| Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steele | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1947 New York, New York (U.S.) |
| Pen name | Danielle Steel |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1973 - Present |
| Genres | mainstream, Drama |
Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born on August 14, 1947 in New York City, New York), is best known as Danielle Steel and is reportedly the best selling author in the world. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created
Best known for her mainstream drama novels, Steel has sold more than 550 million copies of her books (as of 2005). Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Her novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 390 consecutive weeks[1] and 22 have been adapted for television. The New York Times Best Seller List is widely considered to be the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
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Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel was born on August 14, 1947 in New York, NY. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Her parents were John Schulein Steel, a descendant of the founders of Lowenbrau beer and Norma da Câmara Stone Reis, the daughter of a Portuguese diplomat. Löwenbräu ( German, løːvənbrɔʏ̯ is a Brewery in Munich that produces a traditional Munich-style Beer. [2] Steel spent much of her early childhood in France[3], where from an early age she was included in her parents' dinner parties, giving her an opportunity to observe the habits and lives of the wealthy and famous. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. [2] Her parents divorced when she was seven, however, and she was raised primarily in New York by her father, rarely seeing her mother, who had moved to Europe. [1]
Steel started writing stories as a child, and by her late teens had begun writing poetry. [4] A graduate of the Lycée Français de New York, class of 1965,[5] she studied literature design and fashion design[4], first at Parsons School of Design in 1963 and then at New York University from 1963-1967. The Lycée Français de New York (LFNY is a French language school based in Manhattan New York City which follows the French curriculum of study and allows students to study for the French Parsons The New School for Design (abbreviated Parsons) is a Design school founded in 1896 (see below New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. [6]
In 1965, when she was only 18, Steel married banker Claude-Eric Lazard[7] While a young wife, and still attending New York University, Steel began writing, completing her first manuscript the following year, when she was nineteen. [4] After the birth of their daughter, Beatrix, in 1968,[8] Steel became a copywriter for an advertising agency, then worked for a public relations agency in San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A client was highly impressed with her press releases and encouraged her to concentrate on writing books. [2]
After nine years of marriage, Steel's relationship with Lazard ended. Shortly before their divorce was finalized[8] her first novel, Going Home, was published. The novel contained many of the themes that her writing would become known for, including a focus on family issues and the impact of actions taken in the past on events of the present or future. [9]
Steel married again, enjoying a jailhouse ceremony with Danny Zugelder. The marriage ended quickly and Zugelder was later convicted of a series of rapes. Steel married her third husband, heroin-addicted William Toth, the day after her divorce from Zugelder was final, while she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with Toth's child. [7] This marriage ended within two years, and Steel successfully petitioned to have Toth's parental rights to their son Nicholas terminated. [10]
Drawing on her own personal romantic difficulties, Steel wrote Passion's Promise, about a socialite who falls in love with an ex-con, after the demise of her second marriage. Shortly after she divorced Toth, Steel released Remembrance, in which the husband is a heroin addict. [8]
Still optimistic about finding love, Steel married for the fourth time in 1981, to vintner John Traina. [8] Traina subsequently adopted Steel's son Nick and gave him his family name,[11] and Steel adopted his two sons Trevor and Todd. [7][12] Together they had an additional five children, Samantha, Victoria, Vanessa, Maxx and Zara. [8][7]
Coincidentally, beginning with her marriage to Traina in 1981, Steel has been a near-permanent fixture on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestsellers lists. In 1989, she was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having a book on the New York Times Bestseller List for the most consecutive weeks of any author—381 consecutive weeks at that time. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U [9] Since her first book was published, every one of her novels has hit bestseller lists in paperback, and each one released in hardback has also been a hardback bestseller. [1] During this time Steel also contributed to her first non-fiction work. Having a Baby was published in 1984 and featured a chapter by Steel about suffering through miscarriage. Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a Pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving generally defined [13] The same year she also published a book of poetry, Love: Poems. [14]
Steel also ventured into children's fiction, penning a series of 10 illustrated books for young readers. These books, known as the "Max and Martha" series, aim to help children face real life problems: new baby, new school, loss of loved one, etc. In addition, Steel has authored the "Freddie" series. These 4 books address other real life situations: first night away from home, trip to the doctor, etc. [14]
