Stephen King is a well-known author for writing horror novels. His books have become so famous that people wanting to make movies out of them. Stephen King’s books are twisted as they come, and some reasons for that were his childhood, and another reason was because his addiction to drugs and alcohol. He isn’t the perfect person some people may think he is. As you read on, I write about how Stephen King coped with some difficult paths. Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. (“StephenKing) He was born at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. (“Biography.”) His parents are Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. King also has an older brother named David King. (“StephenKing) When King was around two years old, his father …show more content…
By the time he was seven, he had begun to write his own stories. (“World) He liked watching science fiction and monster movies. (“World) When he was in first grade, he became very sick; so sick that he missed the majority of that year. (“Stephen) He had to remain home for the rest of the year since he did not have enough credit to move …show more content…
(American) The book was such a huge success that it allowed him to quit his other jobs and was able to write full-time.(“World) With that one book, he became one of the top horror story writers. As he kept writing, he used everyday language, he put attention to the surrounding details from the story, also had much detail of emotional feelings of his characters, real settings, and he’s emphesis on modern problems. King became popular by his ability to create stories in which evil things happened in ordinary situations. Many of his stories were inspired from his own experiences. A lot of the locations that he used in his books are from where he grew up. Many of his stories are dealing with every day kind of people who are faced with frightening situations they have to try and deal with. As a published marvel, he has printed nearly one hundred million copies of his novels worldwide. He is the first writer to have three, four, and finally five titles appear out of nowhere, on the New York Times bestseller list. (“World) Stephen King married in January of 1971 to a woman named Tabitha Spruce. (“StephenKing) They met in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University of