Stephen King

American author (born 1947)

Stephen King

Summary

Stephen Edwin King is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.

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GoingBatty5/11/2026, 2:40:00 AM

/* Comics */ fixed link

Countercheck5/3/2026, 8:28:42 PM

clean up, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: well-received → well received

Charlie Faust5/1/2026, 10:59:30 PM

nixed ','

Charlie Faust5/1/2026, 10:33:34 PM

moved [[Christine (1983 film)|''Christine'']] from lead

Danbloch4/30/2026, 12:03:26 AM

/* Audiobooks */ remove mention of Audible. It's a distributor, not the publisher.

Jevansen4/26/2026, 1:34:26 AM

Removing from [[Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers]] has diffusing category using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]

Jevansen4/26/2026, 1:31:34 AM

Removing from [[Category:American male non-fiction writers]] has diffusing category using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]

Charlie Faust4/20/2026, 4:43:07 PM

/* 1980s: Different Seasons to The Dark Half */ added 'taken on a life of his own.'

Juustila4/18/2026, 1:50:08 PM

lil' fix: originally released in 2024 like a page says...

Charlie Faust4/17/2026, 1:53:21 AM

/* 2020s: If It Bleeds to present */ Holly Gibney is identified as a character earlier

Charlie Faust4/17/2026, 1:28:03 AM

/* Early life and education */ 'King's aunt Gert paid him a [[Quarter (United States coin)|quarter]] for every story he produced' who cares? [[Evelyn Waugh]] produced juvenilia, too. most writers do. doesn't make it encyclopedically significant.

Charlie Faust4/17/2026, 1:23:27 AM

replaced 'horror novels with more inclusive [[horror fiction]]; 'Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers' sounds grotesque. Is there a code for writing bestsellers? I hope not.

Charlie Faust4/17/2026, 12:41:40 AM

/* Themes */ removed quotation marks from block quote

Charlie Faust4/17/2026, 12:40:11 AM

/* Critical reception */ added author-link=Roger Ebert|

Charlie Faust4/17/2026, 12:30:55 AM

/* 1980s: Different Seasons to The Dark Half */ link to Alan Cheuse

Infragilis20004/16/2026, 12:23:43 AM

/* Style, themes, and influences */

Charlie Faust4/13/2026, 4:59:37 PM

/* 1980s: Different Seasons to The Dark Half */ fixed it!

Charlie Faust4/13/2026, 4:58:35 PM

/* 1980s: Different Seasons to The Dark Half */ 'fictional town'; do we need to be told that it is fictional? what of Hardy's Essex, Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County

Charlie Faust4/13/2026, 4:43:56 PM

/* 1970s: Carrie to The Dead Zone */ added author-link=Harold C. Schonberg|

MrGerLib4/8/2026, 11:57:55 PM

Far Out is generally unreliable per [[WP:RSP]]

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