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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)