In Stephen King’s novel Bag of Bones, the widowed novelist’s first name is Mike.
Mike Noonan is the narrator and protagonist of Bag of Bones. After the death of his wife, Jo, he returns to Sara Laughs, the couple’s lakeside home in western Maine. There, he experiences disturbing supernatural events while becoming involved in a custody dispute surrounding a young girl.
The character is generally identified as Mike Noonan, not Michael Noonan, in the novel’s presentation. That distinction matters because the question asks for the character’s first name as used in the story, rather than a possible formal expansion.
Bag of Bones was published in 1998 and won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The book blends ghost story conventions with grief, family inheritance, literary fame, and the history of a fictional Maine community. Its title refers to both mortality and the novel’s haunting imagery.