Stephenie Meyer was born in 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Brigham Young University. She is married to Christian Meyer and they have three sons. Stephenie writes young adult vampire romance novels including the popular Twilight series consisting of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2. She was inspired to write the Twilight series after having a dream about vampires and humans falling in love.