The Dead Zone is published by Viking Press in 1979. Stephen King’s thriller novel of a clairvoyant, a serial killer and a rising politician becomes a bestseller, a movie and a TV series. Though the book wins multiple awards, the American Library Association names it one of the most banned and challenged books in the U.S. in the 1990s.
This Day in Halloween: Stephen King's controversial classic bestselling novel "The Dead Zone" is published by Viking Press in 1979. / Illustration by Wynter Malone