Stephen J King

Stephen King

• Birth Name King, Stephen Edwin
• Nickname The King
  The King of horror
  
• Biography Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Donald Edwin King and Ruth Pillsbury King. He was the only natural-born child in the fami...
  
• Write biography Christian Skibinski
  
• Spouse Tabitha King (2 January 1971 - present); 3 children
  
• Trade Mark Usually sets stories in Maine.
  Most of his lead male characters are writers.
  Almost always has a cameo in the movies or mini-series based on hisnovels.
  Makes references to his previous novels in his books.
  Horror and fantasy themes
  Supernatural events happening to everyday people.
  Indian burial grounds.
  Uses single words or phrases as foreshadowing ("Redrum" in The Shining).
  
• Biography print Michael R. Collings and Stephen Fabian (illustrator). _Films ofStephen King ._ Borgo Press, 1986.ISBN 0930261119
  Ann Lloyd. _The Films of Stephen King ._ New York: St. Martin'sPress, Inc., 1994.ISBN 0312113293
  Lisa Rogak. _Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King._ New York City, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. ISBN 0-312-37732-8
  Bev Vincent. _The Stephen King Illustrated Companion._ New York: Fall River Press, 2009. ISBN 1435117662
  
• Personal quotes I've killed enough of the world's trees.
  I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.
  Each life makes its own imitation of immortality.
  When asked, "How do you write?", I invariably answer, "One word at atime".
  I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorizethe reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify,and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross...
  I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.
  
• Cover Photo "USA Weekend" (USA), 6 March 2009
  "T2 (Times supplement)" (UK), 11 August 2003
  "Cinefantastique" (USA), April 1994, Vol. 25, Iss. 2
  "Cinefantastique" (USA), February 1991, Vol. 21, Iss. 4
  "Time" (USA), 6 October 1986
  
• Biographical movie "Family Guy" (1999) {A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks (#2.11)}
  
• Filmography

  Home Delivery (2012) Horror

  Pet Sematary (2012) Horror

  The Dark Tower (2012) Western

  "The Talisman" (2012) Fantasy

  Black House (2011) Thriller

  Cell (2011) (TV) Horror

  Creepshow (2011) Horror

  From a Buick 8 (2011) Horror

  It (2011) Thriller

  "Bag of Bones" (2011) Horror