This is a list of women writers born in France, or whose writings are closely associated with France.
A
- Geneviève Aclocque (1884âÂÂ1967), historian
- Juliette Adam (1836âÂÂ1936), novelist, non-fiction writer, and magazine editor
- Marie d'Agoult, pen name Daniel Stern (1805âÂÂ1876), novelist, essayist, and history writer
- Mathilde Alanic (1864âÂÂ1948), novelist, short-story writer
- Anne-Marie Albiach (1937âÂÂ2012), poet and translator
- Hortense Allart (1801âÂÂ1879), feminist writer and essayist
- Almucs de Castelnau (12th century), troubadour poet, writing in Occitan
- Catherine d'Amboise (1475âÂÂ1550), semi-autobiographical novelist and poet
- Virginie Ancelot (1792âÂÂ1875), painter and playwright
- Alix André (1909âÂÂ2000), romance novelist
- Christine Angot (born 1959), novelist and playwright
- Leili Anvar (born 1967), Persian-French writer and translator
- Azalaïs d'Arbaud (1834âÂÂ1917), Occitan-language writer
- Sophie d'Arbouville (1810âÂÂ1850), poet and short-story writer
- Henri Ardel (1863âÂÂ1938), writer, novelist
- Catherine Arley, pen name of Pierrette Pernot (1922âÂÂ2016), novelist and actress
- Marie Célestine Amélie d'Armaillé (1830âÂÂ1918), writer, biographer, and historian
- Angélique Arnaud (1799âÂÂ1884), novelist, essayist, and feminist
- Katia Astafieff (born 1975), travel writer, novelist and children's author
- Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546âÂÂ1596), poet, literary patron, and one of the earliest female erotic poets
- Gwenaëlle Aubry (born 1971), novelist, philosopher, and non-fiction writer
- Colette Audry (1906âÂÂ1990), novelist, screenwriter, and critic
- Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (c. 1650âÂÂ1705), writer of fairy tales and historical novels
- Aurélia Aurita (born 1980), comic book author
- Félicie d'Ayzac (1801âÂÂ1881), poet, art historian
- Azalais de Porcairagues (12th century), Occitan-language troubadour
B
- Victoire Babois (1760âÂÂ1839), writer of elegies
- Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932âÂÂ2019), poet, essayist, critic, and educator
- Tristane Banon (born 1979), novelist, journalist, and television presenter
- Arvède Barine (1840âÂÂ1908), non-fiction writer, historian, and literary critic
- Natalie Clifford Barney (1876âÂÂ1972), American-born poet, playwright, and novelist, who wrote mainly in French
- Lauren Bastide (born 1981), French journalist
- Sophie Bawr (1773âÂÂ1860), playwright, non-fiction writer
- Fanny de Beauharnais (1737âÂÂ1813), poet, novelist, playwright, and salonist
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908âÂÂ1986), novelist, essayist, existentialist philosopher, and feminist
- Béatrix Beck (1914âÂÂ2008), novelist, short-story writer, and poet of Belgian origin
- Alice Becker-Ho (born 1941), poet and non-fiction writer
- Claude de Bectoz (1490âÂÂ1547), poet and letter writer
- Géraldine Beigbeder, novelist, screenwriter
- Maud de Belleroche (1922âÂÂ2017), best-selling novelist, memoirist, and biographer
- Loleh Bellon (1925âÂÂ1999), actress and playwright
- Yannick Bellon (1924âÂÂ2019), film director and screenwriter
- Juliette Benzoni (1920âÂÂ2016), novelist
- Catherine Bernard (1662âÂÂ1712), poet, playwright, and novelist
- Paulette Bernège (1896âÂÂ1973), journalist, housework specialist, and prolific non-fiction writer
- Emmanuèle Bernheim (1955âÂÂ2017), novelist and screenwriter
- Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919âÂÂ1995), poet
- Jean Bertheroy (1858âÂÂ1927), writer
- Louise Bertin (1805âÂÂ1877), composer and poet
- Mireille Best (1943âÂÂ2005), novelist, often featuring lesbian characters
- Nella Bielski (1930s â 2020), Ukrainian-born French novelist and actress
- Gisèle Bienne (born 1946), novelist and writer for young adults
- Raphaële Billetdoux (born 1951), novelist
- Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte (1830âÂÂ1897), poet
- Stella Blandy (1836âÂÂ1925), writer and feminist
- Janine Boissard (born 1932), writer
- Lucie Boissonnas (1839âÂÂ1877), author
- Marie Bonaparte-Wyse (1831âÂÂ1902), novelist, playwright
