měi guó zuòzhělièbiǎo
fēi William Marrài lún · Edgar Alan Poeài shēng Ralph Waldo Emerson
huì màn Walt Whitman gēngshēng Emily Dickinson fēn · lán Stephan Crane
shǐ wén Wallace Stevens luó Robert Frost 'ěr · sāng bǎo Carl Sandberg
wēi lián William Carlos Williamspáng Ezra Pound 'ěr Hilda Doolittle
ào dēng Wystan Hugh Auden míng E. E. Cummings · lāi 'ēn Hart Crane
luó · dèng kěn Robert Duncanchá 'ěr · ào 'ěr sēn Charles Olsonā mén A. R. Ammons
jīn bǎo Allen Ginsbergyuē hàn · ā shénbǎi John Ashberyzhān · tài James Tate
lán dūn · xiū Langston Hughes wēn W. S. Merwinluó · lāi Robert Bly
xiào Elizabeth Bishopluó · luò wēi 'ěr Robert Lowell Sylvia Plath
yuē hàn · bèi màn John Berrymanān · sài dùn Anne Sexton nuò W. D. Snodgrass
lán · ào Frank O'Hara luò L.D. Brodskyài · luò wēi 'ěr Amy Lowell
āi · shèng wén sēn · lěi Edna St. Vincent Millay · tái 'ěr Sara Teasdale Edgar Lee Masters
wēi lián · William Staffordài 'ān · Adrienne Rich wèi · nèi tuō David Ignatow
jīn nèi 'ěr Galway Kinnell · 'ěr Sidney Lanierhuò huá · nài luò Howard Nemerov
· ào Mary Oliverā · mài 阿奇波德麦 Kerry Xujié shī xuǎn Robinson Jeffers
· Louise Glückkǎi · lāi Kate Lightshī jiā zhāng Arthur Sze
yáng Li Young Lee 'ā nuò L. S. Stavrianosā Art
fèi xiáng Kris Phillips huì xīn eVonnejié luó · wèi · sài lín Jerome David Salinger
· ào Barack Hussein Obamazhū lín · qiáo sài 'ěr sēn Josselson, R.zhān · tài 詹姆斯泰伯
wēi lián · ēn dào 'ěr Frederick William Engdahl · pèi 'ēn Mark - Payne - 'ěr Raj - Patel
shǐ fēn · jīn Stephen King
měi guó xiàn dài měi guó  (1947niánjiǔyuè21rì)

xiàn shí bǎi tài Realistic Fictionxiào shēn de jiù shú The Shawshank Redemption》

yuèdòushǐ fēn · jīn Stephen Kingzài小说之家dezuòpǐn!!!
史蒂芬·金
  duì shǐ fēn jīn( StephenKing) zhè míng zǎo shēng liǎorèn měi guó jiè yǐng xiǎng
  
   bǎnghuò zhě měi nián de wén jiè háo bǎng shàng dōuyòu de míngér qiě rán míng liè qián máonián chūzhè wèi dāng jīn quán
  
   qiú zuì chéng gōng de chàng xiāo shū zuò jiā zài jiē shòuluò shān shí bàocǎi fǎng shí què biǎo shìzài wán chéng shǒu biān de xiě zuò jìhuà hòu
  
   nián jiāng zhèng shì fēng zhè xiāo suī rán lìng zhòng duō zhě xiè dàn bìng lìng rén zhèn jīngshǐ fēnjīn shōu shān de
  
   céng zhǐ xiàng xīn wén jiè tòu guò zuì yuán yīn shì xiǎng zài diān fēng shí zhōng zhǐ xiě zuò shēng ér shì zài zhuàng tài
  
