brother published a little newspaper that they called "Dave's Rag". While King was in high school he published a collection of 18 short stories called "People, Places, and Things". Also, while he was in high school he wrote his first short story that was seen by the public in a magazine review. The story was called "I Was A Teenage Grave Robber" and it consisted of 6,000 words. Then in 1966 King graduated high school and went to the University of Maine at Orono. His first year there he sold his fist novel called "The Glass Floor" for about 35 dollars. Then in 1970 King graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in science and in English and certificate to teach in high school. Right after collage Stephen took many small jobs including pumping gas. During theses times he would continue to write his stories and soon he began to make money by selling them. Then on January second, about one year after he graduated collage, Stephen married a young women named Tabitha Jane Spruce. Soon after his marriage King took a job at Hampton Academy and they moved to Hermon, a small town just west of Bangor, Maine. King soon started to write a book about a young teenage girl named Carietta. This book he named Carrie. After a few pages he threw the book away. Luckily his wife found and read the story and encouraged him to finish it. When he completed the book they sent it to a company called Doubleday. Doubleday bought the book and soon hundreds of copies where sold. The money that they received for this book allowed Stephen King to quit his job as a teacher and become a full time writer. Stephen King wrote numerous short stories, novels, and series books. Many of his novels have beco
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