In Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to his 1977 bestseller The Shining, the adult Dan Torrance fights to overcome alcohol addiction in order to save Abra Stone, a girl with the shining, from a group of evil nomads who feed off children with a special ability. In order to protect Abra from her demons, Dan must return to the place where the Overlook Hotel once stood and face the demons of his childhood. Themes in the novel include overcoming addiction, the importance of paying a debt, and Dan’s reconciliation with his experience in the Overlook.
Stephen King has written twenty-six novels (including five under the pen name Richard Bachman), five collections of short fiction, one book of criticism, six screenplays, and other short works. Accord...
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Stephen King (born 1947) is a prolific and immensely popular author of horror fiction. In his works, King blends elements of the traditional gothic tale with those of the modern psychological thriller...
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Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Two years later, his father, a merchant seaman, went to the grocery store for a pa...
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Stephen (Edwin) King
Stephen King
Stephen King