Stephen King: Chronological List of Books and Stories 1983 - Cycle of the Werewolf 1984 - The Talisman (written with Peter Straub) 1985 - Skeleton Crew (stories, including "The Mist") continue reading below our video Best Vacation Reads of 2015 1985 - The Bachman Books (novel collection) 1986 - It 1987 - The Eyes of the Dragon 1987 - Misery 1987 - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three 1988 - The Tommyknockers 1988 - Nightmares in the Sky (Photo book with text by King) 1988 - Dark Visions 1989 - Dolan's Cadillac (limited edition) 1989 - My Pretty Pony (limited edition) 1990 - The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition 1990 - Four Past Midnight (stories) 1991 - Needful Things 1991 - The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands 1992 - Gerald's Game 1995 - Rose

 Madder 1995 - Umney's Last Case 1996 - The Green Mile (originally published as a monthly serial consisting of six parts: The Two Dead Girls, The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile) 1996 - Desperation 1997 - The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass 1998 - Bag of Bones 1999 - Storm of the Century 1999 - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 1999 - The New Lieutenant's Rap (limited edition) 1999 - Hearts in Atlantis 1999 - Blood and Smoke (audio book) 2000 - Riding the Bullet (electronically published novella) 2000 - The Plant(electronically published) 2000 - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (nonfiction autobiography) 2000 - Dreamcatcher 2001 - Black House (written with Peter Straub) 2002 - From a Buick 8 2002 - Everything's Eventual

: 14 Dark Tales 2003 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised edition) 2003 - The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 2004 - The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 2004 - The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 2004 - Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season 2005 - The Colorado Kid 2006 - The Secretary of Dreams 2006 - Cell Stephen King - Biography - IMDb Stephen King Biography Showing all 278 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (13) | Trivia (144) | Personal Quotes (115) Overview (4) 6' 4" (1.93 m) Mini Bio (1) Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland.

His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock", but used the last name "King", under which Stephen was born. He has an older brother, David. The Kings were a typical family until one night, when Donald said he was stepping out for cigarettes and was never heard from again. Ruth took over raising the family with help from relatives. They traveled throughout many states over several years, finally moving back to Durham, Maine, in 1958. Stephen began his actual writing career in January of 1959, when David and Stephen decided to publish their own local newspaper named "Dave's Rag". David bought a mimeograph machine, and they put together a paper they sold for five cents an issue. Stephen attended Lisbon High School, in Lisbon, in 1962. Collaborating with his best friend Chris Chesley in 1963, they published a collection of 18 short stories called "People, Places, and Things--Volume I".

King's stories included "Hotel at the End of the Road", "I've Got to Get Away!", "The Dimension Warp", "The Thing at the Bottom of the Well", "The Stranger", "I'm Falling", "The Cursed Expedition", and "The Other Side of the Fog." A year later, King's amateur press, Triad and Gaslight Books, published a two-part book titled "The Star Invaders". King made his first actual published appearance in 1965 in the magazine Comics Review with his story "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber." The story ran about 6,000 words in length. In 1966 he graduated from high school and took a scholarship to attend the University of Maine. Looking back on his high school days, King recalled that "my high school career was totally undistinguished. I was not at the top of my class, nor at the bottom." Later that summer King began working on a novel called "Getting It On", about some kids who take over a classroom and try unsuccessfully to ward off the National Guard.

During his first year at college, King completed his first full-length novel, "The Long Walk." He submitted the novel to Bennett Cerf /Random House only to have it rejected. King took the rejection badly and filed the book away. He made his first small sale--$35--with the story "The Glass Floor". In June 1970 King graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Science degree in English and a certificate to teach high school. King's next idea came from the poem by Robert Browning , "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came." He found bright colored green paper in the library and began work on "The Dark Tower" saga, but his chronic shortage of money meant that he was unable to further pursue the novel, and it, too, was filed away. King took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. Soon he began to earn money for his writings by submitting his short stories to men's magazines such as Cavalier. On January 2, 1971, he married Tabitha King (born Tabitha Jane Spruce).

In the fall of 1971 King took a teaching job at Hampden Academy, earning $6,400 a year. The Kings then moved to Hermon, a town west of Bangor. Stephen then began work on a short story about a teenage girl named Carietta White. After completing a few pages, he decided it was not a worthy story and crumpled the pages up and tossed them into the trash. Fortunately, Tabitha took the pages out and read them. She encouraged her husband to continue the story, which he did. In January 1973 he submitted "Carrie" to Doubleday. In March Doubleday bought the book. On May 12 the publisher sold the paperback rights for the novel to New American Library for $400,000. His contract called for his getting half of that sum, and he quit his teaching job to pursue writing full time. The rest, as they say, is history. Since then King has had numerous short stories and novels published and movies made from his work. He has been called the "Master of Horror". His books have been translated into 33 different languages, published in over 35 different countries.