- Itxaro Borda (born 1959), novelist, poet, translator in Basque language
- Louise de Bossigny (died 1700), fairy-tale writer
- Laurence Bougault (1970âÂÂ2018), poet, essayist, and travel writer
- Claire Bouilhac (born 1970), bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, colorist
- Catherine de Bourbon (1559âÂÂ1604), princess, poet, and letter writer
- Louise Bourbonnaud (c. 1847âÂÂ1915), writer, explorer, and philanthropist
- Charlotte Bourette (1714âÂÂ1784), poet, playwright and lemonade seller
- Jeanne Bouvier (1865âÂÂ1964), feminist and trade unionist
- Sarah Bouyain (born 1968), novelist and film director
- Nina Bouraoui (born 1967), novelist
- Dounia Bouzar (born 1964), anthropologist and writer
- Marie-Anne de Bovet (1855 â unknown date), novelist and journalist
- Brada (1847âÂÂ1938), novelist, biographer, memoirist, scriptwriter
- Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984), novelist
- Geneviève Brisac (born 1951), novelist, short-story writer, children's writer, critic, and screenwriter
- Jacqueline-Aimée Brohon (1731âÂÂ1778), novelist and essayist
- Josette Bruce (1920âÂÂ1996), Polish-born novelist
- Fabienne Brugère (born in 1964), non-fiction writer
- Andrée Brunin (1937âÂÂ1993), poet, many of whose works have been set to music
C
- Claude Cahun (1894âÂÂ1954), poet, novelist, photograph, essayist, translator, and résistante
- Nina de Callias (1843âÂÂ1884), poet and salonnière
- Amélie-Julie Candeille (1767âÂÂ1834), composer, librettist, and playwright
- Marcelle Capy (1891âÂÂ1962), novelist, journalist, and pacifist
- Marie Cardinal (1929âÂÂ2001), novelist
- Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/1834/1835âÂÂ1901), novelist
- Castelloza (13th century), troubadour poet
- Claire Castillon (born 1975), novelist and playwright
- Bernadette Cattanéo (1899âÂÂ1963), newspaper editor, magazine co-founder, trade unionist, and communist activist
- Anne-Marie Cazalis (1920âÂÂ1988), journalist, poet, essayist, novelist, and actress
- Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654âÂÂ1724), novelist, poet, and memoirist
- Rose Celli (1895âÂÂ1982), novelist, children's author, playwright, translator, and poet
- Rosine de Chabaud-Latour (1794âÂÂ1860), translator
- Françoise Chandernagor (born 1945), novelist and playwright
- Véronique Chankowski (born 1971), French historian, non-fiction writer
- Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920âÂÂ2016), novelist, journalist, and photographer
- Noëlle Châtelet (born 1944), essayist, novelist, short-story writer, and educator
- Chantal Chawaf (born 1943), novelist and essayist
- Madeleine Chapsal (1925âÂÂ2024), novelist, poet, and critic
- Charlotte Saumaise de Chazan (1619âÂÂ1684), poet and lady in waiting
- ÃÂlisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648âÂÂ1711), painter, poet, and translator
- Maryse Choisy (1903âÂÂ1979), philosopher, novelist, and non-fiction writer
- Hélène Cixous (born 1937), Algerian-born French novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, critic, and feminist writer
- Fanny Clar (1875âÂÂ1944), French journalist and writer
- Catherine Clément (born 1939), philosopher, novelist, feminist, and critic
- Gabrielle de Coignard (1550âÂÂ1586), religious poet
- Louise Colet (1810âÂÂ1876), poet, novelist, salonist
- Colette (1873âÂÂ1954), novelist, author of Gigi
- Henriette de Coligny de La Suze (1618âÂÂ1673), poet
- Anne-Hyacinthe de Colleville (1761âÂÂ1824), novelist and playwright
- Danielle Collobert (1940âÂÂ1978), poet, novelist, short-story writer, and journalist
- Rose Combe (1883âÂÂ1932), novelist
- Sophie Ristaud Cottin (1770âÂÂ1807), novelist, including several historical novels
- Hélisenne de Crenne (1510âÂÂ1552), novelist, epistolary writer, and translator
- Pauline Marie Armande Craven (1808âÂÂ1891), non-fiction writer
D
- Jocelyne Dakhlia (born 1959), French historian, anthropologist, and academic
- Gilberte H. Dallas, pen name of Gilberte Herschtel (1918âÂÂ1960), poet, important member of the poètes maudits
