Nora Roberts is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) and a member of their Washington, D.C. chapter. She was keynote speaker at their 1994 national conference in New York. The first author ever to be inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame and the first author to receive their Centennial Award when she published her 100th novel, Montana Sky, she was honored with the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. In addition to her awards from RWA, she has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Waldenbooks, and she has been honored by B. Dalton Booksellers, the New Jersey Chapter of Romance Writers of America and BookRak Distributors.

She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, The Crime League of America and Novelists Inc.

Sanctuary and The Reef were optioned by CBS Television for television movies. "Nora Roberts' Sanctuary", staring Melissa Gilbert and Costas Mandylor ("Picket Fences") is scheduled to air on February 28, 2001. Her book This Magic Moment became the television film "Magic Moments" starring Emmy-winner John Shea and Jenny Seagrove.

The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly have all featured or mentioned Nora Roberts in articles about writing and the romance genre. She has appeared on ABC-TV's Good Morning America and Cable News Network, and has been featured on the television programs To Tell the Truth, Entertainment Tonight, and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. She has been interviewed by local television and radio programs across the country, and she has been featured in dozens of newspapers, including the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, Washington Times, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, and Atlanta Constitution.

The youngest of five children, Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. She now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.