While I have never read his books, I have heard from friends that Stephen King is a great author.
He is a terrific and prolific author. He's published 54 novels, if you can believe it! Do your friends have a favorite?
He told me he wrote the book, I.T, that was recently played in theaters?  What is your favorite book from this author?
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...
What do you find most enjoyable about his books?
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.
What is the Shawshank Redemption about? Tell me more as you have perked my interest to reading this book.
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.
Who starred in the film?  Does the film capture the essence of his novel?
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!