my favorite writer is nicholas sparks.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American romance novelist, screenwriter and producer. He has published nineteen novels and two non-fiction books. Several of his novels have become international bestsellers, and eleven of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film all with multimillion-dollar box office grosses. Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska and wrote his first novel, \"The Passing\", in 1985, while a student at the University of Notre Dame. His first published work came in 1990, when he co-wrote with Billy Mills \"Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding\", which sold approximated 50,000 copies in its first year. In 1993, Sparks wrote his breakthrough novel The Notebook in his spare time while selling pharmaceuticals in Washington, D.C.. Two years later, his novel was discovered by literary agent Theresa Park who offered to represent him. The novel was published in October 1996 and made the \"New York Times\" best-seller list in its first week of release. Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska to Patrick Michael Sparks, a future professor of business, and Jill Emma Marie Sparks (n\u00e9e Thoene), a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Have you read any Nicholas Sparks books? I think he is overrated"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah I agree, but it's kinda cool that he was born on New Year's Eve on December 31, 1965."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I did not know that. He wrote The Notebook, I believe."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He did. He's written nineteen novels and even two non-fiction books."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's a ton of book! I did not realize he had that many."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Several of the novels are international bestsellers."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, he seems to be quite popular. Many women love his books."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "His very first book was called \"The Passing\" from 1985."}]