What is Misery about? Misery is a taut, gripping, cat-and-mouse game set over a few weeks in a remote Colorado cabin. It's also every writer's worst nightmare. Paul Sheldon is the author of a series of historical romance novels about the character Misery Chastain.

What town is misery set in?

While traveling from Silver Creek, Colorado to his home in New York City, Paul is caught in a blizzard and his car goes off the road, rendering him unconscious. A nurse named Annie Wilkes finds Paul and brings him to her remote home.

Where did Misery by Stephen King take place?

Stephen King is arguably the most popular novelist in the history of American fiction. He owes his fans a love letter. Misery is it. Paul Sheldon, author of a bestselling series of historical romances, wakes up one winter day in a strange place, a secluded farmhouse in Colorado.