[Prodigal Son]

The thing is, regardless of whether some snobs in the literary elite think his subject matter beneath their attention, Stephen King is a good writer.

[GunsareOK]

"As would we all," sniffed the snobby New York Times.

[Pietro]

"...Bellow, Miller, Morrison, Updike, Roth "

Frankly, that is a list of the LEAST influencial most pompous self-important unreadable poops in literature today. To be fair, though, I haven't read Toni Morrison so I shouldn't include her in my description.

Steven King is not a great "writer" but he is one hell of a story teller and that at least is something that can't be said about the above list.