Nicholas Sparks Biography

Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, “The Notebook”, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 by Warner Books. He followed with the novels: Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir “Three Weeks With My Brother”, co-written with his brother Micah. See Me (2015). Sparks and wife Cathy lived together in New Bern, North Carolina with their three sons, Miles, Ryan, and Landon; and twin daughters, Lexie and Savannah, until 2014. On January 6, 2015, Sparks announced that he and his wife had separated.