There are over 300 million copies of his novels in publication. He continues to live in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, and writes out of his home. In June 1999 King was severely injured in an accident, he was walking alongside a highway and was hit by a car, that left him in critical condition with injuries to his lung, broken ribs, a broken leg and a severely fractured hip. After three weeks of operations, he was released from the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Christian Skibinski Spouse (1) ( 2 January 1971 - present) (3 children) Trade Mark (13) Usually sets stories in Maine, particularly (until "Needful Things") in the small town of Castle Rock, which he created.

Most of his lead male characters are writers Almost always has a cameo in the movies or mini-series based on his novels Makes references to his previous novels in his books Horror and fantasy themes Supernatural events happening to everyday people Indian burial grounds Uses single words or phrases as foreshadowing ("Redrum" in The Shining) Children in his books often are killed such as Tad in "Cujo", Gage in "Pet Sematary", Ray Brauer in "The Body") Many of his earlier works gave life to inanimate objects, turning them into homicidal monsters. Often depicts small-town life, particularly in the fictional Castle Rock, as having a dark and dangerous underside to it. Stories about small town communities facing a supernatural force. Common theme is characters being isolated or trapped from the outside world. Trivia (144) Newspapers reported that he has bought the van that hit him on June; he plans to hammer it to pieces on the anniversary of the accident. [September 1999] King was accidentally hit in the back by a minivan while walking on Route 5 near North Lovell, Maine. He suffered a broken leg, a bruised lung and a head laceration.

The driver of the van was distracted by his dog. King was found lying in a depression about 14 feet off the road and appeared to have been thrown by the collision. The van's windshield was broken and the right front corner of the car was crunched in from the impact of striking King. [June 1999] Revealed that he is suffering from macular degeneration, a currently incurable condition which will most likely lead to blindness. [May 1999] Estimated annual salary is $40 million. [May 1999] HBO paid $1.5 million for the rights to the novel "Rose Madder". [October 1996] Has never censored his own work. The death of Dr. Jimmy Cody in "Salem's Lot" was cut due to the demands of the editor at Doubleday, which King acquiesced to because his career was still in its infancy. King published seven novels ("Rage", "The Long Walk", "Roadwork", "The Running Man", "Thinner", "The Regulators" and "Blaze") under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Portions of King's writings from when he was 9 years old appears in the 1993 book, "First Words", edited by Paul Mandelbaum, available from Algonquin books. Supposedly created his pseudonym Richard Bachman by reading a novel by Donald E. Westlake , whose pseudonym is Richard Stark, while listening to Bachman-Turner Overdrive . It is falsely rumored that he will not sign autographs because of superstition. Actually, he doesn't sign them because he hates the idolatry of celebrities (he also will not endorse an official fan club for the same reason). He will sign autographs now only at book signings, according to his official website. Another rumor (perhaps started by King) claims that, if sent a book to sign, he will burn it and return the ashes. This is also untrue and was debunked by his official website. Met his wife Tabitha King while the two were working at the Fogler Library as students at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Used to work for a dry cleaner before publishing his first novel.

His daughter Naomi wed her 54-year-old lesbian partner Thandeka (who is a theological school teacher) in Nashville, Tennessee. [June 2000] Bryan Smith, the driver of the van that hit King, dies. King said in a statement, "I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Bryan Smith.The death of a 43-year-old man can only be termed untimely.". [September 2000] Scored in the 1300s on the SAT. Children: Naomi Rachel (b. 1970), Joseph Hillstrom (b. June 4, 1972) and Owen Phillip (b. February 21, 1977). Wrote "The Running Man", a 304-page novel, in only ten days. Owns three radio stations in Maine (one has been named AP Station of the Year more than once) Online at zoneradio.com Certified by Guinness Superlatives (the "Book of World Records" group) as having the most number of motion picture adaptations by a living author.

In 1992 he and wife Tabitha King gave a donation to build Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Maine. The only condition Stephen had was that the score board would be placed such that he could see it from his house while working. In August of 2002 he threw the first pitch at the opening of the Senior League Baseball World Series. The Kings were honored for their generosity with an inscribed stone monument shaped like a home plate. Contributed a short monologue to two versions of the Blue Öyster Cult song "Astronomy" (from the out-of-print "Imaginos" album) on a promotional CD single. His short story "The Man in the Black Suit" won an O. Henry Award for Best Short Story in 1996. Underwent surgery to remove scar tissue and fluid from his lungs from a bout of pneumonia. [November 2003] Once said that his favorite personal horror movie was Tourist Trap (1979), and his favorite film is Of Unknown Origin (1983).

