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- Charles Reade (1814–1884)
- Jaclyn Reding (born 1966)
- Mary Renault (1905–1983)
- Karl Ristikivi (1907–1970)
- Kel Richards (born 1946)
- Candace Robb (born 1950)
- Kenneth Roberts (1885–1957)
- Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942)
- Lynda Robinson (born 1951)
- Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990)
- Laura Joh Rowland
- Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948)
- Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895)
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