An American novelist and film producer, Stephenie Meyer is instantly associated with vampires and werewolves for her bestselling Twilight Series that has sold over 100 million books worldwide and turned into a huge blockbuster vampire romance fantasy movie franchise. Due to her immense popularity, Meyer was included in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in 2008" and has received the 2009 Children's Book of the Year Award from the British Book Awards for her book Breaking Dawn.