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American writer and novelist (born 1965)

For other uses, see Nicholas Sparks (disambiguation).

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer.

He has published twenty-three novels, all New York Times bestsellers,^[1] and two works of nonfiction, with over 115 million copies sold worldwide in more than 50 languages.^[2] Among his works are The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle all of which, along with eight other books, have been adapted as feature films.^[3]

Sparks lives in North Carolina, where many of his novels are set.^[4]

Early life and education

Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska.^[5] His father, Patrick Michael Sparks, was a business professor and his mother, Jill Emma Marie Sparks (née Thoene), was a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant.^[6] Sparks is of German, Czech, Engli