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": "While I have never read his books, I have heard from friends that Stephen King is a great author."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He is a terrific and prolific author. He's published 54 novels, if you can believe it! Do your friends have a favorite?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "He told me he wrote the book, I.T, that was recently played in theaters?  What is your favorite book from this author?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "IT definitely played into the \"evil clown\" fear! I thought The Shining was really good....scary movie, too! So many of his works have been turned into films, miniseries, tv series..."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What do you find most enjoyable about his books?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He is great at sowing suspense, and capturing a sense that things are not quite \"right\". Of course, my favorite film really is The Shawshank Redemption, based on a not-scary novella of his."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What is the Shawshank Redemption about? Tell me more as you have perked my interest to reading this book."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In this case, I would watch the film, it's so good. It was voted the greatest film of all time by Empire magazine readers in a March 2006 poll."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Who starred in the film?  Does the film capture the essence of his novel?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It does! Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star. The title of the novella it's based on is \"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption\". Now you make me want to read it!"}]