Insomnia

by Stephen King

  'Can you ever forgive me?' Pete was sobbing. 'Oh my God, can you ever forgive me?'

  'Oh yes, I think so,' Lois said calmly.

  She passed her hand down Ralph's face, closing his eyes, and then held his head in her lap and waited for the police to come. To Lois, Ralph looked as if he had gone to sleep. And, she saw, the long white scar on his right forearm was gone.

  September 10, 1990 - November 10, 1993

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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  Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, in 1947. He won a scholarship award to the University of Maine and later taught English, while his wife, Tabitha, got her degree.

  It was the publication of his first novel Carrie and its subsequent adaptation that set him on his way to his present position as perhaps the bestselling author in the world.

  Carrie was followed by a string of bestsellers including The Stand, It, Misery, Bag of Bones, the Dark Tower series, On Writing (A Memoir of the Craft) and Dreamcatcher. Some of his other books have also been adapted into first rate films including The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

  Stephen King is the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

  He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.