Barbara Metzger

Barbara Metzger is a historical romance author best known for writing Regency romances. She has written more than a dozen novellas and more than three dozen novels in her long career that she launched in 1981 with her novel “Bething’s Folly.” Apart from her career as a fiction author, she has also worked as an artist, editor, greeting card verse writer, and proofreader. Her novels which are usually set in England during the Regency period have won a ton of awards including the Madcap award for humor in romance writing, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and a RITA from the Romance Writers of America. The Romantic Time Magazine also gave her two Career Achievement Awards. Metzger never got married and currently loves in Montauk with Tino her rescue long-haired Chihuahua. When she is not reading or writing romances or painting, she can be found volunteering at the Montauk public library, yard sailing, beach combining, and gardening.