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{{short description|American author (born 1949)}}
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{{short description|American author (born 1949)}}
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| birth_name = Tabitha Jane Spruce
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| birth_place = [[Old Town, Maine]], U.S.
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| alma_mater = [[University of Maine]]
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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Spruce/6000000010838196099|title = Sarah Jane Spruce| date=December 7, 1923 }}</ref> and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 – May 29, 2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2014/05/29/obituaries/raymond-george-spruce/|title = Raymond George Spruce|date = May 29, 2014}}</ref> King attended [[John Bapst Memorial High School]] in [[Bangor, Maine]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beahm |first1=George |title=Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work |date=September 1998 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=978-0-8362-6914-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BcECkYB7uoC&dq=%22tabitha+king%22+%22john+bapst%22&pg=PA17 |language=en}}</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]].  
Born in [[Old Town, Maine]], Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane née White (December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Spruce/6000000010838196099|title = Sarah Jane Spruce| date=December 7, 1923 }}</ref> and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 – May 29, 2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2014/05/29/obituaries/raymond-george-spruce/|title = Raymond George Spruce|date = May 29, 2014}}</ref> She attended [[John Bapst Memorial High School]] in [[Bangor, Maine]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beahm |first1=George |title=Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work |date=September 1998 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=978-0-8362-6914-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BcECkYB7uoC&dq=%22tabitha+king%22+%22john+bapst%22&pg=PA17 |language=en}}</ref> before enrolling at the [[University of Maine]] in [[Orono, Maine|Orono]] where she met her husband [[Stephen King]] through her work-study job in the [[Raymond H. Fogler Library]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
As of 2006, King had published eight novels and two works of non-fiction.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ketner|first=Lisa|title=Tabitha King Fans Meet Author|newspaper=Sun Journal|date=October 17, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anstead|first=Alicia|title=Tabitha King in the Limelight|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4x8zAAAAIBAJ&pg=2016,161652&dq=tabitha-king&hl=en|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=March 16, 1993}}</ref> She published her first novel, ''Small World'', through [[Signet Books]] in 1981,<ref>{{cite web|last=Donovan|first=Mark|title=For Years, Stephen King's Firestarter Was Wife Tabitha; Now She Burns to Write, Too| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079300,00.html| website=People| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> and in 2006, ''Candles Burning'' was published through [[Berkley Books]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=James|title=Drama Queen|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/06/04/drama_queen/?page=full|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=June 4, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Copeland|first=Blythe|title=Stepping Out of a Big Shadow|url=http://www.writersdigestshop.com/digital-issue-writers-digest-june-2007|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Writer's Digest|date=June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023024927/http://www.writersdigestshop.com/digital-issue-writers-digest-june-2007|archive-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> The paperback rights for ''Small World'' were bought by New American Library for $165,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guckenberger |first1=Katherine |title=Tabitha King novel fails to shine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110543252/tabitha-king-novel-fails-to-shine-kath/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=Journal and Courier |date=May 10, 1981 |pages=56}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Stephen King and Tabitha King: All About Their Decades-Long Romance |url=https://people.com/all-about-stephen-king-tabitha-king-relationship-7629516 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> ''Candles Burning'' was written predominantly by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], who died in 1999, and the McDowell family requested that King finish the work.<ref>{{cite book|last=Drew|first=Bernard A.|title=Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters|year=2009|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-4179-2|pages=169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c91Vrl20Y4sC&q=%22tabitha+king%22&pg=PA169}}</ref>
As of 2006, King had published eight novels and two works of non-fiction.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ketner|first=Lisa|title=Tabitha King Fans Meet Author|newspaper=Sun Journal|date=October 17, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anstead|first=Alicia|title=Tabitha King in the Limelight|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4x8zAAAAIBAJ&pg=2016,161652&dq=tabitha-king&hl=en|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=March 16, 1993}}</ref> She published her first novel, ''Small World'', through [[Signet Books]] in 1981<ref>{{cite web|last=Donovan|first=Mark|title=For Years, Stephen King's Firestarter Was Wife Tabitha; Now She Burns to Write, Too| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079300,00.html| website=People| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> and in 2006, ''Candles Burning'' was published by [[Berkley Books]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=James|title=Drama Queen|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/06/04/drama_queen/?page=full|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=June 4, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Copeland|first=Blythe|title=Stepping Out of a Big Shadow|url=http://www.writersdigestshop.com/digital-issue-writers-digest-june-2007|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Writer's Digest|date=June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023024927/http://www.writersdigestshop.com/digital-issue-writers-digest-june-2007|archive-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> The paperback rights for ''Small World'' were bought by [[New American Library]] for $165,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guckenberger |first1=Katherine |title=Tabitha King novel fails to shine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110543252/tabitha-king-novel-fails-to-shine-kath/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=Journal and Courier |date=May 10, 1981 |pages=56}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Stephen King and Tabitha King: All About Their Decades-Long Romance |url=https://people.com/all-about-stephen-king-tabitha-king-relationship-7629516 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> ''Candles Burning'' was written predominantly by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], who died in 1999, and the McDowell family requested that King finish the work.<ref>{{cite book|last=Drew|first=Bernard A.|title=Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters|year=2009|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-4179-2|pages=169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c91Vrl20Y4sC&q=%22tabitha+king%22&pg=PA169}}</ref>


