Nora Roberts is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty.
Linda O. Johnston is an American author of mystery and romance novels.
Ann Maxwell, also known as A.E. Maxwell and Elizabeth Lowell, is an American writer. She has individually, and with co-author and husband Evan, written more than 50 novels and one non-fiction book. Her novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, and from romance to mystery to suspense.
Linda Lael Miller, is a best-selling American author of more than 100 contemporary and historical romance novels. She has also written under the pen name Lael St. James.
Susan Sizemore was an American author of both romance and science fiction novels.
Patricia Maxwell, née Patricia Anne Ponder is a best-selling American author of over fifty novels. A member of the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame and the Affaire de Coeur Romance Hall of Fame, Maxwell has received numerous awards for her writing. Her first novel in the romance genre, Love's Wild Desire, became a New York Times Bestseller.
Ruth Glick née Burtnick,, is a writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels. She has written novels under the pseudonym Rebecca York; until 1997 these were written in collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz.
Jill Marie Landis is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels.
Barbara Delinsky is an American writer of romance novels, including 19 New York Times bestsellers. She has also been published under the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass.
Dorothy Garlock was an American author of over 50 historical romance novels, most of them set in the American West. Many of her books became bestsellers. She also wrote under the pen names Johanna Phillips, Dorothy Phillips and Dorothy Glenn.
Lynn Kurland is a best-selling American author of historical, time travel, and fantasy romance novels. The characters in most of her books all belong to one of three extended families and her love scenes are not as explicit as many other popular romances. She is a recipient of the RITA Award.
Roberta Helmer, under her pseudonym Christina Skye, was the best-selling American author of more than thirty-two novels in a variety of genres: romantic suspense, paranormal romance, as well as contemporary and historical romances. Many of her books have appeared on the USAToday and New York Times bestseller lists and the Publishers Weekly bestseller list. Her books have been translated into ten languages. Under her own name Helmer has written five non-fiction books about the classical Chinese puppet theater and traditional Chinese folk arts.
Sue-Ellen Welfonder is an American writer of romance novels. She is a USA Today bestselling author and the winner of a 2001 award from Romantic Times. Under her married name she writes historical romances set in medieval Scotland, and as Allie Mackay she writes Scottish-set paranormal romances.
Maggie Shayne is an American author of more than 50 romance and paranormal novels. She has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award. In addition to her work as a novelist, Shayne is active in the Wiccan religion, and is the High Priestess of a coven she founded.
Anne Marie Rodgers is an American writer of romance novels as Anne Marie Winston. Many of her novels have appeared on the USAToday Bestseller lists and she has served as both vice-president and retreat chairman of the Washington Romance Writers.
Karen Ranney was an American author of historical and paranormal romance novels.
Lynsay Sands is a Canadian author of over 30 books. She is noted for the humor she injects into her stories. While she writes both historical and paranormal romance novels, she is best known for her Argeneau series about a modern family of vampires.
Cherry Adair is an award-winning and best-selling South African American romantic fiction writer. She lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband.
Linda Winstead Jones is an American author who has written more than fifty romance books in several subgenres, including Paranormal Romance, Romance, Historical Romance, Fairy Tale Romance, and Romantic Suspense.
Barbara O'Neal is an American romance novelist who has written over forty books under different pen names.