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'''Stephen Edwin King''' is a best-selling American horror an [[occult]]ic novelist, with such works as ''Carrie'', ''It'', ''The Stand'', ''Misery'', ''Needful Things'', ''The Shining'', ''The Green Mile'' and the recently completed seven-book ''Dark Tower'' fantasy series.  He was born in 1947 in Portland, [[Maine]], and has lived there for most of his life.   

'''Stephen Edwin King''' is a best-selling American horror novelist, with such works as ''Carrie'', ''It'', ''The Stand'', ''Misery'', ''Needful Things'', ''The Shining'', ''The Green Mile'' and the recently completed seven-book ''Dark Tower'' fantasy series.  Some of his novels take on [[occult]] themes.  He was born in 1947 in Portland, [[Maine]], and has lived there for most of his life.   

In June 1999, King suffered several severe injuries when he was hit by a van while walking in his neighborhood.  He relives this incident in ''The Dark Tower'', the final book in the ''Dark Tower'' series, in which his life is saved by Jake Chambers.

In June 1999, King suffered several severe injuries when he was hit by a van while walking in his neighborhood.  He relives this incident in ''The Dark Tower'', the final book in the ''Dark Tower'' series, in which his life is saved by Jake Chambers.