"You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love."

TIMELINE OF SPARK'S WORK
1996
The Notebook
1998
Message in a Bottle
1999
A Walk to Remember
2000
The Rescue
2001
A Bend in the Road
2002
Nights in Rodanthe
2003
The Guardian
2005
True Believer, At First Sight
2006
Dear John
2007
The Choice
2008
The Lucky One
2009
The Last Song
2010
Safe Haven
2011
The Best of Me
2013
The Longest Ride
2015
See Me
2016
Two by Two
2018
Every Breath
2020
The Return
2021
See Me
IN A NUTSHELL
Born Nicholas Charles Sparks
December 31, 1965
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Screenwriter
Producer
Genre Romantic Fiction
Romantic Drama
Parents Patrick Michael Sparks
Jill Emma Marie Sparks
Spouse Cathy Cote
(m. 1989; div. 2015)
Children 5