《black hills 英文原版》是2009年Penguin出版的圖書，作者是nora roberts。
基本介紹
- 中文名：black hills 英文原版
- 作者：nora roberts
- 出版社：Penguin
- ISBN：9780399156076
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
"New York Times"-bestselling author Nora Roberts takes readers deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion.
作者簡介
Nora Roberts is truly a publishing phenomenon. With over 250million copies of her novels in print, she has come a long waysince she wrote her first novel in a spiral notebook using a No. 2pencil. Now she has published over 150 novels and her work has beenoptioned and made into films, excerpted in national magazines andtranslated in over twenty-five different countries. "I always havestories running around in my head," she explains. "Once I startputting them down on paper, I just keep going; I just keepwriting." In addition to her amazing success in mainstream fiction,Nora Roberts remains committed to writing for her category romanceaudience that took her to into their heart in 1981 with her veryfirst book, a Silhouette romance.
Nora Roberts continues to write futuristic romantic suspense asJ.D. Robb, and her characters Eve Dallas and Roarke have become twoof her most popular creations ever. Her J.D. Robb titles are hailedas "a perfect balance of suspense, futuristic police procedure andsteamy romance...truly fine entertainment" by PublishersWeekly.
Reviewers agree that Nora Roberts deserves praise. The LosAngeles Daily News describes her as "a word artist, painting herstory and her characters with vitality and verve." Kirkus Reviewscomments on True Betrayals saying "Roberts' style has a fresh,contemporary snap." Roberts is said to be "reminiscent ofJacqueline Briskin and Sidney Sheldon" by Booklist, and Rex Reedlauds her saying, "Move over Sidney Sheldon: the world has a newmaster of romantic suspense, and her name is Nora Roberts."Publishers Weekly claims "Roberts keeps getting better...[her]prolificness shows no sign of abating." They add, "When Robertsputs her expert finger on the pulse of romance, legions of fansfeel the heartbeat." USA Today calls Nora "a consistentlyentertaining writer."
The remarkable Ms. Roberts did not become a success overnight. Bythe time her first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in1981, she already had three years of hard work behind her andseveral rejected manu*s languishing in drawers. Today,according to Entertainment Weekly, "her stories have fueled thedreams of twenty-five million readers." One of America's leadingnovelists, her books are published around the world. She isfrequently invited to promote her novels in other countries. Herrecent travels took her to England, Italy, Australia and Japan tomeet fans, fellow authors and aspiring writers.
Sanctuary was made into a television movie which aired in 2001 onCBS as "Nora Roberts' Sanctuary." The cast includes MelissaGilbert, Emmy-winner Kathy Baker and Costas Mandylor. CBS has alsooptioned The Reef for another television movie. Montana Sky hasbeen optioned by TriStar Television for a two-hour televisionmovie. Her book This Magic Moment became the television film "MagicMoments" starring Emmy-winner John Shea and Jenny Seagrove. SacredSins has been optioned for film by Kaleidoscope, and PrivateScandals has been optioned by Burt Reynolds Productions.Reflections and The Law is a Lady were selected by GoodHousekeeping magazine for presentation as condensed novels. HonestIllusions and Private Scandals were featured as Readers Digest'sCondensed Books.
The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New YorkTimes, Cosmopolitan, People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly haveall featured or mentioned Nora Roberts in articles about writingand the romance genre. She has appeared on ABC-TV's Good MorningAmerica and Cable News Network, and has been featured on thetelevision programs To Tell the Truth, Entertainment Tonight, andLifestyles of the Rich and Famous. She has been interviewed bylocal television and radio programs across the country, and she hasbeen featured in dozens of newspapers, including the WashingtonPost, Baltimore Sun, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, WashingtonTimes, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, and AtlantaConstitution.
Her extraordinary accomplishments have also received recognitionfrom her peers. The first author ever to be inducted into theRomance Writers of America's Hall of Fame, and the first author toreceive their Centennial Award when she published her 100th novelMontana Sky, she is the recipient of almost every award given inrecognition of excellence in romance writing. In 1997, she washonored at the Romance Writers of America National Conference whenshe was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In additionto her awards from the Romance Writers of America, she has alsoreceived a Lifetime Achievement Award from Waldenbooks, and she hasbeen honored by B. Dalton Booksellers, the New Jersey Chapter ofRomance Writers of America, and BookRak Distributors.
Nora Roberts is a charter member of the Romance Writers ofAmerica, and a member of their Washington, D.C. chapter. She wasthe keynote speaker at their 1994 national conference in New York.She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters inCrime, The Crime Writers League of America, and NovelistsInc.
The youngest of five children, she was born in Silver Spring,Maryland. She now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.
