Mills & Boon acquired the book and released it in 1974. She was informed that because Harlequin only reprinted Mills & Boon novels at that point, so she would need to reach out to them in London. Dailey spent eight months writing her first manuscript, No Quarter Asked, and then sent a query letter to Harlequin asking if they would like to read it. In 1974, after asserting that she could write a better romance novel than those she had read, Dailey's husband challenged her to prove it. The two continued to work together, often spending 17 hours a day, seven days a week at work and married in 1964. She graduated in 1962 from Jefferson High School in nearby Independence, Iowa and worked for a construction firm owned by her future husband, Bill Dailey, who was 15 years her senior. By the age of four, she had her own library card. Her three elder sisters often read to her when she was good. ĭailey always wanted to be a writer and loved books. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from high school in Independence, Iowa.
Janet Anne Haradon was born on May 21, 1944, in Storm Lake, Iowa to Boyd Clayton Haradon and Lena Louise (Zimmer) Haradon. Dailey was both an author and entrepreneur. Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (– December 14, 2013) was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name).
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