Dogs are often described as monsters or -- the opposite -- victims in his books and films (like Cujo (1983) or Pet Sematary (1989)). He is an avid Red Sox fan. Before the Sox won the 2004 World Series, he said he wanted his tombstone epitaph to be a single sock and the line "Not In My Lifetime, Not In Yours, Either." He is the most successful American writer in history. Often listens to hard rock music during the time he writes to get inspired. He also plays in a rock band himself. A recovering alcoholic, King noted in his book "On Writing" that he was drunk virtually the whole time of writing the book "Cujo" and to this day barely remembers writing any of it. In the 1980s he was battling a cocaine addiction. At one time his wife organized a group of family and friends and confronted him. She dumped onto the floor his trashcan, which included beer cans, cigarette butts, cough and cold medicines and various drug paraphernalia. Her message to him was: "Get help or get out.

We love you, but we don't want to witness your suicide." He got help and was able to become clean and sober. Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 256-271. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. Is good friends with horror director George A. Romero . He belongs to a an all-writer rock band called "Rock Bottom Remainders" with other such writers as Amy Tan , Dave Barry , Scott Turow , Roy Blount Jr. , and James Luca McBride . Their motto is, according to Barry, "We play music as well as Metallica writes novels". A huge fan of Ramones , King penned the liner notes to the 2002 Ramones tribute album, "We're A Happy Family.". Writes reviews of J.K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series for Entertainment Weekly magazine. Is an avid AC/DC fan. The fictional town of Castle Rock is located in Maine. Stand by Me (1986), accidentally set it in Oregon.

This is because the original story, "The Body," only mentions that Castle Rock is near Portland, without identifying which state. It is only identified as being in Maine in his other stories. The only clues in "The Body" that it takes place in Maine is the fact that the local radio stations begin with W, which, with only a few exceptions, applies only to stations east of the Mississippi River. Many of his stories take place in or near the fictional small town of Castle Rock, Maine. The first film to be based on a Castle Rock story was The Dead Zone (1983). Director Rob Reiner subsequently named his production company Castle Rock Entertainment. In 1988 he was offered the chance to write and direct A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989). Was such a fan of the film 28 Days Later... (2002) that he bought out an entire showing of the film in New York City. Son Joseph Hillstrom King is also a novelist. He spent the past several years writing under the pen name Joe Hill, the name of a labor leader who is also his namesake. Fan of B-Movie Scream Queen Linnea Quigley .

Cites Sir William Golding 's novel Lord of the Flies as a major influence on him. One of the chapters in that book was "Castle Rock," which later became the name of a fictional town in several of King's stories. Worked as an English teacher before becoming a professional writer. Many of his characters are also teachers. In his book "On Writing", he states that as punishment for making fun of Ellen Margitan, the vice principal of Lisbon High, he is sent to the offices of the Lisbon Enterprise to work with the editor, John Gould which he states is not "the" John Gould. In fact, it was "the" John Gould, famous Maine humorist and it was John Gould that helped King develop into a writer that people wanted to read. He's a huge fan of the hit ABC TV show Lost (2004), which often makes references to his works. He even trusted J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof to adapt the "Dark Tower" series into a film series. After watching the first cut of Rob Reiner 's Stand by Me (1986), he was said to be crying and stated it was the closest adaptation to one of his novels he'd ever seen.

A fan of J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter novels. Controversially, King once wrote a complimentary "Blurb" for the back cover of L. Ron Hubbard 's book "Fear". When it was discovered in 1985 that he and Richard Bachman were one and the same, he retired the use of that name. He resurrected Bachman about a decade later, using the name as the author of The Regulators, a companion piece to his own novel Desperation. Since then, he has issued other new novels using the name Bachman, with the dust jackets jokingly claiming the books to have been a posthumous discovery by Bachman's widow. Bachman is said to have died in 1985 from "Cancer of the Pseudonym". Adaptations of his work have featured two generations of Sheens and Sutherlands. Kiefer Sutherland appeared in Stand by Me (1986), while Donald Sutherland appeared in Salem's Lot (2004). Martin Sheen and Ramon Estevez both appeared in The Dead Zone (1983) and Emilio Estevez appeared in Maximum Overdrive (1986).

Will allow aspiring film-makers to purchase the film rights to any of his short stories (and only short-stories, not novels) for a dollar. The resulting films are sent directly to him and, if he enjoys them, placed on a shelf marked "Dollar-Babies.". His novels are frequently adapted to the screen by Frank Darabont , Mick Garris , and Rob Reiner . In 2009 he fulfilled a lifetime ambition, expressed in Salem's Lot, of being interviewed in Playboy Magazine. The Magazine also published a poem by King, entitled "The Bone Church", which featured the immortal line "And balls to your grinning face!". His characters frequently meet other characters from other Stephen King books. In Tommyknockers, for example, poet Jim Gardner encounters Jack, from The Talisman, on a beach. The description of the character Ben Mears, in Salem's Lot, is taken from King himself. Plays guitar in the group The Rock-Bottom Remainders, a band made up entirely of novelists. As a little boy he had a recurring nightmare in which he entered a room and saw a suicide victim hanging from the ceiling. He later incorporated this scene into an early book, Salem's Lot.

