List of romantic novelists - Definition and Overview

This is a list of novelists who specialise or specialised in romantic fiction. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 Brontë, (1820-1849)
• Charlotte Brontë, (1816-1855)
• Emily Brontë, (1818-1848)
• Margaret Brownley
• Sandra Brown
• Elizabeth Buchan
• Anita Burgh
• Eve Byron

C

• Meg Cabot
• 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
• Jennifer Crusie

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
• Gaelen Foley
• 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
• Elinor Glyn, (1864-1943)
• 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
• Eloisa James
• 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

• Kinley MacGregor
• 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

See also: Lists of authors

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