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Nicholas Sparks Biography & Facts
Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American romance novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published twenty-three novels, all New York Times bestsellers, and two works of non-fiction, with over 115 million copies sold worldwide in more than 50 languages. Among his works are The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle which, along with 8 other books, have been adapted as feature films.Sparks lives in North Carolina, where many of his novels are set. Early life Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Patrick Michael Sparks, was a business professor and his mother Jill Emma Marie Sparks (née Thoene) was a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant. Sparks is of German, Czech, English, and Irish ancestry. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother, Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (born 1964), and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks Lewis (1966–2000), who died at the age of 33 from a brain tumor, an event that inspired his novel A Walk to Remember. As a child, Sparks lived in Watertown, Minnesota; Inglewood, California; Playa Del Rey, California; and Grand Island, Nebraska, before the family settled in Fair Oaks, California in 1974.In 1984, Sparks graduated valedictorian of Bella Vista High School. He began writing while attending the University of Notre Dame on a track and field scholarship, majoring in business finance and graduating magna cum laude. Sparks wrote his first, never published, novel, The Passing in 1985 and a second unpublished novel called The Royal Murders in 1989. He married Cathy Cote in 1989 and moved to New Bern, North Carolina. Literary career Sparks' first published book was Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding, a nonfiction book co-written by Billy Mills about Lakota spiritual beliefs and practices, published by Feather Publishing. The book sold 50,000 copies in its first year after release.In 1995, literary agent Theresa Park secured a $1 million advance for The Notebook from Time Warner Book Group, the book that became Spark's breakthrough novel. Published in October 1996, the novel made The New York Times best-seller list in its first week of release and eventually spent fifty-six weeks there. In 1998, after the publication of The Notebook, Sparks wrote Message in a Bottle which, in 1999, became the first of his novels to be adapted for film in 1999. In total, eleven of his novels have been adapted as films: Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Notebook (2004), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), Dear John (2010), The Last Song (2010), The Lucky One (2012), Safe Haven (2013), The Best of Me (2014), The Longest Ride (2015), and The Choice (2016). He has also sold the screenplay adaptations of True Believer and At First Sight. Including The Notebook, fifteen of Sparks's novels have been No. 1 New York Times Best Sellers, and all of his novels have been both New York Times and international bestsellers. Sparks has also often been listed on Forbes annual highest-paid authors lists.In September 2020, Sparks published his twenty-first novel The Return and followed that up with The Wish in 2021 and Dreamland in 2022, each of which were optioned as films. Personal Sparks lives in New Bern, North Carolina. He has three sons and twin daughters. He and Cathy divorced in 2015. Philanthropy In 2008, Sparks donated nearly $900,000 for a new, all-weather tartan track to New Bern High School, where he has also volunteered to coach. That same year, he also donated "close to $10 million" to start a private school, The Epiphany School of Global Studies. Sparks has also funded scholarships, internships, and annual fellowships at the University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program. In 2012, Sparks founded The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a nonprofit that funds global education experiences for students. The Sparks family and foundation have donated more than $15 million to charities, scholarship programs, and other projects. Bibliography Novels Nonfiction Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding (1990), Nicholas Sparks and Billy Mills. ISBN 978-0-9627943-0-8 Three Weeks with My Brother (April 2004), Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks. ISBN 978-1-58621-643-6Adaptations Eleven of Sparks's books have been turned into films, four of which he produced, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, and Safe Haven. Seven other of his books have also adapted for film: The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, and The Notebook. Films based on his novels have grossed $889,615,166 worldwide, while the Rotten Tomatoes scores range from 11% for The Choice to 53% for The Notebook, the most critically acclaimed film based on his work. Film TV References External links Official website Nicholas Sparks at IMDb. Discover the Nicholas Sparks popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nicholas Sparks books.
Best Seller Nicholas Sparks Books of 2023
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Holly
Jude DeverauxJude Deveraux, the dazzling New York Times bestselling author of Wild Orchids and Forever and Always delivers a delightful and passionate yuletide tale sure to become a classic thi...
