Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts has written at least 650 books. Their most popular book is Year One with 201 saves with an average rating of 3.62⭐.

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Author Bio

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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Born In Trilogy Collection

Born In Trilogy Collection
  • Nora Roberts
  • Fiacre Douglas
32 reads
Irish Dreams
Irish Dreams
  • Nora Roberts
4.53 reads
A man for Amanda
A man for Amanda
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
Nora Roberts' The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy
Nora Roberts' The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy
  • Nora Roberts
42 reads
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Christmas at Ardmore

Christmas at Ardmore
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Valley of silence
Valley of silence
  • Nora Roberts
51 read
Nightshade
Nightshade
  • Nora Roberts
11 read
Irish Thoroughbred
Irish Thoroughbred
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Moon Shadows
Moon Shadows
  • Nora Roberts
  • Jill Gregory
  • Ruth Ryan Langan
  • Marianne Willman
00 reads
Her mother's keeper
Her mother's keeper
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Night Smoke
Night Smoke
  • Nora Roberts
11 read
One Summer
One Summer
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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Lungul drum spre mâine

Lungul drum spre mâine
  • Diana Ţuţuianu (translator)
  • Nora Roberts
32 reads
Song of the West
Song of the West
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
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In from the Cold

In from the Cold
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Rising Tides
Rising Tides
  • Nora Roberts
52 reads
Best laid plans
Best laid plans
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The last boyfriend
The last boyfriend
  • Nora Roberts
  • MacLeod Andrews
52 reads
The heart's victory
The heart's victory
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
  • Nora Roberts
2.52 reads
Hidden Star
Hidden Star
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The right path
The right path
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Impulse
Impulse
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
The Stanislaski brothers
The Stanislaski brothers
  • Nora Roberts
32 reads
The Electrifying Trilogy Box Set
The Electrifying Trilogy Box Set
  • Nora Roberts
42 reads
Affaire royale
Affaire royale
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Truly, Madly Manhattan
Truly, Madly Manhattan
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
Loving Jack
Loving Jack
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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One Man's Art

One Man's Art
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The Best Mistake
The Best Mistake
  • Nora Roberts
41 read
The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas
The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Without a Trace
Without a Trace
  • Nora Roberts
22 reads
With Open Arms
With Open Arms
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Someday With You: Cordina's Crown Jewel / Unfinished Business
Someday With You: Cordina's Crown Jewel / Unfinished Business
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The Diversion: Less of a Stranger / Temptation
The Diversion: Less of a Stranger / Temptation
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
From this day
From this day
  • Nora Roberts
41 read
This magic moment
This magic moment
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Novels
Novels
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
Uma Nova Promessa
Uma Nova Promessa
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
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Western Skies

Western Skies: Song of the West / Boundary Lines
  • Nora Roberts
02 reads
The Witness
The Witness
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
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The Quinns' Christmas

The Quinns' Christmas
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The Mirror
The Mirror
  • Nora Roberts
3.51 read
Two of a kind
Two of a kind
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Time Was
Time Was
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Hafen der Träume
Hafen der Träume
  • Nora Roberts
51 read
Claro de Luna
Claro de Luna
  • Valeria Watson (Translator)
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Een eerste indruk
Een eerste indruk
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Mesec nad Karolinom
Mesec nad Karolinom
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Winner Takes All
Winner Takes All
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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The Royals of Cordina

The Royals of Cordina: Gabriella & Alexander
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The Magic Circle
The Magic Circle
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
And Then There Was You
And Then There Was You
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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True Betrayals / Montana Sky / Sanctuary

True Betrayals / Montana Sky / Sanctuary
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Rules of the game
Rules of the game
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Night Tales
Night Tales
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Key of Valour
Key of Valour
  • Nora Roberts
51 read
The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared
The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection Books 6-10
J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection Books 6-10
  • Nora Roberts
  • J. D. Robb
00 reads
The Donovan Legacy
The Donovan Legacy
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
J. D. Robb In Death Collection Books 1-5
J. D. Robb In Death Collection Books 1-5
  • Nora Roberts
  • J. D. Robb
00 reads
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
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O Coração do Mar

O Coração do Mar
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
A day away
A day away
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Christmas with you
Christmas with you
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Suzanna's surrender
Suzanna's surrender
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
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Rise of Magicks

Rise of Magicks
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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Into The Unknown

Into The Unknown
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
The Next Always
The Next Always
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Irish Rose
Irish Rose
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Tonight and always
Tonight and always
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
The Perfect Hope
The Perfect Hope
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Going Home
Going Home
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Cordina's Royal Family - Gabriella & Alexander - Affaire Royale\Command Performance
Cordina's Royal Family - Gabriella & Alexander - Affaire Royale\Command Performance
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
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Come sundown

Come sundown
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Summer Desserts
Summer Desserts
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
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Keep You Close

Keep You Close
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
Stars
Stars
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Playing The Odds  (Nora Roberts: Language of Love, No 12)
Playing The Odds (Nora Roberts: Language of Love, No 12)
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Once upon a rose
Once upon a rose
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Mind Over Matter
Mind Over Matter
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
One Man's Art (Language of Love No. 17)
One Man's Art (Language of Love No. 17)
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Nora Roberts Born Trilogy
Nora Roberts Born Trilogy
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Daring to dream: Holding the dream
Daring to dream: Holding the dream
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Once Upon A Star
Once Upon A Star
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Heart Of Devin Mackade (Heartbreakers, The Mackade Brothers)
Heart Of Devin Mackade (Heartbreakers, The Mackade Brothers)
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Nora Roberts Irish Trilogy
Nora Roberts Irish Trilogy
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
The Art of Deception
The Art of Deception
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
Key Trilogy Box Set
Key Trilogy Box Set
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Cordina's Royal Family: Bennett & Camilla
Cordina's Royal Family: Bennett & Camilla
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
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The witness

The witness
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Once Upon a Castle
Once Upon a Castle
  • Jill Gregory
  • Marianne Willman
  • Ruth Ryan Langan
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Jewels of the Sun
Jewels of the Sun
  • Nora Roberts
51 read
The MacKade Brothers
The MacKade Brothers
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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In Death Series (16-20) Listening Kit 0605

In Death Series (16-20) Listening Kit 0605: Five Unabridged Audiobooks on MP3-CD and One Soul MP3-CD Player
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
So hoch wie der Himmel
So hoch wie der Himmel
  • Nora Roberts
01 read
Risky Business
Risky Business
  • Nora Roberts
31 read
Reflections
Reflections
  • Nora Roberts
00 reads
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The collector

The collector
  • Nora Roberts
21 read
Treasures Lost, Treasures Found
Treasures Lost, Treasures Found
  • Nora Roberts
01 read