Nicholas Sparks
Author of The Notebook
About the Author
Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on New Year's Eve, 1965. As a child, he lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California when he was eight. In 1984, he received a full scholarship to run track and field for the University of Notre show more Dame. 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 spent 56 weeks on the New York Times hardcover best-seller list followed by another 54 weeks on the paperback list. Sparks has had a string of New York Times bestsellers including: A Walk to Remember, Message in a Bottle, The Rescue, A Bend in the Road, Nights in Rodanthe, The Guardian, The Wedding, True Believer and its sequel, At First Sight, Dear John, The Choice, The Last Song, Safe Haven, The Best of Me, See Me, The Longest Ride, and Two by Two. The Choice will become his eleventh film adaptation. Sparks is involved in many 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. Along with his wife, he founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina and the Nicholas Sparks Foundation. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Nicholas Sparks
The Best of Nicholas Sparks 74 copies
Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection - 3 Novels (True Believer / At First Sight / A Bend in the Road) (2012) 20 copies
Nicholas Sparks Love Stories - 3 Novels (A Bend in the Road / The Rescue / Message in a Bottle) (2003) 7 copies
Nicholas Sparks (5 Set) Longest Ride; Best of Me; Lucky One; Last Song; Nights in Rodanthe (2015) 7 copies
Nicholas Sparks Set: 10 Book Collection: Volumes 1-10; MIXED SET: Titles Include: (The Notebook / Message in a Bottle /… (2010) 6 copies
Livros Condensados: O Anjo-da-Guarda | Sangue no Céu | À Deriva | Degolado (2004) — Author — 6 copies
Saying Goodbye 4 copies
Nicholas Spark Love Stories Series: Notebook, Dear John, the Last Song,a Walk to Remember, the Lucky, Safe Haven (2011) 4 copies
Three Novels By Nicolas Sparks "Walk to Remember,nights in Rodanthe,message in a Bottle (1990) 2 copies
Primavera dos sonhos. Uma comovente historia de amor sobre arriscar tudo por um sonho (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 2 copies
Leven voor de Liefde 2 copies
No Seu Olhar 2 copies
Set of 7 Hardcover Books by Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook, Message In A Bottle, A Walk To Remember, Nights in… (2011) 2 copies
Um Sonho Só Nosso 2 copies
Wish, The 2 copies
Um Homem de Sorte (Em Portugues do Brasil) (Portuguese Brazilian) Paperback January 1, 2011 (1605) 2 copies
Poslednja pesem 1 copy
Im Traum bin ich bei dir 1 copy
Zgjedhja 1 copy
TE BESOSH NE MREKULLI 1 copy
TE BESOSH NE MREKULLI 1 copy
O Milagre 1 copy
Najduže putovanje 1 copy
The message in the bottle 1 copy
The Last Song 1 copy
Il posto che cercavo 1 copy
KTHIMI 1 copy
NJE SHETITJE E PAHARUESHME 1 copy
Kéz a kézben 1 copy
The Shack 1 copy
La magia della ritorno 1 copy
Querido John 1 copy
O caderno diário (78) 1 copy
Livros Condensados: Sedução fatal | À primeira vista | Diamantes e ossos | Trilha do perdão (2010) 1 copy
Family Blessings 1 copy
Libros selectos 1 copy
Nicholas Sparks 5 Book Set (The Last Song ~ Dear John ~ The Choice ~ The Notebook ~ The Wedding) (2000) 1 copy
Nicholas Sparks Collection 9 Books Set. (Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, the Last Songs, a Walk to Remember, the… (2012) 1 copy
Deliverance Creek 1 copy
O Guardião. Seu Grande Amor Pode Estar Mais Perto do que Você Imagina (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2016) 1 copy
Nicholas Sparks Collection - 3 Novels (The Notebook / A Walk to Remember / The Last Song) (2005) 1 copy
6 Nicholas Sparks Books: Dear John / Message in a Bottle / Nights in Rodanthe / The Last Song / A Bend in the Road /… (2009) 1 copy
5 Titles By Sparks - The Wedding - Notebook - Rescue - Message in a Bottle - A Walk to Remember 1 copy
Chemins croisés 1 copy
O desejo - Quando uma pessoa esta prestar a perder tudo so o amor pode salva-la (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 1 copy
Bezpieczna przystan 1 copy
Ostatnia piosenka 1 copy
مذكرات حب 1 copy
Nicholas Sparks 5 Book Set - Series-3 (Every Breath, Longest Ride, Best Of Me, Safe Haven, Dear John) (2023) 1 copy
Et vanskelig valg 1 copy
Missing You 1 copy
The Notebook & The Wedding 1 copy
Jubtos ao luar 1 copy
Undrens tid 1 copy
A ESCOLHA 1 copy
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Chosen One | Mr Rosenblum's List | Nowhere to Run | Safe Haven (2010) 7 copies
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Ambler Warning / True Believer / Tyrannosaur Canyon / Quite Honestly (2006) 7 copies
Livros Condensados: Nas Areias de Saqqara | Estrada Costeira | Segundo Fôlego | Um Momento Inesquecível (2000) — Author — 6 copies
Reader's Digest Today's Best Fiction: Never Go Back, The Longest Ride, A Cold and Lonely Place, Archipelago (2014) — Author — 5 copies
