Haywood Smith
Haywood Smith is an American author born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1949, who began her writing career after a midlife crisis, transitioning from real estate to novels. Her debut, *Shadows in Velvet* (1996), won the Romantic Times Award for First Historical Romance, and she later gained success with women's fiction like *Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch* and *The Red Hat Club*, which hit the New York Times bestseller list, focusing on Southern women over 50.[1][2][3]
Historical Romance
Women's Fiction
Queen Bee Goes Home Again
The Red Hat Club
The Twelve Sacred Traditions of Magnificent Mothers-In-Law
The Red Hat Club
Out of Warranty
Queen Bee Goes Home Again
Waking Up in Dixie
Queen Bee Goes Home Again
The Red Hat Club
Wedding Belles
Wedding Belles
Out of Warranty
Ladies of the Lake
Wife-in-Law
Ladies of the Lake
The Red Hat Club Rides Again: A Novel
Wedding Belles
Ladies of the lake
Ladies of the Lake
Wedding Belles
Out of Warranty
Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
Ladies of the Lake
The Red Hat Club Rides Again