With 100 million copies sold and three films that have grossed over $1bn, the Twilight sagas have made the author one of the most powerful, and richest, women in publishing.

Meyer's Mormon beliefs permeate the vampire trilogy with themes of chastity and self-control, making Twilight propaganda for America's growing abstinence movement.

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