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Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She is the only daughter and the youngest of five children and both of her parents have Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. Although she had always made up stories in her head, she did not write as a child, other than essays for school.

She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year in high school, she transferred to a local public school, where she met her first husband, Ronald Aufem-Brinke. They married, against her parents' wishes, in 1968, as soon as she had graduated from high school.

The newly married couple settled in Keedysville, Maryland. Her husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. She stayed home with their sons, Dan and Jason, and she spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. The Aufem-Brinke marriage ended in divorce.

During the now famous blizzard with her sons, Eleanor pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, "Irish Thoroughbred", was published by Silhouette in 1981 as Nora Roberts.

Eleanor met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, a carpenter, when she hired him to build her bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called Turn the Page Books.

Since 1992, Eleanor wrotes futuristic romantic suspense saga under the pseudonym J.D. Robb.

Eleanor is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry.

Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She is the only daughter and the youngest of five children and both of her parents have Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. Although she had always made up stories in her head, she did not write as a child, other than essays for school. She attended a Cat... More