1. Famous Women Writers

2. Jane Austen 1775 -1817  Notable works:  Pride and Prejudice  Emma  Persuasion  Sense and Sensibility.  Northanger Abbey  Persuasion  Notable works:  Pride and Prejudice  Emma  Persuasion  Sense and Sensibility.  Northanger Abbey  Persuasion

3. Mary Shelley 1797 1851 Notable work:  Frankenstein Notable work:  Frankenstein

4. Charlotte Brontё (Currer Bell) 1816- 1855 Notable work:  Jane Eyre  Villette Notable work:  Jane Eyre  Villette

5. Emily Brontё (Ellis Bell) 1818 -1848  Notable work:  Wuthering Heights  Notable work:  Wuthering Heights

6. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819-1880 Notable works:  The Mill on the Floss  Silas Marner  Middlemarch  Daniel Deronda Notable works:  The Mill on the Floss  Silas Marner  Middlemarch  Daniel Deronda

7. Anne Brontё (Acton Bell) 1820- 1849 Notable work:  Agnes Grey Notable work:  Agnes Grey

8. Agatha Christie 1890 – 1976 Notable works:  The Mousetrap  Hercule Poirot Miss Marple  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.  Curtain  Ten Little Niggers  Witness for the Prosecution  Murder on the Orient Express  Death on the Nile  4.50 From Paddington Notable works:  The Mousetrap  Hercule Poirot Miss Marple  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.  Curtain  Ten Little Niggers  Witness for the Prosecution  Murder on the Orient Express  Death on the Nile  4.50 From Paddington

9. Barbara Cartland 1901- 2000 Notable works: wrote almost 700 books  Jigsaw  Theresa and a Tiger  Royal Punishment  Look With Love  Love in the Ritz Hotel Notable works: wrote almost 700 books  Jigsaw  Theresa and a Tiger  Royal Punishment  Look With Love  Love in the Ritz Hotel

10. Sue Townsend 1946 Notable works:  The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole  The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole  The True Confessions of Adrian Mole Notable works:  The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole  The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole  The True Confessions of Adrian Mole

11. Joanne Rowling 1965 Notable works:  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Notable works:  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows