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Twilight Author 'Can't Write Worth a Darn': King

Horror maven gets vampire books' appeal

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(Newser) – Sorry, Stephenie Meyer, but Stephen King isn't among your millions of fans. The wildly successful horror author compared the wildly successful vampire author's Twilight series with JK Rowling's Harry Potter books in a recent USA Weekend interview: "The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn," King said. "She’s not very good.”

Still, he understands the appeal: "People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it’s very clear that she’s writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books," King said.

Stephen King holds his a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association in Toronto on June 8, 2007.
Stephen King holds his a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association in Toronto on June 8, 2007.   (AP Photo/CP, Aaron Harris)
Stephen King arrives at the premiere of
Stephen King arrives at the premiere of "The Mist" at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York on Nov. 12, 2007.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
Author Stephenie Meyer arrives at the premiere of
Author Stephenie Meyer arrives at the premiere of "Twilight" in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson arrive at the British premier of the film
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson arrive at the British premier of the film "Twilight" in London on Dec. 3, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
This photo released by Little, Brown and Company shows author Stephenie Meyer.
This photo released by Little, Brown and Company shows author Stephenie Meyer.   (AP Photo/David Stone,Little,Brown and Company, file)
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suzy
Feb 4, 09 10:39 PM CST
yeah, tell em, steve dave! really though, twilight is garbage.. Reply
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riffran
Feb 6, 09 4:14 AM CST
sounds to me like ole stevie is getting a bit worried...besides king is as ugly as a mud fence in the rain....steffie.....kinda cute....grrrrrrrrr Reply
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