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Birth
Second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. -
First graduation
Graduated from Lisbon Falls High School -
First professional sale
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories. -
First written article
He wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper The Maine Campus. -
Second graduation
He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono, graduating in English and qualified to teach at the high school level. -
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King Family Moving Period
The family moved into their old residences selling the ones they had already bought. They eventually buy a house in Bangor, retaining the Center Lover home as a summer home. -
Get married with Tabitha Spruce
He met Tabitha at the Fogler Library at the University of Maine at Orono, where they both worked as students. -
Stephen starts teaching English classes
He wrote in the evenings and on weekends, continued to produce short stories and work on novels. -
Doubleday & Co. accepted the publication of the novel Carrie.
Stephen stops teaching and decides to devote himself to writing -
Moving the King Family
They moved to southern Maine due to the poor health of Stephen's mother. Stephen wrote in a small room in the garage, his next published novel, originally titled Second Coming and then Jerusalem's Lot, before becoming 'Salem's Lot, in a small room in the garage. Finally the mother dies of cancer at the age of 59. -
Carrie's Publication
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The King family moves again
The Kings bought a home in the Lakes Region of western Maine. There Stephen wrote The Stand, and The Dead Zone. -
Debut as an editor
Stephen made his directorial debut, as well as writing the screenplay, in the film Maximum Overdrive (an adaptation of his short story "Trucks").. -
Stephen receives his first award
Stephen was awarded the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Literature -
Stephen receives the National Medal of Arts