Tabitha King
Tabitha Jane King (née Spruce; born March 24, 1949) is an American author and activist. She is married to writer Stephen King.
Personal life
King is the eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White) (7 December 1923 - 14 April 2007) and Raymond George Spruce (29 December 1923 - 29 May 2014). King attended college at The University of Maine, where she met her husband Stephen King through her work-study job in the Raymond H. Fogler Library. The two married on January 7, 1971. King had her first child, Naomi Rachel King, in 1970. She gave birth to Joseph Hillstrom King in 1972 and Owen Phillip King in 1977.
As of 2006, King has published eight novels and two works of non-fiction. She published her first novel, Small World, through Signet Books in 1981 and her most recent book, Candles Burning through Berkley Books in 2006.Candles Burning was predominantly written by Michael McDowell, who died in 1999, and the McDowell family requested that King finish the work.
Social activism
