She may prefer to write late at night while her family sleeps, but for the record, there is not a lot about Stephenie Meyer, author of the better-than-best-selling Twilight series, that screams vampire. Yes, she has long dark hair and earthy brown eyes, casually highlighted this afternoon at her home in Arizona by a black Banana Republic cashmere sweater and jeans, but she lacks the arrogance associated with vampireness. Her vibe is homey; she sits you down on her living-room couch, one leg curled up under her, and starts talking as if you had been in the midst of conversation for years. She's surrounded by her sons' toys, games, and ... Read More

Booksellers say Meyer's books are helping fill the void left by Harry Potter after the last instalment in the stories the boy wizard was published in 2007. Publishers had fretted openly about how they would maintain sales after the publication of the final part of the series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Figures published by the retailer amazon.com show Meyer's books dominating the top 10 lists for the last year in Britain, the US, Canada and France, enjoying an international success not seen since the height of "Potter-mania". In many of the national lists, compiled to chart international reading habits for World Book Day on Thursday her name appears two or three ... Read More

In his visite to the Mexico to promote Twilight, Robert Pattinson give an interview to the Magazine "El Manana". Even though he doesn’t consider himself as a vampire’s stories fan, Robert Pattinson didn’t hesitate in acting in Twilight, as long as he get to work with Catherine Harwicke and Kristen Stewart. “I’ve never been a big fan of vampire’s stories or that kind of movies, I didn’t like them, but with this one, I changed my perspective, the story inspired me.” I wanted to do this partly because I really liked the main actress. I remembered her role in Into The Wild, she seemed excellent,” explained the British actor. Visiting Mexico to promote the ... Read More

Can't get enough on 'Twilight'? Neither can we. So Premiere.com cornered the film's screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg to talk about adapting 'Twilight,' balancing TV and film and women writing in Hollywood. By Sona Charaipotra Dancer-turned-screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg didn't really know what she was getting into when she took on the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel Twilight, which hits the big screen Nov. 21. "I have to admit, I hadn't heard about Stephenie Meyer's book," she says sheepishly. But she sure has now. We chatted with the writer about Twi-Hard trauma, sequel talk, balancing film and TV work — she's a co-executive producer on Showtime's hit "Dexter" — and breaking down the doors ... Read More

Spoiler alert: If you want to find out how Twilight ends, all you need to do is pick up the book. The film, which comes out this November, is an adaptation of the first volume in Arizona author Stephenie Meyer’s popular vampire quadrilogy, a set of sentimental tales about the impossible love between an ordinary 17-year-old high school girl and her classmate, a beautiful 110-year-old bloodsucker, who refuses to bite her and damn her to his sort of immortality. In other words, it’s your regular teenage romance. “The story has elements of Romeo + Juliet and Titanic,” says director Catherine Hardwicke (Lords of Dogtown, Thirteen), “but it’s also got sexual ... Read More