Henderson, Lesley
Kirkpatrick, D. L.
(1990) Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (2nd edition) Chicago: St. James Press
Topic
historical romance
Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi
Lucilla Andrews
Elizabeth Ashton
Ruby M. Ayres
Faith Baldwin
Florence Barclay
Betty Beaty
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Sandra Brown
Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook
Barbara Cartland
Catherine Cookson
Marie Corelli
Janet Dailey
Iris Danbury
Barbara Delinsky
Ethel M. Dell
Viña Delmar
Jude Deveraux
Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr
Maud Diver
Jane Donnelly
Daphne du Maurier
Dorothy Eden
Eleanor Farnes
Jeffrey Farnol
Charles Garvice
Roberta Gellis
Elinor Glyn
Maysie Greig
Anne Hampson
Georgette Heyer
Robert Hitchens
Grace Livingston Hill
Margery Hilton
Jane Aiken Hodge
Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Linda Howard
Susan Howatch
Elizabeth Hoy
E. M. Hull
Elizabeth Hunter
Iris Johansen
Susan Johnson
Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
Charlotte Lamb
Roumelia Lane
Laura Jean Libbey
Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay
Johanna Lindsey
Elizabeth Lowell
Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie
Anne Mather
Patricia Matthews
Anne Maybury
Colleen McCullough
Judith McNaught
Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz
Fern Michaels
Margaret Mitchell
Netta Muskett
Betty Neels
Kathleen Thompson Norris
Kate Norway/Olive Norton
Baroness Orczy
Diana Palmer
Margaret Pargeter
Mary Renault
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Francine Rivers
Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Denise Robins
Rosemary Rogers
Margaret Rome
Berta Ruck
Rafael Sabatini
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Alexandra Sellers
Anya Seton
Valerie Sherwood
Bertrice Small
LaVyrle Spencer
Danielle Steel
Mary Stewart
Rebecca Stratton
Essie Summers
Annie S. Swan
Kay Thorpe
Patricia Veryan
Lucy Walker
Margaret Way
Anne Weale
Jean Webster
Phyllis A. Whitney
Kathleen Winsor
Violet Winspear
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Vinson, James
Kirkpatrick, D. L.
(1982) Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company
Topic
Jane Aiken Hodge
Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi
Lucilla Andrews
Jane Arbor
Elizabeth Ashton
Ruby M. Ayres
Faith Baldwin
Florence Barclay
Betty Beaty
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook
Barbara Cartland
Catherine Cookson
Marie Corelli
Janet Dailey
Iris Danbury
Ethel M. Dell
Viña Delmar
Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr
Maud Diver
Daphne du Maurier
Dorothy Eden
Eleanor Farnes
Jeffrey Farnol
Charles Garvice
Roberta Gellis
Elinor Glyn
Maysie Greig
Anne Hampson
Georgette Heyer
Grace Livingston Hill
Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Elizabeth Hoy
E. M. Hull
Charlotte Lamb
Roumelia Lane
Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay
Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie
Anne Mather
Patricia Matthews
Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz
Margaret Mitchell
Netta Muskett
Betty Neels
Kathleen Thompson Norris
Kate Norway/Olive Norton
Baroness Orczy
Margaret Pargeter
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Denise Robins
Rosemary Rogers
Margaret Rome
Berta Ruck
Rafael Sabatini
Sara Seale
Danielle Steel
Mary Stewart
Rebecca Stratton
Essie Summers
Annie S. Swan
Kay Thorpe
Patricia Veryan
Lucy Walker
Margaret Way
Phyllis A. Whitney
Kathleen Winsor
Violet Winspear
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Mussell, Kay
(1981) Women’s Gothic and Romantic Fiction: A Reference Guide Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press
Topic
gothic romance
Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
United States of America
Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Augusta Jane Evans
E. D. E. N. Southworth
Margaret Mitchell
Daphne du Maurier
Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Mary Stewart
Phyllis A. Whitney
Rosemary Rogers
Harlequin Mills & Boon
Kathleen Thompson Norris
Grace Livingston Hill
film/movies
readers
romance scholarship