The most popular author, who writes primarily for adults, was Stephen King, the master of terror.
Here are some sample voter comments:
"He makes the reader feel like they are part of the story. The only author that has made me stay up all night to read!!!"
"Scary because he sees into human character."
"He scares me every time I read his books. And I enoy it."
"I love horror movies and books and he does it best."
"He writes scary and twisted books."
Some Stephen King Titles
| The Stand | Bag of Bones | Rose Madder |
| Tommyknockers | Pet Sematary | Cujo |
| Carrie | Insomnia | Breathing Method |
| Christine | Green Mile | The Body |
| The Official Stephen King Web Presence | The only official, sanctioned Stephen King site on the Web. All information on this site is provided and monitored by Mr. King and/or his assistants. |
| James Pace's Stephen King Web Site | A useful list of links and a link to Newsgroups and discussion lists. |
| Biographical Information | A quick overview of King's life. |
| The Stephen King Cover Gallery | Take a look at lots and lots of book covers. |
| Clive Barker | James Herbert | Whitley Streiber |
| Robert Bloch | Dean R. Koontz | Peter Straub |
| Ray Bradbury | Andrew Neiderman | Thomas Tyron |
| John Coyne | Robert McCammon | Bari Wood |
| John Farris | John Saul | Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
| Charles Grant | Dan Simmons | 10 Books that Scared Stephen King |