Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. Stephen King is an American novelist and short-story writer whose books are credited with reviving the horror fiction genre in the late 20th century. His books gain their effect from realistic detail, forceful plotting, and King’s ability to involve and scare the reader. King first started writing the novel as a college student and later published it under a pseudonym. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer from Maine. He writes scary horror novels. His books and stories have sold more than 300 million copies. [1] He has written more than fifty novels, two hundred short stories, and nine collections of short fiction. [2]