  、 xiāo liàngmíng shēng xià huá shí è mèng bān de jié shù dāng rán shǐ fēnjīn zài nèi xīn shēn chù réng yòu yán shuō de
  
   xīn shì jiù shì shí fēn wàng chéng wéi wēn shì de zuò jiādàn guǎn rén men zǒng shì chēng
  
   wéikǒng xiǎo shuō jiāhéng héng zhè lìng cháng sàng
   shǐ fēnjīn de men jǐn jiāng dào de xiǎo shuō liǎoér qiě jiāng kàn dào gēn de xīn zuò gǎi biān de
  
   diàn yǐng liǎo wǎng de měi xiǎo shuō jīhū céng bān shàng guò yín shuōlùn yuán zhù bèi gǎi biān wéi yǐng shì de
  
   shuàishǐ fēnjīn pái 'èr shì suō shì díquè hěn duō rén suī rán méi guò de shūquè wèitā
  
   de diàn yǐng chī guò zhōng zuì zhù míng de shìxiào shēn de jiù shú》, zuì wěi de shìshǎn líng》, hái yòu duō duō
  
   běn wén jiāng duì gēn shǐ fēnjīn xiǎo shuō gǎi biān de jīng diǎn yǐngpiānyán zhe zhù de xiàn suǒ zuò xún huò
  
   dāng zuò guān kànjīng sǒng piànxuán niàn piàn cáng bǎo
   shǐ fēn · jīn - zuò pǐn lèi xíng
  
  
  
  【 1】
  1973 nián de chūn tiān suō cóng jiā de duī zhōng jiǎn dào shǐ fēnjīn de dié jiù gǎo jué
  
   shì hěn cuò shì quàn shuō zhàng rùn xià dào chū bǎn shè shì shìjiēguǒ zhè běn chǔnǚ zuò zǒng gòng mài chū liǎo 230 wàn
  
   cóng diào zhōng xué jiào shī de gōng zuòchéng wéi zhí zuò jiāzhè běn míng wéi jiā 》( Carrie) de xiǎo shuō jǐn jiē
  
   zhe bèi xiào de dǎo yǎn lāi 'ēn 'ěr pāi chéng liǎo diàn yǐngzhè shì shǐ fēnjīn
  
   yǐng shì zhān shàng biānzhùjué jiā shì wǎn shú de hái qīn de zōng jiào kuáng shǐ bèi shòu lín tóng xué de
  
   shì cháo xiàorán 'ér shuí zhī dào shì yōng yòu de hái chū cháo shǐ jiā shòu dào yán zhòng jīng xià
  
   qīn rèn dìng xié 'è jiàng línqiǎngpò rèn zuìjiā de bēi fèn zài xué xiào huì shàng chè bào wèile zhuō nòng
  
   tóng xué lǎo shī yāo qǐng zhàn dào huì huáng hòu de tái shàngquè bèi pén zhū xuè lín tóu xiàjiā rěn
  
   rěn zhōng xìng jiāng huì huà zuò huǒ hǎisuǒ yòu xiàng xiē cháo nòng guò de rén kāi shǐ liǎo qíng bào
   zài shǐ fēnjīn de shì cháng shòu dào shè huì jiā tíng gōng duì dài de hái wéi zhù rén gōngzhè wán quán lái běn
  
   rén de jīng shǐ fēn sān suì shí yóu qīn yǎng chéng rénér shōu jǐn shì qīn zài jiā zhì zhàng
  
   shōu róng suǒ de gōng zuò suǒ shǐ fēn pín kùn cǎn de tóng nián zài hòu de chuàng zuò zhōng chū xiàn xiǎng jiàn
  
   běn rén zài shàonián shí dài duì wài shì jiè shì huái zhe zhǒng jīng kǒng yuàn hèn de xīn tài。 1984 niánlín hàn 'ěr dùn chū
  
   yǎn liǎo yóu shǐ fēnjīn de zhī zuò gǎi biān de tián de xiǎo hái》( ChildrenoftheCorn), yǐngpiān
  
   qún xié jiào de qīng shàoniánzhuān mén shā hài chéng nián rényòng men de xuè diàn de shénzhè shì lái wèi
  
   chéng nián zhě duì chéng rén shì jiè de fǎn kàngbào xīn kǒng piàn shī yuē hàn péng zài 1983 nián zhí dǎo de zuò pǐn
  
