647–654), Korean poet and queen Makeda Silvera (born 1955), Caribbean Canadian novelist and short-story writer Ruth Simpson (1926–2008), US lesbian author, founder of first lesbian community center Laura Sims, poet, author Jo Sinclair (1913–1995), pen name of Ruth Seid, Jewish-US writer May Sinclair (1862–1946), English novelist, poet and short story writer Ansuyah Ratipul Singh (1917–1978), South African medical doctor and writer Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958), Finnish science-fiction and fantasy writer Elinor Sisulu (born 1958), South African writer and activist Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), English poet Maj Sjöwall (born 1935), Swedish mystery novelist Rebecca Skloot (born 1972), US non-fiction science writer; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Ann Masterman Skinn (1747–1789), English novelist Amalie Skram (1846–1905), Norwegian novelist and feminist; Madam Høiers leiefolk Vendela Skytte (1608–1627), Swedish writer Karin Slaughter (born 1971), US crime writer Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), childrens writer and broadcaster; Carbonel series Gillian Slovo (born 1952), South African novelist, playwright and memoirist Anna Smaill (born 1979), New Zealand poet and novelist; The Chimes Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986), Canadian novelist and poet; By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept Dorothea Smartt (born 1963), English poet Jane Smiley (born 1949), US novelist; 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; A Thousand Acres Ali Smith (born 1962), Scottish novelist Amanda Smith (1837–1915), US evangelist and autobiographer Betty Smith (1896–1972), US novelist; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Charlene Leonora Smith (living), South African journalist and biographer of Nelson Mandela Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806), English poet and novelist Dodie Smith (1896–1990), English novelist and playwright; I Capture the Castle Doris Buchanan Smith (1934–2002), US childrens novelist; A Taste of Blackberries Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933), English childrens writer and novelist Maggie Smith (born 1977), US poet, editor and writer Patti Smith (born 1946), US singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Pauline Smith (1882–1959), South African novelist Stevie Smith (1902–1971), English poet and novelist Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), African-US poet and educator; 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Zadie Smith (born 1975), English fiction writer and essayist; White Teeth Saundra Smokes (1954–2012), US journalist and playwright Laura J. Snyder (born 1964), historian and biographer Yan-kit So (1933–2001), Chinese food historian and cookery expert Gaele Sobott (born 1956), Australian short story, childrens, and non-fiction author[4] Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Finland-Swedish poet Zulu Sofola (1935–1995), Nigerian playwright and dramatist Kang Sok-Kyong (born 1961), Korean author Adeola Solanke (living), British-Nigerian playwright and screenwriter Elizabeth Solopova (born 1965), British philologist and academic Cathy Song (born 1955), US poet Susan Sontag (1933–2004), US essayist and novelist Oh Soo-yeon (born 1964), Korean author and essayist Fuyumi Soryo (born 1959), Japanese manga writer María de Zayas y Sotomayor (born 1590), Spanish novelist Muriel Spark (1918–2006), Scottish novelist; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Terry Spear (living), US romance novelist Vanessa Spence (born 1961), Jamaican novelist Anne Spencer (1882–1975), US poet Elizabeth Spencer (1921–2019), US fiction writer Leonora Speyer (1872–1956), US poet and violinist; 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Lina Spies (born 1939), South African poet Erica Spindler (1957), US writer of romantic thrillers and mystery novels Dana Spiotta (born 1966), US novelist Andrea Spofford (born 1986), poet and essayist Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), US fiction writer and poet Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss childrens writer; Heidi Mariah Srygler (born 1991), poet and short story writer Marilyn Stablein (born 1946), US poet, essayist and fiction writer Ilse von Stach (1879–1941), German playwright, novelist and poet Madame de Staël (1766–1817), Swiss-French novelist Jean Stafford (1915–1979), US fiction writer; 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), US feminist journalist and essayist Freya Stark (1893–1993), British travel writer Lilian Staveley (1878–1928), Christian writer and mystic publishing anonymously Christina Stead (1902–1983), Australian fiction writer; The Man Who Loved Children Danielle Steel (born 1947), US romance novelist Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929), English novelist Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827), German dramatist and friend of Goethe Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), US fiction writer, playwright and poet Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954), US vegan cookbook writer Jadene Felina Stevens (1947–2013), US poet Alzina Stevens (1849–1900), US labor leader and journalist Augusta Stevenson (1869–1976), writer of childrens literature and a teacher Margo Taft Stever, US poet Maria W. Stewart (1803–1897), US feminist lecturer and journalist Mary Stewart (born 1916), English mystery and romance novelist Susan Stewart (born 1952), US poet, university professor and literary critic Maggie Stiefvater (born 1981), US young-adult fiction writer; The Raven Cycle series Ilka Stitz (born 1960), German historical thriller writer Wilma Stockenström (born 1933), South African writer, translator and actor Cynthia Stockley (1873–1936), South African novelist Ruth Stone (1915–2011), US poet Sam Stone (born 1965), English fiction writer and playwright Marie Stopes (1880–1958), English author, palaeobotanist and birth control advocate; Married Love Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), Argentinian poet Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1836), US novelist; Uncle Toms Cabin Susan Straight (born 1960), US fiction writer, essayist and academic Hesba Stretton (1832–1911), English childrens writer Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English history writer and poet Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011), German poet and childrens writer Rashida Strober (living), US playwright Elizabeth Strout (born 1956), US fiction writer; 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; Olive Kitteridge Jan Struther (1901–1953), Scottish-English hymn writer and novelist; Mrs Miniver Andrea Stuart (born 1968), Barbadian-British historian, biographer and journalist Lady Louisa Stuart (1757–1851), English memoirist and letter writer Toni Stuart (born 1983), South African poet Mrs C. 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