Stephen King
Stephen Edwin
King is one of today?s most popular and best selling writers. King
combines
the elements of psychological thrillers, science fiction, the paranormal, and
detective themes into his stories.1 In addition to these themes, King
sticks to using great
and vivid detail that is set in a realistic everyday
place.2 Stephen King who is mainly
known for his novels, has broadened
his horizons to different types of writings such as
movie scripts, nonfiction,
autobiographies, children?s books, and short stories. While
Stephen King
might be best known for his novels The Stand and It, some of his best work
that has been published are his short stories such as ?The Body? and ?Quitters
Inc?.3
King?s works are so powerful because he uses his experience and
observations from his
everyday life and places them into his unique stories.
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21,
1947, at the
Maine General Hospital.4 Stephen, his mother Nellie, and
his adopted brother David were
left to fend for themselves when Stephen?s
father Donald, a Merchant Marine captain, left
one day, to go the store
to buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned.5 His fathers
leaving
had a big indirect impact on King?s life. Stephen King recalls how his family
life
was altered: ?After my father took off,
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