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Janet Dailey

American writer

Not to be disordered with Janet Daley.

Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (May 21, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was cease American author of numerous love affair novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels receive been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more pat 300 million copies worldwide.

Early years

Janet Anne Haradon was born removal May 21, 1944, in Wind-storm Lake, Iowa,[2] to Boyd Clayton Haradon and Lena Louise (née Zimmer) Haradon. She grew winding in Iowa and graduated outlandish high school in Independence, Iowa.[3]

Dailey always wanted to be a-okay writer and loved books.

Out three elder sisters often study to her when she was good. By the age doomed four, she had her degrade library card.[4] She graduated interchangeable 1962 from Jefferson High Grammar in nearby Independence, Iowa person in charge worked for a construction magnitude owned by her future keep in reserve, Bill Dailey,[2] who was 15 years her senior.

The cardinal continued to work together, oft spending 17 hours a allot, seven days a week nearby work[4] and married in 1964.[citation needed]

In 1974, after asserting mosey she could write a greater romance novel than those she had read, Dailey's husband challenged her to prove it.

Dailey spent eight months writing cook first manuscript, No Quarter Asked, and then sent a examination letter to Harlequin asking assuming they would like to prepare it. She was informed think about it because Harlequin only reprinted Mill & Boon novels at focus point, so she would be in want of to reach out to them in London.[5] Mills & Bonus acquired the book and on the loose it in 1974.

This feeling Dailey the first American gal to be published by Grate & Boon.[6] In 1976, securing already published multiple titles operate Mills & Boon, No Phase of the moon Asked was released by Fool as part of its Bounty line. While many have described that Dailey was the premier American author published by Fool, the Canadian publisher had send fact published many American authors prior to 1958, when kaput began exclusively reprinting Mills & Book titles.[6] For the excess of the 1970s, Harlequin reportedly used Dailey's presence on their roster as an excuse miserly rejecting other American authors, specified as Nora Roberts, claiming they "already had their American writer."[7]

Category romance

Dailey "provide[d] ...

[the] first air at heroines, heroes and courtships that take place in U.s.a., with American sensibilities, assumptions, story, and most of all, settings."[8] She introduced the Western love affair, romance novels set in honourableness American West. The Western passion focused on the female, who was often marginalized in routine Western novels.

Because her novels were set in contemporary nowadays, there is little frontier, however the novels recreate that sensitivity by introducing "physical confrontation discount the elements" and focusing bowed the "primary nature of honesty pursuit" by a man dominant woman "unconstrained by any society's expectations of them."[9] Many mimic the themes in her novels were groundbreaking for the kind.

Her heroines, unlike most, astray their virginity. Others fell take away love with poor or out of favour heroes.[4]

She wrote a total tip 57 novels for Harlequin.[citation needed] Among these novels were 50 in the "Janet Dailey Artefact Series," in which every induct in the United States was represented.

The Guinness Book take up World Records recognized her glossy magazine this achievement of setting uncut novel in every state. Dampen 1998, her Harlequin novels confidential sold a combined 80 gazillion copies.[10] Dailey was also unified of the early writers confirm the Silhouette lines, for which she wrote 12 titles.

During her most prolific years, Dailey set herself the goal attention writing 15 pages per allot. Her day began at 4 a.m. On good days, she would meet her quota keep 8 to 10 hours; ruin days would require 12 work to rule 14 hours of work.[4] Conj at the time that she met her goal, Dailey would often stop writing, regular if she were in loftiness middle of a sentence.

Justness unfinished thoughts provided her characteristic incentive to begin writing restore the next day.[10] Some take in her early novels for Dolt took only eight days familiar with write.[4]

Single-title romance

In 1979, Dailey became the first romance author know transition from writing category romances to writing single-title romance novels.[10] Her first mass market love affair novel, Touch the Wind, reached the New York Times Pre-eminent Seller List.

Her subsequent books have also been New Royalty Times Best Sellers. There downright currently more than 325 million copies of her books in key in, with translations in 19 languages for 98 countries.

In 1982, Dailey adapted her novel Foxfire Light into a film, predominant Leslie Nielsen, Tippi Hedren, Faye Grant and Barry Van Dyke.[11]

Dailey began offering The Janet Dailey Award in 1993.

This $5,000 annual award was given authenticate an author whose romance new-fangled best addressed a social issue.[10]

Plagiarism

Dailey was sued in 1997 brush aside fellow novelist Nora Roberts, who accused Dailey of copying out work over a period holiday more than seven years. Magnanimity practice came to light back a reader read Roberts' Sweet Revenge and Dailey's Notorious back-to-back; she noticed several similarities professor posted the comparable passages have fun the internet.

Calling the pilferage "mind rape", Roberts sued Dailey.[12] Dailey acknowledged the theft playing field blamed it on a intellectual disorder. She admitted that both Aspen Gold and Notorious mutiny heavily from Roberts' work; both novels were subsequently pulled vary print.[13][14] In April 1998 Dailey settled the case.

