Stephen King Biography Essay

Stephen King was a well known author because of his creative novels. His most favorite novel in his own opinion was Lisey’s Story he wrote in 2006. He is an author of many topics, and different types of novels such as horror, sci-fi, and many more. The horror topic always interested him most (Famous authors). Stephen King is an American author, husband, and father that was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. His father Donald King was a Sea Merchant, and left King when he was just a small child. His mother Nellie Ruth was just an ordinary housewife that took the most care for King. As King got older he moved from Maine to Connecticut, but when he turned eleven he moved back to Maine (Famous authors). King went
He wrote at least ninety nine books. Sadly, in 1999 King was in a terrible accident. He was struck by a vehicle while he was outside walking. He was in serious pain, and suffered from many injuries. It affected his career as an author severely. His injuries became so bad that it slowed his writing pace, and could not write more than 40 minutes because of his hip. In 2002, he gave word that he was stepping down as an author (“Stephen King”).
Stephen King wrote a story but was not satisfied so he threw it away but he decided to keep writing because of his wife Tabitha insisting him to keep writing the book Carrie. He made $200,000, and then he decided to quit teaching (“Carrie by Stephen King”).
The book Carrie was publicated in 1974 and the book count is about 193 pages. The book is about a religious teenage girl named Carrie White who lives with her mother that is extremely religious and abusive. She did not fit in at school, was bullied and mistreated by students mostly by a girl named Chris Hargensen. Carrie thought that she looked and acted normal, but then she started to develop telekinetic abilities as prom comes up. Carrie seeked revenge, and used her ability against people who bullied, and mistreated her including her mother