PEN America
News
Stephen King is reportedly the most banned author in American public schools, with more than 200 books removed from US schools last year
PEN America tracked 6,800 cases of books temporarily or permanently banned in the 2024-2025 school year, and Stephen King came out as the top author whose work has been pulled from shelves
October 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
“It feels all made up”: Queer comic creators talk about attacks on their books
At MoCCA Fest, PEN America' Jonathan Friedman talked to Maia Kobabe, Mike Curato and Cathy G. Johnson about the censorship of their books.
May 23, 2023
Jim McDermott