In 2023, she was the executive producer of the independent horror film ''[[The Sudbury Devil]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hubbard |first=El Rob |date=2023-12-21 |title=366 UNDERGROUND: THE SUDBURY DEVIL (2023) |url=https://366weirdmovies.com/366-underground-the-sudbury-devil-2023/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=366 Weird Movies |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2023, she was the executive producer of the independent horror film ''[[The Sudbury Devil]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hubbard |first=El Rob |date=2023-12-21 |title=366 UNDERGROUND: THE SUDBURY DEVIL (2023) |url=https://366weirdmovies.com/366-underground-the-sudbury-devil-2023/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=366 Weird Movies |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Partnership with Stephen King ===
=== Partnership with Stephen King ===
Prior to her husband's commercial success, Tabitha worked extra shifts at [[Dunkin' Donuts]] so that Stephen could write full-time.<ref name=":0" />As Stephen King recalled the origin of his [[debut novel]], ''[[Carrie (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>{{Cite book |last=King |first=Stephen |title=[[On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft]] |year=2000 |pages=75–77}}</ref>
Prior to her husband's commercial success, Tabitha worked extra shifts at [[Dunkin' Donuts]] so that Stephen could write full-time.<ref name=":0" /> As Stephen King recalled the origin of his [[debut novel]], ''[[Carrie (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>{{Cite book |last=King |first=Stephen |title=[[On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft]] |year=2000 |pages=75–77}}</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" />  
That began a practice that continues today: Tabitha and Stephen review each other's drafts and also those of their two sons.<ref name=":0" />


