Twilight at 20: How Stephenie Meyer’s Vampire Saga Changed Young Adult Fiction Forever

Twilight at 20: how Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga changed young adult fiction forever

A young fan enjoying Twilight. Ben Molyneux/ShutterstockStephenie Meyer’s debut novel, Twilight, was published in 2005 – the first in a series that went on to sell over 100 million copies worldwide. Twenty years, six novels and five movie adaptations later, it is clear that Twilight has permanently changed the shape of young adult (YA) fiction. In the 1990s and early 2000s, most of the successful YA titles tended to be coming-of-age stories, suc…