Marija Jurić Zagorka

Last but not least, Marija Jurić Zagorka is one of the most important historical figures in Croatia. Croatian journalist, novelist, and playwright Marija Jurić Zagorka was also an author. She was one of Croatia's most celebrated writers and the country's first female journalist. Despite being a talented writer, she is a staunch supporter of women's rights.

Zagorka launched her publication, Zabavnik, in 1917. She also contributed pieces to the Jutarnji list. After that, she wrote most of the pieces for the first Croatian women's journal, "Womans' Paper," which had patriotic and feminist overtones, and published and edited it (1925–1938). In addition, Zagorka contributed to numerous other prestigious newspapers, such as Vijenac and Novi list, with his pieces. In 1936, she helped establish the Croatian Female Writers' Association.

Because women were still expected to stay at home and be housewives in those days, Zagorka was compelled to write anonymously and under aliases that concealed her gender. Although the precise number of her novels is unknown, it is believed that she produced 35 or so. The Witch of Gric (1995) and Malleus Maleficarum are two of her novels that are available in English, but none of her books have been translated into that language (1972). Although Zagorka's novel is a fictional story rather than a guide to witch hunting, the latter title is the same as the one of the "textbook" about finding witches which were published in 1486. There are 11 of her Croatian-language works in the Library of Congress.