Beahm, George W., <br/><br/>
The Stephen King companion :  forty years of fear from the master of horror / 
George Beahm ; illustrated by Michael Whelan and Glenn Chadbourne. 
 - First edition. 
 - xxxii, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some colour) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Color portfolio by Michael Whelan. 
<br/><br/> 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; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when 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; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781250081315 1250081319 9781250054128 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>King, Stephen, 1947- --Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Horror tales--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Horror tales, American--Criticism and interpretation.