Nicholas Sparks(I)

Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1988 and is one of the more critically-acclaimed authors of the past 5 years. He is the author of 5 best-selling books, including "The Notebook" and "The Rescue". Eleven of his books, Une bouteille à la mer (1999), Le temps d'un automne (2002), N'oublie jamais (2004), Nos nuits à Rodanthe (2008), The Last Song [2010] , Dear John [2010] , The Lucky One [2012], Safe Haven [2013] , The Best of Me [2014] , Chemins croisés (2015) and Un choix (2016)

have been adapted into blockbuster movies. Sparks lives in North Carolina with his wife, 3 sons, and twin daughters.