diff --git a/dataclass_csv/dataclass_writer.py b/dataclass_csv/dataclass_writer.py
index fdcbb52..bb82d59 100644
--- a/dataclass_csv/dataclass_writer.py
+++ b/dataclass_csv/dataclass_writer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import csv
 import dataclasses
-from typing import Type, Dict, Any, List
+from typing import Type, Dict, Any, Iterable
 from .header_mapper import HeaderMapper
 
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class DataclassWriter:
     def __init__(
         self,
         f: Any,
-        data: List[Any],
+        data: Iterable,
         cls: Type[object],
         dialect: str = "excel",
         **fmtparams: Dict[str, Any],
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ def __init__(
         if not f:
             raise ValueError("The f argument is required")
 
-        if not isinstance(data, list):
-            raise ValueError("Invalid 'data' argument. It must be a list")
+        try:
+            iter(data)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid 'data' argument. It must be an iterable")
 
         if not dataclasses.is_dataclass(cls):
             raise ValueError("Invalid 'cls' argument. It must be a dataclass")
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ def write(self, skip_header: bool = False):
                 raise TypeError(
                     (
                         f"The item [{item}] is not an instance of "
-                        f"{self._cls.__name__}. All items on the list must be "
+                        f"{self._cls.__name__}. All items in the iterable must be "
                         "instances of the same type"
                     )
                 )
diff --git a/tests/test_dataclass_writer.py b/tests/test_dataclass_writer.py
index 4b54517..5972c26 100644
--- a/tests/test_dataclass_writer.py
+++ b/tests/test_dataclass_writer.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_invalid_file_value(tmpdir_factory):
         DataclassWriter(None, users, User)
 
 
-def test_with_data_not_a_list(tmpdir_factory):
+def test_with_data_not_an_iterable(tmpdir_factory):
     tempfile = tmpdir_factory.mktemp("data").join("user_001.csv")
 
     users = User(name="test", age=40)