- Gerty Dambury (born 1957), poet, playwright, and theatre director from Guadeloupe
- Marie Darrieussecq (born 1969), novelist
- Countess Dash, pen name of Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse de Saint-Mars (1804âÂÂ1872), novelist
- Régine Deforges (1935âÂÂ2014), novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and playwright
- Alix Delaporte (born 1969), film director and screenwriter
- Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874âÂÂ1945), poet, novelist, journalist, and sculptor
- Florence Delay (1941âÂÂ2025), novelist, essayist, playwright, translator, and actress
- Jeanine Delpech (1905âÂÂ1992), journalist, translator, and novelist
- Sylvie Denis (born 1963), novelist, magazine editor, and translator
- Maria Deraismes (1828âÂÂ1894), playwright, essayist, and women's rights activist
- Maryline Desbiolles (born 1959), novelist
- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786âÂÂ1859), poet and novelist
- Antoinette Des Houlières (1638âÂÂ1694), poet
- Marie-Anne Desmarest (1904âÂÂ1973), novelist
- Catherine Des Roches (1542âÂÂ1587), Renaissance poet, daughter of Madelaine Des Roches
- Madeleine Des Roches (c. 1520âÂÂ1587), Renaissance poet, mother of Catherine Des Roches
- Madeleine Desroseaux (1873âÂÂ1939), Breton poet, novelist, playwright, and short-story writer
- Jeanne Deroin (1805âÂÂ1894), journalist and women's activist after the Revolution
- Dominique Desanti (1920âÂÂ2011), journalist, novelist, biographer, and educator
- Agnès Desarthe (born 1966), children's writer and novelist
- Anne Desclos (1907âÂÂ1998), journalist, novelist, and translator, known under pen-names Pauline Réage and Dominique Aury
- Madeleine Desroseaux (1873âÂÂ1939), Breton-language poet and novelist
- Régine Deforges (1935âÂÂ2014) best-selling novelist, editor, director, and playwright, known for her erotic works
- Antoinette Deshoulières (1638âÂÂ1694), poet
- Virginie Despentes (born 1969), novelist and autobiographer
- Marie Desplechin (born 1959), novelist and children's writer
- Jane Dieulafoy (1851âÂÂ1916), archaeologist, novelist, and journalist
- Fatou Diome (born 1968), French-Senegalese French-language novelist, short story writer, and essayist
- Clotilde Dissard (1873âÂÂ1919), journalist and feminist
- Louisa Emily Dobrée (fl. ca. 1877âÂÂ1917), novelist, short-story writer, children's writer, non-fiction writer
- Geneviève Dormann (1933âÂÂ2015), journalist and novelist
- Camille Drevet (1881âÂÂ1969), editor-in-chief, La Voix des femmes
- Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520âÂÂ1545), Renaissance poet
- Caroline Dubois (born 1960), poet
- Charlotte Dubreuil (born 1940), novelist, filmmaker, and screenwriter
- Catherine Dufour (born 1966), novelist
- Claire de Duras (1777âÂÂ1828), novelist, author of Ourika
- Marguerite Duras (1914âÂÂ1996), novelist, playwright, and screenwriter of Hiroshima mon amour
- Vanessa Duriès (1972âÂÂ1993), novelist author of The Ties That Bind
- Yvette Duval (1931âÂÂ2006), Moroccan-born French historian, specializing in ancient North Africa
E
F
- Geneviève Fauconnier (1886âÂÂ1969), novelist
- Madame de La Fayette (1634âÂÂ1693), novelist, author of La Princesse de Clèves
- Nathalie Ferlut (born 1968), comic book illustrator, scriptwriter, colorist
- Juliette Figuier (1827âÂÂ1879), playwright and novelist
- Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967), French-born American novelist
- Aurélie Filippetti (born 1973), novelist
- Adelaide Filleul (1761âÂÂ1836), novelist
- Clara Filleul (1822âÂÂ1878), painter and children's writer
- Zénaïde Fleuriot (1829âÂÂ1890), prolific novelist, writing for young women
- Pierrette Fleutiaux (1941âÂÂ2019), novelist and short-story writer
- Brigitte Fontaine (born 1939), singer, novelist, playwright, and poet
- Viviane Forrester (1925âÂÂ2013), essayist, novelist, and critic
- Jeanne-Justine Fouqueau de Pussy (1786âÂÂ1863), author of children's and educational works
- Jocelyne François (born 1933), lesbian novelist, poet, and diarist
- Camille Froidevaux-Metterie (born 1968), non-fiction writer and novelist
