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| Born | Stephenie Morgan December 24, 1973 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Education | Brigham Young University (BA) |
| Genre | Vampire romance, young adult fiction, science fiction |
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Christian Meyer (m. 1994) |
| Children | 3 |
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Stephenie Meyer (/ˈmaɪ.ər/; née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American author and film producer. She is best known for writing the vampire romance book series Twilight, which has sold over 160 million copies, with translations into 49 different languages. She was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in the United States, having sold over 29 million books in 2008[1] and 26.5 million in 2009.[2]
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, two spin-off novels, a novella, 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, the Twilight film series' finale, 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, eternal life, and pro-life—are featured in her work.[3] 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's list of the "top 100 most influential people" in 2008[4] and Forbes's list of the "top 100 most powerful celebrities" in 2009, with her annual earnings exceeding $50 million.[5]
- ^ "The World's Most Powerful Celebrities: #26 Stephenie Meyer". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ Diane Roback (March 22, 2010). "Children's Bestsellers 2009: The Reign Continues". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ^ Fetters, Ashley (November 15, 2012). "At Its Core, the 'Twilight' Saga Is a Story About ________". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ "The 2008 Time 100 Finalists". April 1, 2008. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
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