Stephen King is one of America’s biggest authors, who are still continuing to write books today. His childhood was not perfect. He faced many adversities in his childhood. He had a rough start too life, but then it straightened out and he became a very famous author, and had many well-known novels. He married a woman who was in one of his college writing classes. He still writes novels in the form of e-books, or an online copy, readable on electronic devices.
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Stephen King was born on September 21st, 1947 in Portland Maine.
His parents were Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Not long into Stephen’s life they split up. He and his brother were not able to stay together during the split. They ended up being split to two different states for a few years. After spending time apart King decided to move back with his brother and mother to Maine. That is where he spent the rest of his childhood.
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For his college career, he attended the University of Maine at Orono. There he wrote for the school’s newspaper and served in the students government. While he attended University of Maine, he published his first short story. King stayed close to home for college, attending the University of Maine at Orono. (King)
After graduation with a degree of English in 1970, he tried to take a position as a teacher, but had no luck at first. In late 1971, he began working as an English teacher at Hampden Academy, which was the same year he married Tabitha Spruce. “For a good portion of his career, King wrote novels and stories at a breakneck