Lalleshwari (a.k.a. Lalla، Lal Ded or Lal Arifa) (1320–1392)، mystic and poet؛ creator of the mystic poetry called vatsun، the earliest compositions in the اللغة الكشميرية
Małgorzata Musierowicz (ولدت عام 1945)، كاتبة بولندية، author of many stories and novels for children and teenagers
Małgorzata Rejmer (ولدت عام 1985)، Polish novelist and short story writer
Mâliâraq Vebæk (1917–2012)، Greenlandic translator، ethnographer and novelist
Malorie Blackman (ولدت عام 1962)، Barbadian-born English author of literature and television drama for children and young adults؛ Noughts & Crosses series
Mary Oppen (1908–1990)، American activist، artist، photographer، poet and writer
Mary Pix (1666–1709)، روائية إنجليزية and playwright
Mary Prince (c. 1788 – after 1833)، Bermuda-born writer of the first account of the life an enslaved black woman to be published in the UK، The History of Mary Prince (1831)