British women non-fiction writers

Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume series about a young wizard. Published from 1997 to 2007, the fantasy novels are the best-selling book series in history, with over 600 million copies sold. They have been translated into 84 languages and have spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.

Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

American author of Indian origin (born 1967)

British analytic philosopher

British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)

British writer and academic

essayist, penwoman, conspiracy theorist (1933-)

Israeli artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst (born 1948)

Ukrainian-born Jewish anarcho-syndicalist and feminist writer and activist

British midwife, anthropologist and activist (1929-2015)

British theologian

British journalist

Scottish poet, novelist, reformer (1843–1914)

British writer

Sudanese-born British writer and activist

British botanist, archaeologist and artist (1794-1881)

writer and founder of Gateway Network for childless women

British writer and Co-founder cubs 1916

Christian missionary in Central Asia (1878-1952)

British journalist, anime writer

noblewoman; British party planner and socialite; grandniece of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

British geographer (1958–2019)

British author, producer and historian

lecturer

British non-fiction writer

British literary critic and academic

British social reformer (c. 1850–1933)

British journalist

anarchist and birth control activist

British environmentalist

British feminist theorist

British biologist and geneticist