As one of the most prolific and popular authors of the last half-century, Stephen King had defined horror for a generation, but his rise to the top of the literary heap has been anything but easy. This is the tragic real-life story of Stephen King.
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947, to Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. According to Lisa Rogak's 2009 biography, Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, baby Stephen's birth came as a surprise. Years earlier, Ruth King was diagnosed as infertile, which had led the Kings to adopt Stephen's older brother, David Victor, in 1945.
In the early years of their marriage, Ruth and Donald King were constantly on the move. Donald, a merchant marine, was frequently away from home. As Stephen King writes in his 1981 nonfiction book Danse Macabre, his father was a fan of horror and science fiction stories and had himself unsuccessfully tried his hand at writing. The discovery of a box of his father's books, which included a volume by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, would prove a revelatory moment for King.
When the author was only two years old, his father left to get a pack of cigarettes and never returned.
Keep watching to see The Tragic Life Of Stephen King.
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King came from a Broken Home | 0:00
King's childhood was tough | 1:25
Poverty haunted him | 2:36
A mother's love | 4:04
Ling almost trashed Carrie | 5:06
King failed at directing | 6:49
Crazed fan burglarized King's home | 8:23
Facing his demons | 9:45
King was nearly killed | 10:57
Rage got pulled from print | 11:55
King's waning eyesight | 12:56
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Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947, to Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. According to Lisa Rogak's 2009 biography, Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, baby Stephen's birth came as a surprise. Years earlier, Ruth King was diagnosed as infertile, which had led the Kings to adopt Stephen's older brother, David Victor, in 1945.
In the early years of their marriage, Ruth and Donald King were constantly on the move. Donald, a merchant marine, was frequently away from home. As Stephen King writes in his 1981 nonfiction book Danse Macabre, his father was a fan of horror and science fiction stories and had himself unsuccessfully tried his hand at writing. The discovery of a box of his father's books, which included a volume by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, would prove a revelatory moment for King.
When the author was only two years old, his father left to get a pack of cigarettes and never returned.
Keep watching to see The Tragic Life Of Stephen King.
#StepheKing #Authors
King came from a Broken Home | 0:00
King's childhood was tough | 1:25
Poverty haunted him | 2:36
A mother's love | 4:04
Ling almost trashed Carrie | 5:06
King failed at directing | 6:49
Crazed fan burglarized King's home | 8:23
Facing his demons | 9:45
King was nearly killed | 10:57
Rage got pulled from print | 11:55
King's waning eyesight | 12:56
Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/260583/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-stephen-king/
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