Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name "King," under which Stephen was born. He has an older brother, David. The Kings were a typical family until one night, when Donald said he was stepping out for cigarettes and was never heard from again. Ruth took over raising the family with help from relatives. They traveled throughout many states over several years, finally moving back to Durham, Maine, in 1958. Stephen began his actual writing career in January of 1959, when David and Stephen decided to publish their own local newspaper named "Dave's Rag". David bought a mimeograph machine, and they put together a paper they sold for five cents an issue. Stephen attended Lisbon High School, in Lisbon, in 1962. Collaborating with his best friend Chris Chesley in 1963, they published a collection of 18 short stories called "People, Places, and Things--Volume I". King's stories included "Hotel at the End of the Road", "I've Got to Get Away!", "The Dimension Warp", "The Thing at the Bottom of the Well", "The Stranger", "I'm Falling", "The Cursed Expedition", and "The Other Side of the Fog." A year later, King's amateur press, Triad and Gaslight Books, published a two-part book titled "The Star Invaders". King made his first actual published appearance in 1965 in the magazine Comics Review with his story "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber." The story ran about 6,000 words in length. In 1966 he graduated from high school and took a scholarship to attend the University of Maine. Looking back on his high school days, King recalled that "my high school career was totally undistinguished. I was not at the top of my class, nor at the bottom." Later that summer King began working on a novel called "Getting It On", about some kids who take over a classroom and try unsuccessfully to ward off the National Guard. During his first year at college, King completed his first full-length novel, "The Long Walk." He submitted the novel to Bennett Cerf/Random House only to have it rejected. King took the rejection badly and filed the book away. He made his first small sale--$35--with the story "The Glass Floor". In June 1970 King graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Science degree in English and a certificate to teach high school. King's next idea came from the poem by Robert Browning, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came." He found bright colored green paper in the library and began work on "The Dark Tower" saga, but his chronic shortage of money meant that he was unable to further pursue the novel, and it, too, was filed away. King took a job at a filling station pumping gas for the princely sum of $1.25 an hour. Soon he began to earn money for his writings by submitting his short stories to men's magazines such as Cavalier. On January 2, 1971, he married Tabitha King (born Tabitha Jane Spruce). In the fall of 1971 King took a teaching job at Hampden Academy, earning $6,400 a year. The Kings then moved to Hermon, a town west of Bangor. Stephen then began work on a short story about a teenage girl named Carietta White. After completing a few pages, he decided it was not a worthy story and crumpled the pages up and tossed them into the trash. Fortunately, Tabitha took the pages out and read them. She encouraged her husband to continue the story, which he did. In January 1973 he submitted "Carrie" to Doubleday. In March Doubleday bought the book. On May 12 the publisher sold the paperback rights for the novel to New American Library for $400,000. His contract called for his getting half of that sum, and he quit his teaching job to pursue writing full time. The rest, as they say, is history. Since then King has had numerous short stories and novels published and movies made from his work. He has been called the "Master of Horror". His books have been translated into 33 different languages, published in over 35 different countries. There are over 300 million copies of his novels in publication. He continues to live in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, and writes out of his home. In June 1999 King was severely injured in an accident, he was walking alongside a highway and was hit by a car, that left him in critical condition with injuries to his lung, broken ribs, a broken leg and a severely fractured hip. After three weeks of operations, he was released from the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
