Lisa Rogak - Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King

ALSO BY LISA ROGAK

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As always, thanks must first go to superagent Scott Mendel for shepherding this book through its various hoops and barrels.

Next at bat is Peter Joseph, who edited the book and offered valuable insight and suggestions as I delved into Kings psyche.

Once again, transcriptionist Paula Hancock helped make sense of hours of tapes.

Genealogist Margaret Dube of Common Folk Ancestry in Kittery, Maine, dug up some great details about Steve and Tabbys beloved Maine.

Thanks to Kings friends, acquaintances, business associates, and assorted others who offered revealing stories and anecdotes, including Dave Barry, George Beahm, Michael Collings, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Rick Hautala, Peter Higgins, Jonathan Jenkins, Jack Ketchum, Richard Kobritz, George MacLeod, Anthony Magistrale, Ridley Pearson, Otto Penzler, Sandy Phippen, Lew Purinton, James Renner, Samuel Schuman, Stephen Spignesi, Bev Vincent, Stanley Wiater, and Nye Willden.

Kudos to the Buddies for knowing how to deal with me when Im in the throes of a deadline: Tim Ashe, Leslie Caputo, Bob DiPrete, Doc and Nancy Gerow, Dean Hollatz, Ed Leavitt, Don McKibbin, Spring Romer, Paul and Cary Rothe, and Andy and Donna Vinopal.

This is a chronological list of Stephen Kings books interspersed within the events of his life. For a complete bibliography of his works, including short stories, novels, and screenplays, the best source is his own Web site: stephenking.com.

1947 September 21: Stephen Edwin King is born in Portland, Maine, to Donald and Ruth King, who already had a two-year-old boy, David

1949: Donald walks out one evening for a pack of cigarettes and never comes back

194958: Ruth and her two boys move from house to house constantly, including in Chicago; West De Pere, Wisconsin; and Stratford, Connecticut

1958 Summer: The Kings settle in West Durham, Maine, to live with Ruths elderly parents

1962 June: Steve graduates from grammar school

1962 September: Steve enrolls at Lisbon High School in Lisbon Falls, Maine

1966 June: Steve graduates from Lisbon High School

1966 September: Steve enters the University of Maine at Orono as a freshman

1967 October: Steve sells his first short story, The Glass Floor, to the magazine Startling Mystery Stories

1968: Steve meets Tabitha Spruce, a college student a year younger

1969 February: Steve begins writing a weekly column, The Garbage Truck, for the Maine Campus

1970 June: Steve graduates from UMO with a bachelor of science degree in English

1970 June: Naomi Rachel, Steve and Tabithas first daughter, is born

1970 October: Short story Graveyard Shift is published in Cavalier, marking the beginning of a steady stream of sales of Steves short stories to mens magazines

1971 January 2: Steve and Tabitha marry in Old Town, Maine

1974 April: Carrie published

1975 October: Salems Lot published

1976 November: Carrie movie released

1977 January: The Shining published

1977 September: Rage by Richard Bachman published

1978 February: Night Shift published

1978 September: The Stand published

1979 July: The Long Walk by Richard Bachman published

1979 August: The Dead Zone published

1980 May: The Shining movie released

1980 September: Firestarter published

1981 April: Danse Macabre published

1981 April: Roadwork by Richard Bachman published

1981 October: Cujo published

1982 May: Running Man by Richard Bachman published

1982 July: Creepshow book published

1982 August: Different Seasons published

1982 November: Creepshow movie released

1983 April: Christine published

1983 October: The Dead Zone movie released

1983 November: Pet Sematary published

1983 December: Christine movie released

1984 April: Cycle of the Werewolf published

1984 May: Firestarter movie released

1984 November: Thinner by Richard Bachman published

1984 November: Talisman published

1985 February: Richard Bachman revealed

1985 April: Cats Eye movie released

1985 June: Skeleton Crew published

1985 July: King directs Maximum Overdrive in Wilmington, North Carolina

1986 July: Maximum Overdrive released

1986 August: Stand by Me released

1986 September: IT published

1987 February: Eyes of the Dragon published

1987 June: Misery published

1987 November: Tommyknockers published

1988 September: The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger published

1988 November: Nightmares in the Sky published

1989 March: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three published

1989 November: The Dark Half published

1990 May: The Stand Uncut published

1990 September: Four Past Midnight published

1990 October: Graveyard Shift movie released

1991 August: The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands published

1991 October: Needful Things published

1992 May: Geralds Game published

1993 January: Dolores Claiborne published

1993 October: Nightmares and Dreamscapes published

1994 April: Insomnia published

1994 May: The Stand TV miniseries debuts on ABC

1994 September: The Shawshank Redemption movie released

1994 October: The Man in the Black Suit is published in the New Yorker

1995 July: Rose Madder published

1996: King receives O. Henry Award for The Man in the Black Suit

1996: March through August: The Green Mile is published monthly in six installments

1996 October 1: Desperation and The Regulators are published on the same day

1997 November: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass published

1998 September: Bag of Bones published

1999 February: Storm of the Century TV miniseries debuts on ABC

1999 April: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon published

1999 June 19: King is seriously injured when hes hit by a van while walking

1999 September: Hearts in Atlantis published

1999 December 10: The Green Mile movie released; Steve and Tabby show up at the premiere

2000 March: Riding the Bullet e-book released

2000 July: The Plant e-book released

2000 October: On Writing published

2001 March: Dreamcatcher published

2001 September: Black House, written with Peter Straub, published

2002 March: Everythings Eventual published

2002 September: From a Buick 8 published

2003 June: The Dark Tower books IIV reissued

2003 November: The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla published

2003 November 19: King receives National Book Foundation award

2003 November 23: King hospitalized with pneumonia

2004 March: Kingdom Hospital miniseries debuts on ABC

2004 April 7: King finishes writing The Dark Tower series

2004 June: The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah published

2004 September 21: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower published, Kings fifty-seventh birthday