Black Hills 英文原版

　　”New York Times”-bestselling author Nora Roberts takes readers
deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows
keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship
matures into an adult passion.

　　Nora Roberts is truly a publishing phenomenon. With over 250
million copies of her novels in print, she has come a long way
since she wrote her first novel in a spiral notebook using a No. 2
pencil. Now she has published over 150 novels and her work has been
optioned and made into films, excerpted in national magazines and
translated in over twenty-five different countries. “I always have
stories running around in my head,” she explains. “Once I start
putting them down on paper, I just keep going; I just keep
writing.” In addition to her amazing success in mainstream fiction,
Nora Roberts remains committed to writing for her category romance
audience that took her to into their heart in 1981 with her very
first book, a Silhouette romance.
　　Nora Roberts continues to write futuristic romantic suspense as
J.D. Robb, and her characters Eve Dallas and Roarke have become two
of her most popular creations ever. Her J.D. Robb titles are hailed
as “a perfect balance of suspense, futuristic police procedure and
steamy romance…truly fine entertainment” by Publishers
Weekly.
　　Reviewers agree that Nora Roberts deserves praise. The Los
Angeles Daily News describes her as “a word artist, painting her
story and her characters with vitality and verve.” Kirkus Reviews
comments on True Betrayals saying “Roberts’ style has a fresh,
contemporary snap.” Roberts is said to be “reminiscent of
Jacqueline Briskin and Sidney Sheldon” by Booklist, and Rex Reed
lauds her saying, “Move over Sidney Sheldon: the world has a new
master of romantic suspense, and her name is Nora Roberts.”
Publishers Weekly claims “Roberts keeps getting better…[her]
prolificness shows no sign of abating.” They add, “When Roberts
puts her expert finger on the pulse of romance, legions of fans
feel the heartbeat.” USA Today calls Nora “a consistently
entertaining writer.”
　　The remarkable Ms. Roberts did not become a success overnight. By
the time her first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in
1981, she already had three years of hard work behind her and
several rejected manu*s languishing in drawers. Today,
according to Entertainment Weekly, “her stories have fueled the
dreams of twenty-five million readers.” One of America’s leading
novelists, her books are published around the world. She is
frequently invited to promote her novels in other countries. Her
recent travels took her to England, Italy, Australia and Japan to
meet fans, fellow authors and aspiring writers.
　　Sanctuary was made into a television movie which aired in 2001 on
CBS as “Nora Roberts’ Sanctuary.” The cast includes Melissa
Gilbert, Emmy-winner Kathy Baker and Costas Mandylor. CBS has also
optioned The Reef for another television movie. Montana Sky has
been optioned by TriStar Television for a two-hour television
movie. Her book This Magic Moment became the television film “Magic
Moments” starring Emmy-winner John Shea and Jenny Seagrove. Sacred
Sins has been optioned for film by Kaleidoscope, and Private
Scandals has been optioned by Burt Reynolds Productions.
Reflections and The Law is a Lady were selected by Good
Housekeeping magazine for presentation as condensed novels. Honest
Illusions and Private Scandals were featured as Readers Digest’s
Condensed Books.
　　The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York
Times, Cosmopolitan, People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly have
all featured or mentioned Nora Roberts in articles about writing
and the romance genre. She has appeared on ABC-TV’s Good Morning
America and Cable News Network, and has been featured on the
television programs To Tell the Truth, Entertainment Tonight, and
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. She has been interviewed by
local television and radio programs across the country, and she has
been featured in dozens of newspapers, including the Washington
Post, Baltimore Sun, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, Washington
Times, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, and Atlanta
Constitution.
　　Her extraordinary accomplishments have also received recognition
from her peers. The first author ever to be inducted into the
Romance Writers of America’s Hall of Fame, and the first author to
receive their Centennial Award when she published her 100th novel
Montana Sky, she is the recipient of almost every award given in
recognition of excellence in romance writing. In 1997, she was
honored at the Romance Writers of America National Conference when
she was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition
to her awards from the Romance Writers of America, she has also
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Waldenbooks, and she has
been honored by B. Dalton Booksellers, the New Jersey Chapter of
Romance Writers of America, and BookRak Distributors.
　　Nora Roberts is a charter member of the Romance Writers of
America, and a member of their Washington, D.C. chapter. She was
the keynote speaker at their 1994 national conference in New York.
She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in
Crime, The Crime Writers League of America, and Novelists
Inc.
　　The youngest of five children, she was born in Silver Spring,
Maryland. She now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.