=== Reception ===
=== Reception ===
Reception to King's work has ranged from negative to positive.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Evalyne |date=November 27, 1994 |title=LOST SLEEP, LOST LIFE PROPEL PENS OF KINGS THE BOOK OF REUBEN |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailypress/access/85927257.html?dids=85927257:85927257&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+27%2C+1994&author=EVALYNE+C.+ROBINSON+Book+Reviewer&pub=Daily+Press&desc=LOST+SLEEP%2C+LOST+LIFE+PROPEL+PENS+OF+KINGS+THE+BOOK+OF+REUBEN&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131154751/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailypress/access/85927257.html?dids=85927257:85927257&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+27,+1994&author=EVALYNE+C.+ROBINSON+Book+Reviewer&pub=Daily+Press&desc=LOST+SLEEP,+LOST+LIFE+PROPEL+PENS+OF+KINGS+THE+BOOK+OF+REUBEN&pqatl=google |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Daily Press |location=Newport News, VA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Slater |first=Joyce |date=February 28, 1993 |title=Teenage basketball, teenage sex, and a tenor who ought to be stopped |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373324.html?dids=24373324:24373324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C+1993&author=Joyce+Slater.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Teenage+basketball%2C+teenage+sex%2C+and+a+tenor+who+ought+to+be+stopped&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131232508/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373324.html?dids=24373324:24373324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28,+1993&author=Joyce+Slater.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Teenage+basketball,+teenage+sex,+and+a+tenor+who+ought+to+be+stopped&pqatl=google |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hall-Balduf |first=Susan |date=March 21, 1993 |title=Books |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77421210.html?dids=77421210:77421210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+21%2C+1993&author=Reviewed+By+Susan+Hall-Balduf%2C+DETROIT+FREE+PRESS&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=BOOKS&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201030843/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77421210.html?dids=77421210:77421210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+21,+1993&author=Reviewed+By+Susan+Hall-Balduf,+DETROIT+FREE+PRESS&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=BOOKS&pqatl=google |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> ''Pearl'' received positive mentions from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and the ''Bangor Daily News'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Simon |first=Linda |date=March 19, 1989 |title=Hester's Liberated Daughter PEARL by Tabitha King |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66420384.html?dids=66420384:66420384&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+19%2C+1989&author=Linda+Simon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Hester%27s+Liberated+Daughter+PEARL+by+Tabitha+King+(New+American+Library%3A+%2418.95%3B+336+pp.)&pqatl=google |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Beaulieu |first=Janet |date=November 8, 1988 |title='Pearl' gleams as both a character and novel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6hJAAAAIBAJ&pg=2283,2860326&dq=tabitha-king&hl=en |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News}}</ref> while the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' panned ''Survivor''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fallik |first=Dawn |date=May 8, 1997 |title=TABITHA KING'S 'SURVIVOR' FAILS TO RING TRUE |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11675087.html?dids=11675087:11675087&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+08%2C+1997&author=Reviewed+by+Dawn+Fallik%2C+Associated+Press.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=TABITHA+KING%27S+%60SURVIVOR%27+FAILS+TO+RING+TRUE&pqatl=google |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'' criticized ''One on One'', calling King "a hack",<ref>{{cite news |date=May 2, 1993 |title=Tabitha King's 'One' is the work of a hack |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE58DA8CDE3F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |archive-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011193306/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE58DA8CDE3F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> whereas ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and the ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' gave the novel positive reviews.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hajari |first=Nisid |title=Review: One on One |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306020,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202043213/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306020,00.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Skow |first=John |date=February 22, 1993 |title=Home Games |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977784,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028032648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977784,00.html |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=April 4, 1993 |title=THE 'OTHER' KING COMES INTO HER OWN |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DC6E2C325673&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Rocky Mountain News}}</ref> ''Caretakers'' received positive praise by ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Bass |first=Judy |date=October 23, 1983 |title=Fiction in Brief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/23/books/fiction-in-brief-229916.html |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> while Bookreporter.com wrote that some readers might be disappointed by the changes made to McDowell's ''Candles Burning''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hartlaub |first=Joe |title=Candles Burning |url=http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/candles-burning |access-date=August 11, 2012 |publisher=Bookreporter.com}}</ref>
