Briography

Stephenie Meyer was born on December 24th, 1973 in Hartford, United States.

Her parents are Stephen and Candy Morgan. His family moved to Arizona when he was 4 years

old. She has 5 siblings: Seth, Emily, Jacob, Paul and Heidi.

Her family is very puritan, therefore, she does not smoke or drink alcohol.

Stephenie studied in Arizona at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale. At this time, she won the

National Award for Scholastic Merit, she used this to pay for admission to Brigham Young

University, where in 1997 she received a License in English Philology.

She married Christian Meyer in 1994. During their marriage they had 3 children: Seth Meyer,

Gabe Meyer and Eli Meyer.

Before becoming a writer, Meyer worked for a real estate company as a receptionist. She had no

experience as a writer, so she considered a law degree, as she thought she had no talent for it. She

changed her mind when Gabe, her first child, was born, her main words were: "Once I had Gabe, I

just wanted to be his mom."