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  Crescent Blues| Nora Roberts: the Joy of Make Believe
Nora Roberts: As my roots are in romance, relationship has always played a key role in my books.
Nora Roberts: I think having four older brothers, and no sisters, two sons and no daughters, certainly gave me a view of men.
Nora Roberts: My characters always surprise me. Once they've taken on a life in a book, it's wise to let them go their own ways.
www.crescentblues.com /2_1issue/roberts.shtml   (1072 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Nora Roberts
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.
Roberts is perhaps best known for her works combining romance, suspense, mystery, and adventure.
Nora Roberts is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America, and a member of their Washington, D.C. chapter.
www.bookreporter.com /authors/au-roberts-nora.asp   (7233 words)

  
 BookPage Interview April 2002: Nora Roberts
Roberts' writing career began in 1979 when she was snowbound at home in western Maryland with her two kids.
Roberts went on to write six manuscripts before she was finally published.
The someone in Roberts' "what if" became passenger Felix Greenfield, a petty thief who survived the disaster to become a changed man. He kept a small silver statue he had pilfered as a good luck charm, and it became a family heirloom.
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 Nora Roberts Career Achievement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring Maryland, the youngest of five children.
Roberts a fairly good view of the workings of the male mind, which is a constant delight to her readers.
Nora is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry.
paranormalromance.writerspace.com /NoraRoberts.htm   (5397 words)

  
 Nora Roberts has a passion for storytelling - 10/09/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Roberts considers herself a romance writer, but her novels are not cliched bodice-rippers.
Roberts has been fascinated with storytelling since she was a child in Washington, devouring the historical novels of British author Mary Stewart.
Roberts stands out among other romance writers because of her storytelling skills, says Nicole Kennedy of the Romance Writers of America, a professional organization that has inducted Roberts into its hall of fame.
www.detnews.com /2005/books/0510/09/0ent-341320.htm   (1011 words)

  
 THE MYSTERY READER reviews: The Villa by Nora Roberts
Nora has been so prolific in recent years that some of her releases have, understandably, been much stronger (the Sea Swept trilogy) than others (The Reef), and a bit of a "Nora backlash" has accompanied her well-deserved success.
Roberts has created strong women before who don't believe they have to apologize for their healthy sexuality, but Sophia is one of her best.
Nora's hardcover novels used to be auto-buys for me, but lately I found I can wait until I get a copy from the library (no way am I waiting for the paperback release a full year later!).
www.themysteryreader.com /roberts-villa.html   (798 words)

  
 Interview with Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts is one of the most successful authors at present.
Nora Roberts: I was born and raised in Maryland, and was the youngest of five.
Nora Roberts: When we first began to publish the In Death series in the States, we didn't announce that J.D. Robb and I were the same person.
www.die-buecherecke.de /roberts2.HTM   (1219 words)

  
 Random House | Authors | Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts, bestselling author of The Reef and Genuine Lies, mixes scorching passion with icy suspense in her classic novel of murder and infatuation in a southern town--now available in hardcover for the first time.
Nora Roberts is unstoppable.  In her astonishing 20-year career, she has emerged as one of the most powerful and prolific voices in fiction.  She has a massed a loyal readership of millions and wins new fans with each publication.  The first-time hardcover edition of SACRED SINS...
Nora Roberts is unstoppable.  In her astonishing 20-year career, she has emerged as one of the most powerful and prolific voices in fiction.  She has a massed a loyal readership of millions and wins new fans with each publication.  The first-time hardcover edition of SACRED SINS brings back a classic Nora Roberts novel, full...
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 Nora Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Roberts goes on to explain that she also has a fast pace and a love of the process of writing.
According to Roberts, if the writer crafts a story that is compelling and he or she puts the time and effort into it, then maybe the author will get lucky and break out.
Roberts learned how to use character from her roots in category romance, as an author has to be able to 'paint' the characters quickly and clearly in a short period of time.
www.writersdigest.com /articles/interview/nora_roberts.asp   (970 words)