   tīng》, tóng yàng shì jiǎng shù gāo zhōng shēng 'ā yīn dāi bǎn nuò ruò jīng cháng bèi tóng xué zài mǎi xià liàng míng jiào
  
   tīng de xiáng de lǎo chē hòu kāi shǐ biàn bào lièxiàng wǎng kuī dài guò de rén shí shī bào zuì zhōng yīn zuì 'è zǒu xiàng
  
   huǐ mièyǐngpiān chéng wéi qīng chūn kǒng piàn de jīng diǎn zhī zuò
  2001 nián 9 yuèyóu shǐ fēnjīn de zuì xīn xiǎo shuō lán zhī xīn》 (HeartsinAtlantis) gǎi biān de yǐng
  
   piàn shàng yìngxiǎo shuō yuán běn xiě liǎo yíng rào zhe yuè zhàn huí de shì chuàn lián láibèi jǐng shì lìng shǐ fēnjīn běn rén shí
  
   fēn zháomí de liù shí nián dàiyǐngpiān cái shìbiān shì céng gǎi biān guò shǐ fēnjīn zuò pǐnwēi qíng
  
   shí de wēi lián màntóng yàng, 11 suì xiǎo zhù rén gōng bào lái dān qīn jiā tíng qīn cóng
  
   mǎn xiǎo xiǎo de xīn yuànrán 'ér zuì zhōng cóng yóu 'ān dōng huò jīn bàn yǎn de shén lǎo rén tài zhǎo dào liǎo
  
   shǔ de qīn qíngzài zhè wèi yòu chāo néng de lǎo rén de bāng zhù xiàbào bài tuō liǎo zhōng de hái
  
   bìng huò liǎo hái kǎi luò 'ěr de hǎo gǎnjìn guǎn yǐngpiān méi yòu guò duō xuán niàndàn chū de wēn qíng qīnqiè dǎo zhèng shì shǐ fēn
  
   jīn zhè wèikǒng xiǎo shuō zhī wángzuì bèi rén lüè de lìng miàn
   zài zhù fēng xià deshǐ fēnjīn diàn yǐngzhōng,《 bàn tóng xíng》( StandbyMe) shì zuì yōu xiù
  
   deshǐ fēnjīn běn rén cóng yǎn shì duì zhè yǐngpiān de 'ài rèn wéizhè shì luó léi dǎo yǎn de zuì jié chū
  
  、 zuì zhèn hàn rén xīn de zuò pǐn huān shì yīn wéi kàn yǐng piàn shínéng gǎn jué dào dāng chū xiě zuò shí de xīn qíng。” zhè diàn
  
   yǐng gǎi biān de xiǎo shuōshī 》( TheBody), jiǎng shù hòu chéng wéi zuò jiā de zài 12 suì shí sān dǎng
  
   tài wéi 'ēn xún zhǎo tóng líng nán hái shī de shìzài liǎng tiān de cháng shè zhōng zhōng
  
   zhǎo huí liǎo jiāng shī de zhí zhù de shì shì de xiǎo hái de jiā tíng dōubù xìng mendōu shòu
  
   dào xué xiàojiā tíng niánzhǎng de hái de shì huò zhè xiē dōushì yuán zhù zuò zhě shǐ fēnjīn
  
   de qīn shēn yànyǐngpiān de chéng gōng jǐn lái fēng qīng xīn ránér qiě běn gǎi biān wéi yǐn rénpiàn zhōng shí
  
   nián dài de liú xíng gēqǔ shìdàng hōng tuō liǎo shí dài fēnzhè shì zuì wéi bié de shǐ fēnjīn diàn yǐng”。
  
  
  【 2】
  “ líng shì shǐ fēnjīn zhōng tuī dòng qíng jiéxuàn rǎn fēn de zuì zhòng yào yīn dāng rán zài xún cháng kǒng fēn zhōng
  
  , bié huān yùn yòng lèi diǎn yīnyuè zhōnghuá cǎide chū piàn duàn zài diǎn píng 1985 nián wéi zhí
  
   dǎo de yuán zhù de yǐngpiānmāo yǎn》( Cat'sEye) shí láo sāo:“ yuán běn yǐngpiān de jìng tóu shì zhū 'ér
  
