Stephen King




Stephen King

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born September 21, 1947
gender male
place of birth United States
website http://www.stephenking.com/
genre Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, Literature & Fiction
influences Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, William Golding, Shirley Jackson, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson, John D. MacDonald, Edgar Allan Poe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Robert Browning (Dark Tower Series), Herman Melville (Bag of Bones), Charles Dickens

about this author

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of the elderly couple. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. ...more

books by Stephen King

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avg rating: 3.73 | 231585 ratings | 254 distinct works
Misery Misery (Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 3.75 — 6350 ratings — published 2008
39 editions
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The Drawing of the Three The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
by Stephen King
avg rating 4.09 — 5502 ratings — published 1987
35 editions
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Pet Sematary Pet Sematary (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 3.46 — 6006 ratings — published 2005
52 editions
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 3.55 — 5835 ratings — published 1974
60 editions
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Green Mile book box set Green Mile book box set (Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 4.22 — 3812 ratings — published 1996
2 editions
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On Writing On Writing (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 4.08 — 3919 ratings — published 2002
32 editions
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Wolves of the Calla Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5)
by Stephen King
avg rating 4.02 — 3836 ratings — published 2003
25 editions
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Different Seasons Different Seasons (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 3.94 — 3868 ratings — published 1986
33 editions
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The Dead Zone The Dead Zone (Paperback)
by Stephen King
avg rating 3.62 — 4155 ratings — published 1993
33 editions
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The Dark Tower The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7)
by Stephen King
avg rating 4.11 — 3487 ratings — published 2004
24 editions
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quotes by Stephen King

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"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."
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"Get busy living or get busy dying"
Stephen King (Shawshank Redemption)
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"The road to hell is paved with adverbs."
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