G
- Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832âÂÂ1902), essayist, novelist, and feminist
- Jeanne Galzy (1883âÂÂ1977), novelist and biographer
- Anne-Marie Garat (1946âÂÂ2022), novelist
- Delphine Gardey (born 1967), non-fiction writer
- Anne F. Garréta (born 1962), novelist
- Judith Gautier (1845âÂÂ1917), poet, historical novelist, playwright, translator, and music critic
- Anna Gavalda (born 1970), best-selling novelist, short-story writer, and works widely translated
- Sophie Gay (1776âÂÂ1852), novelist, playwright, and librettist
- Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746âÂÂ1830), novelist, playwright, and children's writer
- Rosemonde Gérard (1871âÂÂ1953), poet and playwright
- Sylvie Germain (born 1954), novelist, essayist, and biographer
- Amélie Gex (1835âÂÂ1883), poet, who also wrote in Franco-Provençal
- Azza Ghanmi (fl. 1970s), feminist editor
- Delphine de Girardin (1804âÂÂ1855), essayist, poet, and novelist
- Anne Golon (1921âÂÂ2017), novelist author of the Angélique series of historical novels
- Mélanie Gouby (active since 2011), journalist
- Olympe de Gouges (1748âÂÂ1793), playwright and feminist writer, executed after the French Revolution
- Marie de Gournay (1585âÂÂ1645), novelist, essayist, and critic
- Françoise de Graffigny (1695âÂÂ1758), novelist and playwright
- ÃÂvelyne Grandjean (born 1939), actress, playwright, and screenwriter
- Virginie Greiner (born 1969), comic book scriptwriter
- Henry Gréville, pen name of Alice Durand (1842âÂÂ1902), widely translated novelist
- Benoîte Groult (1920âÂÂ2016), novelist and feminist
- Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682âÂÂ1749), literary patron, novelist, and correspondent
- Pernette du Guillet (c. 1520âÂÂ1545), poet, most of whose works were intended to be set to music
H
- Béatrice Hammer (born 1963), novelist, children's writer, and playwright
- Myriam Harry (1869âÂÂ1958), significant pre-1914 writer, daughter of Moses Shapira
- Mireille Havet (1898âÂÂ1932), poet, diarist, and novelist
- Nathalie Henneberg (1910âÂÂ1977), science-fiction novelist
- Marie de Hennezel (born 1946), non-fiction writer
- Catherine Hermary-Vieille (born 1943), novelist
- Juliette Heuzey (1865âÂÂ1952), novelist, biographer
- Adèle Hommaire de Hell (1819âÂÂ1883), explorer and travel writer
- Violaine Huisman (born 1979), novelist, essayist, cultural journalist
J
- Paula Jacques (born 1949), Egyptian-born French novelist, journalist, and radio host
- Martine L. Jacquot (born 1955), French-born Canadian academic, novelist, poet, short-story writer, and journalist
- Marie Jaffredo (born 1966), comics scriptwriter
- Gaëlle Josse (born 1960), poet and novelist
- Alice Jouenne (1873âÂÂ1954), French educator, socialist activist, and writer
K
L
- Jean de La Brète (1858âÂÂ1945), novelist
- Anne-Marie Lacroix (1732âÂÂ1802), French writer
- Anne de La Roche-Guilhem (1644âÂÂ1710), novelist, moved to England
- Sylvie Lainé (born 1957), science-fiction novelist and short-story writer
- Claire Lalouette, French Egyptologist
- Jeanne Lapauze (1860âÂÂ1920), born Jeanne Loiseau, poet and novelist, who used the pen name Daniel Lesueur
- Oriane Lassus (born 1987), author, cartoonist, illustrator
- Camille Laurens (born 1957), novelist
- Linda Lê (1963âÂÂ2022), Vietnamese-born French novelist
- Simone Le Bargy (1877âÂÂ1985), actress, novelist, and memoirist
- Martine Le Coz (born 1955), novelist, poet, and non-fiction writer
- Violette Leduc (1907âÂÂ1972), novelist and autobiographer
- Marie Léopold-Lacour (1859âÂÂ1942), feminist activist, writer, and storyteller
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711âÂÂ1780), novelist and fairy-tale writer, author of Beauty and the Beast
- Marie Léra (1864âÂÂ1958), journalist, novelist, and translator
- Michèle Lesbre (born 1939), writer and novelist
- Marguerite de Lussan (1682âÂÂ1758), historical novelist
- Grace Ly (born 1979), writer, podcaster, feminist
M
- Lisa Mandel (born 1977), comics scriptwriter
