:Category:Writers of historical romances

Writers of historical romances, a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Walter Scott helped popularize this genre in the early 19th-century, with works such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe.{{Citation | author-link = Rupert Christiansen | last = Christiansen | first = Rupert | orig-year = 1988 | title = Romantic Affinities: Portraits From an Age, 1780–1830 | place = London | edition = paperback reprint | publisher = Pimlico | year = 2004 | isbn = 1-84413421-0 | pages = 192–96}}.Literary fiction historical romances continue to be published. It is also a genre of mass-market fiction, which is related to the broader romantic love genre.