<b>Take an intimate tour through the life and works of Stephen King, made vivid with rare photos and ephemera from King’s personal collection.</b><br><br><b>Even if you are a die-hard fan, you will find something new</b> in this beautifully packaged Stephen King reference that you will return to again and again. Timed to celebrate Stephen King’s 75th birthday on September 21, 2022, <i>Stephen King: <i>A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences</i></i> reveals <b>the inspiration behind the prolific author’s brilliant works of horror</b> through a combination of photos and documents from King’s archives and an engaging account of the stories behind how his novels, novellas, short stories, and adaptations came to be.<br><br>It might sound like a tall tale that Stephen King once met a bartender named Grady in an empty hotel in Colorado, or that the celebrated author helped his young daughter bury her cat in a nearby “pets sematary” after it was killed on a busy roadway. In this book, discover how King drew on these and more <b>real personal experiences and mundane life events</b>, then <b>employed his extraordinary imagination to twist them into something horrific</b>.<br> <br>From impoverished university student to struggling schoolteacher to one of the best-selling—and most recognizable—authors of all time, this engrossing book reveals <b>the evolution and influences of Stephen King’s body of work over his nearly 50-year career</b>, and how the themes of his writing reflect the changing times and events within his life.<br> <br>An expansion of Stephen King expert Bev Vincent’s <i>The Stephen King Illustrated Companion</i>, this fully revised, redesigned, and updated book includes:<br>  <ul><li><b>A review of King’s complete body of work</b>, including <i>Fairy Tale</i>, published in September 2022.</li><li><b>A wealth of rare memorabilia from King’s own collection</b>, including personal and professional correspondences, handwritten manuscript pages, boo