Stephen King
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born
September 21, 1947
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
website
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
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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 el...more
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The Shining by Stephen King avg rating 3.91 — 34,176 ratings — published 1977 69 editions |
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The Stand by Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson avg rating 4.27 — 21,977 ratings — published 1978 51 editions |
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It by Stephen King avg rating 3.86 — 18,352 ratings — published 1986 40 editions |
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The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) by Stephen King avg rating 3.96 — 15,376 ratings — published 1982 50 editions |
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The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) by Stephen King avg rating 4.10 — 12,737 ratings — published 1987 42 editions |
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Pet Sematary by Stephen King avg rating 3.50 — 14,809 ratings — published 1983 60 editions |
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Carrie by Stephen King avg rating 3.58 — 14,218 ratings — published 1974 72 editions |
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Salem's Lot by Stephen King avg rating 3.70 — 13,211 ratings — published 1975 77 editions |
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The Green Mile Book Box Set by Stephen King avg rating 4.25 — 10,531 ratings — published 1996 47 editions |
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The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) by Stephen King avg rating 4.11 — 10,670 ratings — published 1991 48 editions |
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"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off."
— Stephen King (Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay)
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— Stephen King (Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay)
"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."
— Stephen King
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— Stephen King
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