My Favorite Author: Stephen King Essay -- Horror Stories Literature Au

My Favorite Author Stephen kingIt hit you like the flu or a summer cold, only it kept on getting worse, presumablyuntil you choked to death on your own snot or until the fever ruin you down. It was exceedingly contagious. (The Stand, 65)This quote shows what Stephen King as a inditer means to me. His writing isinfectious. Once I have read one of his novels, I exigency more. The desire to read his actors linegets worse the longer I wait. No, reading novels by Stephen King wont kill a person, butit is highly contagious.As one can tell from the above excerpt, King has a way ofcreating an image in the readers mind. The image isnt unceasingly pretty, but it is usuallyvivid. Although, King has never been ranked as high as Chaucer, or Shakespeare, oreven C.S. Lewis, he has a way with words that makes the reader want to continue to read.King has a way to make the reader wonder, understand, and see the worlds he creates inhis stories.King was the second child to consecrate his parents home in Maine in 1947.Thefascination with his own childhood memories bursts through the lives of his characters asso many of his stories are set in Maine. This is not to separate that he had a horriblechildhood, I only mean that we all cherish our memories of our childhood and where wegrew up. Perhaps this is Kings homage to his childhood home. King attended theUniversity of Maine at Orono where he wrote a weekly column for the schoolnewspaper, The Maine Campus.A writing career was begun. After graduating with aBachelor Degree of perception in English and being qualified to teach at the high schoollevel, he was unable to procure a teaching position and subsisted on his wifes studentloan and savings, with an occasional... ...osition has not been easyeven with the prompts provided for a theme. I am always anxious to see another Kingbook on the shelf, but it wasnt until now that I could appreciate the time and thought he put into each of his books. King doesnt get the credit he dese rves for being such abrilliant writer, but yet his books are always top sellers. There has to be something said in that. Write on, Stephen, write on.BibliographyKing, Stephen. The Bachman Books Four Early Novels by Stephen King. New YorkNAL Books, 1977.King, Stephen. Dreamcatcher. New York Scribner, 2001.King, Stephen. Everythings Eventual 14 Dark Tales. New York Scribner, 2002.King, Stephen. The Stand Complete and Uncut. New York, Doubleday, 1978/1990.The Man The ordained Stephen King Web Presence Horror Books, Horror Films, Maine.http//www.stephenking.com/man.html