Stephen King named most banned author in US schools [View all]

"Bestselling author Stephen King was named the most banned writer of the 2024-25 school year in PEN America’s latest report tracking book censorship in the U.S.

Some 87 titles among King’s oeuvre, which includes “The Stand,” “It” and “The Shining,” were banned 206 times during the school year, PEN America said.

Its report found that between July 2024 and this June, there were 6,870 instances of book bans in 87 school districts across 23 states. PEN America counts any instance of a book pulled off a shelf as a ban. ..........."
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5536738-stephen-king-book-bans-schools-pen-america/