The Success of Stephanie Meyer

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“I’d never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go.” Those are the famous words that started it all, The Twilight Saga Phenomenon. The Twilight Saga consists of four novels: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. Stephanie Meyer, author of the popular saga, majored in English literature at Brigham Young University. After graduating in 1997, Meyer chose to be a stay-at-home mother to her three sons. The concept of the whole saga came to her in a dream one night. When she woke up, she took a pen and paper and documented everything that occurred in her dream. She then based all four novels on that dream because she had a gut feeling that it was going to make a great story. Stephenie Meyer entertains her readers with engrossing plots that are about eternal love, sacrifice, and choices, which hold suspense through accessible language.

Meyer grew up in a big family with many siblings. She was the second oldest of six brothers and sisters. In her free time, when she was not caring or watching out for any of her siblings, she used to read with a passion, discovering her love for literature. Meyer never intended on becoming a writer, yet she majored in English Literature in university. As she was growing up, she became a fan of classic authors such as Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Margaret Mitchell by reading their most of their works. After she gave birth to her three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli, she knew that she wanted to be there for them as they were growing up, so she decided to be a stay-at-home mom. Being a published author never occurred to her until the night of June 2nd, 2003; that wondrous night she dreamt about a human girl who falls in love with...

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