Stephen King

Career Milestones

• 2007

  The novel Blaze , which was written in the early 1970s, under his long-time pseudonym Richard Bachman, was published

• 2005

  Signed a deal with Marvel Comics, to publish a seven-issue, miniseries spinoff of "The Dark Tower" series called The Gunslinger Born ; first issue was published on Feb. 7, 2007

• 2004

  Executive produced "Riding the Bullet" based on his novel by the same name

• 2004

  Made TV series debut as writer of "Kingdom Hospital," a drama loosely based on Lars von Trier's film of the same name

• 2002

  Penned script for the ABC miniseries "Rose Red"