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The Letter
Kathryn HughesThe #1 EBook Bestseller. Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover THE LETTER by Kat...
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Run Away with Me
Mila GrayTwo friends fall into a passionate romance, but first they must confront a painful past, or else lose out on the one thing they’ve been searching for in this heartrending novel fro...
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The Winter Sister
Muna Shehadi'The story telling in this book is right up there with Nora Roberts, who is an expert at drawing you into a story' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review'To say I loved reading this book would be...
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A Million Miles Away
Lara AveryTwin sisters Kelsey and Michelle Maxfield look identical but they couldn't be more different. Kelsey is the captain of the dance team and loves her cute college boyfriend, Davis. ...
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Silas Marner
George Eliot & David CarrollWrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious h...
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The Christmas Hummingbird
Davis BunnSet during the Christmas season in the breathtaking coastal California town of Miramar Bay, this uplifting novella from international and New York Times bestselling author Davis Bu...
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Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A twist you won’t see coming. A love story you’ll never forget. From the acclaimed author of The Notebook comes a powerful novel...
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Before I Go
Brian CharlesIn the spirit of The Notebook, Brian Charles’ Before I Go is at once a tender love story and a powerful, provocative exploration of life after loss, and the numinous links that tie...
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The Sea on Our Skin
Madeleine TobertSet in a tiny, traditional community on a Pacific island, this is the story of a marriage and a family, of great loves and great betrayals and how real island life is so much more ...
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Calling Major Tom
David M Barnett'I loved everything about it.' Goodreads 'This book made me laugh, cry, giggle and gasp.' Goodreads'One of my favourite books of the year. Charming and very sweet.' Goodreads He...
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The Emerald Tide
Davis BunnA breathtaking new novel about letting go, taking chances, and embracing the healing power of lovefrom the international bestselling author of Tranquility Falls.Just when he though...
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Script Tease
Dylan CallaghanThe Newest Screenwriting SecretsWhat do an erstwhile stripper, an ex–gambling addict, and a stoned Canadian teenager have in common? They wrote your favorite movies, and they're no...
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The Offering
Kimberly DertingTrue loveand world waris at stake in the conclusion to The Pledge trilogy, a dark and romantic blend of dystopia and fantasy.Charlie, otherwise known as Queen Charlaina of Ludania,...
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Promises to Keep
Nan RossiterIn this heartwarming sequel to Promises of the Heart in the Savannah Skies series, USA Today bestselling author Nan Rossiter returns to Tybee Island off the Georgia coast to focus ...
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Silver Bay
Jojo MoyesThe 2007 novel Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes, the bestselling author of Me Before You and twotime winner of the RNA Novel of the Year award.Liza McCullen will never escape her past. But...
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50 Feminist Classics in One Volume
Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henrik Ibsen, Grant Allen, Ethel Sybil Turner, Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, H.G. Wells, Gene Stratton-Porter, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, Ada Cambridge, Mary Johnston, Marietta Holley, Elia Wilkinson Peattie, Virginia Woolf, Christopher Morley, Zona Gale, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Edna Ferber, Rebecca Deming Moore, D. H. Lawrence, Margaret Oliphant, Sinclair Lewis, Margaret Deland & Nikolaï LeskovMusaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited collection of world's greatest classics with the most influential female protagonists in literature: Camilla (Fanny Burn...
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The Keepsake
Julie BrooksA book of treasures. A wealth of secrets.The Keepsake is a thrilling dualtime novel, with a fascinating, complex woman at its heart, wealth of twists, turns and secrets, and an abs...
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The Kathryn Hughes Collection
Kathryn HughesAvailable together for the first time in ebook, discover the heartrending novels from the No.1 bestselling author Kathryn Hughes. PREORDER THE MEMORY BOX, THE NEW NOVEL FROM KATHR...
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Summary of The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
Justin ReeseDISCLAIMERThis is NOT the original Nicholas Sparks bookThis is a well detailed Summary of The Wish by Nicholas SparksFrom the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a nove...
