Netta Syrett (17 March 1865 – 15 December 1943) was an English writer of the late Victorian period whose novels featured New Woman protagonists.

She was one of five daughters (of thirteen children) born to silk merchant Ernest Syrett (d.1906) and Mary Ann, née Stembridge (d.1923) and the niece of writer Grant Allen.

[3][5] Syrett's first novel, Nobody's Fault (1896), was published by The Bodley Head in their Keynotes series.

Her writing and teaching careers coincided until 1902, when her play The Finding of Nancy received negative attention after Clement Scott, writing for The Daily Telegraph (9 May 1902), insinuated that the play was thinly disguised autobiography.

Syrett was asked to resign her teaching position after a student's mother read Scott's review.