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Stephen King Accomplishments

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Stephen King is an author who came from humble beginnings but, became famous through his passion for horror and writing. King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. As a young child, King loved spine-chilling comic books and science-fiction movies with monsters. Later on, King sent his strange short stories to science-fiction magazines during high school. None of these stories were published. King had always lived in small towns. As a result, the setting of his stories were in small towns for eerie and frightening effects. During and after college, he made a living doing odd jobs and at age 20, published his first story, “The Glass Floor”. Later, he accepted a position as an English teacher in Hampden, Maine. At the same time, he continued
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