Stephen King

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 sciencefiction 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 Kings fiction are Carrie 1976 The Shining 1980 The Dead Zone and Christine both 1983 Stand by Me1986 Misery 1990 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Dolores Claiborne 1995 The Green Mile 1999 The Mist 2007 and It 2017 He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has cowritten 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 he has won the O Henry Award for The Man in the Black Suit 1994 and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for MysteryThriller for 112263 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia