The Art of Darkness: The Life and Fiction of the Master of the Macabre, Stephen King

Scaring us to death has made him the most popular writer of our time. Now Douglas E. Winter in this authoritative, thought-provoking study looks at Stephen King, both as a professional writer and as a private human being.

Behind-the-scenes details of how each work was conceived and written are set beside in-depth analyses of Carrie, ‘Salems’s Lot, The Shining, and Christine as well as other King creations.

His exclusive interview with Stephen King on Pet Semetery is competed with a sneak preview of horrors beginning to take shape in the King mind, one day to be released from the keyboard of the King word processor.

Avid fans, serious students an rhos who just want a better understanding of the man who turned horror into a national pastime – all will want to read Stephen King: The Art of Darkness.