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Owen King
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Owen King

Owen King is a graduate of Vassar College and the MFA program at the Columbia University School of the Arts. He is the author of We’re All in This Together: A Novella and Stories, as well as the co-editor of Who Can Save Us Now?: Brand New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories. His writing has appeared in Fairy Tale Review, One Story, Prairie Schooner, and Subtropics, among other publications. Owen has also taught creative writing at Columbia University and Fordham University and is a working screenwriter with a script in development by the producer of Winter’s Bone. He is married to the novelist Kelly Braffet.

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Double Feature will be released on March 19, 2013 in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
Mar 19, 2013
Double Feature is now available in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
Mar 19, 2013
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Double Feature
Mar 06, 2013
Who Can Save Us Now? will be released on July 24, 2008 in eBook
Jul 24, 2008
Who Can Save Us Now? will be released on July 24, 2008 in eBook
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Who Can Save Us Now? will be released on July 24, 2008 in eBook
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Who Can Save Us Now? will be released on July 15, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Who Can Save Us Now? is now available in Trade Paperback
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Who Can Save Us Now? will be released on July 15, 2008 in
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Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2013
...of them read early. Owen and Naomi read at 2 or something. They were amazing that way.” Son Owen King’s recent novel is “Double Feature,” and son Joe (who writes under the name Joe Hill) recently released a vampire book, “NOS4A2.” Both sons...
MySanAntonio, May 26, 2013
...If nothing else, you'd have to give Joe Hill and Owen King credit for nerve. For the two sons of Stephen King, continuing the family business means writing in the gigantic shadow of one of the planet's bestselling and best...
Oregonian, May 24, 2013
...Rowling published using her initials because she wanted boys to read her books." Hill's younger brother Owen King is a novelist who publishes under his own name. Hill is a huge fan of his brother's books ("brilliant, so alive and energetic") and...
Manmade Mag, May 23, 2013
...  In a recent interview with Vulture, Joe Hill (along with his brother Owen King, who has written a terrific new novel called Double Feature, which isn’t horror but which reads like the best possible mash-up of John Irving and Nick Hornby, with...
Denver Post, May 19, 2013
...NOS4A2 by Joe King (HarperCollins) Double Feature by Owen King (Scribner) Let's get this part out of the way: The two books under review here That said, Hill's "NOS4A2" is the kind of big, wide-ranging horror novel...
Miami Herald, May 12, 2013
...Joe Hill and Owen King are Stephen King?s sons, but these two young writers have distinctive voices and highly developed talents and deserve to be considered solely on the basis of their merits. Hill?s...
Washington Post, May 9, 2013
...discovers hes actually a time-traveling 19th-century lord. 1367619660000 on Facebook Twitter article_story New books by Joe Hill and Owen King prove the young writers can be considered on their own merits.1367532240000 on Facebook Twitter Show more...
Archbold Buckeye, June 5, 2013
...7: Sara Greek, Jake Myers English 8: Ava Hoops Family and Consumer Science 8: Tessa Waidelich Health 7: Owen King History 8: Gabriel Beck, Alayna Jones Advanced Junior High Math: Kyra Behnfeldt read more...
Pop Matters, June 4, 2013
...know that King has another, younger son who is also a writer and novelist? It turns out that Owen King (who, unlike Hill, keeps his well-known surname) has taken up the family business as well, but unlike his father and older brother, seemingly wants...
Wanganui Chronicle, June 2, 2013
...tries, Te Tua Kemp con). HT: 12-all. McCarthy's Ruapehu 31 (Robert Hughes 2, Kim McNaught, Tama Nahona, Owen King tries, Tautahi Rawiri 2 pen) bt Marton 10 (Michael Thomsen try, Lote Tauailoto pen, con). HT: 16-3. Waverley Harvesting Border 17 (Aaron...
Advance Monticellonian, May 31, 2013
...Barbara Ann (Bob) Hollis, of Pine Bluff; son, Wayne (Mellie Jo) L. Owen, Jr., of Monticello; sister, Tricia Owen King, of Richmond, Texas; nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in the...
Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2013
...of them read early. Owen and Naomi read at 2 or something. They were amazing that way.” Son Owen King’s recent novel is “Double Feature,” and son Joe (who writes under the name Joe Hill) recently released a vampire book, “NOS4A2.” Both sons...
Harlow Star, May 29, 2013
...the league title. FC Flare res: Arrowsmith, S.Ledain, S. Cowell, M.Cowell, Jeffries, Baker, Offei, Brett, Williams, Owen, King. Subs. Clarke, Tarran, Smith, Mallett, Lintonbon-Baker. Other results in HDL: prem div - Rouge Lyon w/o vs Maquis Sports...
Oxbow Herald, May 27, 2013
...and use them to your greatest advantage and who knows what you can accomplish. Have a great week! Owen King Murray GM Oxbow...