Thursday, April 17, 2008

Stephen King



Biography


Stephen King was born in 1947, in Portland, Maine. He has been a great reader of comics since he was a teenage, especially The Tales of the Crypt, hence his taste for the horror genre. He began writing at school where he used to sell his stories to his classmates. Then he started working on his first novel in 1965, but has never finished it. He went to Maine University where he studied literature, and where he met Tabitha Jane Spruce who would become his wife and the mother of his 3 children.
He wrote The Long Walk, his first novel, in 1967, but his first novels wouldn't be published before the 1980's, after Carrie. Since then, he has written best-seller after best-seller, a lot of his books were adapted into films, and he has become for many people the undisputed master of the horror genre. He also wrote books under the pen name Richard Bachman.

You can find more about Stephen King and his books on his official website

Bibliography

Under the name Stephen King
Novels : Carrie (1974); 'Salem's Lot (1975); The Shining (1977); The Stand (1978); The Dead Zone (1979); Firestarter (1980); Cujo (1981); Aastha (1981); Christine (1983); Cycle of the Werewolf (1983); Pet Sematary (1983); The Eyes of the Dragon (1984); The Talisman (1984 with peter Straub); It (1986); Misery (1987); The Tommyknockers (1988); The Drak Half (1989); Mr Pretty Pany (1989); Neddful Things (1991); Gerald's Game (1992); Dolores Claiborne (1993); Insomnia (1994); Rose Madder (1995); Umney's Last Case (1995); The Green Mile (1996); Desperation (1996); Bag of Bones (1998); Storm of the Century (1999); The Girl who loved Tom Gordon (1999); The New Lieutenant's Rap (1999); Hearts in Atlantis (1999); Secret Window (2000); Dreamcatcher (2001); Black House (2001 with Peter Straub); From a Buick 8 (2003); The Colorado Kid (2005); Cell (2006); Lisey's Story (2007); Duma Key (2008)

Short Stories : Night Shift (1978); Different Seasons (1982); Skeleton Crew (1985); Four Past Midnight (1990); Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993); Six Stories (1997); Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales (2002)

The Dark Tower : The Gunslinger (1982); The Drawing of Three (1987); The Waste Lands (1991); Wizard and Glass (1997); Wolves of the Calla (2003); Song of Susannah (2004); The Dark Tower (2005)

Non Fiction : On Writing : A Memoir of the Craft (2000)

Comics : Creepshow (1982); The Dark Tower (2007)

Audio Book : Blood and Smoke (1999)

On Line Book : The Plant (2000)

Under the name Richard Bachman
Novels : Rage (1977); The Long Walk (1979); Roadwork (1981); The Running Man (1982); Thinner (1984); The Regulators (1996); Blaze (2007)

Films
Carrie (1976); The Shining (1980); Creepshow (1982); Cujo (1983); Dead Zone (1983); Christine (1983); Children of the Corn (1984); Firestarter (1984); Cat's Eye (1985); Silver Bullet (1985); Maximum Overdirve (1986); Stand By me (1986); Creepshow 2 (1987); The Running man (1987); Pet Sematary (1989); Tales from the Darkside : The Movie (1990); Graveyard Shift (1990); Misery (1990); Sleepwalkers (1992); Needful Things (1993); The Dark Half (1993); The shawshank Redemption (1994); Dolores Claiborne (1995); The Mangler (1995); Thinner (1996); The Night Flier (1997); Apt Pupil (1998); The Green Mile (1999); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Dreamcatcher (2003); Secret Window (2004); Riding the Bullet (2005); Room 1408 (2007); The Mist (2007)

Series

'Salem's Lot (1979); The Word Processor of the Gods (1985); Gramma (1986); Sorry, Right Number (1987); Sometimes they come back (1990); It (1990); The Moving Finger (1992); The Tommyknockers (1992); The Stand (1994); The Langoliers (1995); The Shining (1997); Chinga (1997); Trucks (1997); Chattery Teeth (1998); Storm of the Century (1999); Firestarter 2 : The Revenge (2001); Rose Red (2002); Carrie (2002); Dead Zone (2002); Kingdom Hospital (2004); Salem (2004); Desperation (2006); Nightmares and Dreamscapes (2006)

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