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Stephen King
(Stephen Edwin King)
(b.1947)Husband of Tabitha King, father of Joe Hill and Owen King, father-in-law of Kelly Braffet
aka Richard Bachman, John Swithen
Stephen King has written over a hundred books and novellas including The Stand, Bag of Bones, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and Just After Sunset. Many of his stories have been turned into classic films including Misery, Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption. He is winner of America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards.
He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.
He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.
Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Fiction
New Books
Series
The Dark Tower
1. The Gunslinger (1982)
2. The Drawing of the Three (1985)
3. The Waste Lands (1991)
4. Wizard and Glass (1997)
5. Wolves of the Calla (2003)
6. Song of Susannah (2004)
7. The Dark Tower (2004)
The Little Sisters of Eluria (2008)
8. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
1. The Gunslinger (1982)
2. The Drawing of the Three (1985)
3. The Waste Lands (1991)
4. Wizard and Glass (1997)
5. Wolves of the Calla (2003)
6. Song of Susannah (2004)
7. The Dark Tower (2004)
The Little Sisters of Eluria (2008)
8. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Green Mile Serialization
1. The Two Dead Girls (1996)
2. The Mouse on the Mile (1996)
3. Coffey's Hands (1996)
4. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (1996)
5. Night Journey (1996)
6. Coffey on the Mile (1996)
1. The Two Dead Girls (1996)
2. The Mouse on the Mile (1996)
3. Coffey's Hands (1996)
4. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (1996)
5. Night Journey (1996)
6. Coffey on the Mile (1996)
Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy
1. Gwendy's Button Box (2017) (with Richard Chizmar)
3. Gwendy's Final Task (2022) (with Richard Chizmar)
1. Gwendy's Button Box (2017) (with Richard Chizmar)
3. Gwendy's Final Task (2022) (with Richard Chizmar)
Novels
Carrie (1974)
Salem's Lot (1975)
The Stand (1978)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Cujo (1981)
Pet Sematary (1982)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Christine (1983)
It (1986)
Misery (1987)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
The Dark Half (1989)
The Stand, the Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
Needful Things (1991)
Gerald's Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
Desperation (1996)
The Green Mile (1996)
Bag of Bones (1998)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey's Story (2006)
Duma Key (2008)
Under the Dome (2009)
11/22/63 (2011)
Revival (2012)
Joyland (2013)
Sleeping Beauties (2017) (with Owen King)
The Outsider (2018)
Elevation (2018)
The Institute (2019)
Later (2021)
Billy Summers (2021)
Fairy Tale (2022)
Holly (2023)
Salem's Lot (1975)
The Stand (1978)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Cujo (1981)
Pet Sematary (1982)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Christine (1983)
It (1986)
Misery (1987)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
The Dark Half (1989)
The Stand, the Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
Needful Things (1991)
Gerald's Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
Desperation (1996)
The Green Mile (1996)
Bag of Bones (1998)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey's Story (2006)
Duma Key (2008)
Under the Dome (2009)
11/22/63 (2011)
Revival (2012)
Joyland (2013)
Sleeping Beauties (2017) (with Owen King)
The Outsider (2018)
Elevation (2018)
The Institute (2019)
Later (2021)
Billy Summers (2021)
Fairy Tale (2022)
Holly (2023)
Collections
People, Places, and Things (1963) (with Chris Chesley)
Night Shift (1978)
Stephen King's Creepshow (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Skeleton Crew (1985)
Four Past Midnight (1990)
Gray Matter (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Six Stories (1997)
Blood and Smoke (audio) (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Secret Windows (2000)
The Man in the Black Suit (2002)
Everything's Eventual (2002)
Just After Sunset (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson)
Stephen King Goes To The Movies (2009)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
It Came From The Garage! (2019) (with others)
If It Bleeds (2020)
Short Fiction (2021)
You Like It Darker (2024)
Night Shift (1978)
Stephen King's Creepshow (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Skeleton Crew (1985)
Four Past Midnight (1990)
Gray Matter (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Six Stories (1997)
Blood and Smoke (audio) (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Secret Windows (2000)
The Man in the Black Suit (2002)
Everything's Eventual (2002)
Just After Sunset (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson)
Stephen King Goes To The Movies (2009)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
