Janet Anne Haradon was born on May 21, 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa, U.S.A. She always wanted to be a writer and loved books. Her three elder sisters often read to her when she was good. By the age of four, she had her own library card. She studied with the Class of 1962 in the Jefferson High School, Independence, Iowa and she attended Secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska.
In 1963, she went to work at the construction firm owned by Bill Dailey, her future husband, who was fifteen years her senior. The two continued to work together, often spending 17 hours a day, seven days a week at work. They worked for 10 years before "retiring" to travel around the country in 1974.
Janet wrote her first novel, "No Quarter Asked" in 1974 after her husband, Bill, urged her to back up her claim that she could write a better romance novel than the ones she had read. The book was accepted by Harlequin, making her the category romance giant's first American author. Her 57 novels for Harlequin included one written in every state of the Union, and later became known as "The Janet Dailey Americana Series."
The Daileys were instrumental in forming the Silhouette romance fiction line, for which Janet wrote 12 more titles before entering the mass market field in 1979 with "Touch the Wind," which marked her debut on the New York Times best seller list, where each new title has continued to appear.
In 1984, Janet entered the mainstream hard cover market with "Silver Wings, Santiago Blue." Currently there are over 325 million copies of her novels in print throughout the world, with translations in 19 languages, in 98 countries.
Since 1980, the Daileys have lived in the "live music capital of the world," Branson, Missouri. In addition to managing Janet's writing career, Bill promotes and produces shows at the Americana Theatre in Branson, Mo.
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Heiress
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The rogue
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Masquerade: a novel
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Rivals: a novel
14 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow -
Touch the Wind
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Aspen gold: a novel
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This Calder Sky
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Your 1986 Caprice horoscope
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The glory game
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Stands a Calder man
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1991 total horoscope
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Mistletoe and holly
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Tangled vines: a novel
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Ride the thunder
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Silver wings, Santiago blue
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Night way
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Terms of Surrender
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Sweet promise
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1992 total horoscope
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The second time
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Green Mountain Man
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This Calder range
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The proud and the free: a novel
10 editions - first published in 1994 Borrow -
The pride of Hannah Wade
10 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow -
The best way to lose
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The Bride of the Delta Queen
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Cal 96
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Kona winds
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Dakota dreamin'
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Western man
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The Great Alone
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Leftover love
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To tell the truth
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For the love of God
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Legacies
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Darling Jenny: Wyoming (Americana)
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The travelling kind
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A tradition of pride
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The Indy man
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For Mike's sake
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Fire and ice
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The thawing of Mara
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Widow and the Wastrel
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For bitter or worse
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Green Calder grass
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Bluegrass king
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The master fiddler
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Valley of the Vapours
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Difficult decision
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After the Storm
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One of the boys
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Beware of the stranger
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Fiesta San Antonio
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Show me
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A Land Called Deseret
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Separate cabins
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Calder pride
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Calder Storm
6 editions - first published in 2006 Borrow -
Six white horses
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The matchmakers
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Giant of Mesabi
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Reilly's woman
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A Lyon's share
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Tidewater lover
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The mating season
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Night of the Cotillion
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Southern nights
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The Lancaster men
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Sagittarius
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Lone Calder Star
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Boss man from Ogallala
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The homeplace
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Big Sky Country
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Dangerous masquerade
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Summer mahogany
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Sentimental Journey
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The ivory cane
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Savage land
4 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
Lord of the high lonesome
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Heart of Stone: New Hampshire (Nightingale)
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Bed of grass
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The Flintstones
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Scorpio
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Calder promise
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Libra
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Wildcatter's woman
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Land of enchantment
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Northern magic
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No quarter asked
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With a little luck
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Hostage Bride Pb
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Virgo: Aug. 22-Sept. 22
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Wild and wonderful
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Cal 95
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Aries: March 21-April 20
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Mack Bolan
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That Boston Man
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Santa in a Stetson
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Evergreen Dust
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Taurus
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