Biography
Stephanie Meyer's special popularity acquired among the teenager audience, which "Vampire" theme and stories about the aliens cause burning interest. The American writer, famous for the entire world of the Twilight Romanov, does not leave fans without surprises. The housewife, which created bestsellers issued by millionic circulations in 37 languages, announced a chance of a book about mermaids and ghosts, and cinema is already working on a new film based on its works.Childhood and youth
Meyer was born in December 1973 in Connecticut, in the city of Hartford in the family of Mormonov. Shortly after the birth of the girl, the parents grabbing the kids moved to Arizona, settling in provincial Phoenix, where the 5-thousand Mormon community supported his parishioners. Later, Stephanie Meyer "Summit" the main character of "Twilight" in Phoenix, giving tribute to the town that became native.
The head of the large familial family, in which three daughters and three sons grown up, got a job, undertaken to give tithing from the Church's earnings. In the evenings, Stephen Morgan collected relatives and interpreted the head of the Book of Mormon. Stef with brothers and sisters did not watch TV (exception - Sunday to 8 in the evening), in the school community wore a long skirt and smoothly combed her hair.
Going to a secular school, Stefani Meyer experienced shock from contrast, but his father insisted that the dive into the "pagan environment" is a test for the strength of the spirit for believers.
In the house of parents, the Stef "worldly" books was not - the place on the shelves occupied spiritual literature. But the girl was so addicted to reading that he had violated the ban of the Father and the Pop by read Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Jane Austin and William Shakespeare.
Children's and youthful addiction to literature determined a further biography: Stephanie Meyer entered the Faculty of Faculty of Mormon University in Utah. A few years later, the girl came out with a bachelor of English literature.
Literature
The idea of the first novel came to the 29-year-old writer in a dream. She saw a young couple on a nine-green meadow: the young man watched the girl in love with his eyes in love with his eyes. In the morning Stephanie Meyer realized that he dreams of writing a novel about lovers. Time went, but the dream did not leave a woman, becoming obsessive.
The plan matured in the head of the housewife and mom's three boys gradually. Stephanie pondered over the turns of the plot, his main line, came up with and recorded the details. It's time when the idea was formed completely, it remained to take it into a literary form. Stripping hours from homework, Mayer wrote a novel. After 3 months, the book on Poltsya pages was ready.
Stephanie Meyer went on publishing houses, grabbing a manuscript. At the addresses found on the Internet, the manuscript of the novice writer did not accept. The writer did not put his hands: she knew that her essay would certainly find an audience and fans. "Twilight" took into the seal "Little, Brown and Kok". The novel liked that the publishers offered Mayer to sign a contract for another 3 works, offering a fee of $ 750 thousand.
Readers immediately appreciated the novel, appeared on the shelves of bookstores in the fall of 2005. Bestseller was rejected in the blink of an eye, the publisher urgently ordered additional circulation to printing houses. Soon the first part of the vampire saga was called the National Bestseller, by defining the 5th place according to sales results.
Stephanie Meyer, inspired by unexpected success, pleased readers tirelessly: a new book appeared once a year. In 2006, a novel "New Moon" appeared in bookstores, who continued the story of Vurdalaks. In 2007 and 2008, "Eclipse" and "Dawn" came out.
The fourth book about vampires tells about the decision of Bella to become a wife of Vurdalaka Edward and adopt the gift of immortality. After a short happiness comes a nightmare: a woman wears a child from a vampire, which is the greatest crime under the laws of "night hunters." Mom and the kid-semi-haul threatens danger: the elders are going to execute them.
"How to save your favorite and the child," Edward thinks.The classic plot of the first novel was complemented by Spin-offs based on Twilight. In the book "Sun midnight", the history of romantic relationship was first outlined by the vampire guy - Edward Calen, previously the narrative was carried out Bella. And in 2010 Stephanie wrote a book about the secondary heroine - Brie Tanner.
In 2011, the writer led the line under the Vampire Saga "Official Guide" on the "Twilight" Universe. The circulation of "Vampire" stories published in different years, in the end exceeded 85 million and was transferred to tens of languages.
In 2008, the American screenwriter and director Catherine Harwick shot a film based on the Roman "Twilight". The main characters are the same couple in love - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson played.
In the global rental of Kinoaga in 2008 and went to 2012. Success turned out to be no less deafening than the book version. Harvest fees exceeded $ 393 million. In the cinemas of the CIS countries, the picture "twisted" from January to April 2009, gathering $ 3.5 million. In the episode, Kinoshai flashed and Stephanie Meyer, who played the visitors of the cafe.