Several actors have made multiple appearances in television and film adaptations of King's work. Ed Harris was in Needful Things (1993) as well as The Stand (1994) and a segment of Creepshow (1982). His wife, Amy Madigan , appeared in The Dark Half (1993), which also featured his Needful Things character. John Cusack made a brief appearance in Stand by Me (1986) and later starred in 1408 (2007). Kathy Bates starred in Misery (1990) and Dolores Claiborne (1995) and later had a cameo in The Stand (1994). Gary Sinise starred in The Stand (1994) and had a cameo in The Green Mile (1999). David Morse played Brutal in The Green Mile (1999) and also played Adult Bobby Garfield in Hearts in Atlantis (2001) as well Capt. Brian Engle in The Langoliers (1995).

Rob Lowe had major roles in both The Stand (1994) and TBS' of Salem's Lot (2004). Timothy Hutton starred in The Dark Half (1993) and also in Secret Window (2004). Thomas Jane starred in The Mist (2007) and Dreamcatcher (2007) alongside Morgan Freeman , who was also in The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Both Jeffrey DeMunn and William Sadler were in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999) and The Mist (2007). Harry Dean Stanton appears in Christine (1983) and has a cameo in The Green Mile (1999). J.T. Walsh has a cameo in Misery (1990) and appears in Needful Things (1993). James Cromwell appeared in The Green Mile (1999) and 'Salem's Lot (2004)(TV)' the previous version of which featured his wife, Julie Cobb .

Miguel Ferrer appeared in The Stand (1994), 'The Shining (1997)(TV)', and 'The Night Flier (1997)(TV)'. Famously disliked Stanley Kubrick 's The Shining (1980), which was adapted from his novel of the same name. King was opposed to the casting of Jack Nicholson who, in his opinion, did not accurately portray the gradual descent into madness that the book had described. He also lamented that many story elements, some of them autobiographical and important to King, had not been included, such as alcoholism and his father issue. King therefore produced a mini series of The Shining (1997) that follows his novel more closely, but is generally regarded as inferior to Kubrick's interpretation. His novel Misery is about a writer with a recurring character in a long series of books, who is in a serious car accident after finishing the last book in the series. King was himself in the middle of an ongoing series; The Dark Tower; when he was hit by a truck in 1999. Surviving that accident is what ultimately prompted him to finish the series.

He has recently decided to write one more book in the series, to be entitled The Wind in the Keyhole, due for a 2012 release. In Misery, the writer also decides to continue writing his series after surviving his encounter with an obsessed fan. In 2011, his fondness for the Harry Potter books came full circle, when it was announced that Potter director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves would be making a new adaptation of his novel The Stand. His memoir "On Writing" has been praised by Roger Ebert as the most useful and insightful book about writing since The Elements of Style. A rumor circulated for years that he did not want to complete his novel "Pet Sematary" as it frightened him to do any writing for it. King or Doubleday (the publisher) may have started the story and while not exactly true it is partially based in fact. King fell into a depression while writing it and had no desire to complete it while feeling the strong melancholy. George A. Romero was one of King's childhood heroes. The two are now close friends. Suicides have occurred in three of the houses the King family have lived in.

The first author to have three simultaneous titles on the publishers weekly list: Firestarter, The Dead Zone, and The Shining. In October 1995, King broke his own record by having four books hit the NY Times bestseller list: Skeleton Crew, Thinner, The Talisman, and The Bachman Books. All three of his children as well as his wife have followed his footsteps into writing. Writes three drafts for every book. His favourite way of relaxing is to take a bath while smoking a cigarette, and listen to a Red Sox game on the radio, propped on the sink. He would also drink a beer during the days when he was an alcoholic. King played guitar (badly) in a high school band. He would often change the lyrics into something gross (but funny) on the spot. In later years, movie studios and production companies snapped up the film rights for King novels before the books saw print, e.g. Delores Claiborne. King writes for 3-4 hours a day. He used to write 2000-3000 words a day, now he can only manage 1000. King once flew on a plane that ran into turbulence.

The oxygen mask came out, and his seat was ripped from the floor and he landed on his side, still strapped in. It was a while before he could get on a plane again. Against abortion because he likens it to abandonment, something his father did to him when he was a child. Never answers his own phone. He will never co-author a book with his wife, because he feels that if they ever did, it would lead to divorce court. In 1993, King played with the Rock Bottom Remainders to sell-out arenas. King has a deal with Castle Rock; they can have his work for a dollar, but he gets script approval, he approves the director, cast approval, and he can pull the plug anytime, no matter how much money was spent. He gets 5% of every dollar, so in the case of The Green Mile (1999), he made 25 million dollars. King gets depressed when people say The Stand is his best book because that was written three decades ago and implies he hasn't written anything as good since. When King was hit by a van in 1999, he was lucky not to have been killed outright.