Determined to spend as much time as possible with her own children, Steel often wrote at night, making do with only four hours of sleep, so that she could be with her children during the day. [1] Steel is a prolific author, often releasing several books per year. [9] Each book takes 2 1/2 years to complete,[4], so Steel has developed an ability to juggle up to five projects at once, researching one book while outlining another, then writing and editing additional books. [9]
In 1993 Steel sued a writer who intended to disclose in her book that her son Nick was fathered by William Toth instead of her current husband John Traina, despite the fact that adoption records are sealed in California. [1] A San Francisco judge made a highly unusual ruling in ordering the lawsuit sealed and kept secret after its filing. The order was later overturned by the California Supreme Court, who ruled that because Steel was famous, her son's adoption did not have the same privacy right, [1] and the book was allowed to be published. [15] At the time, none of her children with Traina knew that Nicholas had been adopted. Steel blamed this fight, and other revelations published in the biography written by Lorenzo Benet and Vickie L. Bane, for the breakup of her marriage to Traina. [1] Following their divorce, Steel used her experience to write Malice, about a happy marriage which is destroyed when the tabloids discover the wife's secret past. [8]
The son at the center of the lawsuits, Nicholas Traina, committed suicide in 1997 as a result of bipolar disorder and drug abuse. Nicholas John Steel Traina ( May 1, 1978 - September 20, 1997) was an American Singer, who for a time was a member of the Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a Psychoactive drug or Performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect [11] Traina was the lead singer of San Francisco punk bands Link 80 and Knowledge. Link 80 was a Punk rock / Ska punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding In honor of his memory, Steel wrote the nonfiction book His Bright Light, about Nick's life and death. Proceeds of the book, which reached the New York Times NonFiction Bestseller List[14] were used to found the Nick Traina Foundation, which Steel runs, to fund organizations dedicated to treating mental illness. [16] To gain more recognition for children's mental illnesses, Steel has lobbied for legislation in Washington, holds an annual fundraiser (known as The Star Ball) in San Francisco,[12] and serves on the Advisory Council of the Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health at Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. [17]
Steel married for a fifth time, to Silicon Valley financier Tom Perkins, but the marriage lasted less than two years, ending in 1999. Thomas James Perkins (born 1932) is an American Businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading Venture capital firm [18] Steel has said that her novel The Klone and I was inspired by a private joke between herself and Perkins. [19] In 2006, Perkins dedicated his novel Sex and the Single Zillionaire to Steel.
After years of near-constant writing, Steel took a four-month break in 2003 to open an art gallery in San Francisco. The Steel Gallery of Contemporary Art exhibits the paintings and sculptures of emerging artists, especially those whose work Steel collects. The gallery subsequently closed June 4, 2006. [20]
In 2006 Steel reached an agreement with Elizabeth Arden to launch a new perfume, Danielle by Danielle Steel. Elizabeth Arden ( December 31, 1878 - October 19, 1966) was a Canadian businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United The new fragrance, made of mandarin, jasmine, orchid, rose, amber and musk scents, is available only in selected stores. The target audience for the fragrance is readers of Steel's novels, and she believes that the new scent reflects her characters, saying "Fragrances represent so many aspects of life that my characters experience - commitment, love, and emotion. "[21]
Steel lives in San Francisco,[20] but also maintains a residence in France where she spends several months of each year and a beach house in La Californie near St. Tropez. [1] Despite her public image and varied pursuits, Steel is known to be shy[20] and because of that and her desire to protect her children from the tabloids[1], she rarely grants interviews or public appearances. [22] Her San Francisco home was built in 1913 as the mansion of sugar tycoon Adolph B. Spreckels. Adolph Bernard Spreckels ( January 5 1857 – June 28 1924) was a California businessman who ran Spreckels Sugar Company [23]
Steel's novels have been translated into 28 languages and can be found in 47 countries across the globe. [9] The books, often described as "formulaic,"[24] tend to involve the characters in a crisis of some sort which threatens their relationship. Many of her characters are considered over-the-top, making her books seem less realistic. [25] The novels frequently "[explore] the world of the rich and famous. "[24]
Despite a reputation among critics for writing "fluff," Steel often delves into the less savory aspects of human nature, including incest, suicide, divorce, war, and even the Holocaust. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as [9] As time has progressed, Steel's writing has evolved. Her later heroines tend to be stronger and more authoritative, who, if they do not receive the level of respect and attention they desire from a man, move on to a new relationship. [7] In recent years Steel has also been willing to take more risks with her plots. Ransom focuses more on suspense than romance, and follows three sets of seemingly unconnected characters as their lives begin to intersect. [26] Toxic Bachelors departs from her usual style by telling the story through the eyes of the three title characters, men who discover their true loves. [24]
Steel has been criticized for making her books overly redundant and detailed,[27] explicitly telling the story to readers instead of showing it to them. This sometimes has the effect of making the readers feel like they are on the outside looking in rather than living the story. [28]
