List of Trinidad and Tobago women writers

This is a list of Trinidad and Tobago women writers, including women writers either from or associated with Trinidad and Tobago.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• See also

A

• Claire Adam (living)
• Lisa Allen-Agostini (b. 1960s)
• M. Jacqui Alexander (living)
• Lauren K. Alleyne (b. 1979)
• Barbara Assoon (1929–2020)
• Rhea-Simone Auguste (b. 1984)

B

• Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (living)
• Tracey Baptiste (b. 1972)
• Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016)
• Carole Boyce Davies (living)
• Dionne Brand (b. 1953)
• Cheryl Byron (c. 1947–2003)

C

• Vahni Capildeo (b. 1973)
• Michèle Pearson Clarke (b. 1973)
• Nicole Craig (b. 1974)

D

• Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978)

E

• Summer Edward (b. 1986)
• Ramabai Espinet (b. 1948)

G

• Ann Marie Ganness (living)
• R. S. A. Garcia (living)
• Molly Gaskin (b. 1941)
• Beatrice Greig (b. 1869)
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

H

• Merle Hodge (b. 1944)
• Magnolia Howell (b. 1993)

I

• Stacy-Marie Ishmael (living)

J

• Cynthia James (b. 1948)
• Barbara Jenkins (living)
• Amryl Johnson (1944–2001)
• Claudia Jones (1915–1964)
• Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
• Lynn Joseph (living)
• Rahanna Alicia Juman (living)

K

• Sylvia Kacal (1939–2003)

L

• Utrice Leid (b. c. 1953)

M

• Dionyse McTair (b. 1950)
• Emilie Maresse-Paul (1838–1900)
• Ira Mathur living)
• Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell^[1] (living)
• Olga Maynard (1913–1994)
• Kim Katrin Milan (b. 1984)
• Sharon Millar (living)
• Therese Mills (1928–2014)

• Patricia Mohammed (b. 1954)
• Shani Mootoo (b. 1957)

N

• Angelique Nixon (living)
• Elizabeth Nunez (1944–2024)

P

• Ingrid Persaud (living)
• Lakshmi Persaud (living)
• M. NourbeSe Philip (b. 1947)

R

• Jennifer Rahim (living)
• Shivanee Ramlochan (b. 1986)
• Kris Rampersad (living)
• Monique Roffey (b. 1965)

S

• Marina Salandy-Brown (living)
• Frances-Anne Solomon (b. 1966)
• Eintou Pearl Springer (b. 1944)

T

• Samantha Thornhill (living)

W

• Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (b. 1964)
• Maureen Warner-Lewis (b. 1943)

See also

• Trinidad and Tobago literature