Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington to allow her mother to travel with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. After moving to Forks, Bella finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome boy, Edward Cullen. She eventually learns that he is a member of a vampire family who drink animal blood rather than human. Edward and Bella fall in love, but James, a sadistic vampire from another coven, is drawn to drink Bella's blood. Edward and the other Cullens defend Bella. She escapes to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is tricked into confronting James, who tries to kill her. She is seriously wounded, but Edward rescues her and they return to Forks.
斯蒂芬妮·梅尔,1973年出生于美国康涅狄格州,毕业于杨伯翰大学,主修英国文学。她本是一位有三个孩子的全职主妇,没有丝毫的写作经验。2003年的一天,她做了一个改变她命运的梦:一位少女和一个英俊迷人的男子坐在阳光明媚的草地上谈情说爱。这个梦最终成了她第一部小说《暮色》中的一个章节。
《暮色》出版后,梅尔又写了《新月》、《月食》、《破晓》,被称为“暮光之城”系列。该系列以伊莎贝拉·斯旺和爱德华·卡伦一对苦命鸳鸯的情感纠葛为主线,融合了吸血鬼传说、狼人故事、校园生活、恐怖悬念、喜剧冒险等各种吸引眼球的元素,而凄美动人的爱情则是全书“最强烈的情绪”。用作者自己的偶像作家奥森·斯考特·卡德的话说:“爱情只是书中的一小部分,但却是人生的指引者。”
斯蒂芬妮·梅尔在她年轻的事业生涯里业已取得了非凡的成就,随着她的新作的不断推出,她将进一步确立其出版界一流畅销书作...