International Thriller Writers has a great interview with Bev Vincent, author of The Stephen King Illustrated Companion.
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Questions include:
.Why are you drawn to Stephen Kings work?
How did you come up with the idea?
How did you come up with the things in the book? Do you now King?
Is Bev Vincent a Stephen King stalker? (Funny)
If you were banished to a desert island and could only take one book. . .
What are you working on now?
.My favorite quote from the interview:
Bev explaining how he got access to stuff no one else on planet earth could touch:
."The companion was produced by a book packager in Seattle called becker&mayer! They do design-heavy books with profuse illustrations, photographs, and almost always include removable media. After I finished the detailed outline, their photo and documents researcher visited an avid King collector who allowed access to some amazing material (the telegram from Doubleday announcing the sale of Carrie, for example) and then was given access to King's personal photo album and archives at the University of Maine. King had the final say on what could be used in the book, but he was very generous, and the documents researcher picked material that complemented the text."
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