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 my favorite author. He writes horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, I've read a little of his. What is your favorite among his works?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I actually really enjoy his short stories. He's written over 200 of them!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Really? Seems like a lot. Any collection of short stories you could recommend?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not particularly, there are so many good ones. I like them better than novels because of their anecdotes."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Alright. Have you read many of his novels?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not too many. Have you ever read the science fiction of Isaac Asimov?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Not recently enough to recall. I have read some of Philip K. Dick's works, and generally enjoyed the movies based on them."}]