Nora Roberts, 2007 Born Eleanor Marie Robertson 1950-10-10 October 10, 1950 age 68United States Pen name Nora Roberts J. Robb Jill March Sarah Hardesty Occupation Novelist Nationality American Period 1981—present Genre Romance, fantasy, suspense Spouse Ronald Aufdem-Brinke 1968—1983, divorced Bruce Wilder 1985—present Children 2 Website Nora Roberts born Nora roberts goodreads Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950 is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. Robb for the series, and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U. Nora Roberts was the first author to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. As of 2011, her novels had spent a combined 861 weeks onincluding 176 weeks in the number-one spot. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. Although she had always made up stories in her head, Roberts did not write as a child, other than essays for school. Really good ones — some of which my mother still believes. During her second year in high school, Roberts transferred to a local public school,where she met her first husband, Ronald Aufdem-Brinke. They married, against her parents' wishes, in 1968, as soon as she had graduated from high school. The newly married couple settled in Boonsboro, Maryland. Roberts' husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. She gave birth to two sons, Dan and Jason. Roberts spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1983. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in called Turn the Page Books. He also works as an adult content photographer and videographer. The Wilders also owned the nearby historic Boone Hotel, which was undergoing renovations when it was destroyed by a fire in February 2008. It opened as the Inn BoonsBoro in 2009; the suites were inspired by and named for literary romantic couples with happy endings. Rather than begin with an outline or plot summary, Roberts instead envisions a key incident, character, or setting. She then writes a short first draft that has the basic elements of a story. After finishing the first draft, Roberts goes back to the beginning of the novel. She then does a final pass to polish the novel before sending it to her agent, Amy Berkower. She often writes trilogies, finishing the three books in a row so that she can remain with the same characters. Her trilogies are all released in paperback, as Roberts believes the wait for hardcover editions is too long for the reader. Roberts does much of her research over the Internet, as she has an aversion to flying. She is an ardent baseball fan, having been honored by the local team several times. Roberts states that with three feet of snow, a dwindling supply of chocolate, and no morning kindergarten she had little else to do. While writing down her ideas for the first time, she fell in love with the writing process, and quickly produced six manuscripts. She submitted her manuscripts tothe leading publisher ofbut was repeatedly rejected. Roberts says, I got the standard rejection for the first couple of tries, then my favorite rejection of all time. I received my manuscript back with a nice little note which said that my work showed promise, and the story had been very entertaining and well done. But that they already had their American writer. Dailey would go on to be embroiled in a plagiarism scandal in which she eventually confessed to stealing some of Roberts' work. Roberts found a home at Silhouette, where her first novel,was published in 1981. She used the pseudonym Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all romance authors had pen names. Between 1982 and 1984, Roberts wrote 23 novels for Silhouette. In 1985, Playing the Odds, the first novel in the MacGregor family series, was published. The book was an immediate bestseller. In 1987, she began writing single title books for Bantam. Five years later she moved to to write single title hard covers as well as original paperbacks. She reached the hardcover bestseller lists with her fourth hardcover release, 1996's Montana Sky. Roberts has continued to release single-title novels in paperback. She still occasionally writes shorter category romances. After moving to Putnam in 1992, the publishing company quickly realized that they were unable to keep up with Roberts's output. They suggested that she adopt a second pseudonym so that they would be able to publish more of her work each year. Her agent, Amy Berkover, convinced the publishers to allow Roberts to write romantic suspense novels under the new name. nora roberts goodreads Her first romantic suspense novel was published in 1995 under the pseudonym J. She first decided to use the pseudonym D. MacGregor, but right before publication, she discovered that nora roberts goodreads pseudonym was used by another author. Robb, Roberts has published a series of futuristic science fiction. Despite the emphasis on solving a crime in each of the books, the overall theme of the series is the development of the relationship between Eve and Roarke. They hoped to allow the series to stand on its own merits and build its own following. The book became Roberts' first bestselling novel of 2004. Roberts has also been known as Sarah Hardesty. She has since changed publishers. In both 1999 and 2000, four of the five novels that listed as the best-selling romance novels of the year were written by Roberts. Her first appearance on came in 1991, and between 1991 and 2001, she had 68 New York Times Bestsellers, counting hardbacks and paperbacks. In 2001, Roberts had 10 best-selling mass-market paperbacks, according to Publishers Weekly, not counting those books written under the J. In September 2001, for the first time Roberts took the numbers 1 and 2 spots on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, as her romance Time and Again was nora roberts goodreads one, and her J. Robb release Seduction in Death was number two. Since 1999, every one of Roberts's novels has been aand 124 of her novels have ranked on the Times bestseller list, including 29 that debuted in the number-one spot. As of January 24, 2013, Roberts's novels had spent a combined 948 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List, including 148 weeks in the number-one spot. As of January 9, 2009, 400 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Her novels have been published in 35 countries. This was the first time that Lifetime had adapted multiple works by the same author. Four more films were released on four consecutive Saturdays in March and April 2009. The 2009 collection included starring andstarringstarringand starring. The practice came to light after a reader read Roberts' Sweet Revenge and Dailey's Notorious back-to-back; she noticed several similarities and posted the comparable passages on the Internet. Dailey acknowledged the plagiarism and attributed it to a psychological disorder. She admitted that both Aspen Gold and Notorious lifted heavily from Roberts' work. Both of those novels were pulled from print after Dailey's admission. Nora roberts goodreads April 1998, Dailey settled the case. Roberts donated the settlement to various literary causes including the now ProLiteracy. Roberts joined the chorus strongly criticizing fellow romance writerwho had lifted many passages from much older sources many in thewithout giving credit, forcing Edwards out of the business. The foundation financially supports organizations that promote literacy and the arts, assist children and engage in humanitarian efforts. The Foundation also endowed the Nora Roberts Center for American Romance atwhich supports academic scholarship on the American romance novel, with special emphasis on the literary qualities and significance of the romance. Roberts has made other charitable efforts such as auctioning her jewelry. Archived from on February 15, 2012. The New Yorker June 22, 2009. Archived from on July 11, nora roberts goodreads. Not long into her career, Ms. Then, in 1985, she married a carpenter, Bruce Wilder. Wilder runs a bookstore that the couple bought near their home. Archived from on October 10, nora roberts goodreads. Archived from on August 23, 2007. Archived from on August 7, 2007. Archived from on July 14, 2007. Archived from on August 13, 2007. Archived from on July 5, 2007. Archived from on March 26, 2013. Archived from on November 6, 2013. 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