List of Malaysian women writers

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

A[]

  • Suriani Abdullah (1924–2013), historian, memoirist
  • , bestselling international YA novelist.
  • Adibah Amin (born 1936), novelist, playwright, columnist, translator
  • Wani Ardy (born 1984), poet, songwriter
  • Che Husna Azhari (born 1955), short story writer, educator

B[]

  • , teacher, writer, founder and organiser of Readings at Seksan.
  • Fatimah Busu (born 1943), novelist, short story writer, critic, educator

C[]

  • Bernice Chauly, artist, photographer, poet, novelist, organiser of Georgetown Literary Festival for a number of years.
  • , short story writer.
  • , short story writer, visual arts researcher, former lawyer.
  • Zen Cho (born 1986), bestselling fantasy novelist and short story writer
  • , poet, speculative fiction writer.
  • , fourth generation Malaysian writer, of Chinese descent, best-selling international novelist.
  • Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943), English-language novelist

D[]

  • (born 1990), Kindle Tamil author and novelist, poet
  • , short story writer and novelist.

F[]

  • , translator, poet, current organiser of the Georgetown Literary Festival.
  • Shamini Flint, bestselling mystery novelist of the Inspector Singh series.

G[]

  • Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright
  • , writer, reviewer, editor, essayist.

H[]

  • Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet
  • Ho Sok Fong, Malaysian Chinese short story writer

I[]

  • , civil litigation lawyer turned writer and performing artist.
  • Siti Zainon Ismail (born 1949), novelist, short story writer, poet, educator

J[]

K[]

  • , science fiction novelist.
  • Shih-Li Kow (born 1968), short story writer
  • , novelist.

L[]

  • , short story writer, editor, folklorist.
  • , YA novelist.
  • Margaret Lim (1947-2011), children's writer
  • , short story writer.

M[]

  • , writer, playwright, translator, researcher, interpreter.
  • Rani Manicka, since 2003, best selling novelist
  • Salmi Manja, pen name of Saleha binti Abdul Rashid (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
  • , speculative fiction novelist and short story writer.

N[]

  • , indigenous short story writer.
  • Nana[disambiguation needed], spoken word performer, poet, short story writer.
  • , novelist, short story writer, cookbook author, publisher.

R[]

  • , short story writer, poet, editor.

S[]

  • Anis Sabirin, short story writer and essayist
  • Preeta Samarasan, since early 2000s, English-language short story writer, novelist
  • , novelist.
  • Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), poet, photographer
  • , poet, short story writer.
  • , novelist.

T[]

  • , novelist, President of Malaysian Writers Society.
  • , writer.
  • Hilary Tham (1946–2005), Malaysian-American poet, memoirist, short story writer
  • , novelist and memoirist. Previously published under Chiew-Siah Tei.

W[]

  • , nonfiction writer, essayist.

Y[]

  • Felicia Yap, bestselling mystery novelist.
  • , novelist, editor.

Z[]

  • , prominent early short story writer and she established the first women’s magazine in Malaysia, BulanMelayu (June 1930).
  • Dina Zaman (1969), short story writer, essayist, columnist

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