Alice Munro

Alice Munro

female, 78 years old
Womenshortstorywriter, Canadian of English descent, Governor General's Award winning fiction writer, Canadian women writer, Canadian of Scottish descent, Governor General's Award…Women writer, short-story, Short story writer
Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a t...
Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

female, 40 years old
Women travel writer, American women writer, Pilgrims, novelist, writer, Short story writer…Womenshortstorywriter, Travel writer
Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969) is an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, biographer and memoirist.
Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth

female, deceased (1849)
Anglican, Women novelist, Irish women writer, Womenshortstorywriter, From Oxfordshire, Anglo-irish…Short story writer, writer
Maria Edgeworth (January 1, 1767-May 22, 1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist. Maria Edgeworth was born at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, the second...
Alifa Rifaat

Alifa Rifaat

female, deceased (1996)
Egyptian women writer, Womenshortstorywriter, Women novelist, Distant View of a Minaret, Purdah, Arabic-language writer…short stories
Alifa Rifaat (June 5, 1930 - 1996) was a controversial Egyptian author, whose short stories reflect on the life of traditional Muslim women in...
Vera Panova

Vera Panova

female, deceased (1973)
Womenshortstorywriter, Soviet screenwriter, Women dramatists and playwright, Women novelist, Soviet women writer, Gymnasium…Short story writer, Soviet writer, writer
Vera Fyodorovna Panova (March 3 1973) was a Soviet Russian writer. Vera was born to the family of an impoverished merchant (later an accountant) in...
Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman

female, 47 years old
science fiction writer, Womenshortstorywriter, British women writer, Women dramatists and playwright, Women television writer, Women novelist…Television writer, children's writer
Malorie Blackman (born 8 February 1962) is an award-winning British author of literature and television drama for children and young adults. She...
Susanna Moodie

Susanna Moodie

female, deceased (1885)
Womenshortstorywriter, English migrant to Canada, English women writer, Canadian women writer, Women poet, Women novelist…children's writer, Short story writer
Susanna Moodie, née Strickland (6 December 1803 - 8 April 1885) was a British-Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in C...
Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien

female, 78 years old
Women novelist, Irish women writer, Womenshortstorywriter, novelist, Irish, Short story writer
Edna O'Brien (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and...

Maria Rybakova

female, 36 years old
Women novelist, Womenshortstorywriter, Russian women writer, writer, Northeast China, California State University, Long Beach…Short story writer
Maria Rybakova is a Russian writer. She is a granddaughter of Russian writer Anatoly Rybakov and a daughter of literary critic Natalia Ivanova....
Laura Freixas

Laura Freixas

female, 51 years old
Spanish women writer, Womenshortstorywriter, Women novelist, newspaper, Short story writer, From barcelona
Laura Freixas (1958-) is a Spanish novelist, short story writer, and newspaper columnist.