Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are 11/22/63 ; Full Dark, No Stars ; Under the Dome ; Just After Sunset; Duma Key ; Lisey's Story ; Cell ; and the latest novel in the Dark Tower saga: The Wind Through the Keyhole. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, is also a bestseller. He was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007, he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.<br><p>
Spine-tingling fiction at its best. --Grand Rapids Press A master storyteller. --The Los Angeles Times An unabashed chiller. --Austin American Statesman [The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet. --USA Today 'Salem's Lot was--and still is--a hugely impressive novel. . . . It's the slowest of slow burns, all hints and drip-feed. . . . When the chaos finally unfolds, it's a real payoff. --The Guardian (London) A super exorcism...tremendous. --Kirkus Reviews A novel of chilling, unspeakable evil. --Chattanooga Times [King is] . . . the guy who probably knows more about scary goings-on in confined, isolated places than anybody since Edgar Allan Poe. --Entertainment Weekly Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door. --The Boston Globe Peerless imagination. --The Observer (London)