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List of Malaysian women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Malaysia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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B

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  • Fatimah Busu (born 1943), novelist, short story writer, critic, educator

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  • 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

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  • Shamini Flint, bestselling mystery novelist of the Inspector Singh series.

G

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  • Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), Malaysian-born British actress, novelist, playwright

H

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  • Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, poet
  • Ho Sok Fong, Malaysian Chinese short story writer

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K

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L

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M

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  • Rani Manicka, since 2003, best selling novelist
  • Salmi Manja, pen name of Saleha binti Abdul Rashid (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist

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

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Z

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

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