Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King

Yes, 'In Writing' was an excellent disclosure of the life of Stephen King, but it was what HE wanted us to know. Here, Lisa brings the parts of his life to the fore which the fans like to know about, and for this I can heartily recommend it to all of his fans without question. Friends, relations and acquaintances have been interviewed and tell the tales which Stephen is far too modest to wish to tell. Top notch!

Great present for Queen fans...

Meu primeiro livro em inglês e gostei muito. Recomendo! O livro tem várias dicas de vocabulário e ótimas informações sobre a história do Stephen King.

Bag full of information and anecdote. A number of surprising, if true, characteristics to Maine's one man working man's writer.

very pleased, will deal again!

although I enjoyed reading about Stephen king,the book started out good and then got a little boring about halfway through.

This little biography was a pleasure to read but the author left out a couple of things I'd have been interested in hearing about. For instance, the Kindle bribe for writing "Ur" and the straight to screenplay "Sleepwalkers" about which Stephen King said (I'm paraphrasing) " There are such things as "Sleepwalkers". They're the criminals who move around invisibly, hurting children." I'm the same age as King and have been reading his books since "Carrie". His legacy of beautifully crafted work and his literary "voice" will never be matched. Kinda like David Ortiz :0)

I have loved and followed SK's writing since the early 1980's and it is wonderful to hear his own thoughts about what he has done.I give this book an A+++

Okay, so Stephen knew of this book, didn't want to have anything to do with it, but he also told his family and friends that they were welcome to talk to the "unofficial" biographer, Lisa Rogak. He was also worried enough about it that he was lurking about listening in on the conversation between his lawyer and Rogak to find out what her intentions were. So in this book you will find mostly second-hand tales and common knowledge about King. Do with that what you will. Personally, I found parts of it fascinating, but most of it lacking in anything new or concrete, and I just hate half-truths and gossip. So, if you are the kind of person who is willing to read a book and take it with a very large grain of salt, then have at it.

Great book with excellent insight. I just bought a second one for Christmas as a gift.

This is a wonderful telling of the life of Stephen King. It reads well, is highly informative, and very entertaining. The author has bypassed the obvious problem of simply repeating what is already out there with ease. This is King's story in Rogak's words. Recommended.

Very fair biography of Stephen King. the Author is obviously a fan but still trys to point out SK's faults to even out the book.

Loved it. Learned so much about Stephen King. Excellent!

I enjoyed this book very much and think it gave me a better overview of Stephen King, the man. When one gets an overview of an author, it makes his work even more meaningful.

I love Stephen King and this was a very interesting book. I will most likely read it again and again.