Nicholas Sparks - 2009 National Book Festival

Nicholas Sparks, author of successful best-sellers turned into popular films appears at the National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Nicholas Sparks is the author of such hugely successful best-sellers as "The Notebook," "Message in a Bottle" and "Nights in Rodanthe" - all of which have been turned into popular films. Sparks contributes to a variety of local and national charities and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships and a fellowship annually. His most recent books are "The Lucky One," a New York Times No. 1 best-seller, and his newest, "The Last Song" (2009). Sparks lives in North Carolina.