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Stephen King
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Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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    2. Announcing author Stephen King's FULL DARK, NO STARS
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    6. Stephen King reveals his novel 11/22/63
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    7. Prolific Author Stephen King reads from UNDER THE DOME
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    12. Bestselling Novelist Stephen King Discusses the Art of Storytelling
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Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will be released on June 04, 2013 in Hardcover
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Doctor Sleep will be released on September 24, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
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Under the Dome will be released on June 11, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 23, 2013
Under the Dome will be released on June 11, 2013 in Compact Disk
May 23, 2013
Under the Dome will be released on June 11, 2013 in Compact Disk
May 23, 2013
Joyland will be released on June 04, 2013 in Compact Disk, Audio Download
May 14, 2013
Brightcove:
Under the Dome
Apr 05, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Wind Through the Keyhole
Mar 15, 2013
The Wind Through the Keyhole will be released on February 26, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 26, 2013
The Wind Through the Keyhole is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 26, 2013
Jan 17, 2013
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II
Dec 07, 2012
Black House will be released on November 27, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Black House is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
The Talisman
Nov 22, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Shining
Nov 15, 2012

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Norwich Bulletin, April 19, 2013
...What does an 1868 almanac have in common with Stephen King’s 2006 apocalyptic horror novel "Cell"? Both can be purchased this weekend at the Friends of Otis Library’s spring book sale, which runs through this Sunday. "The funds...
Daily Eastern News, April 19, 2013
...administrative employees hired from other universities. Richard England, dean of the honors college, from Salisbury University in Maryland; Stephen King, chair of communications studies, from Delta State University in Mississippi; and Kevin Doolen, chair...
Time Out Chicago, April 19, 2013
...The case to crack here is The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s chilly 1980 horror opus, which adapted a Stephen King best-seller into a labyrinthine art thriller. In Rodney Ascher’s fascinating essay film, several superfans of the movie explain—through...
Huffington Post, April 19, 2013
...If anyone's ever seen the miniseries adaptation of The Stand, or read the Stephen King book, you can get a good sense of what it's like in Boston right now. Just as what it was after "Captain Trips" hit in that series/book, the...
Cinemas Online.co.uk, April 19, 2013
...was what was happening with their newly acquired LucasFilm properties - namely the 'Star Wars' franchise. Bestselling author Stephen King has stated that heâd be "happy" if Warner's planned film prequel to his 1977 horror novel 'The Shining' "didnât...
Guardian.co.uk, April 18, 2013
...for the vreeee of mosquitoes while sweatily devouring dustbunnies, dead husbands and domestic violence, I was hooked on Stephen King. On the same visit and in the same place, I found Erica Jong's Fear of Flying , which, alas, mysteriously disappeared...
Guardian.co.uk, April 18, 2013
...up there with the best of its kind. Keith Austin deserves to take his place, up there with Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. So, I've gotten some of those extravagant praises out of my system, lets move onto the plot. It follows the eventful summer of 12...
Yahoo! India, February 28, 2013
...things I have invented beforehand. This boredom could be transmitted to the reader. I always remember one thing Stephen King once said in his book on writing. He said, 'I never know beforehand who is the killer, because when I know it, the reader knows...
Reuters, February 28, 2013
...things I have invented beforehand. This boredom could be transmitted to the reader. I always remember one thing Stephen King once said in his book on writing. He said, 'I never know beforehand who is the killer, because when I know it, the reader knows...
ASU Web Devil, February 28, 2013
...have some really exciting stuff. … Right now, I’m doing a TV pilot for DreamWorks for a Stephen King book called “Under the Dome.” I have to film two days and so it’s a little hectic. … We start shooting on Thursday morning in North Carolina....
Reuters UK, February 28, 2013
...things I have invented beforehand. This boredom could be transmitted to the reader. I always remember one thing Stephen King once said in his book on writing. He said, 'I never know beforehand who is the killer, because when I know it, the reader knows...
McMaster University Sil, February 28, 2013
...The Host by Stephenie Meyer, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and a remake of Carrie by Stephen King. Some of the lesser known books-to-movies of 2013 include Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, Serena by Ron Rash and World...
TheDay.com, February 28, 2013
...This is a masterful and relentless achievement in the tradition of Stephen King's "Salem's Lot," which was as much a study of smalltown life as it was about vampires. "The Burn Palace," set in Brewster, Rhode Island, in...
New Statesman, February 28, 2013
...acceptance of her true nature leads Stoker into the territory of Brian De Palma’s 1976 film of Stephen King’s Carrie, about a timid girl in receipt of telekinetic powers. Park does not fight shy of the similarities. There is a stunning shot in the...