Barbara Delinsky

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Barbara Delinsky

Born August 9, 1945 (1945-08-09) (age 62)
Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.A.)
Pen name Bonnie Drake
Billie Douglass,
Barbara Delinsky
Occupation Novelist, Non-fiction writer
Nationality American
Writing period 1981 - present
Genres Romance, sentimental, family drama
Subjects Breast Cancer
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Barbara Delinsky (born August 9, 1945, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. as Ruth Greenberg) is an American writer of sixteen New York Times bestsellers. She has also been published under the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass.

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[edit] Biography

Delinsky was born on August 9, 1945 near Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother died when she was only eight. In 1976, she graduated from Newton High School, in Newton, Massachusetts. She then went on to earn a B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College.

Delinsky married Steve Delinsky, a law student, when she was very young. During the first years of her marriage, she worked for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. After the birth of her first child, she took a job as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald newspaper. She also filled her time doing volunteer work at hospitals, and serving on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and their Women's Cancer Advisory Board.

In 1980, after having a pair of twins, Delinsky read an article about three female writers, and decided to try putting her imagination on paper. After three months of researching, plotting, and writing, she sold her first book. She has used the pseudonyms Billie Douglass and Bonnie Drake before reverting to her own name, Barbara Delinsky. Since then, over 30 million copies of her books are in print, and they have been published in 25 languages. One of her novels, A Woman's Place, was made into a Lifetime movie starring Lorraine Bracco.

In 2001, Delinsky branched out into nonfiction with the book Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. A breast cancer survivor herself, Barbara donates the proceeds of that book and her second nonfiction work to charity. With those funds she has been able to fund an oncology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital that trains breast surgeons.

The Delinsky family resides in Newton, Massachusetts. Steve Delinsky has become a reputed lawyer of the city, while she writes daily in her office above the garage at her home.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] As Bonnie Drake

[edit] Single Novels

  • Surrender by Moonlight (1981)
  • Lilac Awakening (1982)
  • The Silver Fox (1983)
  • Passionate Touch (1983)
  • Passion and Illusion (1983)
  • Sweet Ember (1983)
  • Sensuous Burgundy (1983)

[edit] As Billie Douglass

[edit] Single Novels

  • Knightly Love (1982)
  • A Time to Love (1982)
  • Sweet Serenity (1982)
  • Flip Side of Yesterday (1983)
  • The Carpenter's Lady (1983)
  • Beyond Fantasy (1983)
  • Fast Courting (1983)
  • An Irresistible Impulse (1983)

[edit] As Barbara Delinsky

[edit] Single Novels

  • Finger Prints (1984)
  • Secret of the Stone (1985)
  • Chances Are (1985)
  • First, Best and Only (1986)
  • Straight from the Heart (1986)
  • Within Reach (1986)
  • Heat Wave (1987)
  • Cardinal Rules (1987)
  • Twilight Whispers (1987)
  • Jasmine Sorcery (1988)
  • First Things First (1989)
  • Through My Eyes (1989)
  • Heart of the Night (1989)
  • Montana Man (1989)
  • Commitments (1990)
  • Facets (1990)
  • Having Faith (1990)
  • A Woman Betrayed (1991)
  • The Stud (1991)
  • The Outsider (1992)
  • The Passions of Chelsea Kane (1992)
  • Bronze Mystique (1992)
  • Tender Loving Care (1993)
  • More Than Friends (1993)
  • Gemstone (1993)
  • Threats and Promises (1993)
  • Variation on a Theme (1994)
  • Suddenly (1994)
  • For My Daughters (1994)
  • Fulfillment (1995)
  • Shades of Grace (1995)
  • Together Alone (1995)
  • Search for a New Dawn (1995)
  • Expecting! (1996)
  • Father Figure (1997)
  • A Woman's Place (1997)
  • Three Wishes (1997)
  • Rekindled (1998)
  • Coast Road (1998)
  • Moment to Moment (1998)
  • The Vineyard (2000)
  • The Woman Next Door (2001)
  • Lost in the Night (2003)
  • Flirting with Pete (2003)
  • The Summer I Dared (2004)
  • Father of the Bride (2004)
  • Looking for Peyton Place (2005)
  • Family Tree (2007)
  • The Secret Between Us (2008)

[edit] Jordanna / Pat Series

  1. A Special Something (1984)
  2. The Forever Instinct (1985)

[edit] Victoria Lesser Series

  1. The Real Thing (1986)
  2. Twelve Across (1987)
  3. A Single Rose (1987)

[edit] The Dream: Crosslyn Rise Series

  1. The Dream (1990)
  2. The Dream Unfolds (1990)
  3. The Dream Comes True (1990)
  • Dreams (omnibus) (1999) (The Dream / The Dream Unforlds / The Dream Comes True)

[edit] Blake Sisters Series

  1. Lake News (1999)
  2. An Accidental Woman (2002)

[edit] Collections

  • A Special Something / the Forever Instinct (1991)
  • Three Complete Novels: A Woman Betrayed / Within Reach / Finger Prints (1993)
  • Barbara Delinsky: A Collection (1994)
  • Sensuous Burgundy / Gemstone (1997)
  • Coast Road / Three Wishes (1998)
  • Sensuous Burgundy and Gemstone 2-in-1 (1998)
  • Passion and Illusion / The Carpenter's Lady (1998)
  • Father of the Bride / Handsome as Sin (2001)
  • Bronze Mystique and Secrets in Silence (2001)
  • Passion: Chances Are / Be Mine, Valentine / Mingled Hearts / Dazzle / Married to the Enemy (2002)

[edit] Omnibus In Collaboration

[edit] Non fiction

  • Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors (2001)
  • Does A Lobsterman Wear Pants? (2005)

[edit] Awards

  • 1988: Rita Awards Best Novel winner: Twilight Whispers

[edit] References and Resources

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