The following is a list of Chinese women writers.
B edit
- Consort Ban (c. 48 – c. 6 BCE) scholar and poet
- Ban Zhao (45 – c. 116) historian
- Bao Junhui (fl. late 8th c. CE) poet
- Bao Linghui (fl. c. 464 CE) poet
- Anni Baobei (born 1974) novelist
- Bing Xin (1900–1999) fiction and children's writer
C edit
- Cai Yan (c. 178 – post 206) poet
- Chang Ch'ung-ho (1914–2015) poet
- Eileen Chang (1920–1995) novelist, essayist and screenwriter
- Chen Jingrong (1917–1989) poet
- Chen Danyan (born 1958) biographer
- Chen Xiaocui (1902–1967), poet, novelist, painter
- Chen Xuezhao (1906–1991) writer and commentator
- Angelica Cheung (born 1966) fashion writer
D edit
- Dai Houying (1938–1996) novelist
- Ding Ling (1904–1986) fiction writer
- Duan Shuqing (c. 1510 – c. 1600) poet
F edit
- Fang Fang (born 1955) poet and novelist
- Bu Feiyan (born 1981) novelist
- Feng Yuanjun (1900–1974) scholar
- Fu Shanxiang (1833–1864) scholar
- Fu Tianlin (born 1946) poet
G edit
- Gao Yu (born 1944) journalist
- Gu Taiqing (1799 – c. 1877) poet
- Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) poet
H edit
- Han Lanying (died 493) scholar and writer
- Hao Jingfang (born 1984) novelist
- Hong Ying (born 1962) novelist and poet
- Ganggang Hu Guidice (born 1984) writer and artist
- Hu Lanqi (1901–1994) writer and military leader
- Huang E (1498–1569) poet
- Madame Huarui (c. 940–976) poet
J edit
- Jiang Biwei (1899–1978) memoirist
K edit
- Ke Yan (1929–2011) playwright, novelist and poet
L edit
- Li Qingzhao (1084 – c. 1151) writer and poet
- Li Ye (died 784) poet
- Liang Desheng (1771–1847) poet and Four occupations
- Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) architectural historian
- Lin Zongsu (1878–1944) women's rights essayist
- Ling Shuhua (1900–1990) modernist writer and painter
- Liu Rushi (1618–1664) singer,poet and writer
- Liu Ying (born 1974) novelist
- Lü Bicheng (1883–1943) poet and commentator
- Luo Luo (born 1982) novelist
- Lüqiu Luwei (born 1969) journalist
M edit
- Mian Mian (born 1970) fiction writer
P edit
- Lynn Pan (born 1945) travel writer
Q edit
- Qiu Jin (1875–1907) poet, essayist and political writer
R edit
- Rao Xueman (born 1972) fiction writer, essayist and blogger
- Ru Zhijuan (1925–1998) fiction writer
S edit
- Shangguan Wan'er (c. 664–710) poet and writer
- Shen Qing (living) fashion writer
- Shen Rong (born 1936) fiction writer and essayist
- Shen Shanbao (1808–1862) poet and writer
- Shu Ting (born 1952) poet
- Su Hui poet
- Su Qing (1914–1982) essayist
- Su Xiaoxiao (c. 479 – c. 501) poet
- Su Xuelin (1897–1999) author and scholar
T edit
W edit
- Wang Qinghui (1264–1288) poet
- Wang Anyi (born 1954) fiction writer
- Wang Wei (1597–1647) poet
- Wang Xufeng (born 1955) writer on tea and novelist
- Wang Yun (1749–1819) poet and playwright
- Yun Wang (born 1964) poet
- Woeser (born 1966) blogger, poet and essayist
- Wu Chuntao (born 1963) social writer
- Wu Zao (1799–1862) poet
- Madame Wu (born 13th century) cookbook writer
X edit
- Xi Xi (1937-2022) novelist and poet
- Xia Jia (born 1984) science fiction and fantasy writer
- Xiao Hong (1911–1942) fiction writer and essayist
- Xie Bingying (1906–2000) autobiographer
- Xie Daoyun poet and scholar
- Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) (1362–1407)
- Lady Xu Mu (fl. 7th c. BCE) poet
- Xu Hui (627–650) poet
- Xu Kun (born 1965) postmodern fiction writer
- Xu Zihua (1873–1935) poet
- Xue Susu (c. 1564 – c. 1650) poet
- Xue Tao (768–831) poet
- Xinran (born 1958) non-fiction writer
Y edit
- Yang Erche Namu (born 1966) social writer
- Yang Gang (1905–1957) journalist, novelist and translator
- Yang Hongying (born 1962) children's fiction writer
- Yang Jiang (1911–2016) playwright, author and translator
- Lizzie Yu Der Ling (1885–1944), writer of several memoirs
- Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), author of a memoir and a novella
- Ting-Xing Ye (born 1952) author of young adult novels
- Ye Yingchun (born 1970) commentator
- Chia-ying Yeh (born 1924) poet and scholar
- Yu Xuanji (c. 840 – c. 868) poet
Z edit
- Zhai Yongming (born 1955) poet
- Lijia Zhang (born 1964) commentator and public speaker
- Zeng Baosun (1893–1978) historian
- Zhang Haidi (born 1955) writer and translator
- Zhang Huaicun (born 1972) novelist, poet and children's writer
- Zhang Jie (1937–2022) fiction writer
- Zhang Kangkang (born 1950) fiction writer
- Zhang Ling (born 1957) fiction writer
- Zhang Xinxin (born 1953) biographer and fiction writer
- Zhang Yaotiao (fl. 9th c. CE) poet
- Zhang Yueran (born 1982) fiction writer
- Empress Zhangsun (601–636) essayist
- Zhao Luanluan (fl. mid-14th c. CE) poet
- Zhao Luorui (1912–1998) poet and translator
- Zheng Min (1920–2022) scholar and poet
- Zheng Yunduan (c. 1327–1356) poet
- Yilin Zhong (living) fiction writer and poet
- Zhou Weihui (born 1973) novelist
- Zong Pu (born 1928) writer and scholar
- Zhu Lin (born 1949) novelist
- Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180) poet
- Zhuo Wenjun (fl. 2nd c. BCE) poet
- Zuo Fen (c. 255–300) poet