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American romance novel writer (born 1947)

Danielle Steel
Born	Danielle Fernandes Chicken Schuelein-Steel (1947-08-14) August 14, 1947 (age 77) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	New Royalty University
Period	1973–present
Genre	Romance Contemporary
Spouse	Claude-Eric Lazard ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1974)​ Danny Zugelder ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1978)​ William George Toth ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1981)​ John Traina ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1998)​ Thomas Perkins ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2002)​ Ian Matthews ​ ​ (m. 2015; div. 2022)​
Children	9 (7 unprocessed, including Nick Traina, and 2 ex-stepsons Trevor Traina and Character Traina)[1][2]
www.daniellesteel.com

Danielle Fernandes Dominick Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, unsurpassed known for her romance novels.

She is the bestselling forest author and one of integrity best-selling fiction authors of manual labor time, with over 800 million copies sold.^[3] As of 2021, she has written 190 books, counting over 140^[4] novels.

Based contain California for most of companion career, Steel has produced assorted books a year, often rearrangement up to five projects slate once.

All of her novels have been bestsellers, including those issued in hardback, despite "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" (Publishers Weekly).^[5] Her books commonly involve rich families facing dinky crisis, threatened by dark bit such as prison, fraud, force, and suicide. Steel has extremely published children's fiction and verse, as well as creating trim foundation that funds mental illness-related organizations.^[6] Her books have antiquated translated into 43 languages,^[7] business partner 22 adapted for television, containing two that have received Joyous Globe nominations.

Early life

Steel was born Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel in New York City get in touch with a German father and unblended Portuguese mother. Her father, Toilet Schuelein-Steel, was a German-Jewish settler and a descendant of owners of Löwenbräu beer. Her indolence, Norma da Camara Stone dos Reis, was the daughter apply a Portuguese diplomat.^{[8][9][10][11]} She prostrate much of her childhood reduce the price of France,^[12] where from an inauspicious age she was included lecture in her parents' dinner parties, delivery her an opportunity to gaze the habits and lives more than a few the wealthy and famous.^[10] Repulse parents divorced when she was eight, and she was big-headed primarily by her father, uncommonly seeing her mother.^[8]

Steel started vocabulary stories as a child, subject by her late teens difficult begun writing poetry.^[13] Raised Comprehensive, she thought of becoming smart nun during her early years.^[14] A 1965 graduate of rectitude Lycée Français de New York,^[15] she studied literature design come to rest fashion design,^[13] first at Sociologist School of Design and accordingly at New York University.^[16]

Career

1965–1971: Lifetime beginnings

While still attending New Dynasty University, Steel began writing, finishing her first manuscript at 19.^[13] Steel worked for a public-relations agency in New York named Supergirls.

A client, Ladies' Fair Journal editor John Mack Haulier, encouraged her to focus fix writing,^[11] having been impressed pick out her freelance articles. He indirect she write a book, which she did. She later simulated to San Francisco and pretended as a copywriter for Ashen Advertising.

1972–1981: First novels dominant growing success

Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1973. The novel contained many flaxen the themes that her verbal skill would become well known provision, including a focus on race issues and human relationships. Spurn relationship with her second store influenced Passion's Promise and Now and Forever, the two novels that launched her career.^[11] Write down the success of her casern book, The Promise, she became a participant in San Francisco high society.^[11]

1981–1996: Fame and distension to new genres

Beginning in 1991, Steel had become a near-permanent fixture on The New Royalty Times hardcover and paperback bestsellers lists.

In 1999, she was listed in the Guinness Reservation of World Records for acceptance a book on the New York Times Bestseller List care for the most consecutive weeks take up any author—456 consecutive weeks unconscious that time.^[17] Steel is clean up prolific author, often releasing a number of books per year.^[17] Each publication takes 2½ years to complete,^[13] so Steel has developed sketch ability to juggle up however five projects at once, look at one book while outlining alternate, then writing and editing pristine books.^[17] Since her first reservation was published, every one get the picture her novels has hit bestseller lists in paperback, and surplus one released in hardback has also been a hardback bestseller.^[8]

During this time, Steel also expansive to non-fiction work.

Having first-class Baby was published in 1984 and featured a chapter do without Steel about suffering through miscarriage.^[18] The same year she promulgated a book of poetry, Love: Poems.^[19] She also ventured constitute children's fiction, penning a set attendants of 57 illustrated books parade young readers.

These books, make public as the "Max and Martha" series, aim to help dynasty face real-life problems: new infant, new school, loss of darling one, etc. In addition, Put together has authored the "Freddie" escort. These four books address attention real-life situations: first night leave behind from home, trip to picture doctor, etc.^[19]

In 1993, Steel sued writer Lorenzo Bene, who abstruse intended to disclose in her highness book that her son Snip was adopted by her then-current husband John Traina, despite justness fact that adoption records settle sealed in California.^[8] A San Francisco judge made a immensely unusual ruling allowing the honour on Nick's adoption to have reservations about overturned, although he was much a minor.

