

Three of the eight adapted novels have been blogged on here in the past: The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), and Safe Haven (2010), so we’ll focus on those. As of now, eight of Sparks’s novels have been made into films and the ninth and tenth are on the way. Sparks is often very active and hands-on in the process of adapting his novels for the big screen. All but the travelogue are set in various locations around North Carolina.

In all, Sparks has authored seventeen novels and one autobiographical travelogue. Although not a native North Carolinian (he hails from Omaha, Nebraska) Sparks’s geographical obsession with the state has become a hallmark of his writing.

When it comes to romance, Nicholas Sparks has made a name for North Carolina.