While in recovery, one of his lungs had collapsed, he had four broken ribs, a gash to the head that needed 20 stitches and his spine was chipped in eight places. His right leg almost had to be amputated but doctors managed to save it. The only thing undamaged in the accident were the lenses in King's glasses; he later replaced the frame. During King's recovery after being knocked down by a van in 1999, he was appalled when he was hooked up to a morphine drip, what with his former past as a drug addict. He didn't become re-addicted by doctors keeping him below the recommended dose. He could feel the craving bubbling to the surface, but this time experience prepared him to recognize the danger signs. By the time he came home, he had lost 40 pounds. None of the nurses cracked any "Misery" jokes but he said he would have appreciated the dark irony. He could only write for up to an hour and a half every day, so he spent the Winter in Florida; the warm weather would aid his recovery. He still needs to walk with a cane though.

After accepting a literary award in 2003, he had a relapse and had to spend another month in hospital. He weighed 160 pounds and nearly died. Tabitha took the opportunity to refurbish his office. The one thing King is reluctant to write is an autobiography. The nearest he's ever come to that is the CV section of his non-fictional book On Writing. Has a fear of therapists. He had to conquer that fear during the worst stages of his alcoholism and drug addiction. Has a fear of flying. He once suffered an injury on an airplane when it flew into turbulence, which no doubt exacerbated his fear. Because of his past drug abuse, he can't remember anything about writing some of his books, e.g. Cujo. Its something he will always regret. Hates being famous. He's also uncomfortable in large crowds. Since the publication of Carrie in 1974, his books have never been out of print; a rare feat for an author. Repeated the first grade because of frequent absences. On the night King's mother died, his son had a terrible choking fit at home. He's had a fear of choking ever since. His mother's death drove him further into drink.

Because The Shining came from a very personal place, King managed to write the book very quickly. The subject matter hit so close to King that he took time out from it to work on his next novel, The Stand. King invented the pseudonym Richard Bachman to see if he could market books without the attachment of his more famous name. King used to listen to rock and roll when drafting a novel; now he doesn't need to. Not long after 9/11, someone left a package on King's doorstep. The bomb squad were called in and incinerated it. It turns out it was King's novel, It. King has a library made up of 17,000 books; he's read them all except for any new additions. A big fan of detective stories. The first American to win the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. When touring with the Rock Bottom Remainders, they needed extra security because of King's presence. Before he wrote Carrie (his first published novel), King wrote a few practice novels first under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. He called them "trunk novels". Regularly listens to audiobooks, because he believes no book exists until its done in audio.

King owns two neighboring houses in Bangor. He wanted to build an underground tunnel with a trolley you could ride between them. When asked why, he replied, "because I can". Read many stories about people being buried alive. He'd like to direct a film now that he's totally sober. Would like to write a novel about the thing that scares him the most, spiders. Hit the No 1 bestseller list 36 times, and is still disappointed when he doesn't. King suffers from insomnia and later wrote a book about it. Does some of his book tours on motorbike. The one question King hates to be asked more than any other by the fans is "Where do you get your ideas?". By 1987, the King family lived in a 24-room restored Victorian mansion. King is critical of people who write about Maine and didn't grow up there. Bryan Smith, the van driver who hit King in 1999, had a history of driving offenses and his license had been suspended three times by the time of the accident. He was indicted for aggravated assault and driving to endanger. He later died of a drug overdose.

Has a fear of the number 13, which is called triskaidekaphobia. Prefers to be called Steve. Had the idea for the Dark Tower series before he was an established author. Suffers from high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. These spared him from being drafted into Vietnam. King's first novel Getting It On was sent to an editor and then sent back for revisions four times. In the end it was still rejected, but it taught him much about the editing process. His second attempt The Long Walk failed as well. It wasn't until his third novel, Carrie, that he finally got a book published. People will often camp outside King's house to get a view of the great author. A man named Erik Keene broke in April 20, 1991 at 6:00am. He threatened Tabitha with a bomb, claiming King stole the idea for Misery from Keene's aunt. She ran to a neighbour and called the police. They found Keene in the attic and the bomb was a dud. He was arrested and sentenced to 18 months in jail before he was extradited to Texas for a parole violation.

