List of Mexican women writers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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
• 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