Betty Lee Duran (March 10, 1939 – September 11, 2022) was an American writer of romance novels.
She started writing as Ruth Jean Dale, and now then wrote as Lee Duran.
Ruth Jean Dale's books have been translated into many foreign languages, including French, Spanish, German, Polish, Greek, Italian, Russian and Chinese.
She has made frequent appearances on romance best seller lists, and was nominated a "Top Ten Favorite Author" by Affaire de Coeur magazine.
They sold a two-year story projection to the CBS soap, As The World Turns.