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Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973) is the famous American author of the Twilight book series. The Twilight series consists of four novels – New Moon is the second Twilight book.

Initially when Stephenie Meyer completed Twilight, she began writing a sequel titled Forever Dawn. Meyer was said to be aiming at a more adult audience with her second Twilight book, which was to tell the story of the main protagonist Bella Swan after she had left high school. However once it was confirmed Twilight would be published and marketed as a novel for young-adults, she decided to begin a new sequel also aimed at younger adults – New Moon.

The 608 page hardcover of New Moon was subsequently published in September 2006 by publisher Little, Brown Books. It immediately became a bestseller.

**SPOILER** The story of New Moon follows Bella immediately following events of Twilight. Edward Cullen and his family decide to leave forks, primarily because he believes his presence will bring danger to Bella. Bella develops a close friendhip with Jacob Black as she struggles with Edward’s departure. However, despite Edward’s best intentions Bella is not safe as Victoria, a vampire, comes for her to avenge the death of James (killed at the end of Twilight). She discovers Jacob is a werewolf who, together with his fellow werewolves, fights to protect her. But Edward mistakenly learns she is dead and, in his own grief, heads to Volterra, Italy, where he plans to commit suicide. However, Bella learns of this and, aided by Edward’s sister Alice, travels there to stop him. In Volterra they come face to face with a powerful coven of vampires, the Volturi, who only allow them to return to Forks alive on one condition: Bella must (in the future) be turned into a vampire.

When Stephenie Meyer was writing New Moon, the Twilight movie was in development at Paramount Pictures. The story goes that despite many years of trying, Paramounts MTV Film’s division were struggling to adapt the novel to the big screen. Early screenplays were unfaithful to the original Twilight book before, in what is considered one of the greatest coup’s in Hollywood history, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights. The screenplay that would eventually become the first Twilight movie, and that remained largely faithful to Stephenie Meyer’s novel, was written (after New Moon was released) by Emmy nominee Melissa Rosenberg.

The Twilight movie was a huge success, pulling in $384M worldwide – more than ten times it’s original $37M budget. It became the biggest box office film based on Vampires in history and is currently in the top 118 box office earners of all time.

Filming on the sequel, based on the New Moon book but titled The Twilight Saga: New Moon, began in February 2009, this time with an increased estimated budget of around $50M. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, again faithfully adapted from the New Moon book by Melissa Rosenberg, was released in theaters on November 20, 2009.

Upon its release, the New Moon movie immediately broke records and more than doubled the first day box office haul of Twilight. First, it eclipsed The Dark Knight to break the record for the largest midnight opening ever ($26.27M). It then passed The Dark Knight again to claim the record for largest opening day ($72.7M). by the end of its first weekend it was in the record books as the third biggest weekend opener of all time ($140.7M). Worldwide New Moon became the seventh biggest opener ever with $258.8M.

Stephenie Meyer – The Twilight Saga

Twilight is a series of vampire-based fantasy/romance/horror novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It follows the adventures of Isabella Swan, a teenager who moves to Forks, Washington and finds her life turned upside-down when she falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen.

The series is currently one of the most popular books written for young adults, with 50 million copies sold worldwide and over 7.7 million copies sold in the U.S. alone. The series has been translated into over 20 different languages around the world.

Film Adaptation: A screenplay for Twilight was written by Melissa Rosenberg and has been adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment. The film is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke, with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the leading roles of Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen, respectively.

Book 1 – Twilight (2005)
Twilight is a young adult vampire novel written by author Stephenie Meyer, originally published in hardcover in 2005. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella “Bella” Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington, and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen.

Book 2 – New Moon (2006)
Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won’t be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The “star-crossed” lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy’s reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.

Book 3 – Eclipse (2007)
Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer’s riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

Book 4 – Breaking Dawn (2008)
Breaking Dawn is the fourth and last novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. Divided into three ‘books’, the story is told from the perspective of Bella Swan, except for Book Two which is from the perspective of Jacob Black, Bella’s werewolf friend. Breaking Dawn was released on August 2, 2008 with a special midnight release in many bookstores.

Book 5 – The Host
Stephenie Meyer, creator of the phenomenal teen-vamp Twilight series, takes paranormal romance into alien territory in her first adult novel. Those wary of sci-fi or teen angst will be pleasantly surprised by this mature and imaginative thriller, propelled by equal parts action and emotion. A species of altruistic parasites has peacefully assumed control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but feisty Melanie Stryder won’t surrender her mind to the alien soul called Wanderer. Overwhelmed by Melanie’s memories of fellow resistor Jared, Wanderer yields to her body’s longing and sets off into the desert to find him. Likely the first love triangle involving just two bodies, it’s unabashedly romantic, and the characters (human and alien) genuinely endearing.

Also Included the Partial Draft of Stephenie Meyer’s “Midnight Sun”, which is Twilight from Edward Cullen’s point of view, revealing details of his own life and existance that were to us unkonown, since all the other books are told from Bella’s perspective.