He experienced two bright spots during that time, though, including the birth of his son Miles and the chance to co-author a book with Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, entitled Wokini, a title that went on to sell over 50,000 copies. With little training in medical sales, Nicholas then started an orthopedic products manufacturing company that brought in little income. Over the next three years, Nicholas experimented with jobs in a number of industries, including real estate appraisal, home restoration, food service, and dental supply sales. That year was also when Nicholas wrote his second novel, The Royal Murders, which also remains unpublished. Nicholas graduated from Notre Dame in 1988 with a degree in finance and married his wife, Cathy, in 1989, a year that would also bring a deep sadness to Nicholas' life, as his mother passed away at the age of 47 from a horseback riding accident. According to Nicholas, it will never be, but the experience began to hone his writing skills. With time on his hands and little to do but recover, Nicholas wrote his first novel, The Passing, which was never published. He accepted a full athletic scholarship to Notre Dame and set a school record as part of a relay team, but found himself hampered by an Achilles tendon injury the summer after his freshman year. Nicholas excelled in high school, graduating valedictorian of his class and earning notice as a middle-distance runner. All three Sparks children, including Nicholas' older brother, Micah, and younger sister, Danielle, were born within a three-year period, and the closeness in age created a strong bond between them. Nicholas' mother, Jill EmmaMarie (Jill), worked as both a homemaker and optometrist's assistant. His father, Patrick Michael (Mike), was a graduate student for much of Nicholas' early life, so the family lived in a number of college towns before settling in Fair Oaks, California, when Nicholas was eight. Nicholas Sparks was born in 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska, the second of three children.
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