The latest book of Nora Roberts The Liar was published on April 14 and immediately became a bestseller. We decide to honor the famous writer with our rubric 13 Facts. Here we go.

In one of her rare video appearances Nora Roberts decide to introduce her latest book The Liar. As expected the video is quite short – just 50 seconds.

The real name of the famous novelist is Eleanor Marie Robertson. She writes under the pen names J.D. Robb, Jill March and Sarah Hardesty

230 books and counting were produced by Nora Roberts. She has 3 more upcoming releases in 2015. Here is the complete list of her books.

The very first novel by Lady Nora is Irish Thoroughbred. The story was published in 1981. Roberts wasn’t recognized at first and received a lot of rejections before her talent spread around the world

In the recent years Roberts decided not to force too much, compared to previous years. Her plans are to produce five books in 12 months.

The nuns of her Catholic school inspired her to have such a writing discipline.

Roberts’s books were so influential that two authors plagiarized her work. Janet Dailey and Cassie Edwards were caught using passages of the famous author.

Since 1999 every book of Nora Roberts became part of NY Times bestselling list. 192 of her novels appeared in the prestigious chart.

The American writer was the third author, who sold more than 1 million kindle books.

Roberts’s novels were published in 34 countries.

The marketing genius behind Nora Roberts is amazing. She was the first ever famous writer with a personal web page back in 1996.

The newsletter list of Nora Roberts has 121 000 plus subscribers. Her facebook page is followed by 585 000 fans.

The office of Nora Roberts on the top floor of her home. The walls are filled with framed covers of her novels.

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