Author: Stephenie Meyer Genre: Romance novel, Vampire fiction Publication date: September 6, 2006

 She is an American young adult fiction writer and film producer.  She is best known for her vampire romance series Twilight.  Her Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies.  Meyer was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in America.  Her annual earnings exceeded 50$ million  Before becoming an author, Meyer’s only professional work was as a receptionist in a property company.  The idea of Twilight came to Meyer in a dream in 2003, which was about a human girl and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood. Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the draft of what became Chapter 13 of the book. In a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a complete novel. Stephanie Meyer

Twilight begins with an unnamed narrator (whom we later find out is Bella) giving a brief account about how she is about to die at the hands of a hunter. She is dying in the place of someone she loves, and the narrator does not regret any of the choices that brought her to this point. The past few months have been extraordinary, and she can’t complain. Now we’re following the life of Isabella “Bella” Swan, our seventeen- year-old narrator. Bella is moving to Forks, Washington, to live with her dad. We later learn that she volunteered to do this so that she wouldn’t hold her mother back from spending more time with her mother’s new husband. Forks is isolated, cold, dreary, and wet, and Bella’s relationship with her dad is distant, since she was raised by her mother in Phoenix. Bella's new life is dull until she gets a glimpse of the Cullen family – five gorgeous, mesmerizing siblings who attend her high school. She learns they do not socialize with anyone but each other. One of the boys in particular, Edward, pays her close attention and seems to regard her with alarming hostility when she's forced to sit next to him in Biology class. The next day, he is absent from school.

Bella continues to adapt to her new life in Forks. She gets a lot more attention from boys than she was used to in Phoenix. She makes several friends quickly. A few days later, Edward finally is back in school. Now he’s friendly to Bella. His mere presence excites her. That afternoon in the school parking lot, a boy’s truck almost hits Bella after skidding on some black ice, but Edward uses his body as a shield in order to save her. Wait, how’d he do that?! Bella is totally baffled by this, but Edward refuses to explain his inhuman strength. She begins to have dreams about Edward, but at school, he gives her the cold shoulder. His behavior is very confusing, indeed.

Difference between the book and the movie Book  When Edward takes Bella out of his car at the beginning of the school, he doesn’t touch her because it states in midnight sun he doesn’t want to risk losing his self-control  Victoria disappears after the baseball game and she is not seen again until New moon.  Edward takes Bella to his house to meet his family and while they are there, he plays Bella’s lullaby and then shows her the house, they have a discussion about a cross. He also takes her to Carlisle's office and talks about his history.  There is no mention of a field trip Movie  Edward slings his arm around Bella  Victoria appears at the prom watching Edward and Bella at the end of the movie, hinting of the plot of the next movie.  When Edward takes Bella to his house, the Cullen’s family are cooking Italian food for her. When Edward says Bella has already eaten, Rosalie breaks a bowl with her bare hands  There is a field trip to a greenhouse