Author: StephenieMeyer
Genre: Romance novel,Vampire fiction
Publication date:September 6, 2006
She is an American young adult fiction writer and film producer.
She is best known for her vampire romance series Twilight.
Her Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and soldover 100 million copies.
Meyer was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in America.
Her annual earnings exceeded 50$ million
Before becoming an author, Meyer’s only professional work was asa receptionist in a property company.
The idea of Twilight came to Meyer in a dream in 2003, which wasabout a human girl and a vampire who was in love with her butthirsted for her blood. Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the draftof what became Chapter 13 of the book. In a matter of threemonths she had transformed her dream into a complete novel.
Stephanie Meyer
Twilight begins with an unnamed narrator (whom we later find out isBella) giving a brief account about how she is about to die at the handsof a hunter. She is dying in the place of someone she loves, and thenarrator does not regret any of the choices that brought her to this point.The past few months have been extraordinary, and she can’t complain.Now we’re following the life of Isabella “Bella” Swan, our seventeen-year-old narrator. Bella is moving to Forks, Washington, to live with herdad. We later learn that she volunteered to do this so that she wouldn’thold her mother back from spending more time with her mother’s newhusband. Forks is isolated, cold, dreary, and wet, and Bella’s relationshipwith her dad is distant, since she was raised by her mother in Phoenix.Bella's new life is dull until she gets a glimpse of the Cullen family – fivegorgeous, mesmerizing siblings who attend her high school. She learnsthey do not socialize with anyone but each other. One of the boys inparticular, Edward, pays her close attention and seems to regard herwith alarming hostility when she's forced to sit next to him in Biologyclass. The next day, he is absent from school.
Bella continues to adapt to her new life in Forks. She gets a lotmore attention from boys than she was used to in Phoenix.She makes several friends quickly. A few days later, Edwardfinally is back in school. Now he’s friendly to Bella. His merepresence excites her. That afternoon in the school parking lot,a boy’s truck almost hits Bella after skidding on some black ice,but Edward uses his body as a shield in order to save her.Wait, how’d he do that?! Bella is totally baffled by this, butEdward refuses to explain his inhuman strength. She begins tohave dreams about Edward, but at school, he gives her thecold shoulder. His behavior is very confusing, indeed.
Difference between the bookand the movie
Book
When Edward takes Bella out of hiscar at the beginning of the school, hedoesn’t touch her because it statesin midnight sun he doesn’t want torisk losing his self-control
Victoria disappears after thebaseball game and she is not seenagain until New moon.
Edward takes Bella to his house tomeet his family and while they arethere, he plays Bella’s lullaby andthen shows her the house, they havea discussion about a cross. He alsotakes her to Carlisle's office andtalks about his history.
There is no mention of a field trip
Movie
Edward slings his arm aroundBella
Victoria appears at the promwatching Edward and Bella atthe end of the movie, hinting ofthe plot of the next movie.
When Edward takes Bella to hishouse, the Cullen’s family arecooking Italian food for her.When Edward says Bella hasalready eaten, Rosalie breaks abowl with her bare hands
There is a field trip to agreenhouse