Biography of Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks is an author of many famous novels. His most famous novels are A Walk To Remember and The Notebook. Nicholas was born in Omaha, Nebraska; but as a child he lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska. Then by the age of eight his family settled down in Fair Oaks, California. After graduating high school Nicholas went to Notre Dame for his college education. To this day he holds the record for a team relay as a freshman in 1985. During the summer he wrote his first novel because he wasn't able to race, but that book did not get published. He majored in Business Finance and graduated in 1988 with high honors. Later in 1988 he met his wife Catherine and was married a year later. Then again, he wrote another book and it was not published. He worked at many jobs for a few years. In 1990 he published a book with Olympic Gold Medalist, Billy Mills, unforunately the book did not make many sales. He then moved from Sacramento, California to North Carolina in 1992. In 1994 he wrote his first book The Notebook and in 1996 the book was published. Later he started writing more books. Nicholas now has five children, Miles, Ryan, Landon, Lexie, and Savannah.