Harold Robbins

Harold Robbins was one of the most prolific authors from The United States who used to write his books based on the literature & fiction genre. To date, his books have sold more than 750 million copies all across the globe. Such a big achievement has landed him in the list of the top sellers of the world. Author Robbins faced a lot of controversies in his career because of the topics that he chose for writing the books. One of his books that got very much criticized is the 1948 novel Never Love A Stranger. This book was filled with high content of graphic sexuality. A couple of books written by him, The Betsy and The Adventurers, were adapted into movies after their successful publications. After his death, his novels have been taken over by a number of ghostwriters, one of whom is friends named Junius Podrug. Author Robbins used to admire the work of Junius very much. Several of his unfinished books were released posthumously after they were finished by the ghostwriters with the help of his notes and diary entries. Author Robbins was born on May 21, 1916, and died on October 14, 1997. His birth had taken place in the New York City, New York, The United States. When he grew up, he claimed that he was a Jewish orphan who was brought up in a boys’ home managed by one of the Catholic churches in New York City. However, the reality is that he was the child of a well educated Russian and Polish-Jewish immigrants.