A Fine Romance

A Selected List of Romance Authors, by Genre

African-American Authors:

  • Benson, Angela
  • Berry, Venise
  • Bowman, Elizabeth Atkins
  • Bunkley, Anita
  • Hailstock, Shirley
  • Hill, Donna
  • Jenkins, Beverly
  • Kitt, Sandra
  • McFadden, Bernice
  • Ray, Francis
  • Snoe, Eboni
  • Tillis, Tracy











Bestsellers:

  • Blake, Jennifer
  • Brown, Sandra
  • Clark, Mary Higgins
  • Cookson, Catherine
  • Coulter, Catherine
  • Dailey, Janet
  • Delinsky, Barbara
  • Devereaux, Jude
  • Gabaldon, Diana
  • Garwood, Julie
  • Howard, Linda
  • Krentz, Jayne Ann
  • Lindsey, Johanna
  • Lowell, Elizabeth
  • McNaught, Judith
  • Michaels, Barbara
  • Roberts, Nora
  • Spencer, LaVyrle
  • Steel, Danielle
  • Woodiwiss, Kathleen
Christian/Inspirational:

  • Bacher, June Masters
  • Feldhake, Susan
  • Oke, Janette
  • Peart, Jane
  • Snelling, Lauraine
  • Wick, Lori
Erotic:

  • Devine, Thea
  • Henley, Virginia
  • Johnson, Susan
  • Joyce, Brenda
  • Ryan, Nan
Futuristic:

  • Campbell, Marilyn
  • Herter, Lori
  • Krentz, Jayne Ann
  • Lindsey, Johanna
  • Miller, Linda Lael
  • Speer, Flora


Historical/Medieval:

  • Barnett, Jill
  • Becnal, Roxanne
  • Bittner, Rosanne
  • Canham, Marsha
  • Copeland, Lori
  • Deauxville, Katherine
  • Dodd, Christina
  • Edwards, Cassie
  • Garlock, Julie
  • Garwood, Julie
  • Gellis, Roberta
  • Graham, Heather
  • Hannah, Kristin
  • Johansen, Iris
  • Kinsale, Laura
  • Krahn, Betina
  • Lindsey, Johanna
  • Lowell, Elizabeth
  • Miller, Linda Lael
  • Mills, Anita
  • Morsi, Pamela
  • Quick, Amanda
  • Taylor, Janelle
  • Thornton, Elizabeth
  • Wiggs, Susan
  • Williams, Bronwyn
Librarian Authors:

  • Kitt, Sandra
  • Krentz, Jayne Ann
  • Linz, Cathie
  • Morsi, Pamela
  • Quick, Amanda
Love and Laughter:

  • Barnett, Jill
  • Chase, Loretta
  • Crusie, Jennifer
  • Fielding, Helen
  • Garwood, Julie
  • Heller, Jane
  • Jones, Kathy
  • Keyes, Marian
  • Linz, Cathie
  • Medieros, Teresa
  • Morsi, Pamela
  • Phillips, Susan E
  • Quick, Amanda
Native American:

  • Anderson, Catherine
  • Eagle, Kathleen
  • Finch, Carol
  • Ryan, Nan
  • Smith, Deborah

Regency Authors:

  • Balogh, Mary
  • Barbour, Anne
  • Beverley, Jo
  • Chase, Loretta
  • Chesney, Marion
  • Comstock, Mary Chase
  • Constant, Jan
  • Dunn, Carola
  • Hazard, Barbara
  • Heyer, Georgette
  • Kelly, Carla
  • Mansfield, Elizabeth
  • Metzgar, Barbara
  • Moore, Kate
  • Putney, Mary Jo
  • Quick, Amanda
  • Smith, Joan
  • Veryan, Patricia
Suspense/Mystery:

  • Dreyer, Eileen
  • Hoag, Tami
  • Holt, Victoria
  • Magner, Lee
  • Maxwell, Ann
  • Michaels, Barbara
  • Roberts, Nora
  • Stevens, Amanda
  • Stockenberg, Antoinette
  • Stuart, Anne
  • Title, Elise
  • Whitney, Phyllis
Sweet Stories:

  • Campbell, Bethany
  • Holt, Victoria
  • Michaels, Kasey
  • Soule, Maris
  • Stewart, Mary
  • Whitney, Phyllus
Time Travel:

  • Campbell, Marilyn
  • Devereaux, Jude
  • Gabaldon, Diana
  • Hannah, Kristin
  • O'Brien, Judith
  • O'Day, Flannery
Western:

  • Anderson, Catherine
  • Bittner, Rosanne
  • Copeland, Lori
  • Garlock, Dorothy
  • Johnston, Joan
  • Landis, Jill Marie
  • Lindsey, Johanna
  • Ryan, Nan
  • Thomas, Jodi
  • Potter, Patricia