The King's increased security by extending a wrought-iron fence around the yard gates with access codes as well as CCTV. King is down to three cigarettes a day. He's kicked alcohol, cocaine, painkillers, but he's still addicted to work and goes into similar withdrawal when he's not working. A huge fan of author Neil Gaiman . Is a big fan of the series Lost (2004). Is an avid comic book fan. Has named J.K. Rowling as his favourite author. Has declared that this will be his last year of writing novels. His books will be published for the next few years, but he has vowed to quit the job in numerous publications on numerous occasions. [2002] Teaches a course as part of the Writers in Paradise Winter Term at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. [January 2006] Has denied rumors of retirement saying that "The Dark Tower" series made him want to retire but he loves writing and cannot retire. Is preparing to release a new novel "The Colorado Kid" in October 2005. [March 2005] Writing a column for the back page of Entertainment Weekly magazine called "The Pop of King".

[July 2003] Fellow author Neil Gaiman is a big fan of King. The recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American letters. In his novel Doctor Sleep, he uses the line "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world"; Rebecca De Mornay was the star of the movie of the same name and played Wendy Torrance in the miniseries version of King's The Shining (1997). King writes his fear of flying into some of his stories, Eg The Langoliers. Owns a Winter home in Florida. Grew up in Portland, Maine. King mentions The Simpsons (1989) in Doctor Sleep. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V (1994) did a parody of The Shining (1980). When writing Doctor Sleep, King had to be reminded of things from The Shining he'd forgotten. King novels are criticized for having a lot of swearing. This is commented on ironically by King himself in Misery and The Tommyknockers. King has never understood why people find The Shining (1980) so scary.

King wrote the dedication to Doctor Sleep in Bangor, Maine where he lives. King has written very few sequels in his career. When King wrote The Shining, the lead character was struggling with alcoholism just as King was at the time. But King didn't know about AA so Jack Torrance didn't go, but when King wrote the book as a miniseries, he did go. Claimed that he realized he was an alcoholic when he began to save bottles for recycling. The piles of empty bottles made clear how much he drank regularly. Personal Quotes (115) 10 Authors Who Write Under Different Pen Names | Mental Floss UK 10 Authors Who Write Under Different Pen Names Read everything by your favourite writer? Maybe not, if they’re using alternate pen names... google+ When you see a familiar author’s name on a book cover, you think you know what you’re getting. Most writers have a specific style, and a genre they return to over and over again, so fans can feel pretty confident that if they liked someone’s last book, they’ll like the next one. But what if a well-known author wants to write something completely different? Changing genre or demographic can be tricky – which is where pseudonyms come in.

Here are 10 authors who also wrote under other names: Stephen King Stephen King is known as a pretty prolific author, but back in the ‘70s, publishers wanted him to slow down. The accepted wisdom was that authors should only put out one book per year, to avoid saturating the market. To get around that restriction, King came up with a pseudonym: 'Richard Bachman'. Publishing as Bachman was also a test, of sorts. King wanted to know whether his success was genuinely merited by his writing or just a stroke of luck. So by quietly putting out novels under another name was meant to prove, one way or another, what he owed his success too. Unfortunately for him, he was rumbled pretty quickly when readers noticed the similarities, and by the time he’d written five Bachman books, the truth was out there. JK Rowling When JK Rowling wrote her first book aimed at adults, she did so under her own name. But the weight of expectation must have been crushing, so for her second book, she picked a pseudonym. 'Robert Galbraith” was named for Robert F.

Kennedy and Rowling’s childhood fantasy name, Ella Galbraith, and Rowling submitted the book to publishers without letting on that she was the one behind it. The Cuckoo’s Calling was actually rejected by at least one publisher, and ended up being put out by the same publishing house as The Casual Vacancy. Again, though, Rowling didn’t get to find out how readers would react to her work without her name attached for long before her identity was leaked. Richard Matheson Matheson was another author who chose a pen name to distance himself from some of his work – but in his case, it was usually because he didn’t like it, or didn’t like what editors or filmmakers had done with his work. When his novel I Am Legend was adapted into the 1964 movie The Last Man On Earth, Matheson was so annoyed by changes to his screenplay that he asked to be credited as 'Logan Swanson'. He repeated the trick when Playboy Press published a heavily edited version of his story Earthbound, and also reused the pseudonym for episodes he wrote for Combat! and The Twilight Zone. It’s one way to make sure your bibliography looks flawless, we suppose.

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates’s literary fiction has won her an abundance of awards over the years, but she, too, felt the need to escape the expectations of her readers by adopting a pseudonym. In the ‘80s, she wrote a short, experimental novel called The Lives Of The Twins, and submitted it to publishers under the name 'Rosamond Smith'. The book was accepted, but before it was even published, her cover was blown, with her editors and agents bewildered that she’d tried to trick them. After all, she’d already published more than 40 books in different genres, so they didn’t understand what she was up to. Chastened, Oates told the New York Times that she had just been trying to get a fresh reading from critics, and vowed never to use a pseudonym again. She soon broke her promise, though: she’s since published a further seven books under the Rosamond Smith moniker, plus three novels as 'Lauren Kelly'. And it even came out that Rosamond Smith wasn’t her first pseudonym, as she’d published several stories under the name 'Rae Jolene Smith'. Sneaky.

Agatha Christie Agatha Christie’s name is synonymous with mystery stories – you expect murders and detectives and red herrings from her books. So when she wanted to write something different, she picked a new name: 'Mary Westmacott'. According to Christie, it was less to do with targeting a different demographic and more about letting herself play with a new genre. Writing mysteries was her day job; writing romances was fun. Christie wrote four novels as Westmacott before she got found out, and a further two after the cat was out of the bag. C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is best known for the Chronicles Of Narnia, his Christian-flavoured children’s fantasy books. Before he published those, though, and before he became a Christian, he published several volumes of poetry under the name 'Clive Hamilton'. Spirits In Bondage was written when Lewis was just 20 years old and freshly returned from military service, but sadly for him, it went largely ignored. His second volume of poetry, Dymer, was similarly frostily received, and that failure put Lewis off writing much more poetry. It might also explain why his later books were attributed to 'C.S. Lewis'.

Lewis used another pseudonym later in life, too, when he wrote A Grief Observed about the death of his wife. 'N. W. Clerk' wasn’t revealed to be Lewis until after his death in 1963. Isaac Asimov In another case of an author trying to duck damage to their reputation by a potentially awful adaptation, when science fiction writer Isaac Asimov started writing a YA sci-fi book that was going to be turned into a TV show, he chose a new name. David Starr, Space Ranger was published under the name 'Paul French'. Not familiar with that show? The TV series never actually happened, but Asimov went on to write a further five books in the Lucky Starr series. Eventually, he stopped being embarrassed about them, brought in his famous Three Laws Of Robotics, and admitted Paul French and Isaac Asimov were one and the same. Dean Koontz Some authors write under one name; others under two; a few under three. Dean Koontz, on the other hand, writes under at least ten names.

Throughout the 1970s, he published as many as eight books a year, and since his editors told him writing in different genres under the same name was a bad idea, he needed some alternative aliases. So he picked some: 'Aaron Wolfe', 'Brian Coffey', 'David Axton', 'Deanna Dwyer', 'John Hill', 'K.R. Dwyer', 'Leigh Nichols', 'Anthony North', 'Owen West', and 'Richard Paige'. Over the years there have been other works under other names that were suspected to have been written by Dean Koontz, but he swears he only used those names and no others. Ten names is enough for anyone, no? Anne Rice Under her own name, Anne Rice is known as the author of the Vampire Chronicles, the books that reinvented bloodsuckers as sensitive souls in need of love long before Twilight came along. Since she started writing the Vampire Chronicles, Rice has converted to Christianity and then unconverted again, and written dozens of books along the way, but she also writes under two different pen names: as 'A. N.

Roquelaure', she wrote four medieval erotic novels, and as 'Anne Rampling', she wrote two novels purporting to explore the darker side of sex and romance. So, that’s erotic fiction again, then. Michael Crichton Nowadays, the late Michael Crichton is a pretty well-known name in the action/thriller/sci-fi genres, with many of his best-selling books having been turned into blockbusting movies. But when he was just starting out (and still at medical school) Crichton published his writing under pseudonyms. Odds On, his first published novel, was attributed to 'John Lange'; after several more books written as Lange, he published A Case Of Need under the name 'Jeffery Hudson'. The first time he actually used the name Michael Crichton was in 1969, for The Andromeda Strain. More Lange books followed, but Crichton eventually reverted to using his own name… though not before he published Dealing, a thriller co-written with his brother, under the name 'Michael Douglas'. Read more about: Stephen King - Book Series In Order Hardcover Paperback Kindle Stephen King Biography: Stephen King is a prolific American author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels.

King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. Every Stephen King reader has a favorite tale or series, from Christine to Cujo. His works have sold more than 350 million copies. Many of these have been adapted into movies or series for television. He has written 55 books, including 5 non-fiction and over 200 short stories. King also has an alias named Richard Bachman. Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. He has an older brother, David. His parents Donald and Nellie Ruth divorced when he was young. When he was eleven they moved from Indiana to Durham, Maine. King went to elementary school in Durham and graduated in 1966 from Lisbon Falls High School. He attended the University of Maine at Orono where he wrote for the school’s newspaper. He also was active in Student Senate and supported the anti-war movement at UMO. He graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of the Arts in English. His daughter Naomi Rose was born the same year.

