Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer was born on December 24, 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Stephan and Candy Morgan. A couple of years after she was born they moved to Phoenix, Arizona, she was the second eldest and had five brothers and sisters. Even as a child she showed a passion for books. Meyer became a fan of classic authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Margaret Mitchell.

She attended Chaparral High School she was an excellent student. Stephenie then graduated High School in 1992. Her grades earned her a National Merit Scholarship. She used her scholarship on Brigham Young University. Then she chose to major in English Literature. Between her junior and senior years, Meyer saw once more her childhood friend Christian "Pancho". They both had grown up in the same social circles and, less than a year after their first date, 21-year-old Stephenie and Christian got married. After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1997 she chose to become a stay at home mom of three kids named Gabe, Seth, and Eli.

 About six years later, on June 2, 2003, Meyer decided to become a dedicated author. After a very vivid dream, she became inspired to write Twilight, and then she began writing and writing like crazy. The beginnings of her book were always surrounding the romance between Edward, a vampire, and Bella, a human girl. Influenced by authors like William Goldman, Orson Scott Card, and Douglas Adams, Meyer got to work on her book, often writing while her children slept. And in just three months she wrote a 500-page book and began looking for a publisher. She then contacted Jodi Reamer, a literary agent at Writer’s House.  Even though Reamer insisted on the title being “Forks”, Meyer did not feel quite sure of it.

                Ever since Meyer wrote Twilight, she felt her story was not yet finished. She thought she could create this into a series because the ideas kept coming to her. Meyer then began writing New Moon, Twilight’s sequel. Then came Eclipse, which was the third book in her Twilight Saga. Finally she wrote Breaking Dawn, the last book of the series. Besides the Twilight Saga she also wrote The Host. However the Twilight Saga became a huge worldwide phenomenon.