- Jessica Abel
- Marguerite Abouet
- Laura Allred
- Ancco (Choi Gyeong-jin)
- Moyoco Anno
- Yasuko Aoike
- Hiromu Arakawa
- Kyoko Ariyoshi
- Lynda Barry
- Alison Bechdel
- Gabrielle Bell
- Hannah Berry
- Joyce Brabner
- Claire Bretécher
- Nell Brinkley
- Jenny Butterworth
- Barbara Canepa
- Purita Campos
- Catel
- Roz Chast
- CLAMP
- Julie Doucet
- Joanna Rubin Dranger
- Debbie Drechsler
- Maryse Dubuc
- Marie Duval
- Joyce Farmer
- Anke Feuchtenberger
- Shary Flenniken
- Melinda Gebbie
- Francesca Ghermandi
- Gabriella Giandelli
- The Giussani Sisters
- Phoebe Gloeckner
- Dominique Goblet
- Pia Guerra
- Moto Hagio
- Machiko Hasegawa
- Joanna Hellgren
- Yumiko Igarashi
- Riyoko Ikeda
- Tove Jansson
- Lynn Johnston
- Miriam Katin
- Kerascoët (husband-and-wife team; Marie Pommepuy)
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Fumiyo Kōno
- Isabel Kreitz
- Carol Lay
- Elaine Lee
- Simone Lia
- Ulli Lust
- Cathy Malkasian
- Marley
- Sandra Marrs
- Mirka Martini
- Carla Speed McNeil
- Linda Medley
- Dale Messick
- Tarpé Mills
- Suzue Miuchi
- Kyoko Mizuki
- Junko Mizuno
- Rutu Modan
- Chantal Montellier
- Kiriko Nananan
- Tomoko Ninomiya
- Diane Noomin
- Reiko Okano
- Miné Okubo
- Natsume Ono
- Jackie Ormes
- Yumiko Ōshima
- Hee Jung Park
- Gladys Parker
- Amruta Patil
- Wendy Pini
- Charlotte Salomon
- Laurie Sandell
- Marjane Satrapi
- Ariel Schrag
- Dori Seda
- Posy Simmonds
- Hinako Sugiura
- Carol Swain
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Natsuki Takaya
- Keiko Takemiya
- Naoko Takeuchi
- Jillian Tamaki
- Mariko Tamaki
- Pat Tourret
- Mary Tourtel
- Carol Tyler
- Shungicu Uchida
- Chica Umino
- Yuki Urushibara
- Amanda Vähämäki
- Judith Vanistendael
- Vanyda
- Lynn Varley
- Nikoline Werdelin
- Kate Worley
- Ryoko Yamagishi
- Belle Yang
- Ai Yazawa
- Akimi Yoshida
- Fumi Yoshinaga
782
pages
The Ladies of ''1001 Comics to Read Before You Die''
