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I want to engage the reader. I'm an emotional writer, in the sense that I would be happy if you re-read a book for the intellectual or the mental part of it, but, the first time, I just like to reach out and grab you, pull you in.

Stephen King

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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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