King's passion was lit in 1959 when he found he found a collection of sci fi/horror books in his aunt's house. That very year he began his writing career when his brother David and he published their own local newspaper. The newspaper was called Dave's Rag and it sold for five cents an issue.

Stephen King was soon in Lisbon High School. With his best friend Chris Chesley, they published a collection of 18 short stories. It was called 'People, Places, and Things-Volume 1' and it featured at least 8 stories of King's writings. Along with this, he helped the highschool newspaper, The Maine Campus, by writing a weekly colemn in it. His first real published work, "I Was A Teenage Grave Robber" appeared in 1965 in the magazine Comics Review.
It was 1966 when he entered the University of Maine. The first year of college he completed his first novel, "The Long Walk". He went to publish it but it was quickly rejected. Injured by this, King put the book away in his drawers.

It was 1970 when he finally gratuated from college. He was qualified to teach English at high schools but worked at a the Fogler Library in Orono. There, he met his future wife, Tabitha Spruce. The next year, they married. Throughout this time he pursued selling his small storis in obscure men's magazines. A lot of these stories would eventually end up in his collection "Night Shift".

Fall arrived and King began teaching English at Hampden Academy, still living in Maine. As this job supported him, he wrote in the evenings and the weekends, determind to produce short stories and novels, perhaps make it big. In the spring of 1973, he did.

His novel "Carrie" went over so well that he was able to quit teaching and write all he wanted. With his family, he moved to southern Maine, where he was soon to create "Salem's Lot" the same year. In 1974, "Carrie" was finally published. King moved his family to Boulder, Colorado, where he wrote the chilling book "The Shining". After this relaxing stay, his family and he moved back to Maine. That whole year he had also worked on "The Stand" and "The Dead Zone", both novels soon to be popular.

In 1980, King enjoyed his success as his books were continued to be made in hit movies. In 1999, however, he was not so lucky. A near-tragic autmobile accident took place and many of King's fans were afraid their beloved author would never write again. 9-12 months after this incident he could soon walk again. He assured them that he was fine and had completed his novella "Riding the Bullet" soon after.

Now, with his Dark Tower series complete and waiting to be published, King has written his last and is now sitting back and enjoying life.