Stephen Edwin King je zelo ameriški pisatelj, scenarist, igralec, producent in režiser. King je slavo dosegel že s svojim prvim romanom Carrie (1974). Najbolj znan je po svojih grozljivkah. 

V naslednji zbirki najdete nekatere izmed njegovih knjižnih uspešnic in priljubljene qoute iz njih. 

“Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.” 

“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.” 

“And suddenly it didn't seem to matter any more, nothing would matter if she could turn over, turn over and see the stars, turn over and look once and die.” 

“Doesn’t look like a monster, does he?” “They rarely do.” 

“Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.” 

“He killed them with their love” 

“There is no group therapy or psychiatry or community social services for the child who must cope with the thing under the bed or in the cellar every night, the thing which leers and capers and threatens just beyond the point where vision will reach. The same lonely battle must be fought night after night and the only cure is the eventual ossification of the imaginary faculties, and this is called adulthood.” 

“It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.” 

“Because things can get better, and if you give them a chance, they usually do.” 

“They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?”