August 16
Horror writer Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal during a surprise book-signing session in an Australian bookshop.

The novelist popped into the Alice Springs store unannounced and signed copies of his new book before leaving.

But customers who saw him thought he was defacing the books and reported him to staff.

Fortunately, Dymocks store manager Bev Ellis managed to recognise King, one of the world's most successful authors.

She followed him to a nearby supermarket, where the multi-millionaire was buying fruit and veg, and thanked him for autographing seven copies of his latest work, Lisey's Story.

A customer immediately bought one of the books and the shop plans to donate the rest to be auctioned for charity.

Ms Ellis said King was on a private visit: "His Australian distributor rang me and he didn't even know King was in the country," she said.
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Its probably one of those few times were he isn`t recognised and mobbed although many famous authors faces aren`t widely known, I own many of his books but wouldn`t recognise him walking down the street. It will be interesting to see how much those autographed copies go for.

YEAH, AND ALICE SPRINGS AIN'T THE MOTS INTELLECTUAL PLACE IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY......

I doubt it was king probaly one of his many clones lol

how nice of him

but did he sit and sign or did he grab books shove them into peoples hands and say "if i sign it you buy it"?

Well I would say King has a very recognisable face. But just walking into a book store unannounced and just signing books, he didn't think this was a little strange even if they were his books?

My sister, when she was going to school in Boston, stood in line for hours to get a Stephen King autograph on Firestarter for me for a graduation present. I hope it's worth something someday!