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List of romantic novelists
± This is a list of published novelists who specialise or specialised in writing romance novels.
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A
- Laura Abbot
- Shana Abé
- Cherry Adair
- Jennie Adams
- Cecilia Ahern
- Michele Albert
- Rochelle Alers
- Trisha Alexander
- Victoria Alexander
- Jo Ann Algermissen
- Kate Allan
- Charlotte Vale Allen, ()
- Harper Allen
- Heather Allison
- Elizabeth Amber
- Elissa Ambrose
- Karen Anders
- Jessica Andersen
- Susan Andersen
- Caroline Anderson
- Catherine Anderson, (1947)
- Barbara Andrews
- Lucilla Andrews, (-)
- Laura Anthony (pen name of Lori Wilde)
- Jane Arbor
- Catherine Archer, (Aug 17-)
- Catherine Archibald, (Aug 17-)
- Lindsay Armstrong
- Judith Arnold, (Apr 7-)
- Jane Ashford, ()
- Jacqueline Ashley
- Dawn Atkins
- Jane Austen, (-)
- Anne Avery, (1938-)
B
- Anne Baker
- Jacqueline Baird
- Faith Baldwin, (Oct 1, 1893-Mar 18, 1978)
- Kathleen Baldwin
- Donna Ball, (1951-)
- Mary Balogh
- Leanne Banks, (May 14-)
- Jill Barnett
- Jean Barrett
- Susan Barrie
- Allie Bates
- Jane Beaufort
- Lisette Belisle
- Marguerite Bell
- Sally Beauman, (1944-)
- Jayne Bentley, (Mar 28, 1948-)
- Ariel Berk, (Apr 7-)
- Gloria Bevan
- Elizabeth Bevarly
- Jo Beverley, (Sep 22, 1947-)
- Helen Bianchin, (Feb 20-)
- Janet Bieber
- Maeve Binchy, (May 28, 1940-)
- Charlotte Bingham, (Jun 29, 1942-)
- Jessica Bird (also known as J. R. Ward)
- Claudia Bishop, (1945-)
- Jackie Black
- Jenna Black
- Terri Blackstock, (Dec 7, 1975-)
- Andrea Blake
- Ally Blake
- Jennifer Blake, (1942-)
- Emma Blair
- Diana Blayne, (Dec 11, 1946-)
- Annalee Blysse
- Donna Boyd, (1951-)
- Carla Bracale
- Barbara Taylor Bradford, (May 10, 1933-)
- Celeste Bradley
- Taylor Brady, (1951-)
- Kylie Brant
- Kate Bridges
- Laurey Bright, (1939-)
- P.A. Brisco, (Jul 1, 1927-Dec 7, 2006)
- Patty Brisco, (Jul 1, 1927-Dec 7, 2006)
- Leigh Bristol, (1951-)
- Annette Broadrick, (Nov 26, 1940-)
- Anne Brock
- Suzanne Brockmann
- Connie Brockway, (Dec 16, 1954-)
- Anne Brontë, (Jan 17, 1820-May 28, 1849)
- Charlotte Brontë, (Apr 21, 1816-Mar 31, 1855)
- Emily Brontë, (Jul 30, 1818-Dec 19, 1848)
- Helen Brooks, (1950-)
- Sandra Brown, (Mar 12, 1948-)
- Amanda Browning
- Diana Browning
- Dixie Browning, (Sep 9, 1930-)
- Noreen Brownlie, (1949-)
- Rose Burghley
- Eleanor Burford, (Sep 1, 1906-Jan 18, 1993)
- Pamela Burford, (Aug 9, 1954-)
- Rebecca Burton, (Feb 14, 1940-)
- Shirlee Busbee, (1941-)
C
- Meg Cabot, (Feb 1, 1967-)
- Hall Caine, (May 14, 1853-Aug 31, 1931)
- Candace Camp, (May 23, 1949-)
- Bethany Campbell
- Stella Cameron
- Marsha Canham
- Ann Carberry, (Sep 28, 1951-)
- Donna Carlisle, (1951-)
- Liz Carlyle
- Teresa Carpenter
- Philippa Carr, (Sep 1, 1906-Aug 18, 1993)
- Robyn Carr
