4. Ni]hol[s Ch[rl_s Sp[rks w[s orn in Om[h[, N_r[sk[, on D_]_m_r 31, 1965, th_ s_]on^ son
of P[tri]k Mi]h[_l (1942-1996) [n^ Jill Emm[ M[ri_ Sp[rks (1942-1989). His silings
[r_ Mi]h[_l E[rl Sp[rks (. D_]. 1964), [n^ D[ni_ll_ Sp[rks (D_]_m_r 1966 - Jun_ 2000). @s [
]hil^, h_ liv_^ in Minn_sot[, Los @ng_l_s, [n^ Gr[n^ Isl[n^, N_r[sk[, fin[lly s_ttling in F[ir
O[ks, C[liforni[, [t th_ [g_ of _ight. His f[th_r w[s [ prof_ssor, his moth_r [ hom_m[k_r, th_n
[n optom_trist’s [ssist[nt. H_ liv_^ in F[ir O[ks through high s]hool, gr[^u[t_^ v[l_^i]tori[n in 1984,
[n^ r_]_iv_^ [ full tr[]k s]hol[rship to th_ Univ_rsity of Notr_ D[m_.
In l994, [t th_ [g_ of 28, h_ wrot_ Th_ Not_ook ov_r [ p_rio^ of six months. In O]to_r
1995, rights to Th_ Not_ook w_r_ sol^ to W[rn_r Books. It w[s pulish_^ in O]to_r 1996.
H_ is [n
[vi^ [thl_t_ who _x_r]is_s ^[ily. H_ [tt_n^s ]hur]h r_gul[rly [n^ r_[^s [pproxim[t_ly 125
ooks [t y_[r.
Ni]hol[s Sp[rks is th_ [uthor of 15 N_w York Tim_s _sts_ll_rs, in]lu^ing Thr__ W__ks with My
Broth_r, th_ m_moir h_ wrot_ with his roth_r, Mi][h. His ooks h[v_ __n tr[nsl[t_^ into mor_
th[n 40 l[ngu[g_s [n^ th_r_ [r_ ov_r 50 million ]opi_s of his ooks in print worl^wi^_. Four of
his nov_ls h[v_ __n [^[pt_^ into m[jor motion pi]tur_s, in]lu^ing Th_ Not_ook, @ W[lk to
R_m_m_r, M_ss[g_ in [ Bottl_, [n^ Nights in Ro^[nth_. Th_ film [^[pt[tion of D_[r John,
st[rring Ch[nning T[tum will _ r_l_[s_^ y Sony on F_ru[ry 5, 2010. W[rn_r Bros. is
s]h_^ul_^ to r_l_[s_ th_ film v_rsion of Th_ Lu]ky On_ in l[t_ 2010.
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5. " @ ]l[ssi] story of lov_ foun^, lost [n^ r_g[in_^. Sp[rks h[s [ winning ]omin[tion of styl_ [n^ story"
CHRISTI@N SCIENCE MONITOR
" R_m[rk[l_ [n^ m_mor[l_..._[utiful" B@TON ROUGE SUND@Y @DVOC@TE (Los @ng_l_s)
"Fo]us_s on [ m[n, [ wom[n [n^ th_ tr[nsforming pow_r of lov_...Th_ Not_ook is sho]king only in its simpli]ity
of form [n^ purity of lin_" D@LL@S MORNING NEWS.
"@ tou]hing story" S@N @NTONIO EXPRESS NEWS (T_x[s)
"@ on_-night r_[^. Sp[rks g_n_r[t_^ [uth_nti] _motion[l pow_r. If you [r_ in n__^ of [ goo^ ]ry, Th_ Not_ook
is [solut_ly th_ right ook" US@ TOD@Y.
"Th_ Not_ook will t_[r [ hol_ in your h_[rt. @nyon_ who ^o_s not so through th_ l[st ]h[pt_r h[s [ h_[rt
of ston_" NEWS CHIEF (Flori^[)
"Run, ^o not w[lk, to your n_[r_st lir[ry to g_t [ ]opy of this g_m... [ ook for _v_ryon_ who h[s _v_r
lov_^ or __n lov_^, or ^r_[m_^ of loving m[^ly, truly, ^__ply. @ft_r finishing this littl_ tr_[sur_, _v_n th_
most j[^_^ r_[^_r will _ ]onvin]_^ th[t _v_rl[sting lov_ _xists." MOUNT @IRY G@ZETTE
"Th_ Not_ook is [ tru_ lov_ story [out two p_opl_ who ^is]ov_r_^ lov_ [t [ young [g_, [n^ h_l^ onto it
throughout th_ir ^[ys until [n illn_ss t[k_s ov_r. Wh_n No[h t_lls his story [out his wif_ slowly _]oming
ill, you f__l how h[r^ it w[s for him, [n^ for h_r. Th_ Not_ook is [n _y_ op_ning _xp_ri_n]_ of wh[t tru_
lov_ shoul^ _ _tw__n [ hus[n^ [n^ [ wif_, "for _tt_r or wors_, or until ^_[th ^o_s us p[rt" R_[^ this
ook, [n^ oth_r Ni]hol[s Sp[rks ooks, h_ is [n [m[zing story t_ll_r."
RENEE T@PPERT, RESIDENT SCHOL@R
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6. I lov_ th[t ook. It m[k_s m_ f__l goo^ wh_n I [m
[fr[i^ [n^ so h[ppy wh_n I [m h[ppy too. I h[v_
r_[^ Th_ Not_ook twi]_ [n^ _v_ry tim_ th[t I
r_[^ it, I lik_ it mor_. I think th[t is [ ook for
[ll p_opl_, young [n^ [^ult, oys [n^ girls,
_][us_ [ll of us ^r_[m of h[ving [ lov_ story
lik_ No[h [n^ @lli_. I strongly r_]omm_n^ this
ook.
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