List of romantic novelists 199989 223381455 2008-07-03T20:52:28Z E-romance 3456499 /* D */ {{Dynamic list}} ± This is a list of published [[novelist]]s who specialise or specialised in writing [[romance novels]]. __NOTOC__ [[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#Q|Q]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#X|X]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]] ''See also:'' [[Lists of authors]] If you add any authors to this list, please also consider adding them to the [[List of authors|A-Z list of authors]]. ===A=== * [[Laura Abbot]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Shana Abé]]<ref name=2006rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2006 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2006&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> * [[Cherry Adair]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Jennie Adams]] * [[Cecilia Ahern]] * [[Michele Albert]] * [[Rochelle Alers]]<ref name=2003rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2003 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2003&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2003}}</ref> * [[Trisha Alexander]] * [[Victoria Alexander]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Jo Ann Algermissen]] * [[Kate Allan]] * [[Charlotte Vale Allen]], ({{birth date and age|1941|01|19|mf=y}}) * [[Harper Allen]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Heather Allison]] * [[Elizabeth Amber]] * [[Elissa Ambrose]] * [[Karen Anders]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees>{{citation|title=Romantic Times 2003 Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=2003|publisher=Romantic Times|date=2003|accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref> * [[Jessica Andersen]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee>{{citation|title=Romantic Times 2004 Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=2004|accessdate=2007-11-14}}</ref> * [[Susan Andersen]]<ref name=2002rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2002 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2002&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2002}}</ref> * [[Caroline Anderson]] * [[Catherine Anderson]],<ref name=2004rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2004 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2004&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> ([[1947]]) * [[Barbara Andrews]] * [[Lucilla Andrews]], ({{birth date|1919|11|21|mf=y}}-{{death date and age|2006|10|03|1919|11|21|mf=y}}) * [[Laura Anthony]] (pen name of Lori Wilde) * [[Catherine Archer]], ([[Aug 17]]-) * [[Catherine Archibald]], ([[Aug 17]]-) * [[Lindsay Armstrong]] * [[Judith Arnold]],<ref name=rtrc2005nominee>{{citation|title=Romantic Times 2005 Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=2005|accessdate=2007-11-14}}</ref> ([[Apr 7]]-) * [[Jane Ashford]], ({{birth date and age|1948|08|20|mf=y}}) * [[Jacqueline Ashley]] * [[Dawn Atkins]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Jane Austen]], ({{birth date|1775|12|16|mf=y}}-{{death date and age|1817|07|18|1775|12|16|mf=y}}) * [[Anne Avery]], ([[1938]]-) ===B=== * [[Anne Baker]] * [[Jacqueline Baird]] * [[Faith Baldwin]], ([[Oct 1]], [[1893]]-[[Mar 18]], [[1978]]) * [[Kathleen Baldwin (novelist)|Kathleen Baldwin]] * [[Donna Ball]], ([[1951]]-) * [[Mary Balogh]]<ref name=1993rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1992-1993|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1994}}</ref> * [[Leanne Banks]],<ref name=1996rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1996 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=1996&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1996}}</ref> ([[May 14]]-) * [[Jill Barnett]]<ref name=1999rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1999 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=1999&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1999}}</ref> * [[Jean Barrett]] * [[Allie Bates]] * [[Lisette Belisle]] * [[Sally Beauman]],<ref name=1990rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1989-1990 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1989-1990|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1990}}</ref> ([[1944]]-) * [[Jayne Bentley]], ([[Mar 28]], [[1948]]-) * [[Ariel Berk]], ([[Apr 7]]-) * [[Gloria Bevan]] * [[Elizabeth Bevarly]]<ref name=1999rtwinners/> * [[Jo