Insomnia is set in Derry, and the protagonist Ralph Roberts encounters Mike, the head of the town's public library, and asks him how to find a book about sleep disorders. Mike Hanlon, the only member of the Losers Club who remains in Derry as an adult, also appears in the 1994 novel Insomnia. Beverly and Richie sense that Jake is similar to them, probably because they've all encountered supernatural activity. Losers club member Ben Hanscom is also briefly mentioned in 11/22/63 and Insomnia, but doesn't actually make an appearance. Richie Tozier - another member of the Losers Club who is played by Finn Wolfhard in IT and Bill Hader in the sequel - is also seen in 11/22/63 he and Beverly are together when Jake approaches them asking for information. He sees her as a kid living in Derry and trying to move on after the events of IT. The Losers Club's Beverly Marsh - played by Sophia Lillis in 2017's IT and Jessica Chastain in the 2019 sequel - is briefly glimpsed in the 2011 novel 11/22/63, when the story's protagonist Jake Epping travels to the fictional town of Derry.
Several characters of the 1986 novel IT show up in other King books. Often times, King has his characters show up across his multiverse in myriad different books. The books The Stand, Cell, and The Regulators appear to each have their own planes of existence.
But this universe exists within a larger multiverse that King has developed over the years the dimensions within it include the All-World, Keystone Earth, The Territories, Boo'ya Moon, Rose Madder, and The Null, among others. There's a mainstream universe in which most of King's stories take place, and it includes fictional locations like Jerusalem's Lot, Castle Rock, Derry, and Haven - all in Maine. Many of King's characters exist within a shared reality or universe. Related: How Thelma Reinvents Stephen King's Carrie Story (For The Better) Among his most beloved characters are Jack Torrance, simultaneously the protagonist and antagonist of the 1977 novel The Shining Annie Wilkes, the antagonist of the 1987 novel Misery Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the shapeshifting villain from the 1986 novel IT Carrie White, the titular protagonist of King's first-ever novel in 1974 and Stu Redman, one of the plague-surviving protagonists of the 1978 novel The Stand. King has written some famous and infamous characters into existence over the years.
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