It

About “It”

"It" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is his 22nd book and 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows seven children who are terrorized by an evil entity that uses the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting them. The entity primarily appears as Pennywise the Dancing Clown to lure young children. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987 and was nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that year. In 2003, it was ranked number 144 on the BBC's The Big Read poll.