The Stephen King companion
Subtitle: forty years of fear from the master of horror
By: George Beahm ; illustrated by Michael Whelan and Glenn Chadbourne
Contributors: Whelan, Michael, 1950- illustrator; Chadbourne, Glenn, 1959- illustrator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2015?
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9781250081315
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; American Horror tales; Horror tales
Other titles: Stephen King companion :
Description: Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King.
Table of contents: title: Maine roots; title: Pre-Carrie: a hardscrabble life; title: Doubleday Books: magic time-the making of the Master of Horror; title: "The Bestsellasaurus Rex" stomps over to New American Library; title: Scribner: building bridges; title: Movies: screamplays; title: The critics' corner; title: Stephen King in cyberspace.