Since his first collection Night Shift published 35 years ago, No. 1 international bestselling author Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short story fiction. He describes the form as 'a waltz with a stranger you will never see again'. Many of his books have been turned into celebrated films including Misery, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Over the years, King has had various cameo roles in film adaptations of his books as well as playing rhythm guitar in the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock and roll band made up of some of America's bestselling and best-loved writers He was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.