Claim: Mark Bomback wrote the screenplay for Twilight.
Evidence: Mark Bomback -LRB- born August 29 , 1971 -RRB- is an American screenwriter , originally from New Rochelle , New York.
Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novel 's storyline.