![]() ![]() Joe Hill is, indeed, the son of horror legend Stephen King.Īt the start of his writing career, in 1997, Hill decided to use the pen name 'Joe Hill' (his birth name is Joseph Hillstrom King) in an attempt to build a career under his own merits and achievements, rather than be compared with his father, who wrote Carrie, The Shining, It, and countless other classics. Outside of Locke and Key, though, Hill is also an extremely accomplished writer, having written acclaimed novels, short story collections, and comics since his breakthrough in the mid-2000s, and he achieved it all without the assistance of anyone knowing who his super-famous father is. ![]() If he seems like a natural horror storyteller, well, it might just be in his blood-his dad is Stephen King, after all. Hill is the show's creator and executive producer, but is also the writer of the comic series on which the show is based (which has since been compiled into six graphic novel volumes). When watching Netflix's newest addictive adventure series, Locke and Key, there's one name that you'll notice more than others in the credits: Joe Hill. You may have heard of his father, too: Stephen King. ![]() Hill is also a very successful horror novelist. Netflix's Locke and Key was created by Joe Hill, who also wrote the graphic novels of the same name. Locke and Key Head Joe Hill Is Stephen King's Son Emma McIntyre ![]()
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