Day Leclaire is an American author of more than forty romance novels.
10 Facts About Day Leclaire
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Day Leclaire started writing when she was just a child.
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Day Leclaire attended the University of California, Berkeley with the intent to major in anthropology.
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Shortly thereafter, Day Leclaire met her husband, Frank, and the two married.
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When Day Leclaire became pregnant with their son Matt, she decided that she really wanted to be a writer.
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Day Leclaire's career seemed briefly stalled when her younger sister, Nancy, died of a brain tumor and Leclaire, alone in a new city, dealt with her grief.
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Day Leclaire's husband challenged her to do something to occupy herself, and Leclaire turned to writing.
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Day Leclaire has since been nominated ten times for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the romance novelist's equivalent of an Oscar.
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Day Leclaire was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2000, and endured chemotherapy and radiation treatment as a result.
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Day Leclaire took a break from writing from 2004 to 2005 in an attempt to recover her creativity, but is finally back in her groove.