List of romantic novelists
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± This is a list of published novelists who specialise or specialised in writing romance novels.
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A
- Christina Abbey
- Hailey Abbott
- Laura Abbot[1]
- Shana Abé[2]
- Cherry Adair[3]
- Jennie Adams
- Cecelia Ahern
- Michele Albert
- Rochelle Alers[4]
- Kate Alexander, (1927)
- Trisha Alexander
- Victoria Alexander[5]
- Jo Ann Algermissen
- Kate Allan
- Barbara Allen
- Charlotte Vale Allen, (January 19, 1941 (1941-01-19) (age 71))
- Harper Allen[6]
- Heather Allison
- Rokaya Al-Shehmani
- Elizabeth Amber
- Karen Anders[1]
- Jessica Andersen[5]
- Susan Andersen[7]
- Caroline Anderson
- Catherine Anderson,[8] (1947)
- Barbara Andrews
- Lucilla Andrews, (November 21, 1919(1919-11-21)-October 3, 2006(2006-10-03) (aged 86))
- Laura Anthony (pen name of Lori Wilde)
- Jane Arbor
- Catherine Archer, (August 17-)
- Jennifer Archer
- Catherine Archibald, (August 17-)
- Lindsay Armstrong
- Tilly Armstrong, (1927)
- Judith Arnold,[3] (April 7-)
- Jane Ashford, (August 20, 1948 (1948-08-20) (age 63))
- Jacqueline Ashley
- Dawn Atkins[3]
- Jane Austen, (December 16, 1775(1775-12-16)-July 18, 1817(1817-07-18) (aged 41))
- Anne Avery, (1938-)
B
- Jacqueline Baird
- Anne Baker
- Faith Baldwin, (Oct 1, 1893-Mar 18, 1978)
- Kathleen Baldwin
- Donna Ball, (1951-)
- Mary Balogh[9]
- Leanne Banks,[10] (May 14-)
- Jill Barnett[11]
- Jean Barrett
- Susan Barrie
- Allie Bates
- Jane Beaufort
- Lisette Belisle
- Marguerite Bell
- Sally Beauman,[12] (1944-)
- Jayne Bentley, (Mar 28, 1948-)
- Ariel Berk, (Apr 7-)
- Elizabeth Bevarly[11]
- Jo Beverley,[13] (Sep 22, 1947-)
- Helen Bianchin,[6] (Feb 20-)
- Janet Bieber
- Maeve Binchy,[14] (May 28, 1940-)
- Charlotte Bingham, (Jun 29, 1942-)
- Jessica Bird[13] (also known as J. R. Ward)
- Claudia Bishop, (1945-)
- Jackie Black
- Jenna Black
- Terri Blackstock, (Dec 7, 1975-)
- Andrea Blake
- Ally Blake
- Jennifer Blake,[15] (1942-)
- Emma Blair
- Diana Blayne, (Dec 11, 1946-)
- Annalee Blysse
- Pat Booth
- Donna Boyd, (1951-)
- Carla Bracale
- Barbara Taylor Bradford,[2] (May 10, 1933-)
- Celeste Bradley
- Taylor Brady, (1951-)
- Rita Bradshaw, (1950-)
- Kylie Brant[1]
- Kate Bridges[1]
- 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,[16] (Nov 26, 1940-)
- Anne Brock
- Suzanne Brockmann[13]
- Connie Brockway,[13] (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,[6] (1950-)
- Sandra Brown,[15] (Mar 12, 1948-)
- Amanda Browning
- Diana Browning
- Dixie Browning, (Sep 9, 1930-)
- Niobia Bryant,
- Elizabeth Buchan
- Nancy Buckingham
- Mary Burchell
- Rose Burghley
- Eleanor Burford, (Sep 1, 1906-Jan 18, 1993)
- Pamela Burford, (Aug 9, 1954-)
- Nicole Burnham
- Beatrice Burton
- Rebecca Burton, (Feb 14, 1940-)
- Shirlee Busbee, (1941-)
- Adrienne Bryd
C
- Meg Cabot, (Feb 1, 1967-)
- Linda Cajio
- Hall Caine, (May 14, 1853-Aug 31, 1931)
- Candace Camp, (May 23, 1949-)
- Bethany Campbell[13]
- Marsha Canham[17]
- Ann Carberry, (Sep 28, 1951-)
- Donna Carlisle, (1951-)
- Liz Carlyle[13]
- 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)[18]
- Tori Carrington[5]
- Susan Carroll[13]
- Barbara Cartland, (Jul 9, 1901-May 21, 2000)
- Rosemary Carter
- Zoe Cass (b. 1916) (a pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
- Carla Cassidy[19]
- Jayne Castle,[6] (Mar 28, 1948-)
- Jackie Casto
- Clare Cavendish
- Diane Chamberlain
- Karen Chance
- Sara Chance (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sydney Ann Clary)[18]
- Lauryn Chandler[13]
- Anita Charles
- Marie Charles, (Mar 28-)
- Loretta Chase,[13] (1949-)
- Marion Chesney, (1936-)
- Denise Chesterton, (1897–1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- Maureen Child,[20] (Sep 28, 1951-)
