Tabitha King
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Tabitha King (born March 24, 1949) is an American author and activist. She is married to writer Stephen King
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, in college through her work-study job in the Fogler Library. Their daughter Naomi Rachel
was born in 1970. They married on January 2, 1971. They had two more children: Joseph Hillstrom
King in 1972 and Owen Phillip
King in 1977. Naomi is a former restaurateur
and now a minister. Both sons have become authors.
as co-author), all of which were released in hardcover by Macmillan and paperback by New American Library. She has also published two works of non-fiction, one of which was published in paperback by Dendrite.
She has previously served on the University of Maine Press board and for three years as a board member on the Maine Humanities Council
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In 1996, she served as chair of the campaign to renovate the Bangor Public Library, which raised over eight million dollars. This was the largest charitable campaign in history of Bangor as of March 2005.
In 1997, King served as co-chair of the campaign to raise funds for a former school building to permanently house Shaw House.
She currently serves as vice president of WZON/WKIT, as well as in the administration of two family philanthropic foundations.
In 1998, King was the recipient of the first Annual Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize from the Maine Humanities Council for her service to the advancement of the Humanities.
Entries marked with an asterisk are all set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge.
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
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Family
King met her husband, author Stephen KingStephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
, in college through her work-study job in the Fogler Library. Their daughter Naomi Rachel
Naomi King
Rev. Naomi Rachel King , is an American Unitarian Universalist minister. She is the daughter of authors Stephen King and Tabitha King....
was born in 1970. They married on January 2, 1971. They had two more children: Joseph Hillstrom
Joe Hill (writer)
Joseph Hillstrom King , better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American author and comic book writer. He has published two novels—Heart Shaped Box and Horns—and a collection of short stories entitled 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the author of the graphic novel series Locke & Key...
King in 1972 and Owen Phillip
Owen King
Owen Philip King is an American author and the youngest son of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. He has two older siblings, Naomi King and Joseph Hillstrom King, and grew up in Bangor, Maine...
King in 1977. Naomi is a former restaurateur
Restaurateur
A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.-Etymology:The word...
and now a minister. Both sons have become authors.
Career
King has published eight novels (the eighth in 2006 with Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (author)
Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He received a B.A. and an M.A. from Harvard College and a Ph.D in English from Brandeis University in 1978...
as co-author), all of which were released in hardcover by Macmillan and paperback by New American Library. She has also published two works of non-fiction, one of which was published in paperback by Dendrite.
Social activism
King serves on several boards and committees in the state of Maine, including the board of directors of Shaw House (an adolescent homeless shelter in Bangor), the board of the Maine Public Broadcasting System, and the Bangor Public Library board.She has previously served on the University of Maine Press board and for three years as a board member on the Maine Humanities Council
Maine Humanities Council
Located in Portland, Maine, the was founded in 1975 as a private nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is one of 56 in the United States and its territories....
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In 1996, she served as chair of the campaign to renovate the Bangor Public Library, which raised over eight million dollars. This was the largest charitable campaign in history of Bangor as of March 2005.
In 1997, King served as co-chair of the campaign to raise funds for a former school building to permanently house Shaw House.
She currently serves as vice president of WZON/WKIT, as well as in the administration of two family philanthropic foundations.
Awards and recognition
In May 1987, King and her husband were awarded Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from their alma mater, University of Maine in Orono.In 1998, King was the recipient of the first Annual Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize from the Maine Humanities Council for her service to the advancement of the Humanities.
Novels
- (1981) Small WorldSmall World (novel)Small World is a horror novel by Tabitha King, her first novel.- Full plot summary :Dorothy "Dolly" Hardesty Douglas is a wealthy, spoiled middle-age widow—and the daughter of a former United States President...
- (1983) Caretakers *
- (1985) The Trap (also published as Wolves at the Door) *
- (1988) Pearl *
- (1993) One on OneOne on One (novel)One on One is a work of literary fiction by author Tabitha King. It is set in the fictional New England town of Nodd's Ridge, which was previously explored in other Tabitha King novels such as Pearl, Caretakers, and The Book of Reuben...
* - (1994) The Book of Reuben *
- (1997) Survivor
- (2006) Candles Burning (with Michael McDowell (author)Michael McDowell (author)Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He received a B.A. and an M.A. from Harvard College and a Ph.D in English from Brandeis University in 1978...
)
Entries marked with an asterisk are all set in King's fictional community of Nodd's Ridge.
Nonfiction
- (1994) Playing Like a Girl; Cindy Blodgett and the Lawrence Bulldogs Season of 93-94
- (1994) Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude
- Written by all of the Rock Bottom RemaindersRock Bottom RemaindersThe Rock Bottom Remainders is a rock and roll band consisting of published writers, most of them both amateur musicians and popular English-language book, magazine, and newspaper authors. The band took its self-mocking name from the publishing term remaindered book, a work of which the unsold...
with photos by Tabitha King
- Written by all of the Rock Bottom Remainders
Short Stories
- (1981) The Blue Chair
- (1998) Djinn and Tonic
- (2002) The Woman's Room
Contributions and compilations
- 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