Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer gained particular popularity among the teenage audience, who have a burning interest in the "vampire" theme and stories about aliens. The American writer, who became famous all over the world for her series of novels "Twilight", leaves her fans without surprises. The housewife, who has created the bestselling books published in millions of copies in 37 languages, announced the imminent release of a book about mermaids and ghosts, and cinematographers are already working on a new film based on her works.

Mayer was born in December 1973 in the state of Connecticut, in the city of Hartford in a Mormon family. Soon after the birth of the girl, the parents, taking the babies, moved to Arizona, settling in provincial Phoenix, where the 5,000-strong Mormon community supported their parishioners. Later, the main character of "Twilight", Stephenie Meyer, will "settle" in Phoenix, paying tribute to the town that has become a family.

The head of a large family, in which three daughters and three sons were growing up, got a job, pledging to give tithes from the earnings of the church. In the evenings, Stephen Morgan gathered family and interpreted the Book of Mormon chapters. Steph and her brothers and sisters did not watch TV (except Sunday until 8 pm), at the school of the community she wore a long skirt and brushed her hair smoothly.

Moving to a secular school, Stephenie Meyer was shocked by the contrast, but her father insisted that immersion in a "pagan environment" is a test of fortitude for believers.

There were no "worldly" books in Steph's parents' house - spiritual literature took up space on the shelves. But the girl was so addicted to reading that she violated her father's prohibition and voraciously read Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.

Childhood and adolescent addiction to literature determined further biography: Stephenie Meyer entered the Faculty of Philology at the Mormon University in Utah. A few years later, the girl graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature.

The idea of ​​the first novel came to the 29-year-old writer in a dream. She saw a young couple in a virgin green meadow: a young vampire looked at the girl with loving eyes. In the morning, Stephenie Meyer realized that she dreamed of writing a novel about lovers. Time passed, but the dream did not leave the woman, becoming obsessive.

The idea matured in the head of the housewife and the mother of three boys gradually. Stephanie reflected on the plot twists, its main line, invented and wrote down the details. The time came when the idea was fully formed, it remained to clothe it in a literary form. While carving out hours from homework, Mayer wrote a novel. After 3 months, the book of half a thousand pages was ready.

Stephenie Meyer went to publishers with the manuscript. At the addresses found on the Internet, the manuscript of the novice writer was not accepted. The writer did not give up: she knew that her composition would certainly find an audience and admirers. Twilight has been printed by Little, Brown and Coc. He liked the novel so much that the publishers offered Mayer to sign a contract for 3 more works, offering a fee of $ 750 thousand.

Readers immediately appreciated the novel, which appeared on the shelves of bookstores in the fall of 2005. The bestseller was sold out in the blink of an eye, the publishing house urgently ordered additional prints to print. Soon, the first part of the vampire saga was named a national bestseller, ranking 5th in terms of sales.

Stephenie Meyer, inspired by the unexpected success, delighted readers tirelessly: a new book appeared once a year. In 2006, the novel "New Moon" appeared in bookstores, continuing the story of the ghouls. 2007 and 2008 saw the release of Eclipse and Dawn.

The fourth book about vampires tells about Bella's decision to become the wife of the ghoul Edward and adopt the gift of immortality. After a short happiness, a nightmare ensues: a woman carries a child from a vampire, which is the gravest crime under the laws of "night hunters". Mom and baby-half-vampire are in danger: ghoul elders are going to execute them.

The classic plot of the first novel was complemented by spin-offs based on "Twilight". In the book "Midnight Sun", the story of a romantic relationship was first outlined by a vampire guy - Edward Cullen, previously the story was led by Bella. And in 2010, Stephanie wrote a book about a minor heroine - Bree Tanner.

In 2011, the writer drew a line under the vampire saga as the "official guide" to the "twilight" universe. The circulation of "vampire" stories, published over the years, eventually exceeded 85 million and was translated into dozens of languages.

In 2008, American screenwriter and director Catherine Hardwicke directed a film based on the novel "Twilight". The main characters - the very couple in love - were played by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

The movie saga hit the world distribution in 2008 and ran until 2012. The success was no less deafening than the book version. Worldwide box office gross exceeded $ 393 million. In the cinemas of the CIS countries, the picture was "played" from January to April 2009, collecting $ 3.5 million. In the episode of the movie saga, Stephenie Meyer also flashed, who played a visitor to the cafe.

