List of romantic novelists
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± This is a list of published [[novelist]]s who specialise or specialised in writing [[romance novels]].
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[[#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===
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===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]]