Belva Plain

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Belva Plain (born 1919 in New York, New York) is a best-selling American author of mainstream women's fiction.

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[edit] Biography

Belva Plain is a third-generation American who was raised in New York City. [1] She graduated from Barnard College with a degree in history[1]and lives in New Jersey.

Before breaking into publishing, Belva Plain wrote short stories for magazines while raising her three children. Her first novel, Evergreen, was published in 1979. It topped the New York Times bestseller list for 41 weeks and was made into a TV miniseries.[2] As of 2004, there were over 25 million copies of her twenty-plus novels in print in 23 languages.[2] Plain does not own a computer, and writes all of her novels long-hand on a yellow pad.[1]

Plain was married to her husband, Irving Plain, for over forty years. He died in 1989.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Werner Family Saga

  • Evergreen (1978)
  • Golden Cup (1986)
  • Tapestry (1988)
  • Harvest (1990)

[edit] Novels

  • Random Winds (1980)
  • Eden Burning (1982)
  • Crescent City (1984)
  • Blessings (1989)
  • Treasures (1992)
  • Whispers (1993)
  • Daybreak (1994)
  • The Carousel (1995)
  • Promises (1996)
  • Secrecy (1997)
  • Homecoming (1997)
  • Legacy of Silence (1998)
  • Fortune's Hand (1999)
  • After the Fire (2000)
  • Looking Back (2001)
  • Her Father's House (2002)
  • The Sight of the Stars (2003)
  • Red Leaves (2004)


[edit] Sources

  1. ^ a b c A Conversation With Belva Plain. Belva Plain Official Website. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Author Bio. Belva Plain Official Website (2004). Retrieved on January 30, 2007.

[edit] External Link

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