Reception to King's work has ranged from negative to positive.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Evalyne |date=November 27, 1994 |title=LOST SLEEP, LOST LIFE PROPEL PENS OF KINGS THE BOOK OF REUBEN |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailypress/access/85927257.html?dids=85927257:85927257&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+27%2C+1994&author=EVALYNE+C.+ROBINSON+Book+Reviewer&pub=Daily+Press&desc=LOST+SLEEP%2C+LOST+LIFE+PROPEL+PENS+OF+KINGS+THE+BOOK+OF+REUBEN&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131154751/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailypress/access/85927257.html?dids=85927257:85927257&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+27,+1994&author=EVALYNE+C.+ROBINSON+Book+Reviewer&pub=Daily+Press&desc=LOST+SLEEP,+LOST+LIFE+PROPEL+PENS+OF+KINGS+THE+BOOK+OF+REUBEN&pqatl=google |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Daily Press |location=Newport News, VA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Slater |first=Joyce |date=February 28, 1993 |title=Teenage basketball, teenage sex, and a tenor who ought to be stopped |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373324.html?dids=24373324:24373324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C+1993&author=Joyce+Slater.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Teenage+basketball%2C+teenage+sex%2C+and+a+tenor+who+ought+to+be+stopped&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131232508/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373324.html?dids=24373324:24373324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28,+1993&author=Joyce+Slater.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Teenage+basketball,+teenage+sex,+and+a+tenor+who+ought+to+be+stopped&pqatl=google |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hall-Balduf |first=Susan |date=March 21, 1993 |title=Books |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77421210.html?dids=77421210:77421210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+21%2C+1993&author=Reviewed+By+Susan+Hall-Balduf%2C+DETROIT+FREE+PRESS&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=BOOKS&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201030843/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77421210.html?dids=77421210:77421210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+21,+1993&author=Reviewed+By+Susan+Hall-Balduf,+DETROIT+FREE+PRESS&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=BOOKS&pqatl=google |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> ''Pearl'' received positive mentions from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and the ''[[Bangor Daily News]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Simon |first=Linda |date=March 19, 1989 |title=Hester's Liberated Daughter PEARL by Tabitha King |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66420384.html?dids=66420384:66420384&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+19%2C+1989&author=Linda+Simon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Hester%27s+Liberated+Daughter+PEARL+by+Tabitha+King+(New+American+Library%3A+%2418.95%3B+336+pp.)&pqatl=google |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Beaulieu |first=Janet |date=November 8, 1988 |title='Pearl' gleams as both a character and novel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6hJAAAAIBAJ&pg=2283,2860326&dq=tabitha-king&hl=en |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News}}</ref> while the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' panned ''Survivor''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fallik |first=Dawn |date=May 8, 1997 |title=TABITHA KING'S 'SURVIVOR' FAILS TO RING TRUE |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11675087.html?dids=11675087:11675087&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+08%2C+1997&author=Reviewed+by+Dawn+Fallik%2C+Associated+Press.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=TABITHA+KING%27S+%60SURVIVOR%27+FAILS+TO+RING+TRUE&pqatl=google |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'' criticized ''One on One'', calling King "a hack",<ref>{{cite news |date=May 2, 1993 |title=Tabitha King's 'One' is the work of a hack |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE58DA8CDE3F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |archive-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011193306/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE58DA8CDE3F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> whereas ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and the ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' gave the novel positive reviews.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hajari |first=Nisid |title=Review: One on One |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306020,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202043213/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306020,00.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Skow |first=John |date=February 22, 1993 |title=Home Games |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977784,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028032648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977784,00.html |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=April 4, 1993 |title=THE 'OTHER' KING COMES INTO HER OWN |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DC6E2C325673&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Rocky Mountain News}}</ref> ''Caretakers'' was lauded by ''[[The New York Times]]'' for its characterization of its protagonists.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bass |first=Judy |date=October 23, 1983 |title=Fiction in Brief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/23/books/fiction-in-brief-229916.html |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> In 2006, King completed and published [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]'s final novel, ''Candles Burning,'' to mixed reviews.  Bookreporter.com wrote that some readers might be disappointed by the changes King made to McDowell's original.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hartlaub |first=Joe |title=Candles Burning |url=http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/candles-burning |access-date=August 11, 2012 |publisher=Bookreporter.com}}</ref>


== Awards and recognition ==
== Awards and recognition ==
*Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters, University of Maine in Orono (May 1987)<ref>{{cite web|website=Bangorpedia|title=Tabitha King|url=http://bangorpedia.com/tabitha-king/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615094709/http://bangorpedia.com/tabitha-king/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2014}}</ref>
*Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters, [[University of Maine]] (May 1987)<ref>{{cite web|website=Bangorpedia|title=Tabitha King|url=http://bangorpedia.com/tabitha-king/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615094709/http://bangorpedia.com/tabitha-king/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2014}}</ref>
*Dowd Achievement Award (1992)<ref>{{cite news|title=Tabitha And Stephen King To Receive Chamber's 1992 Award .|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqhJAAAAIBAJ&pg=6565,3573790&dq=tabitha-king&hl=en|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=November 13, 1991}}</ref>
*Dowd Achievement Award (1992)<ref>{{cite news|title=Tabitha And Stephen King To Receive Chamber's 1992 Award .|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqhJAAAAIBAJ&pg=6565,3573790&dq=tabitha-king&hl=en|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=November 13, 1991}}</ref>
*Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize (1998)<ref name="ConstanceAward">{{cite journal |last=Rogers |first=Lisa |date=January 1, 1999 |title=Maine awards new prize to novelist Tabitha King |journal=Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anstead|first=Alicia|title=Tabitha King wins Carlson award Author lauded for literacy efforts|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/35126525.html?dids=35126525:35126525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16%2C+1998&author=Alicia+Anstead+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+wins+Carlson+award+Author+lauded+for+literacy+efforts&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131145941/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/35126525.html?dids=35126525:35126525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16,+1998&author=Alicia+Anstead+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+wins+Carlson+award+Author+lauded+for+literacy+efforts&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=October 16, 1998}}</ref>
*Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize (1998)<ref name="ConstanceAward">{{cite journal |last=Rogers |first=Lisa |date=January 1, 1999 |title=Maine awards new prize to novelist Tabitha King |journal=Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anstead|first=Alicia|title=Tabitha King wins Carlson award Author lauded for literacy efforts|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/35126525.html?dids=35126525:35126525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16%2C+1998&author=Alicia+Anstead+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+wins+Carlson+award+Author+lauded+for+literacy+efforts&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131145941/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/35126525.html?dids=35126525:35126525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16,+1998&author=Alicia+Anstead+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+wins+Carlson+award+Author+lauded+for+literacy+efforts&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=October 16, 1998}}</ref>


== Social activism ==
== Social activism ==
King has served on several boards and committees in the state of Maine, such as the [[Bangor Public Library]] board.<ref name="MaineLegislature">{{cite web |date=March 2005 |title=122nd Legislature celebrates National Women's History Month March 2005: Tabitha King (b. 1949) |url=http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/WomensHistory/20NatWomensHistMon.King20_files/20.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204072715/http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/WomensHistory/20NatWomensHistMon.King20_files/20.htm |archive-date=December 4, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2008 |publisher=[[Maine Senate]]}}</ref> She also served on the board of the Maine [[Public Broadcasting System]] until 1994.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garland |first=Nancy |date=December 3, 1994 |title=Tabitha King quits as trustee MPBC controversy grows since program |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/71114584.html?dids=71114584:71114584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+03%2C+1994&author=Nancy+Garland+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+quits+as+trustee+MPBC+controversy+grows+since+program&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202115816/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/71114584.html?dids=71114584:71114584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+03,+1994&author=Nancy+Garland+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+quits+as+trustee+MPBC+controversy+grows+since+program&pqatl=google |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Bangor Daily 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>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Dory Jackson Culture |date=2019-02-28 |title=Who is Tabitha King, Stephen King's Author Wife? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-tabitha-king-stephen-king-praises-author-spouse-amid-headlines-demoting-1348112 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>  
King has served on several boards and committees in the state of Maine including the [[Bangor Public Library]] board.<ref name="MaineLegislature">{{cite web |date=March 2005 |title=122nd Legislature celebrates National Women's History Month March 2005: Tabitha King (b. 1949) |url=http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/WomensHistory/20NatWomensHistMon.King20_files/20.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204072715/http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/WomensHistory/20NatWomensHistMon.King20_files/20.htm |archive-date=December 4, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2008 |publisher=[[Maine Senate]]}}</ref> She also served on the board of the Maine [[PBS|Public Broadcasting System]] until 1994.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garland |first=Nancy |date=December 3, 1994 |title=Tabitha King quits as trustee MPBC controversy grows since program |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/71114584.html?dids=71114584:71114584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+03%2C+1994&author=Nancy+Garland+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+quits+as+trustee+MPBC+controversy+grows+since+program&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202115816/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/71114584.html?dids=71114584:71114584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+03,+1994&author=Nancy+Garland+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Tabitha+King+quits+as+trustee+MPBC+controversy+grows+since+program&pqatl=google |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=Bangor Daily 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 King donated $1.25 million to the [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Dory Jackson Culture |date=2019-02-28 |title=Who is Tabitha King, Stephen King's Author Wife? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-tabitha-king-stephen-king-praises-author-spouse-amid-headlines-demoting-1348112 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</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&nbsp;million in grants per year, according to [[The Grantsmanship Center]].<ref name="Grantsmanship">{{cite news |title=Top Giving Foundations: ME |url=https://www.tgci.com/funding-sources/ME/top |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105604/https://www.tgci.com/funding-sources/ME/top |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=March 30, 2015 |newspaper=The Grantsmanship Center}}</ref>
She 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&nbsp;million in grants per year, according to [[The Grantsmanship Center]].<ref name="Grantsmanship">{{cite news |title=Top Giving Foundations: ME |url=https://www.tgci.com/funding-sources/ME/top |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105604/https://www.tgci.com/funding-sources/ME/top |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=March 30, 2015 |newspaper=The Grantsmanship Center}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Tabitha and Stephen King married on January 2, 1971.<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Stephen |title=Stephen King on Twitter: "A couple of kids got married 48 years ago today. So far it's worked out pretty well. Still in love." |url=https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1080588109065191426 |website=Twitter |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102232359/https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1080588109065191426 |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beahm |first1=George |title=The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror |date=October 6, 2015 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-1-250-08131-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtJ0CgAAQBAJ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Donovan |first1=Mark |title=For Years, Stephen King's Firestarter Was Wife Tabitha; Now She Burns to Write, Too |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079300,00.html |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=People |volume=15 |issue=19 |date=May 18, 1981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604112605/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079300,00.html |archive-date=June 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Forsberg |first1=Helen |title=One on one with Tabitha King |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110543456/one-on-one-with-tabitha-king-helen/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=March 28, 1993 |pages=53}}</ref> They have three children: a daughter Naomi and two sons, [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]] and [[Owen King]], who are both writers.<ref name="Vincent">{{cite web|last=Vincent|first=Bev|title=Onyx interviews: Tabitha King|url=http://www.bevvincent.com/onyx/interview-tk.html|publisher=Onyx|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref>
Tabitha and Stephen King married on January 2, 1971.<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Stephen |title=Stephen King on Twitter: "A couple of kids got married 48 years ago today. So far it's worked out pretty well. Still in love." |url=https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1080588109065191426 |website=Twitter |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102232359/https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1080588109065191426 |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beahm |first1=George |title=The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror |date=October 6, 2015 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-1-250-08131-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtJ0CgAAQBAJ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Donovan |first1=Mark |title=For Years, Stephen King's Firestarter Was Wife Tabitha; Now She Burns to Write, Too |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079300,00.html |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=People |volume=15 |issue=19 |date=May 18, 1981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604112605/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079300,00.html |archive-date=June 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Forsberg |first1=Helen |title=One on one with Tabitha King |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110543456/one-on-one-with-tabitha-king-helen/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=March 28, 1993 |pages=53}}</ref> They have three children: a daughter Naomi and two sons, [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]] (Joseph Hillström King) and [[Owen King]], who are both writers.<ref name="Vincent">{{cite web|last=Vincent|first=Bev|title=Onyx interviews: Tabitha King|url=http://www.bevvincent.com/onyx/interview-tk.html|publisher=Onyx|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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| with [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]. King continued her writing after McDowell's death in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keyes |first1=Bob |title=Tabitha King's Passion Burns Brightly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110542221/tabitha-kings-passion-burns-brightly/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=Portland Press Herald |date=June 4, 2006 |pages=37}}</ref>
| With [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], King continued her writing after McDowell's death in 1999<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keyes |first1=Bob |title=Tabitha King's Passion Burns Brightly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110542221/tabitha-kings-passion-burns-brightly/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |work=Portland Press Herald |date=June 4, 2006 |pages=37}}</ref>
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| Written by all of the [[Rock Bottom Remainders]] with photos by Tabitha King.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsh |first1=Dave |title=Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJ7gAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Viking |access-date=October 1, 2022 |language=en |date=1994|isbn=9780670852345 }}</ref>
| Written by all of the [[Rock Bottom Remainders]] with photos by Tabitha King<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsh |first1=Dave |title=Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJ7gAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Viking |access-date=October 1, 2022 |language=en |date=1994|isbn=9780670852345 }}</ref>
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
*Mcaleer, Patrick. ''The Writing Family of Stephen King: A Critical Study of the Fiction of Tabitha King, Joe Hill and Owen King''. McFarland. 2011.
*Mcaleer, Patrick; ''The Writing Family of Stephen King: A Critical Study of the Fiction of Tabitha King, Joe Hill and Owen King;'' [[McFarland & Company]], 2011


