‘Romance novels’ have something of a bad rap. Mills and Boons, Harlequins, steamy romps featuring rippling torsos and swarthy Adonises: they’re too often typecast as guilty pleasures. But there’s roaring trade in this neglected artform. Whether dressed up as ‘literary’ or unabashedly commercial, ‘chicklit’, teen fiction or a pulpy delight, there’s a fine art to convincingly writing about love.
The ABC’s Alan Brough grills writers who’ve made romance their business.
Alan Brough is a performer, writer and broadcaster best known as a team captain on ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks.
Author of more than 42 romance titles, Stephanie Laurens has hit the New York Times bestseller list with her last 23 books.
Marion Lennox is the author of more than 80 romance novels since 1990.
Lili Wilkinson is the author of several books including the young adult titles Scatterheart and Pink.
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