List of Malaysian women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Malaysia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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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

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 (1937–2023), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist

S

Anis Sabirin, short story writer and essayist
Preeta Samarasan, since early 2000s, English-language short story writer, novelist
Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), poet, photographer

T

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

Y

Felicia Yap, bestselling mystery novelist

Z

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

See also

List of women writers

References

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