It’s hard to imagine the horror genre without Stephen King. The acclaimed writer has published more than 60 novels and some 200 short stories, and his books have sold more than 350 million copies altogether. His first published novel, Carrie, set the ball rolling in 1974. Since then, his modern horror classics have included The Shining, The Stand, Cujo, Pet Sematary and It, as well as fantastical novels such as The Dark Tower series and The Green Mile. Many of King’s stories have been adapted into popular movies and TV series, only increasing his reputation as a master of the genre.
Off the page, King has never been shy about speaking his mind. When he’s not terrifying people with his evocative stories, he’s happy to weigh in on all manner of subjects: life and love, creativity and writing, politics, and monsters both real and imagined. His humor is often self-deprecating and he certainly hasn’t let fame go to his head. When speaking about his own success, for example, he referred to himself as “the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”
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