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This biography examines the life and career of Stephen King, detailing his rise as a prolific American horror writer and his enduring influence on the genre and contemporary literature.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: John F. Wukovits
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When car‑broking novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by his obsessive fan, former nurse Annie Wilkes, she forces him to return his favorite character, Misery, to life as she keeps him captive in her isolated cabin.

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After a catastrophic flu outbreak devastates the world, survivors must choose between two leaders—an elderly black woman heading to Boulder or the sinister Randall Flagg in Las Vegas—setting the stage for a struggle between good and evil.

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After five years in a coma, Johnny Smith regains the ability to see the future when he touches objects, and must use his visions to stop a serial killer and a rising politician in Stephen King's first Castle Rock novel.

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A critical companion that examines Stephen King’s recent novels, including *Dolores Claiborne*, *Insomnia*, and *Rose Madder*, alongside earlier masterpieces, offering accessible analysis of structure, genre blending, and thematic evolution for general readers.

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