Nama dan Karya Utama Penulis Wanita Asing

Jane Austen (Jane Austen, 1775-1817, Inggris) : Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice
Mary Shelley (Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, Inggris) : Frankenstein
Charlotte Brontë (Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, Inggris) : Jane Eyre, Villette
Emily Brontë (Emily Jane Brontë, 1818-1848, Inggris) : Wuthering Heights
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873-1954, Prancis) : Seri Claudine, Gigi
Louisa May Alcott (Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888, Amerika Serikat) : Little Women
Kate Chopin (Kate Chopin, 1850-1904, Amerika Serikat) : The Awakening, At Fault
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1874-1942, Kanada) : Anne of Green Gables
Jean Webster (Alice Jane Chandler Webster, 1876-1916, Amerika Serikat) : Daddy-Long-Legs
Virginia Woolf (Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, 1882-1941, Inggris) : To the Lighthouse
Agatha Christie (Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, Inggris) : Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None
Jean Rhys (Jean Rhys, 1890-1979, Inggris) : Good Morning, Midnight, Wide Sargasso Sea
Katherine Anne Porter (Katherine Anne Porter, 1890-1980, Amerika Serikat) : Maria Concepción, Ship of Fools
Pearl Buck (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, 1892-1973, Amerika Serikat) : The Good Earth
Margaret Mitchell (Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, 1900-1949, Amerika Serikat) : Gone with the Wind
Daphne du Maurier (Dame Daphne du Maurier, 1907-1989, Inggris) : Rebecca, The Birds
Eudora Welty (Eudora Welty, 1909-2001, Amerika Serikat) : The Optimist's Daughter
Marguerite Duras (Marguerite Duras, 1914-1996, Prancis) : The Lover
Doris Lessing (Doris Lessing, CH, 1919-2013, Inggris) : The Fifth Child, The Grandmothers (Sumber inspirasi film Two Mothers)
Patricia Highsmith (Patricia Highsmith, 1921-1995, Amerika Serikat) : The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Price of Salt (Carol)
Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor, 1925-1964, Amerika Serikat) : A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Wise Blood
Harper Lee (Nelle Harper Lee, 1926-2016, Amerika Serikat) : To Kill a Mockingbird
Ursula K. Le Guin (Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, 1929-2018, Amerika Serikat) : A Wizard of Earthsea, The Farthest Shore, The Left Hand of Darkness
Toni Morrison (Toni Morrison, 1931-2019, Amerika Serikat) : Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Jazz, Love
Alice Munro (Alice Munro, 1931-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Dance of the Happy Shades, The Beggar Maid
Sylvia Plath (Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, Amerika Serikat) : The Bell Jar
Françoise Sagan (Françoise Sagan, 1935-2004, Prancis) : Bonjour Tristesse, Do You Like Brahms?
Annie Proulx (Edna Annie Proulx, 1935-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Brokeback Mountain, The Shipping News
Lucia Berlin (Lucia Berlin, 1936-2004, Amerika Serikat) : A Manual for Cleaning Women, Evening in Paradise
Joyce Carol Oates (Joyce Carol Oates, 1938-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Zombie, Nightmare, The Gravedigger's Daughter
Margaret Atwood (Margaret Atwood, 1939-sekarang, Kanada) : The Handmaid's Tale (Diadaptasi menjadi serial TV), Alias Grace
Annie Ernaux (Annie Ernaux, 1940-sekarang, Prancis) : La Place, Passion Simple
Anne Tyler (Anne Tyler, 1941-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : The Clock Winder
Monika Maron (Monika Maron, 1941-sekarang, Jerman) : Staub, Das andere Ende der Brücke, Das traurige Tier
Isabel Allende (Isabel Allende Llona, 1942-sekarang, Chili) : The House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune
Connie Willis (Connie Willis, 1945-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Doomsday Book, Blackout
Elfriede Jelinek (Elfriede Jelinek, 1946-sekarang, Austria) : The Lovers, The Piano Teacher, Desire
Octavia Butler (Octavia Estelle Butler, 1947-2006, Amerika Serikat) : Kindred, Bloodchild
Laura Esquivel (Laura Esquivel, 1950-sekarang, Meksiko) : Like Water for Chocolate, The Law of Love, Instinct
Patricia Cornwell (Patricia Cornwell, 1956-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Postmortem, The Last Precinct
Elizabeth Strout (Elizabeth Strout, 1956-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Olive Kitteridge
Jeanette Winterson (Jeanette Winterson, 1959-sekarang, Inggris) : Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jennifer Egan (Jennifer Egan, 1962-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : A Visit from the Goon Squad, The Keep
Joanne Harris (Joanne Harris, 1964-sekarang, Inggris) : Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange
J.K. Rowling (Joan K. Rowling, 1965-sekarang, Inggris) : Seri Harry Potter
Sarah Waters (Sarah Waters, 1966-sekarang, Inggris) : Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith, The Little Stranger
Amélie Nothomb (Amélie Nothomb, 1967-sekarang, Prancis/Belgia) : Hygiene & the Assassin, Stupor and Tremors, The Antichrist
Jhumpa Lahiri (Jhumpa Lahiri, 1967-sekarang, Inggris) : The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth
Gillian Flynn (Gillian Flynn, 1971-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : Gone Girl, Dark Places
Lauren Weisberger (Lauren Weisberger, 1977-sekarang, Amerika Serikat) : The Devil Wears Prada
Miura Ayako (三浦綾子, 1922-1999, Jepang) : Bingetsu
Tanabe Seiko (田辺聖子, 1928-2019, Jepang) : Jose to Tora to Sakana-tachi, Kokoro no Samishii Kocha
Shino Nanae (鹽野七生, 1937-sekarang, Jepang) : Seri Romanjin Monogatari
Miybe Miyuki (宮部みゆき, 1960-sekarang, Jepang) : Imitasi Pelaku Kejahatan, Shattered, Tidak Perlu Jawaban
Onda Riku (恩田陸, Onda Riku, 1964-sekarang, Jepang) : Maret Adalah Lubang Merah, Laut Perpustakaan, Eugenia
Yamamoto Fumio (山本文緒, Yamamoto Fumio, 1962-sekarang, Jepang) : Planaria, Kecanduan Cinta
Yoshimoto Banana (吉本ばなな, 1964-sekarang, Jepang) : Kitchen, N.P, Amrita
Minato Kanae (湊かなえ, 1973-sekarang, Jepang) : Pengakuan, Penebusan Dosa, Kincir Ria Malam