Andrea Salazar

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• Andrea Salazar
• LT 130
• Spring 2005

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• 1947 - Born in Portland, Maine as Stephen Edwin
  King.
• Parents Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.
• Older brother - David.
• Parents separated when Stephen was a toddler.

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• Attended University of Maine at Orono.
• Wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper.
• Graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and was
  qualified to teach on the high school level.

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• Stephen King met Tabitha Spruce at college.
• They met in the stacks of the Fogler Library at
  the University, where they both were student
  workers.
• Stephen and Tabitha were married in January of
  1971.

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• To pay the bills, he took a fulltime job working
  at an industrial laundry for 60 week. 
• He then landed a full time teaching job from
  1971-73.
• The sale of Carrie enabled Mr. King to leave his
  teaching job and finally work full time at what
  he loved to do most, write!

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• Bram Stoker Awards
• 1987 Misery
• 1996 The Green Mile
• 1998 Bag of Bones
• Horror Guild
• 1997 Desperation
• 2001 On Writing
• 2002 Black House
• 2003 From A Buick 8

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• Mansfield Stadium
• Beth Pancoe Pool
• The Barking Foundation
• Bangor Public Library
• Old Town Public Library
• All this and more thanks to
  The Stephen Tabitha King Foundation

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• The Kings have three children Naomi Rachel, Joe
  Hill and Owen Phillip, and three grandchildren.
• Stephen survived being hit by a van in 1999.
• Stephen is the 2003 recipient of The National
  Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished
  Contribution to American Letters.
• Learn more at www.stephenking.com