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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, King has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, King has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Simpsons
Today
The Daily Show
Golden Years
Finding Your Roots
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Storm of the Century
Under the Dome
Sons of Anarchy
Jeopardy!
The Stand
Fever Pitch
It Chapter Two
Thinner
The Stand
Pet Sematary
Sleepwalkers
Maximum Overdrive
11.22.63
Creepshow 2
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Production Credits
11.22.63
Firestarter
The Running Man
Christine
Dreamcatcher
Thinner
The Twilight Zone
The Shawshank Redemption
Sleepwalkers
The Shining
1408
Firestarter
Misery
Gerald's Game
Cujo
The Stand
The Running Man
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Golden Years
Mr. Mercedes
Lisey's Story
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Carrie
The Stand
The Institute
Maximum Overdrive
Pet Sematary
Children of the Corn
It Chapter Two
The Life of Chuck
Children of the Corn
Needful Things
Pet Sematary II
Doctor Sleep
The Monkey
The Outer Limits
IT: Welcome to Derry
The Mist
A Good Marriage
The X-Files
The Outsider
It
The Dark Tower
Salem's Lot
The Mist
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
The Long Walk
The Stand
Graveyard Shift
The Dead Zone
Castle Rock
Transformers One
Stand by Me
Haven
The Boogeyman
Creepshow 2
Secret Window
The Boogeyman
Silver Bullet
Under the Dome
Salem's Lot
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
Carrie
Cell
1922
Mercy
Storm of the Century
The Dark Tower
It
In the Tall Grass
The Green Mile
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