novel)]]''
*[[Sudha Murthy]] (born 1950), Kannada novelist, short story writer, children's writer, sociologist, businesswomen
*[[Seema Mustafa]], since 1990s, journalist, biographer, newspaper editor
*[[Meher Pestonji]], (born 1946), freelance journalist, author

==N==
*[[Sarojini Naidu]] (1879–1949), child prodigy, Indian independence activist, poet
*[[Anita Nair]] (born 1966), English-language poet, novelist, author of ''[[Ladies Coupé]]''
*[[Nalini Priyadarshni]] (born 1974), poet, writer, critic
*[[Suniti Namjoshi]] (born 1941), poet, short story writer, children's writer
*[[Meera Nanda]] (born 1954), Indian-American historian, religious writer
*[[Anupama Niranjana]] (1934–1991), medical doctor, Kannada novelist, short story writer

==P==
*[[Manjula Padmanabhan]] (born 1953), playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, children's writer
*[[Mrinal Pande]] (born 1946), television presenter, journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer, newspaper editor
*[[Meghna Pant]] (born 1980), award-winning novelist, non-fiction writer, journalist, feminist, columnist, speaker
*[[Dhiruben Patel]] (born 1926), Gujarati novelist, short story writer, playwright, translator
*[[Savitribai Phule]] (1831–1897), poet, social reformer
*[[Gita Piramal]] (born c. 1954), magazine editor, businesswoman, non-fiction writer
*[[Gudibande Poornima]] (born 1951), poet, novelist, non-fiction writer
*[[Manjiri Prabhu]] (born 1964), novelist, filmmaker
*[[Manasi Pradhan]] (born 1962), novelist, women's rights activist
*[[Amrita Pritam]] (1919–2005), poet, novelist, essayist, first prominent Punjabi woman poet
*[[Neelkamal Puri]] (born 1956), Punjabi novelist, short story writer, columnist, educator
*[[Deanne Pandey]] (born 1968), fitness and lifestyle writer

==R==
*[[Rajalakshmi]] (1930–1965), Malayalam poet, novelist
*[[Rajashree (novelist)|Rajashree]], author of the chick lit best seller ''[[Trust Me (novel)|Trust Me]]'' (2006)
*[[Anuradha Ramanan]] (1947–2010), prolific novelist, short story writer
*[[Ramanichandran]], contemporary best selling Tamil novelist
*[[Ravinder Randhawa]] (born 1952), British-Indian novelist, short story writer
*[[Bhargavi Rao]] (1944–2008), specialist in Telugu literature, translator, anthologist
*[[Malathi Rao]] (born 1930), novelist, short story writer
*[[Santha Rama Rau]] (1923–2009), Indian-American novelist, playwright
*[[Nuchhungi Renthlei]] (1914–2002), poet, singer, school teacher, women's rights activist
*[[Anusree Roy]] (born 1982), Indo-Canadian playwright, actress
*[[Anuradha Roy (novelist)|Anuradha Roy]] (born 1967), novelist
*[[Arundhati Roy]] (born 1961), novelist, author of ''[[The God of Small Things]]''
*[[Nilanjana S. Roy]] (born c. 1971), journalist, children's writer
*[[Kamini Roy]] (1864–1933), leading Bengali poet, essayist, feminist
*[[Sumana Roy]], Indian poet, novelist, short story writer
*[[Rita Kothari]], Author, Professor, Translation Studies and Partition http://www.iitgn.ac.in/faculty/humanities/rita.htm

