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On Stephen King in the Tribune-Review!

Stephen King came to Pittsburgh and it was AMAZING! Before the event, the Tribune-Review asked me and some other local authors (Stewart O’Nan! Thomas Sweterlitsch!) to talk about how King influenced us…

“Nick Courage admits he long resisted Stephen King’s books, in part because he can’t keep his eyes open during the previews for horror movies. But when a literary novelist Courage knew admitted to using King’s novels for guidance and inspiration for plotting, Courage picked 11/22/63, the novel about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

The next 10 books Courage read were all by King.

‘There’s a humanity in all of his novels that’s totally unique and undeniable,’ says Courage of Point Breeze, the author of the The Loudness. ‘That, to me — more than horror — is his fingerprint. He could write anything and that sensibility would shine through.’”

More: http://triblive.com/aande/books/10535730-74/king-stephen-says