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Stephen is a martial artist, SAG-AFTRA Stunt Performer and filmmaker with black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, a Master of Sport of Russia in Combat Sambo and a Purple Belt in BJJ. Stephen is also a Kendo practitioner. He has competition experience in various combat sports. As head coach of NY Combat Sambo, which he founded in 2003, Stephen has coached his team to multiple national and international combat sport victories. He was a team coach for the 2008 US World Sambo Team and head coach for the 2015 - 2018 US Combat Wrestling World Team. Stephen has trained in Russia and Ukraine at such academies as Sambo 70, The FKE Training Center, Suvorov Military Academy, Borec, and Spartak Olympic Training Center. As a coach, he has taught across the US, abroad and has counted among his students many military and law enforcement professionals including UN and DOS Diplomatic Security Officers, NYPD, FBI, DEA and NY State Court Officers. He has been a guest instructor at West Point Military Academy, Ft. Campbell, the FKE training facility in Russia, and the Lowell, Arkansas Police Department. Since childhood Stephen dreamed of working in the film and television; even attending filmmaking camp in his youth. As he grew older he continued with filmmaking. At first with an old super 8 camera of his father's and later with modern digital technology. After high school, where Stephen focused on visual art, he earned his BFA the School of Visual Arts on a full scholarship, and his Master's Degree from Hofstra University. in 2022 Stephen completed the NYU Tisch/Yellowbrick Television and Film certificate program. Recognized for his martial arts expertise, he began his professional foray into TV in 2007 as a technical adviser for HUMAN WEAPON (History Channel). Shortly after, he appeared as himself in DHANI TACKLES THE GLOBE (Travel Channel, 2009). He has since appeared as himself in many combat sports related programs including BELLATOR NYC: COUNTDOWN TO SONNEN VS. SILVA (2017), BELLATOR MMA LIVE (2020), and others. Behind the lens, Stephen has produced several short films and award winning documentaries, including CONCRETE AND CRASHPADS: STUNTS IN NEW YORK (2016) and NEW YORK MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (2011), which obtained distribution through FilmBuff and appeared on HULU for many years. As a stunt performer, he has been fortunate enough to work on JOHN WICK CHAPTER THREE (2019), SAVE YOURSELVES (2020), THE BLACKLIST (NBC), DEVS (FX on HULU), THE PUNISHER (Netflix) and RAY DONOVAN (Showtime).
Stephen Kramer Glickman was born March 17th 1979 in London, Ontario, Canada, but was raised in Carlsbad, California where he grew up performing in live theatre and collecting Star Wars toys. Stephen is of Russian Jewish descent and is very involved in the Los Angeles Jewish community and the Anti-Defamation League. He is very close to his mother, a 19-year cancer survivor, who lives in San Diego with her horse, sheep, goat and 150 pound pig. His sister, Natalie London, is a brilliant author and musician. Stephen sits on the board of entertainment directors for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and was recently nominated for "Man of the Year" by the organization. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduating from the American Musical Dramatic Academy in New York City, Stephen started performing stand up comedy and was propelled intro the spotlight when he was cast on "Last Comic Standing" on NBC. Shortly after his stint on Last Comic Standing, Stephen was cast as Shrek in the Broadway Musical, "Shrek The Musical" where he worked alongside Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen and Sam Mendes. This success was followed by a recurring role on the ABC Televison series "Carpoolers" with fellow Canadians Bruce McCulloch and Scott Thompson. Stephen's career quickly intensified when he was cast as the lead role of Gustavo Rocque on Nickelodeon's series, "Big Time Rush". The series premiere was the highest-rated and most-watched live-action debut in the history of the network with 6.8 million total viewers. Due to the popularity of "Big Time Rush", Stephen became a celebrity presenter at The Kids Choice Awards and helped win a nomination for best series. Currently, Stephen is playing the role of Pigeon Toady in the upcoming Warner Brothers animated film "Storks" directed by Nick Stoller and Doug Sweetland. Stephen stars in the film along with Andy Samberg, Jennifer Aniston, Keegan Michael key, Jordan Peele, Kelsey Grammer and more. This is Stephen's first animated film and his first theatrical film. Stephen can often be found performing stand up at the Hollywood Improv, Upright Citizens Brigade, IO West, The Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store. Once a month on Saturday night, Stephen produces and hosts The Night Time Show at The Hollywood Improv (add comma) which is the only live late night show in Los Angeles. Guests on the Night Time Show have included Harland Williams, Nick Swardson, Laurie Kilmartin, Tom Segura and Dane Cook and many more. http://theinterrobang.com/the-l/
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