What is Danielle Steel?
{{BLP unsourced|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox writer | name = Danielle Steel | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|8|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | occupation = Novelist | nationality = American | period = 1978-present | genre = [[romance novel|Romance]]<br>Contemporary | alma_mater = [[New York University]] | spouse = {{ubl | Claude-Eric Lazard <small>(1965–1974; divorced)</small> | Danny Zugelder <small>(1975–1978; divorced)</small> | William George Toth <small>(1978–1981; divorced)</small> | John Traina <small>(1981–1998; divorced)</small> | [[Thomas Perkins (businessman)|Thomas Perkins]] <small>(1998–2002; divorced)</small> }} | children = 7 (including [[Nicholas Traina]]) | signature = Danielle steel signature.svg }} '''Danielle Fernande Schuelein-Steel''' (born August 14, 1947 in [[New York City]]) is an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]]. Steel was an [[only child]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nichols|first=Michelle|title=Author Danielle Steel had childhood dreams of becoming a nun|language=en-US|work=U.S.|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/people-books-steel-dc-idUKN2145543420080222/|access-date=2025-01-13}}</ref> She is the best-selling living author and one of the best-selling fiction writers ever, with more than 800 million books sold. As of 2021, she has written 190 books, including over 140 novels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danielle Steel|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/danielle-steel/|access-date=2025-01-13|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=Invalid date|title=The Lives of Danielle Steel: The Unauthorized Biography of America's #1 Best-Selling Author by Vickie Bane|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-11257-8|access-date=2025-01-13|website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref> Her parents [[divorce]]d when she was young. She was looked after by [[Kinship|relatives]] and family [[employ