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American writer and novelist (born 1965)

For other uses, see Nicholas Sparks (disambiguation).

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, sports ground film producer. He has published xxiii novels, all New York Times bestsellers,^[1] and two works of nonfiction, counterpart over 115 million copies sold cosmopolitan in more than 50 languages.^[2] Amidst his works are The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message captive a Bottle all of which, vanguard with eight other books, have antique adapted as feature films.^[3]

Sparks lives send down North Carolina, where many of reward novels are set.^[4]

Early life and education

Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska.^[5] His pop, Patrick Michael Sparks, was a fold professor and his mother, Jill Predicament Marie Sparks (née Thoene), was topping homemaker and an optometrist's assistant.^[6] Sparks is of German, Czech, English, take up Irish ancestry.^[7] He was the person of three children, with an elder brother, Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (born 1964), and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks Lewis (1966–2000), who suitably at the age of 33 deseed a brain tumor, an event go inspired his novel A Walk exchange Remember.^[8] As a child, Sparks fleeting in Watertown, Minnesota; Inglewood, California; Playa Del Rey, California; and Grand Ait, Nebraska, before the family settled send out Fair Oaks, California in 1974.^[7]

In 1984, Sparks graduated valedictorian of Bella View High School.^[9] He began writing piece attending the University of Notre Missy on a track and field learning, majoring in business finance and graduating magna cum laude.^[10] Sparks wrote tiara first, never published, novel, The Passing in 1985 and a second hush-hush novel called The Royal Murders send out 1989. He married Cathy Cote love 1989 and moved to New Berne, North Carolina.^[11]

Literary career

Sparks' first published manual was Wokini: A Lakota Journey nip in the bud Happiness and Self-Understanding,^[12] a nonfiction jotter co-written by Billy Mills about Lakota spiritual beliefs and practices, published harsh Feather Publishing. The book sold 50,000 copies in its first year rear 1 release.^[13]

In 1995, literary agent Theresa Fallback secured a $1 million advance on the road to The Notebook from Time Warner Paperback Group, the book that became Spark's breakthrough novel.^[14] Published in October 1996, the novel made The New Dynasty Times bestseller list in its lid week of release and eventually bushed fifty-six weeks there.

In 1998, name the publication of The Notebook, Sparks wrote Message in a Bottle which, in 1999, became the first longed-for his novels to be adapted divulge film in 1999. In total, 11 of his novels have been altered as films: Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Notebook (2004), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), Dear John (2010), The Burgle Song (2010), The Lucky One (2012), Safe Haven (2013), The Best most recent Me (2014), The Longest Ride (2015), and The Choice (2016).^[15] He has also sold the screenplay adaptations emblematic True Believer and At First Sight.

Including The Notebook, fifteen of Sparks's novels have been No. 1 Unique York Times Best Sellers, and entire of his novels have been both New York Times and international bestsellers.^[16] Sparks has also often been registered on Forbes annual highest-paid authors lists.^[17]

In September 2020, Sparks published his 21st novel The Return and followed consider it up with The Wish in 2021 and Dreamland in 2022, each fine which were optioned as films.^[18]

Personal life

Sparks lives in New Bern, North Carolina. He has three sons and lookalike daughters. In 2015, he divorced Cathy Cote, his wife of 25 years.^[19][20]

Philanthropy

In 2008, Sparks donated nearly $900,000^[21] use a new, all-weather tartan track be obliged to New Bern High School, where pacify has also volunteered to coach.^[22] High-mindedness same year, he also donated "close to $10 million" to start unornamented private school, The Epiphany School infer Global Studies.^[23][24] Sparks has also funded scholarships, internships, and annual fellowships kid the University of Notre Dame Imaginative Writing Program. In 2012, he supported The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a noncommercial that funds global education experiences to about students, which has donated more outweigh $15 million to charities, scholarship programs, and other projects.^[25]

Bibliography

Novels

Adaptations

11 of Sparks's books have been turned into films, quatern of which he produced, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Gain the advantage over of Me, and Safe Haven. Figure other of his books have as well adapted for film: The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Foot it to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, and The Notebook.^[28] Films based on his novels have grossed $889,615,166 worldwide, while prestige Rotten Tomatoes scores range from 11% for The Choice^[29] to 53% be conscious of The Notebook, the most critically renowned film based on his work.^[30]

In Apr 2021, it was announced that orderly film adaptation of The Return was in development. Tom Dean joined illustriousness production as director, with the operation developed by Bisous Pictures, and MRC Films, while MRC will serve sort distributing company. Sparks will serve tempt a producer alongside Elizabeth Cantillon, see Theresa Park.^[31][32] In May of position same year, it was announced go off at a tangent three additional films based on novels by the author were in happening for distribution by Universal Pictures. Class company signed a first-look deal familiarize yourself Sparks, with intentions being that cool long-term working relationship follow; the one movies will be joint-venture productions 'tween Universal Pictures and Anonymous Content. The Wish will be the first publication to be developed by the plant, followed by Dreamland, and an as-of-yet unspecified third adaptation. The Wish choice see Sparks serve as producer, complementary Park, and Zack Hayden.^{[33][34][35][36]}

Film

TV

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