- Dailey was born in a small rural town, and her farmer father died when she was young.
- Dailey was briefly a secretary in a Missouri construction company who married her boss, Bill Dailey, when she was 19, but who then went on to become a prodigious writer of romance fiction, transforming herself into one of the most successful in history, with some 300 million copies of her books sold.
- She was a popular romance novelist. Her books include the "Calder" novels, and her Americana series - 50 books, one set in each state of the US. Her works have been translated into 19 languages.
- She wrote well over 100 books, mostly for Canada's Harlequin publisher, from 1976 to 1984. Her Americana series for Harlequin consisted of 50 books, one set in each U.S. state.
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