title: Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death Dual Edition
author:  Stephenie Meyer 
description: Stephenie Meyer is the author of the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga and <i>The Host</i>. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English literature, and she lives with her husband and three sons in Arizona.
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   _Life and Death_
  
   _Twilight_
  
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  To all my wonderful friends and readers:
  
  Happy tenth anniversary! It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since this all
  first got started. And yet, my little babies have turned into giant teenagers,
  so I can’t escape the truth.
  
  Thank you for ten years of adventure beyond my wildest expectations for my
  life. I am a very prosaic kind of person, but my experience with this
  community of readers has made me believe—just a