List of Malaysian women writers

A

• Suriani Abdullah, historian, memoirist
• Adibah Amin, novelist, playwright, columnist, translator
• Wani Ardy, poet, songwriter
• Che Husna Azhari, short story writer, educator

  B

• Fatimah Busu, novelist, short story writer, critic, educator

  C

• Zen Cho, English-language fantasy novelist and short story writer

  G

• Dulcie Gray, Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright
• Chuah Guat Eng, English-language novelist

  H

• Khadijah Hashim, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet

  I

• Siti Zainon Ismail, novelist, short story writer, poet, educator

  J

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

  K

• Shih-Li Kow, short story writer

  L

• Margaret Lim, children's writer

  M

• Rani Manicka, since 2003, best selling novelist
• Salmi Manja, pen name of Saleha binti Abdul Rashid, novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist

  S

• Preeta Samarasan, since early 2000s, English-language short story writer, novelist
• Azalia Suhaimi, poet, photographer

  T

• Hilary Tham, Malaysian-American poet, memoirist, short story writer

  Z

• Dina Zaman, short story writer, essayist, columnist