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Fantasy Book Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away ? until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward’s coldness. He, and his family, are vampires ? and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.

Fantasy Book Review says “After seeing and enjoying the movie Twilight, I had to get the book.  If I was less of a glutton for punishment I probably would have heeded the warning signs. Every teenage girl I knew of swooning over the book and the Romeo of the story, Edward Cullen. I even had a 24 year old friend update her status with something along the lines of “After Edward Cullen I can never again want a human male.”

Read the full review of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer is an American author best known for her vampire romance series, Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awards and sold over 85 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages.

Posted: March 17th, 2010
Author: Lee
Categories: Fantasy Book Review, Stephenie Meyer

Twilight: the graphic novel to be published in US on March 16

Yen Press is to release a manga-influenced graphic novel adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight. Korean artist Young Kim, with a background in fine arts, will work side-by-side with Meyer whilst creating the artwork.

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 will begin being released in the US on March 16, with a first printing of 350,000 copies. International release dates are yet to be announced.

"I didn’t do the original ’script’ for the book, so to speak, but when I got the dialogue with the images, I did a lot of tinkering. In a couple of places, I asked for missing scenes to be inserted.

"I’ve enjoyed working on this new interpretation of Twilight, Young has done an incredible job transforming the words that I have written into beautiful images," said Meyer.

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight books have been sold in nearly 50 countries and 85 million copies have been sold worldwide. Each of the four novels in the saga has sold over a million copies in the UK and the first two films in the series have been box office hits.

Sources: BBC & Entertainment Weekly

Stephenie Meyer was born on the 24th of December 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was one of six children. The unusual spelling of her name came from her father, Stephen (+ ie). Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Arizona. After the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Stephenie Meyer as one of the "most promising new authors of 2005" (Publishers Weekly). Her favourite authors/biggest influences are Orson Scott Card, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Maeve Binchy, Charlotte Bronte, Daphne DuMaurier, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Eva Ibbotson, William Goldman, Douglas Adams, Janet Evanovich. She can’t write without music, and her favourite band being Muse.

Posted: February 3rd, 2010
Author: Lee
Categories: Graphic Novels, Stephenie Meyer

Round-up: JA Rowling, Bath-time for Pullman and Le Guin not finished yet

A round-up of fantasy news around the world.

A rare JK Rowling uncorrected proof sells for £1,600
An uncorrected proof edition of JK Rowling’s very first Harry Potter book has been sold for £1600 at auction.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, attributed to JA Rowling was bought by a collector at Edinburgh’s Lyon & Turnbull auction house. The copy was sent to critics and booksellers around the UK by Bloomsbury shortly after taking Rowling on.

The book, which also contains spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, was famously written on an old manual typewriter in coffee shops around Edinburgh.

Twilight seeps top spots in USA TODAYS’s best-selling books of 2009
For the second year in a row, Stephenie Meyer has swept the top four spots in USA TODAY’s lists of the best-selling books of 2009. Not even JK Rowling achieved this.

Books for children and teenagers accounted for 29% of sales recorded in 2009. Altogether, last year the Meyer books added up to £29.3m in sales – 10% of the total children’s book  sales, according to Nielson BookScan, which compiles the best-seller lists for several national newspapers.

Philip Pullman’s Bath-time
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, thriller writer Robert Goddard and celebrated cult writer Philip Pullman are just three of the internationally acclaimed writers who will be visiting Bath over the coming weeks.

Philip Pullman comes to Bath on April 1. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is his spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus. Philip comes to Bath to discuss his new work, which is part novel, part history and part fairytale. He will discuss the tensions inherent in the dual nature of Jesus Christ and explore some of the myths and mysteries of the gospels that have helped shape human history in the last two millennia. The event is at the Guildhall at 8pm. Tickets £9 with £9 off the book. Tickets £7 when booked in person at the bookshop.

Random House to raise funds for new new television, toys, video games, and film projects
Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment will be looking to raise $100 million in order to create new television, toys, video games and film projects. The group was created when Random House Children’s Books struck a partnership with the UK production company, Komixx Entertainment.

A number of authors and illustrators could see more properties developed with Philip Pullman and Terry Pratchett having already been mentioned. Komixx intends to go out into the market for RHCSE in March. It may yet approach an existing film and television financier such as Aramid Capital to help it raise the money. The $100 million will be used to develop cartoons and live-action films and television series based on RHCB properties, as well as video games and toys.

Ursula Le Guin plans next move after resigning over Google Book Settlement
Ursula Le Guin says she wants to do more than simply resign in protest. On the Book View Cafe Blog, she says she’s heard from many writers who agree with her and wants to start marshalling that collective sentiment.

