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": "user", "content": "Years ago, I loved reading Stephen King novels.  They were always scarier than the movies."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, Stephen King was a classic. He wrote such good horror and supernatural novels. Do you have a favorite one?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes.  Christine.  You?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would say maybe Under the Dome? It was pretty creepy. He sold more than 350 million copies and many of his books were adapted into films. It's hard to pick! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Okay, I didn't realize Under the Dome was a Stephen King book.  I saw the television series."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Haha, yeah it was the typical Stephen King TV cheesy adaptation. It was a great science-fiction drama."}, {"role": "user", "content": "The only Bachman Book I read was the Running Man.  Did you ever read any?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hmm.. I don't think I read any novel under his pen name Richard Bachman. Was the novel good?"}]