List of Mexican women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Mexico or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Liliana Abud, actress, screenwriter
- Griselda Álvarez, state governor, poet
- Pita Amor, pen name of Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein, actress, poet
- María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio, nun, respected religious writer
- Brigitte Alexander, German-born Mexican playwright, memoirist, actress, translator
- María Luisa Algarra, Spanish-born Mexican playwright
- Carolina Amor de Fournier, editor, publisher, non-fiction writer, translator
- Tamara De Anda , feminist activist and writer
- Ikram Antaki, Syrian-born Mexican poet, essayist, translator, wrote in Spanish, French and Arabic
- Elvia Ardalani, poet, short story writer
- Araceli Ardón, journalist, novelist, short story writer
- Inés Arredondo, Mexican writer, one of the most influential Mexican writers
- Elena Arizmendi Mejia, autobiographer, feminist, established the Neutral White Cross
- Concepcion Cabrera de Armida, mystic, religious writer, author of
- Carolina Amor de Fournier writer and founder of several publishing companies
- Elena Arizmendi Mejia, journalist, autobiography, creator of the White Cross
B
- Rowena Bali, novelist, short story writer, poet
- Carmen Barajas Sandoval, best selling biographer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter
- Mimí Bechelani, since 1958 television screenwriter, poet
- Sabina Berman, playwright, short story writer, essayist, film director
- Hortensia Blanch Pita, Cuban-born non-fiction writer, later moved to Mexico
- Minerva Bloom, poet, photographer
- Carmen Boullosa, leading poet, novelist, playwright
- Liliana V. Blum, short story writer, some works translated into English
- Coral Bracho, poet, translator
- Anita Brenner, non-fiction author, children's literature author
- Esperanza Brito de Martí, journalist, feminist, journal director
- Maritza M. Buendía, essayist, magazine publisher, some works translated into English
C
- Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón, diplomat, minister, essayist, playwright
- Lydia Cacho, investigative journalist, feminist
- Adela Calva Reyes, indigenous novelist, educator
- María Enriqueta Camarillo, poet, novelist, short story writer, translator
- Nellie Campobello, narrative writer, memoirist, poet, author of Cartucho
- Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican novelist
- Lorea Canales, since 2001, novelist, journalist
- Nancy Cárdenas, actress, playwright, journalist, broadcaster, theatre director
- Rosario Castellanos poet, essayist, novelist
- Rita Cetina Gutiérrez poet, educator, feminist
- Susana Chávez, poet, human rights activist
- Ana Clavel, novelist, short story writer
- Teresa del Conde, art critic, historian
- Elsa Cross, poet, essayist, translator
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, nun, poet
- Mireya Cueto, puppeteer, playwright, non-fiction writer
- Briceida Cuevas, poet
D
- Amparo Dávila, poet, short story writer
- Clementina Díaz y de Ovando, historian, essayist, non-fiction writer
- Emma Dolujanoff, novelist
E
- Anilú Elías feminist writer
- María de los Ángeles Errisúriz, teacher, non-fiction writer
- Ximena Escalante, playwright, screenwriter, non-fiction writer
- Laura Esquivel, novelist, essayist, screenwriter
- Cecilia Eudave, short story writer, novelist, essayist, educator
F
- Malva Flores, poet, short story writer, essayist
- Mariana Frenk-Westheim, German-born Spanish-Mexican poet, translator
G
- Hermila Galindo, magazine editor, feminist, politician
- Francesca Gargallo, Italian-born Mexican novelist, poet
- Elena Garro, playwright, novelist, short story writer, biographer
- María Luisa Garza, journalist, novelist
- Eve Gil, acclaimed novelist, short story writer, poet
- Margo Glantz, linguistic scholar, essayist, non-fiction writer
- Dulce María González, journalist, poet, novelist, short story writer
- Reyna Grande, novelist, writing in English
- Rosario Green, politician, diplomat, non-fiction writer
- Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza, journalist, poet, feminist
- Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen, lexicographer, linguist, educator, poet
