TY - BOOK AU - Beahm,George W. AU - Chadbourne,Glenn AU - Whelan,Michael TI - The Stephen King companion: forty years of fear from the master of horror SN - 9781250081315 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Thomas Dunne Book /St. Martin's Griffin KW - King, Stephen, KW - Horror tales KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Horror tales, American N1 - Color portfolio by Michael Whelan N2 - 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 ER -