- Sherry Carr (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sara Chance, and Sydney Ann Clary)
- Tori Carrington
- Susan Carroll
- Barbara Cartland, (Jul 9, 1901-May 21, 2000)
- Rosemary Carter
- Carla Cassidy
- Jayne Castle, (Mar 28, 1948-)
- Jackie Casto
- Michelle Celmer
- Sara Chance (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sydney Ann Clary)
- Lauryn Chandler
- Anita Charles
- Marie Charles, (Mar 28-)
- Loretta Chase, (1949-)
- Marion Chesney, (1936-)
- Maureen Child, (Sep 28, 1951-)
- Lisa Childs
- Sue Civil-Brown
- Daphne Clair, (1939-)
- Sydney Ann Clary (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sara Chance)
- Rita Clay
- Margaret Major Cleaves, (Feb 13-)
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson, (Dec 27, 1966-)
- Nicole Cody
- Jan Coffey
- Elaine Coffman, (Jun 19, 1942-)
- Jackie Collins, (Oct 4, 1937-)
- Phoebe Conn, (1941-)
- Helen Conrad, (Apr 11-)
- Carla Cook
- Catherine Cookson, (Jun 27, 1906-Jun 11, 1998)
- Jilly Cooper, (Feb 21, 1937-)
- Lori Copeland, (Jun 12-)
- Susan Coppula
- Catherine Coulter (Dec 26, 1942-)
- Caroline Courtney
- Josephine Cox, (1938-)
- Sara Craven, (1938-)
- Jasmine Cresswell, (1941-)
- Millie Criswell, (Mar 26-)
- Linda Crockett
- Tanya Anne Crosby, (Jun 5-)
- Jennifer Crusie
- Katy Currie, (Dec 11, 1946-)
D
- Portia Da Costa
- Janet Dailey, (May 21, 1944-)
- Claudia Dain
- Ruth Jean Dale, (1942-)
- Jacquie D'Alessandro
- Cami Dalton
- Margot Dalton
- Barbara Daly
- Jordan Dane, (1953-)
- Lacey Dancer
- B.J. Daniels
- Emma Darcy, (Nov 28-)
- Lilian Darcy, (Feb 14-)
- Iris Rainer Dart
- Mons Daveson
- Trisha David
- Carolyn Davidson
- MaryJanice Davidson
- Geralyn Dawson
- Saranne Dawson
- Sylvia Day, (Mar 11, 1973-)
- Daphne de Jong, (1939-)
- Connie Deka
- Barbara Delinsky, (Aug 9, 1945-)
- Jude Deveraux, (Sep 20, 1947-)
- Jacqueline Diamond, (1949-)
- Christina Dodd
- Robyn Donald, (1940-)
- Sara Donati, (1956-)
- Jane Donnelly
- Carole Nelson Douglas
- Billie Douglass, (Aug 9, 1945-)
- Zoe Dozier, (Sep 09, 1930-)
- Bonnie Drake, (Aug 9, 1945-)
- Shannon Drake, (Mar 15-)
- Jennifer Drew
- Daphne du Maurier, (May 13, 1907-Apr 19, 1989)
- Elizabeth Duke
- Judith Duncan
- Carola Dunn, (Nov 14, 1946-)
- Lee Duran
E
- Kathleen Eagle
- Margot Early, (Jun 6, 1964-)
- Mignon G. Eberhart, (Jul 6, 1899-Oct 8, 1966)
- Dorothy Eden, (1912 - 1982)
- Rosemary Edghill, (1956-)
- Cassie Edwards
- Robin Elliott
- Mary Tate Engels
- Suzanne Enoch
- Lynn Erickson
- Patricia Ernst, (Jul 1, 1927-Dec 7, 2006-)
- Leslie Esdaile, (Dec 11-)
- Rita Clay Estrada
- Janet Evanovich, (Apr 22, 1943-)
F
- Barbara Faith
- Colleen Faulkner
- Jane Feather, (1945-)
- Christine Feehan
- Marie Ferrarella, (Mar 28-)
- Gina Ferris, (Dec 20-)
- Amy J. Fetzer
- Katie Fforde
- Sandra Field
- Liz Fielding, (Jun 1-)
- Rebecca Flanders, (1951-)
- Donna Fletcher
- Gaelen Foley
- Helen Forrester, (1919)
