Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.His recent work includes the short story collectionYou Like It Darker,Holly(aNew York TimesNotable Book of 2023),Fairy Tale,Billy Summers,If It Bleeds,The Institute,Elevation,The Outsider,Sleeping Beauties(cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:End of Watch,FindersKeepers,andMr. Mercedes(an Edgar Award winnerfor Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel11/22/63was named atop ten book of 2011 byTheNew York TimesBook Reviewand won theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic worksThe Dark Tower,It,Pet Sematary,Doctor Sleep, andFirestarterare the basis formajor motion pictures, withItnow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipientof the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the2014 National Medal of Arts, and the2003 National Book Foundation Medal forDistinguished Contribution to American Letters.He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife,novelist Tabitha King.