21st-century women novelists

Zimbabwean author and filmmaker

Sudanese writer and playwright

Macedonian writer

Latvian writer (1969-2026)

Ghanaian-born fiction writer

Moroccan writer (1950–)

Surinamese novelist

Chadian writer and diplomat

Cape Verdean poet, human rights activist, government minister and politician

Ukrainian writer

Italian writer

Iranian novelist (1977-2014)

Ecuadorian writer

Ugandan writer British Novelist, short story writer

Barbadian novelist and sociologist of religion

Djiboutian novelist

Nigerien teacher, writer and journalist

Italian writer

Palestinian visual artist

Afghan novelist and screenplay writer

Kenyan novelist, Peace Studies and Conflict Management researcher, cultural advocate and arts curator

Algerian academic

Guyanese writer

Uruguayan author

Togolese writer

Cameroonian writer

comorian writer

Uruguayan lawyer, teacher, and writer

Paraguayan poet and novelist

South African writer

Ecuadorian writer

Sudanese journalist and fiction writer

English-writing author in Thailand