num_pages: 510
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: Andrew "Andy"  McGee, Doctor Herman Pynchot, John Rainbird, Irv Manders, Vicky Tomlinson, Doctor Joseph Wanless, Albert Steinowitz, Orv  "OJ" Jamieson, Norma Manders, Charlene "Charlie"  McGee, Captain James "Cap" Hollester, Orville Bates, Patrick Hockstetter
genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Adult, Supernatural, Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal
ratings_count: 222727
places: Bradford, Vermont, The United States of America, Albany, New York, New York City, New York, Virginia, Harrison, Ohio, 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: Warner Books