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Stephen King
born On September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. Over the years he has
one of the most important horror writers of all time. His books have
more than 350 million copies worldwide and
into numerous successful films.

In his early life he
from Lisbon Fall High School in 1966. At the University of Maine he
for the school’s newspaper. While in the school he
his first shot story. After graduating with a degree in English, he
to find a position as a teacher, but he couldn’t. King
a job in a laundry and writing stories in his free time. Later he
working as an educator at Hampdem Academy in 1971, there, he
English. The same year he also
his fellow writer Tabitha Spruce.

Although many of King’s works were
into film adaptations –‘Cujo’ and ‘Firestarte’r in 1983 and 84, respectively, while ‘It’
as a miniseries in 1990- the film The Shinning
a notable horror thriller that has
the test of time.

King continues to create provocative projects. He has
directly in television, writing for series like ‘Kingdom Hospital’ and ‘Under the Dome’. He is undoubtedly, one of the best horror writes of his time.