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Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer vividly remembers the scene: A pair of love-struck teenagers having an intense conversation in a forest meadow. One, an average-looking girl; the other, a beautiful, sparkling vampire. Then Meyer woke up.
"I have no idea where it came from," she says of her June 2003 dream. "I’m not a real vampire person."
Sitting in the 95-degree sunshine outside a Scottsdale Starbucks, clad in black, the self- confessed reality-T V addict also admits she didn’t consider herself a writer.
"I never really wanted to be an author," says the 1992 graduate of Chaparral High School in Scottsdale. "I wrote a little bit (at Brigham Young University) because everyone who’s an English major does. I didn’t think I’d ever finish anything."
But this dream was so intriguing she began writing it down. Three months later, the Glendale mother of three finished "Twilight" (Megan Tingley, 512 pages, $17.99), the engaging story of Isabella Swan, a 17-year-old Phoenix girl who moves to Washington state.
At her new high school in the small town of Forks, Bella falls in love with Edward Cullen, who in turn hungers for his new classmate — in more ways than one.
Edward turns out to be just one member of an entire family of sports- car- driving, baseball-playing vampires.
Throw in Indian werewolves and a clan of rival vampires, and it’s not hard to see why MTV Films and Madonna’s Maverick Entertainment snapped up the movie rights to Meyer’s fantastic tale. Or why publisher Little, Brown signed the 31-year-old to a three-book deal for what she calls "an amazing amount of money."
And all before "Twilight" hit bookstores Oct. 5 and began garnering five-star reviews.
For Meyer — who’s already written two sequels, titled "New Moon" and "Eclipse" — it’s been a whirlwind 2 1 /2 years.
Chasing her dream — literally.
Meet Stephenie Meyer
What: Glendale author discusses and signs her debut novel, "Twilight"
When:
7 p.m. today
Where: Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe
Admission: Free
Information: (480) 730-0205 or www.stepheniemeyer.com
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