  
 Nora Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.
Roberts was born the only daughter and the youngest of five children in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Roberts is famously prolific--in 1996 she passed the hundredth novel mark with her novel Montana Sky--and has released as many as ten or eleven new novels in a year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nora_Roberts   (3094 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Prolific Nora Roberts publishes 159th novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Roberts' first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in 1981, when she was 29.
While her early books are categorized as romances, Roberts says all of them revolve around relationships — romantic ones as well as those in families and between friends.
Roberts also insisted that the Robb series stand or fall on its own, without linking to her name.
www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2005-07-11-roberts_x.htm   (851 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Nora Roberts
Number-one bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the second novel of her In the Garden trilogy (following Blue Dahlia), as three women must discover the secrets from the past contained within their historic home...
Nora Roberts brings her acclaimed Irish trilogy to a close with this tale of a woman whose dreams of riches lead her to the heart's greatest treasure.
Sea Swept brought the name Nora Roberts to the top of the New York Times list for the very first time--but with more than 35 million copies sold and countless previous bestsellers (six in 1996 alone!), readers and booksellers have long known the power of that name...
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/NoraRobertsebooks.htm   (1462 words)

  
 ABC7Chicago.com: Author Nora Roberts
In 1999, Nora penned four out of the top five romance novels; two were among the top 100 bestsellers of all books for the year.
Nora was among the top five best-selling authors of the year.
Nora was one of the first authors to use the web to communicate with her fans when she launched her site in 1996.
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 Nora Roberts
She is also a reader at heart, and remains committed to the loyal category romance audience that welcomed her in 1981, while drawing new fans with her original paperback trilogies as well as her mainstream fiction titles.
Roberts continues to write futuristic romantic suspense under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, with the recent publication of Conspiracy in Death, and the forthcoming Loyalty in Death.
Roberts was the first writer to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America's Hall of Fame, the first to receive their Centennial Award when she published her 100th novel, Montana Sky, and she was honored with the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
webevents.broadcast.com /penguinputnam/nroberts0300/bio.asp   (651 words)

  
 Nora Roberts - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nora Roberts is the author of numerous novels, which have been astonishing bestsellers in America.
Over twenty-five million copies of her books are in print and her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages.
Nora Roberts lives in Maryland, USA, with her husband and two sons.
www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000027217,00.html   (3339 words)

  
 All About Romance: Interview with Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb
I knew that this book was part of a series Nora had written more than a decade ago and that the earlier books are considered classics and impossible to come by.
Nora: When you're writing category, you don't have a lot of time or a lot of room and the focus of the book is on the relationship.
Nora: I haven't thought far enough ahead to think of a time Daniel would be gone.
www.likesbooks.com /roberts.html   (2509 words)

  
 Nora Roberts - Author Biography
In 2000, Nora Roberts reached new heights, both on bestseller lists and in her incomparable talent for creating compelling, passionate page-turners.
In addition to her amazing success in mainstream fiction, Nora Roberts remains committed to writing for her category romance audience that took her to into their heart in 1981 with her very first book, a Silhouette romance.
Nora Roberts continues to write futuristic romantic suspense as J.D. Robb, and her characters Eve Dallas and Roarke have become two of her most popular creations ever.
www.bookbrowse.com /biographies/index.cfm?author_number=296   (826 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Official Nora Roberts Companion: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It's laid out in different sections, from Nora's travels around the world, websites to visit, inside comments from her publishers and booksellers, a fan section and a great section on ALL her published works including Birthright, Remember When and her forthcoming Key trilogy.
Peppered throughout the book there are photo's of Nora, her family, her office where she writes and Nora on her holiday's.
Nora Roberts has emerged as one of the queen's of romance, earning a place in the hearts of reader's around the world.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0425183440   (651 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Red Lily : In the Garden Trilogy (In the Garden (Paperback)): Books: Nora Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The consistently excellent Roberts brings her In the Garden trilogy to a spooky, sexy conclusion with this spellbinding romance that beautifully celebrates the power of love in all its guises.
In a fast-paced, interesting, romantic thriller, Roberts is back to herself as she tells two stories at once: the romance of single mother Hayley and Roz's eldest son Harper--and the escalating haunting of the ghost who wants something from Hayley and is willing to posseses her to get it.
This is the old Nora Roberts, with characters and plot that catch you from the first page.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0515139408?v=glance   (1703 words)

