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Stephen King is an American novelist and short-story writer born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine, who is credited with reviving the horror fiction genre in the late 20th century[2]. He rose to fame in the 1970s with his debut novel Carrie and has published over 50 books, becoming one of the world's most successful writers known as the 'King of Horror'[2][3][4].