A Bit About The Man
Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. He and his older brother, David, were raised primarily by his mother after his parents separated. Stephen's childhood was spent living between Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family lived, and Massachusetts and Maine with his mother and her family. Eventually, Stephen and David settled with their mother in Durham Maine, where the boys attended school.
King graduated high school in 1966 and pursued a Bachelors of Science degree in English at the University of Maine at Orono. While a student, he met his future wife, Tabitha Spruce. King graduated from the University in 1970, and married Tabitha one year later. King initially was unable to find work as a teacher, so he and Tabitha lived off his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loans and savings. Occasionally they would receive a boost from one of his short stories that had been published in various men's magazines. Many of these stories were later compiled into the NIGHT SHIFT collection.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching high school English at Hamden Public High School in Maine. Writing in the evenings and on weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, King's novel CARRIE was published, enabling him to leave teaching and concentrate on his writing. Since then King has enjoyed success in various genres of writing, ranging from short stories and novellas, to screenplays and full length novels. He has even acted and directed for the movies.master of horror Stephen King.
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