Mayer Stephanie is one of the most famous writers of our time. Relatively young for the literary circle of the best, the American was able to gain world recognition thanks to her saga "Twilight", heated discussions about which are ongoing to this day.
Biography
Mayer Stephanie was born in Connecticut in a family of 5 children.
For a long time she lived with her parents in Arizona. The writer herself recalls the place where she spent her childhood as sunny and carefree. Pretty little is known about the writer's personal life. She met her husband before adulthood. They still live together. The fact of a single love, which is quite rare, in the "hangout" of American celebrities adds to the image of Mayer Stephanie a kind of romanticism.
The beginning of the creative path
The story of its popularity is unique in its own way and in many ways is similar to Joan Rowling's success. Before writing her first book, Stephanie had never been published, at least under her own name. In her student years, she was fond of literature and read a lot. She began to write the first lines at almost 30 years old. At this point, she was an ordinary housewife and raised three sons. According to Stephanie's own story, she had a dream in which a vampire fell in love with a young girl. The monster longed for her blood, but he controlled himself out of love. After that, Mayer Stephanie began to write a novel, which she completed in 90 days. She sent five hundred pages to various agencies, and finally, her book was approved for publication.
The book "Twilight" blew up all conceivable sales lines. Stephanie received a fee of $ 750 thousand.
Stephanie Mayer: Twilight
The novel "Twilight" is focused primarily on adolescents, but has considerable popularity with the older generation. It tells about the relationship between the vampire Edward and the simple mortal girl Bella. The narration is conducted on behalf of the latter. The first book can be called a detective story, because in it the main character tries to solve the riddle of a strange creature, who, under the guise of an ordinary person, studies with her in school. It is noteworthy that Bella hails from Phoenix, as does Stephanie Meyer.
Twilight is a love story. But there are elements of the thriller, and according to some critics, even the horror. All 5 books of Bella and Edward are struggling with various troubles that threaten their love, and sometimes their lives. In this case, no problems in the relations themselves arise. Most of the main characters have extremely positive qualities and are completely altruistic. This fact causes a wave of critics by Mayer Stephanie: they call her works too primitive, accusing the writer of low talent.
In addition to vampires, the book also contains werewolves, with one of which Bella had a love triangle. In general, in all 5 books a huge place is given to love. Almost all heroes, even secondary ones, have universal love. It is she who is the motivating factor for many actions.
Film adaptation
Stephanie got real world popularity after the release of the eponymous film adaptation of her novel, in which the role of Edward was played by Robert Pattinson, and the role of Bella was played by Kristen Stewart. This was a new impetus to the growing interest in Stephanie Meyer. Books were issued in additional print runs (a total of 85 million copies worldwide).
After "Twilight" Stephanie wrote a more "adult" novel "Guest", but he could not conquer the audience as well. Many writers are sure that interest in the book was caused only by the famous name of its author.
Mayer Stephanie is regularly compared to the author of Harry Potter books, Joan Rowling. The “battles” of fans on the Internet and at various thematic congresses have become the norm. The famous writer Steveg King said that Stephanie’s comparison with the British protégé is quite true, but the former lacks writing talent.