List of romantic novelists

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Notable novelists who specialise or specialised in writing romance novels include: [note 1]

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  1. A writer is presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the writer and their affiliates and satisfies the Wikipedia inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article.

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