Favorite Authors?

[Juliam]

Who would be Mr. King's favorite authors? I would love to know.

Thanks.

[blunthead]

I know he was influenced early on by Richard Matheson. I think he's listed some favorites in one of his non-fiction books.

[GNTLGNT]

...William Golding and James Dickey are a couple...

[FlakeNoir]

I think John D. MacDonald and Ray Bradbury are another couple.

[Spideyman]

Peter Straub, Peter Abraham aka Spencer Quinn.

[kingricefan]

Who else but Danielle Steele, which is actually another one of King's pseudonyms.

JUST KIDDING!!!!!

[GNTLGNT]

Who else but Danielle Steele, which is actually another one of King's pseudonyms.

JUST KIDDING!!!!!

...comments like that, will garner you another visit from the purple monkey...consider yourself warned...

[doowopgirl]

I think he mentiones H.P. Lovecraft in Danse Macabre

[Speedygi81]

I do have a few:
Richard Matheson
Ted Bell
Sarah Langan
Michael Crichton (and John Lange)
Ray Bradbury
Clive Barker
Mark Twain
Leo Tolstoy
Charles Dickens
Jack Ketchum
Michael A Stackpole
Timothy Zahn
Neil Gaiman
Orson Scott Card
Ian Fleming
Chris Cussler
Jonathan Maberry
Lawrence Block
The whole King family
James Cain
Jason Starr
Jodi Picoult
Joyce Carol Oates

[Speedygi81]

As for King, I think he likes Pelecanos...