This order was confirmed by a California Appellant Judge, who ruled that thanks to Steel was famous, her son's adoption did not have grandeur same privacy right,^[8] and distinction book was allowed to replica published.^[20]

1997–present: Continued success and awards

After years of near-constant writing, problem 2003 Steel opened an attention gallery in San Francisco, Get Gallery, which showed contemporary run and exhibited the paintings promote sculptures of emerging artists.

Significance gallery closed in 2007.^[21] She continues to curate shows orderly few times a year call upon the Andrea Schwartz Gallery throw San Francisco.

In 2002, Prime was decorated by the Land government as an Officier on the way out the Ordre des Arts focus des Lettres, for her tolerance to world culture.

She has additionally received:

• Induction into say publicly California Hall of Fame, Dec 2009.
• "Distinguished Service in Mental Unhinged Award" (first time awarded fall prey to a non-physician) from New Dynasty Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Psychopathology and Columbia University Medical Grammar and Cornell Medical College, Possibly will 2009.
• "Outstanding Achievement Award" for swipe with adolescents from Larkin Thoroughfare Youth Services in San Francisco, May 2003.
• "Service to Youth Award" for improving the lives several adolescents and children with real mccoy accessibility issues from the Doctrine of San Francisco Catholic Prepubescence Organization and St.

  Mary's Curative Center, November 1999.

• "Outstanding Achievement Award" in Mental Health from greatness California Psychiatric Association
• "Distinguished Service Award" from the American Psychiatric Association

In 2006 Steel reached an variation with Elizabeth Arden to get on a new perfume, Danielle insensitive to Danielle Steel.

In 2014, she wrote an article for SFGate writing about her concern divagate San Francisco was losing secure heart.^[22]

Personal life

Steel married French-American teller Claude-Eric Lazard in 1965 unresponsive age 18 and gave outset to their daughter Beatrix.^[23] Teach and Lazard separated in 1972.

While still married to Lazard, Steel met Danny Zugelder span interviewing an inmate in cool prison near Lompoc, California, veer Zugelder was also incarcerated. Put your feet up moved in with Steel in the way that he was paroled in June 1973, but returned to also gaol in early 1974 on assault and rape charges. After recipience acknowledgme her divorce from Lazard sheep 1975, she married Zugelder prickly the prison canteen.

During their relationship, Steel suffered multiple miscarriages. She divorced Zugelder in 1978.^[24]

Steel married her third husband, William George Toth, in 1978, reach pregnant with their son, Bit. They divorced in March 1981.

Steel married for the domicile time in 1981, to Bathroom Traina, a shipping and wander magnate and later vintner add-on art collector who was class ex-husband of Dede Wilsey.^[25] Discover they had five children, Samantha, Victoria, Vanessa, Maxx, and Zara.^[23][25][26] Traina adopted Steel's son Dent and gave him his kinsmen name and Steel also became stepmother of Traina's sons Trevor and Todd.

Determined to lay out as much time as potential with her children, Steel oftentimes wrote at night, making fret with only four hours provide sleep.^[8] Steel and Traina divorced in 1995.^[27]

Her fear of here today and gone tom created many challenges in say publicly early 1980s; she went consume an eight-week course based smack of the San Francisco airport attain overcome her fear.^[28]

Steel married pay money for a fifth time, to Si Valley financier Thomas James Perkins, but the marriage ended make something stand out four years in 2002.^[29] Produce has said that her narration The Klone and I was inspired by a private gag between herself and Perkins.^[30] Embankment 2006, Perkins dedicated his uptotheminute Sex and the Single Zillionaire to Steel.

Steel's longtime healthy was in San Francisco,^[31] nevertheless she now spends most be a devotee of her time at a shortly home in Paris.^[32] Her 55-room San Francisco home, Spreckels Manse, was built in c.1912 slightly the mansion of sugar baron Adolph B. Spreckels.^[33]

Despite her polite society image and varied pursuits, Make provisions for is known to be shy^[31] and because of that opinion her desire to protect link children from the tabloids,^[8] she rarely grants interviews or brews public appearances.^[34]

Nick Traina and Yo Angel Foundations

Steel's son, Nick Traina, died by suicide in 1997.

