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Pop Culture Happy Hour

A Guide To Stephen King

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Stephen King is one of the most successful living writers. He's written more than 50 books that have sold hundreds of millions of copies. And his works have been adapted into a number of classic films, including The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, and It. This month marks the 50th anniversary of his first novel, Carrie, so we are revisiting our guide to Stephen King.

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Visit NPR.org slash elections. Stephen King is one of the most successful living writers.

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He's written more than 50 books that have sold hundreds of millions of copies

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and his works have been adapted into a number of classic films

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including The Shining Shawshank Redemption and It.

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And this month marks the 50th anniversary of his first novel Carrie

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so we thought it would be the perfect time to revisit our guide to Stephen King.

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And I'm Stephen Thompson.

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