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": "assistant", "content": "My favorite writer is Nicholas Sparks. He is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, I think I've heard the name, what books has he written?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He has written several international bestsellers and 11 romantic drama novels which some have been used in films."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh really, what movies?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "His most famous book is \"The Notebook\" which was also made into a movie. Pretty much my favorite movie of all time. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh yeah, I think it's on Netflix or something. When was he born, though, he must be really old"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He was born in 1965 so he is not that old.:)"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I guess, haha. Has he won any awards? Surely, with that many books and movies he must've by now"}]