Tony Magistrale is author of numerous books and articles, most of which have centered on defining and tracing Anglo-American Gothicism from its origins in nineteenth-century romanticism to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture, particularly in the work of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. He has published three separate interviews with King, and Magistrale and Blouin both served as research assistants to Mr. King.Michael J. Blouin has published extensively on the American Gothic, especially on Stephen King’s fiction. In addition to his monograph Stephen King and American Politics, Blouin coauthored Stephen King and American History (with Magistrale); one of the chapters of that book unanimously won the Carl Bode prize for the best essay published in the Journal of American Culture 2020. He is also author of Democracy and the American Gothic.

Tony Magistrale is author of numerous books and articles, most of which have centered on defining and tracing Anglo-American Gothicism from its origins in nineteenth-century romanticism to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture, particularly in the work of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. He has published three separate interviews with King, and Magistrale and Blouin both served as research assistants to Mr. King.Michael J. Blouin has published extensively on the American Gothic, especially on Stephen King’s fiction. In addition to his monograph Stephen King and American Politics, Blouin coauthored Stephen King and American History (with Magistrale); one of the chapters of that book unanimously won the Carl Bode prize for the best essay published in the Journal of American Culture 2020. He is also author of Democracy and the American Gothic.

Tony Magistrale is author of numerous books and articles, most of which have centered on defining and tracing Anglo-American Gothicism from its origins in nineteenth-century romanticism to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture, particularly in the work of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. He has published three separate interviews with King, and Magistrale and Blouin both served as research assistants to Mr. King.Michael J. Blouin has published extensively on the American Gothic, especially on Stephen King’s fiction. In addition to his monograph Stephen King and American Politics, Blouin coauthored Stephen King and American History (with Magistrale); one of the chapters of that book unanimously won the Carl Bode prize for the best essay published in the Journal of American Culture 2020. He is also author of Democracy and the American Gothic.