King was born in Portland, Maine in September 21, 1947. King's father left his family when he was young. Nellie Ruth King raised young Stephen and a older brother, David. It was hard on the family, but Ruth worked and cared for her two sons as best she could. Kings early years were spent in Durham, Maine. Durham was a rural community of about 800 people.

In 1959 King's brother started his own newspaper and a young King's overactive imagination started to blossom. Was King a little weird of a geek growing up? Well weather or not he was either, he did stand out. King was tall for his age. With his nose always in a book King's understanding and observations served him well as a writer. One of King's earliest books, he sold it at school for a dime and it was his first hit, however when his teachers and the principal found out he had to quit.

In school King had friends, played football, worked on the school newspaper and he played in a rock n roll band. He felt like an outsider, he wasn't a part of the so called 'in crowd'. That was OK, he was kinda shy and really didn't know how to make friends. King had his own world that he lived in. He typed away, his stories grew from short to full length. King wanted to become a famous writer and he worked hard. Unfortunately, not always writing. He had to take a few other jobs along the way.

He graduated high school and went on to college. His writing was so respected in college until he became the first undergraduate to teach a course at the University of Maine. while still in college he met Tabitha Jane Spruce who he married in 1971. King was about to sell his second story and things seemed to brighter. There were still some miles to travel before he would get the brass ring.

It would be years before King's work exploded across the country, but his trip getting there wasn't always pleasant. Like many writers before him he would have to pay dues and struggle to get his 15 minutes of fame.

King is one of the most prolific writers to come along at the end of this century. If one has never heard of him, they have surely have seen one of his stories on TV or the big screen. King has scared a an entire generation. All of King's writing haven't been scary, but, they all contain a certain amount of edginess. Most of Kings fans can't put his books down nor can they wait for his new books to hit the stands.

Like many great storytellers before him, King has taken his readers to places they dare not go alone!