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Joseph Hillström King (born June 4, 1972), better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American writer.His work includes the novels Heart-Shaped Box (2007), Horns (2010), NOS4A2 (2013), and The Fireman (2016); the short story collections 20th Century Ghosts (2005) and Strange Weather (2017); and the comic book series Locke & Key (2008–2013).
Hill was the author of numerous labor songs, including "The Rebel Girl", inspired by IWW activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.. By this time using the name Joe or Joseph Hillstrom (possibly because of anti-union blacklisting), he joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) or Wobblies around 1910, when working on the docks in San Pedro, California.
Joseph Hill (a.k.a. Dusty Hill) (1949–2021), American bassist associated with the band ZZ Top; Joe Hill (writer) (born 1972), pen name of American author Joseph Hillstrom King, son of author Stephen King; Joe Hills (American football) (born 1987), American football wide receiver; Joe Hill, fictional character on the TV series Blue Bloods
Joe Hill is a 1971 biopic about the Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill, born Joel Emanuel Hägglund in Gävle, Sweden.It was directed by Swedish director Bo Widerberg and is a dramatization of Hill's life, depicting Hill's arrival as a poor immigrant in New York in 1902, his involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and his trial for murder, during which ...
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Horns is a 2010 dark fantasy novel by Joe Hill and is the author's second published novel. The novel also incorporates elements of contemporary fantasy, crime fiction, and Gothic fiction.
Here's what happened when one man on a job hunt decided to Anglicize his name on his resume -- from José to Joe. José told BuzzFeed that when he dropped the "s" from his name, "That's when all ...
The Fireman is a post-apocalyptic novel by American author Joe Hill. The novel, his fourth, tells the tale of a deadly spore that has infected most of the world's population. Hill first spoke of the novel in 2013 in promotional interviews for his then-new novel NOS4A2. The novel was released on May 17, 2016. [1]