The document provides biographical details about author Stephen King, including that he was born in 1947 in Maine to Donald and Nellie King. His father left the family when King was young, which had a significant impact on him. King was introduced to horror fiction through discovering one of H.P. Lovecraft's books in his father's abandoned items. The document notes that King is a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team and helped his mother raise himself and his brother after his father left.