Nicholas Sparks was a well known person.
Yeah ,he was an  American romance novelist, screenwriter and producer.
yes and his niche was romance.
He wrote Novels of this type of genre fiction place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love 
I also like his wife Cathy.
Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska 
yes! He was the inspiration for A Walk to Remember..
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American coming-of-age romantic tragedy film directed by Adam Shankman and written by Karen Janszen, based on Nicholas Sparks' 1999 novel of the same name. The film stars Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote and Daryl Hannah, and was produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros. Pictures.
Plot.
In Beaufort, North Carolina, popular and rebellious teenager Landon Carter and his friends have partaken in underage drinking on school grounds
Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American romance novelist and screenwriter. He has published twenty 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. His novels feature stories of tragic love with happy endings and Christian values.
Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska and wrote his first novel, "The Passing", in 1985,