Stephen King

http://www.stephenking.com

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the

second son of Donald and

Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his

parents separated when

Stephen was a toddler, he and his

older brother, David, were

raised by his mother. Parts of his

childhood were spent in Fort Wayne,

Indiana, where his father's

family was at the time, and in

Stratford, Connecticut. Stephen and his

brother paid frequent visits to

members of his mother's family in

Malden, Massachusetts, and Pownal,

Maine. When Stephen was

eleven, his mother brought her

children back to Durham, Maine, for

good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie

Pillsbury, had become incapacitated

with old age, and Ruth King was

persuaded by her sisters to take

over the physical care of the

elderly couple. Other family members

provided a small house in Durham

and financial support. After

Stephen's grandparents passed away,

Mrs. King found work in the

kitchens of Pineland, a nearby

residential facility for the retarded. (Information courtesy

stephenking.com)