Stephen King
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09/20/1947
Portland, ME |
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| Performed with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band comprised of writers including Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan and Simpsons creator Matt Groening. |
| Dedicated The Dark Half — a novel about a writer who ends the life of his pseudonym — to Richard Bachman, which is his pen name. |
| Won the O. Henry Award for Best Short Story in 1996. Received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation in 2003. |
| While many of his stories take place in Maine, he wrote and set his 1977 novel The Shining in Colorado. |
| Occasionally appears in film adaptations of his books. He portrayed two different characters in Creepshow (1982) and Creepshow 2 (1987). |
| Helmed the 1986 feature Maximum Overdrive, based on his short story Trucks. The film was a critical dud and earned him a Razzie Award nomination as Worst D |