Although provisos were not released, Roberts abstruse previously indicated that any colony funds should be donated pileup the Literacy Volunteers of America.[12][15]

In 2001, Dailey returned to proclaiming with a four-book deal refurbish Kensington Books. The contract known as for two books in dignity Calder series Dailey has deadly about a ranching family comport yourself Montana, and two books familiarize yourself holiday themes.[16] Kensington expanded their relationship with Dailey in 2002, when she contracted for yoke more hardcover novels about influence Calder family and an extra mass market original novel.

Jaws the same time, they purchased the reprint rights to 50 of her previously published romances.[17]

Personal life

In 1978, Dailey and turn thumbs down on husband Bill moved from Conference Bluffs, Iowa to Branson, Chiwere, where Bill promoted and be in print shows at the Americana Theater.[18] He died on August 5, 2005.[19]

Dailey considered Branson "an archangel place to live.

The ride out is generally good, the express is beautiful, and the punters are so friendly—and unobtrusive."[11]

She in a good way at her home in Branson on December 14, 2013, getaway complications of heart surgery.[1]

Bibliography

Cord brook Stacy series

  1. No Quarter Asked (1974)
  2. Fiesta San Antonio (1977)
  3. For Bitter unprivileged Worse (1978)

Single novels

  • Something Extra (1975)
  • Sweet Promise (1976)
  • Master Fiddler (1977)
  • Ivory Cane (1977)
  • The Rogue (1979)
  • Touch the Wind (1979)
  • Ride the Thunder (1980)
  • Hostage Bride (1981)
  • The Lancaster Men (1981)
  • Night Way (1981)
  • For the Love of God (1982)
  • Foxfire Light (1982)
  • Terms of Surrender (1982)
  • Wildcatter's Woman (1982)
  • The Best Impediment to Lose (1983)
  • Mistletoe and Holly (1983)
  • The Second Time (1983)
  • Separate Cabins (1983)
  • Western Man (1983)
  • Leftover Love (1984)
  • Silver Wings Santiago Blue (1984)
  • The Boost of Hannah Wade (1985)
  • Glory Game (1985)
  • The Great Alone (1986)
  • Heiress (1987)
  • Rivals (1988)
  • Masquerade (1990)
  • Tangled Vines (1992)
  • Riding High (1994)
  • The Proud and the Free (1994)
  • Legacies (1995)
  • The Healing Touch (1996)
  • Notorious (1996)
  • Castles in the Sand (1996)
  • A Capital Holiday (2001)
  • Scrooge Wore Spurs (2002)
  • The Not Forgotten War (2003)
  • Maybe This Christmas (2003)
  • Because of You (2004)
  • Can't Say Goodbye (2004)
  • Dance bash into Me (2004)
  • Everything (2004)
  • Eve's Christmas (2006)
  • Man of Mine (2007)
  • Something More (2007)
  • Wearing White (2007)
  • With This Kiss (2007)

Calder series

  1. This Calder Sky (1981)
  2. This Sculptor Range (1982)
  3. Stands a Calder Man (1983)
  4. Calder Born, Calder Bred (1983)
  5. Calder Pride (1999)
  6. Green Calder Grass (2002)
  7. Shifting Calder Wind (2003)
  8. Calder Promise (2004)
  9. Lone Calder Star (2005)
  10. Calder Storm (2006)
  11. Santa in Montana (2010)

Aspen series

  1. Aspen Gold (1991)
  2. Illusions (1997)

Americana series

  1. AL-Dangerous Masquerade
  2. AK-Northern Magic
  3. AZ-Sonora Sundown
  4. AR-Valley Of the Vapours
  5. CA-Fire Other Ice
  6. CO-After the Storm
  7. CT-Difficult Decision
  8. DE-The Matchmakers
  9. FL-Southern Nights
  10. GA-Night Of The Cotillion
  11. HI-Kona Winds
  12. ID-The Travelling Kind
  13. IL-A Lyon's Share
  14. IN-The Indy Man
  15. IA-The Homeplace
  16. KS-The Mating Season
  17. KY-Bluegrass King
  18. LA-The Bride Of The Delta Queen
  19. ME-Summer Mahogany
  20. MD-Bed Of Grass
  21. MA-That Boston Man
  22. MI-Enemy In Camp
  23. MN-Giant Of Mesabi
  24. MS-A Convention Of Pride
  25. MO-Show Me
  26. MT-Big Sky Country
  27. NE-Boss Man From Ogallala
  28. NV-Reilly's Woman
  29. NH-Heart Hint at Stone
  30. NJ-One Of The Boys
  31. NM-Land Remaining Enchantment
  32. NY-Beware Of The Stranger
  33. NC-That Carolina Summer
  34. ND-Lord Of the High Lonesome
  35. OH-The Widow And The Wastrel
  36. OK-Six Creamy Horses
  37. OR-To Tell The Truth
  38. PA-The Soften Of Mara
  39. RI-Strange Bedfellow
  40. SC-Low Country Liar
  41. SD-Dakota Dreamin'
  42. TN-Sentimental Journey
  43. TX-Savage Land
  44. UT-A Land Baptized Deseret
  45. VT-Green Mountain Man
  46. VA-Tidewater Lover
  47. WA-For Mike's Sake
  48. WV-Wild And Wonderful
  49. WI-With A Minute Luck
  50. WY-Darling Jenny
  • Americana (2001) (Omnibus)
  • Americana 2 (2002) (Omnibus)
  • Janet Dailey's Americana III (2002) (Omnibus)

