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Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947), better known by the name Danielle Steel, is an American novelist, currently the best selling author alive and the fourth bestselling author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold.

Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. All her novels have been bestsellers, including those issued in hardback. Her formula is fairly consistent, often involving rich families facing a crisis, threatened by dark elements such as jail, fraud, blackmail and suicide. Steel has also published children's fiction and poetry, as well as raising funds for the treatment of mental illness. Her books have been translated into 28 languages, with 22 adapted for television, including two that have received Golden Globe nominations.

Steel was born Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel in New York City, the only child of Norma da Câmara Stone dos Reis and John Schulein-Steel. Her father was a German Jewish immigrant, a descendant of owners of Löwenbräu beer. Her mother, born in Portugal, was the daughter of a diplomat. Steel was raised Catholic and had wanted to be a nun during her early years. She spent much of her childhood in France, 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. Her parents divorced when she was eight, however, and she was raised primarily in New York City and Europe by her father, rarely seeing her mother. Steel started writing stories as a child, and by her late teens had begun writing poetry. A graduate of the Lycée Français de New York, class of 1963, she studied literature design and fashion design, first at Parsons School of Design in 1963 and then at New York University from 1963 to 1967.

Steel's novels have been translated into 28 languages and can be found in 47 countries across the globe. The books, often described as "formulaic," 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. The novels sometimes explore the world of the rich and famous and frequently deal with serious life issues, like illness, death, loss, family crises, and relationships. Twenty-two of her books have been adapted for television, including two that have received Golden Globe nominations. 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. Columbia Pictures was the first movie studio to offer for one of her novels, purchasing the rights to The Ghost in 1998. Steel also reached an agreement with New Line Home Entertainment in 2005 to sell the film rights to 30 of her novels for DVDs.

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Novels

1. Going Home
2. Passion's Promise/Golden Moments
3. Now and Forever
4. The Promise
5. Season of Passion
6. Summer's End
7. The Ring
8. Palomino
9. To Love Again
10. Remembrance
11. Loving
12. Once in a Lifetime
13. Crossings
14. A Perfect Stranger
15. Thurston House
16. Changes
17. Full Circle
18. Family Album
19. Secrets
20. Wanderlust
21. Fine Things
22. Kaleidoscope
23. Zoya
24. Star
25. Daddy
26. Message From Nam
27. Heartbeat
28. No Greater Love
29. Jewels
30. Mixed Blessings
31. Vanished
32. Accident
33. The Gift
34. Wings
35. Lightning
36. Five Days In Paris
37. Malice
38. Silent Honor
39. The Ranch
40. Special Delivery
41. The Ghost
42. The Long Road Home
43. The Klone and I
44. His Bright Light
45. Mirror Image
46. Bittersweet
47. Granny Dan
48. Irresistible Forces
49. The Wedding
50. The House On Hope Street
51. Journey
52. Lone Eagle
53. Leap Of Faith
54. The Kiss
55. The Cottage
56. Sunset in St. Tropez
57. Answered Prayers
58. Dating Game
59. Johnny Angel
60. Safe Harbour
61. Ransom
62. Second Chance
63. Echoes
64. Impossible
65. Miracle
66. Toxic Bachelors
67. The House
68. Coming Out
69. H.R.H.
70. Sisters
71. Bungalow 2
72. Amazing Grace
73. Honor Thyself
74. Rogue
75. A Good Woman
76. One Day at a Time
77. Matters Of The Heart
78. Southern Lights
79. Big Girl
80. Family Ties
81. Legacy
82. 44 Charles Street
83. Happy Birthday
84. Hotel Vendome
85. Betrayal
86. Friends Forever
87. The Sins of the Mother
88. A Gift of Hope
89. Until the End of Time
90. First Sight
91. Winners
92. Power Play
93. A Perfect Life
94. Pegasus
95. Prodigal Son
96. Country
97. Undercover
98. Precious Gifts
99. Blue
100. Property of a Noble Woman
101. The Apartment
102. Magic
103. Rushing Waters
104. The Award
105. The Mistress
106. Dangerous Games
107. Against All Odds
108. The Duchess