Little, Brown (and not Penguin UK) did some “extensive market research” to ascertain why US mega bestseller Nora Roberts isn’t making the same waves in the UK. Apparently it is the covers. The focus group readers said that the covers were too old and didn’t represent the “strong female characters” that the readers [...]

Nicole and Jim Hayes opened up the Cafe Book store in Antioch, Illinois last month inspired by Nora Roberts’ Three Sisters Trilogy. The bookstore is designed to invoke the feeling of the bookstore in the series. The selection is small but the atmosphere is conducive to lounging.
The Hayes’ have previous small business and [...]

A fire on February 22, 2008, consumed the Historic Boonsboro Inn that Nora Roberts and her family were restoring.  The blaze also damaged six other buildings in the small town. No one was injured but there was an estimated $1.5 to $2 million in damage.
The Smart Bitches reported on this yesterday and Nora dropped in [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
I discovered the In Death series almost 20 books in (at the publication of Portrait in Death), so I had the opportunity to read a big chunk of Eve and Roarke’s story all at once. I was immediately and completely caught up in the fictional futuristic world, from the tumultuous adventure of [...]

Want to give a show of support outside making a comment? If you’ve read the Newsweek report by Paul Tolme, the ferrets whose “closest relations are European ferrets and Siberian polecats” are an endangered species.  Nora Roberts and the Smart Bitches have put together a wonderful sort of “pay it forward” campaign.  If you [...]

Bookfinder.com released its 5th Annual top 10 out of print books for 2007. These are the ten most sought after books.

Once a Runner (1978) by John L. Parker, Jr.
Football Scouting Methods (1962) by Steve Belichick. (Is he related to Bill B?)
Sex (1992) by Madonna.
Promise Me Tomorrow (1984) by Nora Roberts. [...]

Reader Troy sent me the link to Nora Roberts’ 10 Questions, but it was on Sunday and I forgot about it until I say that SB Sarah blogged about it. So thank you Troy. Sorry that I suck and forgot to post.

Dear Ms. Roberts:
This is a tough review to write and not because I was unhappy with it but because while good, it reads like one giant prologue.
This book is better suited to be purchased and read with its two other companion books because the plot is one that spans the three books. [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts
I feel a bit awkward writing this review because I know that you read the blog on occassion. I felt like I was on a Nora Roberts high the last three books. Angels Fall, Innocent in Death, and High Noon were all either keepers or close to keepers so I was [...]

If you didn’t heart Nora Roberts before for her writing, you have to love her for the speech she gave last night at the 3d Annual Quill Awards. Publisher’s Weekly and NBC teamed up to create the Quill Awards a few years ago with the intention of bringing “glamour and red carpet extravagance to [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
Most readers say the same thing about you and that is you consistently deliver good, solid reads. But as with all authors, particularly those with ginormous backlists (and yes, ginormous is now an official word), some books are better than others. When I started this book, I was a little apprehensive [...]

Can’t wait until July 10th for Nora Roberts High Noon and don’t mind paying near full price for a bunch of bytes that you really don’t own and will have to read on your laptop or handheld? I totally understand. Ereader is offering High Noon for $24.95 today, which is five days [...]

First its USAToday with its co-branded books and now it is author Nora Roberts. She has moved into icon status, if she wasn’t already before, with her very own bobblehead to be given away at the July 6th Hagerstown Suns baseball game. Hagerstown Suns are the single A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. [...]

NYT Bestselling novelist, Nora Roberts, and Bruce Wilder have plans to run a Bed and Breakfast in Boonsboro, MD. The six bedroom B&B will have theme rooms based on famous couples in literature. Opposite of the Bed and Breakfast, the couple hopes to open an Italian restaurant called Vesta [...]

Nora Roberts is identified as one of the Times 100 Most Influential Artists and Entertainers.
At 56, she makes her fellow authors look like slackers, having written 175 novels, the majority of them best sellers.
Congratulations, Ms. Roberts. You were listed right after Leonardo Di Caprio. Not a bad place to [...]

Today is the start of an exciting new series called “My First Sale.” Every Friday morning until we run out of letters, we’ll post an author’s first sale story. If you’ve got one, email it to Jane.
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Nora Roberts needs no introduction but I’ll provide one anyway. There are more than 295 [...]

Not content with ruling the publishing world, Nora Roberts aims to take over the small screen starting with cable channel, Lifetime. Lifetime has an entire page devoted to Ms. Roberts, her movies and her books. There is a blog, exclusive video and a message board, in case you don’t get enough of Ms. [...]

Next week’s issue of TV Guide features Nora Roberts and her four books which are being made into TV movies. The article, written by Ms Roberts herself, expounds on having her books adapted for the small screen.
Nora Roberts TV Schedule:

Angels Fall, Monday, January 29th at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.
Montana Sky, Monday, February 5th [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
If I were to rate my favorite books by my favorite authors, this would probably qualify. It’s full of classic Nora Roberts features: three dimensional characters, rich family relationships (albeit dysfunctional), and two believable individuals coming together to give each other comfort and love. Your books aren’t about the big and grand [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
This is the second in your famed paranormal series called the Circle Trilogy. I’ve learned through reading Morrigan’s Cross and Dance of the Gods that you write actions scenes really well which is something I didn’t know you had in you. Apparently you can write anything. Let’s see you try your hand [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
As you can tell by my book pimping post, I was excited to read this book. It was exactly what was promised: A Nora Roberts take on the paranormal. The characters and the magic felt familiar. The vampire lore followed traditional paths. I hadn’t read a Roberts book, [...]

A good friend of mine, Jolie, is a bookseller who specializes in selling romances. She goes to RWA every year. This time I begged her to write up a report about what she found out at the conference about the future of romance. This is her report:

RWA 2006 – Hotlanta!

Another RWA conference [...]

Dear Ms. Roberts:
Thanks for stopping by. How fortuitous since I picked up your book at Costco ($14.19) and read it this week.
Angels Fall features Reece Gilmore, a young woman who suffered a terrible emotional trauma in Boston as she was just embarking on a career as a chef at one of [...]

The following guest review/letter comes from author Jenyfer Matthews whose latest release, One Crazy Summer, is available in ebook form.
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The nicest thing my ex-SIL ever did was introduce me to Nora Roberts books. She gave me a box of her castoffs with the warning that they were formulaic but fun. Included in the [...]