--- description: She calls the book "the love child created from the union of my romantic sensibilities and my obsession with Jason Bourne/Aaron Cross" title: Get Ready for a Secret-Agent Thriller From 'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0cb1ce5a65fb738/69889c810b72e385356ea3db/stephenie-meyer.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Get Ready for a Secret-Agent Thriller From _Twilight_ Author Stephenie Meyer by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 19, 2016 3:50 PM CUT  Writer Stephenie Meyer celebrates the tenth anniversary of "Twilight" with a special Q&A at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on October 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Writer Stephenie Meyer celebrates the tenth anniversary of "Twilight" with a special Q&A at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on October 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.Amanda Edwards—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 19, 2016 3:50 PM CUT _Twilight_ novelist [Stephenie Meyer](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/07/19/twilight-author-stephenie-meyer-to-publish-secret-agent-thriller-exclusive/ "undefined") is publishing a secret-agent thriller about a woman taking on one last assignment from the clandestine agency that wanted her dead. _The Chemist_ is[ Meyer’s ](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1834663,00.html "undefined")first thriller and second novel for adults after her massive success with the young adult [_Twilight_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316015849/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") series. In a statement, [Meyer](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1734838,00.html "undefined") described the book as “the love child created from the union of my romantic sensibilities and my obsession with Jason Bourne/Aaron Cross.” The protagonist of _The Chemist_ is a former secret agent who’s been on the run since officials decided she was a liability. Now, she’s offered the chance to escape their pursuit for good, but she has to carry out one more mission first. Along the way, she “finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival,” according to a plot summary from the publisher, Little, Brown and Company. _The Chemist_ is set for publication on Nov. 15. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4412849/stephenie-meyer-twilight-thriller/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4412849/stephenie-meyer-twilight-thriller/"},"headline":"Get Ready for a Secret-Agent Thriller From Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer","datePublished":"2016-07-19T15:50:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:21:50.550Z","description":"She calls the book \"the love child created from the union of my romantic sensibilities and my obsession with Jason Bourne/Aaron Cross\"","url":"https://time.com/4412849/stephenie-meyer-twilight-thriller/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0cb1ce5a65fb738/69889c810b72e385356ea3db/stephenie-meyer.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0cb1ce5a65fb738/69889c810b72e385356ea3db/stephenie-meyer.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stephenie Meyer Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Of \"Twilight\" With Special Q&A At Barnes & Noble","caption":"Stephenie Meyer Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Of \"Twilight\" With Special Q&A At Barnes & Noble","creditText":"Amanda Edwards—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4412849/stephenie-meyer-twilight-thriller/","name":"Get Ready for a Secret-Agent Thriller From Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer"}}]}] ```