- Jeanne Marni (1854âÂÂ1910), novelist, playwright, and essayist
- Anne de Marquets (c. 1533âÂÂ1588), religious poet, nun, and author of Les Sonets spirituels
- Agnès Martin-Lugand (born 1979), novelist
- Margaret Maruani (1954âÂÂ2022), non-fiction writer
- Sophie Massieu (born 1975), journalist
- Renée Massip (1907âÂÂ2002), novelist, journalist
- Nicole-Claude Mathieu (1937âÂÂ2014), sociologist specializing in gender studies
- Claire-Marie Mazarelli de Saint-Chamond (1731âÂÂunknown), woman of letters, writer
- Diane Mazloum (born 1980), French-Lebanese writer
- Meavenn, pen name of Francine Rozec (1911âÂÂ1992), Breton-language poet, novelist, and playwright
- Natacha Michel (born 1941), political activist, novelist, and critic
- Hélène Miard-Delacroix (born 1959), historian, Germanist, professor
- Marijane Minaberri (1926âÂÂ2017), children's author, poet, and short-story writer
- Jane Misme (1865âÂÂ1935), journalist and feminist
- Ursule Molinaro (1916âÂÂ2000), French-American novelist, playwright, and translator, who wrote in French and English
- Kenizé Mourad (born 1939), journalist, non-fiction writer, and novelist
N
- Claire Julie de Nanteuil (1834âÂÂ1897), children's literature writer
- Marguerite de Navarre (1492âÂÂ1549), poet, playwright, and short-story writer, including the collection Heptaméron
- Marie NDiaye (born 1967), novelist and playwright
- Anaïs Nin (1903âÂÂ1977), diarist, essayist, novelist, and short story writer
- Anna de Noailles (1876âÂÂ1933), highly acclaimed novelist, poet, and autobiographer
- Florence Noiville (born 1961), journalist, children's writer, novelist, and non-fiction writer
O
P
- Katherine Pancol (born 1954), novelist, journalist, and author of Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles)
- ÃÂve Paul-Margueritte (1885âÂÂ1971), novelist
- Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886âÂÂ1955), writer and translator
- Madeleine Pelletier (1874âÂÂ1939), feminist writer
- Gabrielle Petit (feminist) (1860âÂÂ1952), newspaper editor
- Michelle Perrot (born 18 May 1928, Paris), historian, feminist, and grand officer of the legion of honor
- Georges de Peyrebrune (1841âÂÂ1917), prolific novelist, columnist, and feminist
- Louise Pioger (1848âÂÂ1920), anarchist, nursery rhymes
- Anne Plichota (born 1968), children's writer and novelist
- Maria Pognon (1844âÂÂ1925), writer, journal editor, feminist, suffragist, and pacifist
- Aliénor de Poitiers (15th century), writer on court etiquette
- Renada-Laura Portet (1927âÂÂ2021), poet, prose writer, non-fiction writer
- Alice Poulleau (1885âÂÂ1960), travel writer and geographer
R
- Rachilde, pen name of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (1860âÂÂ1953), novelist and non-fiction writer, author of Monsieur Vénus
- Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1746âÂÂ1766), playwright, poet, and multi-lingual translator
- Fanny Raoul (1771âÂÂ1833), feminist writer, journalist, philosopher, and essayist
- Pauline Réage, pen-name of Anne Desclos (1907âÂÂ1998), who also used the pen-name Dominique Aury, novelist, editor, critic, and author of Story of O (Histoire d'O)
- Marie Redonnet, pen name of Martine L'hospitalier (born 1948), poet, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and playwright
- Christine Renard (1929âÂÂ1979), science-fiction novelist
- Juliette Rennes (born 1976), sociologist and non-fiction writer
- Gabrielle Réval (1869âÂÂ1938), novelist and essayist
- Sandrine Revel (born 1969), comics illustrator and author
- Yasmina Reza (born 1959), playwright, novelist, actress, screenwriter, and author of God of Carnage
- Nadine Ribault (1964âÂÂ2021), novelist, short-story writer, and translator
- Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1714âÂÂ1792), novelist and editor
- Catherine Rihoit (born 1950), novelist and biographer
- Christiane Rimbaud (1944âÂÂ2023), historian
- Blandine Rinkel (born 1991), novelist
- Christine de Rivoyre (1921âÂÂ2019), novelist and journalist
- Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797âÂÂ1872), novelist and playwright
