![]() He graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School, then enrolled at the University of Notre Dame under a full track and field scholarship. His family settled in Fair Oaks, California, and remained there through Nicholas's high school days. In 1974 his father became a professor of business at California State University, Sacramento teaching behavioral theory and management. His father was pursuing graduate studies at University of Minnesota and University of Southern California, and the family moved a great deal, so by the time Sparks was eight, he had lived in Watertown, Minnesota, Inglewood, California, Playa del Rey, California, and Grand Island, Nebraska, which was his mother's hometown during his parents' one year separation. ![]() Sparks said that she is the inspiration for the main character in his novel A Walk to Remember. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother and a younger sister, "Dana", who died at the age of 33 from a brain tumor. Sparks was born to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor of business, and Jill Emma Marie Sparks (nee Thoene), a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant. Ten have been adapted to films, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, The Lucky One, and most recently The Longest Ride. He has published some 20 novels, plus one non-fiction. ![]() Nicholas Charles Sparks is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer.
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