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Stephenie Meyer is an American young-adult fiction writer and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series ‘Twilight’.

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YoungWritersStephenie MeyerStephenie was born on December 24th 1973; originally she was named Stephenie Morgan. When she was 4 her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. She was the second born with four younger siblings and one older. As the second oldest Stephenie was a helpful and caring older sister helping out whenever necessary. It was while looking after the younger siblings that she became very interested in reading especially classic authors, like Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and Margaret Mitchell.

In 1992 she earned a National Merit Award, which helped her to attend Brigham Young University where she majored in English Literature. In 1996 she met Christian Meyer and they soon began dating. Less than a year later they became happily married. Shortly after Stephenie finished her university major at just 21, she became pregnant with her first child Gabe, who was followed by Seth and Eli.

Stephenie Meyer is most well known for her series of books ‘The Twilight Saga’ which were inspired by a very vivid dream she had one night. After writing the book Stephenie remembered from her dream calling the characters ‘he’ and ‘she’, Stephenie began finding names that she believed were fitting for the roles. For the male character Stephenie took inspiration from other books. She noticed that there was a name used for most love stories but had become less common and so came the character Edward. Making a name up for the female character was much harder as there weren’t any names that seemed fitting, therefore after much deliberation she decided on a name... Isabella!

After having the series published by 2008, Stephenie was the world’s best-selling author. She has sold in excess of 300 million books. In 2008, she was named USA Today’s “Author of the Year” and was also included as part of MSN Lifestyle’s “Most Influential Women of 2008” list. Meyer also landed the honor of being the second bestselling author of the decade. She was beaten in popularity only by J.K. Rowling, the author of the renowned YA fantasy series, Harry Potter.

Inspired By a Vivid Dream

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an 5,000 actors auditi oned for the role of Edward... Meyer thought about becoming a lawyer but then pursued writi ng when her son was born.

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Meyer said infl uences from the classics can be found in her books. ‘

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d to ‘Pride and Prejudice’, and ‘New Moon’ was infl uenced by ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

The inspirati on for ‘Twilight’ came to her in a dream on the 2nd June 2003...

Meyer has named some of the characters in the series aft er her past boyfriends.

Her favourite band is Muse and she wrote the series of ‘Twilight’ listening to them, as well as a selecti on of other musicians.

Stephenie has three sons, Gabe, Seth and Eli...

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son had never heard of ‘Twilight’ when he auditi oned for the role of Edward.

She had met her husband Christ an Meyer when she was just four years old and married him in 1994...

The only way that Meyer would consider doing ‘Twilight: The Musical’ is if it was a rock producti on and Muse wrote it.

Meyer had started writi ng a companion book to ‘Twilight’ to tell the story from Edward’s perspecti ve instead of Bella’s.

Stephenie is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latt er-Day Saints, which is known as the Mormon Church.

Meyer was originally going to call the fi rst book in the Twilight Saga ‘Forks’, aft er the town in which it is set.

Stephenie has fi ve siblings – Emily, Heidi, Jacob, Paul and Seth.

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TwilightPublished by Little, Brown Book Group

ISBN: 9781904233657RRP: Paperback £8.99

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.

New MoonPublished by Little, Brown Book Group


I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. ‘Shoot,’ I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. ‘No!’ Edward roared ... Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.

For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may just be beginning ...

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EclipsePublished by Little, Brown Book Group


As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.

With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers ‘Twilight’ and ‘New Moon’, ‘Eclipse’ is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer’s captivating saga of vampire romance.

Breaking DawnPublished by Little, Brown and Company


To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen and in another by her profound connection to Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or peruse a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs.

Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella’s life- first discovered in ‘Twilight’, then scattered and torn in ‘New Moon’ and ‘Eclipse’ - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever?

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The HostPublished by Sphere


Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading ‘soul’ who has been given Melanie’s body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body’s desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she’s never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

The Short Second Long Life of Bree Tanner Published by Little, Brown Book Group


‘The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner’ is a companion novella to the Twilight series. It tells the story of a newborn vampire, Bree Tanner, who is featured in the third book of the series, ‘Eclipse’. The book is written from the viewpoint of Bree, as opposed to the rest of the series which is predominantly narrated by character Bella Swan.

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YoungWritersQuiz1. When was Stephenie Meyer Born?

2. At what age did Stephenie originally meet her husband Christian?

3. How did Stephenie come up with the names Isabella and Edward for her characters?

4. How did Stephenie come up with the idea of the Twilight series?

5. In what year was Stephenie named the World’s Best Selling Author?

6. What year was her first book published?

7. How many languages were her books translated into?

8. What did she major in at university?

9. How many books has Stephenie sold so far?

10. Which classic authors did Stephenie use to love when looking after her younger siblings?

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1. 24th December 1973

2. 4 years old

3. Isabella – Was the name she wanted to call her daughter Edward – Was a name used in classic love stories

4. She had a very vivid dream one night

5. 2008

6. 2005 (Twilight)

7. 37

8. English literature

9. Over 300 million

10. Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and Margaret Mitchell

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