  
 Nora Roberts books reviews
The second book of the In Garden Trilogy by Nora Roberts shows us the life of Roz Harper a widow, mother, and owner of the Garden shop that she built on her own after widowing at a young age.
Ruth Bannion, who was introduced in Nora Roberts'earlier novel "Reflections" has grown into a confident woman and after 5 years in the company she has achieved her dream of "prima balerina" with the famous Nick Davidov as her partner.
This book is one of the early Nora Roberts' books and has characters from her other two novels "Considering Kate" and "Dance of Dreams" Lindsay Dunne is a renowned ballet dancer who left the glittering world of show biz to nurse her mother who was widowed in the car accident that left her nearly crippled.
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 Barnes & Noble.com - River's End - Nora Roberts - Mass Market Paperback - REISSUE
Nora Roberts has become a master storyteller in any and all genres, but she's showing her loyalty to her huge romance audience with one of her most profound stories of true love, which shares space with a thrill ride in this surefire bestseller.
Traumatized by the events surrounding the breakup of her parent's marriage years ago, a young woman seeks to confront her past and know the truth about the infamous night in her life that has become a part of Hollywood history.
Roberts usually does a really good job of keeping her cards hidden until the end.
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 bookideas.com: Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts has written over 150 novels and has a legion of fans that rush to buy her latest book as soon as it hits the shelves.
This is the story of Declan, a wealthy Boston lawyer who breaks off his engagement three weeks before the wedding, quits his lucrative practice, and buys a dilapidated mansion in New Orleans that appears to be haunted.
The story was okay although I think Roberts would be better off writing fewer books and writing them well.
www.bookideas.com /reviews/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayReview&id=992   (250 words)

  
 Buy.com - Reunion : Nora Roberts : ISBN 0373285051
Nora Roberts didn't become an immediate best-selling author, but once she sold her first novel, she never looked back.
A mother of two small children at the time, Roberts began writing in 1979 with a number-two pencil and a spiral notebook.
While having dabbled in many of the genre's forms, Roberts has found most of her success writing contemporary romances flavored with both suspense and adventure.
www.buy.com /prod/Reunion/q/loc/101/39603607.html   (506 words)

  
 Unforgettable Romances| Nora Roberts' Unforgettable Romances
Nora Roberts is a pseudonym of Eleanor Wilder, who also writes under the name J.D. Robb.
When Nora is asked how she started writing, she says it was fate.
With over 127 million copies of her books in print in the U.S. alone, she has come a long way since she wrote her first novel in a spiral notebook using a No. 2 pencil.
www.unforgettableromances.com /roberts/roberts.htm   (157 words)

  
 THE ROMANCE READER reviews: Birthright by Nora Roberts
Nora, the first lady of romance, has released her second book of 2003.
While Birthright has a few flaws, it is still an engrossing, fast-paced tale which centers on a woman who discovers that her whole life is based on a falsehood.
Roberts introduces this complexity in the prologue which describes the kidnapping of an infant girl nearly thirty years earlier.
www.theromancereader.com /roberts-birthright.html   (715 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - NORTHERN LIGHTS by Nora Roberts
NORTHERN LIGHTS, Nora Roberts’s latest novel, is set in Lunacy, Alaska, which has a population count of 506.
Roberts creates a realistic romance between Nate and Meg, portraying two people who are drawn to each other from their very first meeting.
Nora Roberts has written many books throughout her career, and she has an impeccable talent for writing strong characters who readers care about.
www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/0399152059.asp   (343 words)

  
 Random House | Books | Sacred Sins by Nora Roberts
Combining explosive suspense with sensual passion, Nora Roberts turns up the heat in this classic tale — the sizzling story of a man and woman on the trail of a demented killer, a search that will plunge them headlong into danger....
In the lazy days of summer, a merciless heat wave is the biggest story in Washington, D.C. But the weather is knocked off the front pages when a young woman is found strangled to death.
Nora Roberts is the author of more than 130 novels including several #1 New York Times bestsellers, with more than 70 million copies of her books in print.
www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl/display.pperl?isbn=9780553265743   (327 words)

  
 THE ROMANCE READER reviews: Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
Dance Upon the Air is the first in a new trilogy by Nora Roberts, who is known for writing great stories about a set of brothers or a set of sisters.
The village is full of endearing neighbors who Roberts portrays as the kind of people you’d want to know in your own small town.
Although the characters are only lightly developed, they are written into the story so it enhances the liveliness of the town atmosphere and helps Nell experience the feeling of acceptance she craves.
www.theromancereader.com /roberts-dance.html   (691 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Nora Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nora Roberts is one of the most prolific novelists of all time, with an output approaching 126 novels with 42 million copies in print as of 1999.
A popular writer who specializes in "paperback" romances such as Carnal Innocence (1992), Public Secrets (1990), and Born in Shame (1996), she broke into publishing in 1979 as a 29-year-old housewife who turned to writing to avoid being driven stir crazy by a snowstorm that kept her confined to the house for a week.
She views her works as appealing to readers on an emotional level, evoking the feeling of first love, bitter loss, and quiet romance.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201020   (261 words)

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