It by Stephen King

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Stephen King's terrifying classic is a landmark in American literature.

#1 New York Times bestseller

"It will overwhelm you... Characters so real you feel you are reading about yourself... scenes to be read in a well-lit room only."--Los Angeles Times

It is a 1986 horror novel by an American author Stephen King It was his 17th novel written under his own name (not with a pen name). The story curbs the experience of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that disguises itself as a clown while hunting the prey. 

It: Chapter Two-Now a major motion film. It is the sequel (2019) of the first film (2017) in which all seven teenagers are now grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. Because of the promise they made twenty-eight years ago, seven adults return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on...An evil without a name:It. 

Welcome to Derry, Maine. A place where the haunting is real. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers.

The reader of Stephen King (The King of Horror) knows that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.

About the Author

Stephen King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural, fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them are worldwide bestsellers, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.

His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, Mr Mercedes, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both Mr Mercedes and End of Watch received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively. 

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 as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. 

He co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game, Doctor Sleep, Pet Sematary, 1922, Lisey's Story, and It. The list of his books/novels is long enough to enjoy one after another including a few more The Shining, Cujo, 'Salem's Lot, The Stand, Misery, The Outsider, Later, etc.

Stephen King has been the recipient of many national and international awards to date. He has received America's prestigious 2003  National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He has been described as 'King of Horror' a play on his surname. 

King studied at the University of Maine, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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Rating: 4.7/5

Author: Stephen King

Publisher: Scribner

Publishing Date: January 5, 2016 (Reissue edition), (original 15 September 1986)

Edition Language: English

Genre: Coming of Age Fiction, Horror Literature & Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Dark Fantasy

ISBN-10: 1501142976

ISBN-13: 978-1501142970

Pages: 1168 (Paperback)

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