Famous Female Authors: Women Who Changed the Literary World
Here is a list of women who succeeded as writers.
J. K. Rowling
Originally known as Joanne Rowling, she wrote under the pen name J. K. Rowling to hide her gender. She was born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England to a well-educated family. As a student, she was brilliant and got straight A’s in English and French A-levels (language based advanced level tests).![]() |
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Maya Angelou
Marguerite Anne Johnson (Maya Angelou) was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. She was a poet and civil rights, activist. Before entering the literary world she worked as a sex-worker, dancer, coordinator for the Southern Christian leadership conference and Journalist. This shows that her journey was not a cake walk.![]() |
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Agatha Christie
The queen of crime fiction, Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, Devon, England. In her autobiography, she stated that her childhood was very happy and she was surrounded by a number of independent women, as the factors contributing towards her career. Though she was born in a wealthy family, her journey was not quite plain. Prior to her first novel “The Mysterious Affairs at Styles” she was rejected six times.![]() |
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Jane Austen
Born in a small rural village in Hampshire, Jane Austen wrote six novels all of which are a huge hit. A little is known about her biography and family through the correspondence that occurred between her family members. She started writing poems ever since she was a child and is well known for her works “Sense and Sensibility” and “Pride and Prejudice”.![]() |
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The list doesn’t end here:
- Virginia Woolf
- Charlotte Brontë
- George Eliot
- Arundhati Roy
- Emily Brontë
- Doris Lessing
- Sylvia Plath
- Enid Blyton
And still many more have had their share of success in the literary world.
Written by
Indu Mithra Madhuranthakam
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