Women Writers Of The 20Th Century
21 entries in the Women Writers Of The 20Th Century compendium.
Daphne du MaurierEnglish novelist known for Gothic tales and film adaptations.Debbie MacomberAmerican author of romance novels and women's fiction.Djuna BarnesAmerican modernist writer and journalist, author of Nightwood.Donna TarttAmerican novelist known for her decade-spanning, critically acclaimed novels.Dorothy WestHarlem Renaissance writer and editor of Challenge magazine.Eileen ChangChinese and American writer known for works set in 1940s Shanghai and Hong Kong.Elena FerrantePseudonymous Italian novelist of the Neapolitan Novels.Elfriede JelinekAustrian playwright and novelist, Nobel laureate in 2004.Erica JongAmerican novelist known for *Fear of Flying*.Flora NwapaNigerian author and first African woman novelist published in English in Britain.Françoise SaganFrench novelist known for Bonjour Tristesse and romantic themes.Georgette HeyerEnglish novelist who established the Regency romance genre.Ismat ChughtaiIndian Urdu writer known for realist portrayals of female sexuality.Jacqueline SusannAmerican novelist and actress, author of Valley of the Dolls.Jacqueline WilsonEnglish children's author of over 100 books.Janet FrameNew Zealand author whose lobotomy was cancelled after a literary prize.Jean RhysBritish Creole novelist, author of Wide Sargasso Sea.Joan DidionAmerican writer and pioneer of New Journalism.Judith KrantzAuthor of bonkbuster novels and former fashion editor.Judy BlumeAmerican author of controversial, best-selling children's and young adult fiction.Katherine PatersonAmerican children's novelist and two-time Newbery Medal winner.
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