ROMANCE WRITERS
OF AMERICA'S RITA AWARD FOR BEST LONG HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL
1982-2002
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Romance novels currently constitute 54% of popular paperback fiction
purchased in the United States. More than 41 million people in the U.S.
read romance novels. The Romance Writers of America present the RITA Award
(or Golden Medallion) each year to works published in several romance categories.
The following list gives winners and their works in the category of long
historical romance (romances set before the World Wars).
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| 2002 |
Connie Brockway |
The Bridal Season |
| 2001 |
Jo Beverley |
Devilish |
| 2000 |
Patricia Ryan |
Silken Threads |
| 1999 |
Connie Brockway |
My Dearest Enemy |
| 1998 |
Maggie Osborne |
Promise of Jennie Jones |
| 1997 |
Laura Lee Guhrke |
Conor's Way |
| 1996 |
Pamela Morsi |
Something Shady |
| 1995 |
Mary Jo Putney |
Dancing on the Wind |
| 1994 |
Elizabeth Lowell |
Untamed |
| 1993 |
Penelope Williamson |
Keeper of the Dream |
| 1992 |
Pamela Morsi |
Courting Miss Hattie |
| 1991 |
Elizabeth Stewart |
Where Love Dwells |
| 1990 |
Julie Garwood |
The Bride |
| 1989 |
Jill Marie Landis |
Sunflower |
| 1988 |
LaVyrle Spencer |
The Gamble |
| 1987 |
Robyn Carr |
By Right of arms |
| 1986 |
Francine Rivers |
Not So Wild a Dream |
| 1985 |
LaVyrle Spencer |
Twice Loved |
| 1984 |
LaVyrle Spencer |
Hummingbird |
| 1984 |
Julie Jeffries |
The Clergyman's Daughter |
| 1983 |
Mara Seger |
Defiant Love |
| 1983 |
LaVyrle Spencer |
The Endearment |
| 1982 |
Anna James |
Day Beyond Destiny |
| 1982 |
Constance Ravenlock |
Rendezvous at Gramercy |