New Americana Series

  • Sunrise Canyon (2016) (Posthumous)
  • Refuge Cove (2017) (Posthumous)
  • Letters from Peaceful Lane (2019) (Posthumous)
  • Hart's Hollow Farm (2019) (Posthumous)
  • Paradise Peak (2020) (Posthumous)

Collections

  • Boss Man From Ogallala / Darling Jenny (1982)
  • Heart manager Stone / Big Sky Country (1982)
  • No Quarter Asked / Significance Indy Man (1982)
  • Best of Janet Dailey: To Tell the Fact, That Boston Man (1983)
  • Best learn Janet Dailey: Bed of Clod, Heart of Stone (1984)
  • Best break into Janet Dailey: Wild and Queer, One of the Boys (1985)
  • Rivals / Heiress (1991)
  • Janet Dailey Collection (1994)
  • Masquerade / Rivals / Heiress (1994)
  • Janet Dailey Gift Set (1995)
  • Summer Lovers: Strange Bedfellows; First Pre-eminent And Only; Granite Man (1997)
  • Always with Love (2002)
  • Happy Holidays (2004)
  • Western Man and Leftover Love (2004)
  • Forever (2004)
  • Going My Way (2005)
  • Happily Smart After (2005)
  • It Takes Two (2005)
  • Let's Be Jolly (2005)
  • Bring the Ring (2006)
  • Ranch Dressing (2006)
  • Try to Dam Me (2006)
  • Foxfire Light / Recognize the Love of God (2007)
  • Separate Cabins / Second Time (2007)

Omnibus in collaboration

Non-fiction

  • The Janet Dailey Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to Round out Life and Her Novels (1996)[20]

References

  1. ^ ab"Romance Writer Janet Dailey Dies at 69 - ABC News".

    Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

  2. ^ abJanet Dailey website
  3. ^Vitello, Paul (December 17, 2013), "Janet Dailey, 69, Dies; Love affair Author Who Sold in Crowds of Millions", New York Times, retrieved May 19, 2015
  4. ^ abcdeKeeney, Carole (July 6, 1986), "Dailey's life unfolds like her books end – happily ever after", Houston Chronicle, retrieved August 16, 2007
  5. ^Dailey, Janet (1997).

    The Janet Dailey companion : a comprehensive guide collect her life and her novels. Martin Harry Greenberg, Sonja Massie. New York, N.Y.: HarperPaperbacks. ISBN . OCLC 36788068.

  6. ^ abRomney, Rebecca (2021). The Romance Novel in English: Efficient Survey in Rare Books, 1769-1999.

    Type Punch Matrix.

  7. ^Regis, p. 183, pp. 158–159.
  8. ^Regis, p. 159.
  9. ^Regis, pp. 162–163, 167, 168.
  10. ^ abcdHemmungs Wirten, Eva (1998), "Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts.

    The Case of Harlequin Enterprises and Sweden"(PDF), Section for Sociology of Literature at the Division of Literature, Number 38, City University, pp. 58–59, ISBN , retrieved Oct 25, 2012

  11. ^ abHall, Wesley (1995), "Contemporary Ozarks Authors-Interview With Janet Dailey", OzarksWatch, vol. VIII, no. 3, archived from the original on Jan 22, 2004, retrieved August 23, 2007
  12. ^ abQuinn, Judy (February 23, 1998), "Nora Roberts: A Performance of Emotions", Publishers Weekly, retrieved December 25, 2006
  13. ^Wilson, Jeff (July 30, 1997), "Romance novelist Janet Dailey apologizes for plagiarism", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  14. ^Standora, Leo (August 27, 1997), "Romance Writer Janet Dailey Sued", New York Daily News, archived from the original on Honourable 1, 2009, retrieved November 18, 2008
  15. ^"Plagiarism paid for", The Empress Advocate, April 17, 1998, retrieved November 18, 2008
  16. ^Baker, John Fuehrer.

    (April 23, 2001), "Kensington's Gigantic Buy: Janet Dailey", Publishers Weekly, retrieved August 24, 2007

  17. ^Baker, Bathroom F. (August 5, 2002), "Kensington's Big Buy: Janet Dailey", Publishers Weekly, retrieved August 24, 2007
  18. ^Collins, Kris (December 16, 2013). "Novelist and community leader Janet Dailey dies at 69".

    Branson Tri-Lakes News. Branson, MO. Retrieved Dec 17, 2013.

  19. ^"Romance Writer Janet Dailey Dies At 69". NPR. Dependent Press. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  20. ^Massie, Sonja Massie; Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Dailey, Janet (1996). The Janet Dailey Companion: A Comprehensive Handbook to Her Life and Set aside Novels.

    HarperCollins. ISBN .

Further reading

  • Regis, Pamela (2003), A Natural History distinctive the Romance Novel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 

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