- Lori Foster, (Nov 14)
- Natalie Fox
- Alison Fraser
- Thea Frederick, (Apr 7)
G
- Diana Gabaldon, (Jan 11, 1952-)
- Patricia Gaffney
- Abby Gaines
- Shana Galen (AKA Shane Bolks)
- Rita Gallagher, (-2004)
- Katherine Garbera
- Clarissa Garland, (1939-)
- Dorothy Garlock, (1942-)
- Julie Garwood, (1946-)
- Diane Gaston (also known as Diane Perkins)
- Catherine George
- Tess Gerritsen, (June 1953-)
- Rachel Gibson
- Amanda Glass, (Mar 28, 1948)
- Ruth Glick, (1942-)
- Elinor Glyn, (Oct 17, 1864-Sep 23, 1943)
- Kristi Gold
- Emma Goldrick, (Feb 7-)
- Sergeanne Golon, (1921-)
- Diana Gordon, (Nov 21, 1919-Oct 3, 2006)
- Lucy Gordon
- Judith Gould
- Iris Gower
- Carol Grace, (Sep 11, 1924-Jul 20, 2003)
- Heather Graham, (Mar 15-)
- Lynne Graham, (Jul 30-)
- Jeanne Grant
- Susan Grant
- Vanessa Grant
- Patricia Grasso
- Grace Green
- Jennifer Greene
- Tilly Greene
- Lisa Gregory, (May 23, 1949-)
- Annie Groves, (Nov 24, 1946-)
H
- Jocelyn Haley
- Steffie Hall
- Diana Hamilton
- Paula Hamilton
- Rosemary Hammond
- Anne Hampson
- Lori Handeland
- Kristin Hannah
- Barbara Hannay
- Elizabeth Habersham
- Sarah Hardesty
- Laura Hardy
- Madeline Harper
- Lisa Harris
- Elizabeth Harrison
- Carrie Hart
- Jessica Hart
- Sarah Hart
- Caroline Harvey
- Kathryn Harvey
- Diana Haviland
- Karen Hawkins
- Beth Henderson
- Shirl Henke
- Virginia Henley
- Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
- Brenda Hiatt
- Lydia Hitchcock
- Grace Livingston Hill
- Tami Hoag
- Kate Hoffmann
- Joan Hohl
- Sheila Holland
- Emma Holly
- Kate Holmes
- Cheryl Holt
- Victoria Holt (also known as Eleanor Hibbert, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr), (1906-1993)
- Kay Hooper
- Linda Howard (also known as Linda S. Howington)
- Stephanie Howard
- Hannah Howell
- Anna Hudson
- Callie Hugher
- Cally Hughes
- Charlotte Hughes
- Karen Hughes
- Jena Hunt
- Jillian Hunter
- Jackie Hyman
I
J
- Brenda Jackson
- Lisa Jackson
- Anna Jacobs
- Michele Jaffe
- Anna James
- Eloisa James
- Kristin James
- Samantha James (AKA Sandra James, Sandra Kleinschmit)
- Susan James
- Stephanie James
- Vanessa James
- Claudia Jameson
- Kelly Jamison
- Miranda Jarrett
- Sabrina Jeffries
- Michelle Jerott
- Iris Johansen
- Sabrina Johnson
- Susan Johnson
- Joan Johnston
- Linda O. Johnston
- Annie Jones
- Jan Jones
- Laura Jordan
- Nicole Jordan
- Penny Jordan
- Dara Joy
- B.D. Joyce
- Brenda Joyce
- Janet Joyce
- Jenna Lee Joyce
K
- Andrea Kane
- Kathleen Kane
- Donna Kauffman
- Alex Kava
- Patricia Kay
- Karen Kay
- Corey Keaton
- Kathleen Kellow
- Carla Kelly
- Nancy Kelly
- Sharon Kendrick
- Lena Kennedy
- Julie Kenner
- Pamela Kent
- Madeleine Ker
- Cory Kenyon
- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Flora Kidd
- Susan King
- Maggie Kingsley
- Laura Kinsale
- Alexandra Kirk
- Sandra Kitt
- Lisa Kleypas
- Angela Knight
