Joseph Hillstrom King better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American author and comic book writer. His work includes the novels Heart-Shaped Box (2007), Horns (2010), NOS4A2 (2013), and The Fireman (2016); the short story collections 20th Century Ghosts (2005) and Strange Weather (2017); and the comic book series Locke & Key (2008–2013). Locke & Key won British Fantasy Awards in 2009 and 2012, and an Eisner Award in 2012. King is the son of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. Hill was born in 1972 to authors Tabitha and Stephen King. He was born in Hermon, Maine and grew up in Bangor, Maine. His younger brother, Owen King, is also a writer. Hill is a recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship. He has also received the William L. Crawford award for best new fantasy writer in 2006, the A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize in 1999 for "Better Than Home" and the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella for "Voluntary Committal". His stories have appeared in a variety of magazines, such as "Subterranean Magazine", "Postscripts" and "The High Plains Literary Review", and in many anthologies, including "The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror" and "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Hill at a book store reading in March 2007. Hill's first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, was published by William Morrow/Harper Collins on February 13, 2007 and by Victor Gollancz Ltd in UK in March 2007. The novel reached number eight on the "New York Times" bestseller list on April 1, 2007. When he began writing, Hill was well aware of the inevitable comparisons that would arise between his own work and that of his father, Stephen King, with the name "King" being synonymous with horror fiction. Hill's first professional sale was in 1997. Hill's second novel, Horns, was published on February 16, 2010. A film based on the novel was released in 2014. NOS4A2, his third novel, was published on April 30, 2013. The novel peaked at number five on the New York Times Best Seller list. Hill's fourth novel called The Fireman was released on May 17, 2016.

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