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List of romantic novelists

This is a list of novelists who specialise or specialised in romantic fiction.

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A

Shana Abe
Audra Adams
Rochelle Alers
Trisha Alexander
Victoria Alexander
Jeanne Allan
Charlotte Vale Allen
Catherine Alliott
Rosalyn Alsobrook
Susan Amarillas
Susan Andersen
Catherine Anderson
Lyn Andrews
Amanda Ashley
Jane Austen, (1775-1817)
Anne Avery
Susan Aylworth

B

Louise Bagshawe
Anne Baker
Jeanette Baker
Madeline Baker
Faith Baldwin
Rebecca Baldwin
Karen A. Bale
Mary Balogh
Elaine Barbieri
Anne Barbour
Zoe Barnes
Jill Barnett
Maria Barrett
Victoria Barrett
Mary Lynn Baxter
Sally Beauman
Rexanne Becnel
Angela Benson
Elizabeth Bevarly
Jo Beverley
Cheryl Biggs
Maeve Binchy
Charlotte Bingham
Rosanne Bittner
Jennifer Blake
Emma Blair
Cheryl Bolen
Jane Bonander
Pat Booth
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Rebecca Brandewyne
Barbara Bretton
Annette Broadrick
Connie Brockway
Anne Brontė, (1820-1849)
Charlotte Brontė, (1816-1855)
Emily Brontė, (1818-1848)
Margaret Brownley
Sandra Brown
Elizabeth Buchan
Anita Burgh
Eve Byron

C

Linda Cajio
June Calvin
Stella Cameron
Candace Camp
Marsha Canham
Sally Carleen
Emily Carmichael
Susan Carroll
Robyn Carr
Barbara Cartland, (1901-2000)
Linda Castle
Linda L. Chaikin
Loretta Chase
Marion Chesney
Maureen Child
Zita Christian
Sue Civil-Brown
Daphne Clair
Casey Claybourne
Victoria Clayton
Elaine Coffman
Catrin Collier
Jackie Collins
Marita Conlon-McKenna
Susan Connell
Catherine Cookson
Inglath Cooper
Jilly Cooper
Lori Copeland
Catherine R. Coulter
Debra Cowan
Josephine Cox
Emma Craig
Jasmine Cresswell
Millie Criswell
Elaine Crowley

D

Janet Dailey
Ruth Jean Dale
Emma Darcy
Iris Rainer Dart
Geralyn Dawson
Saranne Dawson
Claire Delacroix
Barbara Delinsky
Jude Deveraux
Jacqueline Diamond
Margaret Dickinson
Debra Dier
Debra Dixon
Christina Dodd
Denise Domning
Robyn Donald
Carole Nelson Douglas
Shannon Drake
Daphne Du Maurier, (1907-1989)
Alice Duncan
Carola Dunn
Lois Faye Dyer

E

Kathleen Eagle
Margot Early
Rosemary Edghill
Cassie Edwards
Julie Ellis
Suzanne Enoch
Susan Ericksen
Barbara Erskine
Leslie Esdaile
Quinn Taylor Evans
Corinne Everett
Jean R. Ewing

F

Barbara Faith
Jane Feather
Marie Ferrarella
Amy Fetzer
Katie Fforde
Joy Fielding
Carol Finch
Connie Flynn
Olivia Fontayne
Helen Forrester
Gwynne Forster
Suzanne Forster
Roz Denny Fox
LeeLinda Francis
Barbara Freethy

G

Diana Gabaldon
Eve Gaddy
Patricia Gaffney
Elizabeth Gage
Dorothy Garlock
Juliana Garnett
Julie Garwood
Catherine George
Tess Gerritsen
Paula Tanner Girard
Eileen Goudge
Judith Gould
Iris Gower
Elizabeth Graham
Heather Graham
Tracy Grant
Patricia Grasso
Elizabeth Grayson
Leigh Greenwood
Charlotte Grey

H

Ruth Hamilton
Karen Harbaugh
Danelle Harmon
Kathleen Harrington
Caroline Harvey
Cynthia Haseloff
Robin Lee Hatcher
Sally Tyler Hayes
Christiane Heggan
Jane Heller
Shirl Henke
Virginia Henley
Candice Hern
Norah Hess
Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
Brenda Hiatt
Donna Hill
Grace Livingston Hill
Sandra Hill
Metsy Hingle
Martha Hix
Tami Hoag
Joan Hohl
Stef Ann Holm
Victoria Holt (also known as Eleanor Hibbert, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr), (1906-1993)
Kay Hooper
Audrey Howard
Linda Howard
Hannah Howell
Meg Hutchinson

