Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel is an American writer best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 million copies sold worldwide. As of 2024, she has written over 210 books, including more than 182 novels. Her books often involve 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. She created the Nick Traina foundation in honor of her son, which funds mental-illness-related organizations. Her books have been translated into 43 languages, with 22 adapted for television.