This is a list of women writers who were born in Peru or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Katya Adaui (born 1977), writer María Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971), novelist, playwright, journalist, women's rights activist Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, journalist
B Monica Brown (author) (born 1969), children's book author, literature professor
C Gianna Camacho, journalist Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909), novelist, essayist Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), novelist, essayist, travel writer, biographer Clarinda (17th century), pen name of an anonymous poet, author of Discurso en loor de la poesía
F Julia Ferrer (1925–1995), poet
G Doris Gibson (1910–2008), journalist, magazine publisher Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918), essayist, journalist, feminist writer, women's rights activist Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), Argentine-born Peruvian freedom fighter, novelist, short story writer, newspaper founder
L Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936), poet
M María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), feminist writer, historian, professor Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890), writer, poet, composer pianist Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909), novelist, biographer, essayist, translator
N María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947), novelist, short story writer
O Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951), historian and university professor
P Angélica Palma (1878–1935), novelist, biographer, journalist
S Isabel Sabogal (born 1958), novelist, poet, translator Claudia Salazar Jiménez (born 1976), writer, editor, academic
V Ana Varela Tafur (born 1963), poet and educator Gisela Valcárcel (born 1963), television host, actress, autobiographer, magazine publisher Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist Blanca Varela (1926–2009), widely translated poet Chalena Vásquez (1950–2016), ethnomusicologist
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Julia Wong Kcomt (1965–2024), poet, novelist, short story writer
See also List of Peruvian writers List of women writers List of Spanish-language authors
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