Nicholas Sparks
Biography
Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers.
All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States alone.
Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28.
It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), and The Longest Ride (2013) as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah.
His eighteenth novel, See Me, published on October 12, 2015.
His newest book, Two by Two, will be published on October 4, 2016.
Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars.
In 2012, Sparks and his publishing agent and creative partner Theresa Park, launched Nicholas Sparks Productions, with Park as President of Production.
A film version of The Guardian is currently in development, as is a film based on Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers’s friendship with Chicago Bears teammate Brian Piccolo.
Sparks lives in North Carolina.
He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually.
He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006.
As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school.
In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4 x400 meter, in New York.
The record still stands.
Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas.
The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to improving cultural and international understanding through global education experiences for students of all ages was launched in 2011.
Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects.
Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
- Country
- Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- Place of birth
- Omaha· Nebraska
- Birth date
- 31 December 1965
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1988.
- Is one of only two contemporary authors to have a novel spend more than a year on both the New York Times hardcover and paperback best-seller lists (the other author being J.K.
- Was a pharmaceutical sales rep until his writing career took off.
- Most of his novels are set in North or South Carolina.
- Each of his childrens names were characters in one of his books. Miles and Ryan (A Bend in the Road), Landon (A Walk to Remember), Lexie (True Believer & At First Sight), Savannah (Dear John).
- Father of Miles, Landon, Ryan, Lexie, and Savannah.
- Is the middle child of three children. Has an older brother named Micah (Michael) and a younger sister named Dana (Danielle).
- His mother died in a horse riding accident when Nicholas was in his mid-twenties. His father died in a car accident when Nicholas was in his early thirties.
- (May 2006) Volunteer coaching at New Bern High School and recently coached Karjuan Williams who was national champion in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:49, and coached another runner who ran 1:52.
- (May 2006) Working on a new novel called Dear John, which is slated for release in either September or October 2006.
- I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.
- Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible,Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed,to be thinking about something else.
- You are, and always have been, my dream.
- You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.
- They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything.
- My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.
- I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.
- And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.
- If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.
- I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.
Books
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A Bend in the Road
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Return
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Longest Ride
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The Wish
Nicholas Sparks
Wish
Nicholas Sparks
The Wish
Nicholas Sparks
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The Wish
Nicholas Sparks
Wish
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Eve Dönüs
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Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks
What could be a more tempting christmas gift than a compendium of david sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself?
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Wish
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Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas Sparks
In this new york times bestseller, follow the author of the notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and hope.
El regreso
Nicholas Sparks
The Return
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Rescue
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Return
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Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
Treat yourself to an epic #1 new york times bestselling love story that spans decades and continents as two people at a crossroads -- one from north carolina and one from zimbabwe -- experience the transcendence and heartbreak of true love.
Cuando te encuentre
Nicholas Sparks
Durante su tercera misión en irak, el soldado estadounidense logan thibault encuentra la fotografía de una joven sonriente medio enterrada en la arena del desierto.
Unutulmaz Anılar
Nicholas Sparks
Return
Nicholas Sparks
The inner circle train from the city rushed impetuously out of a black hole and pulled up with a discordant, grinding racket in the smirched twilight of a west-end station.
Return
Nicholas Sparks
The inner circle train from the city rushed impetuously out of a black hole and pulled up with a discordant, grinding racket in the smirched twilight of a west-end station.
Rescue
Nicholas Sparks
In this heartfelt southern love story from the #1 new york times bestselling author of the notebook, a daring fireman rescues a single mom -- and learns that falling in love is the greatest risk of all.
The Return
Nicholas Sparks
In the romantic tradition of dear john, nicholas sparks returns with the story of an injured navy doctor -- and two women whose secrets will change the course of his life in this #1 new york times bestseller.
The Return
Nicholas Sparks
In the romantic tradition of dear john, an injured navy doctor meets two extremely important women whose secrets will change the course of his life in this #1 new york times bestseller.
Return
Nicholas Sparks
Return
Nicholas Sparks
The story of an injured army doctor connecting with a beautiful deputy and a mysterious teenage girl, both whose secrets will change the course of his life--.
Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks
In this #1 new york times bestselling novel of first love and second chances, former high school sweethearts confront the painful truths of their past to build a promising future—together.
Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people--the conflicted daughter of an als patient and a sunset beach newcomer from zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father..
The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks
In the spring of 1984, high school students amanda collier and dawson cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love.
Guardian
Nicholas Sparks
After her husband's death, a young widow with a faithful great dane must decide between two men -- but as new love blossoms, jealousy turns deadly in this suspenseful new york times bestseller.
The Guardian
Nicholas Sparks
After her husband's death, a young widow with a faithful great dane must decide between two men -- but as new love blossoms, jealousy turns deadly in this suspenseful new york times bestseller.
Her Nefeste
Nicholas Sparks
The new york times çok satanlar listesine girmiş 20 kitabından 11’i filme uyarlanan, tüm dünyada milyonlarca hayranı olan, romantik edebiyatın prensi nicholas sparks’ın son romanı...
The Wedding
Nicholas Sparks
In this stunning new york times bestselling follow-up to the notebook, a hardworking but distant husband vows to win back the love of his life by looking to noah and allie's legendary romance.
Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people--the conflicted daughter of an als patient and a sunset beach newcomer from zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father..
El cuaderno de Noah
Nicholas Sparks
A bestselling novel and major motion picture, the notebook describes a love affair that endures a lifetime, surviving separation, war and, ultimately, even the darkness and pain of alzheimer's.
Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks
**new standalone romantic comedy**when your luck runs out, do you run away--or do you stay and fight?
The Wedding
Nicholas Sparks
In this stunning new york times bestselling follow-up to the notebook, a hardworking but distant husband vows to win back the love of his life by looking to noah and allie's legendary romance.
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Nicholas Sparks
Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people--the conflicted daughter of an als patient and a sunset beach newcomer from zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father..
Every breath
Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people--the conflicted daughter of an als patient and a sunset beach newcomer from zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father..
Dear John
Nicholas Sparks
An angry rebel, john drops out of school and enlists in the army, not knowing what else to do with his life-until he meets the girl of his dreams, savannah.
TWO BY TWO
Nicholas Sparks
The seemingly charmed life of a charlotte family man abruptly tumbles around him, leaving him an unemployed single father who embarks on a new reality that tests his skills and emotional resources beyond his imagining..
Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
Every breath : paperback : little, brown book group : 9780751567762 : : 16 oct 2018 : the new york times and international number one bestselling author nicholas sparks returns with a powerful new love story..
Solo nosotros dos
Nicholas Sparks
El afamado autor nicholas sparks regresa con una historia emocionalmente poderosa de amor incondicional, sus desafíos, sus riesgos y, sobre todo, sus recompensas.
Every breath
Nicholas Sparks
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people--the conflicted daughter of an als patient and a sunset beach newcomer from zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father..
Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
In the romantic tradition of the notebook and nights in rodanthe, #1 new york times bestselling author nicholas sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals -- .
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