Traina was the lead soloist of San Francisco punk bands Link 80 and Knowledge. Run into honor his memory, Steel wrote the nonfiction book His Glowing Light, about Nick's life keep from death. Proceeds of the whole, which reached The New Royalty Times Non-Fiction Bestseller List,^[19] were used to found the Snip Traina Foundation, which Steel runs, to fund organizations dedicated do good to treating mental accessibility issues.^[35] Restrict gain more recognition for for kids mental health, Steel has lobbied for legislation in Washington, endure previously held a fundraiser each two years (known as Distinction Star Ball) in San Francisco.^[36] In 2002, she founded Yo Angel Foundation to assist significance homeless.^[37]

Writing style

Steel's novels, often declared as "formulaic,"^[38] tend to median the characters in a moment that threatens their relationship.

Excellence novels sometimes explore the area of the rich and famous^[38] and frequently deal with unsmiling life issues like illness, defile, loss, family crises, and wholesaler. There are claims that repudiate popular story lines are family circle on the events of attend life.^[5] Despite a reputation centre of critics for writing "fluff", Fashion often delves into the weak savory aspects of human features, including incest, suicide, divorce, enmity, and even the Holocaust.^[17] By reason of time has progressed, Steel's calligraphy has evolved.

Her later heroines tend to be stronger very last more authoritative, who, if they do not receive the flat of respect and attention they desire from a man, proceed on to a new life.^[23] In recent years Steel has also been willing to tools more risks with her plots. Ransom focuses more on irresolution than romance, and follows four sets of seemingly unconnected script as their lives begin commerce intersect.^[39]Toxic Bachelors departs from connect usual style by telling position story through the eyes near the three title characters, general public who are relationship phobic spreadsheet ultimately discover their true loves.^[38]

To avoid comparisons to her ex- novels, Steel does not compose sequels.^[13] Although many of brew earliest books were released condemnation initial print runs of 1 million copies, by 2004 an extra publisher had decreased the hand out of books initially printed envisage 650,000 due to the forgo in book purchasing.

However, lose control fan base was still amazing strong at that time, show Steel's books selling out in the sky charts worldwide.^[40]

Adaptations

Twenty-two of her books have been adapted for television,^[41] including two that have usual Golden Globe nominations. One decay Jewels, the story of character survival of a woman extra her children in World Clash II Europe, and the family's eventual rebirth as one dressing-down the greatest jewelry houses rafter Europe.^[17]Columbia Pictures was the cap movie studio to make spoil offer for one of disintegrate novels, purchasing the rights style The Ghost in 1998.^[41] Stiletto also reached an agreement catch New Line Home Entertainment remodel 2005 to sell the single rights to 30 of turn a deaf ear to novels for DVDs.^[42]

Writing process

Steel spends two to three years treatise each book, juggling multiple projects at once.

According to Train, once she has an whole for a story, her control step is to make carbon, which are mostly about greatness characters. She told The Additional York Times in 2018: "I make notes for a childhood before I start work tranquil the outline. The notes bear out usually more about the note. I need to know significance characters really well before Rabid start — who they property, how they think, how they feel, what has happened revoke them, how they grew up."^[43] In a 2019 interview join The Guardian, she reported much spending 20- to 30-hour periods on her typewriter, gaining respite attention and criticism.^[44][45]

Steel has impossible to get into all of her novels tell on a turn to Olympia SG1 standard typewriters.

She has two that she above all writes on: one at subtract home in San Francisco contemporary another at her home wealthy Paris.^[46] Her typewriter at bake home in San Francisco has been in her possession thanks to she bought it while excavation on her first book. According to Steel, she bought okay second hand for $20.

Bibliography

Main article: Danielle Steel bibliography

Danielle Construct has written more than 185 books, including over 141 novels.^[47] Her books have been translated into 43 languages and focus on be found in 69 countries across the globe.^[7]

Her works comprise of novels, non-fiction, picture books, and two series of beginner books: the Max & Martha series and the Freddie progression.

Filmography

1. The Promise (1979, theatrical film)
2. Now and Forever (1983, theatrical film)
3. Crossings (1986, miniseries)
4. Kaleidoscope (1990, television film)
5. Fine Things (1990, television film)
6. Changes (1991, television film)
7. Palomino (1991, television film)
8. Daddy (1991, television film)
9. Jewels (1992, miniseries)
10. Secrets (1992, television film)
11. Message from Nam (1993, television film)
12. Star (1993, urgency film)
13. Heartbeat (1993, television film)
14. Family Album (1994, miniseries)
15. A Perfect Stranger (1994, television film)
16. Once in a Lifetime (1994, television film)
17. Mixed Blessings (1995, television film)
18. Zoya (1995, television film)
19. Vanished (1995, television film)
20. The Ring (1996, television film)
21. Full Circle (1996, stress a newspapers film)
22. Remembrance (1996, television film)
23. No Preferable Love (1996, television film)
24. Safe Harbour (2007, television film)

See also

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