Janelle Taylor (born June 28, 1944, in Athens, Georgia) is an American author of historical romance novels.

Biography
Janelle Diane Williams was born June 28, 1944, in Athens, Georgia. She graduated from Athens High School in 1962, and spent the next three years as an orthodontic nurse in Athens. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor. They have two daughters, Angela and Alisha.

Taylor went back to work as an orthodontic nurse from 1969 through 1972. In 1977, she decided she would like to try to write a book. Even as she was attempting to break into publishing, Taylor decided to further her education. She trained to be a Medical Research Technologist at the Medical College of Georgia from 1977 through 1979, and then immediately began to further her studies at Augusta State University. In 1981, Taylor sold her first book. Shortly after the sale of her second book, she withdrew from college to become a full-time writer.

Taylor and her husband live on a  retreat in Georgia.

Bibliography

Grey Eagle
 Savage Ecstasy (1981)
 Defiant Ecstasy (1982)
 Forbidden Ecstasy (1982)
 Brazen Ecstasy (1983)
 Tender Ecstasy (1983)
 Stolen Ecstasy (1985)
 Bittersweet Ecstasy (1987)
 Forever Ecstasy (1991)
 Savage Conquest (1985)

Western Wind
 First Love, Wild Love (1984)
 Passions Wild and Free (1988)
 Kiss of the Night Wind (1989)
 Follow the Wind (1990)
 Chase the Wind (1994)
 Wild Winds (1997)
 Lakota Winds(1998)

Saars
 Moondust and Madness (1986)
 Stardust and Shadows (1992)
 Starlight and Splendor (1994)
 Moonbeams and Magic (1995)

Indian
 Sweet Savage Heart (1986)
 Destiny Mine (1995)

Viking Fantasy
 Wild Is My Love (1987)
 Wild Sweet Promise (1989)
 The Last Viking Queen (1994)

Southern Historical
 Destiny's Temptress (1988)
 Promise Me Forever (1991)
 Midnight Secrets (1992)

Lakota
 Lakota Winds (1998)
 Lakota Dawn (1999)
 Lakota Flower (2003)

Novels
 Golden Torment (1983)
 Love Me with Fury (1983)
 Savage Bondage (1985)
 Valley of Fire (1992)
 Fortunes Flames (1992)
 Taking Chances (1993)
 Whispered Kisses (1993)
 Anything for Love (1995)
 Defiant Hearts (1996)
 Love with a Stranger (1996)
 By Candlelight (1997)
 Someday Soon (1999)
 Not Without You (2000)
 Cant Stop Loving You (2001)
 In Too Deep (2001)
 Night Moves (2002)
 Dying to Marry (2004)
 Don't Go Home (2004)
 Watching Amanda (2005)
 Haunting Olivia (2006)
 Shadowing Ivy (2007)

Omnibus
 A New Collection of Three Complete Novels: Bittersweet Ecstasy/Forever Ecstasy/Savage Conquest (1994)
 Love's Legacy (1996) (with Madeline Baker, Mary Balogh, Elaine Barbieri, Lori Copeland, Cassie Edwards, Heather Graham, Catherine Hart, Virginia Henley, Penelope Neri, Diana Palmer)
 Three Complete Western Love Stories: First Love, Wild Love, Sweet Savage Heart, Midnight Secrets (1996)
 Summer Love (1997) (with Stella Cameron, Jill Marie Landis, Anne Stuart)
 Three Complete Novels: Promise Me Forever/Follow the Wind/Kiss of the Night Wind (1999)

External links
 Janelle Taylor Official Website
 Kensington Books Author Profile

1944 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American romantic fiction writers
Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia Health Sciences University alumni
Augusta State University alumni
American women novelists
Women romantic fiction writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers