Stephenie Meyer

Top7 is where your favorites lead you to

Discover What You'll Love Next.

Authors

Female Authors

Nationality:

American

Genre:

Vampire romance, young-adult fiction, science fiction

Birthdate:

December 24, 1973

Occupation:

Novelist, Producer

Birth place:

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

More facts...

People who love Stephenie Meyer also love:

The Top7 Taste Machine

in Authors

Ranked by 217 people

Top ranked in this topic:

David Tennant, Albert Einstein, Albus Dumbledore

243

Times Ranked

TopScore

About
Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973), née Morgan, is an American author best known for her vampire romance series Twilight. Personal lifeS... (more)

Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973), née Morgan, is an American author best known for her vampire romance series Twilight. Personal lifeStephenie 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. The Twilight seriesTwilightMeyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003. Subsequent novelsFollowing 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, New Moon reached #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. In August 2009, USA Today revealed that Meyer broke J.K. Rowling's record on their bestseller list; the four Twilight books had spent 52 straight weeks in the top 10. InspirationMeyer cites many novels as inspiration for the Twilight series, including Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Film adaptations Summit Entertainment optioned Twilight in April 2007. Catherine Hardwicke directed the film, and the screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg. Reception and recognitionEntertainment Weekly has hailed Meyer as "the world's most popular vampire novelist since Anne Rice", Meyer had four books on the bestselling list, compared to Rowling, who had three. Fan followingMeyer 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  (less)

See more on:

Wikipedia

Amazon