Barbara Delinsky was born on August 9, 1945 in suburban Boston. She received a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. After graduate school, she worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. After her first child was born, she worked as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald.
She has written more than 60 novels including Shades of Grace, Coast Road, While My Sister Sleeps and Not My Daughter. Her novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship. Some of her novels have been made into television movies including Three Wishes starring Valerie Bertinelli and A Woman's Place starring Lorraine Bracco. She also wrote the nonfiction book Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. The proceeds of her nonfiction work goes to charity. She has also written under the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass.
(Bowker Author Biography) Barbara Delinsky lives in Massachusetts.
(Publisher Provided) Since the 1980s, Barbara Delinsky has published more than sixty novels including, most recently, "The Vineyard", "Lake News", "Coast Road", "Three Wishes", "More Than Friends", & "Suddenly". Published in seventeen languages worldwide, her books regularly appear on "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal", "The Washington Post", "The Boston Globe", & "Publishers Weekly" bestseller lists. Born & raised in suburban Boston, Delinsky lives in Needham, Massachusetts.
(Publisher Provided) Barbara Delinsky has a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University and an M.A. in sociology from Boston College. Her bestselling novels include "Coast Road", which featured a heroine who was a breast cancer survivor. She serves on the Massachusetts General Hospital Women's Cancer Visiting Committee.
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