- Lisa Childs[3]
- Sue Civil-Brown[6]
- Daphne Clair, (1939-)
- Sydney Ann Clary (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sara Chance)[18]
- Rita Clay
- Margaret Major Cleaves, (Feb 13-)
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson, (Dec 27, 1966-)
- Sheila Coates, (1937-Oct 8, 2000)
- Nicole Cody
- Jan Coffey
- Elaine Coffman, (Jun 19, 1942-)
- Jackie Collins, (Oct 4, 1937-)
- Phoebe Conn, (1941-)
- Helen Conrad, (Apr 11-)
- Carla Cook
- Kris Cook
- Catherine Cookson, (Jun 27, 1906-Jun 11, 1998)
- Jilly Cooper, (Feb 21, 1937-)
- Lori Copeland,[7] (Jun 12-)
- Susan Coppula
- Catherine Coulter[14] (Dec 26, 1942-)
- Caroline Courtney
- Josephine Cox, (1938-)
- Sara Craven, (1938-)
- Jasmine Cresswell, (1941-)
- Jill Christian (a pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
- Millie Criswell,[10] (Mar 26-)
- Linda Crockett
- Tanya Anne Crosby, (Jun 5-)
- Jennifer Crusie[13]
- Katy Currie, (Dec 11, 1946-)
D
- Janet Dailey,[15] (May 21, 1944-)
- Claudia Dain
- Ruth Jean Dale, (1942-)
- Jacquie D'Alessandro[6]
- Cami Dalton
- Margot Dalton
- Barbara Daly[13]
- Jordan Dane, (1953-)
- Lacey Dancer[10]
- B.J. Daniels[7]
- Emma Darcy,[6] (November 28-)
- Lilian Darcy,[3] (February 14-)
- Emmie Dark
- Iris Rainer Dart
- Trisha David
- Carolyn Davidson
- MaryJanice Davidson[3]
- Dyanne Davis
- Geralyn Dawson[19]
- Sylvia Day, (March 11, 1973-)
- Daphne de Jong, (1939-)
- Kit Dealtry, (1872–1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Connie Deka
- Barbara Delinsky,[2] (August 9, 1945-)
- Jude Deveraux,[20] (September 20, 1947-)
- Jacqueline Diamond,[21] (1949-)
- Christina Dodd[13]
- Robyn Donald, (1940-)
- Sara Donati,[5] (1956-)
- Jane Donnelly
- Carole Nelson Douglas[10]
- Billie Douglass, (August 9, 1945-)
- Zoe Dozier, (September 9, 1930-)
- Bonnie Drake, (August 9, 1945-)
- Shannon Drake,[6] (March 15-)
- Jennifer Drew[1]
- Daphne du Maurier, (May 13, 1907-April 19, 1989)
- Elizabeth Duke
- Judith Duncan[22]
- Carola Dunn, (November 14, 1946-)
- Lee Duran
E
- Kathleen Eagle[13]
- Margot Early, (June 6, 1964-)
- Mignon G. Eberhart, (July 6, 1899-October 8, 1966)
- Dorothy Eden, (1912–1982)
- Rosemary Edghill, (1956-)
- Cassie Edwards[23]
- Mary Tate Engels
- Suzanne Enoch[6]
- Lynn Erickson
- Patricia Ernst, (July 1, 1927-December 7, 2006-)
- Leslie Esdaile,[3] (December 11-)
- Rita Clay Estrada[15]
- Janet Evanovich,[4] (April 22, 1943-)
F
G
- Diana Gabaldon,[13] (January 11, 1952-)
- Patricia Gaffney
- Abby Gaines
- Shana Galen (AKA Shane Bolks)
- Rita Gallagher, (-2004)
- Clarissa Garland, (1939-)
- Dorothy Garlock,[10] (1942-)
- Julie Garwood,[13] (1946-)
- Diane Gaston[13] (also known as Diane Perkins)
- Tess Gerritsen,[13] (June 1953-)
- Rachel Gibson[13]
- Seressia Glass
- Amanda Glass, (March 28, 1948)
- Ruth Glick, (1942-)
- Elinor Glyn, (October 17, 1864-September 23, 1943)
- Kristi Gold[6]
- Emma Goldrick, (February 7-)
- Sergeanne Golon, (1921-)
- Diana Gordon, (November 21, 1919-October 3, 2006)
- Lucy Gordon[13]
- Judith Gould
- Iris Gower
- Heather Graham,[15] (March 15-)
- Lynne Graham,[5] (July 30-)
- Brandy Grandberg
- Jeanne Grant
- Susan Grant[13]
- Vanessa Grant
- Patricia Grasso
- Harriet Gray
- Jennifer Greene[13]
- Tilly Greene
- Lisa Gregory, (May 23, 1949-)
- C. Groom, (1872–1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Clarice Groom, (1872–1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Kathleen Clarice Groom, (1872–1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Mrs. Sydney Groom, (1872–1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Annie Groves, (November 24, 1946-)
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