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Stephen Edwin pansy The second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King was born on 1974 in Portland,Maine. His describe was Stephen Edwin King. After his parents serpertion as a toddler,Stephen and his erstwhile(a)er brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen, David, andtheir mother lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was where Stephens fathers side ofthefamily lived. They then moved to Stratford, Connecticut, that was where Stephen Kingspent close of his childhood paying frequent visits to his mothers side of the familythatresided in Malden, Massachusetts and Pownal, Maine. Around his 11th anniversaryStephens mom moved to Durham, Maine, along with Stephen and his brother, to takecare of her parents, whom were to old to take care of themselves. Stephens school days were spent in the Durham Grammar School. He thenattended Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. He went to college at theUniversity of Maine at Orono, at which, during his spophomore year, he worte a weeklycolumn for THE MAINE CAMPUS. During his years at college he was opposed to thewar in Vietnam, declaring it unconstitutional. After his first in 1970 Stephen hadaquired a Bachelor of Science in English and immediately was qualified to teach at thehigh school level. As a schoolchild Stephen worked at the Folger Library, which was on the University ofMaine at Oronos campus. While working he met a fellow employee named TabithaSpruce, who he married in Janurary 1971.Stephen Kings first publication was a pitiful story he wrote and sent to a mensmagazine. This is where his first profit from writing came from, throughout the fewyearsafter his graduation he worte stories and sell them to mens magazines. All of theseshortstories would be later gathered into a collection known as the "Night Shift collection."Inthe fall of 71 King was hired as a teacher at Hampden Academy, a public high school inHampden, Maine. He still found time to compile short stories and work on his nove l on theweekends and evenings. Kings first big break came on the spring of 1973 upon the acceptence ofDoubleday & Co. to publish Stephen Kings novel Carrie. After eruditeness from his neweditor, Bill Thompson, that a major paperback sale would make him financially secureenough to quit teaching, Stephen moved his now growing family to southern Mainebecause of his grandmothers ever growing sickness. During the writing of Salems Lot