Danielle Steel
Renowned romance novelist Danielle Steel is no stranger to the intricacies of love and loss. With a remarkable repertoire of 140 novels, her personal life reflects a journey filled with nearly as many marriages as her literary works. At the tender age of 18, she exchanged vows with banker Claude-Eric Lazard, a union that spanned nine years before culminating in divorce. Following this, Steel entered into marriage with Danny Zugelder.
Her third marriage to William Toth lasted three years, leading her to her longest-lasting union with wine merchant John Traina from 1981 until 1998. Later in the same year, she embarked on her fifth marriage with Silicon Valley financier Tom Perkins, which ultimately concluded in divorce in 2022.
