List of romantic novelists

± This is a list of published novelists who specialise or specialised in writing romance novels.

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A

* Laura Abbot
* Shana Abécitation|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]
* Cherry Adair
* Jennie Adams
* Cecilia Ahern
* Michele Albert
* Rochelle Alerscitation|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]
* Trisha Alexander
* Victoria Alexander
* Jo Ann Algermissen
* Kate Allan
* Charlotte Vale Allen, (birth date and age|1941|01|19|mf=y)
* Harper Allen
* Heather Allison
* Elizabeth Amber
* Elissa Ambrose
* Karen Anderscitation|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]
* Jessica Andersencitation|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]
* Susan Andersencitation|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]
* Caroline Anderson
* Catherine Anderson,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] (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)
* Jane Arbor
* Catherine Archer, (Aug 17-)
* Catherine Archibald, (Aug 17-)
* Lindsay Armstrong
* Judith Arnold,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] (Apr 7-)
* Jane Ashford, (birth date and age|1948|08|20|mf=y)
* Jacqueline Ashley
* Dawn Atkins
* 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
* Donna Ball, (1951-)
* Mary Baloghcitation|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]
* Leanne Banks,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] (May 14-)
* Jill Barnettcitation|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]
* Jean Barrett
* Susan Barrie
* Allie Bates
* Jane Beaufort
* Lisette Belisle
* Marguerite Bell
* Sally Beauman,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] (1944-)
* Jayne Bentley, (Mar 28, 1948-)
* Ariel Berk, (Apr 7-)
* Gloria Bevan
* Elizabeth Bevarly
* Jo Beverley,cite web|publisher=Romance Writers of America|title=RITA Awards: Past Winners|month=July | year=2007|url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners|accessdate=2007-11-08] (Sep 22, 1947-)
* Helen Bianchin, (Feb 20-)
* Janet Bieber
* Maeve Binchy, (May 28, 1940-)
* Charlotte Bingham, (Jun 29, 1942-)
* Jessica Bird (also known as J. R. Ward)
* Claudia Bishop, (1945-)
* Jackie Black
* Jenna Black
* Terri Blackstock, (Dec 7, 1975-)
* Andrea Blake
* Ally Blake
* Jennifer Blake, (1942-)
* Emma Blair
* Diana Blayne, (Dec 11, 1946-)
* Annalee Blysse
* Donna Boyd, (1951-)
* Carla Bracale
* Barbara Taylor Bradford,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] (May 10, 1933-)
* Celeste Bradley
* Taylor Brady, (1951-)
* Kylie Brant
* Kate Bridges
* 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,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] (Nov 26, 1940-)
* Anne Brock
* Suzanne Brockmann
* Connie Brockway, (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, (1950-)
* Sandra Brown,cite web|publisher=Romance Writers of America|title=Past Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award|month=July | year=2007|url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/lifetime_achievement/past_recipients|accessdate=2007-11-08] (Mar 12, 1948-)
* Amanda Browning
* Diana Browning
* Dixie Browning, (Sep 9, 1930-)
* Noreen Brownlie, (1949-)
* Rose Burghley
* 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
* Stella Cameron
* Marsha Canhamcitation|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]
* Ann Carberry, (Sep 28, 1951-)
* Donna Carlisle, (1951-)
* Liz Carlyle
* 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)
* Tori Carrington
* Susan Carroll
* Barbara Cartland, (Jul 9, 1901-May 21, 2000)
* Rosemary Carter
* Carla Cassidycitation|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]
* Jayne Castle, (Mar 28, 1948-)
* Jackie Casto
* Michelle Celmer
* Sara Chance (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sydney Ann Clary)citation|title=Author Profile: Sara Chance|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=1129|accessdate=2007-11-20]
* Lauryn Chandler
* Anita Charles
* Marie Charles, (Mar 28-)
* Loretta Chase, (1949-)
* Marion Chesney, (1936-)
* Maureen Child, (Sep 28, 1951-)
* Lisa Childs
* Sue Civil-Browncitation|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]
* Daphne Clair, (1939-)
* Sydney Ann Clary (also known as Lacey Dancer, Sherry Carr, and Sara Chance)
* 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
* Catherine Cookson, (Jun 27, 1906-Jun 11, 1998)
* Jilly Cooper, (Feb 21, 1937-)
* Lori Copeland, (Jun 12-)
* Susan Coppula
* Catherine Coultercitation|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] (Dec 26, 1942-)
* Caroline Courtney
* Josephine Cox, (1938-)
* Sara Craven, (1938-)
* Jasmine Cresswell, (1941-)
* Millie Criswell, (Mar 26-)
* Linda Crockett
* Tanya Anne Crosby, (Jun 5-)
* Jennifer Crusie
* Katy Currie, (Dec 11, 1946-)

