Bio stephen king
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Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in , with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation funnen him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited framtidsperspektiv, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of He met Tabitha in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University of Maine at Orono, where they both worked as students. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived
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Stephen King
Stephen King | |
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Stephen King | |
| Born | Stephen Edwin King () September 21, (age&#;77) Portland, Maine |
| Pen name | Richard Bachman |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Horror |
| Notable works | Misery, It, The Green Mile, Cujo, The Dark Tower series |
| Spouse | Tabitha King |
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, ) is an Americanwriter from Maine. He writes scary horrornovels. His books and stories have sold more than million copies.[1] He has written more than fifty novels, two hundred short stories, and nine collections of short fiction.[2]
Works
[change | change source]King's first novel, Carrie, was published in Many of his stories have been made into movies or television programs. The movies and programs include The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Misery, Pet Sematary, It (the miniseries) and the movie It.
King has written some of his books under the nam
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Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in , the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of the elderly couple. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in From his sophomo