Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973), née Morgan, is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight.^] TheTwilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally^] with translations into 37 different languagesMeyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.

Meyer was the biggest selling author of both 2008 and 2009, having sold over 29 million books in 2008 alonewith Twilight being the best-selling book of the year She sold an additional 26.5 million books in 2009, making her the first author to achieve this feat in that year. Meyer was ranked #49 on Time magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People in 2008", and was also included in the ForbesCelebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities in 2009, entering at #26. Her annual earnings exceeded $50 million. Also in 2010, Forbes ranked her as the #59 most powerful celebrity with annual earnings of $40 million.