Awards
Nicholas Sparks has great appeal to people and he sells amazing numbers of copies but he has not received any awards for good literature. But he has accomplished many things in his lifetime so far.
Personal Accomplishments
To date Nicholas Sparks has made many personal accomplishments to be proud of. Some of these are:
-In a poll of Entertainment Weekly readers he was selected as the favorite author.
-He spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4 x400 meter, in New York. The record still stands.
-He is the creator of The Nicholas Sparks Foundation and it has raised $10 million dollars, which have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects.
-Nicholas along with his talent of writing was a very good track athlete. In high school, He ran 1:52.0 in the 800m, 400m time was 48.6 and 1600m in 4:08.7. In college he was frequently injured and unfortunately missed two entire indoor and outdoor seasons. Though he did have three or four runs in the 800m that averaged 1:49.3-1:50.6.
-Nicholas and JK Rowling the only contemporary authors to have a novel spend more than a year on both The New York Times hardcover and paperback bestsellers lists
-He is the author of #1 New York times bestseller for 12 books
-He set the Notre Dame school record as part of a relay team in 1985 as a freshman
-In a poll of Entertainment Weekly readers he was selected as the favorite author.
-He spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4 x400 meter, in New York. The record still stands.
-He is the creator of The Nicholas Sparks Foundation and it has raised $10 million dollars, which have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects.
-Nicholas along with his talent of writing was a very good track athlete. In high school, He ran 1:52.0 in the 800m, 400m time was 48.6 and 1600m in 4:08.7. In college he was frequently injured and unfortunately missed two entire indoor and outdoor seasons. Though he did have three or four runs in the 800m that averaged 1:49.3-1:50.6.
-Nicholas and JK Rowling the only contemporary authors to have a novel spend more than a year on both The New York Times hardcover and paperback bestsellers lists
-He is the author of #1 New York times bestseller for 12 books
-He set the Notre Dame school record as part of a relay team in 1985 as a freshman