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    Stephen King is an American author born in 1947 in Maine known for writing horror, fantasy, and science fiction novels. Some of his most famous works include Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, It, and The Green Mile. He has sold over 350 million books worldwide and many of his stories have been adapted to films. King lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife and three children, two of whom are also writers.

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    Stephen King is an American author born in 1947 in Maine known for writing horror, fantasy, and science fiction novels. Some of his most famous works include Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, It, and The Green Mile. He has sold over 350 million books worldwide and many of his stories have been adapted to films. King lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife and three children, two of whom are also writers.

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    Stephen King is an American author born in 1947 in Maine known for writing horror, fantasy, and science fiction novels. Some of his most famous works include Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, It, and The Green Mile. He has sold over 350 million books worldwide and many of his stories have been adapted to films. King lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife and three children, two of whom are also writers.

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    STEPHEN

    KING
    BIOGRAPHY
    • Writer. Born September 21, 1947 in Portland,
    Maine. He graduated from his state university and
    continued to live in Maine, at first supporting
    himself with odd jobs while establishing his writing
    career. The success of his first horror novel, Carrie
    (1974), enabled him to publish earlier work under
    the pseudonym Richard Bachman (1977–84), a
    ploy which disguised the true extent of his prolific
    output of novels, short stories, and screenplays,
    until the ruse became public knowledge and he
    abandoned it.
    • His own name became synonymous with best-
    selling novels blending horror, fantasy, and
    science fiction into a consistently scary mix. His
    books have sold more than 100 million copies
    worldwide and include Salem's Lot (1975), The
    Shining (1977), The Dead Zone (1979), Misery
    (1987), Gerald's Game (1992), and Cell (2006).
    He has also written collections of short stories,
    including Hearts in Atlantis (1999). Several were
    made into successful films, and he himself tried his
    hand at film directing.
    • King and his novelist wife live in Bangor, Maine.
    They have three children: Naomi Rachel, a
    reverend; Joseph Hillstrom, who writes under the
    pen name Joe Hill and is a lauded horror-fiction
    writer in his own right; and Owen Phillip, whose
    first collection of stories was published in 2005.
    • -taken from biography.com
    “ON WRITING”
    • The scariest moment is always just before you
    start.

    • Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door


    open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in
    other words, but then it goes out. Once you know
    what the story is and get it right — as right as you
    can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to
    read it. Or criticize it.

    • One of the keys to doing that is to have an honest


    voice and honest characters with both bad and
    good sides to them. People we can relate to with
    all of their faults,

    • If you want to be a better writer you need to read


    a lot to get fresh input, broaden your horizons
    and deepen your knowledge.

    • I’ve saved the most important tip for last. To


    become a better writer you probably – and not so
    surprisingly – need to write more.
    HIS WORKS

    “It” tells the story of a man dressed in a clown


    suit who terrorizes a group of people.
    The 1986 movie “Stand By Me” was based on his
    novella “The Body” from Different Seasons. It is a
    coming of age story involving four teenage boys
    out on a quest to find a body.
    The 1999 film
    “The Green
    Mile” is about
    the death row
    guards who
    befriend a
    prisoner falsely
    accused of
    killing a young
    girl.
    The 1994 film “The
    Shawshank
    Redemption”
    featured Tim Robbins
    and Morgan
    Freeman. It was
    nominated for
    several awards.
    The 1995 drama
    “Dolores Claiborne”
    deals with such
    controversial issues
    as spousal abuse
    and murder.
    1408

    A paranormal
    expert is haunted
    by hotel ghost in
    the 2007 film
    “1408”.
    The iconic 1980 film
    “The Shining”
    dramatizes the
    terror and
    madness that is
    born from isolation.
    Stephen King
    King has written a total
    of 157 stories, 52 of
    which are novels.
    Many of his stories
    have been adapted to
    screen. Retirement is
    not yet an option for
    him, as he seems to
    often find inspiration.

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