There is nothing new about King’s writing habits, because King has described those in many an interview.
There are no revelations about King’s drug and alcohol use, because he already told those stories himself in On Writing. It is surprising that this book has landed on the Edgar ballot in the Best Critical/Biographical category because, while it is competent enough, it is not in the least revelatory. Lisa Rogak’s Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King is interesting and entertaining, but does not provide any information that is in the least new. And when the subject has himself written a book or two about his past, you have to wonder just what you can come up with that’s new and interesting. If the interviewee is sufficiently charming, or is completely forthright on a particular subject that casts him in a poor light, the interviewer can easily lose sight of questions not asked. Even when the subject agrees to an interview, a biographer has to be aware that he is telling what he wants to tell and leaving out that which he does not care to discuss. A classically-trained pianist she plays jazz & blues piano upright bass and accordion with a variety of ensembles.It must be difficult to write a biography of someone still living, who has not donated his papers to a library where one can get access to them, who is still active in his career, and who has a healthy sense of privacy. Today she is content just to write about food travel and wine for magazines blogs and websites in between cranking out the occasional book or two. Through the years in addition to writing books on an almost-schizophrenic range of topics she has published newsletters and books started a greeting card company for dogs and cats bought and sold vintage funeral equipment and served as a ghostwriter. Haunted Heart: The Life & Times of Stephen King was nominated for an Edgar. Her book Barack Obama: In His Own Words hit the New York Times bestseller list and she has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Her books have been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal Parade Magazine USA Today Family Circle and hundreds of other publications. Lisa Rogak has been writing professionally since 1981.
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