Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, and won a scholarship award to the University of Maine and later taught English. It was the publication of his first novel, CARRIE, and its subsequent adaptation that set him on the way to over twenty years of world-wide bestsellerdom and his acclaimed position as the master of horror and suspense. Stephen King lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife Tabitha. www.stephenking.com Peter Straub was born and educated in Wisconsin, and lived in Dublin and London before settling in New York. Author of a string of bestselling novels, he is the recipient of five BRAM STOKER AWARDS and the two-times winner of the International HORROR GUILD AWARD. www.peterstraub.net
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