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": "My mom always talks about this writer named Nicholas Sparks, but I really don't know too much about him."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He's amazing and I usually don't like romance! He is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh so he also writes shows? What are some of his works?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I believe one of his most famous movies is The Notebook which is also the name of the book. He wrote it in 1993 and 2 years later an agent discovered him."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh wow, I loved that movie! I didn't know he wrote that. Very interesting! Does he still produce work?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I haven't heard anything lately. He did write 19 novels and 2 non fiction books. Not sure on how many shows or movies he has in total"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is the notebook one of his first works?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No he actually wrote his first novel \"The Passing\" in 1985 while in college."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I actually haven't heard of that one. Perhaps I'll check it out!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "11 of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to films. I just don't have the names but I'm sure it could be looked up. "}]