Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb - Bio, Novels, Checklist
Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb Bio
Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring Maryland, the youngest of five children. Her early schooling included several years in Catholic school. Though she jokes about the nuns, the award winning writer credits them with instilling in her the work ethic that has made her one of the most popular and prolific authors of the last twenty years. "…the fact is the discipline that they drum into education sticks. You can have all the talent in the world but if you don't have the discipline to sit down and write on a regular basis, you're not going to write or publish any books."
She married young, settled in Keedysville, Maryland, and worked briefly as a "really bad legal secretary." After her sons were born, she stayed at home and filled the hours by trying every craft that came along - ceramics, embroidery, sewing, canning, macramé, needlepoint, and baking. Then, came the fateful blizzard of '79.
Having been born into a family of readers, reading and making up stories had long been an integral part of Nora's life. As the story goes, one stormy winter's day, snowed in with the boys, tired of playing Candy Land and desperate for release, she took out a number two pencil, applied it to a spiral bound notebook and thus began her writing career.
Ms. Roberts did not become an immediate success. By the time Irish Thoroughbred, her first novel, was published in 1981, she already had three years of hard work and several rejected manuscripts behind her. Since then, her ascension to the top of the literary world can only be described as meteoric. According to Entertainment Weekly, "her stories have fueled the dreams of twenty-five million readers." And her books have been published in at least 25 different countries.¹
Nora Roberts Quotes
"You're going to be unemployed if you really think you just have to sit around and wait for the muse to land on your shoulder. That's not the way I work. I build a story."
"They're certainly not based on me—that would be boring. I'm not nearly as adventurous, brave or unselfish as any of my female leads. I don't know anyone that interesting either. My job is to make them up."
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NORA ROBERTS
NIGHT TALES
CHRONICLES OF THE ONE
Of Blood and Bone: Book 2
The Rise of Magicks: Book 3
THE COUSINS O'DWYER TRILOGY
Shadow Spell (Book 2)
Blood Magick (Book 3)
BRIDE QUARTET
Bed of Roses (Book 2)
Savor the Moment (Book 3)
Happy Ever After (Book 4)
Bride Quartet Boxed Set
BORN IN TRILOGY
Born in Ice (Book 2)
Born in Shame (Book 3)
Born Box Set
GALLAGHERS OF ARDMORE TRILOGY
Tears of the Moon (Book 2)
Heart of the Sea (Book 3)
DREAM TRILOGY
Holding the Dream (Book 2)
Finding the Dream (Book 3)
Lovers and Dreamers 3-in-1
CHESAPEAKE BAY SAGA
Rising Tides (Book 2)
Inner Harbor (Book 3)
Chesapeake Blue (Book 4)
THREE SISTERS ISLAND TRILOGY
Heaven and Earth (Book 2)
Face the Fire (Book 3)
TSI Trilogy Box Set
IN THE GARDEN TRILOGY
Black Rose (Book 2)
Red Lily (Book 3)
In The Garden Box Set
THE CIRCLE TRILOGY
Dance of the Gods (Book 2)
Valley of Silence (Book 3)
Circle Trilogy Box Set
SIGN OF SEVEN TRILOGY
The Hollow (Book 2)
The Pagan Stone (Book 3)
Sign of Seven Box Set
KEY TRILOGY
Key of Knowledge (Book 2)
Key of Valor (Book 3)
Key Trilogy Box Set
THE INN BOONSBORO TRILOGY
The Last Boyfriend (Book Two)
The Perfect Hope (Book Three)
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Recent Series and Trilogies
J.D. Robb (In Death) Novels.
J.D. Robb's "In Death" Series in Order
Glory in Death, 1995
Immortal in Death, 1996
Rapture in Death, 1996
Ceremony in Death, 1997
Vengeance in Death, 1997
Holiday in Death, 1998
Conspiracy in Death, 1999
Loyalty in Death, 1999
Witness in Death, 2000
Judgment in Death, 2000
Betrayal in Death, 2001
Seduction in Death, 2001
Reunion in Death, 2002
Purity in Death, 2002
Portrait in Death, 2003
Imitation in Death, 2003
Divided in Death, 2004
Visions in Death, 2004
Survivor in Death, 2005
Origin in Death, 2005
Memory in Death, 2006
Born in Death, 2006
Innocent in Death, 2007
Creation in Death, 2007
Strangers in Death, 2008
Salvation in Death, 2008
Promises in Death, 2009
Kindred in Death, 2009
Fantasy in Death, 2010
Indulgence in Death, 2010
Treachery in Death, 2011
New York to Dallas, 2011
Celebrity In Death, 2012
Delusion in Death, 2012
Calculated in Death, 2013
Thankless in Death, 2013
Concealed in Death, 2014
Festive in Death, 2014
Obsession in Death, 2015
Devoted in Death, 2015
Brotherhood in Death, 2016
Apprentice in Death, 2016
Echoes in Death, 2017
Secrets in Death, 2017
Dark in Death, 2018
Leverage in Death, 2018
Connections in Death, 2019
Golden in Death, 2020
Shadows In Death, 2020
Faithless In Death, 2021
Forgotten In Death, 2021
Abandoned In Death, 2022