Mariyka Pidhiryanka was a Ukrainian poet, best remembered for her children's poetry though she also wrote adult work on patriotic themes.

Mariz Kemal is an Erzya language poet, leader of the Erzya native religion celebration Rasken Ozk, and activist.

Marja Kubašec was a Sorbian writer who is considered by literary historians to be the first woman to write novels in Upper Sorbian. Working as a schoolteacher, she wrote theatre plays, short stories, biographies, and novels dealing with the history of the Sorbian people.

Marjabelle Young Stewart was an American writer and expert on etiquette.

Marja-Leena Mikkola is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1967.

Marjan Rožanc was a Slovenian author, playwright, and journalist. He is mostly known for his essays, and is considered one of the foremost essayists in Slovene, along with Ivan Cankar, Jože Javoršek, and Drago Jančar, and as a great master of style.

Marjana Michailowna Gaponenko is a German writer born in Odesa, Ukraine.

Marjane Satrapi is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation, the graphic novel Chicken with Plums, and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.

Marjorie Benton Cooke was an American monologist, playwright, and novelist. A specialist in comic dramatic sketches and light romantic fiction, she also wrote and performed monologues on suffragist issues.

Marjorie Boulton was a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto.