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  • Born: 24 December 1973
  • Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
  • Best Known As: The author of the teen vampire romance Twilight

Name at birth: Stephenie Morgan

Stephenie Meyer is the author of the popular Twilight series of books for teens. The stories feature Bella, a high school girl in rural Washington State who falls into a dangerous romance with Edward Cullen, a "devastatingly handsome" and immortal teen vampire. Meyer was a stay-at-home Arizona mom with three sons in 2003 when a dream about Bella and Edward inspired her to write the story that became Twilight. The book was published in 2005, sold over five million copies, and suddenly Meyer was being compared to J.K. Rowling and other superstar authors. Meyer followed Twilight with the sequels New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), and Breaking Dawn (2008). She also published her first adult novel, the sci-fi romance Host, in 2008. A Twilight movie, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as Bella and Edward was a hit and was followed by the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon in 2009 (with Taylor Lautner).

Meyer received an English degree from Brigham Young University in 1997... Meyer married her husband Christiaan (nicknamed Pancho) in 1994. They have three sons: Gabe, Seth, and Eli... Meyer has worked on a fifth books in the Twilight series, titled Midnight Sun, but suspended work on it in 2008 after portions of early drafts were published on the Internet... Forks, Washington, the setting for Meyers's books, is a real town about 100 miles west of Seattle.

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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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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 70 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] with Twilight 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]

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Personal life

Stephenie Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Stephen and Candy 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 were 21. 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 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 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 Scottsdale, Arizona, and also owns a $1.3 million home on Marrowstone Island, Washington.[13]

The Twilight series

Twilight

Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003.[14] The dream was about a human girl, and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood.[14] Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the transcript of what is now Chapter 13 of the book.[15] In a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a completed novel,[16] 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 brought rejections, 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 Chapter Books within a month of its release,[20] and later peaked at #1.[21] Foreign rights to the novel were sold to over 26 countries.[22] The novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editor's Choice.[23]

Subsequent novels

Meyer, November 2008

Following the success of Twilight (2005), Meyer expanded the story into a series with three more books: New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), and Breaking Dawn (2008). In its first week after publication, the first sequel, New Moon, debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books, and in its second week rose to the #1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list.[24] After the release of Eclipse, the first three "Twilight" books spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.[16] The fourth installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, was released with an initial print run of 3.7 million copies.[25] Over 1.3 million copies were sold on the first day alone, setting a record in first-day sales performance for the Hachette Book Group USA.[26] The novel also won Meyer her first British Book Award, despite competition with JK Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard.[27] The series as a whole has sold over 70 million copies worldwide[1] in 37 languages.[28] In 2008, the four books of the series claimed the top four spots on USA Today's year-end bestseller list, making Meyer the first author to ever achieve this feat and the bestselling author of the year.[5]

In August, 2009 USA Today revealed that Meyer broke JK Rowling's record on the their bestseller list. The four Twilight books have spent 52 straight weeks on the top 10.[29] The books have also spent more than 102 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Upon the completion of the fourth entry in the series, Meyer indicated that Breaking Dawn would be the final novel to be told from Bella Swan's perspective.[30] Midnight Sun was to be a companion novel to the series. It would be a retelling of the events of the novel Twilight, but from the perspective of Edward Cullen (as opposed to Bella Swan).[31] Meyer had hoped to have Midnight Sun published some time shortly after the release of Breaking Dawn, but after an online leak of a rough draft of its first 12 chapters, Meyer chose to delay the project indefinitely.[31][32] In addition, since Meyer has decided to pursue non-Twilight related books as a result of the leak, she made the rough chapters of "Midnight Sun" available on her website.[31]

Inspiration

Meyer, an avid reader,[33] cites many novels as inspiration for the Twilight series, including Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.[34] Each book in the series was also inspired specifically by a different literary classic: Twilight by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; New Moon by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; Eclipse by Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights; and Breaking Dawn's theme by two further plays of Shakespeare's, The Merchant of Venice[35] and A Midsummer Night's Dream.[36] According to her, "I've been reading books for adults my entire life. Growing up I was an avid reader—the thicker the book, the better."[37] She also stated that she is a huge fan of Orson Scott Card, and "can't go through a year without re-reading" Jane Austen's books.[37]

She also says that her writing is strongly influenced by music, and she posts "playlists" (from Playlist.com) on her website of songs which specifically inspired her books. Bands included most often in her playlists are Muse, Blue October, My Chemical Romance, Coldplay, and Linkin Park.[38][39][40][41]

Film adaptations

Main articles: Twilight (2008 film), New Moon (2009 film), and Eclipse (2010 film)

Summit Entertainment optioned Twilight in April 2007. Catherine Hardwicke directed the film, and the screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg.[42] It stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen.[43] The movie was released on November 21, 2008.[44] Meyer makes a brief cameo appearance in a diner scene in the film.[45] Following the success of Twilight, Summit greenlit a film adaptation of the sequel, New Moon, in November 2008.[46] Chris Weitz is directing the film,[47] which has a planned release date of November 20, 2009.[48] Summit greenlit an adaptation of the third book in the series, Eclipse, in February 2009.[49] David Slade is directing the film, which has a planned release date of June 30, 2010.

