![]() ![]() In 1999 ‘Message in a Bottle’, in 2002 ‘ A Walk to Remember, ‘The Note Book’ in 2004, ‘Nights in Rodanthe’ in 2008, then in 2010 ‘Dear John’ and ‘The Last Song’. Following this successful novel were exceptional writings one after the other out of which six were made into film adaptations. Of course, The Best of Me would rank a little higher on our list if we only critiqued the first half of the movie. After being published in 1996, ‘The Notebook’ made the best seller list of The New York Times instantly. In this 2014 film, former high school sweethearts Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) reunite in their hometown as adults. In 1995 Sparks had one million dollars in cash for ‘The Note Book’ from the famous Time Warner Book Group. ![]() ![]() A literary agent Theresa Park discovered his novel from her agency and offered to represent him. This novel was to become a launch pad for Sparks. That was when he wrote his renowned novel ‘The Notebook’. ![]() In 1992 he tried a business in pharmaceuticals and the next year moved to Greenville, SC. It sold about fifty thousand copies in the first year of being published. After trying his luck in publishing, law school, real estate and even waiting tables, he finally co wrote a novel named ‘A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding’ with Billy Mills Wokini. Sparks experimented with various careers trying to fit in but didn’t succeed. Sparks wrote his first novel in 1985 which never got published and another one in 1989, also not published. ![]()
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