This included the publication of 20+ short stories, and his first novel, Heart Shaped Box. “When I went into writing, I had to know that if someone bought one of my stories they’d bought it for the right reasons–that it is a good story–and not because of who my dad is.”Īccording to the same story, he got his book publishing deals entirely without the association of his father.
“I lacked a lot of self-confidence as a teenager,” Hill told The Telegraph in 2016. By 2007, Hill publicly confirmed that he was, indeed, King's son there had already been significant online and industry speculation at that point, and his identity had been outed by a Variety blurb a year earlier. 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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