Lisa Rogak - Haunted Heart

SK’s belief in, 189

Golding, William, Lord of the Flies, 99

Goldmark, Kathi Kamen, 171–73, 178–79, 235

Goodman, Tim, 200

Gould, John, 125

government, 216

Graham, Nan, 230

“Granny Spansky” (SK’s grandmother), 12, 24

Grant, Donald M., 116, 130, 189

Grant, Prudence, 32

grave digging, SK’s job at, 29

Graveyard Shift (book), 6

Graveyard Shift (movie), 132

“Graveyard Shift” (story), 60, 85

Greene, Arthur B., 160

Greene, Graham, 230

The Green Mile (movie), 176, 196–97, 199, 208

The Green Mile (serialized novel), 4, 187–88, 190

Grisham, John, 229, 240

Guggenheim Foundation, 61

guitar, Stephen King limited-edition, 136

The Gunslinger (book), 94–95, 116–17, 130, 160

“The Gunslinger” (story), 95, 116

Gypsies, 139

Haley, Alex, 87

Hall, Brian, 29, 35

Hampden, Maine, 54

Hampden Academy, 54, 58, 62–63, 67–69, 75, 148

Hancock Point, Maine, 142

Hanks, Tom, 196

Hard Case Crime series, 229

Hardy Boys books, 20

Harold Lauder character, 87–88, 111

Hart, Gary, 131

Hasbro, 149–50

Hatlen, Burt, 43, 50

haunted houses, 90, 104–5

Hautala, Rick, 41, 49, 50, 97, 193, 214

Haven Foundation, 236–37, 242

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 61

“Head Down,” 164, 177

Hearst, Patty, 80

Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill), 234

Hearts in Atlantis, 199, 201

hell, 20

Herbert, Frank, 81

“Here There Be Tygers,” 145

Higgins, Pete, 31–32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 91

high school

academic tracks in, 31

SK’s view of students, 92

social life, 11, 67

teasing and taunting in, 32

Hill, Joe (labor hero), 68

Hill, Joe (pseudonym of Joe King), 185, 226–27, 233–34

Hitchcock, Alfred, 26, 134

Holmes, Ted, 49

Homer, Winslow, 9

horror, generally

“hot” genre in early 1970s, 71

SK’s views of, 82

horror and fantasy conventions, 136

horror comics, 15

horror movies, 16, 46, 48, 115, 117

challenges of, 125–26

Horror Writers’ Association, 190

Hotel Towel Problem (SK’s idea), 175

The House on Value Street (working title), 80

“I Am the Doorway,” 54

Iles, Greg, 235

Insomnia, 179–80

intruders, 166

Irving, John, 237

IT (book), 112, 145–47

writing of, 146–47, 157

IT (miniseries), 132, 163

“I Was a Teenage Grave Robber,” 33–34

Jack Sawyer character, 139

Jackson, Shirley, 43, 48, 217

Jack Torrance character, 84–85, 106, 124

Jenkins, Jonathan, 164–65

Jeremiah’s Lot, Vermont, 48

Jessie Burlingame character, 169

Jimmy Cody character, 76

John Bapst Memorial High School, 53

Johnson, Diane, 106

Johnson, Lyndon, 42

Jordy Verrill character, 156

Just After Sunset (collection), 242

Keene, Erik, 165

Kennedy, Robert, 42

King, Aiden (SK’s grandson), 242

King, Betty (Don’s sister), 12

King, David Victor (SK’s brother), 4, 6, 11, 14, 15, 40, 66, 74, 197

adoption of, 8

childhood newsletter of, 22–23

King, Donald Edwin (SK’s father), 8–11, 156

an aspiring writer, 30

Chicago family of, 12

disappearance of (walked out the door and never came back), 7, 11, 14–15

lack of persistence of, 30

a ladies’ man, 10

marries Ruth Pillsbury, 9–10

nickname “Daddy Done,” 14

Ruth’s attempts to track down, 37

search for, possible, 124, 197–98

second secret family, children, and death of, 197–98

SK’s ideas about him showing up, 123–24

SK’s no recollection of, 4

SK’s shame at desertion of, 14–15, 79, 123–24, 150, 215

King, Ethan (SK’s grandson), 201, 242

King, Joseph Hillstrom (SK’s son), 79, 101, 115, 118–19, 135, 161, 168, 181–82, 184–85

