novels

Famous American romance novelist and screenwriter Nicholas Charles Sparks celebrates his special day on December 31. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Sparks wrote his first novel, The Passing, in 1985, while a student at the University of Notre Dame. And there was no looking back thereafter. Sparks is known for publishing twenty novels and two non-fiction books. Sparks got his breakthrough in 1993 with his novel The Notebook. He wrote it during his spare time while selling pharmaceuticals in Washington, D.C. The novel was…

Prolific fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has just broken the Kickstarter record for the most successful crowdfunded project of all time, cracking the $20,338,986 milestone set by the Pebble Time all the way back in 2015. Sanderson’s achievement isn’t just notable for the sheer amount of money raised but for the speed. The project — for four new novels that the author wrote in secret over the course of the pandemic — was announced on Tuesday, March 1st and broke the record by early Friday morning, March 4th. The…