The beloved main character of one story is former story become the mentor to the young man in the latter story. He picks up the story generations later with the struggling marriage of the elder daughter in the original story. In 2003, Nicholas returned to the beloved characters in The Notebook in a sequel of sorts, in The Wedding.
What resulted turned into a mega hit, an instant bestseller and a new career for Nicholas Sparks, who at the time was 28, a young husband and father of two. On a fluke, it was dug out, read through, and his young literary agent decided it was worthy of exploring as a project. In 1996, his next effort was, The Notebook, a story of mismatched young lovers, separated by social differences in 1940s South Carolina, but it also ended up in a literary agents’ slush pile. He wrote a second novel, The Royal Murders, while studying business at the University of Notre Dame Then, with his degree in business finance, he went to work in a variety of jobs, from waiting tables, to real estate appraisal and even selling dental equipment…and writing in his spare time.īut he didn’t give up. He had done very well in school, was a track athlete, valedictorian, and had written a novel, The Passing, he was trying to get published. He considered law school and he looked into the publishing world.
As a young man, Nicholas was faced with a crossroads when he finished at Bella Vista High School in California in 1984. He has drawn on his personal experiences in many walks of life, his many encounters with individuals, and his imagination to create endearing tales of the human spirit. He is able to weave plots based on ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. He knows about love, and writes about it very well. Best selling author Nicholas Sparks writes from believable, human experiences. It has often been said that truly talented writers narrate about what they know, or what they have lived.
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