Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year.
She talked about the art of writing, why she won’t have the main characters in her “In Death” series have kids, and her thoughts on the romance genre — including why she doesn’t see herself as part of it anymore.
She’s written more than 250 books, from romantic one-offs and fantasy-themed trilogies to a police procedural series she's been writing for three decades.
I didn’t like the idea of taking a pseudonym until my agent said to me one day, ‘Nora, there’s Pepsi, there’s Diet Pepsi, and there’s caffeine-free Pepsi.’ And that hit home.
You've been writing two books per year for the series since 1995.
