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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, King has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, King has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Frasier
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Simpsons
Today
The Daily Show
Golden Years
Finding Your Roots
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Storm of the Century
Under the Dome
Sons of Anarchy
Jeopardy!
The Stand
Fever Pitch
It Chapter Two
Thinner
The Stand
Pet Sematary
Sleepwalkers
11.22.63
Maximum Overdrive
Creepshow 2
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Production Credits
Doctor Sleep
The Outsider
Thinner
The Stand
Cujo
Children of the Corn
In the Tall Grass
Mr. Mercedes
Golden Years
The Long Walk
Stand by Me
Christine
Salem's Lot
The Institute
The Outer Limits
IT: Welcome to Derry
The Dead Zone
The X-Files
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Carrie
The Shawshank Redemption
Sleepwalkers
Graveyard Shift
The Stand
The Shining
Firestarter
A Good Marriage
Pet Sematary II
The Stand
Firestarter
It
Creepshow 2
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Storm of the Century
Gerald's Game
Dreamcatcher
The Monkey
The Dark Tower
The Mist
The Dark Tower
Needful Things
The Boogeyman
Secret Window
Lisey's Story
The Running Man
Castle Rock
Misery
Maximum Overdrive
The Mist
Silver Bullet
It Chapter Two
Under the Dome
Transformers One
Haven
The Running Man
Cell
Mercy
The Life of Chuck
Pet Sematary
Carrie
The Green Mile
11.22.63
It
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Salem's Lot
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
The Twilight Zone
Children of the Corn
The Boogeyman
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