- Eulalia Guzmán, archeologist, educator, feminist, writer
H
- M. G. Harris, Mexican-born British children's writer, author of The Joshua Files
- María Luisa Ocampo Heredia, novelist, playwright, translator
- Luisa Josefina Hernández, novelist, playwright, critic
- Malú Huacuja del Toro, novelist, playwright, screenwriter
J
- Juana Inés de la Cruz, nun, important Golden Age scholar, poet, author of Loa to Divine Narcissus
K
- Helen Kleinbort Krauze, Polish-born Mexican journalist since 1959, columnist, travel writer, with national newspapers and magazines
- Laureana Wright de Kleinhans, journal editor, poet, non-fiction writer, feminist
L
- Marcela Lagarde, non-fiction author, politician, feminist
- Marta Lamas, feminist, professor, activist, non-fiction author and columnist
- Mónica Lavín, novelist
- Rossy Evelin Lima, poet, linguist, translator
- Guadalupe Loaeza, novelist, short story writer, columnist
- Margarita López Portillo novelist and politician
- Valeria Luiselli, novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist
M
- Guadalupe Marín novelist, model
- Sanjuana Martínez, journalist, non-fiction writer
- Ángeles Mastretta, journalist, novelist
- María Luisa Mendoza journalist, novelist, columnist
- Concha Michel, singer-songwriter, playwright, archivist and non-fiction writer
- Margarita Michelena, poet, critic, translator, journalist
- María del Carmen Millán, academic, writer, 1st woman elected to the Mexican Academy of Letters
- Alice-Leone Moats, Mexican-born American journalist, columnist, travel writer
- Magdalena Mora, activist, feminist writer
- Myriam Moscona, journalist, translator, poet
- Angelina Muñiz-Huberman, poet, short story writer
- Verónica Murguía, children's literature, fantasy fiction, novelist
N
- Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, activist, educator, journalist, non-fiction writer
- Guadalupe Nettel, novelist, short story writer
- Eva Norvind, Norwegian-born Mexican playwright, screenwriter, actress
O
- Orlandina de Oliveira, Brazilian-born Mexican sociologist, academic, non-fiction writer
- Emilia Ortiz, painter, cartoonist, poet
P
- Cristina Pacheco, journalist, television presenter
- Susana Pagano, novelist, short story writer
- Edmée Pardo Murray novelist
- Beatríz Peniche Barrera, poet, feminist, one of three first elected female politicians in Mexico
- María Dolores Pérez Enciso, Spanish-born Mexican journalist, prose writer
- Aline Pettersson, novelist, poet
- Hortensia Blanch Pita, Cuban born, Spanish and Mexican writer
- Elena Poniatowska, French-born Mexican journalist, essayist, novelist, non-fiction writer
- María Luisa Puga, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer
- Hortensia Blanch Pita
R
- Marta Randall, Mexican-born American science-fiction novelist, short story writer
- Antonieta Rivas Mercado, journalist, playwright
- Cristina Rivera Garza, novelist, short story writer, poet, non-fiction writer, translator
- Margarita Robles de Mendoza feminist writer, journalist
- Jesusa Rodríguez, director, actress, playwright
- Sandra Rodríguez Nieto, contemporary journalist
- Rosamaría Roffiel, poet, novelist, journalist, and editor
- Emma Romeu, Cuban-born Mexican journalist, novelist, essayist
S
- Sara Sefchovich, novelist, essayist, translator
- Esther Seligson, novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator
- Carla Stellweg, art curator, writer
T
- Altaír Tejeda de Tamez, short story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, journalist
- Natalia Toledo, poet, writes in Spanish and Zapotec
- Elena Torres, revolutionary, women's rights activist, essayist, autobiographer
- Julia Tuñón Pablos, historian, feminist writer
U
- Lourdes Urrea, poet, novelist, young adult writer
V
- Estrella del Valle, poet
- Yolanda Vargas Dulché, journalist, comic book writer, author of Memín Pinguín
- Socorro Venegas, short story writer, novelist
- Josefina Vicens, acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, journalist
- Maruxa Vilalta, Spanish-born Mexican playwright, novelist
- Andrea Villarreal, revolutionary, journalist, feminist
- Carmen Villoro,, poet, journalist, children's story writer
Z
- Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, novelist, short story writer
- Rose Zwi, Mexican-born South African novelist, short story writer