title: Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
author:  Lisa Rogak 
description: Though critical studies of his vast oeuvre abound, King<i>the</i> bestselling author of the 20th centuryhas not been the subject of a book-length biography until this strictly serviceable study. Rogak (<i>The Man Behind</i> The Da Vinci Code) doesn't probe her subject or his work too deeply. Rather, she strings together the best-known facts of his life with workmanlike efficiency: his family's early abandonment by his father; the author's triumph over an impoverished childhood; his perseverance and prolificacy as a writer; his determination, despite his comfort with genre fiction, to be regarded as more than a horror writer; his struggles with alcohol and drugs; his generosity toward other writers; the accident that nearly killed him in 1999. Rogak structures her text primarily around the chronology of King's scores of books and their film adaptations. Though she interviewed some of King's friends and colleagues, much of the book is derived from secondary sources. Her text is repetitive and clich-ridden, but the facts she marshals will serve King fans not familiar with his life. 8 pages of b&amp;w photos. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  THE SICKNESS
  
  Possibly the darkest and most shocking six scary short stories yet ever
  created from bestselling author Stephen R. King. An instinct of passion and
  disrespect for decency and humanity fill this volume of life experiences we
  mostly keep in the back of our conscience, never wanting to bring to the
  forefront. It’s truly sick!
  
  
  
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  Copyrigh t (C) 2016 by Stephen King
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real
  people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places,
  and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to
  actual events or places or person, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions
  thereof in any form whatsoever.
  
  
  
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