Set in a small US town, the books and movies follow the fortunes of a high school teenager Bella Swan (in the films played by Kristen Stewart) and her vampire lover Edward Cullen (played by British heart-throb Robert Pattinson. --PHOTO: SHAW
PARIS - STEPHENIE Meyer, the Mormon mother turned best-selling author, closes a five-year rags-to-riches saga next weekend with the release of the final chapter in her vampire romances.
Launched worldwide at 0401 GMT (12.01pm Singapore time) on June 5, The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner, dubbed a novella by her publisher, is expected to be greeted by huge turnouts at booksellers across the globe.
'At this point,' said publisher Megan Tingley, 'Stephenie does not have plans to return to the saga.' A homebody with a degree in literature but professional experience only as a receptionist, the 36-year-old has sold over 100 million copies of her four-novel vampire story, with rights sold in almost 50 countries.
Though two successive film instalments of the book also hit the jackpot at the box-office, Breaking Dawn, released in 2008, 'is the fourth and final book in the Twilight saga,' said Tingley, senior vice-president of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
In a written interview with AFP, Tingley, who had never specialised in fantasy, said the 2004 acquisition of Twilight had been 'unusual'. For a nobody she was offered an unprecedented sum of US$750,000 (S$1.05 million) for three books and world rights.
She said she 'simply had a powerful, visceral response to the story and was was confident others would too.' Twilight, she added, was 'an unparalleled break-out phenomenon not only for her but for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.' Set in a small US town, the books and movies follow the fortunes of a high school teenager Bella Swan (in the films played by Kristen Stewart) and her vampire lover Edward Cullen (played by British heart-throb Robert Pattinson. -- AFP
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