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.

A

• Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1960s)
• Lauren K. Alleyne (b. 1979)
• Barbara Assoon (1929–2020)

B

• Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016)
• Dionne Brand (b. 1953)
• Cheryl Byron (c. 1947–2003)

C

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

E

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

G

• R. S. A. Garcia (living)
• Beatrice Greig (b. 1869)
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

H

• Merle Hodge (b. 1944)

J

• Barbara Jenkins (living)
• Amryl Johnson (1944–2001)
• Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)

M

• Dionyse McTair (b. 1950)
• Emilie Maresse-Paul (1838–1900)
• Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell^[1] (living)
• Olga Maynard (1913–1994).
• Shani Mootoo (b. 1957)

N

• Elizabeth Nunez (living)

P

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

R

• Jennifer Rahim (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

References

External links

• "Writers", The Best of Trinidad and Tobago.