A fascinating look at the life of the author who created such modern classics as Carrie, IT, and The Shining. One of the most prolific and popular authors in the world today, Stephen King has become part of pop culture history. But who is the man behind those tales of horror, grief, and the supernatural? Where do these ideas come from? And what drives him to keep writing at a breakneck pace after a thirty year career? In this unauthorized biography, Lisa Rogak reveals the troubled background and lifelong fears that inspire one of the twentieth century's most influential authors. King's origins were inauspicious at best. His impoverished childhood in rural Maine and early marriage hardly spelled out the likelihood of a blossoming literary career. But his unflagging work ethic and a ceaseless flow of ideas put him on the path to success. It came in a flash, and the side effects of sudden stardom and seemingly unlimited wealth soon threatened to destroy his work and, worse, his life. But he survived and has since continued to write at a level of originality few authors could ever hope to match. Despite his dark and disturbing work, Stephen King has become revered by critics and his countless fans as an all-American voice more akin to Mark Twain than H. P. Lovecraft. Haunted Heart chronicles his story, revealing the character of a man who has created some of the most memorable---and frightening---stories found in literature today. Stephen King on Stephen King: "I'm afraid of everything." "As a kid, I worried about my sanity a lot." "I am always interested in this idea that a lot of fiction writers write for their fathers because their fathers are gone." "Writing is an addiction for me." "I married her for her body, though she said I married her for her typewriter." "When you get into this business, they don't tell you you'll get cat bones in the mail." "You have to be a little nuts to be a writer." "There's always the urge to see somebody dead that isn't you."

What could make a person become a poet? It wasn’t my first idea, originally I wanted to be an archeologist specializing in Egyptology when I was in middle school I studied everything I could about the culture the history and even how to read hieroglyphs but for all my studies and hard work fate had a twist to throw into my well planned life, I developed seizures at the age of 14 which got worse when I turned 15. I was shaken to the core when my doctor said that I would have to change my dream because my medication would be unavailable where I wanted to attend college in three years. I started going to the school library and reading Edgar Allen Poe and all mythologies that I could get my hands on. Even after all my seizures I can still remember my love for myth and legends even if the rest should come back in pieces like a puzzle. I took a creative writing course in high school and that is when I found that I have a true spark for writing poetry. watched many friends graduate including my high school sweetheart but I kept working for my diploma until I received it in 2004. Now though my seizures are not controlled and none of my doctors know what causes them I write to keep the worries at bay and because I love to write. If you are going through the same thing or just a health issue that you don’t know how to cope with you just need to focus and remember even the small dreams come true if you help them.

A man seeking to change, a lady desperate to stay the same . . . as they cross the Atlantic, pent up passions crash over them like the ocean¿s waves. But will the ghosts of her past end their lives before love can begin?

Beginning as a disciple of Billie Holiday, Susannah McCorkle carefully crafted her own unique singing style, performing in New York and venues around the world. However, she struggled with bipolar disorder. Unable to overcome crippling bouts of depression, McCorkle committed suicide in 2001. Author Linda Dahl offers a revealing portrait of one of America's greatest yet misunderstood singers. 8 page photo insert.

A lady imprisoned by deafness, an architect imprisoned by his past, and a ghost imprisoned within the petals of a flower - intertwine in this Gothic love story that transcends life and death.