D

* Portia Da Costa
* Janet Dailey, (May 21, 1944-)
* Claudia Dain
* Ruth Jean Dale, (1942-)
* Jacquie D'Alessandro
* Cami Dalton
* Margot Dalton
* Barbara Daly
* Jordan Dane, (1953-)
* Lacey Dancer
* B.J. Daniels
* Emma Darcy, (Nov 28-)
* Lilian Darcy, (Feb 14-)
* Iris Rainer Dart
* Mons Daveson
* Trisha David
* Carolyn Davidson
* MaryJanice Davidson
* Geralyn Dawson
* Saranne Dawson
* Sylvia Day, (Mar 11, 1973-)
* Daphne de Jong, (1939-)
* Connie Deka
* Barbara Delinsky,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] (Aug 9, 1945-)
* Jude Deveraux,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] (Sep 20, 1947-)
* Jacqueline Diamond,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] (1949-)
* Christina Dodd
* Robyn Donald, (1940-)
* Sara Donati, (1956-)
* Jane Donnelly
* Carole Nelson Douglas
* Billie Douglass, (Aug 9, 1945-)
* Zoe Dozier, (Sep 09, 1930-)
* Bonnie Drake, (Aug 9, 1945-)
* Shannon Drake, (Mar 15-)
* Jennifer Drew
* Daphne du Maurier, (May 13, 1907-Apr 19, 1989)
* Elizabeth Duke
* Judith Duncan
* Carola Dunn, (Nov 14, 1946-)
* Lee Duran

E

* Kathleen Eagle
* Margot Early, (Jun 6, 1964-)
* Mignon G. Eberhart, (Jul 6, 1899-Oct 8, 1966)
* Dorothy Eden, (1912 - 1982)
* Rosemary Edghill, (1956-)
* Cassie Edwardscitation|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]
* Robin Elliott
* Mary Tate Engels
* Suzanne Enoch
* Lynn Erickson
* Patricia Ernst, (Jul 1, 1927-Dec 7, 2006-)
* Leslie Esdaile, (Dec 11-)
* Rita Clay Estrada
* Janet Evanovich, (Apr 22, 1943-)

F

* Barbara Faith
* Colleen Faulkner
* Jane Feather, (1945-)
* Christine Feehan
* Marie Ferrarella, (Mar 28-)
* Gina Ferris, (Dec 20-)
* Amy J. Fetzer
* Katie Fforde
* Sandra Field
* Liz Fielding, (Jun 1-)
* Rebecca Flanders,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] (1951-)
* Donna Fletcher
* Gaelen Foley
* Helen Forrester, (1919)
* Lori Foster,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] (Nov 14)
* Natalie Fox
* Alison Fraser
* Thea Frederick, (Apr 7)

G

* Diana Gabaldon, (Jan 11, 1952-)
* Patricia Gaffney
* Abby Gaines
* Shana Galen (AKA Shane Bolks)
* Rita Gallagher, (-2004)
* Katherine Garbera
* Clarissa Garland, (1939-)
* Dorothy Garlock, (1942-)
* Julie Garwood, (1946-)
* Diane Gaston (also known as Diane Perkins)
* Catherine George
* Tess Gerritsen, (June 1953-)
* Rachel Gibson
* Amanda Glass, (Mar 28, 1948)
* Ruth Glick, (1942-)
* Elinor Glyn, (Oct 17, 1864-Sep 23, 1943)
* Kristi Gold
* Emma Goldrick, (Feb 7-)
* Sergeanne Golon, (1921-)
* Diana Gordon, (Nov 21, 1919-Oct 3, 2006)
* Lucy Gordon
* Judith Gould
* Iris Gower
* Carol Grace, (Sep 11, 1924-Jul 20, 2003)
* Heather Graham, (Mar 15-)
* Lynne Graham, (Jul 30-)
* Jeanne Grant
* Susan Grant
* Vanessa Grant
* Patricia Grasso
* Grace Green
* Jennifer Greene
* 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
* Kristin Hannah
* Barbara Hannay
* Elizabeth Habersham
* Sarah Hardesty
* Laura Hardy
* Madeline Harper
* Lisa Harris
* Elizabeth Harrison
* Carrie Hart
* Jessica Hart
* Sarah Hart
* Caroline Harvey
* Kathryn Harvey
* Diana Haviland
* Karen Hawkins
* Beth Henderson
* Shirl Henke
* Virginia Henleycitation|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]
* Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
* Brenda Hiatt
* Lydia Hitchcock
* Grace Livingston Hill
* Tami Hoag
* Kate Hoffmann
* Joan Hohl
* Sheila Holland
* Emma Holly
* Kate Holmes
* Cheryl Holt
* Victoria Holt (also known as Eleanor Hibbert, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr), (1906-1993)
* Kay Hooper
* Linda Howard (also known as Linda S. Howington)
* Stephanie Howard
* Hannah Howell
* Anna Hudson
* Callie Hugher
* Cally Hughes
* Charlotte Hughes
* Karen Hughes
* Jena Hunt
* Jillian Hunter
* Jackie Hyman

