That book, Carrie, was about a girl with telekinetic powers who is tormented by bullies at school.
Three months later, he received a $2,500 advance from Doubleday Publishing for the book that went on to sell a modest 13,000 hardcover copies. She removed the first few chapters from the garbage after King had thrown them away in frustration.
King's first novel would never have been published if not for his wife. His spare time was spent writing short stories and novels. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, he became a teacher. Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947.
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