1947-09-21 ( 77 years old ) in Portland, Maine, USA
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."
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Movies
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King on Screen
2023-08-11
The Timekeepers of Eternity
2021-09-29
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
2020-10-16
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019-12-10
The King: Stephen King's America
2019-09-09
It Chapter Two
2019-09-04
Die Stephen King Story
2019-09-03
101 Seconds
2018-12-31
Stephen King: Master of Horror
2018-09-29
Walking the Mile
2014-12-09
Stuck in Love
2013-06-14
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008-03-25
Diary of the Dead
2007-05-26
Gotham Cafe
2005-06-10
Fever Pitch
2005-04-06
Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune
2000-01-17
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
1999-10-25
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999-09-09
Thinner
1996-10-25
The Rock Bottom Remainders
1992-05-25
Sleepwalkers
1992-04-10
Golden Years
1991-07-16
Pet Sematary
1989-04-21
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989-01-01
Creepshow 2
1987-05-01
Maximum Overdrive
1986-07-13
Stephen King's World of Horror
1986-01-01
Creepshow
1982-11-10
Knightriders
1981-04-10
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