Nora Roberts is truly a
publishing phenomenon. With well over 145 million copies of her
books in print. Over the last 20 years, an average of 13 Nora
Roberts books were sold every minute. Roberts reached new heights,
both on bestseller lists and in her incomparable talent for creating
compelling, passionate page-turners
when three of her books placed one, two and three in the top
five bestsellers for 1997. Nora’s books have spent a combined
34 weeks at the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller
list!
11 debuted at the number one spot.
Her work has been optioned and made into films, excerpted in
national magazines and translated in over twenty-five different
countries. Nora has been honored at the Romance Writers of America
National Conference which presented her with the Lifetime Achievement
Award. In addition to her amazing success in mainstream fiction,
Nora Roberts remains committed to writing for her romance audience
that took her into their heart in 1981 with her very first book,
a Silhouette romance. Her loyalty paid off when THE MACGREGOR
BRIDES, a Silhouette single title release reached number
three on the New York Times bestseller list --- the first Silhouette
ever to do so! THE MACGREGOR GROOMS followed in October,
1998. Nora Roberts also writes futuristic romantic under the
pseudonym J.D. Robb, beginning with HOLIDAY IN DEATH published
in June 1998. Her J.D. Robb titles are hailed as "a unique
blend of hard-core police drama, science fiction and passionate
romance" by The Gothic Journal and "a fantastic new
detective series." The Los Angeles Daily News describes
her as "a word artist, painting her story and her characters
with vitality and verve." " Publishers Weekly claims
"Roberts keeps getting better...[her] prolificness shows
no sign of abating." They add, "When Roberts puts her
expert finger on the pulse of romance, legions of fans feel the
heartbeat." USA Today calls Nora "a consistently entertaining
writer."
Roberts is perhaps best known for her works combining
romance, suspense, mystery, and adventure. These include TRUE
BETRAYALS, HIDDEN RICHES, PRIVATE SCANDALS, HONEST ILLUSIONS,
GENUINE LIES, 
SACRED
SINS and CARNAL INNOCENCE. Among her most popular
romance titles are her family series including her New York Times
bestselling Irish trilogy (BORN IN FIRE, BORN IN ICE, BORN
IN SHAME), and Dream trilogy (DARING TO DREAM, HOLDING
THE DREAM, FINDING THE DREAM) published by Jove, and the
Calhoun, Stanislaski, and MacGregor series, published by Silhouette
Books. She has also written three historical romance novels,
REBELLION, LAWLESS, and IN FROM THE COLD. The youngest
of five children, she was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. She
now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.
