This is a list of women writers who were born in Wales or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher and non-fiction writer
Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright and poet Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), novelist and short story writer: The Hiding Place
B
Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette and newspaper editor
Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet and children's writer
Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808), novelist
Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022), poet
Emily Rose Bleby (1849-1917), non-fiction writer and temperance activist
Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh novelist
Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet and contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine
Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist and short story writer
Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian and author
C
Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel (), poet
Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist and poet
Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist
Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster
Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator and journalist
Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941),novelist
D
Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet and singer, in Welsh and English Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian and translator Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist and educator Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet and scribe Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist and industrialist
E
Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), fiction writer
Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), children's author, dramatist and schoolteacher Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), British-Egyption film director and screenwriter Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist and editor Christine Evans (born 1943), poet Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet and novelist
F
Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet and broadcaster
G
Menna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist and translator
Isabella Gifford (1825–1891), marine botanist
Annabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, novelist and actress
Beatrice Green (1894–1927), labour activist and feminist/socialist writer
Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), Welsh-language poet and hymn writer
Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist and children's writer
H
Ann Hatton (1764–1838), (Ann of Swansea) English-language novelist
Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist and broadcaster
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English-born Welsh poet writing in English
Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist and poet
Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, poet and suffragist
Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer
I
Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), novelist
Norah Isaac (1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright and travel writer
J
Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), poet, editor
Margaret Jones (1842–1902), travel writer
Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer and teacher
Sally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet and biographer
L
Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet and journalist
Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also in English Martha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet and hymnist