Twilight (Meyer novel)
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| Author | Stephenie Meyer |
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| Original title | Forks |
| Cover artist | Gail Doobinin (design) Roger Hagadone (photograph) |
| Language | English |
| Series | Twilight series |
| Genre | Young adult, fantasy, romance, vampire |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
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| Publication place | United States |
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| ISBN | 978-0-316-16017-9 |
| Followed by | New Moon |
Twilight (stylized as twilight) is a 2005 young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book in the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington. She is endangered after falling in love with Edward Cullen, a 103-year-old vampire frozen in his 17-year-old body. Additional novels in the series are New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.
Twilight reached number five on the New York Times bestseller list within a month of its release and eventually reached first place. The novel was named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2005.The book was the biggest-selling of 2008; in 2009, it was the second-biggest selling, losing only to its sequel New Moon. As of 2008, Twilight had been translated into 37 different languages.
The film adaptation, released in 2008, was a commercial success, grossing more than $392 million worldwide and making an additional $157 million in North American DVD sales as of July 2009.