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Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 230 novels, including Legacy, The Awakening, Hideaway, Under Currents, The Chronicles of The One trilogy, and many more. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.
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Tell us about the blizzard of 1979 that jump-started your career…
The blizzard of ’79 hit in February, and I was stuck in the house with
two small children. Any mother out there knows what it is to weep bitter tears
when the radio announces that there will be no morning kindergarten. I live in
rural Maryland, and had no four-wheel drive transportation, two active sons, a
dwindling supply of chocolate and three feet of snow. I’d never thought about
writing as a career. I thought everyone made up stories in their heads. But
after days of being trapped by the blizzard, I was tired of playing Candy Land
and was desperate for some sort of release. I took one of those stories in my
head and wrote it down. The minute I started the process of writing, I fell in
love with it. I had, to this point, sought some avenue for creativity in every
craft known to man. Ceramics, embroidery, sewing (I even put little flies in the
overalls I made my sons) canning, macramé, needlepoint, baking. I had a
distressing craft addiction. Fortunately writing cured me of it, and I found the
right avenue.
When you first took a number two pencil to a spiral notebook, did you
realize that you were on your way to becoming a ...
Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-six New York Times bestsellers, including Out of Nowhere, Overkill, Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Outfox, Tailspin, Sting and Mean Streak. Writing professionally since 1981, ... (more)
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Catherine Coulter is the author of 70 novels, including 66 New York Times bestsellers, occasionally, after exhaustive prayers, hitting #1. She earned her reputation writing historical romances to pass the time while aboard ... (more)
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