Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 40 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers.
Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.
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Gr 5 Up-Wilson profiles King's life from his childhood to his years as a struggling author to his phenomenal success to his well-publicized June 1999 accident. She draws readers into the author's world through documented quotes and anecdotes. Fans will delight in the background stories that Wilson provides about a variety of King's works, including the opening chapter's account of the inspiration behind The Shining. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations enhance the accompanying text. A list of the author's works, chapter notes, related Internet addresses, and an index with photos noted in bold type complete this work.
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A different sort of book about King, this photo-essay guide takes the reader on a visual journey of the real (and sometimes unreal) world of Stephen King. Beginning with a brief overview of King's career through 1998's Bag of Bones, Beahm shifts gears and delves into the geography of King's real Maine. Interweaving biography and history, Country takes us through the towns of Durham, Orrington, Hermon, and more (perhaps "more" should be "others"), giving the reader some insight as to where King's fictional towns originated. Chapter Two, focusing principally on King's hometown of Bangor (the real-world counterpart of Derry) is a fascinating look at where Stephen King lives and writes, complete with a stunning aerial photograph of King's immense house. Touching on Stephen and his wife Tabitha King's philanthropy, Beahm then drives us down the dark path into King's fictional towns.
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BUILDING BRIDGES
Stephen King Live at the National Book Awards
Each Autumn, in conjunction with the conferring of The National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature, the Board of Directors of the Foundation presents a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. The recipient is a person who has enriched our literary heritage over a life of service, or a corpus of work. The 2003 recipient of this distinguished award was presented to one of the great voices of American literature -- Stephen King.
King accepts the award with grace and wit. His acceptance speech is filled with loving thanks to his wife Tabitha and with a passionate appreciation of his craft. King reflects on bridging the gap between literary and popular writers as well as staying true to his work and to himself over the many years. He concludes his speech by saluting all the nominees and with his sincerest hope that "you'll find something to read that will fill you up as this evening has filled me up."
100% of publisher and author profits from Building Bridges will be donated to the National Book Foundation.
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Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. 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 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of 1971. 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 on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many of these were later gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co. accepted the novel Carrie for publication. On Mother's Day of that year, Stephen learned from his new editor at Doubleday, Bill Thompson, that a major paperback sale would provide him with the means to leave teaching and write full-time.
At the end of the summer of 1973, the Kings moved their growing family to southern Maine because of Stephen's mother's failing health. Renting a summer home on Sebago Lake in North Windham for the winter, Stephen wrote his next-published novel, originally titled Second Coming and then Jerusalem's Lot, before it became 'Salem's Lot, in a small room in the garage. During this period, Stephen's mother died of cancer, at the age of 59.
Carrie was published in the spring of 1974. That same fall, the Kings left Maine for Boulder, Colorado. They lived there for a little less than a year, during which Stephen wrote The Shining, set in Colorado. Returning to Maine in the summer of 1975, the Kings purchased a home in the Lakes Region of western Maine. At that house, Stephen finished writing The Stand, much of which also is set in Boulder. The Dead Zone was also written in Bridgton.
In 1977, the Kings spent three months of a projected year- long stay in England, cut the sojourn short and returned home in mid-December, purchasing a new home in Center Lovell, Maine. After living there one summer, the Kings moved north to Orrington, near Bangor, so that Stephen could teach creative writing at the University of Maine at Orono. The Kings returned to Center Lovell in the spring of 1979. In 1980, the Kings purchased a second home in Bangor, retaining the Center Lovell house as a summer home.
Because their children have become adults, Stephen and Tabitha now spend winters in Florida and the remainder of the year at their Bangor and Center Lovell homes.
The Kings have three children: Naomi Rachel, Joe Hill and Owen Phillip, and three grandchildren.
Stephen is of Scots-Irish ancestry, stands 6'4" and weighs about 200 pounds. He is blue-eyed, fair-skinned, and has thick, black hair, with a frost of white most noticeable in his beard, which he sometimes wears between the end of the World Series and the opening of baseball spring training in Florida. Occasionally he wears a moustache in other seasons. He has worn glasses since he was a child.
He has put some of his college dramatic society experience to use doing cameos in several of the film adaptations of his works as well as a bit part in a George Romero picture, Knightriders. Joe Hill King also appeared in Creepshow, which was released in 1982. Stephen made his directorial debut, as well as writing the screenplay, for the movie Maximum Overdrive (an adaptation of his short story "Trucks") in 1985.
Stephen and Tabitha provide scholarships for local high school students and contribute to many other local and national charities.
Stephen is the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Originally written by Tabitha King, updated by Marsha DeFilippo
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- Tiddledeewinks Tiddledeewinks Dec 30, 2008 @ 3:52 am
- Glad you like this lens I sent you for Christmas! ~MOM
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Sep 25, 2008 @ 5:39 am
- I love the pictures. My first Stephen King book was Gerald's Game I read it when I started the stationary bike (which I hate) but I got so engrossed in the book that I forgot where I was! Great help! a href="http://www.squidoo.com/girlwholovedtomgordon"> The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon But there are so many wonderful ones! "The Green Mile" and of course, IT which is one of my all time favorites!
But this story about King is 5*.
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- CleanerLife CleanerLife Aug 26, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
- Nice Lens!
Stephen King was my #1 favorite author when I was in HS. Still can't decide which novel I like best, Salem's Lot or The Stand -- I can't decide!
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- carol bloomfield carol bloomfield May 26, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
- Dear Mr.King,Is there any way I can have you read some of my first novel in exchange for a portrait of you and your wife? I'm an excellent portrait artist.My first novel(three years,unfinished)is a thoroughly true account (fourth step kind of true)about addiction,familyetc etc.I believe you're a friend of Bill-W's? Also can you recommened a writing course and/or teachers in the Worcester Mass area? p.s. I've read every single one of your books except for the most recent am presently reading pulitzers classics and winners to get a feel for what good writing is(besides your) sincerly,Carol B
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- EelKat EelKat Apr 2, 2008 @ 8:24 am
- Secret Window is one of my fave movies. Dark Half is my fave King book, but I didn't think the movie was that good, it wasn't much like the book at all. Misery was good too, I only saw the movie for that one though, I haven't read the book. You might like Misery (it's not gruesome like most of his other movies are).
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The Body (Penguin Readers: Level 5) by Stephen King
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Black House by Stephen King, Peter Straub
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Stephen King's The Shining (Two Disc Special Edition)
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Stephen King Presents Kingdom Hospital - The Beginning
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- Stephen King
- Maine Map
- King of Thrillers and Horror
- Stephen King Country
- Just After Sunset~New Short Story Collection
- Stephen King Desk Calendar
- National Book Awards
- Stephen King CD
- Stephen King Books on Amazon
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- Show Your Love
- Stephen King Speaks
- Stephen King in 1952
- School Photo
- At the Typewriter 1967
- Stephen King in College
- King-Rock Bottom Remainders
- Stephen King 1994
- Stephen King
- Stephen King Family at Their Pool
- At Rockefeller Plaza 1998
- In Florida 2000
- Stephen's Wife Tabitha
- King's House in Bangor-Maine
- Gargoyle on Stephen King's Fence in Bangor-Maine
- More About Stephen King-King of Horror
- Signed by Stephen King
- Stephen King on eBay
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