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Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973 in Connecticut) is the American author of the ''[[Twilight Saga]]'' and several other books.
 
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*Seth Meyer (son)
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*Eli Meyer (son)
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*Gabe Meyer (son)
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*Emily (sister)
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*Seth Morgan (brother)
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*Jacob Morgan (brother)
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*Paul Morgan (brother)
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'''Stephenie Meyer''' (née '''Morgan''', born December 24, 1973) is the American author of the ''[[Twilight Saga]]'' and ''[[w:c:Thehostseries|The Host]]''. She lives in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] with her family. She was born on December the 24th 1973, in Hartford, Connecticut to Stephen and Candy Morgan.
== History ==
 
She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona with a large family. She has five siblings: Emily, Heidi, Paul, Seth and Jacob. She "borrowed" her siblings' names for use in her Twilight novels, most notably for the character of Jacob Black, who is named for her automotive expert brother. Meyer attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she majored in English. She met her husband Christiaan, nicknamed "Pancho", when she was growing up in Arizona, and married him in 1994; together they have three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli. Meyer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 
   
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==Personal life==
Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream about a girl and a sparkling vampire sitting in a meadow on June 2, 2003, the transcript of which is now Chapter 13 of the book. After writing and editing the novel, she signed a three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
 
 
Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with five siblings: Emily, Heidi, Paul, Seth and Jacob, all of whom are mentioned in the ''Twilight'' series. Meyer attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she majored in English. She met her husband Christian, nicknamed "Pancho", while growing up in Arizona, and married him in 1994. They have three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli.
   
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==Writing==
The sequel to Twilight, New Moon, had an unintentional staggered release all over North America, beginning in early August 2006. Meyer initially wrote an alternative sequel to Twilight, called Forever Dawn, which she then used as an outline for the remainder of the series. She has stated that the novel will never be published, as it doesn't fall into the genre of young adult. The third book in the series, Eclipse, was released on August 7, 2007. The fourth book, Breaking Dawn, is slated for release on August 2, 2008. Meyer has revealed that Breaking Dawn will be the last book written from Bella Swan's perspective, and stated on her website that there will be more than four books. Meyer has also stated that her other novel, Midnight Sun, will be more of a companion piece to the series than a genuine sequel, as it will describe Twilight from the view of Edward Cullen. A rough first twelve chapters of Midnight Sun have been posted on Meyer's website, because Meyer apparently didn't have enough sense not to show it to people other than her editor, and Midnight Sun has been (hopefully permanently) postponed.
 
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[[File:2699603077_4d714f8ff9.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Meyer attends Comic-Con.]]
The band Muse features prominently in the Twilight series. Meyer is a huge fan, and always includes songs by the band in her playlists for the books. She has also told fans that a concert featured in her third book is a Muse concert, and that some of the main characters are fans of Muse. Muse now has many new fans in the way of rabid fangirls (whose usual music taste include Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers). Many Youtube videos have been made by the fangirls, setting pictures of Robert Pattison and Kirsten Stewert to popular songs by Muse. Massive amounts of headdesking has occured amongst Muse fans due to this. In the upcoming Twilight movie, it is confirmed that the song "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse will be used in the soundtrack, much to the chagrin of the real fans.
 
 
Meyer says that the idea for ''[[Twilight]]'' came to her in a dream. After writing the novel, she signed a three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
   
 
The sequel to ''Twilight'', ''[[New Moon]]'', had an unintentional staggered release all over North America, beginning in early August 2006. Meyer initially wrote an alternative sequel to ''Twilight'', called ''[[Forever Dawn]]'', which she then used as an outline for the remainder of the series. She has stated that the novel will never be published, as it doesn't fall into the genre of young adult. The third book in the series, ''[[Eclipse]]'', was released on August 7, 2007. The fourth book, ''[[Breaking Dawn]]'', was released on August 2, 2008. Meyer revealed that ''Breaking Dawn'' will be the last book written from [[Bella Swan]]'s perspective. Meyer was also writing ''[[Midnight Sun]]'', a companion piece to the series that would describe ''Twilight'' from the view of [[Edward Cullen]], but has put the project on hold due to a leak. The book has been put on hold until August 4, 2020, when it was finally published. Later that month, Stephenie revealed she had plans for at least two more ''Twilight'' novels.
   
