ISBN: 0760376824 9780760376829

Category: Literary Criticism / Horror & Supernatural

Page count: 224

<b>Take an intimate tour through the life and works of Stephen King, made vivid with rare photos and ephemera from King’s personal collection.</b><br><br><b>Even if you are a die-hard fan, you will find something new</b> in this beautifully packaged Stephen King reference that you will return to again and again. Timed to celebrate Stephen King’s 75th birthday on September 21, 2022, <i>Stephen King: <i>A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences</i></i> reveals <b>the inspiration behind the prolific author’s brilliant works of horror</b> through a combination of photos and documents from King’s archives and an engaging account of the stories behind how his novels, novellas, short stories, and adaptations came to be.<br><br> It might sound like a tall tale that Stephen King once met a bartender named Grady in an empty hotel in Colorado, or that the celebrated author helped his young daughter bury her cat in a nearby “pets sematary” after it was killed on a busy roadway. In this book, discover how King drew on these and more <b>real personal experiences and mundane life events</b>, then <b>employed his extraordinary imagination to twist them into something horrific</b>.<br>  <br> From impoverished university student to struggling schoolteacher to one of the best-selling—and most recognizable—authors of all time, this engrossing book reveals <b>the evolution and influences of Stephen King’s body of work over his nearly 50-year career</b>, and how the themes of his writing reflect the changing times and events within his life.<br>  <br> An expansion of Stephen King expert Bev Vincent’s <i>The Stephen King Illustrated Companion</i>, this fully revised, redesigned, and updated book includes:<br>   <ul><li><b>A review of King’s complete body of work</b>, including <i>Fairy Tale</i>, published in September 2022. </li><li><b>A wealth of rare memorabilia from King’s own collection</b>, including personal and professional correspondences, handwritten manuscript pages, book covers, movie stills, and never-before-seen excerpts from one of his poems and an unpublished short story. </li><li><b>Interludes on specific topics</b> such as real-life settings that inspired King’s writing, the editor who discovered him, his life as a Boston Red Sox fan, and the many awards and honors he has received. </li><li><b>Insightful quotes</b> from King from interviews over the decades. </li></ul>  <br><b>Celebrate the beloved King of Horror</b> with this informational and entertaining look inside King’s most iconic titles and the culture they have created.