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    by Claire E. White

    In typically modest fashion, internationally bestselling author Fern Michaels
    claims that she isn't really a great writer, she's "just a scribbler." She will admit, though, to being "a hell of storyteller." Her millions of fans enthusiastically agree, lining up to buy her latest book the minute it hits the bookstores. The author of over sixty-seven books, the majority of which are New York Timesbestsellers, she has over sixty million copies of her books in print. She says that Fern Michaels isn't who she is, it's what she (Mary Ruth Kuczkir) does.

    As a girl growing up in Hastings, Pennsylvania, one of her greatest joys growing up was reading. Her school friends called her Ruth, but her father and family always called her "Dink", a name her father gave her when she was born because according to him she was "a dinky little thing" weighing in at four and a half pounds. However, she now answers to Fern since "people are more comfortable with a name they c
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    Fern Michaels

    American novelist

    Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir; April 9, ) is an American writer of romance and thriller novels. Her books include Family Blessings, Pretty Woman, and Crown Jewel, as well as the Texas quartet and the Captive series.

    Biography

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    Fern Michaels is the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, who was born in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 9, [1]

    Michaels married, moved to New Jersey, and had five children. When the youngest entered school in , her husband told her to get a job. Since she was unsure of how to get a job, Michaels decided to try writing a book. Her husband was not very supportive of her efforts, and consequently, they separated.[1]

    Although her first manuscript did not sell, the second did. Since then, Michaels has sold over best-selling books, million copies in print along with New York Times best sellers of them New York Times bestsellers.[citation needed] She has been quoted as say

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    Michaels, Fern (Mary Kuczkir, Mary Ruth Kuczkir)

    PERSONAL:

    Born April 9, , in Hastings, PA; daughter of Albert and Lucy Kovac; married Michael Kuczkir (an engineer), October 3, (divorced); children: Cynthia, Susy, Patty, Mike, Dave. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, visiting friends, looking at antiques, gardening, traveling, walking her dogs.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—SC. E-mail—[email&#;protected].

    CAREER:

    Writer. Worked as market researcher.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Inducted into New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame.

    WRITINGS:

    ROMANCE NOVELS; WITH ROBERTA ANDERSON; UNDER JOINT PSEUDONYM FERN MICHAELS

    Pride and Passion, Ballantine (New York, NY),

    Vixen in Velvet, Ballantine (New York, NY),

    Captive Passions, Ballantine (New York, NY),

    Valentina, Ballantine (New York, NY),

    Captive Embraces, Ballantine (New York, NY),

    Captive Splendors, Ballantine (New York, NY),

    The Delta Ladies, Pocket Books (New York, NY),

    The Golden Lasso, Silhouette (New York, NY),