Happy Sunday! Our Author of the Month is Nora Roberts and this week, October 10th, just so happens to be her birthday. Roberts is the diva of romance, romantic suspense, action and adventure, and supernatural thrillers. I discovered her books back in 2007 and fell in lurve. I have one very full bookcase dedicated to all her books. She is a prolific writer and has written 242 novels which include multiple trilogies and stand alone books. All of which are unique and interesting. She writes stories that are full of world building, settings, and characters I have fallen in love with and makes me want to reread them over and over again. She also has written a unique futuristic police procedural under the pseudonym of J.D. Robb and recently published the 55th book in the ongoing series. I've reread them a number of times as well.
Roberts and her husband also own a bookstore in Maine called Turn the Page and a historic inn called Inn Boonsboro with rooms named after literary characters including Eve and Roark from the In Death series.
Interesting tidbits from her website:
Nora Roberts’ books are published in over 34 countries.
There are enough Nora Roberts books in print to fill the seats of Wrigley Field over 9,900 times (selling out Cubs’ home games for more than 124 seasons).
If you place all Nora’s books top to bottom, they would stretch across the United States from New York to Los Angeles 18 times.
Her official blog, Fall Into The Story, contains updates on books, conversations with readers and insights into Nora’s home life.
Although romance is an element of most of her stories, she has written a number of books that are spooky, thrilling, chilling, and include ghosts or are post apocalyptic such as The Sign of Seven Trilogy or Chronicles of The One. All good choices for our October Spooktacular.
Big L, Little L, what begins with L? Why Love, of course. As well as literary, library, letters, and lullaby.
Happy Reading!
