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

  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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

  • Shamini Flint, bestselling mystery novelist of the Inspector Singh series.

G

  • Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright

H

  • 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

  • Siti Zainon Ismail (born 1949), novelist, short story writer, poet, educator

J

  • Khasnor Johan, historian, since 1974: non-fiction writer

K

  • Shih-Li Kow (born 1968), short story writer

L

  • Margaret Lim (1947-2011), children's writer

M

  • 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

T

  • Hilary Tham (1946–2005), Malaysian-American poet, memoirist, short story writer

Y

Z

  • Dina Zaman (1969), short story writer, essayist, columnist

See also

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Lists of women writers by nationality