It is a valid question but King is good at so many things that all are part of a book. His dialogues are excellent, His character development are great. His way of makking the time and place come alive qwith small details that can be a song or a commercial or a movie or mention of a comic. Small details that, placed right, makes the story come alive. Also the secondary characters. Many authors gives life to the main characters but King makes you understand the secondary and sometimes even tertiary characters as well. That is rather rare. He is a masterful storyteller. I can go on. I don't know of anyone that sounds like himn when you read him. He has his own voice. Koontz, Simmons and the others have their own voices but i don't think are good in every department as i think King is. (McCammon is an exception, From what i have read he seems to have many voices which is rather strange)
When it comes to someone who writes darn good..... I must mention Orhan Pamuk (from Turkey). The Black Book and My Name Is Red are really good. An SF-writer that wrote very well is Ursula K. Leguin. Steinbeck and John Ajvide Lindqvist write well. Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Spain) and Irene Nemirofsky (France) Her Storm over France is great. James Clavell (ShoGun and King Rat are great). The best of Joyce Carol Oates are excellent but she is a little uneven sometimes. Someone, probably Skimom, mentioned Margaret Atwood. All these authors have their own voice and write very well.
When it comes to someone who writes darn good..... I must mention Orhan Pamuk (from Turkey). The Black Book and My Name Is Red are really good. An SF-writer that wrote very well is Ursula K. Leguin. Steinbeck and John Ajvide Lindqvist write well. Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Spain) and Irene Nemirofsky (France) Her Storm over France is great. James Clavell (ShoGun and King Rat are great). The best of Joyce Carol Oates are excellent but she is a little uneven sometimes. Someone, probably Skimom, mentioned Margaret Atwood. All these authors have their own voice and write very well.