Nicholas Charles Sparks born December 31, is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published twenty-three novels, all New York Times bestsellers, [ 1 ] and two works of nonfiction, with over million copies sold worldwide in more than 50 languages. Sparks lives in North Carolina , where many of his novels are set. Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, , in Omaha, Nebraska. Sparks' first published book was Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding , [ 12 ] a nonfiction book co-written by Billy Mills about Lakota spiritual beliefs and practices, published by Feather Publishing.
The book sold 50, copies in its first year after release. In , after the publication of The Notebook , Sparks wrote Message in a Bottle which, in , became the first of his novels to be adapted for film in Including The Notebook , fifteen of Sparks's novels have been No. In September , Sparks published his twenty-first novel The Return and followed that up with The Wish in and Dreamland in , each of which were optioned as films.
Sparks lives in New Bern, North Carolina. He has three sons and twin daughters. In , he divorced Cathy Cote, his wife of 25 years. In April , it was announced that a film adaptation of The Return was in development.
Sparks will serve as a producer alongside Elizabeth Cantillon, and Theresa Park. The company signed a first-look deal with Sparks, with intentions being that a long-term working relationship follow; the three movies will be joint-venture productions between Universal Pictures and Anonymous Content.
The Wish will be the first book to be developed by the studio, followed by Dreamland , and an as-of-yet unspecified third adaptation.
