Tony Magistrale

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Tony Magistrale
Born
Anthony Samuel Magistrale
Alma mater Allegheny College (BA)
University of Pittsburgh (MA, PhD)
Occupation(s)Academic, writer, professor
Employer University of Vermont (1983–present)
Known forBiographer of Stephen King

Anthony Samuel Magistrale is an American academic and writer, known primarily as a biographer of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe. [1] Magistrale has worked as an English professor at the University of Vermont since 1983, [2] receiving the Literary Laundry's Award of Distinction in 2011 for his poetry. [3]

Magistrale received a Bachelor of Arts in 1974 from Allegheny College, before going on to the University of Pittsburgh to earn his Master of Arts in 1976 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1981. [4] In 2000, Stephen King employed Magistrale as a research assistant. [5] King reported told Magistrale that his iconic fictional Maine town of Derry is based on Bangor, Maine. [6] Magistrale has provided commentary tracks for video releases of film adaptations of King's work, including on the 2018 Blu-ray release of Maximum Overdrive . [7]

References

  1. ↑ Faculty homepage of Tony Magistrale. URL last accessed April 26, 2006.
  2. ↑ Tiziana Dearing; Zoë Mitchell (October 29, 2019). "Haunted Houses: What Is Drawing People Wanting To Be Scared?". WBUR . Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Award Winning Poem of Tony Magistrale. URL last accessed November 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ Online Catalogue 2005–06, University of Vermont. URL last accessed April 26, 2006.
  5. ↑ Chris Citorik; Zoë Mitchell (September 5, 2019). "In A 'Stephen King Renaissance,' Why We Find His Stories Alluring". WBUR . Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ Joe Maddrey (April 24, 2017). "A Tour Of Stephen King's Derry, Hometown Of "IT"". Blumhouse . Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2019. In a 2002 interview with Tony Magistrale, the author spun a yarn about an urban legend that the sewer system in Bangor was so hastily built in the 1930s—while the WPA was throwing money at public works projects—that the town's engineers "lost track of what they were building under there." As a result, King says, nobody has a truly reliable map of the Bangor sewer system and "it's easy to get lost down there." True or not, it's a good setup for a horror story. Bill Denbrough essentially repeats this urban legend in IT, right before he and his friends embark on their underworld journey into Pennywise's labyrinth.
  7. ↑ John Squires (August 20, 2018). "Art, Date and Details for Vestron's 'Maximum Overdrive' Blu-ray!Published 1 year ago on August 20, 2018By". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved December 26, 2019. NEW: Audio Commentary with Writer Tony Magistrale, Author of Hollywood's Steven King.

"Dora Maar" at the Literary Laundry website.



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