birth_place name birth_date spouse residence article_title birth_name occupation
leeds , yorkshire , england , uk barbara taylor bradford 10 may 1933 robert bradford -lrb- 1963-present -rrb- new york city , us barbara taylor bradford
 barbara taylor novelist
barbara taylor bradford

barbara taylor bradford obe , -lrb- born 10 may 1933 -rrb- is a best-selling british-american novelist .
her debut novel , `` a woman of substance '' , was published in 1979 and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide .
it ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling novels of all-time .
to date , she has written 29 novels -- all bestsellers on both sides of the atlantic .
