Marjorie Hillis
Marjorie Hillis wrote popular nonfiction books for women in the 1930s, including the bestseller Live Alone and Like It, an advice book for young women on how to live independently.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction.
May Gibbs
Cecilia May Gibbs MBE was an Australian children’s book writer, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is best known for her gumnut babies (also called “bush babies” or “bush fairies”), and the book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
Aida Begić
Aida Begić is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.
Sarah Prideaux
Sarah Prideaux was a bookbinder, teacher, historian and author of books about binding and illustration.
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English musicologist, novelist and poet, known for works such as the novels Lolly Willowes and After the Death of Don Juan, the poetry collection Whether a Dove or a Seagull and several short story collections.
Maurissa Tancharoen
Maurissa Tancharoen is an American television producer, writer, actress, singer, lyricist and dancer.
Mae Martin
Mae Martin is a comedian, actor and writer who identies as gender fliud, alternating between she and they pronouns.
Renée Vivien
Renée Vivien was a British poet who wrote in French, in the style of the Symbolistes and the Parnassiens. A high-profile lesbian in the Paris of the Belle Époque, her work has received renewed attention following a revival of interest in Sapphic verse.
Shahjahan Begum
Shah Jahan Begum GCSI CI was the Begum (ruler) of the princely state of Bhopal in central India for two periods: 1844–60 (with her mother acting as regent), and during 1868–1901.