You may not realize it because of how much money Stephen King’s books have made for him, but Stephen King spent his early years extremely poor. His mom, Nellie Ruth, raised him alone after her husband abandoned their family when Stephen King was only two years old. She struggled to financially provide for her two sons. This might be why many of his novels center around poor or working class families, and the struggles that they uniquely face because of poverty. However, Stephen King hasn’t been poor in a very long time. His recent net worth is estimated to be $400 million