List of early-modern British women novelists

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• Penelope Aubin (c. 1658–1731)
• Jane Austen (1775–1817)

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• Jane Barker (1652–1732)
• Mrs Barnby ({{fl|1799–1804}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MB1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Mrs. E. G. BayfieldReferred to in E. M. Forster.
• Catharine Bayley ({{fl|1810–1812}})”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2768 Bayley, Catharine].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2768. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Amelia Beauclerc (fl. 1810s)
• Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
• Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827)
• Helena Berkenhout ({{fl|1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/åAuthorPage.cfm?Author=HB1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750 – 1808)
• Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – after 1816)
• Elizabeth Bonhôte (née Mapes; 1744–1818)
• Jeanne T. Bottens ({{fl|1808}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=JTB Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Sophia Bouverie (fl. 1808)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2746 Bouverie, Sophia]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2746. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Elizabeth Boyd (c. 1710 – 1745)
• Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s)
• Eliza Bromley (née Nugent; fl. 1784–1803)
• Charlotte Brooke ({{circa|1740}}–1793)
• Frances Brooke (1723–1789)
• Indiana Brooks (fl. 1789)Listed in Dale Spender's Mothers of the novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen (Pandora, 1986, p. 119ff). Spender is notable for her work recuperating the work of women writers long out of print.
• Mary Brunton (1778–1818)Republished in the Pandora Press "Mothers of the Novel" series, 1986–1989.
• Anne Bryton (fl. 1780)Todd, Janet, ed. A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. ([https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbrit00redi/page/10/mode/1up Internet Archive])
• Mrs Bullock (fl. 1795–1801)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2242 Bullock, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2242. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Anne Burke (fl. 1780–1805)
• Caroline Burney (pseud; {{fl|1809–1810}})
• Frances Burney (1752–1840)
• Sarah Burney (1772–1844)
• Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell; 1775–1861)
• Harriet Butler ({{fl|1806–1807}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=HB2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Sarah Butler (c. 1689 – c. 1716)"[https://orlando.cambridge.org/profiles/butls2 Sarah Butler]." Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Irish-Tales.pdf PDF] of her Irish Tales (1716).
• Medora Gordon Byron (1790–1858)

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• Lady Mary C. (fl. 1797)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2672 C., Lady Mary]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2672. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Mary Ann Canning (fl. 1778)Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Offspring-of-Fancy.pdf PDF] of her The Offspring of Fancy (1778).
• Mrs H. Cartwright (fl. 1776–1787)
• Mrs Carver (fl. 1797–1800)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2228 Carver, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2228. Accessed 2022-06-09.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/The-Old-Woman.pdf PDF] of her The Old Woman (1800).
• Mary Ann Cavendish-Bradshaw ({{circa|1758}}–1849)
• Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673)
• Mary Champion de Crespigny (née Clarke; c. 1749 – 1812)
• Charlotte Charke (née Cibber; 1713–1760)
• Mary Charlton (fl. 1794–1824)
• Harriet Chilcot (later Meziere; 1754–1784)
• Emily Frederick Clark (fl. 1798–1833)
• Elizabeth Cobbold (née Knipe; 1767–1824)
• Jane Collier (1714–1755)
• Mary Collyer (née Mitchell; c. 1716 – 1763)
• Mrs Colpoys (fl. 1801)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2624 Colpoys, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2624. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Maria Susanna Cooper (1737–1807)
• Cordelia Cordova ({{fl|1809}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=CC2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Helen Craik (c. 1751 – 1825)
• Mrs Croffts (fl. 1798–1801)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2319 Croffts, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2319. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Margaret Cullen (1767—1837)
• Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775 – 1842)

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• Charlotte Dacre (née King, later Byrne; pseud. Rosa Matilda; 1782?–1825)
• Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway; 1748–1828)
• Selina Davenport (1779–1859)
• Mary Davys (1674–1732)
• Anne Dawe (fl. 1770)
• Thomasine Dennis ({{fl|1806}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=TD Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Ann Doherty ({{circa|1786}}–{{circa|1832}})
• Sarah Draper (fl. 1796)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2436 Draper, Sarah]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2436. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Camilla Dufour ({{fl|1803}})

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• Anne Eden (fl. 1790)
• Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849)
• Jane Elson (fl. 1800–1802)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1632 Elson, Jane]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1632. Accessed 2022-06-09.