To avoid comparisons to her previous novels, Steel does not write sequels. [4] Although many of her earliest books were released with initial print runs of 1 million copies, by 2004 her publisher had decreased the number of books initially printed to 650,000. [29]
Twenty-two of her books have been adapted for television[30], including two that have received Golden Globe nominations. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner One is "Jewels," the story of the survival of a woman and her children in World War II Europe, and the family's eventual rebirth as one of the greatest jewelry houses in Europe. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including [9] In the late 1990s, Steel refused to sell the film rights to her novels to companies that intended to market them for television, preferring to work towards a film contract. Columbia Pictures was the first movie studio to offer for one of her novels, purchasing the rights to The Ghost in 1998. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company [30] Steel reversed course in 2005, reaching an agreement with New Line Home Entertainment to sell the film rights to 30 of her novels. New Line is expected to adapt the books as television movies or for the direct-to-video market. [31]
In 2002, Steel was decorated by the French government as a "Chevalier" of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for her contributions to world culture. The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Literature is an Order of France, established on May 2, 1957 by the Minister [9]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Going Home | |
| 1977 | Passion's Promise | |
| 1978 | Now And Forever | |
| 1978 | The Promise | Based on the screenplay by Garry Michael White |
| 1979 | Golden Moments | |
| 1980 | Season Of Passion | |
| 1980 | Summer's End | |
| 1980 | The Ring | |
| 1981 | Palomino | |
| 1981 | To Love Again | |
| 1981 | Remembrance | |
| 1981 | Loving | |
| 1982 | Once In A Lifetime | |
| 1982 | Crossings | |
| 1983 | A Perfect Stranger | |
| 1983 | Thurston House | |
| 1983 | Changes | |
| 1984 | Full Circle | |
| 1985 | Family Album | |
| 1985 | Secrets | |
| 1986 | Wanderlust | |
| 1987 | Fine Things | |
| 1987 | Kaleidoscope | |
| 1988 | Zoya | |
| 1989 | Star | |
| 1989 | Daddy | |
| 1990 | Message From Nam | |
| 1991 | Heartbeat | |
| 1991 | No Greater Love | |
| 1992 | Jewels | |
| 1992 | Mixed Blessings | |
| 1993 | Vanished | |
| 1994 | Accident | |
| 1994 | The Gift | |
| 1994 | Wings | |
| 1995 | Lightning | |
| 1995 | Five Days In Paris | |
| 1996 | Malice | |
| 1996 | Silent Honor | |
| 1997 | The Ranch | |
| 1997 | Special Delivery | |
| 1997 | The Ghost | |
| 1998 | The Long Road Home | |
| 1998 | The Klone and I | |
| 1998 | His Bright Light | |
| 1998 | Mirror Image | |
| 1999 | Bittersweet | |
| 1999 | Granny Dan | |
| 1999 | Irresistible Forces | |
| 2000 | The Wedding | |
| 2000 | The House On Hope Street | |
| 2000 | Journey | |
| 2001 | Lone Eagle | |
| 2001 | Leap Of Faith | |
| 2001 | The Kiss | |
| 2002 | The Cottage | |
| 2002 | Sunset in St. Tropez | |
| 2002 | Answered Prayers | |
| 2003 | Dating Game | |
| 2003 | Johnny Angel | |
| 2003 | Safe Harbour | |
| 2004 | Ransom | |
| 2004 | Second Chance | |
| 2004 | Echoes | |
| 2005 | Impossible | |
| 2005 | Miracle | |
| 2005 | Toxic Bachelors | |
| 2006 | The House | |
| 2006 | Coming Out | |
| 2006 | H. Now And Forever (ISBN 0440117437 is a Fiction novel authored by Danielle Steel and published on May 1, 1985 by Dell Publishing Garry Michael White is an American playwright and screenwriter Season Of Passion is a 1989 Romantic novel, authored by Danielle Steel. A Perfect Stranger is a Danielle Steele Romance novel, published in 1981 Thurston House is a 1994 romance novel authored by Danielle Steel. For the Faun Fables album see Family Album (Faun Fables album. Wanderlust is a 1986 romantic novel authored by Danielle Steel. Fine Things is a 1987 romance novel authored by Danielle Steel. Kaleidoscope is a 1987 novel by Danielle Steel, published by Delacorte Press (see 1987 in literature) Zoya is a novel written by Danielle Steele. Zoya Konstantinovna Ossupov is a Russian countess a young cousin to Czar Nicholas II. Daddy is a 1989 novel by Danielle Steele. It tells the story of Oliver Watson an advertising executive and his three children Message From Nam is a fiction novel authored by Danielle Steel and published by Dell Publishing in October 1996 Mixed Blessings is a Romance novel, authored by Danielle Steel. The Gift ( 1994) is a novel by author Danielle Steel. It is the story of a family in the 1950s coming to terms with the death of a child and spent Five Days In Paris is a 1995 fiction novel authored by Danielle Steel and published by Delacorte Press. Silent Honor is a 1996 fiction novel authored by Danielle Steel. Special Delivery (1997 is a Romantic novel written by Danielle Steel. The Long Road Home was written by Danielle Steele and released in 1998 Mirror Image (ISBN 0593034392 is a novel by Danielle Steel about identical twins Victoria and Olivia Henderson set during the First World War. The Wedding is a romance novel written by American writer Danielle Steel and published in April 2000. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Cottage ( 2008) is a darkly comic British horror Film, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Sunset in St Tropez is a 2003 novel authored by Danielle Steel and published by Dell Publishing on June 03, 2003 Second Change (2004 is a novel by Danielle Steel. Plot introduction Fiona Monhagan is the editor-in-chief of a Fashion magazine chic R. H. | |
| 2007 | Sisters | |
| 2007 | Amazing Grace | |
| 2008 | Honour Thyself | |
| 2008 | Bungalow Two | |
| 2008 | Rogue |
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| NAME | Schuelein-Steel, Danielle Fernande Dominique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steel, Danielle |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco, California (U.S.) |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |