Suspense of Stephen King

Stephen King a very popular story writer is most famous for his horror fiction stories. He has written many books that have inspired other writers to write and other people to read more. He has made many accomplishments that a lot of writers have never achieved. According to his biography, King has sold fifty bestsellers, and has acted in a few movies that are based on his books. The use of Suspense as a literary element is constant in books written by Stephen King. This will examine Stephen King’s life and the literary criticism of his short story, “The Two Dead Girls” The Green Mile. In his works he blends elements of the traditional gothic, depressing and threatening tales with those of the modern psychological suspenseful fiction stories.

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. It stated, at the age of 7 was when he began writing. While he was still very young, King’s father left him and his mother. His mother and him were very unsettled and were always moving from place to place until they finally settled in Durham, Maine, when King was eleven (King pg. 4). When he was only twelve, he began submitting stories to professional magazines, and he started his first novel in high school. He made his first fiction book sale when he was 20 years old, after graduating high school. Stephen attended the University of Maine to major in English, which he graduated from college in 1970.

Life was tough for King in 1970, although he married Tabitha Spruce and had three children. He worked in a Laundromat, was a high school teacher, and continued to write on the side to support his family. During that time, he sold short stories to Cavalier magazine. His first great and successful novel, though, was Carrie. Since ...

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