Romance: Chick Lit
- Helen Fielding | British author of the very popular Bridget Jones's Diary bringing a resurgence of popularity to chick lit
- Katie Fforde | British author of numerous novels, mostly of women undertaking life-changing projects
- Valerie Frankel | Author of The Accidental Virgin and her recent Not-So-Perfect Man
- Jane Green | Bestselling author of Jemima J and Swapping Lives
- Wendy Holden | British author who's rights to her debut novel Simply Divine has been sold to Warner Bros. Her latest Azur Like It went straight to No. 1 on the UK bestseller list
- Donna Kaufman | American author of The Cinderella Rules and The Big Bad Wolf Tells All
- Marian Keyes | Best-selling Irish author including Sushi for Beginners and her latest, Anybody Out There? among many others
- Sophie Kinsella | British author of the hysterical Shopaholic series with Becky Bloomwood, financial journalist/shopping junkie, encountering stores and avoiding creditors
- Alisa Kwitney | American author of The Dominant Blonde, Till the Fat Lady Sings, and Sex as a Second Language
- Carole Matthews | British author of numerous bestselllers. Her novel For Better, For Worse was a Reading with Ripa pick
- Jennifer Weiner | Bestselling American author. Her novel Good in Bed is being developed into a series for HBO. In Her Shoes was made into a motion picture with Cameron Diaz