Nora Roberts has written at least 703 books. Their most popular book is Year One with 148 saves with an average rating of 3.47⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fiction, Fantasy, and Romance.
emotional, Adventurous, and dark are their most common moods. Their next book, The Mirror, is scheduled for release on 11/19/2024.
Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year in high school, she transferred to a local public school, where she met Ronald Aufdem-Brinke, her future first husband.
In August 17, 1968, as soon as she had graduated from High School, Eleanor married, against her parents' wishes. The marriage settled in Keedysville, Maryland. Her husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. While, 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 their sons, Dan and Jason, were born she stayed home. Calling this her "Earth Mother" years, she spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. The marriage ended separating, and they obtained the divorce in January 1985.
In February 1979, a blizzard in 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. 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 as Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all authors had pen names.
Eleanor wrote under the pseudonym Jill March a story for a magazine titled "Melodies of Love".
Eleanor met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called "Turn the Page Books". Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world.
In 1992, she decided adopted other pseudonym so to publish a futuristic-suspense novels, she first decided to use the pseudonym D.J. MacGregor, but she discovered that this pseudonym was used by another author. In 1995, her first "In Death" serial novel was published under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, the initials "J.D." were taken from her sons, Jason and Dan, while "Robb" is a shortened form of Roberts.
Eleanor has also been known as Sara Hardesty, because when the "Born In" series was released in U.K. it carried that name instead of Nora Roberts. She has since changed publishers.
Eleanor has been plagiarized by another best-selling romance writer, Janet Dailey. The practice came to light after a reader read Nora Roberts' "Sweet Revenge" and Janet Dailey's "Notorious" back-to-back; she noticed several similarities and posted the comparable passages on the Internet. Calling the plagiarism "mind rape," Eleanor sued Janet Daily. In 1997, Janet, admitted to repeatedly plagiarizing from Nora Roberts' work, and that both "Aspen Gold" and "Notorious" lifted heavily from Nora Roberts's work. Both of those novels were pulled from print after Janet's admission. She acknowledged the plagiarism and blamed it on a psychological disorder. In a settlement, Janet paid Eleanor an undisclosed sum, which Eleanor donated to the Literacy Volunteers of America.
A founding member of the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A.), she was the first inductee in the organization's Hall of Fame. She also is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry.
In 1989, Nora Roberts's novel "Magic Moments" had been made into TV movie, also "Sanctuary" (Melissa Gilbert) in 2001. In 2007 Lifetime Television adapted four Nora Roberts's novels into TV movies: , "Montana Sky" (Ashley Williams), "Carolina Moon" (Claire Forlani), "Blue Smoke" (Alicia Witt) and "Angel's Fall" (Heather Locklear).
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The MacGregors is a 11-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Nora Roberts, Ingrid Meijer, and Canisia Campo.
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The Stanislaskis is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Night Tales is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1960 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Bride Quartet is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Chesapeake Bay Saga is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The Donovan Legacy is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The O'Hurleys is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Born In Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1994 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Circle Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Dream Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Gallaghers of Ardmore is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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In the Garden is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Irish Hearts is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1981 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Key Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Sign of Seven is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The Dragon Heart Legacy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The Guardians Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The MacKade Brothers is a 1-book series first released in 1995 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Three Sisters Island is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Celebrity Magazine is a 1-book series first released in 1986 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Chronicles of The One is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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D.C. Detectives is a 1-book series first released in 1987 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Jack's Stories is a 1-book series first released in 1989 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The Calhoun Women is a 0-book series first released in 1995 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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The Lost Bride Trilogy is a 1-book series first released in 2023 with contributions by Nora Roberts. The next book is scheduled for release on 11/19/2024.
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Time and Again: Hornblower-Stone is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1989 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Bannions is a 1-book series first released in 1983 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Great Chefs is a 1-book series first released in 1986 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Stars of Mithra is a 1-book series first released in 1997 with contributions by Nora Roberts.
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Once Upon is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Nora Roberts, Yasmine Galenorn, and 13 others.
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Cordina's Royal Family is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by Nora Roberts and nora-roberts.
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In Death is a 70-book series with 59 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts, and J. D. Robb. The next book is scheduled for release on 2/4/2025.