  . duān zhe guān qiāng zài fáng jiān zhuī shā de māotài jīng cǎi liǎojué duì shì shén lái zhī dǎo yǎn jiān chí
  
   jiǎn diàozhēn shì bài xīng guǐ!” díquè wéi méi néng yíng zào chū tài hǎo de jīng sǒng fēnjìn guǎn zhè sān duàn shì
  
   yǐngpiān měi duàn shìdōu shí fēn chū zhòng jiǎng shù zhān jiā jiè yān gōng qiān yuēzhè jiā gōng
  
   de guīju shì dàn qiān yuē jué fǎn huǐ hòu zhǐ yào kǒu yānquán jiā jiù huì cǎn zāo diàn héng héng jiū jìng shì zhè gōng
  
   yǎn xiàn hái shì yòu líng kuī shì zhǒng 'ào miào díquè zhuā rén
  1989 nián lán dǎo yǎn liǎo shǐ fēnjīn dechǒng fén chǎng》( PetSematary), shǐ fēn huí shuō
  
  “ dāng shí píng lùn jiā hèn tòu liǎo shí wán chéng liǎo suǒ yòu de rèn héng héng xià guān zhòng 'ér 。” zhè què shí shì
  
   gòu xià rén de yǐngpiān ruì jiā bān dào jiāo zhùzài hòu yòu chù dòng fén chǎngdàn méi yòu rén yuàn tán
  
   yòu tiān ruì de māo dào chē huò sàng shēnglín cái gào piàn fén chǎng yòu zhe huí shēng de néng ruì
  
   jiā jué dìng cháng shìguǒ rán men de māo huó zhe huí lái liǎo héng héng dànhuí lái jǐn jǐn shì zhǐ māoyǐngpiān yùn yòng
  
   xié língde shuō zhì zào kǒng qíng jiédāng rán zhōng de jiù shìrén lùn néng wéi bèi rán
  
   zāo bào yìng
   jiā rén wèi néng bǎo shì yíng zào kǒng jīng sǒng xiào guǒ de gāo shǒuér qiě hěn shǎo yùn yòng de shì jué xiào guǒ
  
   zài 1983 nián pāi shè liǎo shǐ fēnjīn de xiǎo shuō wáng jìn 》( TheDeadZone)。 zhù rén gōng qiáng shēng chē huò
  
  , hūn shuì nián hòu xǐng lái xiàn yōng yòu liǎo chāo néng jiè zhù jiē chù bié rén de shǒu lái jiàn wèi láiyuán běn yòng
  
   lái chéng shàn chú 'è de qiáng què xiàn bēifù zhe shí jià shēng huó xià tóng yàng zhù chū xiàn zài
  
  1999 nián de 》( theGreenMile) zhōngzài zhè zhǎngdà 3 xiǎo shí de yǐngpiān zhōngtiān xìng shàn liáng yòu dòng chá shì
  
   shì de hēi rénzài yùn yòng chāo néng bāng zhù shì rén zhī hòuzuì zhōng kān rěn shòu jīng shén de zhé yuàn xuǎn liǎo wáng zhè
  
   jiě tuō de fāng shìér tānɡ hàn yīn cháng shēng 'ér rěn shòu zhe sòng zǒu yòu qīn yǒu de tòng shǐ fēn
  
  . jīn de guān diǎn réng rán shì rán shì kàng de rán shì huò 'ér fēi
  【 3】
  《 yóu guòfènshén huàshǐ fēnjīn de xiǎo shuōzài rén huá qíng jié diàn shàng xīn guò zhòngshǐ
  
   yǐngpiān tuō rǒng cháng nán rěn shòudǎo yǎn lán bāng shuō shìshǐ fēnjīn zhuān ”, zài 1983
  
   nián de chǔnǚ zuò jiù shì gǎi biān shǐ fēnjīn de xiǎo shuōfáng jiān zhōng de rén》( TheWomanintheRoom)。
  
