Author Biography

Stephen King was born September 21st, 1947 in Portland, Maine. Stephen was unexpected in his parents lives. His mother said she would never have children. His father was a door to door salesman working for Electrolux. His parents marriage was difficult, when Stephen was 2, his father went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came back. After that, Stephen, his brother and mother lived back and forth between Massachusetts and Maine. Evantually Stephens passion for writing began in 1959. He started off with writing articles in Daves Rag, which was his brothers local newspaper. This articles were about his views on upcoming tevelision shows and other stuff. Alot of Stephens first pieces were science fiction based. He finished High School in 1966 and went to the university of Maine at Orono. There he met his wife to be, Tabitha Spruce, and in 1970 he earned his bachelors degree in Science. A yeaer later he married Tabitha. Stephen struggled to make money, he first worked in a indusrial laundromat, then a janitor, and then ended up being a english teacher in a public school. From there, Stephen wrote many books, some sucessful. And he still writes today.