Faithful (book)

Faithful
First edition cover
AuthorsStewart O'Nan
Stephen King
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBaseball, Boston Red Sox
PublisherScribner
Publication date
December 2, 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages432
ISBN978-0-7432-6752-6
Preceded bySecret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing 

Faithful is a 2004 book co-written by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan. It chronicles exchanges between King and O'Nan about the 2004 Boston Red Sox season, beginning with an e-mail in the summer of 2003, and throughout the 2004 season, from spring training to the World Series.

The book was dedicated to Victoria Snelgrove,[1] an Emerson College student who was struck in the eye by a projectile fired by the Boston Police Department during crowd-control actions near Fenway Park following Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, resulting in her death approximately 12 hours later.[2]

On May 4, 2007, The Boston Globe reported that HBO would be adapting the book into a six-part miniseries for 2008.[3][4] In September 2008, King wrote, "The script is just goddamn hilarious."[5] There is, however, no indication that such a miniseries was actually made.

  1. ^ O'Nan, Stewart; King, Stephen (2004). Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle The Historic 2004 Season. Scribner. p. ix. ISBN 0743267524.
  2. ^ "Commission Investigating the Death of Victoria Snelgrove" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. May 25, 2005. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2009 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Red Sox brass make pitch for star treatment in HBO's 'Faithful'
  4. ^ Red Sox "Faithful" Comes To HBO
  5. ^ "Self Interview". Messages From Stephen. StephenKing.com. 2008-09-04. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2008-09-25.