Stephen King

A detailed Summary of Stephen King

In literature, authors often write about the world around them. In other words, they write what they live. Take, for example, William Shakespeare. He lived through the Elizabethan Era of the Renaissance. He was a rich man and wrote mainly to please the queen, so all of his works involve a person of royalty as the main character. Another good example is George Orwell. In his classic masterpiece, "1984", he takes in all the totalitarianism during the World War II days, the era in which he lived, and exploits it by predicting what the world will be like in a few decades if the world is run by a totalitarian government. Writer's sometimes may not write about the things happening around them at the exact time they write the book, but rather relate their writings to events that happened to them in the past. Stephen King is that type of author. He takes his imaginative thoughts and adds in little tidbits that somewhat reveal his past.

Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 at Portland General Hospital in Maine. He also writes under the alias Richard Bachman (Stephen King 1). He fears death, closed spaces, deformities, insects, rats, snakes and the dark (Stephen King 1). King currently has a wife, Tabitha Spruce, whom he met

uthor of horror and fantasy stories and has more than 300 million copies of his books in print (Biography 1). He has actually had 5 books on the bestseller's list at a time! He has written thirty-six novels, nine screenplays, and a work of nonfiction (Biography 1). All this and his work is still thought of as "undisciplined and inelegant" by many book critics (King Biography 2). In June 1999, Stephen was severely injured in a car crash that "left him in critical condition with injuries to his lungs, broken ribs, a broken leg and a severely fractured hip." (King Biography 2).

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or a while before Teddy pulls out a gun and makes them leave. In the end, the don't even end up getting credit for it, they just phoned in a anonymous phone call to the police. During their journey, the boys find a lot out about themselves and form a bond (King, Stephen).

nd social security number and begins putting money from the tax returns in it. All the while he was chipping away at the wall every night until he had a tunnel to escape out of. He covered the tunnel with the poster. He got the dirt out of his cell by taking handfuls everyday when he had to go to the courtyard. He succeeded and was a rich free man when he left. Red was released from prison after over 30 years and Andy left him a letter telling him where he was and money under a rock in some woods and Red found found it and they lived happily ever after (King, Stephen).

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taker and started moving from state to state. Finally, in 1958, Nellie and the boys returned to Maine and began grammar school at Durham Elementary School (King Biography 1-2). In 1959, Stephen and his older brother, David, started a local newspaper called "Dave's Rag". The newspaper sold for 5 cents per issue. He then went on to high school at Lisbon High School where he earned a scholarship to the University of Maine (King Biography 1-2). Throughout his college career, Stephen had jobs as a janitor and a gas station clerk, among others (King Biography 1-2). He graduated in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in English and a high school teaching certificate (King Biography 1-2). Right out of college he married Tabitha and got a job teaching English at Hampden Academy for a mere $6,400. While working at the school, he began his first novel, Carrie, which was purchased by Doubleday in March 1973 (King Biography 1-2). After this his career was launched. King is now a world renowned a!

at college. He also has three children, Owen Phillip, Joseph Hillstrom and Naiomi Rachel and one grandchild, Ethan, son of Joseph. Stephen has one older brother, David Victor King, who is adopted and currently is living in Rochester, New Hampshire. His mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury died of lung cancer in 1973 at age 59. His father, Donald King, was a Captain in th

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