Beverley]],<ref name=ritawinners>{{cite web|publisher=[[Romance Writers of America]]|title=RITA Awards: Past Winners|date=July 2007|url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners|accessdate=2007-11-08}}</ref> ([[Sep 22]], [[1947]]-) * [[Helen Bianchin]],<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> ([[Feb 20]]-) * [[Janet Bieber]] * [[Maeve Binchy]],<ref name=1989rtwinners/> ([[May 28]], [[1940]]-) * [[Charlotte Bingham]], ([[Jun 29]], [[1942]]-) * [[Jessica Bird]]<ref name=ritawinners/> (also known as [[J. R. Ward]]) * [[Claudia Bishop]], ([[1945]]-) * [[Jackie Black]] * [[Jenna Black]] * [[Terri Blackstock]], ([[Dec 7]], [[1975]]-) * [[Andrea Blake]] * [[Ally Blake]] * [[Jennifer Blake]],<ref name=rwalifetime/> ([[1942]]-) * [[Emma Blair]] * [[Diana Blayne]], ([[Dec 11]], [[1946]]-) * [[Annalee Blysse]] * [[Donna Boyd]], ([[1951]]-) * [[Carla Bracale]] * [[Barbara Taylor Bradford]],<ref name=2006rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|Title=Romantic Times 2006 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2006&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> ([[May 10]], [[1933]]-) * [[Taylor Brady]], ([[1951]]-) * [[Kylie Brant]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Kate Bridges]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[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]],<ref name=1992rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1991-1992Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1991-1992|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1992}}</ref> ([[Nov 26]], [[1940]]-) * [[Anne Brock]] * [[Suzanne Brockmann]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Connie Brockway]],<ref name=ritawinners/> ([[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]],<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> ([[1950]]-) * [[Sandra Brown]],<ref name=rwalifetime>{{cite web|publisher=[[Romance Writers of America]]|title=Past Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award|date=July 2007|url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/lifetime_achievement/past_recipients|accessdate=2007-11-08}}</ref> ([[Mar 12]], [[1948]]-) * [[Amanda Browning]] * [[Diana Browning]] * [[Dixie Browning]], ([[Sep 9]], [[1930]]-) * [[Noreen Brownlie]], ([[1949]]-) * [[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]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Marsha Canham]]<ref name=1998rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1998 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=1998&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1998}}</ref> * [[Ann Carberry]], ([[Sep 28]], [[1951]]-) * [[Donna Carlisle]], ([[1951]]-) * [[Liz Carlyle]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[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)<ref name=laceydancer/> * [[Tori Carrington]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Susan Carroll]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Barbara Cartland]], ([[Jul 9]], [[1901]]-[[May 21]], [[2000]]) * [[Rosemary Carter]] * [[Carla Cassidy]]<ref name=1997rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1997 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=1997&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1997}}</ref> * [[Jayne Castle]],<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> ([[Mar 28]], [[1948]]-) * [[Jackie Casto]] * [[Sara Chance]] (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sydney Ann Clary)<ref name=laceydancer>{{citation|title=Author Profile: Sara Chance|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=1129|accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref> * [[Lauryn Chandler]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Marie Charles]], ([[Mar 28]]-) * [[Loretta Chase]],<ref name=ritawinners/> ([[1949]]-) * [[Marion Chesney]], ([[1936]]-) * [[Maureen Child]],<ref name=2000rtwinners/> ([[Sep 28]], [[1951]]-) * [[Lisa Childs]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Sue Civil-Brown]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2006 Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=2006|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> * [[Daphne Clair]], ([[1939]]-) * [[Sydney Ann Clary]] (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sara Chance)<ref name=laceydancer/> * [[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 (writer)|Carla Cook]] * [[Catherine Cookson]], ([[Jun 27]], [[1906]]-[[Jun 11]], [[1998]]) * [[Jilly Cooper]], ([[Feb 21]], [[1937]]-) * [[Lori Copeland]],<ref name=2002rtwinners/> ([[Jun 12]]-) * [[Susan Coppula]] * [[Catherine Coulter]]<ref name=1989rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1988-1989 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1988-1989|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1989}}</ref> ([[Dec 26]], [[1942]]-) * [[Caroline Courtney]] * [[Josephine Cox]], ([[1938]]-) * [[Sara Craven]], ([[1938]]-) * [[Jasmine Cresswell]], ([[1941]]-) * [[Millie Criswell]],<ref name=1996rtwinners/> ([[Mar 26]]-) * [[Linda Crockett]] * [[Tanya Anne Crosby]], ([[Jun 5]]-) * [[Jennifer Crusie]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Katy Currie]], ([[Dec 11]], [[1946]]-) ===D=== * [[Portia Da Costa]] * [[Janet Dailey]],<ref name=rwalifetime/> ([[May 21]], [[1944]]-) * [[Claudia Dain]] * [[Ruth Jean Dale]], ([[1942]]-) * [[Jacquie D'Alessandro]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Cami Dalton]] * [[Margot Dalton]] * [[Barbara Daly]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Jordan Dane]], ([[1953]]-) * [[Lacey Dancer]]<ref name=1996rtwinners/> * [[B.J. Daniels]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Emma Darcy]],<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> ([[Nov 28]]-) * [[Lilian Darcy]],<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> ([[Feb 14]]-) * [[Iris Rainer Dart]] * [[Mons Daveson]] * [[Trisha David]] * [[Carolyn Davidson]] * [[MaryJanice Davidson]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Geralyn Dawson]]<ref name=1997rtwinners/> * [[Saranne Dawson]] * [[Sylvia Day]], ([[Mar 11]], [[1973]]-) * [[Daphne de Jong]], ([[1939]]-) * [[Connie Deka]] * [[Barbara Delinsky]],<ref name=2006rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|Title=Romantic Times 2006 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2006&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> ([[Aug 9]], [[1945]]-) * [[Jude Deveraux]],<ref name=2000rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2000 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2000}}</ref> ([[Sep 20]], [[1947]]-) * [[Jacqueline Diamond]],<ref name=2001rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2001 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2001&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2001}}</ref> ([[1949]]-) * [[Christina Dodd]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Robyn Donald]], ([[1940]]-) * [[Sara Donati]],<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> ([[1956]]-) * [[Jane Donnelly]] * [[Carole Nelson Douglas]]<ref name=1996rtwinners/> * [[Billie Douglass]], ([[Aug 9]], [[1945]]-) * [[Zoe Dozier]], ([[Sep 09]], [[1930]]-) * [[Bonnie Drake]], ([[Aug 9]], [[1945]]-) * [[Shannon Drake]],<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> ([[Mar 15]]-) * [[Jennifer Drew]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Daphne du Maurier]], ([[May 13]], [[1907]]-[[Apr 19]], [[1989]]) * [[Elizabeth Duke (author)| Elizabeth Duke]] * [[Judith Duncan]]<ref name=1991rtwinners/> * [[Carola Dunn]], ([[Nov 14]], [[1946]]-) * [[Lee Duran]] ===E=== * [[Kathleen Eagle]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Margot Early]], ([[Jun 6]], [[1964]]-) * [[Mignon G. Eberhart]], ([[Jul 6]], [[1899]]-[[Oct 8]], [[1966]]) * [[Dorothy Eden]], (1912 - 1982) * [[Rosemary Edghill]], ([[1956]]-) * [[Cassie Edwards]]<ref name=1987rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1986-1987 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1986-1987|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1987}}</ref> * [[Robin Elliott]] * [[Mary Tate Engels]] * [[Suzanne Enoch]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Lynn Erickson]] * [[Patricia Ernst]], ([[Jul 1]], [[1927]]-[[Dec 7]], [[2006]]-) * [[Leslie Esdaile Banks|Leslie Esdaile]],<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> ([[Dec 11]]-) * [[Rita Clay Estrada]]<ref name=rwalifetime/> * [[Janet Evanovich]],<ref name=2003rtwinners/> ([[Apr 22]], [[1943]]-) ===F=== * [[Barbara Faith]] * [[Colleen Faulkner]] * [[Jane Feather]],<ref name=2000rtwinners/> ([[1945]]-) * [[Christine Feehan]]<ref name=2003rtwinners/> * [[Marie Ferrarella]],<ref name=ritawinners/> ([[Mar 28]]-) * [[Gina Ferris]], ([[Dec 20]]-) * [[Katie Fforde]] * [[Sandra Field]] * [[Liz