Both were mothers who, around the time of their thirtieth birthday, first imagined a fantasy franchise that would bring them fame, fortune, and a loyal fanbase. This winter, both will provide Hollywood with an eagerly-anticipated blockbuster.
So, when I was interviewing “Twilight” novelist Stephenie Meyer this week for the story that just went live over on MTV.com, I had to ask: Has she ever met J.K. Rowling?
“No,” the affable author revealed. “But I would love to; I would love to sit down and talk with her.”
Once Meyer’s first non-”Twilight” book, entitled “The Host,” arrives in bookstores May 6th the comparisons might dwindle a bit. But while both continue to rule the world of teen-lit, she understands that they’ll always be compared to one another.
“I can see that,” she explained. “The interesting thing about the comparison is that I think you can compare my fans to her fans more easily [than me to her]. I do think that we both have people who are just really really enthusiastic, and will come miles to see you and be involved, and everybody really cares about our characters. But the ['Harry Potter' and 'Twilight'] stories are just so different.”
“J.K. Rowling’s audience is everybody, so that means we all have a piece of her audience,” Meyer laughed. “It’s terribly flattering to be compared to her, but there’s never going to be another J.K. Rowling; that’s a phenomenon that’s not gonna happen again.”
Still, Meyer insisted that if she ever did meet the “Potter” mastermind, they’d have plenty to talk about. “I’d like to hear her thoughts on her fans; I know she has this big group of people who say ‘Oh no, Harry should have ended up with another girl,’ and I wonder how she feels about that when they think they have a better ending than she does,” the writer said sympathetically. “I’d also like to hear her thoughts on the movies, and what things about them she enjoyed, and how she feels about privacy and e-mails and fan letters and that whole experience as a popular writer.”
“We have a few things in common,” she laughed. “It would be fun to share that common ground.”
Stephenie Meyer or J.K. Rowling: Whose writing style do you prefer?
LOLA!!!!
I'm sorry, I love Twilight but I'm for Harry Potter all the way.
'Potterverse' has an incredible amount of sub-plots, isn't just about the main character and is so in-depth you feel like you could bump into the characters on your own doorstep. It's a nice break from the love-sick teenagers that are everywhere in Twilight.
I've made myself sound like I hate it, damn.
But the difference is, whereas Meyer's book is for total indulgence (you know it's true), Rowling's is just pure, oringinal, creative genius.
I'll leave you to butcher me now, hack away...
meyer's stories are simplistic...it seems like it's written by a fifth grader. rowling's stories, the language is so much better
1) do not compare books that you've never even read. the movies does not do HP justice 2) the reason why rowling's can NEVER be compared to meyer's work is because of skill. what you described...with "background information" is called talent. anyone can write a shallow romance novel....but to write 7 books with such great detail and connect it all is called talent and imagination. rowling literally created a world of her own....meyer? please, she took old myths and gave them a twist. all of rowling's ideas are her OWN. not to mention...meyer's works are utterly predictable.
I'm reading Twilight at the moment and I have to say the firs half could've been more interesting. It was a kind of boring start but I'm really getting into it now :D It's exciting.
With Harry Potter, I can't put the book down.