About the Author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

Reviews

"[A] hypnotic blend of suspense and sentimentality...sprawling, eventful tale of demons, monsters, narrow escapes, and magic portals."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"One gets the feeling that this colossal story means a lot to King, that he's telling it because he has to....He's giving The Dark Tower everything he's got."
-- "San Francisco Chronicle"

For the seventh time since the man in black first fled across the desert in The Gunslinger, King picks up the strands of plot and character with which he has been fashioning the tapestry of Roland Deschain's quest for the Dark Tower and begins to weave the final portion. Without dropping a single thread, he has created a new, deadly nemesis in Mordred, the Crimson King's half-spider, half-human offspring, while reuniting Roland, Susannah, Eddie, Jake, and Oy. Though this book's publication is a bittersweet event for the myriad faithful fans, they will not be disappointed. Characters who by now seem like friends and family reach their destinies in a way that resonates with the ancient fundamentals of storytelling. The series is a classic, certain to grow in readership. And, as the folks of Mid-World would say, King has earned many long days and pleasant nights. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/04.] Nancy McNicol, Ora Mason Lib., West Haven, CT Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

"[A] hypnotic blend of suspense and sentimentality...sprawling, eventful tale of demons, monsters, narrow escapes, and magic portals."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
"One gets the feeling that this colossal story means a lot to King, that he's telling it because he has to....He's giving The Dark Tower everything he's got."
-- "San Francisco Chronicle"