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==Muse==
== Published works ==
 
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The band Muse features prominently in the ''Twilight'' series. Meyer is a huge fan and always includes songs by the band in her playlists for the books. The song "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse is included in the [[Twilight (film)|''Twilight'' movie]], and is on the [[Twilight soundtrack|film's soundtrack]].
   
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Another song by Muse is "I Belong to You" which is also in the [[New Moon (film)|''New Moon'' film]] and on the [[New Moon soundtrack|''New Moon'' soundtrack]].
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She included an acknowledgment to Muse at the end of ''[[New Moon]]'', which reads:
   
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''And, finally, thank you to the talented musicians who inspire me, particularly the band Muse - there are emotions, scenes, and plot threads in this novel that were born from Muse songs and would not exist without their genius.''
Meyer's first novel, [[Twilight]], was published in October of 2005. By November, [[Twilight]] had reached #5 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for young adult chapter books.<ref>{{cite news | author=Carma Wadley | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080511/ai_n25425697 | title=Meyer on fire with books | publisher=[[Deseret Morning News|Deseret News]] | date=[[2008-05-11]] | accessdate=2008-06-30 }}</ref>
 
   
 
==Published works==
Meyer soon published the sequel to [[Twilight]], [[New Moon]], in August 2006. In its first week of release, it debuted at the number 5 position on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books. In its second week it rose to the number 1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/bestseller/0812bestchildren.html?scp=5&sq=children%27s+august+12%2C+2007&st=nyt Children's Books: Best Sellers] from ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 2007</ref> On May 5, 2007, the special edition of [[New Moon]] was released. It included [[New Moon]] temporary tattoos, an [[Eclipse]] poster, and the first chapter of [[Eclipse]].
 
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===''Twilight'' series===
 
Meyer's first novel, ''[[Twilight]]'', was published in October 2005. By November, ''Twilight'' had reached #5 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for young adult chapter books.<ref>{{cite web | author=Carma Wadley | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080511/ai_n25425697 | title=Meyer on fire with books | publisher=Deseret News | date=2008-05-11 | accessdate=2008-06-30 }}</ref>
   
 
Meyer soon published the sequel to ''Twilight'', ''[[New Moon]]'', in August 2006. In its first week of release, it debuted at the number 5 position on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books. In its second week it rose to the number 1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/bestseller/0812bestchildren.html?scp=5&sq=children%27s+august+12%2C+2007&st=nyt Children's Books: Best Sellers] from ''The New York Times'', August 2007</ref> On May 5, 2007, the special edition of [[New Moon]] was released. It included ''[[New Moon]]'' temporary tattoos, an ''Eclipse'' poster, and the first chapter of ''[[Eclipse]]''.
On August 7, 2007, [[Eclipse]], the third book in the [[Twilight Saga]], was released. In total, the three books have spent a combined 143 weeks on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734838,00.html Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling? | ''Time'' magazine]</ref>
 
   
 
