Stephen King

1947 – Present

Best-selling American novelist and short-story writer best known for his works of horror and suspense

Background Information & Connection to Maine (2)

Stephen King's Official Website (12)

Visual Text: Stephen King’s iconic house in Bangor –

Note the dead ash tree on the left (3)

Here is the same dead ash tree after being carved into whimsical animals and books with a chainsaw! Click to read about the tree carving that was just completed in April, 2020. Look for the dragon and King’s dog, a Corgi named Molly! (4)

Virtual Visit: 10 Places Every Stephen King Fan Must Stop While In Bangor (5)

Click here to read an excerpt from Stephen King’s memoir On Writing (6)

Click here to read the short stories Uncle Otto’s Truck and The Reach (7)

STEPHEN KING’S MAINE: STATE OF PLACE, STATE OF MIND: Click here to read an interesting biographical and critical essay on Stephen King (10)

Various covers of a few of Stephen King's novels

If you’d like more to explore…

A Stephen King Sampler – Read these 13 Scariest Stephen King Passages! (8)

(Use the numbered arrows to read the 13 plots and scariest passages from Stephen King’s books…beware…the site is heavy on advertising!)

See Stephen King read from his collection of short stories If It Bleeds (11)

Photo Credits and Sources from Top to Bottom of Page:

1. Portrait of Stephen King: https://narrativabreve.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cuento-de-stephen-king-coco.jpg

2. “Stephen King.” Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2021. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000054254/LitRC?u=brun84057&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=bf5ae67f. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022.

3. https://www.wthr.com/article/stephen-king-opening-his-maine-mansion-writers-residence

4. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/stephen-king-front-lawn-tree-sculpture

5. https://z1073.com/10-places-every-stephen-king-fan-must-stop-while-in-bangor/

6. https://www.cnn.com/2000/books/beginnings/10/03/excerpt.on.writing/index.html

7. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iHS2VfM8o6ui1qguCwyMaI_1rWQ4zn7k/view?usp=sharing

8. https://whatculture.com/offbeat/13-scariest-stephen-king-book-passages

10. Citation in MLA 8: Magistrale, Tony. “King, Stephen 1947—.” American Writers, Supplement 5, edited by Jay Parini, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2000, pp. 137-155. Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX1381800016/GLS?u=brun84057&sid=GLS&xid=4ed01e39. Accessed 21 May 2020.

11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edzUpphXr4w&list=PL-71r3OWGsTFYAJrJWpUIYpoKbLpxvtxp

12. https://stephenking.com/index.html

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