Fielding]],<ref name=ritawinners/> ([[Jun 1]]-) * [[Rebecca Flanders]],<ref name=1994rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1993-1994 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1993-1994|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1994}}</ref> ([[1951]]-) * [[Gaelen Foley]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Helen Forrester]], ([[1919]]) * [[Lori Foster]],<ref name=2005rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2005 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2005&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> ([[Nov 14]]) * [[Natalie Fox]] * [[Alison Fraser]] * [[Thea Frederick]], ([[Apr 7]]) ===G=== * [[Diana Gabaldon]],<ref name=ritawinners/> ([[Jan 11]], [[1952]]-) * [[Patricia Gaffney]] * [[Abby Gaines]] * [[Shane Bolks|Shana Galen]] (AKA [[Shane Bolks]]) * [[Rita Gallagher]], (-[[2004]]) * [[Clarissa Garland]], ([[1939]]-) * [[Dorothy Garlock]],<ref name=1996rtwinners/> ([[1942]]-) * [[Julie Garwood]],<ref name=ritawinners/> ([[1946]]-) * [[Diane Gaston]]<ref name=ritawinners/> (also known as Diane Perkins) * [[Catherine George]] * [[Tess Gerritsen]],<ref name=ritawinners/> (June [[1953]]-) * [[Rachel Gibson (writer)|Rachel Gibson]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Amanda Glass]], ([[Mar 28]], [[1948]]) * [[Ruth Glick]], ([[1942]]-) * [[Elinor Glyn]], ([[Oct 17]], [[1864]]-[[Sep 23]], [[1943]]) * [[Kristi Gold]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Emma Goldrick]], ([[Feb 7]]-) * [[Sergeanne Golon]], ([[1921]]-) * [[Diana Gordon]], ([[Nov 21]], [[1919]]-[[Oct 3]], [[2006]]) * [[Lucy Gordon]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Judith Gould]] * [[Iris Gower]] * [[Carol Grace]], ([[Sep 11]], [[1924]]-[[Jul 20]], [[2003]]) * [[Heather Graham (author)|Heather Graham]],<ref name=rwalifetime/> ([[Mar 15]]-) * [[Lynne Graham]],<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> ([[Jul 30]]-) * [[Jeanne Grant]] * [[Susan Grant]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Vanessa Grant]] * [[Patricia Grasso]] * [[Grace Green]] * [[Jennifer Greene]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[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]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Kristin Hannah]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Barbara Hannay]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Elizabeth Habersham]] * [[Sarah Hardesty]] * [[Laura Hardy]] * [[Madeline Harper]] * [[Lisa Harris]] * [[Elizabeth Harrison]] * [[Carrie Hart]] * [[Jessica Hart]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Sarah Hart]] * [[Caroline Harvey]] * [[Kathryn Harvey]] * [[Diana Haviland]] * [[Karen Hawkins]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Beth Henderson]] * [[Shirl Henke]]<ref name=1998rtwinners/> * [[Virginia Henley]]<ref name=1995rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1995 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=1995&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1995}}</ref> * [[Georgette Heyer]], ([[1902]]-[[1974]]) * [[Brenda Hiatt]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Lydia Hitchcock]] * [[Grace Livingston Hill]] * [[Tami Hoag]]<ref name=2006rtwinners/> * [[Kate Hoffmann]]<ref name=2003rtwinners/> * [[Joan Hohl]]<ref name=1987rtwinners/> * [[Sheila Holland]] * [[Emma Holly]] * [[Kate Holmes]] * [[Victoria Holt]] (also known as [[Eleanor Hibbert]], [[Jean Plaidy]], [[Philippa Carr]]), ([[1906]]-[[1993]])<ref name=rwalifetime/> * [[Kay Hooper]]<ref name=2000rtwinners/> * [[Linda Howard]]<ref name=rwalifetime/> (also known as Linda S. Howington) * [[Stephanie Howard]] * [[Hannah Howell]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Anna Hudson]] * [[Callie Hugher]] * [[Cally Hughes]] * [[Charlotte Hughes]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Karen Hughes (writer)|Karen Hughes]] * [[Jena Hunt]] * [[Jillian Hunter]]<ref name=1998rtwinners/> * [[Jackie Hyman]] ===I=== * [[Judith Ivory]]<ref name=ritawinners/> ===J=== * [[Brenda Jackson]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Lisa Jackson]] * [[Anna Jacobs]] * [[Michele Jaffe]] * [[Anna James]] * [[Eloisa James]]<ref name=2005rtwinners/> * [[Kristin James]] * [[Susan James]] * [[Stephanie James]] * [[Vanessa James]] * [[Claudia Jameson]] * [[Kelly Jamison]] * [[Miranda Jarrett]] * [[Sabrina Jeffries]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Michelle