973–1014 or 1025), Japanese novelist and poet; The Tale of Genji Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator Kang Shin-jae (1924–2001), Korean novelist, essayist and playwright Sharon Shinn (born 1957), US novelist Irma Shiolashvili (born 1974), Georgian poet, translator and journalist Warsan Shire (born 1988), British writer, poet and editor Shirome (10th century), Japanese poet Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), Soviet poet and journalist Sei Shōnagon (965–1010), Japanese writer; The Pillow Book Lola Shoneyin (born 1974), Nigerian novelist and poet Fredegond Shove (1889–1949), English poet Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180), Chinese poet Marie-Louise Sibazuri (born 1960), Burundian writer Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938), Pakistani novelist Mary Sidney (1561–1621), English translator, playwright and poet Gonnie Siegel (1928–2005), US feminist and business advisor Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), Italian nun, philosopher and theologian Joyce Sikakane (born 1943), South African journalist and activist Joan Silber (born 1945), US fiction writer Paula Slier (living), South African television, radio and print journalist Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), US-Laguna Pueblo fiction writer and poet; Almanac of the Dead Jindeok of Silla (fl.