- Rosanne Kohake
- Betina Krahn
- Amanda Kramer
- Judith Krantz
- Jayne Ann Krentz (also known as Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle)
- Susan Krinard
- Lynn Kurland
- Susan Kyle
L
- Patricia Lake
- Rozella Lake
- Arnette Lamb
- Charlotte Lamb
- Alice Elinor Lambert
- Elizabeth Lambert
- Sheila Lancaster
- Ruth Langan
- Jill Marie Landis
- Connie Lane
- Elizabeth Lane
- Roumelia Lane
- Stephanie Laurens
- Constance Laux
- Kathy Lawrence
- Kim Lawrence
- Day Leclaire
- Jane LeCompte
- Miranda Lee
- Rachel Lee
- Roberta Leigh
- Marion Lennox
- Laura Leone
- Julie Elizabeth Leto
- Linda Lewis
- Marjorie Lewty
- Rachel Lindsay
- Johanna Lindsey
- Cathie Linz
- Rosina Lippi
- Caren Lissner
- Cait Logan
- Cait London
- Julia London
- Claire Lorel
- Amii Lorin
- Emilie Loring
- Elizabeth Lowell
- Mary Lyons
M
- Heather MacAllister
- Kinley MacGregor
- Allie Mackay
- Jan MacLean
- Debbie Macomber
- Ann Major
- Susan Mallery
- Anne Mallory
- Raynetta Mañees
- Jill Mansell
- Joanna Mansell
- Jill March
- Joanna Marcus, (Nov 21, 1919-Oct 3, 2006)
- Deb Marlowe
- Katherine Marlowe
- Ellen Tanner Marsh
- Debra Marshall
- Paula Marshall
- Deborah Martin
- Gail Gaymer Martin
- Gail Z. Martin
- Kat Martin
- Laura Martin
- Sandra Marton
- Kasey Marx
- Connie Mason
- Jessica Massey
- Anne Mather (also known as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming)
- Laura Matthews
- Patricia Matthews
- A.E. Maxwell
- Mary Maxwell
- Patricia Maxwell
- Margaret Mayo
- Anne McAllister
- Laurie McBain
- Mary McBride
- Susanne McCarthy
- Barbara McCauley
- Sharron McClellan
- May McGoldrick
- Tate McKenna
- Meagan McKinney
- Rena McLeary
- Barbara McMahon
- Judith McNaught
- Teresa Medeiros
- Susan Meier
- Jackie Merritt
- Judith Michael
- Marie Michael
- Barbara Michaels
- Fern Michaels
- Leigh Michaels
- Julie Miller
- Linda Lael Miller
- Sarah Mlynowski
- Nicole Mones
- Karen Marie Moning
- Karyn Monk
- Carolyn Monroe
- Jill Monroe
- Margaret Moore
- Mary Moore
- Rachel Moore
- Peggy Moreland
- Hunter Morgan
- Raye Morgan
- Wendy Morgan
- Peggy Morse
- Carole Mortimer
- Annabel Murray
N
O
- Constance O'Day-Flannery
- Elisabeth Ogilvie
- Janette Oke
- Elizabeth Oldfield
- Margaret O'Neill
- Kathy Orr
- Ruth Owen
P
- Lynda Page
- Rebecca Paisley
- Diana Palmer
- Margaret Pargeter
- Adele Parks
- Delia Parr
- Valerie Parv
- Ann Patrick
- Lynn Patrick
- Maxine Patrick
- Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922-1998)
- Lilian Peake
- Judith Pella
- Diane Perkins (also known as Diane Gaston)
- Carly Phillips
- Dorothy Phillips
- Johanna Phillips
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Joan Elliott Pickart
- Rosamunde Pilcher, (born 1924)
- Caridad Pineiro (also known as Caridad Scordato)
- Suzy Pizzuti
- Belva Plain
- Ida Pollock
- Patricia Ponder
- Jane Porter
- Elizabeth Power
