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Occupation
  
Writer

Spouse
  
Kelly Braffet

Role
  
Author


Name
  
Owen King

Nationality
  
American

Siblings
  
Joe Hill, Naomi King

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Born
  
Owen Philip King February 21, 1977 (age 47) Maine, United States (
1977-02-21
)

Relatives
  
Kelly Braffet (spouse),Stephen King (father)Tabitha King (mother)Joe King (brother)Naomi King (sister)

Parents
  
Stephen King, Tabitha King

Grandparents
  
Donald Edwin King, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King

Books
  
We're all in this together, Double Feature: A Novel, Intro to Alien Invasion

Similar People
  
Stephen King, Joe Hill, Tabitha King, Naomi King, Kelly Braffet

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Owen Philip King (born February 21, 1977) is an American author and the younger son of authors Stephen and Tabitha King.

Contents

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Stephen King and his son Owen King discuss their new novel, 'Sleeping Beauties'


Life and career

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King was born in 1977 in Maine, to parents Tabitha and Stephen King. He has two older siblings, Naomi King and Joseph Hillstrom King. He was raised in Bangor, Maine, showing an interest in writing during high school. King attended Vassar College and Columbia University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.

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King published his first book, We’re All in This Together, a collection of three short stories and a novella, in 2005. His short fiction has been published in various journals, such as One Story and Prairie Schooner. His debut novel, Double Feature, was published in 2013.

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His newest work is a collaboration with his father, Stephen King, entitled Sleeping Beauties. Due be published in the fall of 2017, it is set in a women's prison in West Virginia. King is also working with filmmaker Josh Boone on adapting the Clive Barker novel The Great and Secret Show for television.

Reception

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The reception for King's collection We're All in This Together was positive, with both the Los Angeles Times and Independent giving it positive reviews.

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King's first full-length novel, Double Feature, was called "overwritten" in a review in The New York Times.

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King's graphic novel Intro to Alien Invasion received mixed reception, with Publishers Weekly pointing out the comic's inability to consistently transcend its "B movie source material," while Booklist called the spoofing of B-list material "highly successful".

Personal life

King is married to writer Kelly Braffet and lives in upstate New York.

Awards

  • John Gardner Award
  • Fink Award
  • Nominated for a "National Magazine Award"

    • Works

    Collections and novels

  • We’re All in This Together: A Novella and Stories (2005)
  • Double Feature (2013)
  • Sleeping Beauties (2017), co-written with Stephen King

    • Editor

  • Who Can Save Us Now?: Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories (2008)

    • Graphic novel

  • Intro to Alien Invasion (2015), co-written with Mark Jude Poirier, drawings by Nancy Ahn

    • Anthology Contributions

  • Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Stories edited by John McNally (Southern Illinois University Press, 2003)
  • When I Was A Loser edited by John McNally (Free Press, 2007)
  • HANG THE DJ: An Alternative Book of Music Lists edited by Angus Cargill (Faber & Faber, 2008)
  • The Late American Novel: Writers On The Future Of Books edited by Jeff Martin & C. Max Magee (Soft Skull, 2011)
  • Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on their Unshakeable Love for New York edited by Sari Botton (Touchstone, 2014)
  • The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages edited by Andrew Blauner (Simon & Schuster, November 10, 2015)
  • Detours edited by Brian James Freeman (Cemetery Dance Publications, December 31, 2015)

    • Short Stories

  • "My Second Wife" (2001), The Bellingham Review #48, Spring 2001
  • "Wonders" (2002), Book Magazine #22, May/June 2002
  • "Frozen Animals" (2003), Harper Palate, Vol. 3 #1, Summer 2003
  • "The Cure" (2006), One Story #85, Dec. 20, 2006
  • "Nothing is in Bad Taste" (2008), Subtropics #5, Winter/Spring 2008
  • "Home Brew" (2011), Prairie Schooner, Vol. 85 #2, Summer 2011
  • "The Idiot's Ghost" (2011), The Fairy Tale Review #7, The Brown Issue
  • "The Curator" (2014), Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #31, Dec. 2014
  • "Confederate Wall" (2015), Subtropics Issue 19, Spring/Summer 2015

    • Introductions/Afterwards

  • 25 Years in the Word Mines: The Best of Graham Joyce by Graham Joyce (PS Publishing, September 2014)
  • The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker (Gauntlet Press, 2016)
  • The Devil's Own Work by Alan Judd (Valancourt Books, January 6, 2015)

    • Web Articles

  • "Singing Along To A Murderous Threat, NPR song of the day: “You Rascal You” by Hanni El Khatib" (12/15/2011)
  • "A Gallery of Drama, NPR song of the day: “Change the Sheets” by Kathleen Edwards" (2/3/2012)
  • "Tear For Tear, Without Peer, NPR song of the day: “Look the Other Way” by Justin Townes Earle" (4/17/2012)
  • "Interview with Tom Bissell" (4/17/2012) The Rumpus
  • "The Biggest Thing Ever, an excerpt from Double Feature" (12/3/2012) Guernica
  • "Interview with Erin McKeown" (2/15/2013) The Rumpus
  • "Book Notes: Double Feature" (3/19/2013) Largehearted Boy
  • "Role Remix: Steve Buscemi” (3/19/2013) Grantland
  • "(Title, If Any)” (4/1/2013) The Weeklings
  • "Best Guess: Owen King interprets the Exhibit Song Book, an exchange with singer/songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs" (7/11/2013)
  • "Interview with Peter Squires" (7/25/2013) The Rumpus
  • "Matters of Faint Import, Vol. 1: “The Dress Code of Mumford & Sons" (9/24/2013) The Weeklings
  • "Review of People Park by Pasha Malla" (11/4/2013) Publishers Weekly
  • "Matters of Faint Import, Vol. 2: “Holiday Special” (12/24/2013) The Weeklings
  • "The Heiress, Review of Havisham by Ronald Frame" (1/1/2014) Los Angeles Review of Books
  • "Director’s Cut, Review of Mount Terminus by David Grand" (4/27/2014) The New York Times Book Review
  • "Nine Librarian-Approved Headlines For The Rest Of The Season" (7/18/2014) Just A Bit Outside
  • "Baseball’s Greatest Hit" (7/29/2014) Just A Bit Outside
  • "Spinners 5, Gades 0" (9/4/2014) Just A Bit Outside
  • "No, Pitchers Don’t Have To Look Like Pitchers" (4/7/2015) Just A Bit Outside
  • "JABO Book Club: Alison Gordon’s Foul Balls, A Conversation with Rob Neyer" (5/8/2015) Just A Bit Outside
  • "Baseball Language and The Players" (5/26/2015) Just A Bit Outside
  • "Big Brother: A Conversation with Andrew Ervin" (6/3/2015) The Brooklyn Rail

    • References

    Owen King Wikipedia
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