After the confrontation with the Man in Black, Roland reaches the beach of the sea, from which strange monster lobsters emerge, inflicting severe wounds on him. Irritated, he watches as three doors to our real world open and direct his eyes to the three who have been chosen to help him find the Dark Tower, as the oracle has prophesied. Biography (Stephen King) Stephen King, born in 1947 in Portland, Maine, first worked as an English teacher before he made his breakthrough in 1973 with his first novel 'Carrie'. Since then, he has been considered one of the most successful writers in the world. In November 2003, he received the National Book Foundation's Special Lifetime Achievement Award. Stephen King lives with his wife Tabitha in Bangor, Maine.