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The Spring Sister
Muna Shehadi'The author's writing style is similar to that of Santa Montefiore whom I love, so this book really pulled me in' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader reviewWhat happens when you discover that your gl...
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The Blessing
Jude DeverauxThe New York Times bestselling author of the Summerhouse series crafts an inspirational love story that has “plenty of romance, fun, and adventure” (San Antonio ExpressNews) follow...
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Fall into Me
Mila GrayAn unexpected and searing romance unfolds between a young recording artist and her exMarine bodyguard trying to outrun his difficult past in this wrenching novel from the author of...
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David Copperfield
Charles DickensNow a major film directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben Whishaw'The greatest achievement of the greatest of all novelis...
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The Affair
Santa MontefiorePreviously published as The Perfect HappinessWonderfully wise Santa Montefiore will capture your heart with this "bittersweet and thoughtprovoking" novel about a modern wife who mu...
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The Secret
Kathryn HughesThe truth she locked away will set another woman free...'I simply could not put it down...Kathryn Hughes has now joined my list of mustread authors ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''So many delicious lit...
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Come Back to Me
Mila GrayIn this heartwrenching tale of love and loss, a young Marine and his best friend’s sister plunge into a forbidden love affair while he’s home on leave.When a Marine Chaplain knocks...
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Watch Over Me
Mila Gray“Steamy…Doesn’t let up.” Booklist “Intense…Unflinching.” Kirkus ReviewsFrom the author of Come Back to Me comes a striking novel about a young womandesperately trying to protect he...
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The First Wife
Muna ShehadiAt the heart of a great love lies a devastating secret . . . Fans of Lucinda Riley, Santa Montefiore and Louise Douglas will be gripped by Muna Shehadi's stunning new novel of twis...
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Stay with Me
Mila GrayFrom the author of Come Back to Me comes a heartwrenching novel about a forbidden romance, a wounded marine, and the girl who’s determined to save him.Didi Monroe has waited her wh...
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Snowfall on Cedar Trail
Annie RainsFrom a USA Today bestselling author comes a heartwarming holiday romance between the a smalltown florist and the handsome chief of police.Christmas is always bustling for Halona Lo...
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The Essential Works of Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThis meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Sorrows of Young Werther Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeshi...
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The Bridge
Karen KingsburyFromt the New York Times bestselling author of Someone Like You, Karen Kingsbury's heartwarming story about two couples, love lost and found, and the miracle that saved a bookstore...
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The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay
Julie BrooksTwo women set sail for Australia, bound by a terrible truth. But only one will make it off the ship.'The writing is polished and evocative, the twists and turns are surprising, and...
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The Monk
Matthew LewisAmbrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiendinspired wanton who, disguised as a boy, has entered his monastery as a novice...
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The Summer Sister
Muna Shehadi'A wonderful read with evocative descriptions and enough family secrets to create a gripping journey of discovery' Woman'One of those books that makes you cancel everything so you ...
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Five Steps to Happy
Ella DoveAS SEEN ON ITV'S LORRAINE'An uplit treasure' Red magazineWhen struggling actress Heidi has a lifechanging accident aged 32, her world falls apart. Stuck in hospital and unable to w...
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Christmas on Mistletoe Lane
Annie RainsThis USA Today bestselling author invites you to the delightful small town of Sweetwater Springs where the magic of Christmas brings two strangers together in this "story you won't...
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ANGELS OR DEMONS - 50 Feminist Classics in One Volume
Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henrik Ibsen, Grant Allen, Ethel Sybil Turner, Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, H.G. Wells, Gene Stratton-Porter, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, Ada Cambridge, Mary Johnston, Marietta Holley, Elia Wilkinson Peattie, Virginia Woolf, Christopher Morley, Zona Gale, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Edna Ferber, Rebecca Deming Moore, D. H. Lawrence, Margaret Oliphant, Sinclair Lewis, Margaret Deland & Nikolaï Leskoveartnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of world's greatest classics with the most influential female protagonists in literature: Camilla (Fanny Burney) Mar...