Stephen King was born september 21, 1947 in portland maine. His father was Donald Edwin King and his mother was Nellie Ruth king. He went to Libson Falls High School and then he later went to the University of Maine with graduated with a BA in english. He married Tabitha Spruce and made it big with Carrie. He has 3 kids Joe, Owen,and Naomi. He has sold more books then any other author(according to his publisher) and he is the highest paid author(at 9 million a book). His latest book is Bag of Bones.