Stephen King

Stephen Edwin

King is one of today's most popular and best selling writers.   King



combines

the elements of psychological thrillers, science fiction, the paranormal, and





detective themes into his stories.1   In addition to these themes, King

sticks to using great



and vivid detail that is set in a realistic everyday

place.2   Stephen King who is mainly



known for his novels, has broadened

his horizons to different types of writings such as



movie scripts, nonfiction,

autobiographies, children's books, and short stories.   While



Stephen King

might be best known for his novels The Stand and It, some of his best work





that has been published are his short stories such as "The Body" and "Quitters

Inc".3



King's works are so powerful because he uses his experience and

observations from his



everyday life and places them into   his unique   stories.





        Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21,

1947, at the



Maine General Hospital.4   Stephen, his mother Nellie, and

his adopted brother David were



left to fend for themselves when Stephen's

father Donald, a Merchant Marine captain, left



one day, to go the store

to buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned.5   His fathers



leaving

had a big indirect impact on King's life.   Stephen King recalls how his family

life



was altered:   "After my father took off, my mother, struggled, and

then landed on her



feet."   My brother and I didn't see a great deal of

her over the next nine years.   She



worked a succession of continuous low

paying jobs."6   Stephen's first outlooks on life



were influenced by his

older brother and what he figured out on his own.   While young



Stephen

and his family moved around the North Eastern and Central United States.   When





he was seven years old, they moved to Stratford, Connecticut.7   Here is

where King got



his first exposure to horror.   One evening he listened to

the radio adaptation... [continues]

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