==S==
*[[Padma Sachdev]] (1940–2021), Dogri poet, novelist, also writing in Hindi
*[[Nayantara Sahgal]] (born 1927), novelist, memoirist, letter writer, author of ''[[Rich Like Us]]''
*[[Sarojini Sahoo]] (born 1956), feminist writer, novelist, short-story writer, author of ''[[Sensible Sensuality]]''
*[[Nandini Sahu]] (born 1973), English-language poet, folklorist, academic
*[[Indira Sant]] (1914–2000), Marathi poet
*[[Krupabai Satthianadhan]] (1862–1894), early English-language Indian novelist
*[[Mala Sen]] (1947–2011), writer and human rights activist, author of ''India's Bandit Queen''
*[[Mallika Sengupta]] (1960–2011), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist, sociologist
*[[Poile Sengupta]] (born 1948), English-language playwright, children's writer, poet
*[[Teesta Setalvad]] (born 1962), journalist, civil rights activist
*[[Madhuri R. Shah]] (fl. 1970-80s), educationist, non-fiction writer
*[[Shantichitra]] (born 1978), novelist, short story writer, educator
*[[Sarjana Sharma]] (born 1959), journalist, broadcaster
*[[Shanta Shelke]] (1922–2002), Marathi poet, novelist, short story writer, educator
*[[Preeti Shenoy]] (born 1971), novelist, non-fiction writer
*[[Melanie Silgardo]] (born 1956), poet
*[[Sunny Singh (writer)|Sunny Singh]] (born 1969), journalist, novelist, short story writer
*[[Sunny Singh (writer)|Sunny Singh]] (1931–1999), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist
*[[Kabita Sinha]] (1931–1999), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist
*[[Mridula Sinha]] (1942–2020), state governor of Goa, Hindi novelist, short story writer
*[[Shumona Sinha]] (born 1973), Indian born French writer, novelist, feminist
*[[Sivasankari]] (born 1942), Tamil novelist
*[[Krishna Sobti]] (1925–2019), Hindi novelist, essayist
*[[Atima Srivastava]] (born 1961), short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, film director
*[[Arundhathi Subramaniam]], since c.2003: poet, journalist, biographer
*[[Vidya Subramaniam]] (born 1957), prolific novelist, short story writer
*[[Sugathakumari]] (1934–2020), Malayalam poet, activist
*[[Kamala Surayya]] (1934–2009), English-language poet, Malayalam short story writer, columnist, autobiographer
*[[Sunita Jain]] (1940–2017), English and Hindi fictionist

==T==
*[[Shweta Taneja]] (born 1980), novelist, comic writer, journalist
*[[Sooni Taraporevala]] (born 1957), screenwriter, photographer
*[[Romila Thapar]] (born 1930), historian, non-fiction writer
*[[Susie Tharu]] (born 1943), non-fiction writer, educator, women's rights activist
*[[Manjit Tiwana]] (born 1947), Punjabi poet, educator
*[[Madhu Trehan]], since mid 1970s, journalist, magazine editor
*[[Ira Trivedi]], since 2006, non-fiction writer, novelist, columnist
*[[Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari]] (born 1979), author, filmmaker

==U==
*[[Krishna Udayasankar]], Singapore-based Indian author
*[[O. V. Usha]] (born 1948), Malayalam poet, novelist, short story writer

==V==
*[[Urvashi Vaid]] (born 1958), Indian-American LGBT activist, non-fiction writer
*[[Vaidehi (Kannada writer)|Vaidehi]] (born 1945), acclaimed Kannada short story writer, essayist, novelist, poet, children's writer
*[[Aparna Vaidik]] (born 1975), historian
*[[P. Valsala]] (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, social activist
*[[Mahadevi Varma]] (1907–1987), Hindi poet, women's rights activist
*[[Kapila Vatsyayan]] (1928–2020), art historian, non-fiction writer
*[[Reetika Vazirani]] (1962–2003), Indian-American poet, educator
*[[Kaajal Oza Vaidya]] (born 1966), screenwriter, novelist, journalist
*[[Vijayalakshmi (poet)|Vijayalakshmi]] (born 1960), prolific Malayalam poet
*[[Sharifa Vijaliwala]], (born 1962), Indian writer and translator
*[[Pinki Virani]] (born 1959), journalist, best selling novelist, non-fiction writer
*[[Susan Visvanathan]] (born 1957), sociologist, non-fiction writer, novelist, essayist
*[[Vrinda Singh]], novelist writing on themes related to women

==Y==
*[[Mallika Yunis]], since 1980s, novelist

==Z==
*[[Shama Zaidi]] (born 1938), art critic, screenwriter, filmmaker
*[[Zahida Zaidi]] (1930–2011), poet, playwright, critic, educator

==See also==
*[[List of women writers]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of Indian writers|Women writers, List of Indian]]
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