Sandra Brown has written at least 98 books. Their most popular book is Nine Coaches Waiting with 41 saves with an average rating of 3.6⭐.
Sandra Lynn Cox was born on March 12, 1948 in Waco, Texas and raised in Ft. Worth. She is nothing if not serious when it comes to her work. As the oldest of five daughters, she was a responsible and mature girl, and always chose to read a book rather than play with dolls. Her responsible nature stayed with Sandra as she graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in English, and in her job as a contributing feature reporter at the nationally syndicated PM Magazine in Dallas. When the show experienced mass layoffs, however, Sandra found herself out of work.
Sandra married Michael Brown, former television anchorman and award-winning documentarian of Dust to Dust, and returned to Ft. Worth. They had two children, Rachel and Ryan. Though she continued in her occasional position as a showroom model in Dallas, her husband encouraged her to try fiction writing while their children were at school. He had just left a career as a news anchor and talk-show host to form his own production company, so why shouldn't she take a creative risk, too?
Within a year Sandra sold her first novel, Love's Encore, under the name Rachel Ryan (taken from the first names of her two children). Soon thereafter, she was producing a succession of books for six different publishers, culling ideas from briefs in USA Today, television shows, and her own active imagination. She wrote two boosk as Laura Jordan and several books for Harlequin under the name Erin St. Claire.
Since the publication of her first novel in 1981, she has penned well over sixty books. Sandra has over fifty million copies of her books in print, and has achieved some major feats on what is perhaps the most highly regarded bestseller list of all--that of the New York Times. Since 1990, every one of Sandra's novels has appeared on the list. In total, her books have appeared on the prestigious list over thirty times.
In 1992 her novel "French Silk" was made into an ABC-TV movie.
1958 • 41 Readers • 375 pages • 3.6
2014 • 38 Readers • 416 pages • 4.2
2020 • 34 Readers • 448 pages • 3.1
2003 • 25 Readers • 534 pages • 3.7
2022 • 21 Readers • 448 pages • 3.5
2021 • 21 Readers • 512 pages • 3.8
2013 • 21 Readers • 410 pages • 4.1
2019 • 21 Readers • 448 pages • 3.6
2001 • 20 Readers • 576 pages • 4
2015 • 19 Readers • 640 pages • 3.8
2008 • 19 Readers • 420 pages • 4.4
2016 • 19 Readers • 408 pages • 3.7
#7.5 of 8 in Alvarez & Pescoli
2017 • 18 Readers • 464 pages • 4.2
2009 • 18 Readers • 352 pages • 3.2
2017 • 18 Readers • 432 pages • 4
1990 • 15 Readers • 452 pages • 3.7
15 Readers • 2
2006 • 14 Readers • 401 pages • 3.8
2001 • 14 Readers • 355 pages • 3.5
1995 • 13 Readers • 428 pages • 3.6
2012 • 13 Readers • 467 pages • 3.6
2002 • 12 Readers • 421 pages • 4
1993 • 12 Readers • 500 pages • 3.5
2018 • 12 Readers • 432 pages • 3.7
1991 • 11 Readers • 464 pages • 5
2023 • 11 Readers • 448 pages • 4
1999 • 10 Readers • 583 pages • 4.3
2000 • 10 Readers • 469 pages • 5
2004 • 10 Readers • 696 pages • 4.2
1984 • 9 Readers • 350 pages • 4
1992 • 9 Readers • 403 pages • 4.8
1998 • 9 Readers • 486 pages • 3.7
1988 • 8 Readers • 467 pages • 4
2007 • 8 Readers • 400 pages • 4
1983 • 7 Readers • 312 pages • 4.8
1989 • 7 Readers • 430 pages • 5
1989 • 6 Readers • 4
1993 • 6 Readers • 417 pages • 4
2000 • 6 Readers • 327 pages • 3.8
2018 • 6 Readers • 432 pages • 4
1996 • 6 Readers • 469 pages • 4
1983 • 6 Readers • 196 pages • 3
2025 • 6 Readers
1981 • 5 Readers • 246 pages
1983 • 5 Readers • 288 pages • 4.3
1984 • 5 Readers • 275 pages • 4
1982 • 5 Readers • 256 pages • 4
1986 • 5 Readers • 244 pages • 5
1983 • 5 Readers • 383 pages • 4.3
1986 • 4 Readers • 214 pages • 4.7
1988 • 4 Readers • 230 pages • 3
1982 • 4 Readers • 372 pages • 4
1985 • 3 Readers • 181 pages • 3.3
1985 • 3 Readers • 252 pages
1989 • 3 Readers • 3.5
1984 • 3 Readers • 196 pages • 4
3 Readers • 4.5
1986 • 3 Readers • 226 pages • 4.5
1987 • 3 Readers • 288 pages • 4
1982 • 3 Readers • 261 pages • 3.5
1983 • 3 Readers • 259 pages • 3
1983 • 2 Readers • 192 pages • 5
1982 • 2 Readers • 325 pages • 4
1983 • 2 Readers • 229 pages • 3
1987 • 2 Readers • 256 pages • 4
1984 • 2 Readers • 194 pages • 3
1983 • 2 Readers • 241 pages • 3.5
1988 • 2 Readers • 224 pages • 4
2 Readers
2 Readers • 4
1986 • 2 Readers • 232 pages • 3
#1 of 1 in Lee Coburn
2011 • 1 Reader • 328 pages • 2
2010 • 1 Reader • 404 pages • 1
1990 • 1 Reader • 576 pages • 5
1982 • 1 Reader • 4
#5 of 5 in Folk Tales From The Soviet Union
1983 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 5
1 Reader • 4
1981 • 1 Reader • 188 pages • 4
1978 • 1 Reader • 277 pages • 2
2014 • 1 Reader
1989 • 242 pages
2014