Charles Garvice (24 August 1850[1] – 1 March 1920[nb 1]) was a prolific British writer of over 150 romance novels, who also used the female pseudonym Caroline Hart.

[4][9] He concluded it was too long and too expensive for popular sales - this early experience taught him about the business side of writing.

The unexpected success of Just a Girl (1895) in America brought him attention in the UK and encouragement to resume his career as a novelist - from then on every novel he published became a best-seller in England.

[4][9] He reworked many of his magazine stories as novels, and by 1913, Garvice was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death.

[1] In 1904, capitalizing on his wealth as a best-selling author, Garvice bought a farm estate in Devon, where he wanted to work the land in "the genuine, dirty, Devonshire fashion.

[4] He could crank out 12 or more novels a year, but "Little beyond the particulars of the heroines' hair color differentiates one from another," says modern critic Laura Sewell Matter, who found his stories "boring".

[2] As the London Times wrote in his obituary:[4] In contemplating why his novels were so popular, Laura Sewell Matter said: Garvice was particularly popular in the United States, producing over 150 novels, twenty-five of which were written under the pseudonym Caroline Hart.