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Danielle Steel

1947 - Today

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Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. As of 2021, she has written 190 books, including over 140 novels. Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danielle Steel is the 1,165th most popular writer (up from 1,301st in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,555th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Writer.

Danielle Steel is most famous for her many romance novels.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Danielle Steel ranks 1,165 out of 7,302. Before her are Vladimir Bartol, Irving Stone, Marcel Pagnol, Marcus Minucius Felix, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, and Henri Michaux. After her are Comtessa de Dia, Velimir Khlebnikov, Nordahl Grieg, Tukaram, Juliusz Słowacki, and Ibn Khallikan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Danielle Steel ranks 95. Before her are Janet Mills, Martha Nussbaum, Dick Fosbury, Rodney Williams, Gloria Gaynor, and Mike DeWine. After her are Dwight Schultz, Noritaka Hidaka, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Mariska Veres, Lucas Papademos, and Ljupko Petrović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danielle Steel ranks 1,654 out of 20,380. Before her are Mike DeWine (1947), Hal Holbrook (1925), Brian Thompson (1959), Murray Bookchin (1921), Irving Stone (1903), and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933). After her are Timothy Leary (1920), Bruce Beutler (1957), Jack Horner (1946), Bob Kane (1915), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), and Steven Chu (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Danielle Steel ranks 133. Before her are John Cheever (1912), Will Durant (1885), Walter Lippmann (1889), John Dickson Carr (1906), Jean Webster (1876), and Irving Stone (1903). After her are Anne Rice (1941), Donna Leon (1942), Michael Connelly (1956), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Richard Matheson (1926), and Rex Stout (1886).

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