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Stephen King

Profession
Writing
Born
September 21, 1947 · Portland, Maine, USA

Biography

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 also 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, he 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.

Known for

The Shawshank Redemption poster
The Shawshank Redemption
Film · 1994 · ★ 8.7
It poster
It
Film · 2017 · ★ 7.2
The Green Mile poster
The Green Mile
Film · 1999 · ★ 8.5
The Shining poster
The Shining
Film · 1980 · ★ 8.2
The Simpsons poster
The Simpsons
Series · 1989 · ★ 8.0
It Chapter Two poster
It Chapter Two
Film · 2019 · ★ 6.8
Stand by Me poster
Stand by Me
Film · 1986 · ★ 7.8
The Mist poster
The Mist
Film · 2007 · ★ 7.0
The Dark Tower poster
The Dark Tower
Film · 2017 · ★ 5.8
Misery poster
Misery
Film · 1990 · ★ 7.8
1408 poster
1408
Film · 2007 · ★ 6.7
Doctor Sleep poster
Doctor Sleep
Film · 2019 · ★ 7.1

Filmography