- Heather Graham Pozzessere
- Evadne Price
- Mary Jo Putney
Q
- Carol Queen
- Amanda Quick (also known as Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle)
- Julia Quinn
R
- Karen Ranney
- Jaclyn Reding
- Grace Reid
- Michelle Reid
- Laura Resnick
- Elvi Rhodes
- Luanne Rice
- Emilie Richards
- Serena Richards
- Emma Richmond
- Christie Ridgway
- Judith Merkle Riley
- Christine Rimmer
- Francine Rivers
- Karen Robards
- J.D. Robb
- JoAnn Robb
- JoAnn Robbins
- Nora Roberts
- Paula Roberts
- Patricia Robertson
- Suzanne Robinson
- Pam Rock
- Rosemary Rogers
- Kristine Rolofson
- Jeanne Rose
- JoAnn Ross
- Kathryn Ross
- Renee Roszel
- Ann Roth
- Barbara Rowan
- Rosamond Royal
- Nan Ryan
- Nancy Henderson Ryan
- Patricia Ryan
- Rachel Ryan
S
- Lynsay Sands
- Robin Schone
- Alicia Scott
- Janey Scott
- Alexandra Sellers
- Anya Seton, (1906-1990)
- Jill Shalvis
- Maggie Shayne
- Jill Sheldon
- Suzanne Sherrill
- Valerie Sherwood
- Anita Shreve
- Rebecca Sinclair
- Susan Sizemore
- Christina Skye
- Bertrice Small
- Lass Small
- Barbara Dawson Smith
- Joan Smith
- Karen Rose Smith
- Alexandra Sokoloff
- Teresa Southwick
- Nicholas Sparks
- LaVyrle Spencer
- Erin St. Claire
- Lael St. James (pen name of Linda Lael Miller)
- Danielle Steel, (born 1947)
- Jessica Steele
- Sharon Stephens
- Mariah Stewart
- Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
- Katherine Stone
- Anne Stuart
- Katherine Sutcliffe
- Kari Sutherland
- Shanna Swendson
T
- Janelle Taylor
- Jayne Taylor
- Jennifer Taylor
- Corín Tellado
- Cathy Gillen Thacker
- Joyce Thies
- Diane Thomas
- Jodi Thomas
- Rosie Thomas
- Kate Thompson
- Vicki Lewis Thompson
- Lucinda Thorne
- Elizabeth Thornton
- Kay Thorpe
- Jacqueline Topaz
- Elizabeth Trehearne
- Adriana Trigiani
U
V
W
- Tina Wainscott
- Elizabeth Walker
- Kate Walker
- Pamela Wallace
- Vivienne Wallington
- J. R. Ward (also known as Jessica Bird)
- Linda Warren
- Nancy Warren
- Pat Warren
- Wendy Warren
- Shannon Waverly
- Margaret Way
- Joanna Wayne
- Anne Weale
- Carrie Weaver
- Ingrid Weaver
- Debra Webb
- Peggy Webb
- Meredith Webber
- Theresa Weir
- Sue-Ellen Welfonder
- Robin Wells
- Kate Welsh
- Sally Wentworth
- Sophie Weston
- Edith Wharton
- Yvonne Whittal
- Mary Whistler
- Susan Wiggs
- Jane Wilby
- Jennifer Wilde
- Lori Wilde (also writes as Laura Anthony)
- Quinn Wilder
- Gina Wilkins
- Lee Wilkinson
- Gina Ferris Wilkins
- Eileen Wilks
- Bronwyn Williams
- Cathy Williams
- Penelope Williamson
- Penn Williamson
- Lauren Willig
- Patricia Wilson
- Kathleen Winsor (1919-2003)
- Violet Winspear
- Anne Marie Winston
- Rebecca Winters
- Linda Randall Wisdom
- Joan Wolf
- Barbara Wood
- Sara Wood
- Anne Woodard
- Kathleen Woodiwiss
- Sherryl Woods
- Victoria Woolf
- Laura Wright
- Melinda Wright
- Laura Wylie
- Trish Wylie
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