List of Malaysian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Malaysia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
[edit]- Suriani Abdullah (1924–2013), historian, memoirist
- Adibah Amin (born 1936), novelist, playwright, columnist, translator
- Wani Ardy (born 1984), poet, songwriter
- Che Husna Azhari (born 1955), short story writer, educator
B
[edit]- Fatimah Busu (born 1943), novelist, short story writer, critic, educator
C
[edit]- Bernice Chauly, artist, photographer, poet, novelist, organiser of Georgetown Literary Festival for a number of years.
- YZ Chin, novelist
- Zen Cho (born 1986), bestselling fantasy novelist and short story writer
- Yangsze Choo, fourth generation Malaysian writer, of Chinese descent, best-selling international novelist.
- Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943), English-language novelist
F
[edit]- Shamini Flint, bestselling mystery novelist of the Inspector Singh series.
G
[edit]- Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright
H
[edit]- Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet
- Ho Sok Fong, Malaysian Chinese short story writer
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I
[edit]- Siti Zainon Ismail (born 1949), novelist, short story writer, poet, educator
J
[edit]- Khasnor Johan, historian, since 1974: non-fiction writer
K
[edit]- Shih-Li Kow (born 1968), short story writer
L
[edit]- Margaret Lim (1947-2011), children's writer
M
[edit]- Rani Manicka, since 2003, best selling novelist
- Salmi Manja, pen name of Saleha binti Abdul Rashid (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
S
[edit]- Anis Sabirin, short story writer and essayist
- Preeta Samarasan, since early 2000s, English-language short story writer, novelist
- Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), poet, photographer
T
[edit]- Hilary Tham (1946–2005), Malaysian-American poet, memoirist, short story writer
Y
[edit]- Felicia Yap, bestselling mystery novelist
Z
[edit]- Dina Zaman (1969), short story writer, essayist, columnist