Stephen King has written over 50 best-selling horror novels, including Carrie, The Shining and Dreamcatcher. A number of them have been made into successful films. However, his latest book, Blaze is not a horror and instead traces the story of Clayton Blaisedell Junior who kidnaps a baby but eventually grows to love the child.

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	Stephen King

Vocabulary from the programme

drawn in a certain direction
to lean towards doing something
e.g. He was drawn towards being a doctor. He was drawn in a certain direction

a given
a certainty
e.g. It was a given that she would win the award

critical approval
good reviews or acknowledgement

frittering it away
to waste time or money on things that aren't important
e.g. He frittered away the millions his father left him

to be labelled
to describe somebody or something in a particular way, especially unfairly
e.g. She was labelled a traitor by her friends

to wear different hats
to have different personalities or skills
e.g. Sometimes I like to write books, other times I like to write films. I wear different hats

busted up
an American expression to describe being hurt or something being broken

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