Stephen King - the Master of Horror

There are many great authors who have written many wonderful books. But the greatest storyteller of all time from the horror genre is and always will be Stephen King, in my eyes. I have been reading his books since I was a kid when my brother got me hooked on this master of horror. My brother was a huge fan of Stephen King's and read just about every book he could before he died at the age of 22.

Stephen King was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine. He spent most of his life in Maine but has also lived in Indiana and Connecticut. He graduated from Lisbon Falls high school in Durham Maine in 1966. Starting in his sophomore year in college he wrote for the school newspaper called "The Maine Campus." He was also involved in school politics and was a member of the student senate. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970 with a BA in English and was qualified to teach on the high school level. Immediately after graduation he went through the draft board examination and was found with high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet and punctured eardrums.

Stephen King married Tabitha Spruce in January of 1971. Because of Mr. King not being able to find a teaching position right away they lived on his earnings as a laborer in an industrial laundry and Tabitha's savings and student loan. He also made money here and there by selling his short stories to a men's magazine. Throughout the years he started making professional sales from his short stories and even though he was finally teaching high school, he eventually was able to make enough on his short stories to be able to commit to writing full time.