This is a list of women writers who were born in Mexico or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Liliana Abud (born 1948), actress, screenwriter Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009), state governor, poet Pita Amor, pen name of Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (1918–2000), actress, poet María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio (1695–1756), nun, respected religious writer Brigitte Alexander (1911–1995), German-born Mexican playwright, memoirist, actress, translator María Luisa Algarra (1916–1957), Spanish-born Mexican playwright Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993), editor, publisher, non-fiction writer, translator Tamara De Anda (born 1983), feminist activist and writer Ikram Antaki (1948–2000), Syrian-born Mexican poet, essayist, translator, wrote in Spanish, French and Arabic Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), poet, short story writer Araceli Ardón (born 1958), journalist, novelist, short story writer Inés Arredondo (1928–1989), Mexican writer, one of the most influential Mexican writers Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949), autobiographer, feminist, established the Neutral White Cross Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), mystic, religious writer, author of I Am: Eucharistic Meditations on the Gospel Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993) writer and founder of several publishing companies Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949), journalist, autobiography, creator of the White Cross
B Rowena Bali (born 1977), novelist, short story writer, poet Carmen Barajas Sandoval (1925–2014), best selling biographer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter Mimí Bechelani, since 1958 television screenwriter, poet Sabina Berman (born 1955), playwright, short story writer, essayist, film director Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban-born non-fiction writer, later moved to Mexico Minerva Bloom (1959–2018), poet, photographer Carmen Boullosa (born 1954), leading poet, novelist, playwright Liliana V. Blum (born 1974), short story writer, some works translated into English Coral Bracho (born 1951), poet, translator Anita Brenner (1905–1974), non-fiction author, children's literature author Esperanza Brito de Martí (1932–2007), journalist, feminist, journal director
C Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898–1986), diplomat, minister, essayist, playwright Lydia Cacho (born 1963), investigative journalist, feminist Adela Calva Reyes (born 1968), indigenous novelist, educator María Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968), poet, novelist, short story writer, translator Nellie Campobello (1900–1986), narrative writer, memoirist, poet, author of Cartucho Julieta Campos (1932–2007), Cuban-Mexican novelist Lorea Canales, since 2001, novelist, journalist Nancy Cárdenas (1934–1994), actress, playwright, journalist, broadcaster, theatre director Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974) poet, essayist, novelist Dahlia de la Cerda (born 1985), writer and journalist Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (1864–1908) poet, educator, feminist Susana Chávez (1974–2011), poet, human rights activist Ana Clavel (born 1961), novelist, short story writer Teresa del Conde (1935–2017), art critic, historian Rosina Conde (born, 1954), narrator, playwright, poet Dolores Correa Zapata (1853–1924), teacher, writer, poet, and advocate for women's rights Elsa Cross (born 1946), poet, essayist, translator Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), nun, poet Mireya Cueto (1922–2013), puppeteer, playwright, non-fiction writer Briceida Cuevas (born 1969), poet
D Amparo Dávila (1928-2020), poet, short story writer Clementina Díaz y de Ovando (1916–2012), historian, essayist, non-fiction writer Emma Dolujanoff (1922–2013), novelist Guadalupe Dueñas (1910-2002), short story writer, essayist
E Anilú Elías (born 1937) feminist writer María de los Ángeles Errisúriz (born 1966), teacher, non-fiction writer Ximena Escalante (born 1964), playwright, screenwriter, non-fiction writer Laura Esquivel (born 1950), novelist, essayist, screenwriter Cecilia Eudave (born 1968), short story writer, novelist, essayist, educator
F Isabel Fraire (1934–2015), writer, poet, translator and literary critic Malva Flores (born 1961), poet, short story writer, essayist Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-born Spanish-Mexican poet, translator
G Hermila Galindo (1886–1954), magazine editor, feminist, politician Francesca Gargallo (1956–2022), Italian-born Mexican novelist, poet Marissa Garrido (1926-2021), telenovela playwright and writer Elena Garro (1916–1998), playwright, novelist, short story writer, biographer María Luisa Garza (1887–1980), journalist, novelist Eve Gil (born 1968), acclaimed novelist, short story writer, poet Margo Glantz (born 1930), linguistic scholar, essayist, non-fiction writer Dulce María González (1958–2014), journalist, poet, novelist, short story writer Reyna Grande (born 1975), novelist, writing in English Rosario Green (1941–2017), politician, diplomat, non-fiction writer Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), journalist, poet, feminist Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (1899–1979), lexicographer, linguist, educator, poet Eulalia Guzmán (1890–1985), archeologist, educator, feminist, writer Montserrat GA (born 1996), poet, writer
H M. G. Harris, Mexican-born British children's writer, author of The Joshua Files (2008) María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (1899–1974), novelist, playwright, translator Luisa Josefina Hernández (1928–2023), novelist, playwright, critic Malú Huacuja del Toro (born 1961), novelist, playwright, screenwriter
J Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), nun, important Golden Age scholar, poet, author of Loa to Divine Narcissus
K Helen Kleinbort Krauze, Polish-born Mexican journalist since 1959, columnist, travel writer, with national newspapers and magazines Laureana Wright de Kleinhans (1846–1896), journal editor, poet, non-fiction writer, feminist
L Marcela Lagarde (born 1948), non-fiction author, politician, feminist Marta Lamas (born 1947), feminist, professor, activist, non-fiction author and columnist María Ernestina Larráinzar Córdoba (1854-1925), writer, novelist, teacher, religious order founder Patricia Laurent Kullick (born 1962), short story writer and novelist Mónica Lavín, (born 1955) novelist, short story writer, columnist, essayist, screenplay writer Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986), poet, linguist, translator Guadalupe Loaeza (born 1946), novelist, short story writer, columnist Pura López Colomé (born 1952), poet, translator Margarita López Portillo (1914–2006) novelist and politician Valeria Luiselli (born 1983), novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist
M Guadalupe Marín (1895–1983) novelist, model Adelaida Martínez Aguilar (1870 — ?), teacher, writer, and poet Sanjuana Martínez (born 1963), journalist, non-fiction writer Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949), journalist, novelist María Luisa Mendoza (1930–2018) journalist, novelist, columnist Concha Michel (1899–1990), singer-songwriter, playwright, archivist and non-fiction writer Margarita Michelena (1917–1998), poet, critic, translator, journalist María del Carmen Millán (1914–1982), academic, writer, 1st woman elected to the Mexican Academy of Letters Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989), Mexican-born American journalist, columnist, travel writer Magdalena Mora (1952–1981), activist, feminist writer Myriam Moscona (born 1955), journalist, translator, poet Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (born 1936), poet, short story writer Verónica Murguía (born 1960), children's literature, fantasy fiction, novelist
N Julia Nava de Ruisánchez (1883–1964), activist, educator, journalist, non-fiction writer Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973), novelist, short story writer Eva Norvind (1944–2006), Norwegian-born Mexican playwright, screenwriter, actress
O Orlandina de Oliveira (born 1943), Brazilian-born Mexican sociologist, academic, non-fiction writer Emilia Ortiz (1917–2012), painter, cartoonist, poet Amaranta Osorio Cepeda (born 1978), playwright, actress
P Cristina Pacheco (1941–2023), journalist, television presenter Susana Pagano (born 1968), novelist, short story writer Edmée Pardo Murray (born 1965) novelist Margarita Peña (1937-2018), non-fiction writer Beatríz Peniche Barrera (1893–1976), poet, feminist, one of three first elected female politicians in Mexico María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908–1949), Spanish-born Mexican journalist, prose writer Aline Pettersson (born 1938), novelist, poet Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), French-born Mexican journalist, essayist, novelist, non-fiction writer María Luisa Puga (1944–2004), novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer
R Marta Randall (born 1948), Mexican-born American science-fiction novelist, short story writer Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931), journalist, playwright Cristina Rivera Garza (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, poet, non-fiction writer, translator Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896–1954) feminist writer, journalist Jesusa Rodríguez (born 1955), director, actress, playwright Sandra Rodríguez Nieto, contemporary journalist Rosamaría Roffiel (born 1945), poet, novelist, journalist, and editor Emma Romeu, Cuban-born Mexican journalist, novelist, essayist
S Sara Sefchovich (born 1949), novelist, essayist, translator Esther Seligson (1941–2010), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator Carla Stellweg, art curator, writer
T Daniela Tarazona (born 1975), writer and journalist Altaír Tejeda de Tamez (1922–2015), short story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, journalist Natalia Toledo (born 1968), poet, writes in Spanish and Zapotec Elena Torres (1893–1970), revolutionary, women's rights activist, essayist, autobiographer Gabriela Torres Olivares (born 1982), short story writer, novelist Julia Tuñón Pablos (born 1948), historian, feminist writer
U Lourdes Urrea (born 1954), poet, novelist, young adult writer
V Estrella del Valle (born 1971), poet Yolanda Vargas Dulché (1926–1999), journalist, comic book writer, author of Memín Pinguín Socorro Venegas (born 1972), short story writer, novelist Josefina Vicens (1911–1988), acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, journalist Maruxa Vilalta (1932–2014), Spanish-born Mexican playwright, novelist Andrea Villarreal (1881–1963), revolutionary, journalist, feminist Carmen Villoro, (born 1958), poet, journalist, children's story writer
Z Elena Zelayeta (1898-1974), Mexican-born American cookbook author Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny (born 1973), novelist, short story writer Rose Zwi (1928–2018), Mexican-born South African novelist, short story writer
See also List of Mexican writers List of women writers List of Spanish-language authors
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