"novels to be Mormon-influenced, or to promote the virtues of sexual abstinence and spiritual purity, but admits that her writing is shaped by her values, saying, ""I don't think my books are going to be really graphic or dark, because of who I am. There's always going to be a lot of light in my stories."" Stephenie Meyer says that the idea for ""Twilight"" came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003. The dream was about a human girl, and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood. Based on this dream, Meyer"
"Twilight (Campbell short story) ""Twilight"" is a science fiction short story by American writer John W. Campbell originally published in 1934 in ""Astounding Stories"", and apparently inspired by H. G. Wells' article ""The Man of the Year Million"". In 1970, it was selected as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards by the Science Fiction Writers of America. As such, it was published in ""The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964"". The narrator relates his conversation with an oddly dressed man whom he had picked up by the side"
"Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; ; born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series ""Twilight"". The ""Twilight"" novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. Meyer was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in America, having sold over 29 million books in 2008, and 26.5 million books in 2009. ""Twilight"" was the best-selling book of 2008 in US bookstores. Meyer was ranked No. 49 on ""Time"" magazine's list of the ""100 Most Influential People in 2008"", and was included"
"O’Malley’s book, ""The Rook"". The show will be shown on Hulu and a yet to be announced UK channel. In July 2016, it was announced that she had written an adult action thriller titled ""The Chemist"", about ""an ex-agent on the run from her former employers"". The book was released on November 8, 2016. Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; ; born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series ""Twilight"". The ""Twilight"" novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. Meyer"
"Twilight (Meyer novel) Twilight (stylized as twilight) is a 2005 young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book in the ""Twilight"" series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella ""Bella"" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington. She is endangered after falling in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. Additional novels in the series are ""New Moon"", ""Eclipse"", and ""Breaking Dawn"". ""Twilight"" received lukewarm reviews. Some praised the novel's tone and its portrayal of common teenage emotions such as alienation and rebellion. Others criticized Meyer's prose and argued the story was lacking in character development. It"
"""Twilight"" in a 2003 auction. By November, Meyer had signed a $750,000 three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company. ""Twilight"" was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies. It reached No. 5 on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books within a month of its release, and later rose to #1. Foreign rights to the novel were sold to over 26 countries. The novel was named the ""Publishers Weekly"" Best Book of the Year and a ""Times"" Editor's Choice. Following the success of ""Twilight"" (2005), Meyer expanded the story into a series with"
"of 'Modern' science fiction."" Everett F. Bleiler concluded: ""'Twilight' conveys a mood. It is probably Campbell's best story, with many implications beyond the story level."". Twilight (Campbell short story) ""Twilight"" is a science fiction short story by American writer John W. Campbell originally published in 1934 in ""Astounding Stories"", and apparently inspired by H. G. Wells' article ""The Man of the Year Million"". In 1970, it was selected as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards by the Science Fiction Writers of America. As such, it was published in ""The Science"
"Twilight (Hunter novel) Twilight is a children's fantasy novel in the ""Warriors"" novel series written by Erin Hunter, a pseudonym used by multiple authors. It is the fifth book in the series """" and continues the cat clans' adventures while seeking a new home. It was generally well received by critics. WindClan and ThunderClan are still suffering from Mudclaw's and Hawkfrost's attack on WindClan, as ThunderClan supports them in battle but they pay the price with wounds. Mudclaw dies from a tree being struck by lightning falling on him. coincidentally making a path to the island where they hold gatherings."
"Twitches (novel series) T*Witches is an American children's fantasy novel series by H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld published between 2001 and 2004. The cover art and design is by David Loew and Joyce White. The books were published by Scholastic Press, a subsidiary of the Scholastic Corporation, who also published the British Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and the Canadian Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Disney Channel produced two television film adaptations in 2005 and 2007 based on the first book, ""The Power of Two"". The 10-book series focuses on long lost twin"
"initial print run of 3.7 million copies. Over 1.3 million copies were sold on the first day. The novel won Meyer her first British Book Award, despite competition from J. K. Rowling's ""The Tales of Beedle the Bard"". The series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide in 37 languages. In 2008, the four books of the series claimed the top four spots on ""USA Today""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s year-end bestseller list, making Meyer the first author to ever achieve this feat, as well as being the bestselling author of the year. The ""Twilight"" novels held the top four spots on ""USA Today""s"
"Twilight (comic book) Twilight is a three-issue prestige format miniseries by Howard Chaykin and José Luis García-López published in 1990 by DC Comics. It attempted to bring in all of DC's future science/space characters, many originally from the 1950s and 1960s, into one series (despite the fact that many occurred in different time periods). It was another radical revamp of DC characters, including Tommy Tomorrow, the Star Rovers, Star Hawkins, Manhunter 2070 and Space Cabbie. Tommy Tomorrow is presented as an unbalanced individual who ran the Planeteers very autocratically, using them against his enemies, such as their rivals, the Knights"
"Bella Swan Isabella Marie ""Bella"" Swan (later Bella Cullen) is a character and the protagonist of the ""Twilight"" series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The ""Twilight"" series, consisting of the novels ""Twilight"", ""New Moon"", ""Eclipse"", and ""Breaking Dawn"", is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view, but partway through ""Breaking Dawn"" it is written from the point of view of Jacob Black. In the film series, Bella is portrayed by actress Kristen Stewart. In ""Twilight"", Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward Cullen. However, she soon discovers that"
"the Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009, for being ""Sexually Explicit"", ""Unsuited to Age Group"", and having a ""Religious Viewpoint"". A screenplay for ""Twilight"" was written by Melissa Rosenberg and has been adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment. The film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the leading roles of Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen, respectively. The movie was released in the United States on November 21, 2008. ""Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion"", written by Mark Cotta Vaz, was released October 28. On November 22, 2008, following the box office success of"
"Twilight: Where Darkness Begins Twilight: Where Darkness Begins is an out of print teen (young adult) horror series published between 1982 and 1987. There are 26 stand-alone books in the series written by various authors; the most notable being Bruce Coville, Carl Laymon (aka Richard Laymon), Imogen Howe, Betsy Haynes, Richie Tankersley Cusick, and Joseph Trainor. The series was published by Dell Publishing and is similar to the Dark Forces teen horror series published by Bantam Books. Each book involves the main character(s) battling supernatural forces of evil. Critical reception for the series was initially positive, with the Voice of"
"Edward Cullen Edward Cullen (né Edward Anthony Masen) is a fictional character in Stephenie Meyer's ""Twilight"" series. He is featured in the books ""Twilight"", ""New Moon"", ""Eclipse"" and ""Breaking Dawn"", and their corresponding film adaptations, and the as yet unfinished novel ""Midnight Sun""—a re-telling of the events of ""Twilight"" from Edward's perspective. Edward is a telepathic vampire who, over the course of the series, falls in love with, marries, and has a child with Bella Swan, a human teenager who later chooses to become a vampire as well. In the ""Twilight"" film series, Edward is played by actor Robert Pattinson."
