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Author's Page Stephen King is 57 years old and he lives in Bangor,Maine. He grduated from The University of Maine and lives with his wife Tabitha (Spurce) King and their three childeren Naomi Rachel, Joe Hill and Owen Phillip King. The books that he has written are 1974 Carrie 1975 Salem's Lot 1977 Rage (as Richard Bachman) 1977 The Shining 1978 Night Shift (stories) 1978 The Stand 1979 The Dead Zone 1979 The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman) 1980 Firestarter 1981 Cujo 1981 Danse Macabre (nonfiction about horror) 1981 Road Work (as Richard Bachman) 1982 Creepshow (comic book, illustrated by Berni Wrightson) 1982 The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger 1982 Different Seasons (novellas) 1982 The Running Man (as Richard Bachman) 1983 Christine 1983 Cycle of the Werewolf (illustrated by Berni Wrightson) 1983 Pet Sematary 1984 The Eyes of the Dragon 1984 The Talisman (written with Peter Straub) 1984 Thinner (as Richard Bachman) 1985 Skeleton Crew (stories) 1985 The Bachman Books (novel collection) 1986 It 1987 Misery 1987 The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three 1988 The Tommyknockers 1988 Nightmares in the Sky (gargoyle photo book with text by King; photos by f-stop fitzgerald) 1989 The Dark Half 1989 Dolan's Cadillac (limited edition) 1989 My Pretty Pony (limited edition) 1990 The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition 1990 Four Past Midnight (stories) 1991 Needful Things 1991 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands 1992 Gerald's Game 1993 Dolores Claiborne 1993 Nightmares & Dreamscapes (stories) 1994 Insomnia 1995 Rose Madder 1995 Umney's Last Case 1996 The Green Mile (originally published as a monthly serial consisting of six parts: The Two Dead Girls, The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile) 1996 Desperation 1996 The Regulators (as Richard Bachman) 1997 Six Stories (stories) 1997 The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass 1998 Bag of Bones 1999 Storm of the Century 1999 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 1999 The New Lieutenant's Rap (limited edition) 1999 Hearts in Atlantis 1999 Blood and Smoke (audio book) 2000 Riding the Bullet (electronically published novella) 2000 The Plant (electronically published) Stephen King (Publishing of 'The Plant') 2000 Secret Windows 2000 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (nonfiction and autobiography) 2001 Dreamcatcher 2001 Black House (sequel to The Talisman; written with Peter Straub) 2002 From a Buick 8 2002 Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (stories) 2003 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 2004 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 2004 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (to be released September 21, 2004). Some awards he has gotten were O. Henry Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. Characters Page Some main characters are Morton Rainey, John Shooter, and Greg. Morton is really away from everyone, he's very lazy. John Shooter is a stranger that came out of nowere and said to Morton that he stole his story and Greg is engaged with Mortons ex-wife so there not that much of friends. Some character traits that describe Morton are lazy, careless, and strange. Plot The plot is about a man living in Maine named Morton Raniey he was a famouse author but after that he had no more ideas for a book. So he's all by himself in Maine and the one book that was a hit for him there's John Shooter saying he stole his story and he should change it or something horrible was going to happen to him. So later in the story he's trying to find out whos John Shooter and is spending no time on the story. So many horrible things happen to his ex-wifes house and to him and his pet. So what happnens is that people start to think he is the one murduring many people but really its John Shooter. In the end you find out that really John Shooter was Mortan rainey and that John Shooter was a character that he had created so he seemed so real so he would turn basicly "evil" and in the end he finds out and he thinks that the reason there was a person telling him to change his story was that it could be better. Also when he finds out his ex-wife comes to see him and when that happens he starts to turn "evil" again so the start to get in a sumwhat fight and what happens is that his ex-wife hits him with a shovel in the mouth and he gets angry so he kills her and buries her in the garden.
Quiz 1. Who was the real John Shooter? a. A crazy man from another state b. Greg c. Morton Rainey d. An unknown stranger 2.True or False.Did John Shooter threaten Morton that he would be hurt unless he changed his story? 3.Why dose'nt Morton change the book? 4.What character trait would you use to describe Morton? a. Spunky b. Lazy c. Cheerful d. "Out there" 5. What traits would you use to describe John Shooter? a. Quiet b. Threatining c. Cheerful d. Lazy 6.What do you think John Shooter would have done to Morton? 7. What inference can you make about John Shooter? 8. What inference can you make about Morton Rainey? 9. What was Shooters purpose to see Morton? 10. What would you have done in Mortons position? Awnsers for the cheaters ;) 1.C 2.True 3.Because Morton was trying to find out who John Shooter was. 4.B 5.B 6.I think he would have killed Morton because Shooter was such a crazy person. 7.I think John Shooter is a man that threatens people to get his way or to scare them. 8.I think Morton Rainey is a lazy person who is struggling in life. 9.His purpose was to tell Morton that "he stole Shooters story" but really it was an imagination for Morton to make the story better. 10.I would have notified the police or moved away.