Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novelist from the United States.
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is a horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novelist from the United States. His books have sold over 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. He is known as the "King of Horror," a play on his surname and a reference to his celebrity in pop culture. King has written 64 novels, seven of which were published under the pen name Richard Bachman, as well as five non-fiction books. He has also written about 200 short stories, the majority of which have appeared in book collections.
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