Nicholas Sparks   

On December 31, 1965, Nicholas Charles Sparks was born to his parents, Patrick Michael and Jill Emma Marie. He has two siblings, his brother,Michael Earl, and sister,Danielle. As a child he resided in Los Angeles, Nebraska, and finally California where he lived all through high school and graduated valedictorian of his class in 1984.  He attended the University of Notre Dame on a full ride scholarship for running track. While Nicholas was just a freshman he and his teammates that were on the relay team broke the school record and Nicholas became injured and spent the summer recovering. While he was recovering he wrote his first novel that never became published. In 1988 he graduated from Notre Dame with a major in Business Finance.  Nicholas married his wife Catherine in the summer of 1989 and they now have four children.  With the support of his family Nicholas has written and published many books such as, ~The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, The Guardian, Nights in Rodanthe, A Walk to Remember, ~ and many others. His latest published book is Safe Haven which was published in 2010.

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