Who is Stephen King?
Stephen is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. He is well known for writing the horror novel ‘It’ which revolves around a mysterious maleficent being that terrorizes children.
Stephen King: Childhood, Education, and Family
King was born in Portland, Maine, the United States on September 21, 1947. He is the son of Donald Edwin King(father) and Nellie Ruth(mother). His father was a Merchant navy and his mother was a Health professional. He has a sibling namely, David King. He belongs to American nationality and mixed (English- German- Irish- Scottish- Welsh- Dutch-French) ethnicity. His birth sign is Virgo.
Talking about his education, he graduated from Lisbon Falls High School. Then, he enrolled at the University of Maine in 1966 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1970.
Stephen King: Early Professional Career, Salary, and Net Worth
On talking about his profession, he found a job as an English teacher at a public high school, Hampden Academy, in 1971. Whereas, he continued writing in his free time.
During 1977, he also released the novel ‘The Shining’ which revolves around a young boy who possesses psychic abilities. In addition, he also published a psychological horror novel ‘Misery’ in 1987. Moreover, his novel, ‘Duma Key’, published in 2008, is about a contractor, Edgar Freemantle, who suffers a terrible accident and experiences severe personality changes and eventually acquires the power to paint events that will occur in future.
Therefore, some of his more recent novels include ‘The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole’ (2012), ‘Joyland’ (2013), and ‘Mr. Mercedes’ (2014).
He earns a decent amount of salary, however, it is unknown and his net worth is around $400 million.
Stephen King: Lifetime Achievements and Awards
He won Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Screenplay for Sleepwalkers (1992). Likewise, he won the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film for Maximum Overdrive (1986). Similarly, he won OFTA Television Award for Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries for The Shining (1997).
Additionally, he won Horror Award for Best Adaptation for Gotham Cafe (2005). In addition, he won the USC Scripter Award for The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
Stephen King: Rumors and Controversy
Stephen has not been involved in any rumors and controversy. He is far from rumors and controversies.
Stephen King: Description of Body Measurements
On talking about his body measurements, Stephen has a height of 6 feet 4 inches. Additionally, he weighs 76Kg. In addition, his chest, waist, and biceps are 38-31-12 inches respectively. Stephen’s hair color is white and his eye color is blue.
Stephen King: Social Media
He has around 1.1M followers on Instagram, about 5.12M followers on Twitter and over 5.3M followers on Facebook.
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