Stephenie Meyer, best-selling author of vampire novels, is born
On this day in 1973 Stephenie Meyer author of the Twilight novels a vampire romance series for young adults that became a literary phenomenon is born in Hartford Connecticut.Meyer born Stephenie Morgan was raised in Phoenix Arizona the second of six siblings.She married at 21 and graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English in 1997.Meyer was a stay-at-home mother of three boys in 2003 when the idea for Twilightthe story of teenager Bella Swann and her handsome vampire boyfriend Edward Cullencame to her in a dream.
Three months later Meyer who had never written seriously before finished the manuscript for Twilight.After a string of rejections from literary agencies she landed an agent and a 750000 three-book deal.Twilight released in 2005 went on to become a huge best-seller.
Three more books in the series which developed a massive following among young girls as well as grown women followed New Moon (2006) Eclipse (2007) and Breaking Dawn (2008).The books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages.Meyers Mormon faith has influenced her writing While her Twilight characters arent Mormons they dont drink or smoke and there are no graphic sex scenes in her books.In the summer of 2008 Meyer released a science-fiction novel marketed to adults titled The Host which like her earlier books became a best-seller.
In November of that year legions of Twilight fans known as Twihards flocked to movie theaters for the Hollywood adaptation of Meyers first novel.The film starring Kristen Stewart as Bella and Robert Pattinson as Edward was a box-office hit and the other three novels in the series later received big-screen adaptations.