But the plots of the American woman's books are not rich in ghouls alone. In 2008, she gave fans a novel about aliens, which she called "The Guest." The story about the uneasy relationship between aliens and people inhabiting the Earth hit the screens after 5 years, but was not accompanied by the excitement, like in "Twilight".

The eponymous fantasy thriller directed by Andrew Nikkola was released in March 2013. The premiere of "The Guest" took place simultaneously in America and Russia. The main character was played by the brilliant Saoirse Ronan.

In 2015, Stephenie Meyer delighted fans of vampire stories with the novel "Life and Death: Twilight in a New Way." This is a kind of rethinking and reboot of "Twilight": the reader is given a chance to find out how the history of the saga would have developed if Bella were a boy, and Edward was a girl.

The American writer, who has donated her bestsellers, has a multi-million army of fans from all over the world. But there are plenty of critics too. Stephen King called the young colleague mediocrity, opposing J.K. Rowling. Stephenie Meyer's uncomplicated style of presentation, ease of constructing phrases and banality of plots are mercilessly criticized and ridiculed.

There were also those who drew analogies between the vampire stories of the novelist and her compatriot and senior colleague Lisa Jane Smith, who published The Vampire Diaries with similar plots in the early 1990s. But Stephenie Meyer claims that she did not read Smith's works, and she answers critics that the assessment of her work is the number of fans that speaks for itself.

In 2016, Mayer presented the second novel "for adults" after "The Guest" - all the previous ones were designed for a teenage audience. The spy detective "Chemist", released in mid-November, found fans. Stephanie's plot was inspired by the adventures of Jason Bourne and Aaron Cross. The heroine of the book is a woman whose weapon is not a pistol and biceps, but a sharp mind.

The popularity of Stephenie Meyer's vampire novels is so great that 3 thousand fans line up for autographs of the writer on the day of the presentation of the new book. Fans dress like the heroes of the saga, write stories about ghouls, celebrate the birthday of the main character Bella Swan, calling it "Stephanie's Day." A musical group appeared, whose repertoire includes thematic compositions.

Steph met her future husband Christian Steph as a child. A 4-year-old baby met a boy at a service in a Mormon church, where the children were brought by their parents.

They met again when Stephanie was at university and Christian returned from Chile as a missionary. There was no question of an unexpectedly flared feeling and great love: Christian Mayer was from a strong Mormon family. Father Steph has long approved him as a son-in-law.

Christian proposed to Stephanie 40 times, but the girl refused. The stern father intervened and ordered consent.

The wedding took place when Steph was 21 years old. One after another, three sons were born, named Gabe, Seth and Eli. Christian worked in an accounting firm, his wife plunged into household chores. Literature turned out to be the outlet where the woman realized her creative fantasies and rested her soul.

Stephenie Meyer has no bad habits: she ruled out alcohol and cigarettes. The woman managed to put her figure in order after giving birth in 2 years with the help of diet and sports, having thrown off 51 kg.

In 2010, Forbes ranked the American writer 59th in the list of stars: Mayer earned $ 40 million in a year. Stephenie Meyer has no social media pages. Accounts on Instagram and Facebook are run by fans.

The writer's day is scheduled by the hour. She is working on the script for a new series, in the storyline of which the stories of "Hannibal", "Supernatural" and "Blind Spot" are intertwined. The working title of the tape is "The Rook". The proposal for cooperation in the creation of the project came from the Starz TV channel. The new film was taken over by the Lionsgate film studio, which previously directed Twilight.

In 2017, information appeared that Stephenie Meyer was working on the novels "Soul" and "The Seeker", the plot lines of which develop the story of the Wanderer, whose soul entered the body of a girl named Melanie.

The novelist shared her plans for new ideas - writing books about ghosts, mermaids and teleportation.

2005 - "Twilight" 2006 - "New Moon" 2007 - "Eclipse" 2008 - "Breaking Dawn" 2008 - "Guest" 2009 - "Hell on Earth" 2010 - "Bree Tanner's Short Second Life" 2011 - "The Twilight Saga: Official Guide" 2015 - "Life and Death: Twilight in a New Way" 2016 - "Chemist"

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Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2021

Stephenie Meyer 's revenue is $1.5M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephenie Meyer and could vary in the range between $805.4K - $1.5M.

Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2020

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Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2019

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Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2018

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Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2017

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Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2016

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Stephenie Meyer Net Worth 2015

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