I knew it when I picked up the book – so let’s do what comes naturally and compare father and son, shall we?įirst, though, some basics. Now years after the 2007 publication of Heart Shaped Box, everyone knows that. Honestly, how hard would it be to get honest critical feedback on your ghost story if the entire world knew your dad was Stephen King?īut Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King, and chose to write in his father’s very famous wheelhouse. Author Joe Hill didn’t try and fight his author genes and only mitigated his unusual circumstances by not using the last name of his famous father when publishing his first novel, Heart Shaped Box. Even harder to imagine making the decision to follow in their career footsteps and face the inevitable comparisons. It’s hard to imagine what it must be like to grow up in the shadow of an internationally famous parent.
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