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Nicholas Charles sparks (eng. Nicholas Charles Sparks; December 31, 1965, Omaha, Nebraska, USA) is a world-famous American writer, author of best—selling novels on the themes of Christianity, love, tragedy, fate and human relations. He has twenty-one published novels. According to the most conservative estimates, around 80 million copies of sparks ' books (including more than 50 million in the US) in 45 languages have been sold worldwide. Nicholas sparks has five children with his ex-wife Katie cat. Nicholas lives in new Bern, North Carolina

Biography
Nicholas Charles sparks was born December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska, in the family of Professor Patrick Michael sparks (1942-1996) and housewife Jill Emma Maria sparks (1942-1989). Nicholas has English, Irish, German and Czech roots.

In 1985, while studying at the school sparks wrote his first work "Parting" (never published), in 1989 was written as an unpublished novel "Royal murders".

He studied at the University of Notre Dame on a sports scholarship. In the first year in 1985, at the running competition — relay 4x800 meters — the team with his participation showed a record result for the College, not beaten so far..&#x5B;источник не указан 3287 дней &#x5D;

After graduating from College sparks wanted to become a lawyer, also worked as a realtor, waiter, seller on the phone.

After graduating from College sparks wanted to become a lawyer, also worked as a realtor, waiter, seller on the phone.In 1990, in collaboration with a native of the Indian reservation Lakota, Olympic champion 1960 in the 10 000 m race Billy mills sparks wrote a work in the genre of popular psychology Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding. About 50,000 copies of the book were sold in the first year.

In 1992, sparks began working for a pharmaceutical company and moved to Greenville, South Carolina. In his spare time he began to write the novel "Diary of memory". Two years later, the novel was spotted by literary agent Theresa Park, who achieved the signing of a $ 1 million contract for publication. "Diary of memory" was released in October 1996 and topped the list of best-selling books New York Times in the first week of sales.

Sparks subsequently wrote several more bestsellers. In 2000, People Magazine recognized sparks as the most attractive author of the year. Eleven of his novels were filmed: "Message in a bottle" (1999), "Hurry to love" (2002), "Diary of Memory" (2004), "Nights in Rodant" (2008), "Dear John" (2010), "the Last song" (2010), "Lucky" (2012), "Quiet Harbor" (2013), "the Best in me" (2014), "Long road" (2015), "Choice" (2016).

Personal life
With his wife, Katie, Nicholas sparks met on spring break in 1988, and they got married in July 1989. At the moment, Nicholas and Cathy live in new Bern in North Carolina with five children: three sons — miles, Ryan, Landon, and two daughters — lexi and Savannah.

January 6, 2015 reported the divorce of sparks and his wife after 27 years of marriage.

Nicholas sparks is a Catholic by religion, and regularly goes to Church with his family. According to Nicholas, he reads about 125 books a year.

Sparks is an avid athlete who trains every day. He runs 30 miles a week, works out with a barbell at the gym 4 times a week, and he also has a black belt in Taekwondo.