num_pages: 512
description: From the author of The Shining, Carrie, and The Dead Zone, Stephen King's mesmerizing and menacing story of a sinister government agency, a fateful drug experiment, and a pigtailed girl named Charlie, who has an unimaginably terrifying gift.
language: English
title: Firestarter
titlecomplete: Firestarter
characters: Norma Manders, Patrick Hockstetter, Orville Bates, Captain James "Cap" Hollester, Albert Steinowitz, Charlene "Charlie"  McGee, Orv  "OJ" Jamieson, Andrew "Andy"  McGee, Doctor Herman Pynchot, Doctor Joseph Wanless, Vicky Tomlinson, John Rainbird, Irv Manders
genres: Suspense, Fantasy, Adult, Horror, Supernatural, Thriller, Fiction, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 222827
places: Vermont, Harrison, Ohio, Virginia, New York City, New York, The United States of America, Albany, New York, Bradford, Vermont
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award)
publisher: Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.