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• Eliza Fenwick (née Jaco; 1767–1840)
• Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854)
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
• Matilda Fitz John ({{fl|1796}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MFJ Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• E. M. Foster (fl. 1795–1810)
• Sophia Frances (fl. 1806–1809)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2733 Frances, Sophia]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2733. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Anne Fuller (died 1790)

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• Phebe Gibbes (died 1805)
• Mary Goldsmith ({{fl|1804}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MG1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Ann Gomersall (1750—1835)
• Elizabeth Sarah Gooch (1757–1807)
• Sarah Green (fl. 1790–1825)
• Elizabeth Griffith (1727–1793)
• Susannah Gunning (née Minifie; 1740–1800)

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• Ann Mary Hamilton ({{fl|1806–1813}})
• Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758 – 1816)
• Mary Hamilton (née Leslie; 1736–1821)
• Mary Ann Hanway (fl. 1776–1814)
• Martha Harley (later Hugill; fl. 1786–1797)
• Jane Harvey (1771–1848)
• Ann Julia Hatton (née Kemble; 1764–1838)
• Laetitia Matilda Hawkins (1759–1835)
• Mary Hays (1759–1843)
• Eliza Haywood (1693–1756)
• Mary Hearne (? fl. 1718)
• Elizabeth Helme (née Horrobin; 1743–1814)
• Elizabeth Hervey (née Marsh; 1748 – c. 1820)
• Mary Hill ({{fl|1809–1813}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MH1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Augusta Ann Hirst ({{fl|1807}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=AAH Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Barbara Hofland (née Wreaks; 1770–1844)
• Fanny Holcroft (1780–1844))
• Margaret Holford (1757–1834)
• Margaret Holford (1778–1852)
• Esther Holsten ({{fl|1801–1803}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=EH6 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Sarah Ann Hook ({{fl|1803–1804}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=SAH Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Ann Howell (fl. 1787–1797)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1025 Howell, Ann]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1025. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Anne Rice Hughes (fl. 1786–1795)Turner, Cheryl. Living by the pen: women writers in the eighteenth century. Routledge, 1992.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Caroline-or-the-Diversities-of-Fortune.pdf 1787 PDF] of Hughes's Caroline; or, the Diversities of Fortune (1787).
• Maria Hunter (fl. 1772–1778)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1898 Hunter, Maria]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1898. Accessed 2022-06-12.
• Rachel Hunter (c. 1754 – 1813)
• Margaret Hurry ({{fl|1795–1809}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MH6 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]

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• Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821)
• Mrs Issacs (fl. 1801–1820)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2691 Isaacs, Mrs.]" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2691. Accessed 2022-06-09.

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• Frances Jacson (1754–1842)
• Mrs. Johnson (fl. 1786–1792)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2306 Johnson, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2306. Accessed 2022-09-29.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Francis-the-Philanthropist1.pdf PDF] of her Francis, the Philanthropist: an unfashionable tale (1786).
• Harriet Jones (fl. 1799–1818)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2663 Jones, Harriet]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2663. Accessed 2022-06-09.

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• Susanna Keir (née Harvey; 1747–1802)
• Isabella Kelly (née Fordyce; 1759–1857)
• Ann Kendall ({{fl|1798–1800}})[https://corvey.shu.ac.uk/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=AK3 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Anne Ker (née Phillips; 1766–1821)
• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836)
• Mary Ann Kilner (née Maze; 1753–1831)
• Sophia King (c. 1781 – c. 1805)
• Cornelia Knight (1757–1837)

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• Eliza Lake ({{fl|1800–1806}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=EL2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Sarah Lansdell (fl. 1796–1798)[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2428 "Lansdell, Sarah"]. The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2428. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Mary Latter (1725–1777)
• Harriet Lee (1757–1851)
• Sophia Lee (1750–1824)
• Elizabeth Le Fanu (1758–1837)
• Charlotte Lennox (née Ramsay; 1720–1804)
• Elizabeth Anne Le Noir ({{circa|1755}}–1841)
• Mrs Leslie (fl. 1801–1806)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2693 Leslie, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2693. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Alethea Lewis (1749–1827)
• Martha-Elizabeth Leycester (fl. 1788)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2592 Leycester, Martha-Elizabeth]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2592. Accessed 2022-09-29.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THE-COTTAGE-OF-FRIENDSHIP.pdf PDF] of her The Cottage of Friendship (1788).

