Writers From Maine
by KEmerton1992 | created - 25 Apr 2019 | updated - 05 Nov 2020 | PublicA list of writers from the state of Maine
1. Stephen King
Writer | Maximum Overdrive
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...
2. Tim Sample
Writer | Tim Sample: Live! on WPXT
Tim Sample is known for Tim Sample: Live! on WPXT (1991), Tim Sample: Tourist Huntin' in Maine (1991) and Tim Sample: On a Roll (1994).
3. Owen King
Producer | The Stand
Owen King was born in 1977. He is a producer and writer, known for The Stand (2020), Father Daughter Dance (2017) and Let Me Go the Right Way (2022).
4. Joe Hill
Writer | The Black Phone
Joseph Hillstrom King or Joe Hill is an American writer born in Hermon, Maine. He is the son of writer Stephen King and Tabitha King. Joe published his first book (a collection of horror stories called '20th Century Ghosts') in 2005:. It won the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award for ...
5. Tabitha King
Actress | Knightriders
Tabitha King was born on March 24, 1949 in Old Town, Maine, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Knightriders (1981), The Sudbury Devil (2023) and Kingdom Hospital (2004). She has been married to Stephen King since January 2, 1971. They have three children.
6. Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Writer | The Ten Commandments
Dorothy Clarke Wilson was born on May 9, 1904 in Gardiner, Maine, USA. Dorothy Clarke was a writer, known for The Ten Commandments (1956). Dorothy Clarke died on March 26, 2003 in Orono, Maine, USA.
7. Carolyn Chute
Writer | The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Carolyn Chute was born on June 14, 1947 in Portland, Maine, USA. She is a writer, known for The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994).
8. Rick Copp
Actor | Where the Bears Are
Rick Copp was two years out of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts when he was tapped at 24 years old to become a staff writer on the enormously popular NBC sitcom The Golden Girls in 1988. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, especially for a boy from Bar Harbor, Maine, who grew up ...
9. Kevin Eastman
Writer | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Kevin Eastman is an American comics artist and writer from Portland, Maine. His main claim to fame is co-creating the hit series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" with his then-partner Peter Laird. He has also served as the editor and publisher of the science fiction and fantasy comics magazine "Heavy...
11. Holman Francis Day
Writer | The Landloper
Holman Francis Day was born on November 6, 1865 in Vassalboro, Maine, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Landloper (1918), The Rider of the King Log (1921) and The Red Lane (1920). He died on February 19, 1935 in Mill Valley, California, USA.
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