Belva Plain

Belva Plain (1915–2010) was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction who graduated from Barnard College with a degree in history. She published her first novel, Evergreen, at age 62 in 1978, which became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into an NBC miniseries. Over her career, she wrote more than 20 novels, selling over 30 million copies in 22 languages.

New York City, United States Oct 9, 1915 Wikipedia
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