“How, where, can I ask writers who are unhappy with the Settlement to speak up – to stand up and be counted? We don’t have to agree on every detail, but I think there are a lot of us who see it as urgently important to let it be known that writers support the principle of copyright, and want the Copyright Office, the judges, the publishers, and the libraries to know that we intend to keep control of our work, in print or out, printed or electronic, believing that the people who do the work, rather than any corporation, should have the major voice in how it’s used and who profits from it.”

Oscar nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes to appear in Legend Of The Seeker
Keisha Castle-Hughes, the youngest woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award will be a guest star on an episode of Legend of the Seeker.

Castle-Hughes, who originally rose to prominence in 2002 for her role in the New Zealand film Whale Rider. The actress recently starred in projects such as Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger and Piece of My Heart. She also portrayed the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story and had a small role in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

In Legend of the Seeker, Castle-Hughes will play a mysterious young woman who claims to be the Creator, the incarnation of God.

Posted: January 16th, 2010
Author: Lee
Categories: JK Rowling, Philip Pullman, Stephenie Meyer, Terry Goodkind, Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin

Canadian books that made a difference over the past decade

Indigo Books & Music Inc. have revealed the 75 books that most impacted booklovers during the past ten years in the Canadian retailer’s first Best of the Decade List. Compiled, considered and debated by the dedicated team of Indigo book buyers who have read, reviewed, recommended and bought a staggering number of books since 2000, the Indigo Best of the Decade List is neither a selection of personal favourites nor a spotlight on overlooked hidden gems. Indigo’s listing of the new millennium’s best books so far is driven by their impact and their popularity, the top titles from more than 140,000 titles that were sold in 2009 alone; books that motivated Canadians to read, to talk and to think about life and the world around them.

On the Indigo Best of the Decade fiction list, the decade’s best fiction told heart-wrenching stories, followed strong female characters like Lawrence Hill’s Aminata Diallo, and harnessed the power of prize winning to heighten the success of bestsellers like Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi. Both Hill’s historical fiction and Martel’s modern fable landed on the top ten list of books that most changed the lives of Canadian booklovers.

Young adult fiction flourished through the past decade with Indigo and Chapters seeing 200% growth through the latter five years. As expected, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer top the Indigo Best of the Decade List for young readers.

Indigo Best of the Decade 2000-2009

Fiction

• The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen, 2001
• The Life Of Pi, Yann Martel, 2002
• The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, 2002
• The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, 2003
• The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, 2003
• The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime, Mark Haddon, 2003
• Shadow Of The Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, 2004
• Runaway, Alice Munro, 2004
• The Birth House, Ami McKay, 2006
• The Road, Cormac McCarthy, 2006
• The Book Of Negroes, Lawrence Hill, 2007

Biographies

• Lucky, Alice Sebold, 1999
• Reading Lolita In Tehran, Azar Nafisi, 2003
• Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis, 2004Dreams Of My Father , Barack Obama, 2004
• The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls, 2005
• The Know It All, A.J. Jacobs, 2005
• Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer, 2005
• Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006
• A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah, 2007
• Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2007
• Beautiful Boy, David Sheff, 2007
• Somewhere Towards the End, Diana Athill, 2009

Non-Fiction

• The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, 2000
• No Logo, Naomi Klein, 2000
• Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, 2000
• Paris 1919, Margaret Macmillan, 2001
• Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser, 2001
• The Power Of Now, Eckhart Tolle, 2001
• Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky, 2002
• Moneyball, Michael Lewis, 2003
• Shake Hands With The Devil, Romeo Dallaire, 2003
• 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Patricia Schultz, 2003
• A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright, 2004
• Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor, 2004
• Marley & Me, John Grogan, 2005
• Freakonomics, Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner, 2005
• The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman, 2005
• Team Of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005
• Collapse, Jared Diamond, 2005
• The Audacity Of Hope, Barack Obama, 2006
• The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright, 2006
• God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, 2006
• Three Cups Of Tea, Greg Mortenson, 2006
• The Omnivores Dilemma, Michael Pollan, 2006
• Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, 2006
• The Secret, Rhonda Byrne, 2006
• The Black Swan, Nassim Nichola Taleb, 2007
• Made To Stick, Chip Heath, 2007
• God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens, 2007
• Stuff Of Thought, Steven Pinker, 2007
• 100 Mile Diet, Alisa Smith, 2007
• Ascent Of Money, Niall Ferguson, 2008
• Payback, Margaret Atwood, 2008
• In Defense Of Food, Michael Pollan, 2008
• The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, 2008

Young Adult Fiction

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling, 2007
• Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 2005
• The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman, 2000
• Eragon, Christopher Paolini, 2003
• Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, 2007
• Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison, 2000
• A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket, 1999
• Bone: Out From Boneville, Jeff Smith, 2005
• The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, 2005
• The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo, 2003

