| Stephen King Companion Contributor(s): Beahm, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250054125 ISBN-13: 9781250054128 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $26.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.5 lbs) 624 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Stephen King Companion is an authoritative look at King's personal life and professional career, from Carrie to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. King expert George Beahm, who has published extensively about Maine's main writer, is your seasoned guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King, covering his varied and prodigious output: juvenalia, short fiction, limited edition books, bestselling novels, and film adaptations. The book is also profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated Dark Tower artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne. Supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well, this book looks at his formative years in Durham, where he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed. For fans old and new, The Stephen King Companion is a comprehensive look at America's best-loved bogeyman. |
Contributor Bio(s): Whelan, Michael: - Michael Whelan is an illustrator who specializes in fantasy and science fiction book cover art. Some of his best-known covers appear on Stephen King novels and the Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars series. He also created interior illustrations for Stephen King's The Dark Tower and The Gunslinger, the final volume of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, and Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive. Whelan's work has garnered dozens of awards, including fifteen Hugo Awards, Twelve Chelsey Awards, three World Fantasy Awards, and an unofficial "SuperHugo" for Best Artist of the Last 50 Years. He is also the first living artist to have been inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Chadbourne, Glenn: - Glenn Chadbourne is an artist best known for his horror and fantasy work. He has created covers and illustrations for books and magazines such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and Earthling Publications. Chadbourne is best known for illustrating The Secretary of Dreams, a graphic collection of Stephen King stories. He has also written, illustrated, and self-published his own comics, such as ChillVille and Farmer Fiend's Horror Harvest.Beahm, George: - GEORGE BEAHM is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written more literary companions than any other writer, and has published more than thirty books on pop culture icons, such as Michael Jordan, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Indiana Jones, Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, The Big Bang Theory T.V. show, Caribbean Pirates, censorship, and several books on Stephen King. A former U.S. Army officer, he served on active duty and in the National Guard and Army Reserve. |