I

Sharon Ihle
Judith Ivory

J

Lisa Jackson
Anna Jacobs
Samantha James
Miranda Jarrett
Sabrina Jeffries
Susan Johnson
Joan Johnston
Marti Jones
Joan Jonker
Penny Jordan
Brenda Joyce

K

Andrea Kane
Kathleen Kane
Mandalyn Kaye
Karen Kay
Susan Kearney
Cathy Kelly
Sharon Kendrick
Lena Kennedy
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lynn Kerstan
Katherine Kingsley
Susan King
Beryl Kingston
Martha Kirkland
Sandra Kitt
Lois Kleinsasser
Lisa Kleypas
Judith Krantz
Jayne Ann Krentz (also known as Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle)
Susan Krinard
Lynn Kurland
Kristen Kyle

L

Linda Ladd
Arnette Lamb
Charlotte Lamb
Jill Marie Landis
Allison Lane
Ruth Langan
Ruth Ryan Langan
Judith A. Lansdowne
Stephanie Laurens
Susan LawKay
Edith Layton
Day Leclaire
Linda Francis Lee
Maureen Lee
Miranda Lee
Vivian Leiber
Ana Leigh
Judith Lennox
Linda Lewis
Susan Lewis
Susan Leslie Liepitz
Freda Lightfoot
Johanna Lindsey
Merline Lovelace
Elizabeth Lowell
Janet Lynnford

M

Debbie Macomber
Susan Mallery
Jill Mansell
Elizabeth Mansfield
Kathy Marks
Kat Martin
Sandra Marton
Connie Mason
Anne Mather
Curtiss Ann Matlock
Laura Matthews
Patricia Maxwell
Pam McCutcheon
May McGoldrick
Meagan McKinney
Jenna McKnight
Barbara McMahon
Judith McNaught
Teresa Medeiros
Emma Merritt
Judith Michael
Barbara Michaels
Fern Michaels
Kasey Michaels
Leigh Michaels
Linda Lael Miller
Helen Mittermeyer
Stephanie Mittman
Julie Moffett
Karyn Monk
Carole Mortimer
Doris Mortman
Vella Munn

N

Betty Neels
Carla Neggers
Hilary Norman
Hailey North

O

Constance O'Day-Flannery
Elisabeth Ogilvie
Janette Oke
Patricia Oliver
Gilda O'Neill
Alice Orr
Ruth Owen

P

Lynda Page
Catherine Palmer
Diana Palmer
Marilyn Pappano
Adele Parks
Delia Parr
Susan Paul
Lesley Pearse
Jane Peart
Judith Pella
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Stobie Piel
Rosamunde Pilcher, (born 1924)
Belva Plain
Candice Poarch
Margaret Evans Porter
Heather Graham Pozzessere
Mary Jo Putney

Q

Amanda Quick (also known as Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle)
Julia Quinn

R

Sheila Rabe
Alexandra Raife
Elvi Rhodes
Patricia Rice
Emilie Richards
Nancy Richards-Akers
Nora Roberts
Gina Robins
Suzanne Robinson
Marylyle Rogers
Rebecca Rosenblat
Renee Roszel
Taylor Ryan

S

Patty Salier
Susan Sallis
Barbara Samuel
Jeanne Savery
Meryl Sawyer
Patricia Scanlan
Robin Schone
Sharon Schulze
Alicia Scott
Amanda Scott
Theresa Scott
Anya Seton, (1906-1990)
June Lund Shiplett
Rebecca Sinclair
Christina Skye
Bertrice Small
Barbara Dawson Smith
Deborah Smith
Karen Rose Smith
Maris Soule
Lavyrle Spencer
Mary Spencer
Mary Jane Staples
Danielle Steel, (born 1947)
Sally Steward
Mariah Stewart
Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
Jessica Stirling
Katherine Stone
Deb Stover
Katherine Sutcliffe
Madge Swindells

T

Janelle Taylor
Shelly Thacker
Rosie Thomas
Elizabeth Thornton
Margaret Thornton
Aimee Thurlo
Louise Titchener
Jane Toombs

U

V

Lisa Ann Verge
Patricia Veryan
Cynthia Victor

W

Elizabeth Walker
Pamela Wallace
Pat Warren
Kathleen Webb
Theresa Weir
Susan Wiggs
Jennifer Wilde
Eileen Wilks
Marcia Willett
Dee Williams
Penelope Williamson
Rachel Wilson
Ruth Wind
Kathleen Winsor (1919-2003)
Joan Wolf
Barbara Wood
Patricia Wynn

X

Y

Rebecca York

Z

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