Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Nora Roberts Foundation Donates $100,000 to McDaniel College

Writer Nora Roberts gives $100K to Md. College.  (Charlotte Observer, 5/31/2011)

Excerpt:   Nora Roberts' foundation is giving $100,000 to a college in Maryland and the school says it will offer an academic minor in romance literature and start a writing course in the genre.

McDaniel College in Westminster said Tuesday it has received the money.

President Roger Casey says the college aims to raise the profile of romance novels. He says serious study of the subject will reinforce Roberts' reputation as a master and champion of the craft.

The school also will build a library collection of American romance literature, including all of Roberts' more than 200 novels
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About 7 per year.

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