stephenie meyer. background she was born in 1973 in hartford conneticut considers herself an arizona...
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Stephenie Meyer
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Background
• She was born in 1973 in Hartford Conneticut
• Considers herself an Arizona native after moving to Pheonix at age four
• Second oldest child of six which often made her refer to her family as the Brady Bunch
• Graduated as an English major from Brigham Young University, in Provo Utah
Stephenie and her five siblings
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Normal Life
• Officially met husband Christian aka Pancho and married within 9 months
• Grew up knowing him and his family but never got around to getting to know each other
• Three sons; Gabe, Seth and Eli
• Mormon Faith • Often teased about how a
good Mormon girl could create book about vampires Stephenie Meyer
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Twilight• Her very first novel• Started out as a vision in
her dreams (literally) and within 6 months was published
• Her dream was about a human girl who falls in love with a vampire.
• This scene was written as chapter 13 of Twilight
• She never thought that her story would be published but once she began writing she couldn’t stop
Twilight book cover
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Getting It Published• An agent from the literary
agency, Writers House, got a hold of Stephenie and asked for the first three chapters of Twilight
• This agent, Genevieve, enjoyed these first few chapters and asked Stephenie for the whole book.
• A month later Steph got a call form another agent, Jodi Reamer, who told Stephenie that she wanted to represent her book
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Getting it Published (Cont.)• Jodi worked with Stephenie
to get Twilight ready for editors
• The final copy was sent out to nine different publishing houses
• After reading the whole book, Megan Tingley of Little, Brown and Company publishers, gave Meyer a three book deal for Twilight
• The story quickly gained many fans eager for more
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New Fame
• Over 17 million copies of the series have been sold world wide
• Translated into 20 different languages and is available in 37 different countries
• Release of a motion picture of Twilight in 2008 by Summit Entertainment
• Spent over 50 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller’s list Twilight film trailer
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Feedback/ Critics
• Fans have spoken and all have their own opinions about the books
• The most obvious is that they can’t stop talking about it
• Professional critics argue that the story’s plot could be better but they cannot deny the positive effect it has had on the fans
Signifies devoted fans
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Significance• House mom to Best Seller• Love of thousands of adoring
fans• Impact one woman’s dream
has had on books and even movies
• Impact of the numbers of books sold and success the story has had
• Question: Where will this end up? Will Stephenie have a lasting impact on literature?
Twilight Saga