Booklovers’ Top Ten "Life-changing" Books

• The Bible
• To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960
• Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom, 1997
• Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1908
• The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, 2003
• The Alchemist, Paul Coelho, 1988
• The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill, 2007
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling, 1997
• The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien, 1954
• Life of Pi, Yann Martel, 2002

Posted: December 30th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Christopher Paolini, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, Philip Pullman, Stephenie Meyer

Twilight rules audio-book downloads at Christmas

A glance at the best-selling science fiction and fantasy downloads on Audible.co.uk shows that Stephenie Meyer’s enormous popularity is also evident amongst those who like to listen to a good story. Twilight and New Moon list #1 and #2 respectively, with Eclipse and Breaking Dawn coming in at #4 and #5. If not for Terry Pratchett and the audio version of Unseen Academicals Meyer would have claimed a Beatles-esque dominance over the top 10.

1. Twilight: The Twilight Saga, Book 1 (Unabridged)
2. New Moon: The Twilight Saga, Book 2 (Unabridged)
3. Unseen Academicals: Discworld #32 (Unabridged)
4. Eclipse: The Twilight Saga, Book 3 (Unabridged)
5. Breaking Dawn: The Twilight Saga, Book 4 (Unabridged)
6. The Time Traveler’s Wife (Unabridged)
7. And Another Thing…: Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three (Unabridged)
8. Under the Dome (Unabridged)
9. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Unabridged)
10. The Gathering Storm: Wheel of Time, Book 12 (Unabridged)

An exciting new audiobook has also appeared on the site with Robin Hobb’s Dragon Keeper, read by Saskia Butler, now available for download. Here’s the synopsis:

Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive.

People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching; as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life’s work to study all there is to know of dragons.

But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly; some seem witless and bestial. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them.

To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist…

Posted: December 23rd, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Audio-books, Brandon Sanderson, Stephenie Meyer, Terry Pratchett

Stephenie Meyer dominates book sales in Canada

BookNet Canada’s list of top-selling books in Canada for 2009 shows that Stephenie Meyer has had an outstanding year as her vampire books Breaking Dawn, Eclipse and New Moon took spots two, three, and four behind Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. 

Top-selling books, from January 1, 2009 to the week ending December 13, 2009:

Top 5 Overall, All Categories:

• The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
• Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
• Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
• New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
• The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill

Top 5 Canadian-Authored, All Categories:

• The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
• The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity, William P. Young
• Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
• Playing With Fire, Theo Fleury
• Always Looking Up, Michael J. Fox

Top 5 Trade Paperback Adult Fiction:

• The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
• The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity, William P. Young
• The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
• My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer

Top 5 Hardcover Adult Fiction:

• The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
• The Host, Stephenie Meyer
• An Echo in the Bone, Diana Gabaldon
• The Associate, John Grisham
• Twenties Girl, Sophie Kinsella

Top 5 Juvenile:

• Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
• Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
• New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
• Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
• The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney 

“Once again this year vampires feature heavily on the bestselling lists, with three of the top selling books of the year featuring the undead. The strong showings by Playing With Fire, Always Looking Up, Outliers and The Book of Negroes give a decidedly Canadian feel across many of the lists.” said BookNet CEO Noah Genner.
Source: National Post

Stephenie Meyer was born on the 24th of December 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was one of six children. The unusual spelling of her name came from her father, Stephen (+ ie). Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Arizona. After the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Stephenie Meyer as one of the “most promising new authors of 2005″ (Publishers Weekly).

Posted: December 22nd, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Stephenie Meyer

The fantasy genre’s strong showing amongst Amazon’s book and author’s of the decade

The final and penultimate books in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series were the top-selling books of the last decade, according to list released by Amazon. Stephenie Meyer also showed well in the list with three of her vampire romance novels appearing in third, fourth and fifth position.

Rowling was, unsurprisingly, also the best-selling author of the decade, with Stephenie Meyer, Julia Donaldson, Terry Pratchett and Enid Blyton showing the fantasy genre to be as popular as ever.

Enid Blyton, whose books are supposed to have fallen out of fashion, was possibly the biggest surprise in a list of which eight of the ten books were written by women. Blyton’s charming tales, including the Famous Five and Noddy series, remain as popular as ever, bought by parents and grandparents who remember the books fondly from their own childhoods.

The only male to make an appearance is the Afghan-born novelist Khaled Hosseini, whose books The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Top 10 best-selling books of the decade:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – JK Rowling
3. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
4. Twilight -Stephenie Meyer
5. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
6. The Tales of Beedle the Bard – JK Rowling
7. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
8. The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
9. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini

Top 10 best-selling authors of the decade:

1. JK Rowling
2. Stephenie Meyer
3. Julia Donaldson
4. Terry Pratchett
5. Jamie Oliver
6. Dan Brown
7. Enid Blyton
8. Bernard Cornwell
9. Alexander McCall Smith
10. William Shakespeare

Posted: December 18th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: JK Rowling, Julia Donaldson, Stephenie Meyer, Terry Pratchett

Plagiarism suit against Stephenie Meyer dropped

A copyright-infringement lawsuit against fantasy author Stephenie Meyer alleging plagiarism has been dismissed, according to a statement from Meyer’s publisher.

