The Man
Stephen King is one of the most influential authors of today. His award-winning novels and short stories are known world -wide. His many awards and nominations have created a space for him in the literary world. King is a true "Horror King", for his books, turned movies, have scared millions world- wide. Stephen King has helped bring America to prominence through his many books, essays and short stories. Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 at the Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine. His parents were Donald Edwin King and Ruth Pillsbury King. Stephen being the only natural born child in the family and his older brother David having been adopted at birth two years earlier. "The Kings were the typical, "nuclear" family of the fifties until one night when Donald King said he was stepping out for cigarettes and was never heard from again." At this point Ruth took over raising the family with help from other relatives of the family. They traveled throughout many states over several years finally moving back to Durham, Maine in 1958. (P.R. 5 pg.1)Stephen King began his actual writing career in January of 1959 when David King and Stephen decided to publish their own local town newspaper named Dave's Rag. David
After three weeks of operations, he was released from the Central Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. After a completing a few pages, King decided it was not a good story and threw it away. In March, Doubleday bought the book. "On May 12, Doubleday sold the paperback rights of Carrie to New American Library for $400,000. His books have been translated into 33 different languages and published in over 35 different countries. "The Mist", just one of many of King's short stories was nominated for this award. Stephen King made his first small sale with his story "The Glass Floor" for the amount of thirty-five dollars. Kenney admitted "The Shawshank Redemption" was good, but he didn't quite call it a masterpiece. He has written The Dark Tower series and The Green Mile series, which was recently transformed into a movie starring Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks. Following is a list of his best selling novels. " The story ran about 6,000 words in length.
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