Stephen King
Maine horror author
Stephen King is an American author of horror, suspense, and supernatural fiction.
His prolific output since the 1970s—*Carrie*, *The Shining*, *It*, *The Stand*—has made him one of the best-selling writers in history.
Many works have been adapted for film and television.
His name has become shorthand for a certain brand of literary horror: It was like something out of a Stephen King novel.
Emotional response to threat
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
ghosts · monsters · terror · creepy · eerie · gore · bloodcurdling · nightmare
Writer of prose narratives
- writerCreator of texts
- fictionImagined narrative work
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
prose · narrative · creativity · imagination · genre · plot · characterization · dialogue
Maine port city
- DerryUlster city, contested name
- Castle RockFictional Maine township
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- small-townLimited local outlook
coastline · forests · winter · autumn · isolation · rural · local · setting
High-volume publication
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
classic · prolific · influential · award-winning · National Book Award · film adaptations · Netflix · Hulu
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- plot twistSudden narrative redirection
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
crime · intrigue · anticipation · conspiracy · gripping · heart-pounding · Misery · page-turner
fear
Emotional response to threat
supernatural · ghosts · monsters · terror · creepy · eerie · gore · bloodcurdling · nightmare · darkness
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- writerCreator of texts
- fictionImagined narrative work
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
manuscript · prose · narrative · creativity · imagination · genre · plot · characterization · dialogue · pseudonym
Bangor
Maine port city
- DerryUlster city, contested name
- Castle RockFictional Maine township
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
small-town · coastline · forests · winter · autumn · isolation · rural · local · setting · fictional towns
bestseller
High-volume publication
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
iconic · classic · prolific · influential · award-winning · National Book Award · film adaptations · Netflix · Hulu · cultural impact
suspense
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- plot twistSudden narrative redirection
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
mystery · crime · intrigue · anticipation · conspiracy · gripping · heart-pounding · Misery · page-turner · whodunit
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Famous AuthorsShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hemingway, Twain
- NovelistsAgatha Christie, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy
- Authors KDean Koontz, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Rudyard Kipling, Franz Kafka
- Bestselling AuthorsJames Patterson, John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts, Dean Koontz
Stephen KingCormac McCarthy
Toni Morrison · Thomas Pynchon · literary fiction · Philip Roth · John Updike
Stephen KingNicholas Sparks
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