It Came From The Garage! (2019) (with others)
If It Bleeds (2020)
Short Fiction (2021)
You Like It Darker (2024)
Anthologies edited
Chapbooks
Silver Bullet (1985)
My Pretty Pony (1989)
Lawnmower Man (1992)
Umney's Last Case (1995)
Quitter's Inc. (1999)
LT's Theory of Pets (2001)
My Pretty Pony (1989)
Lawnmower Man (1992)
Umney's Last Case (1995)
Quitter's Inc. (1999)
LT's Theory of Pets (2001)
Plays
Storm of the Century (1999)
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2013) (with T Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp)
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2013) (with T Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp)
Graphic Novels
Novellas and Short Stories
Children of the Corn (1977)
The Mist (1981)
Apt Pupil (1982)
The Breathing Method (1984)
Dolan's Cadillac (1989)
The Sun Dog (1989)
The Langoliers (1990)
The Library Policeman (1991)
Secret Window, Secret Garden (1991)
Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog (1993)
Sorry, Right Number (1993)
The Body (1994)
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (1995)
Autopsy Room Four (1997)
Blind Willie (1997)
Riding the Bullet (2000)
Secret Window (2004)
Stationary Bike (2006)
The Gingerbread Girl (2008)
Ur (2010)
Blockade Billy (2010)
Mile 81 (2011)
Throttle (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Stephen King's Battleground (2012)
A Face in the Crowd (2012) (with Stewart O'Nan)
In the Tall Grass (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Big Driver (2014)
A Good Marriage (2014)
Drunken Fireworks (2015)
1922 (2017)
It Came From The Mist (2019)
The Mist (1981)
Apt Pupil (1982)
The Breathing Method (1984)
Dolan's Cadillac (1989)
The Sun Dog (1989)
The Langoliers (1990)
The Library Policeman (1991)
Secret Window, Secret Garden (1991)
Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog (1993)
Sorry, Right Number (1993)
The Body (1994)
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (1995)
Autopsy Room Four (1997)
Blind Willie (1997)
Riding the Bullet (2000)
Secret Window (2004)
Stationary Bike (2006)
The Gingerbread Girl (2008)
Ur (2010)
Blockade Billy (2010)
Mile 81 (2011)
Throttle (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Stephen King's Battleground (2012)
A Face in the Crowd (2012) (with Stewart O'Nan)
In the Tall Grass (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Big Driver (2014)
A Good Marriage (2014)
Drunken Fireworks (2015)
1922 (2017)
It Came From The Mist (2019)
Non fiction
Danse Macabre (1980)
Nightmares in the Sky (1988) (with f-stop Fitzgerald)
Mid-Life Confidential (1994) (with Dave Barry, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Ridley Pearson and Amy Tan)
Stephen King Live (1999)
On Writing (2000)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub)
Building Bridges (2004)
Faithful (2004) (with Stewart O'Nan)
Stephen King Spills the Beans (2008) (with Tim Underwood)
Guns (2013)
Hard Listening (2014) (with Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan and Scott Turow)
Hearts in Suspension (2016)
Nightmares in the Sky (1988) (with f-stop Fitzgerald)
Mid-Life Confidential (1994) (with Dave Barry, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Ridley Pearson and Amy Tan)
Stephen King Live (1999)
On Writing (2000)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub)
Building Bridges (2004)
Faithful (2004) (with Stewart O'Nan)
Stephen King Spills the Beans (2008) (with Tim Underwood)
Guns (2013)
Hard Listening (2014) (with Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan and Scott Turow)
Hearts in Suspension (2016)
Omnibus editions
Carrie / the Tommyknockers (1994)
Desperation / Regulators (1996) (with Richard Bachman)
Stephen King Omnibus (1999)
Mr. Mercedes / Everything's Eventual / Lisey's Story (2015)
Stephen King Classic Collection (2018)
Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining (2019)
'Salem's Lot / Billy Summers (2021)
The Hard Case Crime Novels of Stephen King (2021)
Stephen King 5 Books Collection Box Set (2022)
The Institute / The Outsider / The Bazaar of Bad Dreams / Elevation (2023)
Desperation / Regulators (1996) (with Richard Bachman)
Stephen King Omnibus (1999)
Mr. Mercedes / Everything's Eventual / Lisey's Story (2015)
Stephen King Classic Collection (2018)
Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining (2019)
'Salem's Lot / Billy Summers (2021)
The Hard Case Crime Novels of Stephen King (2021)
Stephen King 5 Books Collection Box Set (2022)
The Institute / The Outsider / The Bazaar of Bad Dreams / Elevation (2023)
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by Stephen King
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Year's Finest Fantasy (1978)
Shadows (1978)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2 (1979)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Fantasy Annual IV (1981)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Prime Evil (1988)
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Dark Visions (1989)
