Anthony Samuel Magistrale is a professor in English at the University of Vermont since 1983.
[2] He has written several books about Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe.
[5] Many writers report that King told Magistrale that Derry is based heavily on Bangor, Maine, his home town.
He is also a poet, and in 2011 he received Literary Laundry's Award of Distinction for his poem "Dora Maar".
[7] He contributed audio commentary when Maximum Overdrive was released on Blu-ray in 2018.