“I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.” – Nora Roberts
The bestselling author of more than 200 (yep,
that’s 2-0-0, not 2-0) novels, Roberts
writes under her own name, and as J. D.
Robb for the in Death series.
She also has written under the pseudonyms Jill March and (in the U.K.) as Sarah Hardesty.
With books out that have spent a combined total
of some 900 weeks on the New York Times
Best Seller list – including nearly 200 weeks in the number one spot, she
was a natural choice to be selected as the first author inducted into the
Romance Writers
of America Hall of Fame.
Born on Oct. 10, 1950 in Silver Spring,
MD, Roberts started writing to break the
tedium of being snowbound during a 1979 blizzard. She loved the process so much that she
finished 6 books before starting to send them off to publishers, most of who
rejected her out of hand. Finally, in 1981, Silhouette Books, an imprint of
Harlequin, gave her a try and she was off and running.
She
treats writing as a full-time job and writes 8 hours a day, every day,
including on vacations. Biographist
Pamela Regis calls Roberts "a master of the romance novel form, because
she "has a keen ear for dialogue, constructs deft scenes, maintains a
page-turning pace, and provides compelling characterization."
“Every
writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard
different tools before they find the one that fits,” Roberts said. “I don't believe for one moment you can write
well what you wouldn't read yourself for pleasure."
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