On August 7, 2007, ''Eclipse'', the third book in the [[Twilight Saga]], was released. In total, the three books have spent a combined 143 weeks on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734838,00.html Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling? | ''Time'' magazine]</ref>
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On May 31, 2008, the special edition of ''Eclipse'' was released. It contains the cover art and first chapter of ''[[Breaking Dawn]]'' as well as "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" t-shirt transfers.
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''Breaking Dawn'' was released on August 2, 2008 in North America. The book was released two days later, on the 4th of August, in locations outside of North America.
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On March 30, 2010, it was announced that Meyer had written a 200-page novella, ''[[The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner]]''. The book was released on June 5, 2010, by Atom and was also available for free between June 7 and July 5 on the official website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/30/stephenie-meyer-new-twilight-novella|title=Stephenie Meyer to publish new Twilight novella|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=30 March 2010|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=30 March 2010 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="Bree Tanner">{{cite web |author=Debi Moore |title=New Twilight Novella Coming: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36681/new-twilight-novella-coming-the-short-second-life-bree-tanner |publisher=Dread Central |work=DC |date=2010-03-30 |accessdate=2010-03-30 }}</ref>
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On October 6th, 2015, Meyer published the 400-page novella, ''[[Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined]]'' to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original novel's release. The book itself reflects the story of ''[[Twilight]]'', but with almost every character swapped in gender. Stephenie admitted that the idea was inspired by a quote by [[Kristen Stewart]] at New York Comic Con when Meyer had an interview with Josh Horowitz<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kristenstewartdailynews.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/stephenie-meyer-on-how-kristen-inspired-her-to-write-twilight-reimagined-life-and-death-in-a-new-interview-with-thr/|title=Stephenie Meyer on how Kristen Stewart inspired her to write “Twilight Reimagined: Life and Death” in a new interview with THR|accessdate=20 October 2015|publisher=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephenie-meyer-talks-twilights-10th-833037|title=Stephenie Meyer Talks 'Twilight's' 10th Anniversary, 'Life and Death'|author=Andy Lewis|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=October 19, 2015}}</ref>.
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Stephenie has mentioned in an interview that ''if'' she were to write further books in the ''[[Twilight Saga|Twilight]] ''universe, she would likely narrate from Renesmee's or [[Leah Clearwater]]'s perspectives, since the love story of [[Bella Swan and Edward Cullen|Bella and Edward]] has reached its ending. She also mentioned in another interview that there is a chance that she might go back to writing ''The Twilight Saga'', and refused to answer any question regarding Renesmee's future.
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During her 2020 book tour for ''[[Midnight Sun]]'', she updated her fans who have been curious about potential plans for the ''Twilight Saga''. She revealed that she plans on writing two more books to finish the series completely and one of them will be a [[Jacob Black and Renesmee Cullen|Renesmee and Jacob]] book which would take place four years after ''Breaking Dawn''. In addition, she also planned on having [[Fred|Freaky Fred]] and the [[Volturi]] reappear in the new books. Since she is currently focusing on other writing projects, the ''Twilight'' followups have currently been put on hold.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFIxNigBljM&t=36sS Stephanie Meyer Gives Update on Renesmee Book aka Breaking Dawn Sequel (Midnight Sun Book Tour) - YouTube]</ref>
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===Other works===
 
One of Meyer's stories was published in ''Prom Nights from Hell'', a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Other authors who contributed to this collection are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, and Lauren Myracle. ''Prom Nights from Hell'' was released April 10, 2007.
 
One of Meyer's stories was published in ''Prom Nights from Hell'', a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Other authors who contributed to this collection are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, and Lauren Myracle. ''Prom Nights from Hell'' was released April 10, 2007.
   
On May 6, 2008, Meyer's adult sci-fi novel, [[The Host]], was released by the adult division of [[Little, Brown and Company]]; it follows the story of Melanie Stryder and Wanderer, a young woman and an invading "soul", who are forced to work as one in order to find Jamie and Jared, Melanie's little brother and the love of Melanie's life respectively.
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On May 6, 2008, Meyer's adult sci-fi novel, ''The Host'', was released by the adult division of [[Little, Brown and Company]]; it follows the story of Melanie Stryder and Wanderer, a young woman and an invading "soul", who are forced to work as one in order to find Jamie and Jared, Melanie's little brother and the love of Melanie's life, respectively.
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She also wrote an adult spy thriller novel, ''The Chemist'', which was released in 2016.
   
