Jo Beverley (b.1947) is a prolific British-Canadian writer of popular medieval, Regency and Georgian romance novels.

Bold in her constant stretching of the genre’s boundaries, Beverley established a reputation for her well-researched works filled with salient and unusual historical details and peopled by communities of interlinked characters. Her works have been translated into many languages and have won her many awards including five RITAs, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times, The Golden Leaf Award and the Readers’ Choice Award. A member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Honor Roll, Beverley is the sole Canadian romance author inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame.

Influence on the Romance genre

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Initially published as a writer of traditional Regencies, Beverley is instrumental in injecting new vigor into these short novels based on the ordered workings of the mannered English social world. Her works helped develop the romance genre by promoting the male point of view, encouraging the strong heroine and extending the level of acceptable sensuality. Such innovation was essential to the creation and subsequent shaping of a racier subgenre of romance known as the Regency historical. This longer novel involved a deeper exploration of relationships, explicit sexual content suited to marriage and wilder, more dramatic scenarios that moved beyond the confines of the traditional Regency novels of propriety. One of the few romance writers to explore the Georgian world, Beverley also helped popularize the series format which allows readers to revisit characters as they grow and influence each other.

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