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Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Stephen King
- First published
- May 1998
- Pages
- 428
- Publisher
- Orbit, Proszynsli i s-ka, New American Library
- Editions
- 78
- Language
- Dutch, tur, German, French
- ISBN
- 9781101138090
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“"Daddy, I'm tired," the little girl in the red pants and the green blouse said fretfully.”
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to A
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