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 1) Title: "Stephen King"
Author: Amy Keyishian and Marjorie Keyishian
Copyright date: 1996,1998

2) The setting was a small town in Bangor, Maine where Stephen King was raised. Some times
and places in which major actions occur are as follows:
9/21/47-The master of horror, Stephen King was born.
1970- King received his English degree graduating with honors.
01-71- King married Tabitha Spruce whom he met when they were students at the University
of Maine. He taught six English classes at Hampden University in Maine
1973- His first best selling novel, "Carrie", was published.
1976- "Carrie" was the first of his works to be made into a television movie.
1978- "Night Shift" was published and a succession of books followed -Different Seasons,
"Cujo", "Danse Macabre", "Salem's Lot", "The Shining", "Skeleton Crew"(1985
collection of his short stories)Pet Semetary, The Talisman, etc.
1979- Under the name of Richard Bachman, he wrote The Long Walk, and Rage. In 1985,
King reveals to the world in the Bangor Daily News that he and Bachman are indeed
one and the same. As Bachman, King's novels were more on a sad note.

3) a. The portion of the book that interested me the most was the author's detailed description
of one of Stephen King's main characters, Carrie in his best selling novel. The author provides
pictures that actually send goose bumps up your spine. The actress...