Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and by the age of twenty was an editor and columnist on London’s Fleet Street. In 1979, she wrote her first novel, A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE. That enduring bestseller was followed by fifteen others, most recently WHERE YOU BELONG. Her novels have sold more than 59 million copies worldwide in more than 88 countries and 39 languages. She lives in New York City with her husband, film producer Robert Bradford.