Stephen King Informative Speech

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When I was little I always hated horror movies and I also hated the show Goosebumps especially “the night of the living dummy” 1, 2, and 3. Today I will be talking about an Author whose books made it on the screen. Stephen King is an Author who made history over the past 40 years. Stephen King was born on September 21 1947 in Portland Maine. Before he started writing when he was a Teacher when he wrote the book ‘Carrie’. King married Author Tabitha Spruce in 1970. So basically King’s life is full of surprises but he does continue writing.

If you didn't know who wrote “IT” it was King. So I’m going to talk about the biggest bestseller “IT”. It was King’s 22nd book published after Cujo in 1981 but It was written in 1986 with 1,138 pages in the book. In the story George (Georgie) Denbrough was killed by Pennywise but Pennywise said his name was “Mr. Bob Gray”. Weird Right…. In the middle of the story in 1958 The “Losers” club defeats It and finds out that It comes and murders children every 27 years. I know the book is CRAZY but that's how the story is.
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When he was younger he entered short story contest. He was teaching English while he wrote “Carrie” which had 199 pages in the book. Also “IT” was his 22nd book published in 1986 which got bestseller. So his books are full of terror as he still continues to write big chapter books for teens who in love with horror LIKE ME. People think his books are insane but they have a lot of

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