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Haunted heart : the life and times of Stephen King / Lisa Rogak.

by Rogak, Lisa, 1962-

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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2009.

King, Stephen, 1947-

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Horror fiction -- Authorship -- Biography.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

9780312603502 (trade pbk.)

9780312377328 (hc.)

0312377320 (hc.)

310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.

Apt pupil -- Head down -- The gunslinger -- Desperation -- Riding the bullet -- The running man -- Different seasons -- Maximum overdrive -- The long walk -- It grows on you -- The golden years -- Misery -- Sometimes they come back -- The end of the whole mess.

Lisa Rogak reveals the troubled background and lifelong fears that inspire one of the twentieth century's most influential authors. King’s origins were inauspicious at best. His impoverished childhood in rural Maine and early marriage hardly spelled out the likelihood of a blossoming literary career. But his unflagging work ethic and a ceaseless flow of ideas put him on the path to success. It came in a flash, and the side effects of sudden stardom and seemingly unlimited wealth soon threatened to destroy his work and, worse, his life. But he survived and has since continued to write at a level of originality few authors could ever hope to match.--From publisher description.

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