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   Apr 5, 2024 · Stephen King owes his career to the support of his wife, Tabitha. / Peter Jones/GettyImages. It was 1973, and Stephen King’s pockets were empty. He lived in a doublewide trailer and drove a rust ...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tabitha_KingTabitha King - Wikipedia

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   Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White; December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007) [ 4 ] and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 – May 29, 2014). [ 5 ] King attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine [ 6 ] before enrolling at the University of Maine, where she met her husband Stephen King ...

3. collider.com › stephen-king-carrie-inspirationThe Real-Life Inspiration Behind Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’

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   Apr 28, 2024 · What could have been Carrie would have been lost forever, and maybe King's entire writing career along with it, had his wife, Tabitha (an accomplished writer herself), not taken the pages out of ...

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4. fully-booked.ca › editorials › stephen-king-carrieHow Stephen King Almost Threw Away His Most Successful Book

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   Oct 27, 2021 · What is the story behind Stephen King’s Carrie? By the winter of 1972-73, Stephen King and his wife Tabitha King, were living in a double-wide trailer west of Bangor. Stephen King was teaching English in a nearby town of Hampden and their situation was worse than ever. He was only 26 years old when he started to write Carrie.

5. www.stephenkingrevisited.com › carrie-historyHow Carrie Happened by Bev Vincent | Stephen King Revisited

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   King was living with his wife, Tabitha, and two kids in a doublewide trailer in Hermon, Maine, just outside Bangor. He had recently given up his $1.60 an hour job at a commercial laundry (immortalized in “The Mangler”) for a $6400 a year position teaching high school at the Hampden Academy, a job that left him with little spare time or energy.

6. www.esquire.com › carrie-anniversary-stephen-kingThe Enduring Legacy of ‘Carrie’ and Stephen King - Esquire

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   Apr 5, 2024 · Luckily, he did. That woman’s name is Tabitha King. Her husband is Stephen. The story is titled Carrie. And it changed the world. ... But Carrie did sell, and it sold big. In the early seventies ...

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   Did Tabitha King create 'Carrie'?

   • A version of this story was originally published in 2017 and has been updated for 2024. Take a look back at the surprising origins of “Carrie,” Stephen King’s first book—and more importantly, discover how his wife Tabitha King played a pivotal role in its creation.

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   Why did Stephen King write Carrie?

   • As Stephen King recalled the origin of his debut novel, Carrie: "Two unrelated ideas, adolescent cruelty and telekinesis, came together." It began as a short story intended for Cavalier; Stephen tossed the first three pages in the trash but Tabitha recovered them, saying she wanted to know what happened next.

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   Who is Tabitha King?

   • Tabitha Jane King (née Spruce, born March 24, 1949) is an American author. Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White; December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007) and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 – May 29, 2014).

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   Was Stephen King's Firestarter wife Tabitha King?

   • "For Years, Stephen King's Firestarter Was Wife Tabitha; Now She Burns to Write, Too". People. Vol. 15, no. 19. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2022. ^ Forsberg, Helen (March 28, 1993). "One on one with Tabitha King". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 53. Retrieved October 1, 2022. ^ Vincent, Bev.

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   What inspired Carrie White?

   • Carrie was first inspired by King's time as a janitor at a high school, connecting real-life events to supernatural horror. Personal experiences with bullied individuals from his youth and his readings on supernatural superstitions fueled King's creation of Carrie White.

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   How did King model Carrie White?

   • King modeled Carrie White after two of the loneliest girls he remembered from high school. One was a timid epileptic with a voice that always gurgled with phlegm. Her fundamentalist mother kept a life-size crucifix in the living room, and it was clear to King that the thought of it followed her down the halls.

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   Stephen King’s writing career was fraught with difficulties. When he wrote his first novel, Carrie, critics said he couldn’t write female characters. Thirty ...

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