Renee Roszel is an American author of romance novels whose written work has served as the original source material for a number of manga adaptations, primarily published in Japan. Her involvement in the manga industry is as a creator of the original stories rather than as an illustrator or a voice actor.

As an original creator, Roszel is best known for providing the story and source material for manga adaptations of her romance novels. One prominent example is the manga To Marry a Stranger, which was published on September 11, 2009. For this work, Renee Roszel is credited as the original story creator, while the artwork was handled by the manga artist Takako Hashimoto. This single-volume josei manga, a genre aimed at an adult female audience, was serialized under the Harlequin imprint and is an adaptation of her earlier romance novel of the same name.

Beyond To Marry a Stranger, Roszel's literary catalog has been adapted into several other manga. Her novel Attrapée au lasso was adapted into a manga by artist Yukako Midori and released on December 8, 2017. Similarly, Un mari providentiel, another of her stories, was adapted into a manga by artist Kazumi Kamiya and published on October 2, 2018. These publications are typically released in a digital or print format by Harlequin's Japanese branch, Harlequin K. K., which specializes in adapting popular Western romance fiction for the Japanese manga market.

Professionally, Renee Roszel's primary career is as a writer of romance novels. She has been writing for publishers such as Harlequin and Silhouette since 1983, with over forty published novels to her credit. Her professional accolades include being named the Oklahoma Writer of the Year and being a multiple-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award. Her original novels, which form the basis for her manga credits, include titles such as Unwilling Wife, Married by Mistake, Blue Moon Bride, and Legendary Lover.

Her significance in the manga industry lies in being a representative example of a Western author whose work has been translated and adapted for the Japanese comic book audience. The Harlequin manga imprint frequently adapts popular romance novels, with Roszel's extensive bibliography providing a steady source of narratives. The recurring themes in her original stories, which carry over into their manga adaptations, center on contemporary romance, often featuring tropes like marriages of convenience, mistaken identities, and unexpected pregnancies, all aimed at the josei demographic. Her identity as a creator in this context is not as a manga artist but as an original storywriter whose narrative frameworks are visualized by Japanese artists for a different cultural market.