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": "Stephen King is great he has sold more than 350 million copies of books, many have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, televsion series, and comic books"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, I love some the films made from his books, what are some of his best works?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yea well he has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh wow, that's quite impressive. I'll be honest, I don't really know if he's still alive, is he?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "yes! he was born in 1947 in portland, maine"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Good to know! Now, was he the person who wrote the book with the clown in the sewers?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "yes and in addition to that he has written around 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections"}, {"role": "user", "content": "54 novels AND 200 short stories? He has to be completely mad to complete that many works!"}]