Bertrice Small (December 9, 1937 – February 24, 2015) was an American New York Times- bestselling writer of historical and erotic romance novels.

[1] Bertrice lived on Long Island, New York, with her husband George Small.

She was a member of The Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, PAN, and PASIC.

She attended St. Mary's, a school for girls run by Anglican nuns, in Peekskill, N.Y. She later entered Western College for Women in Ohio but dropped out and transferred to a Katherine Gibbs secretarial school, after which she worked as a secretary in advertising agencies.

She had a "Silver Pen" from Affaire de Coeur, and an Honorable Mention from The West Coast Review of Books.