Nicholas Sparks is an American novelist. He has published 24 books, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers. Sparks established himself in the literary world and within the romance genre with his 1996 publication of The Notebook. This novel has since been adapted into a film and a Broadway musical production. Sparks’s subsequent novels include Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), The Wish (2021), and Dreamland (2022).

After The Notebook, Sparks’s novels The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song were also adapted into movies.