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• Charlotte MacCarthy (fl. 1745–1768)
• Anna Maria Mackenzie (fl. 1782–1811)
• Miriam Malden ({{fl|1804–1813}})[http://www.british-fiction.cf.ac.uk/publisherTitles.asp?publisher=Minerva+Press&order=author Minerva Press], British Fiction 1800–1829 Database[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MM1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2718 Malden, Miriam].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2718. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670 – 1724)
• Jean Marishall (or Jane Marshall; fl. 1765–1788)
• Elizabeth Marsh (1735–1785)
• Mrs Martin ({{floruit|1798–1830}})Summers, Montague. A Gothic Bibliography (1941; [https://archive.org/details/gothicbibliograp00summ available online] at Internet Archive)."[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/281 Martin, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 281. Accessed 2022-06-09.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/The-Enchantress-or-Where-Shall-I.pdf PDF] of her The Enchantress; or, Where Shall I Find Her? A Tale (1801).
• Mrs. Mathews (fl. 1793)Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Simple-Facts-or-the-History-of-an-Orphan.pdf PDF] of her Simple Facts or the History of an Orphan (1793)."[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2580 Mathews, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 281. Accessed 2022-29-09."[https://orlando.cambridge.org/index.php/people/0127c296-839a-42e2-9300-9b45eaaa5152 Mathews, Mrs]." Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.
• Eliza Kirkham Mathews (née Kirkham Strong; 1772–1802)
• Charlotte Matthew ({{floruit|1793–1807}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=CM2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2694 Matthew, Charlotte].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2694. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Anna Meades (born c. 1734)
• Elizabeth Meeke (1761–1826)
• Anna Millikin (1764– after 1849)
• Frances Mary Mills ({{fl|1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=FMM Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2695 Mills, Frances Mary].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2695. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Margaret Minifie (1734–1803)
• Marianne Moore ({{floruit|1802–1803}})”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2703 Moore, Marian].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2703. Accessed 2023-01-02.[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MM6 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Hannah More (1745–1833)
• Henrietta Mosse (née Rouvière; died 1835)
• Agnes Musgrave (fl. 1795–1808)Neiman, Elizabeth, and Christina Morin. "Re-evaluating the Minerva Press: introduction." Romantic textualties: literature and print culture, 1780–1840. Issue 23: Special Issue: The Minerva Press and the literary marketplace (Summer 2020): 15.Chawton House has a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Solemn-Injunction.pdf PDF] of her The Solemn Injunction (1798).

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• Mary Anne Neri (fl. 1804–1808)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2719 Neri, Mary Anne]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2719. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Elizabeth Norman (fl. 1789)

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• Susannah Oakes ({{fl|1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=SO Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2704 Oakes, Susanna].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2704. Accessed 2023-01-02.

• Amelia Opie (1769–1853)
• Anne Ormsby ({{fl|1804–1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=AO2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2705 Ormsby, Anne].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2705. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Sydney Owenson (c. 1781? – 1859)

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• Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762–1834 or after)
• Alicia Tindal Palmer (1763–1822)
• Mary Elizabeth Parker (fl. 1795–1802)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1479 Parker, Mary Elizabeth]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1479. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Catherine Parry (died 1788)"[https://orlando.cambridge.org/people/2a2e0df3-aae6-4e61-9558-3a4f4aad0fb5 Catherine Parry]." Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.
• Eliza Parsons (née Phelp; 1739–1811)Author of Castle of Wolfenbach (London: Minerva Press, 1793) and The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale (London: Minerva Press, 1796), two of the seven "horrid novels" mentioned in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
• Mrs F. C. Patrick (fl. 1797–1799)
• Lucy Peacock (fl. 1785–1816)
• Sarah Pearson (1767–1833)"[https://orlando.cambridge.org/profiles/pearsu Sarah Pearson]." Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.
• Frances Peck (fl. 1804–1805)[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=FP Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2754 Peck, Frances].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2754. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• M. Peddle (fl. 1785)"[https://orlando.cambridge.org/people/b2d0abcc-842e-4ba8-b2e0-db5cf553cb96 M. Peddle]." Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.
• Janetta Philipps (fl. 1802–1811)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/4853 Philipps, Janetta]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 4853. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Mary Pickar ({{fl|1804–1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MP2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] ”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2729 Pickar, Mary].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2729. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Mary Pilkington (née Hopkins; 1761–1839)
• Mary Pix (1666–1709)
• Arabella Plantin (born c. 1700)
• Anne Plumptre (1760–1818)
• Elizabeth Plunkett (née Gunning; 1769–1823)
• Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832)
• Jane Porter (1776–1850)
• Elizabeth Purbeck (fl. 1789–1797)
• Jane Purbeck (fl. 1789–1802)
• Jael Pye (née Mendez; c. 1737 – 1782)

