Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman

Author

Stephen King is the bestselling American author widely regarded as the master of horror and suspense fiction, whose vast body of work has defined the genre for over fifty years. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, he has published over sixty novels and hundreds of short stories, selling an estimated 350 million copies worldwide. The Long... Walk, originally published under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman, is a dystopian novel set in a near-future America where one hundred teenage boys take part in an annual walking contest — the last one standing wins, and the penalty for stopping is death. Written while King was still in college, it is one of his most chilling and tightly constructed works. The Bachman Books — including Rage, The Running Man, and Roadwork — showcase King's darker, leaner storytelling style. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers an unmatched library of horror, suspense, and dark fiction from the writer who has frightened more people than any other living author. Read more Show less