Following graduation, King failed a draft board examination for service and was not drafted to participate in the War. He married Tabitha King in 1971. He had met Tabitha when they were students in the library stacks where they both worked. King worked as an industrial laundry laborer as a result of not being able to find a teaching position right away. He sold several short stories to magazines and finally found a job teaching English at Hampden Academy in the fall of 1971. He continued to write in his spare time while teaching. Stephen King’s first novel Carrie was accepted for publication in 1973 by Doubleday & Co. In between the Kings moved to southern Maine due to the poor health of Stephen’s mother. King wrote what would become Salem’s Lot while the family stayed at the summer cottage. His mother died the same year from cancer at the age of 59. Carrie was published in the spring of 1974. The Kings moved to Colorado for what would ultimately be a year, during which time Stephen King wrote The Shining, which is set in the same state.

Carrie was made in to a feature film starring Sissy Spacek as an outcast high school girl who discovers she has mental powers. It is being made into a 2013 revision starring Chloe Moretz. The Shining was made into a full-length movie in 1980 starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for Best Actor for the role. The Kings bought a home in western Maine near the lakes and returned there to live for some time. During this period, King wrote The Stand, set in Colorado, and The Dead Zone. The Shining was published in 1977 and The Stand was published the next year. After spending some time in England, the Kings returned to Maine and bought a house in Center Lovell. They then moved closer to Bangor for a position Stephen had been offered at the University of Maine Orono teaching Creative Writing. In 1979 they returned to Center Lovell, then bought a home in Bangor. King wrote a number of additional novels from 1977 to 1980 as well. He finished Rage, Night Shift, a collection of stories, The Long Walk, and Firestarter.

Cujo was published in 1981. The book would be made into a feature-length film the same year that gave hundreds of children nightmares about a terrifying, crazed rabid dog. King has little to no memory of writing it. It was during this time period that King’s family staged an intervention for his drug and alcohol addiction. Confronted with the numerous substances he abused, King quit all drugs and alcohol in the late 1980s. He debuted as a director with an adaptation of his short story “Trucks”, called “Maximum Overdrive”. King published the first of his Dark Tower series in 1982. The novel was called The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. It would be followed by six more books through the years and is King’s own stated magnum opus. The story spans two worlds that are strangely connected and may be in more ways than one. Roland is The Gunslinger, a courageous man of honor with a storied past. He is pursuing the mysterious Man In Black, and meets a child named Jake who hails from Manhattan.

Part John Wayne, part archetype, the series is inspired by a number of things dear to King, including spaghetti western movies and Kurosawa’s “The Seven Samurai”. The second story in the Dark Tower series is called The Drawing of the Three”. It was published in 1987. Roland is in a bind once again, waking up on a beach filled with hungry carnivorous lobsters. Three doors appear to him that are linked to different worlds. They take him to meet different people. These include a dangerous sociopath named Jack Mort, a woman with multiple personalities named Odetta, and Eddie Dean, who is desperately addicted to heroin. Roland must navigate his way through the various timelines and worlds on Earth while just maybe being able to act in them to save a life. Multiple Stephen King novels have been adapted for television or made into movies over the years. Along the way, they’ve become pop culture icons. Christine, a movie about a car come to life, was made in 1983. The Dead Zone, starring Christopher Walken, also came out that year about a man developing the power to see the future after waking from a coma.

Children of the Corn debuted in 1984 and led to an impressive seven sequels. Firestarter also became a feature film starring Drew Barrymore in 1984 and later became a tv series. Stand By Me was made into a movie in 1986 and enjoyed wide critical success. King’s Running Man was made into a 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarznegger as a contestant in a dystopian television game show where the winners regain their freedom. Other notable movies include Pet Sematary, a spooky thriller about dead pets come to life, and 1990’s Misery, which Kathy Bates won an Oscar for as the kidnapper of a famous author. Shawshank Redemption earned rave reviews and The Green Mile grossed over $135 million at the box office alone featuring Michael Clarke Douglas as a doomed inmate with special abilities. King’s latest novel is Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining, published in 2013.

Stephen King (Richard Bachman) | Famous Authors with Secret Pseudonyms | TIME.com Famous Authors with Secret Pseudonyms By Samantha Grossman @sam_grossman July 14, 2013 Marc Andrew Deley / Getty Images Even Stephen King has written under a nom de plume. The king of horror published seven novels under the named Richard Bachman — the first one came out in 1977 — and he explains why on his website : “I did that because back in the early days of my career there was a feeling in the publishing business that one book a year was all the public would accept.” King explains that he came up with his pseudonym on the fly while on the phone with his publisher. He had a Richard Stark book on his desk, and a Bachman Turner Overdrive song was playing. He combined the two names and boom, Richard Bachman was born. The move allowed King to covertly produce several novels a year. In 1985, a bookstore clerk named Steve Brown noticed the similarities between the two author’s styles and, after some snooping, determined that they were the same person.

Stephen King soon confirmed this, and, as the story goes, announced that Bachman had died of “Cancer of The Pseudonym.”

Question: Under which other name did King write novels in the 1970s?
Answer: Bachman