Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of over 225 novels, known for romance published under her own name. She also writes police procedurals which have elements of science fiction under the name J. D. Robb, and has published as Jill March and (in the U.K.) Sarah Hardesty. == Life and career == === Personal life === ==== Early years ==== Roberts was born on October 10, 1950, in Silver Spring, Maryland, the youngest of five children. Her parent…