Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author best known for horror novels. Many of King's books have been known to frequent best-seller lists.

King's stories frequently involve an unremarka

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author best known for horror novels. Many of King's books have been known to frequent best-seller lists.

King's stories frequently involve an unremarkable protagonist—middle-class families, children, and often writers—being submerged into increasingly horrifying circumstances. He also produces more typical literary work, including the novellas The Body and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (later adapted as the movies Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, respectively), as well as The Green Mile. King evinces a thorough knowledge of the horror genre, as shown in his nonfiction book Danse Macabre, which chronicles several decades of notable works in both literature and cinema.