Jerott]] * [[Iris Johansen]]<ref name=1999rtwinners/> * [[Sabrina Johnson]] * [[Susan Johnson]]<ref name=1991rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1990-1991 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1990-1991|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1992}}</ref> * [[Joan Johnston]]<ref name=1989rtwinners/> * [[Linda O. Johnston]] * [[Annie Jones]] * [[Jan Jones]] * [[Laura Jordan]] * [[Nicole Jordan]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Penny Jordan]]<ref name=2003rtwinners/> * [[B.D. Joyce]] * [[Brenda Joyce]]<ref name=2006rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|Title=Romantic Times 2006 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2006&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=2006}}</ref> * [[Janet Joyce]] * [[Jenna Lee Joyce]] ===K=== * [[Andrea Kane]] * [[Kathleen Kane]] * [[Alex Kava]] * [[Patricia Kay]] * [[Karen Kay]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Corey Keaton]] * [[Kathleen Kellow]] * [[Carla Kelly]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Nancy Kelly]] * [[Sharon Kendrick]] * [[Lena Kennedy]] * [[Julie Kenner]] * [[Madeleine Ker]] * [[Cory Kenyon]] * [[Sherrilyn Kenyon]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Flora Kidd]] * [[Susan King (novelist)|Susan King]]<ref name=1998rtwinners/> * [[Maggie Kingsley]] * [[Laura Kinsale]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Alexandra Kirk]] * [[Sandra Kitt]]<ref name=1999rtwinners/> * [[Lisa Kleypas]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Rosanne Kohake]] * [[Betina Krahn]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Amanda Kramer]] * [[Judith Krantz]] * [[Jayne Ann Krentz]]<ref name=rwalifetime/> (also known as [[Amanda Quick]], [[Jayne Castle]]) * [[Susan Krinard]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Lynn Kurland]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Susan Kyle]] ===L=== * [[Patricia Lake]] * [[Rozella Lake]] * [[Arnette Lamb]]<ref name=1994rtwinners/> * [[Charlotte Lamb]] * [[Alice Elinor Lambert]] * [[Elizabeth Lambert]] * [[Sheila Lancaster]] * [[Ruth Langan]] * [[Jill Marie Landis]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Connie Lane]] * [[Elizabeth Lane]] * [[Roumelia Lane]] * [[Stephanie Laurens]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Constance Laux]] * [[Kathy Lawrence]] * [[Kim Lawrence]] * [[Day Leclaire]]<ref name=1997rtwinners/> * [[Jane LeCompte]] * [[Miranda Lee]] * [[Rachel Lee]]<ref name=2001rtwinners/> * [[Roberta Leigh]] * [[Marion Lennox]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Laura Leone]] * [[Julie Elizabeth Leto]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Linda Lewis]] * [[Marjorie Lewty]] * [[Rachel Lindsay]] * [[Johanna Lindsey]]<ref name=1994rtwinners/> * [[Cathie Linz]]<ref name=1992rtwinners/> * [[Rosina Lippi]] * [[Caren Lissner]] * [[Cait Logan]] * [[Cait London]]<ref name=1991rtwinners/> * [[Julia London]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Claire Lorel]] * [[Amii Lorin]] * [[Emilie Loring]] * [[Elizabeth Lowell]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Mary Lyons]] ===M=== * [[Heather MacAllister]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Kinley MacGregor]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Allie Mackay]] * [[Jan MacLean]] * [[Debbie Macomber]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Ann Major]] * [[Susan Mallery]]<ref name=2006rtwinners/> * [[Anne Mallory]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[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]]<ref name=1998rtwinners/> * [[Laura Martin]] * [[Sandra Marton]]<ref name=1999rtwinners/> * [[Kasey Marx]] * [[Connie Mason]]<ref name=1994rtwinners/> * [[Jessica Massey]] * [[Anne Mather]] (also known as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming) * [[Laura Matthews]] * [[Patricia Matthews]] * [[A.E. Maxwell]] * [[Mary Maxwell]] * [[Patricia Maxwell]]<ref name=rwalifetime/> * [[Margaret Mayo]] * [[Anne McAllister]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Laurie McBain]] * [[Mary McBride]] * [[Susanne McCarthy]] * [[Barbara McCauley]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[May McGoldrick]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Tate McKenna]] * [[Meagan McKinney]]<ref name=1989rtwinners/> * [[Rena McLeary]] * [[Barbara