Robin Furth is the personal research assistant to
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
and the author of Stephen King's ''
The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance'', which was published by Scribner on December 5, 2006. It is a compilation of her two previous encyclopedic books dealing with King's
magnum opus
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, ''The Dark Tower: A Concordance, volume I'' - which explores the first four books in King's series - and ''A Concordance II'', which gives the reader definitions and explanations of pivotal terms used over the course of the final three books of The Dark Tower. She is now currently working on the graphic novel adaptation of the Dark Tower for Marvel Comics .
Life and work
Raised in
Upper Darby
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As of the 2020 cen ...
and along the coast of
Maine
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, Furth has worked as King's assistant for over five years. She is credited as having illustrated the maps that appear in the novel ''
The Dark Tower''. Furth plotted the comic book
spin-off miniseries
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''
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'', which serves as a counterpart to the
series of novels written by Stephen King. She is also credited as a writer for ''Legion of Monsters: Satana #1'' and as an editor and creative consultant for the ''Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook'', both published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. In October 2009, Del Rey Comics published ''The Talisman #0'', with Furth credited as writer. This comic book series is an adaptation of the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel of the same name.
''The Talisman Comics'' at stephenking.com
/ref> She's also credited with writing ''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins'' in 2011.
“Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Concordance“ was released in August 2017.
See also
*Bev Vincent
Bev Vincent is an essayist and a literary critic, he also is the author of ''The Road to the Dark Tower'' and ''The Stephen King Illustrated Companion.''
Selected bibliography
*''The Road to the Dark Tower'' (2005, Cemetery Dance Publications) ...
References
External links
RobinFurth.com
Official Website.
Robin Furth
Online interview.
The Dark Tower: A ConcordanceRobin Furth on Marvel.com"Dark Tower: The Long Road Home" Interview at Newsarama"Dark Tower: The Long Road Home" Interview at Comic Book ResourcesInterview on Comic Geek Speak Podcast (April 2007)
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Living people
21st-century American women writers
American comics writers
The Dark Tower (series)
1965 births