10 things you don't know about 'Nights in Rodanthe' author Nicholas Sparks

You might think Nicholas Sparks enjoys nothing more than making weepy books for women. Four of his novels -- "Message in a Bottle," "A Walk to Remember," "The Notebook" and now "Nights in Rodanthe" -- have been turned into romantic movies, and his next, "Dear John," about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student (Amanda Seyfried, "Mamma Mia!") while he's home on leave, is no different.

By Denise Martin