Georgette Heyer was a prolific historical romance and detective fiction novelist. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 she married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. Rougier later became a barrister and he often provided basic plot outlines for her thrillers. Beginning in 1932, Heyer released one romance novel and one thriller each year. Heyer was an intensely private person who remained a best selling author all her life without the aid of publicity. She made no appearances, never gave an interview and only answered fan letters herself if they made an interesting historical point. She wrote one novel using the pseudonym Stella Martin. Her Georgian and Regencies romances were inspired by Jane Austen. While some critics thought her novels were too detailed, others considered the level of detail to be Heyer's greatest asset. Heyer remains a popular and much-loved author, known for essentially establishing the historical romance genre and its subgenre Regency romance.
Series
Books
Bodies from the Library
Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection
2018
The Unfinished Clue
1934
The Spanish Bride
1940
The Convenient Marriage
1934
Instead of the Thorn
1923
April Lady
1957
Death in the Stocks
1935
Acting on Impulse
Contemporary Short Stories
2019
Barren Corn
1930
Footsteps in the Dark
1932
The Black Moth
1921
False Colours
1963
A Proposal to Cicely
1922
These Old Shades / Sprig Muslin / Sylvester / The Corinthian / The Convenient Marriage
1977
Sprig Muslin
1956
Incident on the Bath Road
1937
Simon the Coldheart
1925
The Bulldog and the Beast – A Short Story
1923
Lady, Your Pardon
1937
Collection
The Convenient Marriage / The Spanish Bride
2012
Two Classic Romances in One Volume
Arabella / The Corinthian
2005
Behold, Here's Poison
1936
Royal Escape
1938
Lady of Quality
1972
The Grand Sophy
1950
An Infamous Army
1937
Regency Buck
1935
Duplicate Death
1951
Cousin Kate
1968
Penhallow
1942
Helen
1928
Cotillion
1953
Bath Tangle
1955
Georgette Heyer's Greatest Hits
2019
The Quiet Gentleman
1951
Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
1957
Snowdrift and Other Stories
1960
Devil's Cub
1932
Pistols For Two
1960
My Lord John
1975
Why Shoot a Butler?
1933
The Nonesuch
1962
Arabella
1949
Friday's Child
1944
These Old Shades
1926
Beauvallet
1929
The Chinese Shawl
2019
A Husband for Fanny
2012
Venetia
1958
The Foundling
1948
The Toll-Gate
1954
Acting on Impulse
A Short Story
2019
Pursuit
1939
The Reluctant Widow
1946
The Corinthian
1940
Frederica
1965
No Wind of Blame
1939
A Civil Contract
1961
The Masqueraders
1928
The Great Roxhythe
1923
Pastel
1929
Faro's Daughter
1941
A Blunt Instrument
1938
Runaway Match
1937
The Talisman Ring
1936
The Unknown Ajax
1959
Detection Unlimited
1953
Envious Casca
1941
They Found Him Dead
1937
Black Sheep
1966
Powder and Patch
1923
The Conqueror
1931
Charity Girl
1970
