My mom always talks about this writer named Nicholas Sparks, but I really don't know too much about him.
He's amazing and I usually don't like romance! He is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer. 
Oh so he also writes shows? What are some of his works?
I believe one of his most famous movies is The Notebook which is also the name of the book. He wrote it in 1993 and 2 years later an agent discovered him.
Oh wow, I loved that movie! I didn't know he wrote that. Very interesting! Does he still produce work?
I haven't heard anything lately. He did write 19 novels and 2 non fiction books. Not sure on how many shows or movies he has in total
Is the notebook one of his first works?
No he actually wrote his first novel "The Passing" in 1985 while in college.