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He wrote for the University of Maine school newspaper & sold his first short story, "The Glass Floor", before he graduated |
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AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS |
2025-04-11 |
#9310 |
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In 1981, when he'd only written a handful of novels, he published "Danse Macabre", an overview of the horror genre |
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$800 |
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AUTHORS' NONFICTION |
2022-01-12 |
#8553 |
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Thisnovelist has sold an estimated 350 million books |
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$1,200 |
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FACE THE AUTHOR |
2019-12-25 |
#8123 |
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"Salem's Lot"(1975) |
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BESTSELLERS BY AUTHOR |
2016-11-07 |
#7396 |
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Thistale spinner continues to delight with more frights to come |
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$400 |
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AUTHORS |
2014-11-14 |
#6940 |
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"Sematary"(1983) |
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BESTSELLING AUTHORS BY PARTIAL TITLE |
2014-07-04 |
#6875 |
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This horror master didn't sugarcoat it: "(J.K.) Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn" |
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AUTHORS ON AUTHORS |
2013-09-25 |
#6673 |
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This author thought Stanley Kubrick "couldn't grasp the sheer inhuman evil of the Overlook Hotel" |
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AUTHORS AGAINST ADAPTATIONS |
2013-04-18 |
#6589 |
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His multi-novel series is based on Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" |
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AUTHORS |
2012-06-12 |
#6397 |
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While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit |
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AUTHORS |
2011-05-26 |
#6159 |
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In "Comics Review" in 1965, "I was a Teenage Grave Robber" was his first published work; he's still going strong |
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AUTHORS |
2010-01-08 |
#5830 |
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Annie Wilkes, John Coffey, Carrie White |
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$1,200 |
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3 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR |
2009-07-08 |
#5733 |
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"The Dark Half","The Tommyknockers","The Dark Tower" |
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AUTHORS' WORKS |
2007-01-10 |
#5143 |
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He wrote "The Fifth Quarter" under the name John Swithen, a musician at the prom in his novel "Carrie" |
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PEN NAMES |
2002-11-18 |
#4191 |
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Richard Bachman |
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WRITERS' PEN NAMES |
2002-10-08 |
#4162 |
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Under the name Richard Bachman, he wrote "Thinner", about a man with a wasting disease |
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PEN NAMES |
2000-02-18 |
#3565 |
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"The Dead Zone","The Dark Half","It" |
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$100 |
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SCARY AUTHORS |
1999-02-01 |
#3321 |
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Among this author's bestsellers are "Misery" & "The Tommyknockers" |
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AUTHORS |
1998-12-09 |
#3283 |
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He wrote his 1982 novel "The Running Man" under the pseudonym Richard Bachman |
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AUTHORS |
1997-09-22 |
#3001 |
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When his 1978 novel "The Stand" was reissued in 1990, it was about 50% longer than the original |
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$200 |
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AUTHORS |
1997-06-06 |
#2955 |
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In the early '70s, this master of horror taught English at Maine's Hampden Academy |
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AUTHORS |
1997-04-21 |
#2921 |
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This author once had a newsletter devoted to him titled "Castle Rock" |
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CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS |
1997-02-24 |
#2881 |
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Thanks to the TV miniseries, his novel "The Stand" returned to the bestsellers list in 1994 |
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MODERN AUTHORS |
1995-03-27 |
#2441 |
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His novel "Carrie" was first subtitled "A Novel of a Girl with a Frightening Power" |
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$200 |
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AUTHORS |
1993-06-01 |
#2027 |
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He's set several of his works in Castle Rock, Maine but "Needful Things" is reportedly the last |
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$200 |
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CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS |
1992-12-21 |
#1911 |
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"The Dead Zone" |
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NAME THE AUTHOR |
1991-06-17 |
#1581 |
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"The Stand" |
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NAME THE AUTHOR |
1990-05-18 |
#1330 |