

When Sparks was a first-year student, he was one of the winners and record-breakers in men’s 800 meters. Nicholas was engaged in track and field in his childhood which gave him the chance to gain the scholarship and participate in the university team. In 1984, the young man graduated from school and enrolled at the University of Notre Dame. Nicholas Sparksĭue to the father’s work, the family had to move frequently Nicholas used to live in Los Angeles and Grand Island. The Sparks regularly went to the Catholic church. The father, Patrick Sparks, was a university professor the mother, Jill Thoene, was a housekeeper. His family had Czech, Irish, English, and German roots. The would-be writer was born in the evening of 31 December 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Nicholas Sparks is an American novelist and the author of bestselling books about love, Christian values, and virtues.
