Nicholas Sparks Biography

Nicholas Sparks is the author of the book I'm currently reading. December 31, 1965 an extremely successful writer was born however, no one could ever guess. He was the middle of three children and moved around the country until he was about eight years old. Finally his family settled in Fair Oaks, California. He remained there until he graduated as valedictorian and then went to  the University of Notre Dame on a full track and field scholarship. During his freshman year Nicholas set the 4 by 800 relay which still stands today. However after that season he got injured which ended his career. He then later majored in business finance. the year after college he met his future wife Cathy Cote. When they were married on July 22, 1989 the new couple moved to New Bern, North Carolina. The first book he ever got published was called Wokini in 1990. After that he needed a more substantial job so he began selling pharmaceuticals and then was transferred to Washington DC. Then in his spare time during 1994 he wrote the Note Book. A literary agent, Theresa Park saw that it had great potential and decided to represent the book. In 1995 the Time Warner Book Group paid 1$million dollars in advance to publish the book.This is how Nicholas Sparks became the successful writer he is today. Since 1996 he has published eight-teen novels, ten of which has been adapted into films.