Stephenie Meyer - The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide

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S ince the initial publication of Twilight in 2005, readers have asked thousands of questions about the Twilight Saga universeeverything from Where do Stephenie Meyers ideas come from? to How does vampire venom work?

This guide expands upon the world of the Twilight Saga, adding histories for its characters and providing other details that might not have made it into the books themselves but are a key part of the people and stories that make up the Saga. Youll find outtakes from the bookssuch as the story of how Emmett was mauled by a bearas well as never-before-seen background notes on main plots and subplots. We hope that these added details shed light on such favorite characters as the Cullens and Quileutes; on such new characters as Nahuel and Garrett; and even on the human residents of Forks, most of whom are unaware of the supernatural creatures all around them.

Also included in this guide are artistic interpretations of the series: everything from new art created just for this book to a gallery of art conceived by talented fans to the many covers that have appeared on different editions of the books around the world.

Because music is such an instrumental part of Stephenies writing process, this guide also includes the official playlist for each book in the Twilight Saga, alongside quotes from the books that reveal what each song represents. Also featured is an extended conversation between Stephenie and Shannon Hale, award-winning author of The Books of Bayern and the Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy, during which they discuss how the Twilight Saga began and some of the challenges and surprises Stephenie encountered along the way.

Thank you for being a part of the world of the Twilight Sagait wouldnt be the same without you.

W hen Megan, my publisher, came to me with the idea of doing an interview for the guide, I started to come up with a list of reasons why I couldnt in my head. Interviews always make me uncomfortable, and really, what question havent I answered at this point? But then she went on, presenting her inspiration of having the interview conducted by another author, and I was intrigued in spite of myself. I love hanging out with authors, and I dont get a chance to do it very often. So I oh-so-casually suggested my baffy (Best-Author-Friends-Forever), Shannon Hale. And the upshot was, I got to hang out with Shannon for a whole weekend and it was awesome. We did find time to do our interview, which was without a doubt the easiest and most entertaining interview Ive ever done. This interview took place August 29, 2008, which affects some of the directions that our conversation went, but I was surprised when reading through it again at how relevant it still is.

SH: So, lets look at the four different books first. Twilightit started with a dream.

SM: Right. Should I tell the storyand get it on record?

SH: Do you want to?

SM: Id like to. This story always sounds really fake to me. And when my publicist told me I needed to tell itbecause it was a good story for publicity reasonsI felt like a lot of people were going to say: You know, thats ridiculous. Shes making up this silly thing to try and get attention. But its nothing but the cold hard facts of how I got started as a writer.

Usually, I wake up around four oclock in the morning. I think its a baby thingleft over from knowing that somebody needs youand then I go back to sleep. Thats when I would have the most vivid dreamsthose morning hours. And those are the ones you remember when you wake up.

So the dream was me looking down on this scene: It was in this meadow, and there was so much light. The dream was very, very colorful. I dont know if that always comes through in the writingthat this prism effect was just so brilliant.

I was so intrigued when I woke up. I just sat there and thought: So how does that end?