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==Behind the scenes==
On May 31, 2008, the special edition of [[Eclipse]] was released. It contains the cover art and first chapter of [[Breaking Dawn]]<ref name=breakingdawn/> as well as "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" t-shirt transfers.
 
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[[File:Stephenie-meyer-cameo-twilight.png|thumb|180px|Stephenie Meyer in ''[[Twilight (film)|Twilight]]'', she was actually writing ''Breaking Dawn'' while she was on set]]
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She made an appearance in the ''Twilight'' film, as a woman in the diner, presumably writing on her laptop. The waitress addresses her as "Stephenie" and hands her a vegetarian plate of food. In 2011, she made an appearance in the ''Breaking Dawn - Part 1'' film, as one of the guests at Bella and Edward's wedding.
   
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==In popular culture==
[[Breaking Dawn]] was released on August 2nd, 2008 in North America. The book was released two days later, on the 4th of August in places outside of North America.
 
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* In the 2010 vampire horror film [[w:c:lostboys:Lost Boys: The Thirst|''Lost Boys: The Thirst'']], [[Wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]]n actress [[w:c:lostboys:Tanit Phoenix|Tanit Phoenix]] played [[w:c:lostboys:Gwen Lieber|Gwen Lieber]], a fictional character and a so-called copy of Stephenie Meyer, who was a writer of not-so-good romantic vampire novels. The character was later killed by [[w:c:lostboys:Peter|Peter]], the Alpha vampire (played by [[w:c:lostboys:Felix Mosse|Felix Mosse]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/112855/lost-boys-the-thirst-v-2/|title=Lost Boys The Thirst (V)|author=Bloody Disgusting Staff|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=October 13, 2010|access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref>
   
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==References==
It is unknown just how many brain cells have been killed by any of these books.
 
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*[http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/ Personal site]
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Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan, born December 24, 1973) is the American author of the Twilight Saga and The Host. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family. She was born on December the 24th 1973, in Hartford, Connecticut to Stephen and Candy Morgan.

Personal life

Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with five siblings: Emily, Heidi, Paul, Seth and Jacob, all of whom are mentioned in the Twilight series. Meyer attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she majored in English. She met her husband Christian, nicknamed "Pancho", while growing up in Arizona, and married him in 1994. They have three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli.

Writing

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Meyer attends Comic-Con.

Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream. After writing the novel, she signed a three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.

The sequel to Twilight, New Moon, had an unintentional staggered release all over North America, beginning in early August 2006. Meyer initially wrote an alternative sequel to Twilight, called Forever Dawn, which she then used as an outline for the remainder of the series. She has stated that the novel will never be published, as it doesn't fall into the genre of young adult. The third book in the series, Eclipse, was released on August 7, 2007. The fourth book, Breaking Dawn, was released on August 2, 2008. Meyer revealed that Breaking Dawn will be the last book written from Bella Swan's perspective. Meyer was also writing Midnight Sun, a companion piece to the series that would describe Twilight from the view of Edward Cullen, but has put the project on hold due to a leak. The book has been put on hold until August 4, 2020, when it was finally published. Later that month, Stephenie revealed she had plans for at least two more Twilight novels.

Muse

The band Muse features prominently in the Twilight series. Meyer is a huge fan and always includes songs by the band in her playlists for the books. The song "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse is included in the Twilight movie, and is on the film's soundtrack.

Another song by Muse is "I Belong to You" which is also in the New Moon film and on the New Moon soundtrack. She included an acknowledgment to Muse at the end of New Moon, which reads:

And, finally, thank you to the talented musicians who inspire me, particularly the band Muse - there are emotions, scenes, and plot threads in this novel that were born from Muse songs and would not exist without their genius.

Published works

Twilight series

Meyer's first novel, Twilight, was published in October 2005. By November, Twilight had reached #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for young adult chapter books.[1]

Meyer soon published the sequel to Twilight, New Moon, in August 2006. In its first week of release, it debuted at the number 5 position on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books. In its second week it rose to the number 1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list.[2] On May 5, 2007, the special edition of New Moon was released. It included New Moon temporary tattoos, an Eclipse poster, and the first chapter of Eclipse.