Reception and recognition

Entertainment Weekly has hailed Meyer as "the world's most popular vampire novelist since Anne Rice",[50] while The Guardian described her as an "imaginative storyteller, a prolific author and a newly powerful figure in the publishing market."[51] Wayne Janes of Toronto Sun agreed, saying, "Meyer's success points up another trend — the virtual domination of the best-seller lists the last few years by what would normally be classified as young adult fiction," and noted, "In the absence of a new Harry Potter adventure, teens, fantasy enthusiasts and women (sales are mostly to females) who swoon at the idea of a virginal James Dean-ish vampire made Meyer the go-to gal for chaste love."[52] In addition, Tymon Smith of The Times described Meyer as the "superstar of young adult fiction".[53]

Meyer was named one of MSN Lifestyle's "Most Influential Women of 2008" and was described as a "literary luminary".[54] She was also ranked #49 on Time magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People in 2008",[55] and was included in their list of "People Who Mattered", with Lev Grossman noting, "Maybe Americans aren't ready for a Mormon presidential nominee yet. But they're more than ready to anoint a Mormon as the best-selling novelist of the year."[56] As well, Meyer was included in The Arizona Republic's "Valley's Most Fascinating People" in December 2008.[57]

Novelist Orson Scott Card said, "[Stephenie Meyer] writes with luminous clarity, never standing between the reader and the dream they share. She's the real thing".[58] Scott also went on to describe Meyer as an "amazing phenomenon".[59] In an interview with Newsweek, author Jodi Picoult said, "Stephenie Meyer has gotten people hooked on books, and that's good for all of us."[60]

Meyer was ranked #5 on Forbes' list of "Hollywood's Top-Earning Women", and it was noted that the "Twilight series of young-adult vampire books have taken the publishing and film worlds by storm."[61] Meyer was the only author on the list. She was also ranked #82 on Vanity Fair's list of the "Top 100 Information Age Powers" of 2009.[62] Meyer will be featured in an upcoming issue of the biographical comic Female Force, a Bluewater Productions title which celebrates influential women in society and pop culture.[48] The comic has previously published biographies of women such as Oprah Winfrey and Princess Diana.[48]

Fan following

Meyer has gained a following among young adult readers for her Twilight novels, which are set in the small town of Forks on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Forks has thus received an unusual amount of attention, and celebrates "Stephenie Meyer Day" on September 13, the date of character Bella Swan's birthday, in honor of the author.[63]

Fans express themselves in other ways: "[They] dress up like her characters. They write their own stories about them and post their tales on the Internet. When she appears at a bookstore, 3,000 people go to meet her. There are Twilight-themed rock bands."[16]

Other works

One of Meyer's short stories was published in Prom Nights from Hell, a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Other authors who contributed to this collection are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, and Lauren Myracle. Prom Nights from Hell was released in April 2007.

In May 2008, Meyer's adult sci-fi novel, The Host, was released by the adult division of Little, Brown and Company; it follows the story of Melanie Stryder and Wanderer, a young woman and an invading alien "soul," who are forced to work as one. The Host debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list,[64] and remained on the list for 26 weeks.[65] In March 2008, Meyer stated that she was "almost done" writing a possible sequel to The Host, entitled The Soul.[66] If she were to continue the series, the third book would be called The Seeker.[67]

Meyer mentions having several other book ideas on file, including a ghost story titled Summer House and a novel involving time travel,[68] as well as another about mermaids.[69]

On August 28, 2008, it was announced that Meyer had written the treatment for Jack's Mannequin music video, "The Resolution", which she co-directed the following week.[70][71]

In 2009, Meyer teamed with the skateboard and clothing company Hobo Skate Company to produce her own clothing line, consisting of a line of T-shirts and skateboards related to her science-fiction novel, The Host.[72]

Philanthropy

In April 2009, Meyer took part in Project Book Babe, a benefit designed to help pay her friend Faith Hochhalter's medical bills after Hochhalter was diagnosed with breast cancer. Meyer donated many advance reader copies and original manuscripts for auction.[73][74] The same year, Meyer teamed up with Hobo Skate Company to auction off a The Host-themed skateboard, which went on to raise $1500 for charity.[72]

Publications

Twilight series
  1. Twilight (2005)
  2. New Moon (2006)
  3. Eclipse (2007)
  4. Breaking Dawn (2008)
Other books
  • Prom Nights from Hell (section, 2007)
  • The Host (2008)
  • The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide (supplement to the Twilight series, December 2009)

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