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Danielle Steel is the author of numerous bestselling novels. The total circulation of her books today exceeds 125 million copies. She has sold more than 550 million books (2005 data). 23 of her novels have been adapted for film. Her works have been translated into 35 languages in 48 countries around the world.

Childhood Danielle Steel grew up in the family of entrepreneur John Schulein-Steel and the daughter of Portuguese diplomat Norma de Camara Stone-Reis. Danielle spent her childhood in France with her parents. She often attended dinner parties and receptions, which allowed her to get to know the world of the rich and famous from the inside. Her parents divorced when the girl was seven. After that, she went to New York with her father, while her mother remained in Europe. She was raised entirely by John Schulein. Even in childhood she began writing short stories, and as a teenager she started writing poetry. The future writer received her secondary education in France; in 1963 she graduated from a school of design. From 1963 to 1967 she studied at New York University.

First steps In 1965, when Danielle was only 18, she married banker Claude Eric Lazard. She continued her studies at university and began writing her first novel. After the birth of her first daughter, Beatrice, in 1968, Steel became a copywriter at an advertising agency and then a public relations manager in San Francisco. Clients were very satisfied with the press releases and projects written by Danielle Steel. One of them even recommended that she take up writing seriously.

Her relationship with her husband ended nine years after the wedding. Before the divorce, her first book, The House, was published. This work included the elements by which readers now recognize the hand of a master. In particular, these are family values, events of the past, and the tragic destinies of the main characters.

Writer Steel married again. This time the writer’s chosen one was Danny Zugelder. Their marriage quickly fell apart. Danielle Steel’s next husband was former drug addict William Toth. Soon she gave birth to a son, Nicholas, and after that she divorced her husband and won custody of the child. This experience formed the basis of her next