birth of, 68

children of, 201

writing career, 149, 185, 192, 226–27

King, Leonora (SK’s daughter-in-law), 201

King, Martin Luther, 42

King, Naomi Rachel (SK’s daughter), 68, 81, 94, 101, 107, 144, 151

birth of, 58

car accident, 192

ceremony of union with Thandeka, 212

minister calling, 192–93, 228–29

restaurant business, 185–86, 193

writings of, 149

King, Owen Phillip (SK’s son), 86–87, 93–94, 101, 115, 131, 135, 144–45, 149–50, 162, 163, 169, 184–85

writing career, 185, 192, 227–28, 233–34

King, Ryan (SK’s grandson), 242

King, Stephen

abandonment by father, 123–24, 150

accident, hit by car while walking on country road, 202–8, 216

as actor (frustrated), 133

as actor in own films, 118, 182

addictive personality of, 156–57

alcohol and drug use, 79, 96–97, 131, 142–43, 154–60

arrest and trial for larceny of traffic cones, 57, 58

arrest for drunkenness, 142

athletic nonability, 29, 35

belief in God, 189

biggest and oldest kid in class, 20, 27

birth of, named “Stephen Edwin,” 8

blue-collar roots of, 144

business office and assistants, 140, 143–44, 225

buys radio station in Bangor, 129

celebrity status of, 3, 90, 127, 132–34, 148, 235

college years, 38–52

commercial endorsements by, 132–33

constant moves as child, 11–13, 19

drug-free life, 241

epiphany of (voice from out of the blue), 159–60

eyesight, 193

fans’ questions about his childhood experiences, 106–7

and father’s disappearance, 4, 7, 14–15, 79, 123–24, 150, 215

4-F status, 50–51, 57

friends cut off because they wanted a free ride, 120–21

fund-raising by, 142

graduation from college, 57

health concerns, 13–14, 81, 121–22, 193

isolation as child, 23–24

marital faithfulness of, 214–15

marriage health, 214–15

marries Tabitha, 61

meets and lives with Tabitha Spruce, 52, 54–55

menial jobs of, 58–59, 61

and money, attitude toward, 91, 127, 143

movie directing, 140–42

movie-going by, 20, 31

movie producing, 181–82

music making of, 36, 50, 171–73, 177–79, 235–36

name used to benefit worthy causes, 116, 134, 148

obnoxious behavior when drunk, 142

off-campus apartments, 44–46

photographs of him, 176

physical therapy sessions after accident, 205–6

playmate hit by freight train when he was four, 12

pneumonia contracted, 224–25

political beliefs, in college, 42, 48, 50–51

political campaigning, 131

poor health as child, 13–14

popularity (or lack of) in high school, 31–32, 34–35

poverty of, 52

prefers popular to classic literature, 41

quitting cold turkey, 158–60, 208

reading habit, 11–12, 13, 15–16, 20, 23, 28, 30, 41, 43–44

reclusiveness and disappearances, 148

religious beliefs, 189

romantic nature of, 7

schoolboy days, 13–14, 20, 26–29, 31–39

sense of humor, 6

summer jobs, 39–40

surgery for road accident, 203–5

teacher training, 40, 57

teaching career, 54, 62–63, 67–69, 72, 75, 91–93, 97–98

traditional family values of, 62

travels to visit editors or to do promotional tours, 96, 128–29

vasectomy incident, 95

work as drug to, 221–22

King, Stephen, family

children’s careers, 184–86, 192, 226–29

frequent moves, 67, 72, 75, 77–78, 80, 89–90, 101

home life, 135, 144

home purchases, 90, 103–5, 237

marriage health, 214–15

money problems, 69, 74–75, 95