my favorite author is stephen king.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written around 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. His novella \"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption\" was the basis for the film \"The Shawshank Redemption\" which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time and was in fact voted the greatest film of all time by \"Empire\" magazine readers in \"The 201 Greatest Movies of All Time\" poll in March, 2006. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. King was born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Edwin King, was a merchant seaman. Donald was born under the surname Pollock, but as an adult, used the surname King. King's mother was Nellie Ruth (n\u00e9e Pillsbury). When Stephen King was two years old, his father left the family under the pretense of \"going to buy a pack of cigarettes\", leaving his mother to raise Stephen and his older brother, David, by herself, sometimes under great financial strain.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love Stephen King, He is the best author of horrors and science fiction books."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Me too!  I started reading his books years ago, and they are all great!  I really loved The Stand!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Stephen King was two years old, when his father left the family under the pretense of \"going to buy a pack of cigarettes\""}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow!  And he didn't come back?  That's so sad!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, can you believe it. the movie \"Shawshank Redemption\" is based on his book."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't know that!  I haven't seen that movie, but I have seen The Shining, which is also from one of his books"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I haven't read any of the Bachman books - what are the titles of some of them?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know \"thiner\", He has written around 200 short stories,"}, {"role": "user", "content": "He sounds like a very busy man!  I wish I had his talent for writing!"}]