Stephen King is a well-known American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels with a net worth of $500 million.
To date, King’s works have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. As of this writing, Stephen King has released more than 65 novels, five non-fiction works, and about 200 short stories, the most of which have appeared in book collections.
Many of them have been adapted into films or mini-series, including “Carrie,” “It,” “Stand by Me,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Stand,” “Misery,” and “The Shining.” He is known as the “King of Horror.”
Throughout his career, King has garnered various prizes, including Bram Stoker prizes, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards.
In 2004, he received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and in 2007, he received the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award. In 2015, the US National Endowment for the Arts awarded King a National Medal of Arms for his contributions to literature.
King and his wife are major philanthropists. Every year, he provides approximately $4 million to libraries, schools, arts organisations, and local fire departments in need of updated lifesaving equipment such as the Jaws of Life.
The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, founded by King and his wife, is the sixth-largest charity in Maine, with an annual gift totaling more than $2.8 million.
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