English women children's writers

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

English author (1897–1968)

English singer and actress

English children's writer

English novelist

English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)

British vlogger

British artist (1846-1901)

English fiction writer (1900-1984)

English writer, editor (1823–1901)

English novelist (1916–2014)

English novelist (1925-2012)

English children's writer (1903-1992)

author, editor; (1741-1810); married, in 1762, James Trimmer, of Brentford

English author and dramatist (1787–1855)

British children's writer (1973-)

English short-story writer and novelist (1890–1969)

British author

English author, cook, former model

British author, Children's Laureate

British writer

British children's author (1895–1986)

British feminist historian and poet (1781-1864)

British suffragist (1869-1955)

English television presenter, model and author

English writer (1905–1991)

author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and My Uncle is a Hunkle

British writer (1820–1897)

British artist and children's writer

British novelist and children's writer (1928–2025)

English children's writer and illustrator (1927–2022)

British writer and novelist (1915-1992)

English novelist and illustrator (1910–1988)

British cartoonist and writer

British children's writer

English children's writer and illustrator (1950–2017)

English children's writer (1868-1947)

British writer and actress

British author

English children's writer and TV scriptwriter (1934–2005)

English children's writer

British writer (1832–1911)

American writer

English novelist, poet, playwright, writer (1758–1852)

English writer (1790–1883)

British writer best known for children's books (1943–2006)

British writer (1843–1923)

English children's writer and illustrator (1942–2017)

British actress (1920-2000)

British children's writer

British writer (1812–1880)

English debutante, wife of Ghanian politician Joe Appiah (1921-2006)

English children's illustrator and writer

novelist

British writer, editor

British writer

British socialite, fashion model, author, and television personality (1969–2018)

British novelist, children's writer, and scriptwriter

British children's writer

English writer (1884-1976)