Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973), née Morgan, is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight.The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally,with translations into 37 different languages.Meyer is also the author of the a...

Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973), née Morgan, is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight.The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally,with translations into 37 different languages.Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host. Meyer was the biggest selling author of both 2008 and 2009, having sold over 29 million books in 2008 alone,with Twilight being the best-selling book of the year.She sold an additional 26.5 million books in 2009, making her the first author to achieve this feat.Meyer was ranked #49 on Time magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People in 2008",and was also included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities in 2009, entering at #26. Her annual earnings exceeded $50 million.Also in 2010, Forbes ranked her as the #59 most powerful celebrity with annual earnings $40 million.