
Influenced by the work of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, she wrote Twilight soon thereafter. Having no prior experience as an author, she conceived the idea for the Twilight series in a dream. Meyer received the 2009 Children's Book of the Year award from the British Book Awards for Breaking Dawn, the Twilight series finale.Īn avid young reader, she attended Brigham Young University, marrying at the age of twenty-one before graduating with a degree in English in 1997. Meyer was the bestselling author of 20 in the U.S., having sold over 29 million books in 2008 and 26.5 million in 2009. She is best known for writing the vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 160 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. ər/ née Morgan born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist and film producer.
