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Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.

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Danielle Steel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 14
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schülein-Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel
Book
Concept
Many
Anywhere
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Complete
Years
Concepts
Outline
Time
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Edits
Five
Outlines
Three
Final
Two
Finals

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