Insomnia: About The Author

About The Author

The author of the book I'm reading, Insomnia, is Stephen King. Stephen King is an author who mainly writes horror stories. Generally his books are over 110,000 words. His longest book being The Stand with 1152 pages. he has been writing since 1974 and is still writing and publishing books today. Some of his most popular books are; The Shining, Revival, Under the Dome, The Stand, and Carrie.

Many of his books are still popular today because of movies(The Shining & Carrie) and some of his books are so long they got turned into TV shows.(Under the Dome) He has had _ of his book that have been turned into movies. In general he says he's reasonably happy with the way his books turn out. However, when asked about one of his most popular movies, The Shining, he says it didn't turn out quite like he wanted.

Stephen King Answers Questions From Fans

Stephen King began writing when he was in school for a school newspaper. He even sold short stories that he wrote based of movies to some of his classmates. He went to college at The University of Maine. Throughout college he wrote, published, and sold short stories. He then worked as a teacher while still selling short stories to magazines and columns. 

After publishing his first book, Carrie, he moved around Maine while publishing more books like 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, and The Stand. After that he taught a creative writing class and wrote and published his first and longest series, The Dark Tower books. And has continued writing many more books up till now only taking a break in 2002 after a car accident. Some books he's published recently are Revival, A Good Marriage, and Mr Mercedes.  He doesn't publish as many books today as he did in the 1970's through 1990's but the books he publishes are still just as amazing as when he was younger.