Sparks is a sort of national sweetheart -- a good-looking family man who writes heart-tugging novels that rarely fail to elicit tears or book sales. His wildly popular The Notebook kicked off a steady string of quietly triumphant love stories.
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Nora Ephron
Dr. Seuss
Andy Weir
Ernest Hemingway
Jane Austen
Anne Rice