1. Nicholas Sparks

2. Important Facts about Sparks
Date of birth: December 31, 1965
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska
Family Life: Sparks is married to Cathy Sparks, he is the father of five children: Miles, Ryan, Landon, Lexie, and Savannah, his siblings are Michael Earl Sparks and Danielle Sparks Lewis, his dad is Patrick Michael Sparks and his mom is Jill Emma Marie Thoene
Education: Bella Vista High School
1988- University of Notre Dame

3. Childhood Nicholas was the second of three children.
Spent a lot of time moving with his family while his dad finished college
They were very poor
He graduated his high school as valedictorian
got a full track scholarship to Notre Dame, where at the end of track season he got an achilles tendon injury, which he then started writing his first book while he was sitting out injured

4. Why/How Sparks became an author
In his first year at Notre Dame he got an achilles injury at the end of the track season. While he was injured he started to write, which soon turned into more than one book. He states "I enjoy, and have always enjoyed, reading, and my ability to write and interest in a writing career grew out of that." He also says "I don't live to write, I write to live."

5. Facts
Sparks wrote two books before the Notebook, but he will never publish them
8 of his books have been turned into movies
he has 18 books total
The Best of Me comes out October 17, 2014
The Longest Ride comes out in February of 2015

6. List of Nicholas Sparks' books
-The Notebook
-A Walk to Remember
-Message in a Bottle
-The Rescue
-A Bend in the Road
-Nights in Rodanthe
-The Guardian
-The Wedding
-Three Weeks with my Brother
-True Believer
-At First Sight
-Dear John
-The Choice
-The Lucky One
-The Last Song
-Safe Haven
-The Best of Me
-The Longest Ride

7. Common Themes
- Love - Romance - Death -Fate -Persistance -Determination -Sacrifice

8. Works Cited
"5 Nicholas Sparks Books That Should Be Adapted to Film." Examiner.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar
"Black Mountain News: Best-selling Author Nicholas Sparks Focuses Book, Movie on Black Mountain College." Ashvegas RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar
"Frequently Asked Questions." Nicholas Sparks FAQS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar
"Nicholas Sparks." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2014

9. Works Cited cont.
-"A Walk to Remember." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 28 Mar