![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, Haunted Heart is another example of how little that fascination has faded. It's a thing that will play itself out in time. "Writers are not stars, they're not supposed to be stars. "I'm a little bit amazed by the whole thing, and I don't really understand it," he said in the mid-'80s, according to Haunted Heart. Such literary fandom simultaneously pleased, scared, and befuddled King. In her new "unauthorized" biography of King, Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, Lisa Rogak writes this about King's experience: "Steve learned an important lesson about fans who were so adamant about reading every word he'd ever written that he could indeed publish his grocery list and haul in millions." Fans greedily gobbled up Pet Sematary - a story that King hated (and called "so awful"). In 1983, Doubleday published yet another book from the increasingly renowned Stephen King, whose Carrie and The Shining (to name just two) were already popular books and movies. ![]() Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King | by Lisa Rogak | Thomas Dunne Books | 310 pages | $15.99Ī coffee table book that might scare you awake. TIMELINE + TRIVIA: Rogak’s comprehensive bio lacks heart. ![]()
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