'Fresh and frightening and highly recommended' -- Observer 'King has become such a sophisticated writer that this novel is never less than page-turning ... A first-class beach-read' -- Independent on Sunday 'Another masterpiece' -- The Sun 'The true narrative artist is a rare creature. Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift...Stephen King, like Charles Dickens before him, has this gift in spades.' -- The Times on CELL

Stephen King has written some forty books and novellas, including CARRIE, THE STAND and RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 'from the collection DIFFERENT SEASONS', BAG OF BONES, ON WRITING and CELL. He wrote several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, including BLAZE 'June 2007'. He won America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King and they divide their time between Maine and Florida, USA.