See also Lists of women writers by nationality. This is a list of notable women writers. Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adults') == M == == N == == O == == P == == Q == == R == == S == == T == == U == == V == == W == == X == == Y == == Z == == See also == == References == == External links == A Celebration of Women Writers SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork Bookshelf Victorian Women Writers Project Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists & Writers of Color The Women wr.s Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online SOPHIE: a digital library of works by German-speaking women REBRA: a list of women writers from Brazil. Biographies in Portuguese, English, & in Spanish