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Stephenie Meyer (/ ˈ m aɪ. 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.
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Midnight Sun is a 2020 companion novel to the 2005 book...
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Twilight is a series of four fantasy romance novels, two...
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Twilight (stylized as twilight) is a 2005 young adult...
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Eclipse (stylized in lower caps) is the third novel in the...
- Midnight Sun
Twilight is a series of four fantasy romance novels, two companion novels, and one novella written by American author Stephenie Meyer.
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Plot summary
Bella Swan is a seventeen-year-old introvert girl who moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula to live with her father, Charlie Swan, the town's police chief. Her mother, Renée Dwyer, is traveling with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a minor-league baseball player. Bella is admitted to Forks High School, where she easily settles in with a group of friends. A somewhat inexperienced and shy girl, Bella is dismayed by several boys competing for her attention. On the...
Main characters
1. Isabella "Bella" Swan- A 17-year-old girl who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with her father. Her mother moves to Florida with her second husband. Bella has a kind and awkward personality that is more mature than most girls her age. She is intelligent and observant, noticing and formulating theories about the Cullens' strange behaviors, physical features, and unusual abilities. As the novel progresses, Bella unconsciously learns how to make difficult choices and a...
Meyer claims that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003. She dreamed of a human girl and a vampire who loved her but still wanted her blood. Inspired by her dream, Meyer wrote the draft of what is now Chapter 13 of the book. The first drafts were titled Forks instead of Twilight; the publisher requested the title change. At f...
Stephenie Meyer has said the apple on the cover represents the forbidden fruit from the Book of Genesis and Bella and Edward's forbidden love. She uses a quote from Genesis 2:17 at the beginning of the book. It also represents Bella's knowledge of good and evil, and the choices she makes. Meyer says, "It asks if you are going to bite in and discove...
Among Publishers Weekly's "Best Children's Books of 2005"Among School Library Journal's "Best Books of 2005"Meyer's inquiry letter was initially rejected by 14 agents. Eight publishers competed for the rights to publish Twilight in the 2003 auction. Little, Brown and Company originally bid for $300,000, but Meyer's agent asked for $1 million; the publishers finally settled on $750,000 for three books. Twilight was published in 2005 with a print run of 75...
Initial reviews for Twilight were generally positive, with Publishers Weekly calling Meyer one of the most "promising new authors of 2005". The Times praised the book for capturing "perfectly the teenage feeling of sexual tension and alienation". Hillias J. Martin of School Library Journal addresses the appeal of the novel to be due to its clear an...
Sequels
The second book, New Moon, was originally published in the US on August 21, 2006. Eclipse was published on August 7, 2007. The fourth and final novel, Breaking Dawn, is the longest book in the original tetralogyat 756 pages in the US hardcover version, and 700 pages in the US paperback release. It was published worldwide on August 2, 2008, and sold over 1.3 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release in the US.
Manga version
A manga-style Japanese language version of the Twilightsaga was released in 13 installments. The books, which were primarily text, featured illustrated pages of art sprinkled throughout the book.
Film version
Twilight was adapted as a film by Summit Entertainment. The film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as protagonists Bella and Edward. The screenplay was adapted by Melissa Rosenberg. The movie was released in theaters in the United States on November 21, 2008, and on DVD on March 21, 2009. The DVD was released in Australiaon April 22, 2009.
Quotations related to Twilight (Meyer novel)at Wikiquote 1. Stephenie Meyer - Official Website 2. Official Twilight Saga Website 3. The Official Twilight Lexicon 4. Twilight at the Hachette Book Group 5. Twilight. Mormon Literature & Creative ArtsDatabase.
Apr 2, 2014 · Stephenie Meyer is the best-selling author of the Twilight book series. Inspired by a dream, she wrote the first book and attracted the attention of agent Jodi Reamer, who secured her a...
Midnight Sun is a 2020 companion novel to the 2005 book Twilight by author Stephenie Meyer. The work retells the events of Twilight from the perspective of Edward Cullen instead of that of the series' usual narrating character Bella Swan. [2]
The Host is a 2008 science fiction romance novel by Stephenie Meyer. The book is about Earth, in a post-apocalyptic time, being invaded by a parasitic alien race known as "Souls", and follows one Soul's predicament when the consciousness of her human host refuses to give up her body.
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Eclipse (stylized in lower caps) is the third novel in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. It continues the story of Bella Swan and her vampire love, Edward Cullen.