  1994 nián pāi shè liǎo 'èr zuò pǐn,《 xiào shēn de jiù shú》( TheShawshankRedemption), yòu bèi fān
  
   wéi 1995》( 1995 nián zài xiāng gǎng shàng yìng)。 shǐ fēnjīn shuō:“ qiēdōu hěn wán měi héng héng méi xiàng chuán
  
   shuō de zài yǐngpiān jié shù shí háo táo dàn yǎn kuàng què shí yòu diǎn cháo。”
   zhè de què shì dòng rén xīn de zuò pǐnzhì jīn réng rán shìyǐng xīn zhōng yǒng héng de jīng diǎndiàn yǐng lùn tán guò shí de
  
   huà yǐng dié diàn nèi de chàng xiāo huòquán wēi diàn yǐng wǎng zhàn IMDB shàng de qián sān míng。” yǐngpiān guān jiù shú de lùn diǎn jīng bèi
  
   tàn tǎo de chàbù duō liǎoér jiù tōng yǐng lái shuō,《 xiào shēn de jiù shú jǐn zài jié wěi gōng liǎo wěi de xuán
  
   niànér qiě duì rén de huánán xìng yǒu de miáo huì duì wàng yǒng miè de shū xiěhěn duō rén shèn zhì jiāng
  
   luó bīn zài guǎng shì fàng zhā de piàn duàn dāng zuò 'ōu měi hǎo rén xìng de zuì wěi de chǎng jǐngyǐngpiān zhōng
  
   tài píng yáng shàng méi yòu huí de xiǎo dǎo”, chéng wéi rén men wàng de xiàng zhēng jiù tōng lái shuōchǎn shēng zhī
  
   de yǐngpiān jǐn zài dǎo yǎn shì shǒu de xián shú shān qíngér qiě shǐ fēnjīn de què gōng liǎo chū de múbǎn héng
  
   héng qiú fàn zài kàn shǒu yán de jiān shì yòng zhǐ xiǎo záo huā 19 nián shí jiān dào táo chū
  
  。
   shèn zhì yóu xiào shēn de jiù shúguò hōng dòngshǐ fēnjīn céng xìn shì dàn shuōwéi bǎo yòu měi hǎo hòu jué
  
   zài xiě jiān xiǎo shuōrán 'ér guò liǎo nián bāng réng rán méi yòu yǐngpiān pāishǐ fēn zhǐ bìng lián xiě chéng
  
   liǎo liù běn yòu guān xíng suǒ de chàng xiāo xiǎo shuōrán 'ér yǐngpiān méi yòu néng gòu de xiào guǒshǐ fēn
  
   jīn zài nián dào liǎo chē huòlìng duì rén shēng gǎi biàn liǎo kàn zhú jiàn méng shēng tuì ér bāng shǐ
  
   fēnjīn de jiān gào bié chóu pāidiàn yǐng rén shēngliǎo
  【 4】
  1997 nián wéi zhè wèi nián qīng dǎo yǎn jiè zhù shǐ fēnjīn de zuò pǐnchéng wéi yǐn rén zhù mùdì xīn ruì dǎo yǎn
  
  , gǎi biān de shì yuè fēng gāo》( NightFlier)。 jiā xiǎo zhì de zhě chá wèile tóng shì jìng zhēngjué
  
   dìng zhuī zōng bào dào míng yòng rén fēi lián huán shā rén de xiōng shǒurán hòu zhì zào sǒng dòng xiào yìng de xīn shǐ yuè
  
   lái yuè huái xiōng shǒu shì xuè guǐ…… zhēn xiāng bái hòu chá duì rén shuōqiān wàn bié xiāng xìn suǒ xiě de shì shí
  
   qiān wàn bié xiě suǒ jiàn de shì shí”。 shí zhè shì shǐ fēnjīn zuò wéi zuò jiā céng shì xiǎo bào de zhuàn gǎo rén
  
