Stephenie Meyer - From Stay-At-Home Mom to Best-Selling Author

Stephenie Meyer has received a great deal of media attention as the late-blooming author of a vampire romance series known as 'Twilight'. Before publication of the book, Meyer had been a homemaker and mother to three young sons. Prior to motherhood, her work history consisted of a brief stint as a receptionist. She claims that the plot and characters for the original book of the Twilight series came to her in a compelling dream.The first book was ignored or rejected by several agents before being picked up by Writers House and subsequently picked up at auction by Little, Brown and Co. The publisher signed a three-quarter million dollar deal for three books. Fame and fortune followed. By 2009, Meyer had won awards such as the British Book Award, the New York Times best seller list and USA Today's list. The Twilight series held the top four places on USA Today's year end list in both 2008 and 2009.The books have sold over 100 million copies and are published in 37 languages. Th
e author cites her Mormon faith as a direct influence on the value espoused in the books, although critics question the subject matter. Other critics call her male Twilight lead a stalker, spouse abuser and similar epithets and define the heroine as co-dependent.The story that she wrote following the 2003 dream eventually became a chapter in the finished book "Twilight" published in 2005. The original book was eventually expanded into a four novel series consisting of Twilight (2005), New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007) and Breaking Dawn (2008). The series is classified as young adult romantic vampire fiction. A later book known as Midnight Sun was shelved after a plot leak occurred. Midnight Sun was to be related to Twilight characters but told from a different perspective, that of Edward Cullen.A non-Twilight related book known as 'The Host' was published in 2008 and is expected to be followed by 'The Soul' and perhaps by a third book to be known as 'The Seeker'. The Host is a
dult science fiction. Several other books or stories are in the works by this author. 'Summer House' is a ghost story. She also has a mermaid novel and another novel featuring time travel.Except for the vampire basis of the story, the plot of Twilight resembles features of many of the earlier novelists such as Bronte, Austen and even William Shakespeare. Some of the characters, particularly Edward, give a strong flavor of Bronte novel. In order to understand some plot twists and turns, you would need to have some background in vampire theory.The Twilight series is now in movie form, with the first two in the series already released and the third due for release in June 2010. No decision has been made yet on the final book of this series. It may be released separately as a two-part movie.There is no question that Stephenie Meyer's books and movie pieces are a popular draw to a generation of young adults who were raised on Harry Potter books and movies. The Vast majority of th
e readership of Twilight books is female, rather than both genders as with the Potter books.

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