The Dark Half
The Dark HalfStephen King
Characters in The Dark Half
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Thad Beaumont
A novelist, English teacher and recovering alcoholic in Ludlow, Maine, who has secretly written violent crime novels under the pen name George Stark.
Antagonists
George Stark
Thad's crime-fiction pseudonym, the dark alter ego who refuses to stay retired.
Supporting characters
Liz Beaumont
Thad's wife, who stands by him as the threat to their family grows.
Alan Pangborn
Sheriff of neighbouring Castle Rock who investigates the murders and becomes Thad's ally.
Rawlie DeLesseps
A friend of Thad Beaumont's who moves in the same academic circle in Ludlow.