The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror
Language: English
Published by A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Mart, 2015
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- Title
- The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror
- Author
- Beahm, George
- Publisher
- A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Mart
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1250054125
- ISBN 13
- 9781250054128
- Illustrator
- Whelan, Michael; Chadbourne, Glenn
The Stephen King Companion is an authoritative look at King's personal life and professional career, from Carrie to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
King expert George Beahm, who has published extensively about Maine's main writer, is your seasoned guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King, covering his varied and prodigious output: juvenalia, short fiction, limited edition books, bestselling novels, and film adaptations. The book is also profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne.
Supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well, this book looks at his formative years in Durham, where he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed.
For fans old and new, The Stephen King Companion is a comprehensive look at America's best-loved bogeyman.
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About the Author
Michael 'Wheels' Whelan started life in the video game industry working as a community manager and content producer on titles such as the Total War franchise and Sorcery! 4. Wheels then made the hop over to the tabletop industry as one of the founding members of the world's largest tabletop editorial brand, Dicebreaker, where he currently works as the Head of Video. Wheels has been playing, running, and designing tabletop games since he was a teenager, though at the time only creating for close friends and colleagues. In 2020 he began releasing his games to the world, finding the greatest success with his self-published tabletop roleplaying game, The House Doesn't Always Win, a playing card-driven game of risk and revolution that was nominated for a Gayming Award in 2022. Wheels lives in Brighton & Hove and is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Glenn Chadbourne is an artist best known for his horror and fantasy work. He has created covers and illustrations for books and magazines such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and Earthling Publications. Chadbourne is best known for illustrating The Secretary of Dreams, a graphic collection of Stephen King stories. He has also written, illustrated, and self-published his own comics, such as ChillVille and Farmer Fiend's Horror Harvest.
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