I

* Averil Ives
* Judith Ivory

J

* Brenda Jackson
* Lisa Jackson
* Anna Jacobs
* Michele Jaffe
* Anna James
* Eloisa James
* Kristin James
* Samantha James (AKA Sandra James, Sandra Kleinschmit)
* Susan James
* Stephanie James
* Vanessa James
* Claudia Jameson
* Kelly Jamison
* Miranda Jarrett
* Sabrina Jeffries
* Michelle Jerott
* Iris Johansen
* Sabrina Johnson
* Susan Johnsoncitation|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]
* Joan Johnston
* Linda O. Johnston
* Annie Jones
* Jan Jones
* Laura Jordan
* Nicole Jordan
* Penny Jordan
* Dara Joy
* B.D. Joyce
* Brenda Joycecitation|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]
* Janet Joyce
* Jenna Lee Joyce

K

* Andrea Kane
* Kathleen Kane
* Donna Kauffman
* Alex Kava
* Patricia Kay
* Karen Kay
* Corey Keaton
* Kathleen Kellow
* Carla Kelly
* Nancy Kelly
* Sharon Kendrick
* Lena Kennedy
* Julie Kenner
* Pamela Kent
* Madeleine Ker
* Cory Kenyon
* Sherrilyn Kenyon
* Flora Kidd
* Susan King
* Maggie Kingsley
* Laura Kinsale
* Alexandra Kirk
* Sandra Kitt
* Lisa Kleypas
* Angela Knight
* Rosanne Kohake
* Betina Krahn
* Amanda Kramer
* Judith Krantz
* Jayne Ann Krentz (also known as Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle)
* Susan Krinard
* Lynn Kurland
* Susan Kyle

L

* Patricia Lake
* Rozella Lake
* Arnette Lamb
* Charlotte Lamb
* Alice Elinor Lambert
* Elizabeth Lambert
* Sheila Lancaster
* Ruth Langan
* Jill Marie Landis
* Connie Lane
* Elizabeth Lane
* Roumelia Lane
* Stephanie Laurens
* Constance Laux
* Kathy Lawrence
* Kim Lawrence
* Day Leclaire
* Jane LeCompte
* Miranda Lee
* Rachel Lee
* Roberta Leigh
* Marion Lennox
* Laura Leone
* Julie Elizabeth Leto
* Linda Lewis
* Marjorie Lewty
* Rachel Lindsay
* Johanna Lindsey
* Cathie Linz
* Rosina Lippi
* Caren Lissner
* Cait Logan
* Cait London
* Julia London
* Claire Lorel
* Amii Lorin
* Emilie Loring
* Elizabeth Lowell
* Mary Lyons

M

* Heather MacAllister
* Kinley MacGregor
* Allie Mackay
* Jan MacLean
* Debbie Macomber
* Ann Major
* Susan Mallery
* Anne Mallory
* 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
* Laura Martin
* Sandra Marton
* Kasey Marx
* Connie Mason
* Jessica Massey
* Anne Mather (also known as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming)
* Laura Matthews
* Patricia Matthews
* A.E. Maxwell
* Mary Maxwell
* Patricia Maxwell
* Margaret Mayo
* Anne McAllister
* Laurie McBain
* Mary McBride
* Susanne McCarthy
* Barbara McCauley
* Sharron McClellan
* May McGoldrick
* Tate McKenna
* Meagan McKinney
* Rena McLeary
* Barbara McMahon
* Judith McNaught
* Teresa Medeiros
* Susan Meier
* Jackie Merritt
* Judith Michael
* Marie Michael
* Barbara Michaels
* Fern Michaels
* Leigh Michaels
* Julie Miller
* Linda Lael Miller
* Sarah Mlynowski
* Nicole Mones
* Karen Marie Moning
* Karyn Monk
* Carolyn Monroe
* Jill Monroe
* Margaret Moore
* Mary Moore
* Rachel Moore
* Peggy Moreland
* Hunter Morgan
* Raye Morgan
* Wendy Morgan
* Peggy Morse
* Carole Mortimer
* Annabel Murray

