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Tabitha King

Born

in Old Town, Maine, The United States

March 24, 1949

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Tabitha King is an American author. She is married to author Stephen King and is the mother of Joe Hill, Owen King, and Naomi King.

King was born Tabitha Jane-Frances Spruce in Old Town, Maine to Raymond George and Sarah Jane White Spruce and is one of eight children. Her primary education took place at St. Mary’s Grammar in Old Town, from which she graduated in 1963. She then attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor until 1967, and earned her Bachelor’s degree in history in 1971 from the University of Maine in Orono. ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 8,634 ratings · 826 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Candles Burning by Tabitha King, Michael McDowell 3.30 avg rating — 1,790 ratings — published 2006 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One on One 4.08 avg rating — 1,076 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small World 3.39 avg rating — 926 ratings — published 1981 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearl 3.89 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trap 3.37 avg rating — 787 ratings — published 1982 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survivor 3.64 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 1982 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Reuben 4.07 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caretakers 3.79 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Girl 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trap 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Tabitha King (?)

“The clocks had nothing to do with time but were merely instruments, the clicking and ticking of silver and gold and bronze and pinchbeck arrows, a droll and slapstick rhapsody of lies.”
― Tabitha King, Candles Burning

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“I myself was so often hell-bound from my sinful pride that I was sinfully proud of it. Mama”
― Tabitha King, Candles Burning

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“Things change, but only into themselves. Downstairs,”
― Tabitha King, Candles Burning

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American Gods by Neil Gaiman

37 votes, 17.2%

The Troop by Nick Cutter

27 votes, 12.6%

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

18 votes, 8.4%

Dracula by Bram Stoker

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

17 votes, 7.9%

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

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12 votes, 5.6%

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

12 votes, 5.6%

Strange Highways by Dean Koontz

11 votes, 5.1%

The Trap by Tabitha King

9 votes, 4.2%

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

8 votes, 3.7%

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

5 votes, 2.3%

The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell

4 votes, 1.9%

Snowblind by Christopher Golden

3 votes, 1.4%

Doing Harm by Kelly Parsons

3 votes, 1.4%

The Double by George Pelecanos

2 votes, 0.9%

The Light is the Darkness by Laird Barron

0 votes, 0.0%

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

0 votes, 0.0%

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