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Stephenie Meyer (; née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist and film producer. She is best known for writing the vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 160 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. Meyer was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in the U.S., having sold over 29 million books in 2008 and 26.5 million in 2009. Meyer received the 2009 Children's Book of the Year award from the British Book Awards for Breaking Dawn, the Twilight series finale. An avid young reader, she attended Brigham Young University, marrying at the age of twenty-one before graduating with a degree in English in 1997. Having no prior experience as an author, she conceived the idea for the Twilight series in a dream. Influenced by the work of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, she wrote Twilight soon thereafter. After many rejections, Little, Brown and Company offered her a $750,000 three-book deal which led to a four-book series, several spin-off novels and novellas, and a series of commercially successful film adaptations. Aside from young adult novels, Meyer has ventured into adult novels with The Host (2008) and The Chemist (2016). Meyer has worked in film production and co-founded production company Fickle Fish Films. Meyer produced both parts of Breaking Dawn and two other novel adaptations. Meyer's membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shaped her novels. Themes consistent with her religion, including agency, mortality, temptation, and eternal life, are prominent in her work. Critics have called her writing style overly simplistic, but her stories have also received praise, and she has acquired a fan following. Meyer was included on Time magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People in 2008" and was included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities in 2009, with her annual earnings exceeding $50 million. Early and personal life Stephenie Morgan was born on December 24, 1973, in Hartford, Connecticut, the second of six children to financial officer Stephen Morgan and homemaker Candy Morgan. Meyer was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1992, Meyer won a National Merit Scholarship, which helped fund her undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she received a BA in English Literature in 1997. Although she began and finished her degree at BYU, she took classes at Arizona State University in fall 1996 and spring 1997.Meyer met her future husband, Christian "Pancho" Meyer, in Arizona when they were both children. They married in 1994, when Meyer was twenty-one. Together, they have sons whom Christian Meyer retired from his job as an auditor to take care of full time.Before writing her first novel, Twilight, Meyer considered going to law school because she felt she had no chance of becoming a writer. She later noted that the birth of her oldest son, Gabe, in 1997 changed her mind: "Once I had Gabe, I just wanted to be his mom." Before becoming an author, Meyer's only professional work was as a receptionist at a property company. The Twilight series The Twilight novels According to Meyer, the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003, about a human girl and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood. Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the draft of what became chapter 13 of the book. She wrote from chapter 13 to the end of the novel and then backfilled the first 12 chapters, in secret, without an ideal audience in mind or the intention to publish the novel. Meyer researched the Quileute Native Americans to include their legends and traditions in the novel, though some Quileute tribe members found her use of their legends offensive. Meyer joined the American Night Writers Association (ANWA) for aspiring LDS female writers. She completed the novel in three months. Her sister's response to the book was enthusiastic, and she persuaded Meyer to send the manuscript to literary agencies.Of the 15 letters she wrote, five went unanswered, nine brought rejections, and the last was a positive response from Jodi Reamer of Writers House. Eight publishers competed for the rights to publish Twilight in a 2003 auction. By November, Meyer had signed a $750,000 three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company. Twilight was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies. Bimonthly books signings and events at the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, early in her writing career helped cultivate her fanbase. Twilight reached No. 5 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books within a month of its release, and later rose to #1. The novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editor's Choice. Despite its success, Twilight was one of the most challenged books of 2009 according to the American Library Association for being sexually explicit, age-inappropriate, and for religious views; some schools and libraries were asked to remove the books from their shelves.Upon publishing Twilight, Meyer had already outlined a story for a sequel. However, her publisher insisted that she follow Twilight with two sequels following Bella and Edward in college. Consequently, Meyer expanded the story into a series with three more books: New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), and Breaking Dawn (2008). The original story she pitched for the sequel would later be published in Breaking Dawn. Meanwhile, Meyer wrote a short story, "Hell on Earth", about demons at prom night, which was published in April 2007 in Prom Nights from Hell, a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Meyer's fans urged her to expand "Hell on Earth" into a full novel, but Meyer was occupied finishing Eclipse.In its first week after publication, New Moon reached No. 5 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books, and in its second week rose to the No. 1 position, where it remained for the next 11 weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list. In May 2007, Meyer held two promotional prom events at an Arizona State University gymnasium to celebrate the special edition release of New Moon and the release of Eclipse. For the event, Meyer wore a blood-red evening gown and signed over 1,000 books. Meyer's red dress was later auctioned for $5,500 at a fundraiser for a book seller's battle with breast cancer called Project Book Babe.After the release of Eclipse, the first three "Twilight" books spent a combined 143 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. The fourth installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, was released with an initial print run of 3.7 million copies. Over 1.3 million copies were sold on the first day. The novel won Meyer a British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, despite competition from J. K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard. In 2009, Meyer faced plagiarism accu.... Discover the Stephenie Meyer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Stephenie Meyer books.

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  • Prom and Prejudice synopsis, comments

    Prom and Prejudice

    Elizabeth Eulberg

    From the muchbuzzedabout author of THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB (already blurbed by Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle, and Jen Calonita), a promseason delight of Jane Austen proportions.It...

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    Lost and Found

    Lilian Carmine

    Joey Halloway is looking to the future Freshly married to her highschool sweetheart, Joey is excited for an uncomplicated life, free from the paranormal terrors she and Tristan hav...

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    The Everything Vampire Book

    Barb Karg, Arjean Spaite & Rick Sutherland

    An affordable, accessible companion to vampire literature, films, and TV Several vampire movies are due out in 2008 and 2009: Twilight, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, and The Hi...

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    The Burning World

    Isaac Marion

    Library Journal’s MustHave Spring Books, Editors’ Picks 2017 “A thrilling coasttocoast journey.” The Seattle Times “A richly imagined philosophical exploration.” Bellingham Herald ...

