Writers in Stephen King Novels Quiz

Answer: Misery Chastain

After his car crashes on a slippery Colorado road, Paul Sheldon is taken in by an experienced nurse named Annie Wilkes, who recognizes him as she is his number one fan. She has him heal in her house while she reads his latest romance novel, "Misery's Child". When she realizes that he has killed Misery to end the series of books, she goes on a rampage, trapping him in the house to write Misery's return.
"Misery" later won Kathy Bates the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Annie Wilkes. James Caan played the role of the injured author, Paul Sheldon.

Answer: 1408

"1408" is about Mike Enslin, who has written books like "Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Castles" and "Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards" to spook readers. He knows none of this is real, but he travels to room 1408 in the Hotel Dolphin for his new book and finds that there are some places that are truly haunted. What results is terror and a near-death experience for the author.

Answer: The Overlook Hotel

The Overlook Hotel, built on an ancient Indian burial ground, is able to trap Jack and cause him to try and destroy his wife and son. Danny Torrence, Jack's son, has the mysterious 'shining' that allows him to communicate using telepathic powers. After he's passed over for a job with a renowned school, Jack takes the family to Colorado where he acts as the caretaker for the Overlook Hotel and begins writing a new book.

Answer: Mort Rainey

When a mysterious man visits Mort regarding a manuscript, Mort's life is changed. The man claims that Mort copied his ideas. It later turns out that the man is actually Mort's alternate personality, who performs tasks while Mort is suffering from nightmares in his sleep.
"Secret Window" later became a movie starring Johnny Depp as Mort Rainey.

Answer: Children's books

On Poplar Street, Johnny Marinville is tossed into the madness of the creatures spawned by Tak, an evil spirit in the body of Seth Wyler, who visited the China Pit in Desperation, Nevada. Though the children's books aren't central to the plot, Marinville wrote the book "Delight" as well as a series of books about Pat the Kitty Cat, a Pet Detective.

Answer: On a motorcycle

On the Interstate outside of Desperation, Nevada, Marinville was caught taking a leak beside his Harley in the ditch. Collie Entragian, with the spirit of Tak inside of him, planted marijuana in his motorcycle pouch and placed him under arrest, taking him to the madness in Desperation. Marinville was crossing the country on his bike visiting book signing points along the way with Steve Ames. Once again, Johnny wrote the novel "Delight" as well as numerous short stories.

Answer: Bag of Bones

"Bag of Bones", written in 1998, follows the troubled author, Mike Noonan, who is unable to type a story after his wife's death. Feeling the need for a vacation he returns to his and his wife's summer home in Maine and he begins facing the ghosts of his past while trying to help his neighbours be free of a local millionaire, who is ruining the town he and his wife loved.

Answer: George Stark

In "The Dark Half", Beaumont tries to kill off the man behind his pen name, but is unable to break an odd bond between himself and George Stark. Stark was the pen name that Beaumont used to write gory, yet highly acclaimed crime novels. This character parallels Stephen King himself, because some of his more violent books were published under the Richard Bachman pseudonym.

Answer: Scott

Released in 2006, "Lisey's Story" was the first novel to follow King's return to the horror genre (after "The Dark Tower") in "Cell". "Lisey's Story" outlines the story of Lisey Landon, whose husband (an accomplished writer winning many awards) has passed away two years earlier. Lisey must travel to the world of Boo'Ya Moon, a place that Scott created in order to finish what he started.

Answer: Writes 'Oh Susannah-Mio, divided girl of mine, done parked her rig in the Dixie Pig, in the year of '99" on the fence outside the vacant lot in New York (1977)

In "Wolves of the Calla", the ka-tet finds the book "Salem's Lot" in a collection owned by Calvin Tower in exchange for the vacant lot. This bookcase of rare novels was dragged into the Calla through the door in the Doorway Cave, and the book was discovered by Pere Callahan, who plays a major role in the novel.

When Eddie and Roland visit King in "Song of Susannah", King realizes he must facilitate the story of the ka-tet and Roland's quest, but fearing that people don't want him to write it, King stops and becomes unprotected by Gan. Jake sacrifices himself in 1999 to save King, who later goes on to finish the story of Roland and the Dark Tower.