But do not give mudlases of the rich plots of books of the American. In 2008, she gave fans a novel about the aliens, which called Guest. The narration of the difficult relationship of aliens and the people inhabiting the land on the screens after 5 years, but did not accompanied the stir, like "Twilight".
The eponymous fantastic thriller director Andrew Nikkola came out in March 2013. The premiere of "Guest" took place simultaneously in America and Russia. The main heroine was played by the brilliant Sirsha Ronan.
In 2015, Stefani Mayer pleased the lovers of vampire stories by Roman "Life and Death: Twilight in a new way." This is a kind of rethinking and rebooting "Twilight": the reader is provided with a chance to learn how the story of the saga would develop if Bella was a guy, and Edward - a girl.
The American writer who gave the fans of bestsellers, the multi-millionth army of fans from around the world. But critics abound. Stephen King called the young colleague prisstar, opposing Joan Rowling. The uncomplicated style of presentation, the simplicity of the construction of phrases and the banality of the plots of Stephanie Meyer are mercilessly criticized and ridicule.
They were also those who conducted analogies between the vampire stories of the novelist and her compatriots and the older colleague Lisa Jane Smith, who published in the early 1990s "Vampire Diaries" with similar plots. But Stephanie Meyer claims that he did not read Smith's writings, and critics responds that the assessment of her creativity is the number of fans who speak for themselves.
In 2016, Meyer presented the second after the "guest" Roman "for adults" - all previous ones were designed for a teenage audience. The spy detective "Chemist", published in mid-November, found fans. The plot of Stephanie inspired the adventures of Jason Born and Aaron Cross. The heroine of the book is a woman whose weapon is not a gun and biceps, but a sharp mind.
The popularity of vampire novels Stephanie Meyer is so great that 3 thousand fans are built on the writer's autographs on the day of presentation of the new book. Fans are dressing like the heroes of the saga, they write stories about Vurdalaks, celebrate the birthday of the main character of Bella Swan, calling him "Day of Stephanie". There was a musical group, in the repertoire of which thematic compositions.
Personal life
The future husband of Christian Stef met the child. A 4-year-old babe met a boy in the service in the Mormon Church, where parents led children.
Again, they met when Stephanie studied at the university, and Christian returned from Chile, where he visited the missionary. There was no Speech I missing the feeling and great love of speech: Christian Mayer from the strong family of Mormons. Father Stef has long approved him as a son-in-law.
Christian 40 times did Stephani's proposal, but the girl refused. Intervened by a stern father, who ordered to give consent.
The wedding was played when Stef was fulfilled 21 years old. One after another was born three sons who received the names of Gabe, Seth and Yalay. Christian worked in an audit company, his wife plunged into households. The literature turned out to be the invented, where the woman implemented creative fantasies and rested the soul.
Stefani Mayer has no bad habits: she eliminated alcohol and cigarettes. Bring a figure in order after childbirth, a woman managed for 2 years with a diet and sports, throwing 51 kg.
In 2010, Forbes took the American writer 59th place in the list of stars: Mayer earned $ 40 million for the year. Pages in social networks from Stephanie Meyer is not. Accounts in "Instagram" and "Facebook" are fans.
Stephanie Meyer now
The writer is painted by the clock. She works on the scenario of the new series, in the storyline of which the history of "Hannibal", "Supernatural" and "Blind Zone", was intertwined. The working name of the ribbon is "Rail" (The Rook). The proposal to cooperate in the creation of the project was received from the STARZ TV channel. Film Studio Lionsgate, previously taking the "twilight" took for shooting a new film.In 2017, there was information that Stephanie Meier worked on the novels of the "Soul" and "seeker", the storylines of which develop the history of the wanderer, the soul of which was united to the girl's body named Melanie.
The novelist shared plans about new plans - writing books about ghosts, mermaids and teleportation.
Bibliography
- 2005 - "Twilight"
- 2006 - "New Moon"
- 2007 - "Eclipse"
- 2008 - "Dawn"
- 2008 - "Guest"
- 2009 - "Hell Earth"
- 2010 - "Briefing the second life brie Tanner"
- 2011 - "Saga Twilight: Official Guide"
- 2015 - "Life and death: twilight in a new way"
- 2016 - "Chemist"