"three more books: ""New Moon"" (2006), ""Eclipse"" (2007), and ""Breaking Dawn"" (2008). In its first week after publication, ""New Moon"" reached No. 5 on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books, and in its second week rose to the No. 1 position, where it remained for the next 11 weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list. After the release of ""Eclipse"", the first three ""Twilight"" books spent a combined 143 weeks on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list. The fourth installment of the ""Twilight"" series, ""Breaking Dawn"", was released with an"
"cites many novels as inspiration for the ""Twilight"" series, including ""Jane Eyre"" by Charlotte Brontë and L. M. Montgomery's ""Anne of Green Gables"" and its sequels. Each book in the series was also inspired specifically by a different literary classic: ""Twilight"" by Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice""; ""New Moon"" by Shakespeare's ""Romeo and Juliet""; ""Eclipse"" by Emily Brontë's ""Wuthering Heights""; and ""Breaking Dawn's"" theme by Shakespeare's ""The Merchant of Venice"" and ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Meyer said, ""I've been reading books for adults my entire life. Growing up I was an avid reader—the thicker the book, the better."" She also"
"Megan Tingley, the Little, Brown editor who signed Meyer, said that halfway through the reading of the ""Twilight"" manuscript, she realized that she had a future bestseller in her hands. The book was released in 2005. Following the success of ""Twilight"", Meyer expanded the story into a series with three more books: ""New Moon"" (2006), ""Eclipse"" (2007), and ""Breaking Dawn"" (2008). In its first week after publication, the first sequel, ""New Moon"", debuted at #5 on the ""New York Times"" Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books, and in its second week rose to the #1 position, where it remained"
"not want Bella to suffer the same fate. Meyer claims that the idea for ""Twilight"" came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003. She dreamed of a human girl and a vampire who loved her but still wanted her blood. Inspired by her dream, Meyer wrote the draft of what is now Chapter 13 of the book. The first drafts were titled ""Forks"" instead of ""Twilight;"" the publisher requested the title change. At first, Meyers didn't name her two main characters. She chose Edward, influenced by Edward Rochester from Charlotte Brontë's ""Jane Eyre"" and Edward Ferrars from Jane"
"Midnight Sun (Meyer novel) Midnight Sun is an unreleased companion novel to the book ""Twilight"" by author Stephenie Meyer. The work retells the events of ""Twilight"", but is written from the perspective of Edward Cullen instead of that of the series' usual narrating character Bella Swan. Meyer stated that ""Twilight"" was to be the only book from the series that she planned to rewrite from Edward's perspective. To give them a better feel of Edward's character, Meyer allowed Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the film adaptation of ""Twilight"", and Robert Pattinson, the actor playing Edward, to read some completed chapters"
"competed for the rights to publish ""Twilight"" in the 2003 auction. Little, Brown and Company originally bid for $300,000, but Meyer's agent asked for $1 million; the publishers finally settled on $750,000 for three books. ""Twilight"" was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies. It debuted at #5 on the ""New York Times"" Best Seller list within a month of its release, and later peaked at #1. Foreign rights to the novel were sold to over 26 countries. In October 2008, ""Twilight"" was ranked #26 in ""USA Today""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of ""Bestselling Books of Last 15 Years"". Later,"
"previous novel written by Meyer. The film starred Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. In late November 2008, Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel, which was directed by Chris Weitz with Melissa Rosenberg returning as the screenwriter. The majority of the film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. New Moon (novel) New Moon is a romantic fantasy novel by author Stephenie Meyer, and is the second novel in the ""Twilight"" series. The novel continues the story of Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen's relationship. When Edward leaves Bella"
"reached number five on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list within a month of its release and eventually reached first place. The novel was named one of ""Publishers Weekly<nowiki>'</nowiki>""s Best Children's Books of 2005. The film adaptation, released in 2008, was a commercial success, grossing more than $392 million worldwide and making an additional $157 million in North American DVD sales as of July 2009. The book was the biggest-selling of 2008; in 2009, it was the second-biggest selling, losing only to its sequel ""New Moon"". As of 2008, ""Twilight"" has been translated into 37 different languages. In October 2015,"
"most notably the 2008 British Book Award for ""Children's Book of the Year"" for ""Breaking Dawn"", while the series as a whole won the 2009 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Book. In November 2011, the series had sold over 120 million copies worldwide with translations into at least 38 different languages around the globe. The four ""Twilight"" books have consecutively set records as the biggest selling novels of 2008 on the ""USA Today"" Best-Selling Books list and have spent over 235 weeks on the ""New York Times"" Best Seller list for Children's Series Books. The books have been adapted into"
