Stephen King, King of Thrillers and Horrors

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Stephen King, King of Thrillers and Horrors

• Suzan Wilson
• Power Point by Nate Silva

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Introduction

• Stephen Edwin King was born September 21, 1947
• I chose Stephen King because I like his style of
  writing and have read some of his books , his
  books are really scary and I like to be on the
  edge of my seat when Im reading books.

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Childhood Adolescence

• When Stephen King was two his father Donald
  deserted the King family , when he left he said
  he was going to get a pack of cigarettes and
  never returned
• The King family moves to Stratford, Conneticut to
  get away from the big city
• When he was seven he into was writing , and so he
  wrote a story about a dinosaur destroying the
  world
• Him, his brother and his cousin publish a
  newspaper called Daves Rag
• He writes stories for various magazines and
  newspapers and is rejected by fourteen newspapers
  and magazines
• The King family moves to Durham, Maine with their
  mom to take care of her parents
• He writes sport stories for his high school paper
  The Lisbon Enterprise when he really wanted to
  write horror and science-fiction stories for the
  paper
• He is finally accepted for his short story I Was
  A Teenage Grave Robber
• He writes his first novel Getting It On and
  is rejected again by numerous publishers

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Adulthood

• He enrolls in Maine University after he is
  accepted for his first short story to study
  literature
• While hes there he meets his future wife Tabitha
  Spruce
• Until he can write more to get more money King
  goes to work at a laundromat and a gas station
  where he makes a dollar and twenty five cents an
  hour
• He eventually marries Tabitha Spruce and gets a
  teaching job
• Kings mother Ruth King dies from natural causes
• First published novel Carrie is accepted by
  Double-Day
• After a visit to the Stanley Hotel in 1972 he is
  inspired to write The Shining
• Salems Lot is published by Double-Day
• King meets Kirby Mcauley who becomes his literary
  agent
• The Shining becomes a best-seller
• He writes Rage under his pen name Richard
  Bachman which becomes a best-seller
• He receives the Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction
  for Danse Macabre
• US magazines names King best fiction writer in
  1982
• He buys a Maine radio station and renames it
  WZON

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Adulthood

• His Bangor newsletter Castle Rock is printed
• Richard Bachman is revealed to be Stephen King,
  five of his books appear on the bestseller list,
  a record for any writer
• King suffers writers block for 2 years
• King writes 3 screenplays including, Creepshow ,
  Creepshow 2, and Maximum Overdrive they are
  horrible at the box office
• He receives the Bram Stoker Award for Misery
• King tours the country on his motorcycle to
  promote his longest book Insomnia
• He promotes his book and television special
  Storm Of The Century
• King donates 1 million dollars to build a state
  of the art baseball stadium for the children in
  Bangor because he loves baseball
• In 1980 King buys a 129-year-old house in hopes
  of being haunted for inspiration to write a book
• He was hit by a car in 1999 and was hospitalized
  for a couple weeks, while there he worked on The
  Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Hearts In
  Atlantis
• Stephen and his wife Tabitha received the
  Norbert X award for community service

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President When Stephen King Was Born
Truman was president from 1945-1953
When Stephen King was born Harry S. Truman was
president
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Positive Contributions

• Stephen King has contributed his collection of
  over two-hundred-fifteen books and short stories
• In 1993 he donated one-million dollars to build a
  baseball stadium for the kids in Bangor, Maine

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Most Interesting Story

• the most interesting story about him is that when
  they revealed Richard Bachman to be Stephen King
  five of his books were on the best sellers list
  and that that made him even more famous.

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Three Questions I Would Ask Stephen King

• 1. What got you into writing horror and thriller
  stories?
• 2. Where do you get your inspiration to write
  books?
• 3. What got you into writing?