The Official Nora Roberts Companion
by Nora Roberts, Denise Little, Laura Hayden
Berkley Pub Group
October 1, 2005
ISBN-13: 0425183440
Available in: Trade Size (reprint)
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The Official Nora Roberts Companion
by Nora Roberts, Denise Little, Laura Hayden
With insights into the #1 New York Times bestselling author's life, work, and career—and little-known facts about her most popular novels—this beautifully designed book celebrates Nora Roberts's enduring legacy of powerful, passionate storytelling.
— The books: a cross-referenced list of Roberts's books—with trivia, quotes, and family trees
— The career: a timeline of Roberts's career, with a list of major milestones and quotes from some of her best reviews
— The fans: inspiring true stories of how Roberts's books have changed her fans' lives, a list of fan clubs, photos of her with her fans, and "favorite" lists-Best Kiss, Best Hero, Best Opening Line—all voted on by fans
— The phenomenon: romance writers, industry-insiders, booksellers, reviewers, and fans talk about Roberts's success
Plus, Roberts answers her readers' most frequently asked questions, reveals her favorite foods, music, and movies, and discusses the fine art of writing romance.
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Nora Roberts' Bio
Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring Maryland, the youngest of five children. After a school career that included some time in Catholic school and the disciplines of nuns, she married young and settled in Keedysville, Maryland. She worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After her sons were born she stayed home and tried every craft that came along. A blizzard in February 1979 forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. Born into a family of readers, Nora had never known a time that she wasn't reading or making up stories. During the now famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981. Nora met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world and opened a bookstore together. Through the years, Nora has always been surrounded by men. Not only was she the youngest in her family, but she was also the only girl. She has raised two sons. Having spent her life surrounded by men has given Ms. Roberts a fairly good view of the workings of the male mind, which is a constant delight to her readers. It was, she's been quoted as saying, a choice between figuring men out or running away screaming. Nora is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. Recently The New Yorker called her “America’s favorite novelist.”