In Stephen King’s novel Bag of Bones, the author haunted after his wife’s death is Mike Noonan.
Mike Noonan is a successful novelist who becomes unable to write after the sudden death of his wife, Jo. He retreats to their lakeside home, Sara Laughs, in western Maine, where he encounters supernatural disturbances and disturbing local secrets.
The story combines a ghost narrative with a conflict involving custody, inheritance, and the history of a wealthy family. Mike’s grief is central to the novel: the haunting develops alongside his effort to understand what happened to Jo and what remains hidden at the house.
Readers may confuse Mike Noonan with Paul Sheldon, the novelist in Misery. Both are writers created by King, but Paul is held captive by Annie Wilkes, while Mike investigates a haunted home.