  • Department 19 - Das Gefecht synopsis, comments

    Department 19 - Das Gefecht

    Will Hill & Wulf Bergner

    Noch 85 Tage bis zur Stunde null: dem Tag, an dem der regenerierte Graf Dracula vollends zu seiner alten Stärke zurückkehren wird. Dem Tag, an dem die finsteren Wesen endgültig den...

  • The Lost Girl synopsis, comments

    The Lost Girl

    Lilian Carmine

    Even Death can’t keep them apart...After falling in love with a ghost, Joey has succeeded in saving her boyfriend from Death, not once but twice.But then a mysterious and horrifyin...

  • The New Hunger synopsis, comments

    The New Hunger

    Isaac Marion

    The mustread prequel to the “strange and unexpected” (Audrey Niffenegger) and “highly original” (Seattle Times) zombie love story Warm Bodiesthe New York Times bestseller and inspi...

  • Revolution synopsis, comments

    Revolution

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER.'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTVYou fight, you kill, you steal, you lie.... or you die. As war ...

  • Ciudad de Hueso synopsis, comments

    Ciudad de Hueso

    Cassandra Clare

    En el Pandemonium, la discoteca de moda de Nueva York, Clary sigue a un atractivo chico de pelo azul hasta que presencia su muerte a manos de tres jóvenes cubiertos de extraños tat...

  • Stephenie Meyer, Queen of Twilight synopsis, comments

    Stephenie Meyer, Queen of Twilight

    John Blake

    The enchanting true story of Stephenie Meyer, the Queen of Twilight. On 2 June, 2003, Stephenie Meyer had a dream that would change her life forever. She dreamt of a young girl and...

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    Stephenie Meyer

    Marc Shapiro

    The romance of vampire Edward and human Bella in the books Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn has captured the imaginations of millions of readers and become an amazing...

  • Annihilation synopsis, comments

    Annihilation

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER.'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTVThis is the end of us all.For Hayden and Grace, the threat of w...

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    Stephenie Meyer

    James Blasingame Jr. Executive Director of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Tea..., Kathleen Deakin & Laura A. Walsh

    Stephenie Meyer: In the Twilight looks at the life and work of this author, beginning with her childhood and covering her teen years and life before stardom. This volume also profi...

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    The Chosen One - Die Ausersehene

    Isabell May

    Eine zerrüttete Welt, eine allmächtige Regentin und ein rebellisches junges Mädchen. Die 17jährige Skadi ist eine Ausersehene dazu bestimmt, dem Königreich Kinder zu schenken. Ein...

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    Sacrifice

    Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz

    Gabriel and Shay are convinced that they can make their relationship work. Knowing that Shay is halfvampire, Gabriel thinks that his coven will embrace her as one of their own, but...

  • A Witch Alone synopsis, comments

    A Witch Alone

    Ruth Warburton

    Where do you go when your heart has been ripped out? For Anna there is only one answer; into her past, where the truth about her mother, her power, and her real identity lie hidden...

  • Belle Morte - Rot wie Liebe synopsis, comments

    Belle Morte - Rot wie Liebe

    Bella Higgin

    Die Wahrheit hat ihren Preis ...Renie Mayfield hat den tödlichen Angriff auf Belle Morte nur knapp überlebt – doch zu einem hohen Preis. Ihr neues Leben als Vampirin ist ebenso sch...

  • Warm Bodies synopsis, comments

    Warm Bodies

    Isaac Marion

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“Gruesome yet poetic…highly original.” The Seattle Times “Dark and funny.” Wired “A mesmerizing evolution of a classic contempo...

  • Magisterium synopsis, comments

    Magisterium

    Cassandra Clare, Holly Black & Anne Brauner

    Nachdem Call und seine Freunde unter Einsatz ihres Lebens den Feind des Todes abgewehrt haben, richtet das Magisterium eine Party für sie aus. Statt zu feiern, muss Call jedoch den...

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    Belle Morte - Rot wie Blut

    Bella Higgin

    Ein mächtiges Vampirhaus. Ein Mädchen auf der Suche nach ihrer Schwester. Eine gefährliche Leidenschaft.In einer Welt, in der Vampire wie TopCelebritys behandelt werden und jeder u...

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    Loyalty

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER.'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTVDon't look back. That's where the danger lies.With Grace left r...

  • Anarchy synopsis, comments

    Anarchy

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE.'I reread them again recently and fell in love all over again!!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I could NOT put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'READ IT! You'll love it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The world is d...

  • The Lost Boys synopsis, comments

    The Lost Boys

    Lilian Carmine

    Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? Having moved to a strange town, seventeenyearold Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, myste...

  • A Witch in Love synopsis, comments

    A Witch in Love

    Ruth Warburton

    Anna still finds it hard to believe that Seth loves her and has vowed to suppress her powers, no matter what. But magic like love is uncontrollable and soon, Anna is being hunted...

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    Bedazzled

    George Beahm

    "Bedazzled" is a fan's delight, the definitive compendium exploring every aspect of the "Twilight" phenomenon. Veteran author George Beahm delivers a guidebook to the fournovel ser...

  • Jane Eyre synopsis, comments

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Brontë

    One of the greatest love stories ever told… meet dark and brooding Mr Rochester.Loved TWILIGHT? Then you’ll adore Jane Eyre…You can’t choose who you fall in love with.For Jane Eyre...

  • Witch Finder synopsis, comments

    Witch Finder

    Ruth Warburton

    London, 1880, and eighteenyearold Luke Lexton is about to endure his initiation into the Malleus Maleficorum the secretive brotherhood devoted to hunting witches, and the organisa...