List of Ecuadorian women writers

A

• Carmen Acevedo Vega, poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist
• Elysa Ayala, short story writer, painter

  B

• Ana Cecilia Blum, novelist, journalist
• Veronica Bonilla, prolific children's writer, publishes in Spanish and English
• Rosa Borja de Ycaza, playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, feminist
• Aminta Buenaño, short story writer, journalist, politician

  C

• Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante, novelist, poet, journalist, suffragist, feminist
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro, poet, critic, essayist, educator
• Luz Argentina Chiriboga Afro-Ecuadorian essayist, poet, novelist
• Mary Corylé, journalist, poet
• Alicia Yánez Cossío, poet, novelist, journalist

  E

• Ileana Espinel, poet, journalist, magazine editor
• Jenny Estrada, historian, biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist

  G

• Karina Galvez, Ecuadorian-American poet, writes in Spanish and English

  H

• Yanna Hadatty, short story writer, essayist

  I

• Edna Iturralde, acclaimed children's writer

  L

• Alba Isabel Lamar Erazo, artist, educator, pedagogical theorist, poet, fiction, and non-fiction
• Violeta Luna, poet, novelist, essayist, critic, educator

  M

• Nela Martínez, politician, activist, poet, short story writer

  R

• Cristina Reyes, poet, lawyer, and politician
• Sonia Romo Verdesoto, poet, author of Ternura del aire
• Lupe Rumazo, essayist, short story writer, novelist

  T

• Doménica Tabacchi, politician, journalist

  U

• Zoila Ugarte de Landívar, journalist, magazine editor, suffragist, feminist

  V

• Dolores Veintimilla, poet
• Marieta de Veintimilla, first lady, non-fiction writer
• Raquel Verdesoto, poet, biographer, feminist
• Eugenia Viteri, novelist, anthologist, teacher