Women Authors

Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber

Author • Essayist • Memoirist

Dr. Danielle Allen

Dr. Danielle Allen

Political Theorist • Public Intellectual • Cultural Commentator

Dr. Martha Beck

Dr. Martha Beck

Bestselling Author • Life Coach • Inspirational Leader

Elizabeth Berg

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Pastor • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Katherine Boo

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Jessica Bruder

Bestselling Author • Journalist

NoViolet Bulawayo

Novelist • Essayist • Short Story Writer

Margaret A. Burnham

Margaret A. Burnham

Civil Rights Attorney • Legal Scholar • Racial & Restorative Justice Advocate

Heidi Durrow

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Esi Edugyan

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Andrea Elliott

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Dr. Sheri Fink

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood

Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood

Award-Winning Author • Curator • Social Justice Advocate

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Julia Glass

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Historian • Author • Essayist

Alice Hoffman

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

A.M. Homes

Novelist • Essayist • Memoirist

Nancy Horan

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Suleika Jaouad

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Emmy Award-Winner

Gish Jen

Novelist • Essayist • Short Story Writer

Tayari Jones

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Hillary Jordan

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Screenwriter

Piper Kerman

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Social Justice Advocate

Sue Monk Kidd

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid

Novelist • Memoirist • Gardener

Lily King

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Laura Kipnis

Social Critic • Author • Essayist

Lisa Ko

Novelist • Author • Essayist

Laila Lalami

Award-Winning Author • Novelist • Essayist

Stephanie Land

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Economic Justice Advocate

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Memoirist

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Adjunct Senior Fellow-Council on Foreign Relations • Bestselling Author

Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick

Legal Scholar • Award-Winning Author • Journalist

Ayana Mathis

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Imbolo Mbue

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Maaza Mengiste

Award-Winning Author • Novelist • Essayist

Emily Nussbaum

TV Critic • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Essayist

Téa Obreht

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Susan Orlean

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Casey Parks

Journalist • Author

Jennifer Pastiloff

Jennifer Pastiloff

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Mental Health Advocate

Dr. Imani Perry

Dr. Imani Perry

MacArthur Fellow • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Jodi Picoult

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Sheri Salata

Former media executive • entrepreneur • Memoirist

Lisa See

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

Rebecca Skloot

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Rachel Louise Snyder

Rachel Louise Snyder

Journalist • Author • Domestic Violence Advocate

Nic Stone

Young Adult Literature • Bestselling Author • Mental Health Advocate

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa

Public Health Reporter • Journalist

Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award Winner • Essayist • Memoirist

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

Young People’s Poet Laureate • National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author

Dr. Ellen Wu

Historian • Author • Cultural Commentator

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