Stephenie Meyer

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December 24, 1973 in Connecticut, The United States

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female

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http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Young Adult

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I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, and I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+ ie = me). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to google myself now.
I filled the "Jan Brady" spot in my family-the second of three girls. Unlike the Brady's, none of my three brothers are steps, and all of them are younger than all the girls. I went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, the kind of place where every fall a few girls would come back to school with new noses and there were Porsches in...more I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, and I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+ ie = me). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to google myself now.
I filled the "Jan Brady" spot in my family-the second of three girls. Unlike the Brady's, none of my three brothers are steps, and all of them are younger than all the girls. I went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, the kind of place where every fall a few girls would come back to school with new noses and there were Porsches in the student lot (for the record, I have my original nose, and never had a car until after I was in my twenties). I was awarded a National Merit Scholarship, and I used it to pay my way to Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. I majored in English, but concentrated on literature rather than creative writing, mostly because I didn't consider reading books "work" (as long as I was going to be doing something anyway, I might as well get course credit for it, right?).
I met my husband, Pancho (his real name is Christiaan), when I was four, but we were never anywhere close to being childhood sweethearts. In fact, though we saw each other at least weekly through church activities, I can't recall a single instance when we so much as greeted each other with a friendly wave, let alone exchanged actual words. This may have been for the best, because when we did eventually get around to exchanging words, sixteen years after our first meeting, it only took nine months from the first "hello" to the wedding. Of course, we were able to skip over a lot of the getting to know you parts (many of our conversations would go something like this: "This one time, when I was ten, I broke my hand at a party when-" "Yeah, I know what happened. I was there, remember?") We've been married for ten and a half years now, and have three beautiful, brilliant, wonderful boys who often remind me chimpanzees on crack. I can't write without music, and my biggest muse is, ironically enough, the band Muse. My other favorite sources of inspiration are Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Coldplay, The All American Rejects, Travis, The Strokes, Brand New, U2, Kasabian, Jimmy Eat World, and Weezer, to mention a few.(less)

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Average rating: 3.71 · 2,878,023 ratings · 211,116 reviews · 55 distinct works

	Twilight (Twilight, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 991,525 ratings — published 2005 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Eclipse (Twilight, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 498,863 ratings — published 2007 — 118 editions	My rating:
	New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.62 avg rating — 519,109 ratings — published 2006 — 120 editions	My rating:
	Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 468,993 ratings — published 2008 — 115 editions	My rating:
	The Host (The Host, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 186,334 ratings — published 2008 — 73 editions	My rating:
	Midnight Sun (Twilight, #1.5) 4.14 avg rating — 68,734 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Twilight, #3.5) 3.54 avg rating — 58,502 ratings — published 2009 — 50 editions	My rating:
	The Twilight Saga (Twilight, #1-4) by Stephenie Meyer, Ilyana Kadushin (Narrator), Matt Walters (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.91 avg rating — 25,891 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Twilight Collection (Twilight, #1-3) 3.90 avg rating — 14,886 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Twilight: The Graphic Novel, #1) by Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Art/Adaptation) 3.58 avg rating — 12,873 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	My rating:

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“He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

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“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb..." he murmured.
I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
What a stupid lamb," I sighed.
What a sick, masochistic lion.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

tags: bella , edward , love

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“Fall down again, Bella?'
No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

tags: bella-swan , eclipse , emmet-cullen , jacob-black , stephenie-meyer , twilight , werewolf

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