Nicholas Sparks

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Biographical Information
Nicholas Sparks' family moved around a lot while his father pursued graduate degrees. Sparks lived in Minnesota, Nebraska and California. He has one brother, and a sister who died in 2000. He was raised Roman Catholic. Sparks excelled at running, and went to the University of Notre Dame on a track and field scholarship.

Sparks met his wife, Cathy, in 1988 and they married in 1989. They have five children: three boys and twin girls. They currently live in New Bern, NC.

Sparks wrote two novels that were never published before his third novel, The Notebook, was picked up by a literary agent and published in 1996. Sparks writes romance novels and is known for stories with Christian themes and sad twists. Courtneycain14 11:01, 10 November 2011 (MST)

Selected Works
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 * Book One
 * Book Two
 * Here's a fact about Book Two
 * Book Three