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Now known worldwide for his horror creations in best-selling books and popular film adaptations, Stephen King spent years in obscurity trying to find his voice and his audience. For much of his career he chose to remain in the small-town Maine of his youth, far from glittering publishing and film centers, yet few American writers can now equal his hold on audiences worldwide. This biography traces King's evolution from would-be pulp magazine writer to master of his craft, whose work both epitomizes and transcends the horror genre.
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This title examines the life and career of one of the world's best known writers. Now known worldwide for his horror creations in best-selling books and popular film adaptations, Stephen King spent years in obscurity trying to find his voice and his audience. For much of his career he chose to remain in the small-town Maine of his youth, far from glittering publishing and film centres, yet few American writers can now equal his hold on audiences worldwide. This biography traces his evolution from would-be "Pulp" magazine writer to master of his craft, whose work both epitomizes and transcends the horror genre.It also includes: primary source bibliography of Stephen King's novels, fiction collections, and nonfiction, including his work under the pseudonym Richard Bachman; exhaustive A-to-Z bibliography of books and articles about King and his work, including online resources and a list of Web sites devoted to King; and, photographs of King at different stages of his career.
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Albert Rolls teaches at Touro College in New York City and has also taught at John Jay College, LaGuardia Community College, and other institutions in the City University of New York system. He coedited H. W. Wilson's World Authors 2000-2005 and Current Biography International Yearbook, 2006 and is assistant editor of Wilson's Current Biography series.
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