"Twilight (Cabot novel) Twilight is the sixth young adult novel in the ""Mediator"" series by Meg Cabot, published by Avon Books in 2004. In the UK, it was published with the title Heaven Sent. It was the final novel in the series until the publication of ""Remembrance"" in 2016. Suze struggles to continue her mediator activity with the presence of Paul Slater, who is now giving her mediator lessons. When Paul finds a way to time travel, another gift all shifters share, he tells Suze that he plans on going back to Jesse's time to save him from his murder,"
"Eclipse (Meyer novel) Eclipse is the third novel in the ""Twilight"" Saga by Stephenie Meyer. It continues the story of Bella Swan and her vampire love, Edward Cullen. The novel explores Bella's compromise between her love for Edward and her friendship with shape-shifter Jacob Black, along with her dilemma of leaving her mortality behind in a terrorized atmosphere, a result of mysterious vampire attacks in Seattle. ""Eclipse"" is preceded by ""New Moon"" and followed by ""Breaking Dawn"". The book was released on August 7, 2007, with an initial print run of one million copies, and sold more than 150,000 copies"
"final novel to be told from Bella Swan's perspective. In 2008 and 2009, the four books of the series claimed the top four spots on ""USA Today""'s year-end bestseller list, making Meyer the first author to ever achieve this feat. The series then won the 2009 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Book, where it competed against the ""Harry Potter"" series. Meyer originally planned to write a companion book to ""Twilight"" called ""Midnight Sun"", which would be the story of ""Twilight"" told from Edward Cullen's point-of-view. She stated that ""Twilight"" was the only book that she planned to rewrite from Edward's"
"back in shock the next"". The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a novella to the ""Twilight"" series by author Stephenie Meyer. It tells the story of a newborn vampire, Bree Tanner, who is featured in the third book of the series, ""Eclipse"". The book is written from the viewpoint of Bree, as opposed to the rest of the series which is predominantly narrated by character Bella Swan. Meyer let director David Slade, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, and a few of the actors read a draft of the story during production of """"."
"me,” Meyer reportedly said. Her book is still on hold. Midnight Sun (Meyer novel) Midnight Sun is an unreleased companion novel to the book ""Twilight"" by author Stephenie Meyer. The work retells the events of ""Twilight"", but is written from the perspective of Edward Cullen instead of that of the series' usual narrating character Bella Swan. Meyer stated that ""Twilight"" was to be the only book from the series that she planned to rewrite from Edward's perspective. To give them a better feel of Edward's character, Meyer allowed Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the film adaptation of ""Twilight"", and Robert"
"Twilight Children Twilight Children is the twenty-first book in the series of ""Deathlands"". It was written by Laurence James under the house name James Axler. Ryan Cawdor, his son Dean, Krysty Wroth, J.B. Dix, Dr. Theophilus Tanner, Mildred Wyeth, and Michael Brother arrive in a MAT-TRANS chamber which appears unusually constructed. The normally seamless bulletproof glass windows are badly aligned, along with the doors, and the exterior control chamber appears to be a hastily constructed chamber carved from an existing cave, with chisel marks still showing in the surrounding granite. The atmosphere outside is heavy and foggy, and in addition"
"the series, comparing it to ""The Lord of the Rings"" and ""Harry Potter"": The ""Seattle Post-Intelligencer"" called the book a ""hot new teen novel"", ""Entertainment Weekly"" called Meyer ""the world's most popular vampire novelist since Anne Rice"", ""The New York Times"" described ""Twilight"" as a ""literary phenomenon"", and Matt Arado of ""Daily Herald"" noted that the ""Twilight"" books have become the ""hottest publishing phenomenon since a certain bespectacled wizard cast his spell on the world."" The large and diverse online fan community of the series are often noted, sometimes even being called ""cult-like"". Despite this, the series is often considered"
"novel by Stephenie Meyer, breaking box office records for first weekend grosses at the time, taking in $142,839,137 in the first three days (which is #13 on the all-time opening grosses list). In June 2010 Summit released the third film of the ""Twilight"" series, """". It broke a midnight screening record of over $30 million and set a one-day Wednesday record of $68.5 million but failed to surpass the one-day tally of $72 million set by ""New Moon"". It became the first movie in the series to cross the $300 million mark domestically. In 2008, Summit Entertainment ranked in eighth"
"Twilight of the Gods (Bulis novel) ""Not to be confused with another Virgin published ""Doctor Who"" spin-off under the same title, Twilight of the Gods."" Twilight of the Gods is an original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". The novel features the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria. It is a sequel to the 1965 serial ""The Web Planet"". Much time has passed since the Doctor's first visit to the Web Planet, and he returns to find a very different world: it's in the middle of an interplanetary war between"