McMahon]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Judith McNaught]]<ref name=1991rtwinners/> * [[Teresa Medeiros]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Susan Meier]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Jackie Merritt]] * [[Judith Michael]] * [[Marie Michael]] * [[Barbara Michaels]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Fern Michaels]] * [[Leigh Michaels]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Julie Miller]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Linda Lael Miller]]<ref name=1997rtwinners/> * [[Sarah Mlynowski]] * [[Nicole Mones]] * [[Karen Marie Moning]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Karyn Monk]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Carolyn Monroe]] * [[Jill Monroe]] * [[Margaret Moore]] * [[Mary Moore]] * [[Rachel Moore]] * [[Peggy Moreland]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Hunter Morgan]] * [[Raye Morgan]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Wendy Morgan]] * [[Peggy Morse]] * [[Carole Mortimer]] * [[Annabel Murray]] ===N=== * [[Susan Naiper]] * [[Betty Neels]] * [[Deborah Nicholas]] * [[Marie Nicole]] * [[Freya North]] ===O=== * [[Constance O'Day-Flannery]]<ref name=1993rtwinners/> * [[Elisabeth Ogilvie]] * [[Janette Oke]] * [[Elizabeth Oldfield]] * [[Margaret O'Neill]] * [[Kathy Orr (writer)|Kathy Orr]] * [[Ruth Owen]] ===P=== * [[Lynda Page]] * [[Rebecca Paisley]]<ref name=1993rtwinners/> * [[Susan Kyle|Diana Palmer]]<ref name=1993rtwinners/> * [[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]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> (also known as Diane Gaston) * [[Carly Phillips]] * [[Dorothy Phillips]] * [[Johanna Phillips]] * [[Susan Elizabeth Phillips]]<ref name=ritawinners/><ref name=rwalifetime/> * [[Joan Elliott Pickart]] * [[Rosamunde Pilcher]],<ref name=athitakis>{{citation | last = Athitakis | first = Mark | title = A Romance Glossary | newspaper = SF Weekly | date = [[July 25]], [[2001]] | url =http://www.sfweekly.com/2001-07-25/news/a-romance-glossary/ | accessdate = 2007-04-23}}</ref> (born [[1924]]) * [[Suzy Pizzuti]] * [[Belva Plain]]<ref name=athitakis/> * [[Patricia Ponder]] * [[Jane Porter]] * [[Elizabeth Power]] * [[Heather Graham Pozzessere]] * [[Evadne Price]] * [[Mary Jo Putney]]<ref name=ritawinners/> ===Q=== * [[Carol Queen]] * [[Amanda Quick]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> (also known as [[Jayne Ann Krentz]], [[Jayne Castle]]) * [[Julia Quinn]]<ref name=ritawinners/> ===R=== * [[Karen Ranney]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Jaclyn Reding]] * [[Grace Reid]] * [[Michelle Reid]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Laura Resnick]]<ref name=1989rtwinners/> * [[Elvi Rhodes]] * [[Luanne Rice]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Emilie Richards]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Serena Richards]] * [[Emma Richmond]] * [[Christie Ridgway]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Judith Merkle Riley]]<ref name=1999rtwinners/> * [[Christine Rimmer]] * [[Francine Rivers]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Karen Robards]]<ref name=2006rtwinners/> * [[J.D. Robb]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[JoAnn Robb]] * [[JoAnn Robbins]] * [[Nora Roberts]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Paula Roberts]] * [[Patricia Robertson]] * [[Suzanne Robinson]] * [[Pam Rock]] * [[Rosemary Rogers]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Kristine Rolofson]] * [[Jeanne Rose]] * [[JoAnn Ross]]<ref name=1999rtwinners/> * [[Kathryn Ross]] * [[Renee Roszel]] * [[Ann Roth]] * [[Rosamond Royal]] * [[Nan Ryan]]<ref name=2001rtwinners/> * [[Nancy Henderson Ryan]] * [[Patricia Burford Ryan|Patricia Ryan]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Rachel Ryan (author)|Rachel Ryan]] ===S=== * [[Lynsay Sands]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Robin Schone]] * [[Alicia Scott]] * [[Janey Scott]] * [[Alexandra Sellers]]<ref name=2000rtwinners/> * [[Anya Seton]], ([[1906]]-[[1990]]) * [[Jill Shalvis]]<ref name=2003rtwinners/> * [[Maggie Shayne]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Jill Sheldon]] * [[Suzanne Sherrill]] * [[Valerie Sherwood]] * [[Anita Shreve]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Rebecca Sinclair]] * [[Susan Sizemore]]<ref name=2005rtwinners/> * [[Christina Skye]]<ref