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• Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 1764–1823)
• Mary Ann Radcliffe (1746–1818)
• Eliza Ratcliffe ({{floruit|1808}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=ER5 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] “[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2755 Ratcliffe, Eliza].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2755. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Clara Reeve (1729–1807)
• Henrietta Rhodes ({{fl|1811–1814}})”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2791 Rhodes, Henrietta].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2791. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Mrs. Rice ({{floruit|1803–1807}}): author of The Deserted Wife (1803) and Monteith (1806)[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MR1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Catherine Eliza Richardson (née Scott; 1777–1853)
• Margaret Wade Roberts ({{fl|1806–1809}}) {{cite web | url=https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=DR | title=Corvey has moved | Sheffield Hallam University }}"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2735 Roberts, Mrs. D]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2735. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Eliza Frances Robertson (1771–1805) {{cite web | url=https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=EFR | title=Corvey has moved | Sheffield Hallam University }}"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2720 Robertson, Eliza Frances].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2720. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Mary Robinson (1757–1800)
• Maria Elizabeth Robinson (1775–1818)
• Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845)Author of Clermont (London: Minerva Press, 1798), one of the seven "horrid novels" mentioned in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
• Mrs Ross (fl. 1811–1817)Author of The balance of comfort; or The old maid and married woman. A novel. London: Minerva Press, 1818 ([https://archive.org/details/balanceofcomfort01ross Internet Archive]) and The woman of genius. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 ([https://archive.org/details/womangeniusbymr00rossgoog/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archive])
• Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674–1737)
• Susanna Rowson (née Haswell; 1762–1824)
• Elizabeth Ryves (1750–1797)

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• Charlotte Sanders/Saunders (fl. 1787)
• Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858)
• Honoria Scott ({{fl|1810–1822}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=HS Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2783 Scott, Honoria].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2783. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Sarah Scott (1723–1795)
• Catharine Selden (fl. 1797)
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
• Frances Sheridan (1724–1766)
• Sarah Sheriffe (fl. 1800–1803)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2686 Sheriffe, Sarah]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2686. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Mary Martha Sherwood (née Butt; 1775–1851)
• Mrs Showes (fl. 1797–1806)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/365 Showes, Mrs]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 365. Accessed 2022-06-09. ()
• Caroline Sinclair ({{fl|1809}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=CS3 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]“[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2765 Sinclair, Caroline]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2765. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Ann Masterman Skinn (1747–1789)
• Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847)Author of The Orphan of the Rhine (London: Minerva Press, 1798), one of the seven "horrid novels" mentioned in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
• Catharina Smith (fl. 1809–1815)
• Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)
• Julia Smith ({{fl|1804–1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=JS Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] “[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2785 Smith, Julia].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2785. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Maria Lavinia Smith (fl. 1801)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2697 Smith, Maria Lavinia]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2697. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Elizabeth Somerville (née Helme; 1774–1840)
• Elizabeth Isabella Spence (1768–1832)
• Sarah Emma Spencer (fl. 1788)
• Helen St Victor ({{fl|1808}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=HSV Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] “[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2756 St. Victor, Helen].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2756. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Louisa Sidney Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827)
• Miss Street (fl. 1790–1793)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2171 Street, Miss]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2171. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Elizabeth Strutt (1782–1867)
• Augusta Amelia Stuart ({{floruit|1808–1812}})"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2594 Stuart, Augusta Amelia]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2594. Accessed 2022-06-14.Stuart's Cava of Toledo; or, the Gothic Princess (Minerva, 1812) is available from Chawton House as a [https://chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Cava-of-Toledo-or-the-Gothic-Princess.pdf PDF].[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=AAS Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]

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• Eliza Taylor (fl. 1779—1806)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2166 Taylor, Miss]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2166. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Jane Taylor (1783–1824)
• Maria Tharmott ({{fl|1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MT1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] “[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2744 Tharmott, Maria].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2744. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Ann Thomas (fl. 1784—1795)Lonsdale, Roger ed. "[https://archive.org/details/eighteenthcentur00roge/page/360/mode/2up Ann Thomas]." Eighteenth-Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 361.
• Elizabeth Thomas (née Wolferstan; 1770/71–1855)
• Anna (Harriet?) Thompson ({{floruit|1787–1807}})"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2257 Thomson, Anna]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2257. Accessed 2023-01-02."[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2721 Thomson, Harriet]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2721. Accessed 2023-01-02.[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=HT Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]
• Jane Timbury (died c. 1792, fl. 1770–1791)
• Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins (1763–1828)
• Anne Trelawney ({{fl|1805}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=AT2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] “[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2757 Trelawney, Anne]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2757. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Sarah Trimmer (née Kirby; 1741–1810)
• Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749)
• Mary Tuck ({{fl|1804}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=MT2 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] “[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2722 Tuck, Mary].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2722. Accessed 2023-01-02.

