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鈥淭wilight鈥� fans who are looking for more stories about Stephenie Meyers鈥� fictional universe can now see a slightly different take on the story by Ms. Meyers herself.聽

For the tenth anniversary of the publication of the first 鈥淭wilight鈥� book, Meyers has published a work titled 鈥淟ife and Death: Twilight Reimagined.鈥� In this version, the protagonist is a teenage boy named Beau who meets a female vampire named Edythe. In Meyers鈥� original story, human girl Bella began a romance with the vampire Edward.聽

聽that she wanted to try this version of the story after various people called Bella too helpless. The character is "a normal human being surrounded on all sides by people who are basically superheroes and supervillains," Meyers writes in the foreword of the book.

The new work was published with the original novel 鈥淭wilight鈥� and that edition was released on Oct. 6. According to the publisher, the new book includes almost 400 pages of new writing.聽

Meyers released four books in her 鈥淭wilight鈥� series and the books were adapted into a very lucrative film franchise starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

Last year, it was announced that a panel of people including Meyers and Ms. Stewart would choose female directors to helm short movies about the 鈥淭wilight鈥� characters. Directors Kailey and Sam Spear won the contest with their short piece.

This new version of 鈥淭wilight鈥� is just another way authors and publishers behind young adult book series are extending the life of their properties beyond the publication of the last work. While the last 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� book came out in 2007, 鈥淧otter鈥� author J.K. Rowling keeps revealing new information about the series鈥檚 characters through her Twitter account and she鈥檚 writing the screenplay for 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,鈥� a movie that is set in the 鈥淧otter鈥� universe and centers on different characters.聽

Cassandra Clare鈥檚 successful 鈥淢ortal Instruments鈥� series concluded in 2014 and the first book was adapted into a movie, 鈥淭he Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,鈥� in 2013. The film wasn鈥檛 well-received by critics and faltered at the box office, but it鈥檚 not over 鈥� a TV show titled 鈥淪hadowhunters,鈥� which is based on the book series, is set to debut on ABC Family sometime next year.聽

When movies or TV shows based on these books succeed, it鈥檚 not assumed anymore that new tie-ins will stop happening, even if the book series is over. When talk show host Conan O鈥橞rien interviewed the 鈥淗unger Games鈥� cast recently, he asked them what was next, with the last 鈥淕ames鈥� movie set to arrive in theaters this November. 鈥淸Studio] Lionsgate obviously must be thinking, there鈥檚 got to be some way we can keep this going,鈥� O鈥橞rien said.

Lionsgate said at the time that nothing else was planned, but fans of young adult book series have more reason to hope than ever these days that another project will arrive someday.