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Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer |

Meyer on her book tour for Eclipse in 2007. |
Born | Stephenie Morgan
December 24, 1973 (1973-12-24) (age 35)
Hartford, Connecticut,
United States |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Genres | Fantasy, Romance, Science fiction, Young adult |
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Influences[show]Orson Scott Card, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Maeve Binchy,Brontë sisters, Daphne du Maurier, L. M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Eva Ibbotson, William Goldman, Janet Evanovich |
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Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awards and sold over 85 million copies worldwide,[1]with translations into 37 different languages around the globe.[2][3] A film adaptation of Twilight was released in the United States on November 21, 2008. Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.
Meyer was named USA Today's "Author of the Year" in 2008.[4] She was also the biggest selling author of the year, having sold over 29 million books in 2008 alone,[5][6] withTwilight being the best selling book of the year.[7] Meyer was ranked #49 on Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2008,[8] and was also included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities in 2009, entering at #26 with annual earnings exceeding $50 million.[9]
Personal life
Stephenie Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Stephen andCandy Morgan. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with five siblings: Seth, Emily, Jacob, Paul, and Heidi. She attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. She then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she received a B.A. in English in 1997.[10] Meyer met her husband Christian, nicknamed "Pancho", when she was growing up in Arizona, and married him in 1994 when they both were21. Together they have three sons: Gabe, Seth, and Eli. Christian Meyer, formerly an auditor, has now retired to take care of the children.[11]
Meyer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has stated that she is "straitlaced" about her beliefs, and does not drink alcohol or smoke.[12] Meyer had never written even a short story before Twilight, and had considered goingto law school because she felt she had no chance of becoming a writer; she later noted that the birth of her oldest son Gabe changed her mind, saying, "Once I had Gabe, I just wanted to be his mom."[12] Before becoming an author, Meyer's only professional work was as a receptionist in a property company.[11]
Meyer currently lives in Cave Creek, Arizona,[13] and also owns a $1.3 million home onMarrowstone Island, Washington.[14]
The Twilight series
Twilight

A shelf full of various editions of Stephenie Meyer's books
Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003.[15] The dream was about a human girl, and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood.[15] Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the transcript of what is now Chapter 13 of thebook.[16] In a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a completed novel,[1] though she claims that she never intended to publish Twilight and was writing for her own enjoyment.[17] Her sister's response towards the book was enthusiastic and she persuaded Meyer to send the manuscript to literary agencies.[11] Of the 15 letters she wrote, five went unanswered, nine broughtrejections, and the last was a positive response from Jodi Reamer of Writers House.[18] Eight publishers competed for the rights to publish Twilight in a 2003 auction.[18] By November, Meyer had signed a $750,000 three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.[19]
Twilight was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies.[18] It debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's...