1820), US essayist Karen Platt (fl. 2004 – present), English gardening writer Polly Platt (1927–2008), US author of books on living in France Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), English translator and fiction and political writer Aliénor de Poitiers (fl. late 15th century), French writer on court etiquette Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830–1838), Anglo-Jewish playwright Velma Pollard (born 1937), Jamaican poet and fiction writer.