Raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Meyer avoids alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes, and R-rated movies, and the characters in the "Twilight" novels refrain from drinking, smoking, and pre-marital sex. They have three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli, and Christiaan retired from his job as an auditor to take care of them after Stephenie's career took off. In 1994, 21-year-old Stephenie married Christiaan Meyer, who she met at church when they were both children. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images) Personal Life In 2020, Meyer released "Midnight Sun," the first "Twilight" novel to be told from the perspective of Edward instead of Bella, and it sold more than one million copies within its first week of release.
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The novels have been turned into a series of five films, with the series bringing in more than $3.3 billion at the box office.
The "Twilight" series has been translated into 37 languages, and the novels took the top four spots on the "USA Today" list of the year's best-selling books in 20. In 2009, author Jordan Scott accused Meyer of plagiarism and served her with a cease and desist order, claiming that some aspects of "Breaking Dawn" were similar to the plot of her vampire novel, "The Nocturne." Stephenie stated that she had no knowledge of Scott or her book, and Scott never turned over a copy of "The Nocturne" to prove her case. Her third book, "Eclipse," was published in 2007, followed by "Breaking Dawn" in 2008 "Breaking Dawn" sold an astonishing 1.3 million copies the day it was released. "Publishers Weekly" named "Twilight" Best Book of the Year, and Stephenie followed her successful debut with 2006's "New Moon," which spent nearly a year on "The New York Times" Children's Chapter Books list. "Twilight" was published on October 5, 2005, and within a month the novel had reached #5 on "The New York Times" Children's Chapter Books best seller list it later took the #1 spot. A month later, Writers House literary agent Jodi Reamer called Meyer about representing "Twilight" and sent the manuscript to nine publishers, and Little, Brown and Company offered Stephenie a three-book deal worth $750,000. She got one positive response from an assistant at Writers House named Genevieve, who asked Stephenie for the novel's first three chapters before requesting the entire manuscript. Meyer's sister talked her into sending her manuscript to literary agencies, so she contacted 15 agencies, with nine sending rejections and five never responding. (the American Night Writers Association), and she finished her first novel in just three months. While writing the book, Stephenie joined a group for aspiring female writers who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She wrote a first draft of what would later become the 13th chapter of "Twilight," then wrote to the novel's conclusion before going back and writing the first 12 chapters. Meyer has said that in June 2003 she had a dream about an "average girl" and a "fantastically beautiful, sparkly" vampire (who would come to be known as Bella Swan and Edward Cullen) discussing the fact that they were falling in love and that the vampire's attraction to the scent of the girl's blood was making him want to kill her. Prior to writing the "Twilight" novels, her only other job was as a receptionist.
Meyer also took courses at Arizona State University. She attended Brigham Young University in Utah, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1997. Stephenie studied at Chaparral High School and earned a National Merit Scholarship in 1992. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with mother Candy, father Stephen (a financial officer), and five siblings. Stephenie Meyer was born Stephenie Morgan on December 24, 1973, in Hartford, Connecticut.
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