Válogatott könyvek 23. Mary Higgins Clark - Mielőtt búcsút mondanék; Nelson DeMille - Az oroszlán játszmája;… (2002) 5 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Woods • Written in Bone • Dear John • Thunder Bay (2007) — Contributor — 4 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 237 - Blackout im Cockpit. Das Schweigen des Glücks. Eifel-Sturm. Die Verheissung der… (2000) 4 copies
Reader's Digest: De getuige; Lieve John; Het Venetiaanse masker; Roerloos — Author — 3 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 1999: The White House Connection • A Walk to Remember • Ice Reich • A Place of… (1999) 3 copies
Livros Condensados: Nada a Perder | O Sonho de Hannah | Pirâmide | A Escolha (2009) — Author — 3 copies
Livros Condensados: O homem da estrela branca | Uma família para Cathy Cameron | As chaves da rua | O caderno diário (1997) 3 copies
Livros Condensados: Contagem Decrescente | Corações Em Silêncio | Explosão de Cristal | Notícias do Lago (2001) — Author — 3 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 234 - Das Bernstein-Amulett. Nacht-Blende. Zeit im Wind. Königsschießen (2012) — Author — 3 copies
Det Bästas bokval, vol. 218 3 copies
Válogatott könyvek 28. Stephen Leather - Egyes számú célpont; Nicholas Sparks - Veszélyes kanyar; Elizabeth… (2003) — Contributor — 2 copies
Reader's Digest: Kirjavaliot - Veitsi kurkulla, Silvia Ruotsin Kuningatar, Suljettu saari, Illat meren rannalla (2005) 2 copies
Livros Condensados: O Mago | Três Semanas Em Paris | Tango Um | O Sorriso das Estrelas (2003) — Author — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher, Bestseller-Sonderband - Das zweite Gedächtnis. Das schweigen des Glücks. Der… (2002) — Author — 2 copies
Livros Condensados: Algum Risco | A Alquimia do Amor | Premeditado | Agência nº 1 de Mulheres-Detectives (2006) 2 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: A Prisoner of Birth • Child 44 • The Choice • The Crystal Skull 2 copies
Het Beste Boek 249: De lijfwacht / Met hart en ziel / De wraak van de kruisvaarder / Schaduwsporen (2008) 2 copies
Reader’s Digest Auswahlbücher 289 : Warte bis Du Schläfst. Tante Inge haut ab. Mit Höchstem Einsatz. Bis zum… (2009) 2 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Even Steven • Decisive Measures • The Rescue • Beneath the Skin (2001) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Third Twin • Wilderness of Mirrors • The Notebook • Trading Reality (1997) — Author — 2 copies
Large Print Reader's Digest Book Bundle - 3 Volumes (6 novels): Dear John, Garden Spells, The Summer Girls,… (2008) 1 copy
Válogatott könyvek 2013/5 Michael Connely - Zuhanás; Nichplas Sparks - Vissza hozzád; Patricia MacDonald -… (2013) — Author — 1 copy
Het Beste Boek 194: De straatvechter / Brieven van verlangen / Vijf over twaalf / Modoc — Author — 1 copy
Livros Condensados: Uma curva na Estrada | O quinto paciente | Quanto tempo não te vejo | Gelo negro — Author — 1 copy
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Airframe / A Woman's Place / The Unlikely Spy / The Notebook — Author — 1 copy
Válogatott könyvek 35. Michael Crichton - Préda; Nicholas Sparks - Viharos szerelem; Barry Eisler - Hajsza… (2004) — Author — 1 copy
Reader's Digest: De claim; De ontmoeting; Geurend goud van Banda; Zonder kleerscheuren — Author — 1 copy
Válogatott könyvek 11. David Baldacci - A nyertes; Jack Higgins - Sasok szárnyán; Nicholas Sparks - Palackba zárt… (1999) 1 copy
Uur van de waarheid; Een jaar van herinnering; De Cock en de dood in antiek; Everest — Author — 1 copy
Válogatott könyvek 6. John J. Nance - A Medúza-effektus; Nicholas Sparks - Emlékek könyve; Ridley Pearson - A… (1998) — Author — 1 copy
Kirjavaliot - Potilas (The Patient ∙ The Rescue ∙ High Risk ∙ N Is for Moose) (2001) — Author — 1 copy
SELECOES DE LIVROS 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Sparks, Nicholas Charles
- Birthdate
- 1965-12-31
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Places of residence
- Watertown, Minnesota, USA
Inglewood, California, USA
Playa Del Rey, California, USA
Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
Fair Oaks, California, USA
Sacramento, California, USA (show all 7)
New Bern, North Carolina, USA - Education
- University of Notre Dame (Business Finance, 1988)
Bella Vista High School (valedictorian) - Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter
producer - Relationships
- Sparks, Micah (brother)
- Organizations
- The Nicholas Sparks Foundation
- Agent
- Theresa Park
- Short biography
- Nicholas Charles Sparks is an American novelist, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He has published twenty one novels and two non-fiction books, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 115 million copies sold worldwide in more than 50 languages.
