Anthony Samuel Magistrale is a professor in English at the University of Vermont since 1983. He received a B.A. in 1974 from Allegheny College, and from the University of Pittsburgh an M.A. in 1976 and a PhD in 1981.Online Catalogue 2005–06
University of Vermont. URL last accessed April 26, 2006. He has written several books about

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 Edgar Allan Poe.Faculty homepage
of Tony Magistrale. URL last accessed April 26, 2006. In 2000 King employed Magistrale as a research assistant. King sets many of his stories in the fictional town of Derry, Maine. Many writers report that King told Magistrale that Derry is based heavily on

Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Modern Bangor ...

, his home town. He is also a poet. In 2011, he received Literary Laundry's Award of Distinction for his poem "Dora Maar".Award Winning Poem
of Tony Magistrale. URL last accessed November 19, 2012. As an expert on King's work he has been called upon to provide commentary tracks when movies based on King's work are released on video. He contributed audio commentary when

Maximum Overdrive ''Maximum Overdrive'' is a 1986 American comedy horror film written and directed by Stephen King. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, and Yeardley Smith. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short ...

was released on Blu-ray in 2018.

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