Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer is an American author and producer best known for her vampire series, Twilight. The Twilight novels have been translated into 37 languages and have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Meyer was America's best-selling novelist in 2008 and 2009, with 29 million books sold in 2008 and 26.5 million in 2009. Twilight remained the best-selling novel in bookshops across the United States in 2008. Because of her celebrity and the widespread acceptance of her vampire romance series, she was ranked # 49 on Times Magazine's "100 Most Influential People in 2008" list. She was named # 59 on Forbes's list of the world's most powerful celebrities.

Following the success of her debut book, Twilight, in 2005, Stephenie Meyer went on to write the next three volumes, New Moon, Eclipse, and Shattering Dawn, which sold over 100 million copies worldwide, breaking J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle The Bard's record. This earned her the British Book Award, as well as a slew of others the next year. The Twilight series has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for 143 weeks and was in the top four slots on USA Today.

Born: December 24, 1973 (age 47)
Nationality: American
Best Works: The Chemist, Breaking Dawn, New Moon, Life and Death, The Host, Twilight,…