Twilight is the debut, young-adult
vampire-
romance novel[3][4] by author
Stephenie Meyer.
Twilight was initially rejected by 14 agents,
[5] but became an instant bestseller when published originally in hardback in 2005, debuting at #5 on the
New York Times Best Seller list within a month of its release
[6] and later peaking at #1.
[7] That same year,
Twilight was named one of
Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2005.
[8] The novel was also the biggest selling book of 2008
[9] and, to date, has sold 17 million copies around the globe, spent over 91 weeks on the
New York Times Best Seller list,
[10] and been translated into 37 different languages.
[11]
It is the first book of the
Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old
Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from
Phoenix, Arizona to
Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire,
Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by
New Moon,
Eclipse, and
Breaking Dawn. A
film adaptation of Twilight was released in 2008. It was a commercial success, grossing more than $382 million worldwide
[12] and an additional $157 million from North American
DVD sales, as of July 2009.
[13]
