Nicholas Sparks

            Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 31, 1965. He was raised in Roman Catholicism since he can remember. He has ancestries of German, Czech, English, and Irish. Sparks family always moved because of his dad’s pursue in graduate studies. So by the time he was eight he had already lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska.  once he got older He married Cathy Cote from New Hampshire on July 22, 1989.

During his early years, Sparks graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School, and then enrolled at the University of Notre Dame, having received a full track and field scholarship. While in school Sparks wrote his first although not publish novel called The Passing. After collage he tried to work with publishers and get into law school but failed in both. He spent the next three years with other careers such as real estate appraisal, waiting tables, selling dental products by phone and starting his own manufacturing business.

 In 1990, Sparks co-wrote with Billy Mill’s Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding in which the was published. In 1993 Sparks wrote The Notebook. It was published in October 1996 by the Time Warner Book Group.After his first publishing success, he wrote several other novels.  These were some novels that were made into films: Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Notebook (2004), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), Dear John (2010), and The Last Song (2010).

Sparks began his 16th novel, Safe Haven, on February 17, 2010, and it was published on September 14, 2010. He has three sons; Miles, Ryan, and Landon; and twin daughters, Lexie and Savannah. Sparks is not a writer but also a contributor. he has helped fund "close to ten million dollars" to start a Christian private school according to Entertainment Weekly. He also contributes to the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame by funding scholarships, and internships.