Dark Voices (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Young Blood (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Space Movies (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Best of the Best (1998)
Legends (1998)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
999 (1999)
Technohorror (1999)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Year's Finest Fantasy (1978)
Shadows (1978)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2 (1979)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Fantasy Annual IV (1981)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Prime Evil (1988)
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Dark Visions (1989)
Dark Voices (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Young Blood (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Space Movies (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Best of the Best (1998)
Legends (1998)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
999 (1999)
Technohorror (1999)
Short stories
| Cain Rose Up (1968) | |||
| Here There Be Tygers (1968) | |||
| The Reaper's Image (1969) | |||
| Graveyard Shift (1970) | |||
| I Am the Doorway (1971) | |||
| Battleground (1972) | |||
| The Mangler (1972) | |||
| The Boogeyman (1973) | |||
| Gray Matter [short story] (1973) | |||
| Trucks (1973) | |||
| Night Surf (1974) | |||
| Sometimes They Come Back (1974) | |||
| The Lawnmower Man (1975) | |||
| Salem's Lot (excerpt) (1975) | |||
| Strawberry Spring (1975) | |||
| I Know What You Need (1976) | |||
| The Ledge (1976) | |||
| The Cat from Hell (1977) | |||
| The Man Who Loved Flowers (1977) | |||
| One for the Road (1977) | |||
| The Gunslinger [short story] (1978) | |||
| Jerusalem's Lot (1978) | |||
| The Last Rung on the Ladder (1978) | |||
| The Night of the Tiger (1978) | |||
| Nona (1978) | |||
| Quitters, Inc. (1978) | |||
| The Woman in the Room (1978) | |||
| The Crate (1979) | |||
| Big Wheels (1980) | |||
| Crouch End (1980) | |||
| The Mist [short story] (1980) | |||
| The Monkey (1980) | |||
| The Wedding Gig (1980) | |||
| The Jaunt (1981) | |||
| The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (1981) | |||
| The Reach (1981) aka Do the Dead Sing? | World Fantasy | ||
| Apt Pupil [short story] (1982) | |||
| Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (1982) | |||
| The Body [short story] (1982) | |||
| The Breathing Method [short story] (1982) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Morning Deliveries (1982) | |||
| The Raft (1982) | |||
| Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (1982) | |||
| Survivor Type (1982) | |||
| Uncle Clayton (1983) | |||
| Uncle Otto's Truck (1983) | |||
| The Word Processor (1983) | |||
| Word Processor of the Gods (1983) | |||
| The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (1984) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Gramma (1984) | |||
| Mrs Todd's Shortcut (1984) | |||
| The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson (1984) | |||
| Beachworld (1985) | |||
| For Owen (1985) | |||
| Paranoid: A Chant (1985) | |||
| The End of the Whole Mess (1986) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| The Fifth Quarter (1986) | |||
| Popsy (1987) | |||
| Dedication (1988) | |||
| The Night Flier (1988) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Reploids (1988) | |||
| Sneakers (1988) | |||
| Home Delivery (1989) | |||
| The Langoliers [short story] (1989) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Library Policeman [short story] (1989) | |||
| My Pretty Pony [short story] (1989) | |||
| Rainy Season (1989) | |||
| Secret Window, Secret Garden [short story] (1989) | |||
| The Moving Finger (1990) | |||
| It Grows on You (1991) | |||
| Chattery Teeth (1992) | |||
| You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (1992) | |||
| Brooklyn August (1993) | |||
| The Doctor's Case (1993) | |||
| Head Down (1993) | |||
| The House on Maple Street (1993) | |||
| Suffer the Little Children (1993) | |||
| The Ten O'Clock People (1993) | |||
| Umney's Last Case [short story] (1993) | |||
| The Man in The Black Suit [short story] (1994) | World Fantasy | ||
| Lunch at the Gotham Cafe (1995) | Bram Stoker | ||
| Everything's Eventual [short story] (1997) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| L.T.'s Theory of Pets (1997) | |||
| Lucky Quarter (1997) | |||
| The Little Sisters of Eluria (1998) | |||
| That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French (1998) | |||
| Hearts in Atlantis [short story] (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) | ||
| Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling (1999) | |||
| Low Men in Yellow Coats (1999) | |||
| Riding the Bullet [short story] (1999) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Road Virus Heads North (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) | ||
| Why We're in Vietnam (1999) | |||
| 1408 (2000) | |||
| In the Deathroom (2000) |
Awards
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