Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is known for his horror novels. When he was little, he saw his friend, who was trapped in the rails, hit by a train and killed. This inspired him with his dark creations.

King started writing when he was a child. In school, he wrote and sold stories to his friends, but his teachers forced him to return the money, so he started to send his stories to magazines. These rejected his stories. His first published story was included in the Comics Magazine Review. The original title was "I was Teenage Grave Robber", but it was changed by the editor to "Half-World of Terror".

Since finishing college with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a certificate to teach in high school, Stephen taught English at Hampden Academy. During this period, he and his family lived in a trailer. He wrote short stories (mostly published in men's magazines) to meet the needs of his family. King began to have alcohol problems, which he had for a decade.

During this period, he began to write more novels. One of his first ideas was a young woman with psychic powers, but he threw it away. His  wife rescued the work and encouraged him to finish the novel. After finish it, he called it "Carrie" and sent to the publisher Doubleday, but over time and forgot about it. Later, he received a bid for $2,500 advance. Shortly after, the value of the rights of Carrie were sold for $400,000.

He published "The Tommyknockers", and after, his family and friends started to help him with his addictions.