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

T

• Hilary Tham (1946–2005), Malaysian-American poet, memoirist, short story writer

Y

• Felicia Yap, bestselling mystery novelist

Z

• Dina Zaman (1969), short story writer, essayist, columnist