“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1,” the first half of the two-film finale based on the fourth and last novel in her supernaturally successful book series, opened in theaters Friday, with hordes of fervent fans known as “Twi-hards” flocking to their local cinemas for midnight screenings. In the meantime, the first three movies based on her series - “Twilight,” “New Moon” and “Eclipse” - have bitten off more than $1.8 billion in worldwide grosses. Meyer surprised journalists earlier this month when she turned up at the press day for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.” It marked her first appearance on the press circuit for the film adaptations since the 2008 interviews for the first installment. I did learn a lot of it the hard way, but it was good for me in a lot of ways.” It wasn't always a comfortable experience. I keep wondering when it will feel like the bow is there. “It's hard to sum up something that doesn't feel finished yet. It's all just experiences that I've never had before, new things and different circumstances,” Meyer said at a recent news conference at the swanky Four Seasons Hotel. “I don't know that it has changed me as a storyteller, but it has given me fodder for it.

LOS ANGELES - In less than a decade, Stephenie Meyer has been transformed from a stay-at-home mom with a vivid dream-fueled idea for a novel to the creator of a full-fledged pop culture phenomenon.Īlthough her life has been drastically altered since she penned “The Twilight Saga,” Meyer, 37, remains the same storyteller who wrote the first novel in her vampire romance series in just three months after experiencing a particularly lucid dream about human heroine Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and her benevolent vampire sweetheart Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson)

Author of twilight series