response: Yes, I do! It was called The Passing, and he wrote it in 1985.
original_response: Yes it was called The Passing, though his first published work didn't come until 1990.
history: I've heard Nicholas Sparks is a great writer but i'm not sure if i've ever read any of his books Well, his first popular novel was The Notebook. Have you heard of that one? Oh, i've watched a movie it was great Yes, the novel came out in 1996, and was a best seller in the first week. how cool! it was a very good movie! i cried a lot! I wanna know more about this autor Well just some background, he was born in Omaha, Nebraska and wrote his first novel in 1985 while he was a student at the University of Notre Dame. wow, do you know the name of his first novel?
knowledge: Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska and wrote his first novel, ''The Passing'', in 1985, while a student at the University of Notre Dame.