re: The Long Walk...finally

Is he the richest author of all-time?

Or is it Louis L'amour?

I mean once you get a name for yourself...the books sell themselves and then become movies. Everything that has his name on it becomes a movie or TV adaption.

He might hate the Shining movie but that was the best thing to ever happen to him. Having a famed director make a classic film about his book (even though it's very loosely based on the book) but it drove people to buy the book.

My favorite King book though isn't any of those best-sellers...it's his semi-autobiography about writing.

Stephen King: On Writing

He loved the movies and those old serial magazines about mystery and horror.

ETA: Nevermind, it's Rowling.

She's worth 1 billion? For writing about wizards? Man did she hit the lottery by being in this day and age.