This is a list of women writers who were born in Malaysia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
Suriani Abdullah (1924–2013), historian, memoirist
Adibah Amin (born 1936), novelist, playwright, columnist, translator
Wani Ardy (born 1984), poet, songwriter
Che Husna Azhari (born 1955), short story writer, educator
B
Fatimah Busu (born 1943), novelist, short story writer, critic, educator
C
Bernice Chauly, artist, photographer, poet, novelist, organiser of Georgetown Literary Festival for a number of years. YZ Chin, novelist Zen Cho (born 1986), bestselling fantasy novelist and short story writer Yangsze Choo, fourth generation Malaysian writer, of Chinese descent, best-selling international novelist. Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943), English-language novelist
F
Shamini Flint, bestselling mystery novelist of the Inspector Singh series.
G
Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright
H
Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet Ho Sok Fong, Malaysian Chinese short story writer ik
I
Siti Zainon Ismail (born 1949), novelist, short story writer, poet, educator
J
Khasnor Johan, historian, since 1974: non-fiction writer
K
Shih-Li Kow (born 1968), short story writer
L
Margaret Lim (1947-2011), children's writer
M
Rani Manicka, since 2003, best selling novelist
Salmi Manja, pen name of Saleha binti Abdul Rashid (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
S
Anis Sabirin, short story writer and essayist
Preeta Samarasan, since early 2000s, English-language short story writer, novelist Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), poet, photographer