  , duì méi de fǎn fěnggèng zhòng yào de shì kàn chū zuò jiā miàn duì shēng huó xīn de xíng kǒng
  
   zhú jiàn huà zuò lái wài kōng jiān de yōu líng。“ yóu xīn shēngde zhù shì shǐ fēnjīn xiǎo shuō zhōng bìng zuì wéi chū de
  
   shè ér zhù rén gōng de zuò jiā shēn fèn cháng cháng chū xiàn zài de xiǎo shuō diàn yǐng zhōng
  《 shǎn líng》( TheShining), zhè zuì wěi shǐ fēnjīn diàn yǐngzài 1980 niánbèi tǎn
  
   zhè wèitiān cái de húndànpāi jùndàn shǐ fēnjīn shèn zhì cóng lái méi yòu zhè yàng chéng rèn guò zhè shì shǐ fēn
  
   jīn diàn yǐng”, rèn wéi wán quán cuàn gǎi liǎo de yuán zuòyīn wéi zài yǐngpiān zuì hòu ràng zhù rén gōng zuò
  
   jiā jié shā hēi rén chú shī hòuyòng fēng kuáng kǎn shā de 'érquè bèi dòng zài gōng zhōngér zài xiǎo shuō zhōng
  
   jié bìng wèi shā rèn rénliú xià guāng míng de wěi shǐ fēnjīn rèn wéi shì zài yòng de xiǎo shuō
  
   shāng hài guān zhòng”。 lùn zhēng ,《 shǎn língzuò wéi shù kǒng piàn shì jīng diǎn de pāi chū
  
   liǎo rén lèi zài shēng cún xià gōu tōng xià de jīng shén biàn zhí zhì huǐ mièzhù rén gōng jié de shēn fèn shì
  
   zuò zhězhèng zài wèijiā tíng shēng huó rén shì 'ér nǎo héng héng zhè qià qià shì shǐ fēnjīn céng shí de zhēn shí xiě zhào
  
  。 zài shì tīng yán shàng de gāo chāo yùn yòng shǐ shǐ fēnjīn diàn yǐngxiǎn yòu xiē dàoyóu
  
   shì yòng wèi gāo shè xiàng zhuī pāi jié de 'ér zài guǐ de tǎn shàng chē de jìng tóu xiǎn liǎo tiān cái běn
  
  
   yǐngpiān zuì xiǎn xīn kǒng zhī chù guò zhà jiàn jié yìn de xiǎo shuō gǎo zhǐ shàng jìng rán yīháng xíng quán shì
  
  “ zhǐ huì gōng zuò huì de jié hěn kuài jiù yào fēng”! guān zhòng de liáng zěn me cóng shēng ér zhè kǒng
  
   shì shǐ fēnjīn zài wèi chéng míng qián de jiāo jué wàng xīn tài de shū ér yǐngpiān zhōng jié jiǔ de yōu líng dāng
  
   zuò shì chuàng zuò chū lái de héng héng zuò jiā yóu shòu dào nèi xīn wài jiè de shuāngchóng zhé 'ér zhōng jiū bēng kuì běn piàn duì zhào guān
  
   kàn de shì yòu kǎi bèi tàn wéi guān zhǐ de biǎo yǎn dewēi qíng shí 》( Misery)。 yǐngpiān jiǎng shù de shì zuò jiā
  
   zhě jiān de jīng sǒng shì
   zài 1990 nián dewēi qíng shí shū 'ān zài xuě zhōng jiù liǎo chóng bài de zuò jiā bǎo luó 'ěr dùnbìng jiāng
  
   dài huí jiā xiū yǎng tuǐ shāng 'ěr dùn wéi xiě chū zhēn zhèng de xiǎo shuōràng liánzǎi xiǎo shuō de zhù rén gōng sài luó ān
  
   rán shāo huǐ liǎo shǒu gǎolìng xíng zǒu de 'ěr dùn zhòng xiědāng 'ěr dùn xiàn xiǎo shuō zhōng de rén miáo xiě
  
   yòu guān lián hòuān gèng jiāng de huái guān jié qiāo suìzuì zhōng 'ěr dùn zhōng jiāng zuì hòu fēn xiě wánbìng ràng sài
  
