Editing Danielle Steel (section)

===1997–present: Continued success and awards===
After years of near-constant writing, in 2003 Steel opened an art gallery in San Francisco, Steel Gallery, which showed contemporary work and exhibited the paintings and sculptures of emerging artists. The gallery closed in 2007.<ref name="baker">{{cite news | last = Baker | first = Kenneth| title = Danielle Steel to open gallery for lesser-knowns | newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle | date = September 30, 2003 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/30/DD276604.DTL | access-date = April 19, 2007}}</ref> She continues to curate shows a few times a year for the Andrea Schwartz Gallery in San Francisco.

In 2002, Steel was decorated by the French government as an ''Officier'' of the ''[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]'', for her contributions to world culture.

She has additionally received:
* Induction into the [[California Hall of Fame]], December 2009.
* "Distinguished Service in Mental Health Award" (first time awarded to a non-physician) from New York Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Columbia University Medical School and Cornell Medical College, May 2009.
* "Outstanding Achievement Award" for work with adolescents from Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco, May 2003.
* "Service to Youth Award" for improving the lives of adolescents and children with mental accessibility issues from the University of San Francisco Catholic Youth Organization and St. Mary's Medical Center, November 1999.
* "Outstanding Achievement Award" in Mental Health from the California Psychiatric Association
* "Distinguished Service Award" from the American Psychiatric Association

In 2006 Steel reached an agreement with [[Elizabeth Arden]] to launch a new perfume, Danielle by Danielle Steel.

In 2014, she wrote an article for [[SFGate]] writing about her concern that San Francisco was losing its heart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steel |first=Danielle |date=January 16, 2014 |orig-date=January 16, 2024 |title=Danielle Steel: Is S.F. losing its heart? |url=https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/danielle-steel-is-s-f-losing-its-heart-5150554.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722174135/https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/danielle-steel-is-s-f-losing-its-heart-5150554.php |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |website=The San Francisco Gate |language=English}}</ref>