name=1997rtwinners/> * [[Bertrice Small]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Lass Small]]<ref name=1989rtwinners/> * [[Barbara Dawson Smith]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Joan Smith]] * [[Karen Rose Smith]] * [[Alexandra Sokoloff]] * [[Teresa Southwick]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[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]],<ref name=rwalifetime/> (born [[1916]]) * [[Katherine Stone]] * [[Anne Stuart]]<ref name=ritawinners/><ref name=rwalifetime/><ref name=2005rtwinners/> * [[Katherine Sutcliffe]]<ref name=2000rtwinners/> * [[Kari Sutherland]] * [[Shanna Swendson]] ===T=== * [[Janelle Taylor]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Jayne Taylor]] * [[Jennifer Taylor (writer)|Jennifer Taylor]] * [[Corín Tellado]] * [[Cathy Gillen Thacker]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Joyce Thies]] * [[Diane Thomas]] * [[Jodi Thomas]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Rosie Thomas (writer)|Rosie Thomas]] * [[Kate Thompson (romantic novelist)|Kate Thompson]] * [[Vicki Lewis Thompson]]<ref name=2002rtwinners/> * [[Lucinda Thorne]] * [[Elizabeth Thornton]]<ref name=1988rtwinners>{{citation|newspaper=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 1987-1988 Career Achievement Award Winners|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1987-1988|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=1988}}</ref> * [[Kay Thorpe]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Jacqueline Topaz]] * [[Elizabeth Trehearne]] * [[Adriana Trigiani]] ===U=== ===V=== * [[Karen Van der Zee]] * [[Mona Van Wieren]]<ref name=ritawinners/> ===W=== * [[Tina Wainscott]] * [[Elizabeth Walker]] * [[Kate Walker]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Pamela Wallace]] * [[Vivienne Wallington]] * [[J. R. Ward]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> (also known as Jessica Bird) * [[Linda Warren]] * [[Nancy Warren]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Pat Warren]] * [[Wendy Warren]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Shannon Waverly]] * [[Margaret Way]] * [[Joanna Wayne]] * [[Anne Weale]] * [[Carrie Weaver]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Ingrid Weaver]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Debra Webb]]<ref name=2006rtwinners/> * [[Peggy Webb]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Meredith Webber]] * [[Theresa Weir]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Sue-Ellen Welfonder]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Robin Wells]] * [[Kate Welsh]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Sally Wentworth]] * [[Sophie Weston]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> * [[Edith Wharton]] * [[Yvonne Whittal]] * [[Susan Wiggs]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Jane Wilby]] * [[Jennifer Wilde]] * [[Lori Wilde]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> (also writes as Laura Anthony) * [[Quinn Wilder]] * [[Gina Wilkins]] * [[Lee Wilkinson]] * [[Gina Ferris Wilkins]]<ref name=rtrc2003nominees/> * [[Eileen Wilks]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Bronwyn Williams]] * [[Cathy Williams]] * [[Penelope Williamson]]<ref name=ritawinners/> * [[Penn Williamson]] * [[Lauren Willig]] * [[Patricia Wilson]] * [[Kathleen Winsor]] ([[1919]]-[[2003]]) * [[Violet Winspear]] * [[Anne Marie Winston]] * [[Rebecca Winters]]<ref name=rtrc2005nominee/> * [[Linda Randall Wisdom]]<ref name=1997rtwinners/> * [[Joan Wolf]]<ref name=1997rtwinners/> * [[Barbara Wood]] * [[Sara Wood (novelist)|Sara Wood]] * [[Anne Woodard]] * [[Kathleen Woodiwiss]]<ref name=rwalifetime/> * [[Sherryl Woods]]<ref name=1994rtwinners/> * [[Victoria Woolf]] * [[Laura Wright (author)|Laura Wright]]<ref name=rtrc2004nominee/> * [[Melinda Wright]] * [[Laura Wylie]] * [[Trish Wylie]]<ref name=2006RTRCNominees/> ===X=== {{col-begin}} | width="45%" align="{{{align|left}}}" valign="{{{valign|top}}}" style="border:0"| | width="45%" align="{{{align|left}}}" valign="{{{valign|top}}}" style="border:0"| {{col-end}} ===Y=== * [[Jane Yardley]] * [[Frank Yerby]] * [[Rebecca York]]<ref name=2000rtwinners/> * [[Karen Young (author)|Karen Young]]<ref name=ritawinners/> ===Z=== * [[Mia Zachary]] * [[Carolyn Zane]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Romantic fiction writers| ]] [[Category:Lists of novelists by genre|Romantic novelists]]