About the Author
Stephen King is the O. Henry Award-winning author of more than thirty books, including
Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Bag of Bones, The Shining, The Stand, The Green Mile, and the stories on which the Academy Award®-nominated films
Carrie, Stand by Me, and
The Shawshank Redemption are based. He is also the author of "Storm of the Century," an original screenplay written for television. His most recent volume in the Dark Tower series is
Wizard and Glass. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.