Eleven of his novels have been adapted to film, 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, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, and The Notebook, with a cumulative domestic box office totaling more than $574M.
Sparks lives in North Carolina, where he contributes to a variety of local and national charities. In 2011, he launched 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.
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Reviews
{my thoughts} - I must confess I had watched the movie before reading the book. The movie was okayish I suppose. But the book I know I probably say this a lot was a thousand times better. The imagery the descriptions and everything - I really enjoyed it, I even enjoyed the parts that had made me cry - yes I am admitting to crying from reading a book that was built so vividly on emotions. It was well written and most certainly a book that I wouldn't mind reading again sometime. I honestly don't remember much about the movie other then it has the same story line and plot as the book. The book was sensational because I am able to vividly remember what I had read. It is a book that is about forgiveness, faith in God, faith in others, the ability to trust things with work out, growing up when your not quite ready, excepting responsibility for your actions, understanding that not everything is about you and that in the end its important to have a peace of mind and know that you did the best you could with the life God had given you.
I could probably say this every time I write one of these and strongly believe it to be true the BOOK is ALMOST always BETTER. There I said it.
{reason for reading} - I had watched the movie and wanted to read the book.… (more)
I could probably say this every time I write one of these and strongly believe it to be true the BOOK is ALMOST always BETTER. There I said it.
{reason for reading} - I had watched the movie and wanted to read the book.… (more)
Ein Buch, so wunderschön. Voll von Wärme, Herzlichkeit und Liebe. Aber auch von Intrige.
Denn sagen wir so, in einer Liebesgeschichte gibt es doch immer jemanden, der dir das Glück vermiesen will. Richtig?
Diese Buch war mein erstes Sparks-Buch. Bisher dachte ich immer, dass seine Bücher nur so vor Schmalz tropfen. Doch ich wurde eines besseren belehrt.
Auch wenn die Charaktere zu abgerundet, zu perfekt scheinen. Jedenfalls wenn es um Beth und Logan geht.
Wer sich den Film angesehen hat, bevor er das Buch gelesen hat, wird vielleicht ein wenig vom Film enttäuscht sein. Denn wie es meist passiert, wurde der Film etwas abgewandelt.
Für mich gibt es hier 4 Sterne. Es ist nicht perfekt, hat mich zwar angezogen es immer wieder zur Hand zu nehmen. Kleines Manko die Perfektion einzelner Charaktere, was etwas realitätsuntreu ist.… (more)
Denn sagen wir so, in einer Liebesgeschichte gibt es doch immer jemanden, der dir das Glück vermiesen will. Richtig?
Diese Buch war mein erstes Sparks-Buch. Bisher dachte ich immer, dass seine Bücher nur so vor Schmalz tropfen. Doch ich wurde eines besseren belehrt.
Auch wenn die Charaktere zu abgerundet, zu perfekt scheinen. Jedenfalls wenn es um Beth und Logan geht.
Wer sich den Film angesehen hat, bevor er das Buch gelesen hat, wird vielleicht ein wenig vom Film enttäuscht sein. Denn wie es meist passiert, wurde der Film etwas abgewandelt.
Für mich gibt es hier 4 Sterne. Es ist nicht perfekt, hat mich zwar angezogen es immer wieder zur Hand zu nehmen. Kleines Manko die Perfektion einzelner Charaktere, was etwas realitätsuntreu ist.… (more)
Travis Parker is a great guy, with great friends and family. All of his friends are married with children, but not Travis. Gabby Holland moves in next door and is annoyed by Travis's parties and his dog. She confronts him, and they get off to a rocky start. Yet, when they meet again, Travis does everything he can to break down her defenses. She is involved with another man, and doesn't think she should get close to Travis. But, their attraction is undeniable.
Now, 11 years later, Travis is faced with a life or death choice. He knows what he promised Gabby, but he doesn't know if he can make the choice.
Sweet and touching love story with a lot of humor - and also some serious parts. Enjoyable.… (more)
Now, 11 years later, Travis is faced with a life or death choice. He knows what he promised Gabby, but he doesn't know if he can make the choice.
Sweet and touching love story with a lot of humor - and also some serious parts. Enjoyable.… (more)
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I could probably say this every time I write one of these and strongly believe it to be true the BOOK is ALMOST always BETTER. There I said it.
{reason for reading} - I had watched the movie and wanted to read the book.… (more)