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Lisey's Story (2006) is a novel by the 'King of Horror' Stephen King that combines the elements of psychological horror and romance. It was originally published on October 24, 2006, and won Barm Stoker Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2007.
Lisey's Story is King's favorite novel which he has written. In April 2019, it was announced that the book will be adapted as an eight-part limited series called Lisey's Story scripted by Stephen King, starring Julianne Moore.
The novel is the story of Lisey Landon, the widow of a famous and wildly successful novelist, Scott Landon. The book tells two stories--Lisey's story in the present, and the Story of her dead husband's life, as remembered by Lisey during the course of the novel. Early in their relationship, before they got married, Lisey had to learn from him about books, blood, and bools. Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went-- that both terrified and healed him, that could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon. What begins as a widow's effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. Perhaps, King's most personal and powerful novel, Lisey's Story is about the wellspring of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret of the language of love.
About the Author
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: 4.4/5
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner (First edition)
Publishing Date: October 24, 2006
Edition Language: English
Genre: Ghost Fiction, Horror, Gothic
ISBN-10: 0743289412
ISBN-13: 978-0743289412
Pages: 528 (Hardcover)
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