Promotional Information

Millions of people have experienced the unnerving sensation of finding their own half-acknowledged nightmares dramatically realized in the pages of Stephen King's spine-tingling horror tales.

Table of Contents

Preface Timeline: Events in the Life of Stephen King Chapter 1:Taking Up the Pen Chapter 2:Becoming a Writer Chapter 3:Finding a Publisher Chapter 4:Beginning to Establish the Name Stephen King Chapter 5:Becoming the King Chapter 6:Responding to Fame and Fortune Chapter 7:Settling into His Position Chapter 8:Negotiating His Private and Public Lives Chapter 9 Chapter 10:Kings Status Rises Chapter 11: The Sense of an Ending Chapter 12:Letting People Recover Chapter 13:Taking a Stand Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18:The Long Recovery Chapter 19:Retiring, Again Chapter 20:His Busy Retirement Continues Bibliography

About the Author

Albert Rolls teaches at Touro College in New York City and has also taught at John Jay College, LaGuardia Community College, and other institutions in the City University of New York system. He coedited H. W. Wilson's World Authors 2000-2005 and Current Biography International Yearbook, 2006 and is assistant editor of Wilson's Current Biography series.