   luó 'ér shēngdāng 'ān xīn ruò kuáng shí 'ěr dùn jiāng shǒu gǎo shāo huǐ shì bào …… cóng zhè shì
  
   nán xiàn shǐ fēnjīn nèi xīn shēn chù zhě de duì wàng zuò zhēn zhèng de zuò jiā”, zhòu zhě men
  
   de de shù què jiē shòu shì de cán rěn jié héng héng shìzuò jiārén zhěsān zhě
  
   zài míng míng zhōng jiū chán zhěxiāng shāng hài xiū zhǐduì shǐ fēnjīn de chuàng zuò shēng lái shuōzhè shìjīng sǒng
  
   zuì de xīn yuán quán
   zuì jìn yòu zhě wèn shǐ fēnjīn:“ rèn wéi shàng shì hǎo rén hái shì huài rén?” shuō:“ xiǎng hái suàn 'ài
  
   jìng men bàn shì duō zhǐ bèi yuán dàn zhà guò 。” shuō zàishǎn língde pāi piàn jiān céng jīng
  
   zài líng chén sān diǎn diàn huà wèn shǐ fēnjīn:“ xiāng xìn shàng ?”, méi yòu rén zhī dào shǐ fēnjīn de
  
   huí


  Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of the elderly couple. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
  
  Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
  
  He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of 1971. He met Tabitha in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University of Maine at Orono, where they both worked as students. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
  
  Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many of these were later gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
  
  In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
  
  In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co. accepted the novel Carrie for publication. On Mother's Day of that year, Stephen learned from his new editor at Doubleday, Bill Thompson, that a major paperback sale would provide him with the means to leave teaching and write full-time.
  
  At the end of the summer of 1973, the Kings moved their growing family to southern Maine because of Stephen's mother's failing health. Renting a summer home on Sebago Lake in North Windham for the winter, Stephen wrote his next-published novel, originally titled Second Coming and then Jerusalem's Lot, before it became 'Salem's Lot, in a small room in the garage. During this period, Stephen's mother died of cancer, at the age of 59.
  
  Carrie was published in the spring of 1974. That same fall, the Kings left Maine for Boulder, Colorado. They lived there for a little less than a year, during which Stephen wrote The Shining, set in Colorado. Returning to Maine in the summer of 1975, the Kings purchased a home in the Lakes Region of western Maine. At that house, Stephen finished writing The Stand, much of which also is set in Boulder. The Dead Zone was also written in Bridgton.
  
  In 1977, the Kings spent three months of a projected year- long stay in England, cut the sojourn short and returned home in mid-December, purchasing a new home in Center Lovell, Maine. After living there one summer, the Kings moved north to Orrington, near Bangor, so that Stephen could teach creative writing at the University of Maine at Orono. The Kings returned to Center Lovell in the spring of 1979. In 1980, the Kings purchased a second home in Bangor, retaining the Center Lovell house as a summer home.
  
  Because their children have become adults, Stephen and Tabitha now spend winters in Florida and the remainder of the year at their Bangor and Center Lovell homes.
  
  The Kings have three children: Naomi Rachel, Joe Hill and Owen Phillip, and three grandchildren.
  
  Stephen is of Scots-Irish ancestry, stands 6'4" and weighs about 200 pounds. He is blue-eyed, fair-skinned, and has thick, black hair, with a frost of white most noticeable in his beard, which he sometimes wears between the end of the World Series and the opening of baseball spring training in Florida. Occasionally he wears a moustache in other seasons. He has worn glasses since he was a child.
  
  He has put some of his college dramatic society experience to use doing cameos in several of the film adaptations of his works as well as a bit part in a George Romero picture, Knightriders. Joe Hill King also appeared in Creepshow, which was released in 1982. Stephen made his directorial debut, as well as writing the screenplay, for the movie Maximum Overdrive (an adaptation of his short story "Trucks") in 1985.
  
  Stephen and Tabitha provide scholarships for local high school students and contribute to many other local and national charities.
  
  Stephen is the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
  
  Originally written by Tabitha King, updated by Marsha DeFilippo.
    

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