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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
Maximum Overdrive
Thinner
The Stand
Pet Sematary
Sleepwalkers
11.22.63
Creepshow 2
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Production Credits
Needful Things
1408
The Stand
Doctor Sleep
Under the Dome
Pet Sematary
Christine
The Outsider
Maximum Overdrive
The Mist
The Outer Limits
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
It
Stand by Me
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Carrie
Silver Bullet
The Institute
Haven
The X-Files
Golden Years
It
The Mist
Lisey's Story
Firestarter
The Boogeyman
The Running Man
The Shawshank Redemption
In the Tall Grass
Dreamcatcher
The Running Man
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Gerald's Game
Firestarter
The Monkey
Children of the Corn
Transformers One
Children of the Corn
Castle Rock
Mr. Mercedes
The Dead Zone
Pet Sematary II
The Stand
Thinner
Mercy
Secret Window
IT: Welcome to Derry
Storm of the Century
The Long Walk
11.22.63
Carrie
The Dark Tower
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Graveyard Shift
It Chapter Two
Creepshow 2
Misery
Carrie
The Dark Tower
Salem's Lot
1922
The Twilight Zone
The Boogeyman
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Life of Chuck
The Passenger
Cell
Cujo
The Green Mile
A Good Marriage
The Stand
Sleepwalkers
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