On August 7, 2007, Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight Saga, was released. In total, the three books have spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.[3]

On May 31, 2008, the special edition of Eclipse was released. It contains the cover art and first chapter of Breaking Dawn as well as "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" t-shirt transfers.

Breaking Dawn was released on August 2, 2008 in North America. The book was released two days later, on the 4th of August, in locations outside of North America.

On March 30, 2010, it was announced that Meyer had written a 200-page novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. The book was released on June 5, 2010, by Atom and was also available for free between June 7 and July 5 on the official website.[4][5]

On October 6th, 2015, Meyer published the 400-page novella, Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original novel's release. The book itself reflects the story of Twilight, but with almost every character swapped in gender. Stephenie admitted that the idea was inspired by a quote by Kristen Stewart at New York Comic Con when Meyer had an interview with Josh Horowitz[6][7].

Stephenie has mentioned in an interview that if she were to write further books in the Twilight universe, she would likely narrate from Renesmee's or Leah Clearwater's perspectives, since the love story of Bella and Edward has reached its ending. She also mentioned in another interview that there is a chance that she might go back to writing The Twilight Saga, and refused to answer any question regarding Renesmee's future.

During her 2020 book tour for Midnight Sun, she updated her fans who have been curious about potential plans for the Twilight Saga. She revealed that she plans on writing two more books to finish the series completely and one of them will be a Renesmee and Jacob book which would take place four years after Breaking Dawn. In addition, she also planned on having Freaky Fred and the Volturi reappear in the new books. Since she is currently focusing on other writing projects, the Twilight followups have currently been put on hold.[8]

Other works

One of Meyer's stories was published in Prom Nights from Hell, a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Other authors who contributed to this collection are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, and Lauren Myracle. Prom Nights from Hell was released April 10, 2007.

On May 6, 2008, Meyer's adult sci-fi novel, The Host, was released by the adult division of Little, Brown and Company; it follows the story of Melanie Stryder and Wanderer, a young woman and an invading "soul", who are forced to work as one in order to find Jamie and Jared, Melanie's little brother and the love of Melanie's life, respectively.

She also wrote an adult spy thriller novel, The Chemist, which was released in 2016.

Behind the scenes

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Stephenie Meyer in Twilight, she was actually writing Breaking Dawn while she was on set

She made an appearance in the Twilight film, as a woman in the diner, presumably writing on her laptop. The waitress addresses her as "Stephenie" and hands her a vegetarian plate of food. In 2011, she made an appearance in the Breaking Dawn - Part 1 film, as one of the guests at Bella and Edward's wedding.

In popular culture

References

  1. Carma Wadley (2008-05-11). Meyer on fire with books. Deseret News. Retrieved on 2008-06-30.
  2. Children's Books: Best Sellers from The New York Times, August 2007
  3. Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling? | Time magazine
  4. Flood, Alison (30 March 2010). "Stephenie Meyer to publish new Twilight novella", London: The Guardian. Retrieved on 30 March 2010. 
  5. Debi Moore (2010-03-30). New Twilight Novella Coming: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. DC. Dread Central. Retrieved on 2010-03-30.
  6. "Stephenie Meyer on how Kristen Stewart inspired her to write “Twilight Reimagined: Life and Death” in a new interview with THR", Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 20 October 2015. 
  7. Andy Lewis (October 19, 2015). Stephenie Meyer Talks 'Twilight's' 10th Anniversary, 'Life and Death'. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on October 19, 2015.
  8. Stephanie Meyer Gives Update on Renesmee Book aka Breaking Dawn Sequel (Midnight Sun Book Tour) - YouTube
  9. Bloody Disgusting Staff (October 13, 2010). Lost Boys The Thirst (V). Bloody Disgusting.

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