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Fame? Author Stephen King Mistaken for Bookstore Vandal

by PEP | August 16, 2007 at 09:54 am | 344 views | add comment

From the lighter side of the news, bookstore staffers now have very red faces after thinking King, making an unannounced visit, was vandalizing books.

Author Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal when he started signing books during an unannounced visit to a shop in Australia, according to local media.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said staff at the Alice Springs book store did not initially realise the writer was autographing his own novels.

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August 16, 2007 at 09:54 am by PEP, 344 views, add comment

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