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"Awards & Nominations". April 28, 2010 

1. Stephen King won an award for the book "__Just After Sunset__" in 2009 2. King won an award for the book "__Night Shift__" in 1980 3. He was nominated for an award for his book called __"FireStarter"__ in 1981 4. He was also nominated for an award for his book, "__Cujo__" in 1982 5. He was nominated for an award for "__Just After Sunset__" in 2009 6. Stephen King won an award for best novel in 2008 for the book "__Cujo__" 7. In 2000, he won best international novel for __"Hearts In Atlantis"__. 8. In 1978, he was nominated for an award for __"The Shining"__. 9. In 2001, he won longest story for his book "__Riding the Bullet"__ 10. In 2002, King won a novel award for "__Black House__". 11. Also in 2002, he won a television award for "__Rose Red"__. 12.In 1984, he was nominated for a fantasy novel for the book __“Pet Sematary”__ 13. King won a fantasy novel award for “__It__” in 1987 14. In 1996, he won best American short story for “__The Man In The Black Suit__” 15. In 1980, he was nominated for the Nebula Award for “__The Way Station__” 16. Also in 1980, he received the Alumni Career award. 17. In 1978, he won a novel award for __“The Stand”__ 18. In 1987, he was nominated for a short fiction award for “__The End of the Whole Mess”__ 19. More recently, in 2007, he was nominated for a novel award for “__Lisey’s Story”__ 20. In 1992, he won World Horror Grandmaster Award.

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21. Stephen King has worked as a janitor 22. He has also worked as a laborer in an industrial laundry 23. He has worked in a knitting mill 24. He has made appearances in films like "Knightriders" 25. He was an English teacher at Hampton Academy 26. In 1986, he stared in the movie "Pet Sematary" which was based off of one of his books. 27. He also worked at WZON-AM which was a rock-and-roll station 28. King served as a judge for The World Fantasy Awards in 1978 29. He has also appeared in an American Express commercial 30. Stephen King has written many books including "Carrie: A Novel of A Girl with A Frightening Power", 31. "Salem's Lot", 32. "The Shining", 33. "The Dead Zone", 34. "Firestarter", 35. "Cujo", 36. "Pet Sematary", 37. "The Eyes of the Dragon", 38. "It", 39. "Misery", 40. and "The Tommyknockers".

Cahill, Bryon. "Stephen King Halloween's answer to Santa Claus.(Interview)(Cover Story)." //Writing!// Oct. 2005: 8+. //General OneFile//. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.

41. Stephen King thinks that is important for America to have horror. 42. He says that when he opens one of his books, he finds himself in a different world. 43. He says that where ever there is something good, there is also something bad. 44. Within the first 50 pages of his books, you can get to know the characters 45. King's title is "The Master of Horror" 46. He began writing stories when he was a child in school. 47. His first novel was published when he was 27 48. Two years after it was released as a book, it was made into a movie. 49. After that, he wrote about 67 more books that were all big hits. 50. A lot of those books have been made into classic films. 51. King draws readers into a "magnificent mix of nail-biting plot and gripping characters" 52. Stephen says to become a writer, you need to practice a lot just like you would anything else. 53. King usually writes from 8 in the morning to noon. 54. He usually writes his books unplanned. 55. He is okay with having no plot lay out as long as he is honest with what his characters would do in the given situation. 56. When writing, he wants to make emotional connections to the readers. 57. Sometimes, he feels bad about killing off a character. 58. Some of his characters feel real to him after a while. 59. He says that you need to be "a little nuts" to write because you have to imagine worlds that aren't there. 60. He says that sometimes, he is writing in his head, and doesn't even know it.

Leckart, Steven. "True Blood." //Wired// Nov. 2009: 66. //General OneFile//. Web. 29 Apr. 2010

61. For his book "Under the Dome", King called his physician for advice on blood and gore 62. Stephen King's rule for Si-fi is to make it as real as possible. 63. In "Under the Dome", he uses material science, 64. Nuclear science, 65. and medicine 66. His physician Dorr helps him with those elements. 67. King learned from Dorr how pandemics could spread so rapidly. 68. For "Misery", Dorr told him how to cauterize a wound with a blow torch. 69. He also learned which body parts can be sergically removed without killing a victim. 70. Stephen would type up his stories and email Dorr with questions. 71. He would ask questions like "How does a guided missile work?", 72. "What does a 20-year-old Geiger counter look like?", 73. "Where would you go to find a B-52 bomber?", 74. And the ingredients for crystal meth. 75. Some of these questions, Dorr admits he had to look up the answers on the internet. 76. King learned that in the "Dome", when riots and fire were going on, the level of oxygen decreased. 77. This could cause respiratory disease to the town. 78. King includes forensic details about asphyxiation. 79. For all of this help, King created a character named "Rusty" who is like Dorr. 80. Dorr helped Stephen on a lot of his classic books like "The Shining", "Misery", and "Cell".