'Stephen King's finest novel yet!the most tightly plotted of King's chillers, it is also the most terrifying' -- Cosmopolitan 'One of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel' -- The Sunday Times 'King does this better than anyone else. We finished the book in about three non-stop hours after we picked it up' -- Playboy

Stephen King has written some 40 books and novellas, including CARRIE, THE STAND and RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (from the collection DIFFERENT SEASONS), BAG OF BONES, ON WRITING and most recently CELL and LISEY'S STORY. He wrote several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, including BLAZE (June 2007). He won America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.