- Nina Roberts (born 1979), erotic novelist and actress
- Tatiana de Rosnay (born 1961), journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
- Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert (1705âÂÂ1771), early science-fiction novelist
- Pascale Roze (born 1954), playwright and novelist, author of Sarah's Key (Elle s'appelait Sarah)
- Léonie Rouzade (1839âÂÂ1916), journalist, novelist, and feminist
S
- Françoise Sagan (1935âÂÂ2004), playwright, novelist, and screenwriter, author of Bonjour Tristesse
- Vefa de Saint-Pierre (1872âÂÂ1967), explorer, reporter, Breton-language poet, and children's writer
- Lydie Salvayre (born 1948), novelist, widely translated
- George Sand (1804âÂÂ1876), novelist and playwright, author of Indiana
- Anne de Seguier, 16th-century French poet and salon-holder
- Nathalie Sarraute (1900âÂÂ1999), Russian-born French novelist, who pioneered the nouveau roman
- Albertine Sarrazin (1937âÂÂ1967), French-Algerian novelist, essayist, and poet
- Johanna Schipper (known as "Johanna"; born 1967), Taiwanese-born French comics artist and short-story writer
- Ariane Schréder, novelist
- Simone Schwarz-Bart (born 1938), Guadeloupean-French novelist, playwright, and non-fiction writer
- Ann Scott (born 1965), novelist, short-story writer
- Madeleine de Scudéry (1607âÂÂ1701), novelist, works containing lengthy conversations
- Countess of Ségur (1799âÂÂ1874), Russian-born French novelist and children's writer
- Eulalie de Senancour (1791âÂÂ1876), journalist, novelist, and children's writer
- Coline Serreau (born 1947), actress, film director, playwright, and essayist
- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626âÂÂ1696), correspondent
- Shan Sa, pen name of Yan Ni (born 1972), Chinese-born French poet, novelist, and painter, now writing in French
- Valérie Simonin (1831âÂÂ1919), novelist
- Maboula Soumahoro (born 1976), scholar, Afro-feminist
- Gabrielle Soumet (1814âÂÂ1886), dramatist, poet, and feminist writer
- Audrey Spiry (born 1983), animator, illustrator, and bande dessinée author
- Germaine de Staël, also Madame de Staël (1766âÂÂ1817), essayist, novelist, non-fiction writer, and salonnière
- Louise Swanton Belloc (1796âÂÂ1881), translator, essayist, novelist, non-fiction writer, children's book writer, and feminist
T
- Tibors de Sarenom (12th century), troubadour poet, writing in Occitan
- Marie-Louise Tenèze (1922âÂÂ2016), ethnologist, folklorist
- Françoise Thébaud (born 1952), historian and professor emeritus
- Françoise Thom (born 1951), historian and Sovietologist
- Chantal Thomas (born 1945), historian and novelist
- ÃÂdith Thomas (1909âÂÂ1970), novelist, historian, and journalist
- Gilles Thomas, pen name of ÃÂliane Taïeb (1929âÂÂ1985), science-fiction novelist
- Annette Tison (1942âÂÂ2010), architect, children's writer, and co-creator of Barbapapa
- Valerie Toranian (born 1962), journalist and editor of Elle
- Nicole Tourneur (1950âÂÂ2011), novelist and children's writer
- Elsa Triolet (1896âÂÂ1970), Russian-born French novelist, first women to win the Prix Goncourt, wrote in Russian and French
- Nadine Trintignant (born 1934), film editor, writer, director, producer, and novelist
- Flora Tristan (1803âÂÂ1844), socialist writer and feminist
V
- Valérie Valère (1961âÂÂ1981), autobiographical novelist
- Fred Vargas, pen name of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 1957), crime fiction writer and historian
- Delphine de Vigan (born 1966), novelist and author of No et moi, translated into 20 languages
- Marie-Catherine de Villedieu (1640âÂÂ1683), playwright, novelist, and short-story writer
- Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (c. 1695âÂÂ1755), novelist, fairy-tale writer, and author of Belle et la Bête
- Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin (1902âÂÂ1969), novelist, poet, and journalist
- Renée Vivien (1877âÂÂ1909), British-born French-language poet, often writing autobiographical verse
- ÃÂlisabeth Vonarburg (born 1947), science-fiction novelist
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