About an Author - Danielle Steel

One of the interesting things about working surrounded by popular reading material is to watch what goes off the shelf and what flies off them.

Romance author Danielle Steel, who just released her 75th novel, is a perennial favorite among readers around the world.

Sometimes, with all the other options and distractions out there, you wonder what could make readers so loyal to a writer, a series and a literary formula.

In this engaging interview from CNN, Steel talks about "Rogue," her latest book, which has come out not just to expected fan approval but to mild critical buzz.

It is an unexpectedly telling look at an author who has carved a firm place in the world of modern reading.