Which author wrote the novels adapted into Netflix's Bridgerton?

Julia Quinn wrote the novels adapted into Netflix’s Bridgerton. Her eight-book Regency romance series follows the Bridgerton siblings as they search for love and navigate London society.

The main novels were published from 2000 to 2006, beginning with The Duke and I and ending with On the Way to the Wedding. Each book focuses primarily on one of the eight Bridgerton children, including Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth.

Netflix’s series premiered in 2020 and was developed for television by Shonda Rhimes and her production company, Shondaland. The adaptation changes or expands some characters and storylines, so the books and show are related rather than identical. Jane Austen is a common mix-up because Bridgerton borrows the manners, romance, and social setting associated with Regency fiction, but Austen did not write these novels.

Quinn is the author of the source series; Rhimes is the television adaptation’s major creative force, not the novelist behind the original books.