This is a list of women writers who were born in Ecuador or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist Elysa Ayala (1879–1956), short story writer, painter

B Ana Cecilia Blum (born 1972), novelist, journalist Veronica Bonilla (born 1962), prolific children's writer, publishes in Spanish and English Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964), playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, feminist Aminta Buenaño (born 1958), short story writer, journalist, politician

C Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972), novelist, poet, journalist, suffragist, feminist Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936), poet, critic, essayist, educator María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888—1962), poet, journalist, suffragist Luz Argentina Chiriboga (born 1940) Afro-Ecuadorian essayist, poet, novelist Mary Corylé (1894–1976), journalist, poet Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928), poet, novelist, journalist

E Ileana Espinel (1933–2001), poet, journalist, magazine editor Jenny Estrada (1940–2024), historian, biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist

F Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén (1829–1893), writer, poet

G Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian-American poet, writes in Spanish and English

H Yanna Hadatty (born 1969), short story writer, essayist Catalina de Jesús Herrera (1717–1795), prioress, nun, autobiographer, mystical poet

I Edna Iturralde (born 1948), acclaimed children's writer

L Violeta Luna (born 1943), poet, novelist, essayist, critic, educator

M Nela Martínez (1912–2004), politician, activist, poet, short story writer

O Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991), teacher and writer

R Cristina Reyes (born 1981), poet, lawyer, and politician Sonia Romo Verdesoto, poet, author of Ternura del aire (1963) Lupe Rumazo (born 1933), essayist, short story writer, novelist

T Doménica Tabacchi (born 1973), politician, journalist Mercedes González Tola (1860–1911), poet, playwright and writer of the romanticism movement

U Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969), journalist, magazine editor, suffragist, feminist

V Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907), first lady, non-fiction writer Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999), poet, biographer, feminist Eugenia Viteri (1928–2023), novelist, anthologist, teacher

See also List of women writers List of Spanish-language authors

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