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Alice Chetwynd Ley

British author primarily known for her historical romance novels

Tillie Olsen

American writer and activist

Nobuko Yoshiya

Japanese novelist known for her prolific career during the Taishō and Shōwa periods

May Crommelin

Irish author and traveller

Zofia Nałkowska

Distinguished Polish novelist, playwright, and essayist and political activist

Peruvian writer and feminist active in the early 20th-century feminist movement in South America and recognized for her contributions to Peruvian literature, particularly through her novels and essays.

Willa Cather

Pulitzer-winning American author known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian author best known for her series of novels beginning with “Anne of Green Gables,” published in 1908.

Magda Szabó

Hungarian writer, considered one of Hungary’s most celebrated literary figures, with her works translated into numerous languages. Szabó gained international fame primarily for her novels, although she also wrote poetry, essays, and plays.