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The King and I

Stephen King’s bestsellers have brought him astonishing success. But he won’t be typecast as a horror writer, he tells fellow novelist Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman Published: 8 April 2012

Stephen King Stephen King says he is ready to publish a sequel to his chilling bestseller, The Shining

Extract: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

The first time I met Stephen King was in Boston, in 1992. I sat in his hotel suite, met his wife, Tabitha, who is Tabby in conversation, and his then-teenage sons, Joe and Owen, and we talked about writing and about authors, about fans and about fame.

“If I had my life over again,” said King. “I’d have done everything the same. Even the bad bits. But I wouldn’t have done the American Express ‘Do You Know Me?’ TV ad. After that, everyone in America knew what I looked like.” He was tall and dark-haired, and Joe and Owen looked like younger clones of their father.

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