Binding: Paperback
Description: The Stephen King Companion is an authoritative look at King's personal life and professional career from Carrie to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. King expert George Beahm who has published extensively about Maine's main writer is your seasoned guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King covering his varied and prodigious output: juvenalia short fiction limited edition books bestselling novels and film adaptations. The book is also profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos color illustrations by celebrated " Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan and black - and - white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne. Supplemented with interviews with friends colleagues and mentors who knew King well this book looks at his formative years in Durham where he began writing fiction as a young teen his college years in the turbulent sixties his struggles with early poverty working full - time as an English teacher while writing part - time the long road to the publication of his first novel Carrie and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed. For fans old and new The Stephen King Companion is a comprehensive look at America's best - loved bogeyman.
Title: The Stephen King Companion Four Decades Of Fear From The Master Of Horror
Author(s): Beahm George, Glenn Chadbourne
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250054128
Pages: 624 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/6/2015