斯蒂芬·金（Stephen King，1947年—）

有史以來作品最多、讀者最眾、聲名最大的作傢之一。

編過劇本，寫過專欄，執過導筒，做過製片人，還客串過演員。

作品總銷量超過三億五韆萬冊，超過一百五十部影視作品改編自他的作品，由此創下一項吉尼斯世界記錄。

被《紐約時報》譽為“現代驚悚小說大師”，更是讀者心目中的“恐怖小說之王”。

六次榮獲布萊姆•斯托剋奬，六次榮獲國際恐怖文學協會奬，1996年獲歐•亨利奬。

2003年因“繼承瞭美國文學注意情節和氣氛的偉大傳統，體現齣人類靈魂深處種種美麗的和悲慘的道德真相”而榮獲美國國傢圖書奬的終身成就奬。

2007年榮獲愛倫•坡大師奬——終身成就奬。

Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller "'SALEM'S LOT," tells the story of evil in small-town America. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. Late that summer, Ben Mears returned to 'salem's Lot hoping to cast out his own devils and found instead a new, unspeakable horror. A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved. All would be changed forever: Susan, whose love for Ben could not protect her; Father Callahan, the bad priest who put his eroded faith to one last test; and Mark, a young boy who sees his fantasy world become reality and ironically proves the best equipped to handle the relentless nightmare of 'Salem's Lot. This is a rare novel, almost hypnotic in its unyielding suspense, which builds to a climax of classic terror. You will not forget the town of 'salem's Lot nor any of the people who used to live here.