birth_place pseudonym influences nationality birth_date period genre article_title birth_name occupation
texas , united states ann major , margaret major cleaves nora roberts american 13 february 1946 1980 -- present romance ann major
 margaret major novelist
ann major

margaret major cleaves -lrb- born february 13 , 1946 in texas , united states -rrb- is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym ann major .
she is a founding member of the romance writers of america and the co-author of the article `` the contemporary light romance '' which has been collected in the book writing and selling the romance novel .