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|0455317}}
* {{IMDb name|0455317}}
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*{{ISFDB name|id=Tabitha_King|name=Tabitha King}}
* [http://www.stkfoundation.org/ Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation]
* [https://www.stkfoundation.org Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation]
* [http://www.joehillfiction.com/ Joseph Hillstrom King]
* [https://www.joehillfiction.com Joseph Hillstrom King]
* [http://www.owen-king.com/ Owen Phillip King]
* [https://www.owen-king.com Owen Phillip King]


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Tabitha "Tabby" Jane King (Template:Née Spruce, born March 24, 1949) is an American author.[1][2][3]

Early life

Born in Old Town, Maine, Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane née White (December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007)[4] and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 – May 29, 2014).[5] She attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine[6] before enrolling at the University of Maine in Orono where she met her husband Stephen King through her work-study job in the Raymond H. Fogler Library.

Career

As of 2006, King had published eight novels and two works of non-fiction.[7][8] She published her first novel, Small World, through Signet Books in 1981[9] and in 2006, Candles Burning was published by Berkley Books.[10][11] The paperback rights for Small World were bought by New American Library for $165,000.[12][13] Candles Burning was written predominantly by Michael McDowell, who died in 1999, and the McDowell family requested that King finish the work.[14]

In 2023, she was the executive producer of the independent horror film The Sudbury Devil.[15]

Partnership with Stephen King

Prior to her husband's commercial success, Tabitha worked extra shifts at Dunkin' Donuts so that Stephen could write full-time.[13] 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.[16] She told him: "You've got something here. I really think you do."[17]

That began a practice that continues today: Tabitha and Stephen review each other's drafts and also those of their two sons.[13]

Reception

Reception to King's work has ranged from negative to positive.[18][19][20] Pearl received positive mentions from the Los Angeles Times and the Bangor Daily News,[21][22] while the Chicago Tribune panned Survivor.[23] The Arizona Daily Star criticized One on One, calling King "a hack",[24] whereas Entertainment Weekly, Time, and the Rocky Mountain News gave the novel positive reviews.[25][26][27] Caretakers was lauded by The New York Times for its characterization of its protagonists.[28] In 2006, King completed and published Michael McDowell's final novel, Candles Burning, to mixed reviews. Bookreporter.com wrote that some readers might be disappointed by the changes King made to McDowell's original.[29]

Awards and recognition

Social activism

King has served on several boards and committees in the state of Maine including the Bangor Public Library board.[34] She also served on the board of the Maine Public Broadcasting System until 1994.[35] 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.[32] In 2019, Tabitha and Stephen King donated $1.25 million to the New England Historic Genealogical Society.[36]

She serves as vice president of WZON/WZLO/WKIT radio stations, as well as in the administration of two family philanthropic foundations.[34] 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.[37]

Personal life

Tabitha and Stephen King married on January 2, 1971.[38][39][40][41] They have three children: a daughter Naomi and two sons, Joe Hill (Joseph Hillström King) and Owen King, who are both writers.[42]

Bibliography

Novels

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 Nodd's Ridge
1988 Pearl Signet Books Template:ISBN 368 Third novel set in Nodd's Ridge
1993 One on One Template:ISBN 528 Fourth novel set in 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[43]

Nonfiction

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.[44]
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[45]

Short stories

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

Poetry

  • A Gradual Canticle for Augustine[46] (1967)
  • Elegy for Ike[47] (1967)
  • Note 1 from Herodotus[47] (1968)
  • Nonsong[47] (1970)
  • The Last Vampire: A Baroque Fugue[48] (1971)

Teleplay

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

Notes

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References

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Further reading

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

External links

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