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Tabitha King

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Tabitha "Tabby" Jane King (Template:Née Spruce, born March 24, 1949) is an American author.<ref>Dooley, Jeff (June 2, 1985). "Terror Mistress Tabitha King Spins A Thriller". Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved August 11, 2012.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Early lifeEdit

Born in Old Town, Maine, Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White; December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 – May 29, 2014).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> King attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> before enrolling at the University of Maine, where she met her husband Stephen King through her work-study job in the Raymond H. Fogler Library.

CareerEdit

As of 2006, King had published eight novels and two works of non-fiction.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She published her first novel, Small World, through Signet Books in 1981,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and in 2006, Candles Burning was published through Berkley Books.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The paperback rights for Small World were bought by New American Library for $165,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Candles Burning was written predominantly by Michael McDowell, who died in 1999, and the McDowell family requested that King finish the work.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 2023, she was the executive producer of the independent horror film The Sudbury Devil.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Partnership with Stephen KingEdit

Prior to her husband's commercial success, Tabitha worked extra shifts at Dunkin' Donuts to help provide for their family and assisted in Stephen's editorial process during her little spare time.<ref name=":0" /> 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. He followed her advice and expanded it into a novel.<ref>King, Tabitha, Introduction to Carrie (Collector's Edition) Plume 1991</ref> She told him: "You've got something here. I really think you do."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

This began a practice that continues today: Tabitha and Stephen review each other's drafts and also those of their children.<ref name=":0" />

ReceptionEdit

Reception to King's work has ranged from negative to positive.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Pearl received positive mentions from the Los Angeles Times and the Bangor Daily News,<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while the Chicago Tribune panned Survivor.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> The Arizona Daily Star criticized One on One, calling King "a hack",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> whereas Entertainment Weekly, Time, and the Rocky Mountain News gave the novel positive reviews.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Caretakers received positive praise by The New York Times,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while Bookreporter.com wrote that some readers might be disappointed by the changes made to McDowell's Candles Burning.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards and recognitionEdit

  • Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters, University of Maine in Orono (May 1987)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Social activismEdit

King has served on several boards and committees in the state of Maine, such as the Bangor Public Library board.<ref name="MaineLegislature">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She also served on the board of the Maine Public Broadcasting System until 1994.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1998 she received the inaugural Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize, the Maine Humanities Council's highest award, for her work with literacy for the state of Maine.<ref name="ConstanceAward" /> In 2019, Tabitha and Stephen donated $1.25M to the New England Historic Genealogical Society.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She currently serves as vice president of WZON/WZLO/WKIT radio stations, as well as in the administration of two family philanthropic foundations.<ref name="MaineLegislature" /> The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, chaired by her and her husband, ranks sixth among Maine charities in terms of average annual giving, with over $2.8 million in grants per year, according to The Grantsmanship Center.<ref name="Grantsmanship">Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Tabitha and Stephen King married on January 2, 1971.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They have three children: a daughter Naomi and two sons, Joe Hill and Owen King, who are both writers.<ref name="Vincent">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BibliographyEdit

NovelsEdit

Year Title Publisher ISBN Pages Note
1981 Small World Signet Books Template:ISBN 312
1983 Caretakers Scribner's Template:ISBN 274 First novel set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge
1986 The Trap Template:ISBN 352 Also published as Wolves at the Door; second novel set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge
1988 Pearl Signet Books Template:ISBN 368 Third novel set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge
1993 One on One Template:ISBN 528 Fourth novel set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge
1994 The Book of Reuben Template:ISBN 432 Fifth and last novel set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge
1997 Survivor Template:ISBN 496
2006 Candles Burning Berkley Publishing Group Template:ISBN 423 with Michael McDowell. King continued her writing after McDowell's death in 1999.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

NonfictionEdit

Year Title Publisher ISBN Pages Note
1994 Playing Like a Girl; Cindy Blodgett and the Lawrence Bulldogs Season of 93-94 Dendrite Corporation N/A 42 The work is about basketball player Cindy Blodgett during her time at Lawrence High School.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude Berkley Publishing Group Template:ISBN 222 Written by all of the Rock Bottom Remainders with photos by Tabitha King.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Short storiesEdit

  • The Blue Chair (1981)
  • The Demonstration (1985)
  • Road Kill (1986)
  • Djinn and Tonic (1998)
  • The Women's Room (2002)
  • Archie Smith, Boy Wonder (2011)

PoetryEdit

  • A Gradual Canticle for Augustine<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (1967)
  • Elegy for Ike<ref name="abebooks.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Note 1 from Herodotus<ref name="abebooks.com" /> (1968)
  • Nonsong<ref name="abebooks.com" /> (1970)
  • The Last Vampire: A Baroque Fugue<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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TeleplayEdit

Contributions and compilationsEdit

  • Murderess Ink: The Better Half of the Mystery, Dilys Winn, ed., Bell, 1979
  • Shadows, Volume 4, C. L. Grant, ed., Doubleday, 1981
  • Midlife Confidential, ed. David Marsh et al., photographs by Tabitha King, Viking Penguin, 1994

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

  • Mcaleer, Patrick. The Writing Family of Stephen King: A Critical Study of the Fiction of Tabitha King, Joe Hill and Owen King. McFarland. 2011.

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