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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Widely known for his horror novels, he has been crowned the "King of Horror". [2] He has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. [3]
Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, thriller, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 400 million copies, [ 1 ] [ needs update ] and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies, and comic books .
Stephen King is an American author widely known for his works of contemporary horror, thriller, science fiction, and fantasy. In addition to many novels, King has written approximately 200 short stories. His works have been widely adapted to film, television, and other media.
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday.The plot centers on a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which some of the few surviving humans gather into factions that are each led by a personification of either good or evil and seem fated to clash with each other.
You Like It Darker is a collection of twelve stories by American author Stephen King, published by Scribner in May 2024. [1] The book was announced on November 6, 2023, via Entertainment Weekly, which provided a look at the book's wraparound cover, table of contents, and an excerpt from "Rattlesnakes", a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo.
Night Shift is the first book for which King wrote a foreword. The introduction was written by one of King's favorite authors, John D. MacDonald.MacDonald writes that "Stephen King is a far, far better writer at thirty than I was at thirty, or at forty.
Carrie is a 1974 horror novel, the first by American author Stephen King.Set in the town of Chamberlain, Maine, the plot revolves around Carrie White, a friendless, bullied high school girl from an abusive religious household who discovers she has telekinetic powers.
Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more dramatic bent, rather than the horror fiction for which King is famous. [1] The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons.