Nicholas Sparks is anAmericanwriter andnovelist, who is best known for The Notebook, The Last Song, A Walk to Remember and Dear John. Sparks is the famous author of 5 best-selling books, including "The Notebook" and "The Rescue". Four of his books,Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember,The Notebook andNights in Rodanthe, have been adapted into blockbuster movies. He has published totally eighteen novels and two non-fictionbooks.