We knew the 61-year-old five-times-divorced romance novelist was prolific, but we didn't realize that she just published her seventh-fifth book! She writes them all on a 1964 Olympia manual typewriter, helps the homeless, and as for critics: "It's very simple. I haven't read them in years. My feelings get very hurt when people say mean things about me. The trouble I find is that they don't just criticize the book — they then get nasty personally." [CNN via Young Manhattanite]

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