A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME!

Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.

""I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites. I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we're going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book."" - Stephen King

斯蒂芬‧金 Stephen King,一九四七年出生于美国缅因州波特兰市,后在缅因州州立大学学习英语文学,毕业后走上写作之路。自一九七三年出版第一部长篇小说《魔女嘉莉》后,迄今已著有四十多部长篇小说和两百多部短篇小说。其所有作品均为全球畅销书,有超过百部影视作品取材自他的小说,其中最著名的当属《肖申克的救赎》。

一九九九年,斯蒂芬‧金遭遇严重车祸,康复后立刻投入写作。二○○三年,获得美国国家图书基金会颁发的“杰出贡献奖”,其后又获得“世界奇幻文学奖”的“终身成就奖”和美国推理作家协会“爱伦•坡奖”的“大师奖”。

在斯蒂芬‧金的众多作品中,以历时三十余年才完成的奇幻巨著“黑暗塔”系列（共七卷）最为壮观,书里的人物与情节,散见于斯蒂芬‧金的其他小说中。近年来的新作有短篇小说集《日落之后》,中篇小说集《暗夜无星》,以及长篇小说《11/22/63》《穹顶之下》《乐园》《长眠医生》等。

目前斯蒂芬‧金与妻子居住在美国缅因州班戈市。他的妻子塔比莎•金也是位小说家。