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Hill Joe
Birth at
4 June 1972
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Joseph Hillstrom King - Joseph Hillstrom King Joe Hill is the pseudonym of Joseph Hillstrom King, son of Stephen King and Tabitha King. Joseph was born in 1971 in Bangor, Maine. He has an older sister, Naomi, and a younger brother, Owen, who also became a writer. As a child, Joseph starred in one of the roles in the film “Creepshow”, 1982; directed by George Romero. He studied English literature at Vassar College, and took up literature almost immediately after graduating in 1995. Joseph King chose
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Joseph Hillstrom King - Joseph Hillstrom King
Joe Hill is the pseudonym of Joseph Hillstrom King, son of Stephen King and Tabitha King. Joseph was born in 1971 in Bangor, Maine. He has an older sister, Naomi, and a younger brother, Owen, who also became a writer. As a child, Joseph starred in one of the roles in the film “Creepshow”, 1982; directed by George Romero. He studied English literature at Vassar College, and took up literature almost immediately after graduating in 1995.
Joseph King chose a pseudonym when several of his first mainstream and fantasy stories were published. Wanting to achieve literary success on his own without using his father's name, he took the name Joe Hill. It was both an abbreviation of his real name and alluded to American songwriter Joe Hill (1879-1915), a labor movement activist and left-wing Industrial Workers of the World, unjustly accused of murder and executed in 1915. After his death, Hill became a folk song hero.
Joe Hill's stories have appeared in many magazines, including Subterranean Magazine, Postscripts, and The High Plains Literary Review, as well as in various anthologies, including The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror by Helen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant.