num_pages: 400
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: Orville Bates, Charlene "Charlie"  McGee, Norma Manders, Captain James "Cap" Hollester, Patrick Hockstetter, Vicky Tomlinson, Orv  "OJ" Jamieson, John Rainbird, Doctor Herman Pynchot, Andrew "Andy"  McGee, Albert Steinowitz, Irv Manders, Doctor Joseph Wanless
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Suspense, Adult, Supernatural, Fiction, Paranormal
ratings_count: 222691
places: Albany, New York, Vermont, Virginia, The United States of America, Bradford, Vermont, New York City, New York, Harrison, Ohio
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: Plume