She has been quoted as saying that she loves breathing life into her characters. Since then, Michaels has sold over sixty books, many of them New York Times bestsellers. Īlthough her first manuscript did not sell, the second did. Her husband was not very supportive of her efforts, and consequently they separated. Because she had no idea how to get a job, Michaels decided to try to write a book. When the youngest entered school in 1973, her husband told her to get a job. Michaels married, moved to New Jersey, and had five children. Once she entered the business world, she became "Mary." As a child, though, others referred to her as Ruth. Her family and friends still use the nickname. Because of her small birth weight, Michaels' father nicknamed her "Dink," for "dinky little thing. Her USA Today and New York Times best selling books include Family Blessings, Pretty Woman, and Crown Jewel, as well as the Texas quartet and the Captive series.įern Michaels is the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, who was born in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1933, weighing only four and one-half pounds. Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir April 9, 1933) is an American author of romance and thriller novels, including nearly 150 best selling books with nearly 200 million copies in print.
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