Meyer writes another million seller

New York - Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga, has yet another smash hit on her hands.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: an Eclipse Novella has scored sales of more than 1 million copies in the US since its June 5 release.

Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers said on Monday it now ranks as the year's best-selling book so far. It had debuted on several best-seller lists in the US, as well as in numerous countries around the world.

The novella follows the adventures of Bree Tanner, a newborn vampire introduced in the Twilight volume Eclipse.

In less than five years, nearly 100 million copies of the Twilight Saga teen-vampire books have been sold in nearly 50 countries, said Little, Brown.