N

* Susan Naiper
* Betty Neels
* Deborah Nicholas
* Marie Nicole
* Freya North

O

* Constance O'Day-Flannery
* Elisabeth Ogilvie
* Janette Oke
* Elizabeth Oldfield
* Margaret O'Neill
* Kathy Orr
* Ruth Owen

P

* Lynda Page
* Rebecca Paisley
* Diana Palmer
* 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 (also known as Diane Gaston)
* Carly Phillips
* Dorothy Phillips
* Johanna Phillips
* Susan Elizabeth Phillips
* Joan Elliott Pickart
* Rosamunde Pilcher,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] (born 1924)
* Caridad Pineiro [http://www.caridad.com (also known as Caridad Scordato)]
* Suzy Pizzuti
* Belva Plain
* Ida Pollock
* Patricia Ponder
* Jane Porter
* Elizabeth Power
* Heather Graham Pozzessere
* Evadne Price
* Mary Jo Putney

Q

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

R

* Karen Ranney
* Jaclyn Reding
* Grace Reid
* Michelle Reid
* Laura Resnick
* Elvi Rhodes
* Luanne Rice
* Emilie Richards
* Serena Richards
* Emma Richmond
* Christie Ridgway
* Judith Merkle Riley
* Christine Rimmer
* Francine Rivers
* Karen Robards
* J.D. Robb
* JoAnn Robb
* JoAnn Robbins
* Nora Roberts
* Paula Roberts
* Patricia Robertson
* Suzanne Robinson
* Pam Rock
* Rosemary Rogers
* Kristine Rolofson
* Jeanne Rose
* JoAnn Ross
* Kathryn Ross
* Renee Roszel
* Ann Roth
* Barbara Rowan
* Rosamond Royal
* Nan Ryan
* Nancy Henderson Ryan
* Patricia Ryan
* Rachel Ryan

* Lynsay Sands
* Robin Schone
* Alicia Scott
* Janey Scott
* Alexandra Sellers
* Anya Seton, (1906-1990)
* Jill Shalvis
* Maggie Shayne
* Jill Sheldon
* Suzanne Sherrill
* Valerie Sherwood
* Anita Shreve
* Rebecca Sinclair
* Susan Sizemore
* Christina Skye
* Bertrice Small
* Lass Small
* Barbara Dawson Smith
* Joan Smith
* Karen Rose Smith
* Alexandra Sokoloff
* Teresa Southwick
* 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, (born 1916)
* Katherine Stone
* Anne Stuart
* Katherine Sutcliffe
* Kari Sutherland
* Shanna Swendson

T

* Janelle Taylor
* Jayne Taylor
* Jennifer Taylor
* Corín Tellado
* Cathy Gillen Thacker
* Joyce Thies
* Diane Thomas
* Jodi Thomas
* Rosie Thomas
* Kate Thompson
* Vicki Lewis Thompson
* Lucinda Thorne
* Elizabeth Thorntoncitation|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]
* Kay Thorpe
* Jacqueline Topaz
* Elizabeth Trehearne
* Adriana Trigiani

U

V

* Karen Van der Zee
* Mona Van Wieren

W

* Tina Wainscott
* Elizabeth Walker
* Kate Walker
* Pamela Wallace
* Vivienne Wallington
* J. R. Ward (also known as Jessica Bird)
* Linda Warren
* Nancy Warren
* Pat Warren
* Wendy Warren
* Shannon Waverly
* Margaret Way
* Joanna Wayne
* Anne Weale
* Carrie Weaver
* Ingrid Weaver
* Debra Webb
* Peggy Webb
* Meredith Webber
* Theresa Weir
* Sue-Ellen Welfonder
* Robin Wells
* Kate Welsh
* Sally Wentworth
* Sophie Weston
* Edith Wharton
* Yvonne Whittal
* Mary Whistler
* Susan Wiggs
* Jane Wilby
* Jennifer Wilde
* Lori Wilde (also writes as Laura Anthony)
* Quinn Wilder
* Gina Wilkins
* Lee Wilkinson
* Gina Ferris Wilkins
* Eileen Wilks
* Bronwyn Williams
* Cathy Williams
* Penelope Williamson
* Penn Williamson
* Lauren Willig
* Patricia Wilson
* Kathleen Winsor (1919-2003)
* Violet Winspear
* Anne Marie Winston
* Rebecca Winters
* Linda Randall Wisdom
* Joan Wolf
* Barbara Wood
* Sara Wood
* Anne Woodard
* Kathleen Woodiwiss
* Sherryl Woods
* Victoria Woolf
* Laura Wright
* Melinda Wright
* Laura Wylie
* Trish Wylie

X

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Y

* Jane Yardley
* Frank Yerby
* Rebecca York
* Karen Young

Z

* Mia Zachary
* Carolyn Zane

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