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- Wynn Wagner
- Tina Wainscott
- Christian Walford (a pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
- Elizabeth Walker
- Kate Walker
- Pamela Wallace
- Vivienne Wallington
- Sheila Walsh (1928–2009) (also known as Sophie Leyton)
- J. R. Ward (also known as Jessica Bird)
- Linda Warren
- Nancy Warren
- Pat Warren
- Wendy Warren
- Elsie B. Washington (1942 – 2009) author (using the pseudonym Rosalind Welles) of the 1980 book Entwined Destinies, considered the first romance novel featuring African American characters written by an African American author.
- Shannon Waverly
- Margaret Way
- Joanna Wayne
- Anne Weale
- Carrie Weaver
- Ingrid Weaver
- Debra Webb
- Peggy Webb
- Meredith Webber
- Tawny Weber
- Theresa Weir
- Sue-Ellen Welfonder
- Robin Wells
- Kate Welsh
- Sally Wentworth
- Sophie Weston
- Edith Wharton
- Yvonne Whittal
- Mary Whistler
- Susan Wiggs
- Jane Wilby
- Jennifer Wilde
- Lori Wilde (also writes as Laura Anthony)
- Quinn Wilder
- Gina Wilkins
- Lee Wilkinson
- Gina Ferris Wilkins
- Eileen Wilks
- Bronwyn Williams
- Cathy Williams
- Tammy Williams
- Penelope Williamson
- Penn Williamson
- Lauren Willig
- Patricia Wilson
- Kathleen Winsor (1919–2003)
- Violet Winspear
- Anne Marie Winston
- Rebecca Winters
- Linda Randall Wisdom
- Joan Wolf
- Barbara Wood
- Sara Wood
- Anne Woodard
- Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
- Sherryl Woods
- Victoria Woolf, (1937-October 8, 2000)
- Francesca Wright
- Laura Wright
- Melinda Wright
- Laura Wylie
- Trish Wylie
- Pamela Wynne
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