Back in August a plagiarism suit was filed over her fourth and final book in the saga, Breaking Dawn. The suit, filed by a 21-year-old musician/author named Jordan Scott, demanded that Meyer’s publisher, Hachette Book Group, cease and desist all printings of the Breaking Dawn novel, as contents of the book were allegedly copied from a novel Scott wrote when she was 15-16, entitled, Nocturne.

The case and charges were officially dismissed after the judge said Scott manipulated aspects of the “subject works in order to create the appearance of similarity.”

“This judgment confirms what we have known all along — ‘Breaking Dawn’ is a wholly original work by Stephenie Meyer and this was a frivolous lawsuit brought for the purposes of publicizing the plaintiff’s personal publishing aspirations… Hachette Book Group and Stephenie Meyer are pleased to be able to put this case behind us.” read the statement from the Hachette Book Group.

Earlier this year, Meyer was hit with a plagiarism lawsuit from her former college roommate Heidi Stanton, who claimed the hit vampire books were based on a short story she wrote while both women studied at Brigham Young University, Utah.

Stephenie Meyer was born on the 24th of December 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was one of six children. The unusual spelling of her name came from her father, Stephen (+ ie). Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Arizona. After the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Stephenie Meyer as one of the "most promising new authors of 2005" (Publishers Weekly).

Posted: December 12th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Stephenie Meyer

Attention Twilight fans: The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour gets underway

Twilight has spawned communities of fans that continue the fantasy through Twilight inspired "fan-fiction", film parodies, music and more. Out of this fandom has risen a convention to bring fans together in a weekend-long retreat in cities around the world where they get to meet and mingle with Twilight stars. The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour is a Twilight themed celebrity convention that will give fans the opportunity to gather with each other to celebrate the book and film series.

The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour has emerged as the latest addition to the Twilight convention scene. The tour kicks off in the promoter’s hometown of Fort Lauderdale, FL on December 4th and runs through the 6th. Celebrities from Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon will spend the weekend hanging out with fans at the convention.

"Access and time with the stars is only part of what the fans want," says Mike Broder, tour promoter. "The convention is a party for the fans. We celebrate all things relating to the Twilight experience. The line will wrap around the room for autographs and photo ops with the stars, but we’ll also run trivia events and conduct panel discussions relating to the books and movies to entertain the fans while they wait."

The evenings heat up at the Fantasy Twi-Life Tour with a cocktail party, dinner banquet and prom. These events are all attended by the Twilight stars. At the Fort Lauderdale stop, fans will get to meet some of the stars of both Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Among those attending will be:

• Daniel Cudmore
• Chaske Spencer
• Gil Birmingham
• Justin Chon
• Tyson Houseman
• Tinsel Korey

The Fantasy Twi-Life Tour is a Twilight themed celebrity convention that will give fans the opportunity to gather with each other to celebrate the book and film series. The South Florida event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel located at 2301 SE 17th Street Causeway, Fort Lauderdale FL. 33316.

The convention hours of operation for the show are:

Friday: 2:00pm – 1:00am, Saturday: 10:00am – 1:00am, Sunday: 10:00am – 6:00pm

General admission starts at just $20 – $30 for a one day ticket and $69 for a three day weekend pass. VIP packages are priced in the $110 – $450 range and promise more than one can find at other similar events. A special rate of $109.99 per night has been extended by The Hyatt Regency for attendees of the show. More information can be found at www.twilightfantasytour.com.

Posted: December 1st, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Stephenie Meyer

New Moon retains North American box office top spot

Twilight sequel New Moon retained the North American box office top spot for a second week, according to preliminary figures.

The second adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful books took in 42.5 million dollars over the weekend, bringing the movie’s two-week earnings to 230.7 million.

Only The Dark Knight (158.4 million) and Spider-Man 3 (151.1 million) have had more successful openings.

The New Moon release weekend earnings were considered particularly impressive because the film was released in November, outside of the traditional summer blockbuster season.

Stephenie Meyer was born on the 24th of December 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut. The unusual spelling of her name came from her father, Stephen (+ ie). Her favourite authors/biggest influences are Orson Scott Card, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Maeve Binchy, Charlotte Bronte, Daphne DuMaurier, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Eva Ibbotson, William Goldman, Douglas Adams, Janet Evanovich.

Posted: December 1st, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Stephenie Meyer