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": "My favorite author is Stephen King. I like his dark and sinister books about supernatural things."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love Stephen King, My favorite movie is The shining, In fact The Shining was a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It is a classic. Did you know they are making a sequel called \"Doctor Sleep\". It will star Ewan McGregor."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I did not know that it sounds awesome, McGregor's first real professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the British Channel 4 series \"Lipstick on Your Collar\". Pretty neat. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, McGregor will play Danny, now in his 40s, still tormented be the events from the Overlook Hotel. Can't wait!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hes still pretty young, I love McGregor he is actually 2nd on the UFC's pound for pound rankings."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hah, that is Conor McGregor. Yes, he is quite the UFC fighter!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He is among the best in his class, McGregor has 24 wins which is fantastic for his UFC career. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's very impressive. I wouldn't want to face him in the ring, that is for sure!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah hes very tough, McGregor has also competed as a welterweight in mixed martial arts and light middleweight in boxing."}]