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Stephen King

Stephen King

Writer · b. 1947 · Portland, Maine, USA

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and  Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, he has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Series23

  • TV6.1
  • TV8.0

    The Simpsons

    1989 · 11K votes

  • TV6.4

    The Daily Show

    1996 · 660 votes

  • TV6.9

    Jeopardy!

    1984 · 165 votes

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    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

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    Frasier

    1993 · 936 votes

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    Morgenmagazin

    1992 · 3 votes

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    Markus Lanz

    2008 · 14 votes

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    Sons of Anarchy

    2008 · 3.4K votes

  • TV5.6

    Today

    1952 · 32 votes

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    Under the Dome

    2013 · 3.9K votes

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    Omnibus

    1967 · 9 votes

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    Finding Your Roots

    2012 · 20 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Stand

    1994 · 532 votes

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    Duncanville

    2020 · 281 votes

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    Baseball

    1994 · 46 votes

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    Storm of the Century

    1999 · 350 votes

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    Golden Years

    1991 · 19 votes

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    Rose Red

    2002 · 444 votes

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    The Shining

    1997 · 356 votes

Movies20

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    It Chapter Two

    2019 · 9.8K votes

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    Pet Sematary

    1989 · 2.5K votes

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    Maximum Overdrive

    1986 · 892 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Thinner

    1996 · 697 votes

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    Fever Pitch

    2005 · 775 votes

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    Stuck in Love

    2013 · 2K votes

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    Creepshow

    1982 · 1.2K votes

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    Sleepwalkers

    1992 · 647 votes

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    Diary of the Dead

    2007 · 926 votes

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    Creepshow 2

    1987 · 673 votes

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    Knightriders

    1981 · 129 votes

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    King on Screen

    2023 · 16 votes

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    Walking the Mile

    2014 · 1 votes

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    Golden Years

    1991 · 57 votes

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