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• Harriet Ventum ({{fl|1798–1814}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=HV Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] "[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2698 Ventum, Harriet].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2698. Accessed 2023-01-02.

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• Catherine George Ward ({{circa|1787}})
• Jane Warton (1723–1809)
• Anna Weamys (fl. 1651)
• Helena Wells (later Whitford; 1761?–1824)
• Jane West (née Iliffe; 1758–1852)
• Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson (1779–1831)
• Helen Maria Williams (c. 1761 – 1827)
• Ann Wingrove ({{fl|1795–1801}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=AW1 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1041 Wingrove, Ann].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1041. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
• Sophia Woodfall (1780–1852)[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=SW4 Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page] ”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/599 Woodfall, Sophia].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 599. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• A. Woodfin (1736–1784)"[https://orlando.cambridge.org/profiles/wooda_ A. Woodfin]." Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge UP.
• Augusta Maria Woodthorpe (fl. 1809)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2766 Woodthorpe, Augusta Maria]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2766. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Elizabeth Wright (fl. 1801)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2699 Wright, Elizabeth]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2699. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Mary Wroth (née Sidney; 1587–1651/3)

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• Ann Yearsley (1752–1806)
• Mrs R.P.M. Yorke (fl. 1800–1805)"[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2687 Yorke, Mrs. R. P. M]." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2687. Accessed 2022-06-09.
• Henrietta Maria Young ({{fl|1809}})[https://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=HMY Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page]”[https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/2767 Young, Henrietta Maria].” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2767. Accessed 2023-01-02.
• Mary Julia Young (fl. 1788–1810)

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• List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English
• List of early-modern British women playwrights
• List of early-modern British women poets
• List of female poets
• List of feminist poets
• List of Minerva Press authors
• List of poets
• List of women rhetoricians
• List of women writers
• Lists of writers
• Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers Before Jane Austen
• Oxford period poetry anthologies
• Women Writers Project
• Women's writing (literary category)

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• Backscheider, Paula, and John Richetti, eds. Popular Fiction by Women, 1660–1730: An Anthology. Oxford: OUP, 1996. (Internet Archive)
• Ballaster, Ros. Seductive Forms: Women's Amatory Fiction from 1684 to 1740. Clarendon Press, 1992.
• Blain, Virginia, et al., eds. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1990. (Internet Archive)
• Buck, Claire, ed.The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature. Prentice Hall, 1992. (Internet Archive)
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• [http://www.oxforddnb.com/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
• Prescott, Sarah. Women, Authorship and Literary Culture, 1690–1740. Palgrave, 2003.
• Robertson, Fiona, ed. Women's Writing, 1778–1838. Oxford: OUP, 2001. (Internet Archive)
• Schellenberg, Betty A. The Professionalization of Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-521-85060-6}}.
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• Spencer, Jane. The Rise of the Woman Novelist: From Aphra Behn to Jane Austen. 1986.
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• Todd, Janet, ed. British Women Writers: a critical reference guide. London: Routledge, 1989. (Internet Archive)
• Todd, Janet. A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660–1800. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. (Internet Archive)
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090513182722/http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/biblio/theobib2.html Bibliography of Early Modern Women Writers That Are In Print]
• [http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/ British Women Romantic Poets] An electronic collection of texts for the period (1789–1832).
• [http://www.wwp.brown.edu/ The Brown University Women Writers Project] Emphasis is on pre-Victorian women writers.
• [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ A Celebration of Women Writers] A major focus of this site is the development of on-line editions of older, often rare, out-of-copyright works.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070228132634/http://chaucer.library.emory.edu/wwrp/ Emory Women Writers Resource Project] A collection of texts by women writing from the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061101013922/http://ils.unc.edu/~wootk/writers/biographical.htm List of biographical dictionaries] Collectively, the resources at this site "provide information about any 17th-century British woman writer one could imagine."
• [http://www.luminarium.org/ Luminarium] An online Anthology of English Literature
• [http://www.rc.umd.edu/ Romantic Circles], a refereed scholarly website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061028014444/http://www.bbk.ac.uk/english/ac/wrew.htm#S Women Romantic-Era Writers]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061107111855/http://www.oldroads.org/Room%20of%20One%27s%20Own/Virtual%20Room%20Home.htm The Women Writers Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online]
• [https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/ The Women's Print History Project]

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