At the beginning of every books it says there that she has a degree on English literature. The problem is by having a degree doesn't mean she has a pure talent for writing, she will never gain a prize for her books that's why it's called a best-seller! Almost all best-sellers are bad (I've read a couple and well it just made me realize that people now a days are stupid). There is a book that is way much worse than twilight and it's Portuguese.... it's actually even worse than Nicholas Sparks....

I studied women literature last semester and trust me the only thing Stephenie Meyer lacks is: depth! She wrote nearly 2000 pages of a goddamn story about a vampire!

So literature now a days has to do with sell-sell-sell! No one cares if it's crap or not! It's terrible and sad but it's the truth! People just want to read and not stop to think, so if a writer wants to be successful he has to please a large quantity of people.