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Belva Plain dies at 95; author of more than 20 bestselling novels

Belva Plain, who wrote more than 20 bestselling novels during a literary career that spanned several decades, has died. She was 95.

Plain died in her sleep Tuesday at her home in New Jersey, said her daughter, Barbara. No cause of death was given.

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Belva Plain obituary: The obituary of novelist Belva Plain in the Oct. 18 LATExtra section had an incomplete listing of her survivors. She is survived by three children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. —

Plain, known for epic novels of family and forgiveness, never owned a computer and wrote in longhand on a yellow pad. She had written short fiction for women’s magazines but didn’t start writing novels until after she became a grandmother.

“The thing is, you come to a perspective of life at midway,” she told The Times in 1978. “You see your grandchildren, you remember your grandparents, and there’s a sense of overall family continuance. It’s a very moving experience.”

Her first novel, “Evergreen,” was published in 1978. It follo

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Belva Plain

Belva Plain (October 9, 1915 – October 12, 2010), née Offenberg,^[1] was a best-sellingAmericanauthor of mainstream fiction.

Biography

Belva Offenberg was a third-generation Jewish American who was raised in New York City.^[2] She graduated from Barnard College in 1939 with a degree in history.^[2] Plain lived in the Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey.^[3]

Before breaking into publishing, Belva Plain wrote short stories for magazines while raising her three children. She sold her first story to Cosmopolitan at age 25 and "contributed several dozen to various women's magazines until she had three children in rapid succession."^[1] Her first novel, Evergreen, was published in 1978. It topped the New York Times Bestseller List for 41 weeks and was made into a TV miniseries.^[4]Evergreen followed the character Anna, "a feisty, redheaded Jewish immigrant girl from Poland in turn-of-the-century New York, whose family story continues through several decades and four more books.".^[1&

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Belva Plain

Born

in New York City, The United States

January 01, 1919

Died

October 12, 2010

Website

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/belvaplain/

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Saga

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Belva Plain was a best-selling American author of mainstream women's fiction. Her first novel, Evergreen (1978) topped the New York Times bestseller list for 41 weeks and was made into a TV miniseries. At her death, there were over 30 million copies of her twenty-plus novels in print in 22 languages.

Belva Plain was a best-selling American author of mainstream women's fiction. Her first novel, Evergreen (1978) topped the New York Times bestseller list for 41 weeks and was made into a TV miniseries. At her death, there were over 30 million copies of her twenty-plus novels in print in 22 languages.

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