Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts was born into a family of avid readers. Throughout her life, she claims to have been either reading or making up stories of her own. It was during the 1979 blizzard that she finally decided to pen down one of her stories. She says 'I started writing as a way to save my sanity, and I fell into a job that I love.' Nora Roberts's first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in 1981 by Silhouette. The Chicago Tribune stated that 'Roberts has a warm feel for her characters and an eye for the evocative detail.' The first author to be inducted into the prestigious Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame, Nora Roberts has over 220 books to her credit. On of the select few writers to have four books on the New York Times best sellers list at the same time, all of Nora's books since the year 1999, have been highly popular. In 2000, all the top five best selling romance titles were penned by Roberts, namely 'Tears of the Moon', 'Irish Hearts', 'River's End', 'Irish Rebels', and 'The Stanislaski Brothers'. Her most recent offerings include 'Memory In Death', ' The Quinn Brothers', 'Bump In The Night', 'Blue Smoke', 'Angel's Fall', 'Morrigan's Cross', and 'Born In Death'. More than 25 of Nora's books have debuted on the number #1 spot on the New York Times best sellers list. Throughout her life, Nora Roberts has been surrounded by men; not on was she the only sister among four brothers, she's been married twice and is raising two boys of her own. Nora claims that due to these circumstances, she has a better understanding of the male psyche, allowing her to write intricate details about their emotions, fears, likes and dislikes. She's often been quoted as saying that she had 'a choice between figuring men out or running away screaming.' It is said that every minute, an average of 23 Nora Robert books are sold.