HAUNTED HEART: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF STEPHEN KING

Book ID/图书代码： 08900008B20828

English Summary/英文概要： This will be the first full-length biography of one of the world’s most popular and mysterious authors. It will detail his childhood of poverty and near-poverty in rural Maine, his emergence as a writer, his decades-long struggles with alcohol and cocaine abuse that almost cost him his family and his life, the traffic accident in which he was run down and almost killed by a drunk driver, and his latest reemergence as a “man of letters” rather than a horror fiction writer. It will be a must-have biography for every fan of Stephen King.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 世界知名的驚悚故事鬼才作家，史蒂芬．金的第一本傳記。這本傳記詳細記載了史蒂芬．金在緬因州童年貧窮的生活。他如何成為作家，如何在酗酒和吸食古柯鹼掙扎度日十年之久，甚至差點喪生於酒醉駕駛的意外。這是一本 --史蒂芬．金迷-- 不可錯過的的故事傳記。(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：Though critical studies of his vast oeuvre abound, King—the bestselling author of the 20th century—has not been the subject of a book-length biography until this strictly serviceable study. Rogak (The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code) doesn’t probe her subject or his work too deeply. Rather, she strings together the best-known facts of his life with workmanlike efficiency: his family’s early abandonment by his father; the author’s triumph over an impoverished childhood; his perseverance and prolificacy as a writer; his determination, despite his comfort with genre fiction, to be regarded as more than a horror writer; his struggles with alcohol and drugs; his generosity toward other writers; the accident that nearly killed him in 1999. Rogak structures her text primarily around the chronology of King’s scores of books and their film adaptations. Though she interviewed some of King’s friends and colleagues, much of the book is derived from secondary sources. Her text is repetitive and cliché-ridden, but the facts she marshals will serve King fans not familiar with his life. 8 pages of b&w photos. (Jan.) ---From Publishers Weekly

About the Author/作者介绍： Lisa Rogak is the author of more than forty books, on topics ranging from nutrition and wellness to cooking and politics. She has written for many newspapers and major magazines, and her books have been covered both by book industry writers and in off-the-book-page media. Her works have been reviewed and otherwise mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Parade magazine, USA Today, Family Circle, and hundreds of other publications. She appeared on Oprah as the featured guest in a show about small towns, to promote her book Moving to the Country Once and For All. Rogak’s book, Howard Dean in His Own Words (St. Martin’s Press, 2003), made the BookSense Extended List in January 2004, and her book, The Man Behind The Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography of Dan Brown (Andrews McMeel, 2006), has been published in 29 languages around the world.
Lisa Rogak已經出版超過40 本書，她著作的主題包羅萬象，從健康營養到烹飪和政治，在各大報章雜誌發表文章。
她的作品是《華爾街日報》、《今日美國報》和數百家出版公司爭相報導的對象。

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights already licensed: English language in North America, Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Press, (hardcover) 2009 English language in the UK, JR Books, (hardcover) 2009 Bulgarian, Riva Russian, AST Hungarian, Európa Czech, XYZ Polish, Albatros Portuguese (Brazil), BioPop/DarkSide Chinese (mainland), Beijing Wentong Taida; rights previously licensed to Heilongjiang, and previously Shanghai Gaotan

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