Fascinating facts, trivia, and little-known details about the Master of the Macabre's life from the "world's leading authority on Stephen King" (
Entertainment Weekly).
New York Times-bestselling author Stephen Spignesi has compiled interviews, essays, and loads of facts and details about all of Stephen King's work into this fun and informative compendium for the author's many fans, from the casual to the fanatical!
Did you know...?
- In his early teens, Stephen King sold typed copies of his short stories at school.
- King originally thought his novel
Pet Sematarywas too frightening to publish.
- King's legendary
Dark Towerseries took him more than 30 years to write.
-
Thinnerwas the novel that revealed his "Richard Bachman" pseudonym to the world.
- King wrote
The Eyes of the Dragonfor his daughter Naomi.
- He has never liked Stanley Kubrick's film version of his novel
The Shining.
- It took him four years to write what some consider his magnum opus,
IT.
- The 2017 film version of
IThas grossed more than $700 million worldwide.
- In addition to novels, King has written essays, plays, screenplays, and even poetry.
