Today 30 million copies of her books are in print.Ī Barnard College graduate who majored in history, Belva Plain enjoyed a wonderful marriage of more than 40 years to Irving Plain, an ophthalmologist. In retrospect, she said, "I didn't make the time." But, she reminded us, during the era that she was raising her family, women were supposed to concentrate only on their children. When she looked back and said she didn't have the time, she felt as though she had been making excuses. In total, more than 20 of her books have been New York Times best sellers.īefore becoming a novelist, Belva Plain wrote short stories for many major magazines, but taking care of a husband and three children did not give her the time to concentrate on the novel she had always wanted to write.
It topped the New York Times best-seller list for 41 weeks and aired as an NBC-TV miniseries. Belva Plain captured readers' hearts with her first novel, Evergreen, which Delacorte published more than 30 years ago.
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