Danielle Steel

Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947), better known by the name ***Danielle Steel***, is an American novelist, currently the bestselling author alive and the fourth bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold.

Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. Despite "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" (Publishers Weekly), all her novels have been bestsellers, including those issued in hardback. Her formula is fairly consistent, often involving rich families facing a crisis, threatened by dark elements such as prison, fraud, blackmail and suicide. Steel has also published children's fiction and poetry, as well as raising funds for the treatment of mental disorders. Her books have been translated into 28 languages, with 22 adapted for television, including two that have received Golden Globe nominations.

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**Selected novels/filmography** (US release dates unless specified)

March 8, 1979: *The Promise* (1979), written by Garry Michael White but novelized by Steel, published July 1989.

July 15, 1983: *Now and Forever* (1983), novel published February 1978

February 23, 1986: *Crossings* (1986), TV mini-series, novel first published August 1982

October 15, 1990; July 23, 1996 (UK): *Kaleidoscope* (1990), TV movie, novel first published November 1987

October 16, 1990: *Fine Things* (1990), TV movie, novel first published March 1987

April 1, 1991: *Changes* (1991), TV movie, novel first published September 1983

October 21, 1991: *Palomino* (1991), TV movie, novel first published December 1982

October 23, 1991: *Daddy* (1991), TV movie, first published November 1989

April 6, 1992: *Secrets* (1992), TV movie, novel first published November 1985

October 18, 1992: *Jewels* (1992), TV mini-series, novel first published June 1992

February 8, 1993: *Heartbeat* (1993), TV movie, novel first published March 1991

September 20, 1993: *Star* (1993), TV movie, novel first published March 1989

October 17, 1993: *Message from Nam* (1993), TV movie, novel first published June 1990

February 15, 1994: *Once in a Lifetime* (1994), TV movie, novel first published December 1983

September 12, 1994; December 31, 1997 (UK): *A Perfect Stranger* (1994), TV movie, novel first published June 1983

October 23, 1994: *Family Album* (1994), TV mini-series, novel first published March 1985

April 3, 1995; August 17, 1999 (UK): *Vanished* (1995), TV movie, novel first published August 1993

September 17, 1995: *Zoya* (1995), TV movie, novel first published June 1988

December 11, 1995; August 3, 1999: *Mixed Blessings* (1995), TV movie, novel first published December 1992

January 1, 1996; June 23, 1996 (UK): *No Greater Love* (1996), TV movie, novel first published November 1991

September 2, 1996; August 10, 1999 (UK): *Remembrance* (1996), TV movie, novel first published September 1981

September 9, 1996: *Full Circle* (1996), TV movie, novel first published June 1984

October 20, 1996: *The Ring* (1996), TV movie, novel first published August 1980

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