Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel
b. August 14, 1947 · From United States- Books
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Danielle Steel — born Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel on 14 August 1947 in New York City — is an American novelist, best known for her best-selling romance fiction.
The only child of John Schuelein-Steel and Norma da Câmara Stone dos Reis, she was raised in Paris and New York after her parents divorced, graduated from the Lycée Français at fifteen, and went on to study at the Parsons School of Design and New York University. Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1973.
As of 2024 she had written some 210 books, more than 180 of them novels, and she is the best-selling living author, with over 800 million copies sold worldwide.
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Danielle Steel is renowned for her prolific output in romance and drama, often exploring themes of family, relationships, and overcoming adversity. She is one of the bestselling authors of all time.
Many of Danielle Steel's novels have been adapted into television movies, particularly throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. These adaptations often aired as made-for-TV films.
Danielle Steel writes exclusively under her own name. She does not use any known pseudonyms or pen names for her published works.