This is a list of women writers who were born in Malaysia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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 Li Zi Shu, novelist, short story writer, author of The Age of Goodbyes
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
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
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