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This is a really fun book! It has lots of interesting information on King, such as where he grew up, his family members, political interests, books on King, and even lists of his favorite books and movies. It also lists influences on his work, like Lord of the Flies and Lord of the Rings, etc. I really liked the layout of the book as well, and it was fun to flip through. I'll probably find myself referring to it every so often, I would recommend this book to any King fan who wants to know more!

This book is not, as one reader/reviewer put it, a biography; he was undoubtedly confusing THIS book with my biography on King, "Stephen King: America's Best-Loved Boogeyman." This book fills in the holes, so to speak, with detailed information from A to Z about the people, places and things in King's life, not his fiction; there's a difference--the latter is a concordance, and has already been ably compiled by the prolific Stephen J. Spignesi. My book draws on my extensive files on King that I've compiled since 1988, sports an introduction by King critic Dr. Michael Collings, includes a dozen short essays, 75 photos of things King, illustrated letters by artist Stephen Fabian, but most of all it includes hundreds of entries that shed light on King as a writer and a person. From "A" (AFTERMATH, THE; a novel King wrote when he was a teenager) to "Z" (the ZBS Production of "The Mist," a dramatization), this book covers King thoroughly.

The book is available in a trade paperback edition from Andrews McMeel Publishing. It is an oversized book with 250 pages.

I read this book in 3 days and found it to be the most interetsing and fun biographies I've read. I'm A big fan Stephen king and this book told me the story behind Kings life. George Beahm did a Great job of telling the story. If your a Stephen King fan get this book you won't regret it.